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Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?
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I think it's been 3 consecutive years now that ive been waiting on a deep sale for some titles, but they have yet to reach lower than 10 bucks (max I'm willing to pay).
Some of them aren't particularly old releases so I dont mind waiting more:
I might get those:
No Man's Sky is fun and worth it
UFO50 is good value even when it isn't on sale imo. So much content crammed into it!
Rdr2 is free on epic on new years day.
I assume I still got a few years until Baldur’s Gate 3 dips below $20.
You prob played them already, but the Divinity: Original Sin games are on deep discount
Yup - I certainly recommend those any chance I get.
I have Rogue Trader in flight and still have Pillars Of Eternity 2 and Tyranny in my backlog to hopefully tide me over.
Yeah! I’m wanting that game.
I have about $15 in steam credit, so I’m thinking of just pulling the trigger even though I have other games I’m actively playing.
i wanna get it as soon as I'm done with divinity 2!
but i need to get a total of 4 copies for the partner and the youngins, and gosh.
i do wanna support them though!
I decided to pull the trigger on bg3 maybe today or next week.
Depends on if I have time to play today.
If you wait too long, larian's new game will be out
That doesn't hurt BG3, and Larian has been adding free content to BG3 over time, so really the longer you wait the better it'll be. Still, it's definitely worth the price. It's a pretty long game, and good for the entire duration. Its also pretty replayable.
Why would that matter? It will be unrelated to BG3.
Hey, sometimes people are drawn to new games rather than tried and true games.
If they're waiting due to price, they're probably not interesting in buying the new game because it's new.
auomata is so so so worth it
Depends on what you're looking for. I'd confidently recommend against buying it if you're looking for an action game. There's at least 10 better, cheaper candidates on Steam.
At first I read “Wired West” and got hopeful for a new person experiencing Dust for the first time.