Multiple times a year, a special time in every gamer’s life takes place. A time full of whimsy and joy to all alike, expressing love of the niche and mainstream all at wickedly absurd prices. Who are we kidding? The unavoidable utter bliss of a Steam sale snakes its way to the mouths of the majority, shrieking at the fruition of affordable classics and new ventures.
Where political and interpersonal differences corrode as [Critically praised Niche Indie / AAA Game] drops to 90% off! Scatter! Etch out the worst of Black Friday and torpedo those prices. Truly, Steam Sales unite the gaming public. Why should we shy away from our lord and savior, Gaben? Here’s a few things to consider.
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
I agree with #1. Steam sales always seem great, but then I barely play any of the games I buy.
I've never once bought a game on a steam sale that I didn't want to play if you have then well that your own fault really.
obviously.. you end up with 1000 games you don't actually play.. yet you continue to buy more.
#FirstWorldProblems
"Oh no, too many cheap games" How this is a complaint is beyond me. I love Steam Sales because it gives me a chance to support the Devs that may not get the exposure of the AAA behemoths.
The ONLY drawback to Steam Sale is that its always a gamble on sales. One day its 33% off and literally the next day it will be 66% off. So even though the game is on sale, I hesitate just in case it drops further.
Only games I bought this past Steam sale were gifts for family members. For me there wasn't anything on sale I wanted that I didn't already have. I still have games from the 2013 Steam sales that I haven't even clicked on to play yet.