• BedbugCutlefish@lemmy.world
          6·
          2 years ago

          Yeah, both claims can be true (about it being a hostile takeover, and Kurvitz being a bad boss), but I feel like one of those things is radically worse (and more illegal) than the other.

          (and also, I question PMG’s interview process, where it felt like the spent equal time on both claims, and more attention and interviews on the ‘Kurvitz is a bad boss/employee’ claim, when I feel like more time should have been spent cross-interviewing Kompus for the discrepancies, and the bias the employee’s have to cater to their current boss rather than their former boss.)

          • Uriel-238@lemmy.fmhy.ml
            6·
            2 years ago

            So it’s not just the Citizen Kane of video adventure games but even features the same complexity of IRL drama.

            We’ve made it, lads!

            • TowardsTheFuture@vlemmy.net
              2·
              2 years ago

              To be fair I think they had decent reason to be fired. Seemed they basically had left the company to attempt to make it on their own, leaving those who just had to make the Final Cut without them to get fucked. Not to mention legit trying to take source code. You also mentioned not covering the financials, but the video can’t really go much into the financial situation as that is all under litigation so they’re not going to get much out of it. I mean hell the creators being like “what I had no idea this new company, of which I am an owner, was created at all.” Seems…. Impossible? But yeah, that part will have to wait for court.

              Overall my opinion is everyone sucks other than the team still working there who had nothing to do with it. The creators selling their IP was a poor choice if they wanted to try and leave the company and make their own. Consolidating the company I mean, yeah dick move I guess but to be expected of an investor when something proves to be a success.

    • NightOwl@lemmy.one
      82·
      2 years ago

      Only issue is I just don’t trust pirated games enough to install them on my PC. I guess I could wait for a give away in the future.

      • Aiʞawa@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        8·
        2 years ago

        Building and keeping trust is actually important to the ethos of good pirates. I’d recommend you to download GOG versions, which are left totally untouched since they’re DRM free. I can send you some links by DM if you’d like, or you can check the megathread of my home instance’s piracy community.

    • Briongloid@aussie.zoneOPM
      3·
      2 years ago

      Not sure what this instance allows for suggestions, but the GOG version is ideal, stay away from IGG-Games.

  • jellymelon@lemmy.world
    27·
    2 years ago

    Anyone else feeling like they’ve already picked up most of these over the years of summer sales and there’s really not anything worth picking up this year?

    • Zorque@kbin.social
      5·
      2 years ago

      The most recently released game on the list is Hades, which came out three years ago. Most are much older. Chances are if you play PC games you’ve gotten most of these in past sales.

    • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
      3·
      2 years ago

      Not at all, I got almost 500 games on my wishlist so I have something new pretty much every sale.

    • adriator@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      Just by taking a glance at this list I can see I already have at least 80% of the games, if not 90%. I’ve been looking through the Steam shop and there just aren’t many good deals this year, that haven’t already been on a steep discount.

    • r_ffer23@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 years ago

      I already played the majority of them. But Zombie Army is looking tempting, so still got something new to try.

    • Skray@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’ve definitely picked up most things in the OP, but there are always new games getting added to my wishlist.
      I just slowly work my way through my wishlist and pick up a few games each sale.

    • Dandroid@dandroid.app
      10·
      2 years ago

      First one was a 10/10 for me. Second one was a 9.5/10. Both were excellent games. Both made my cry like a baby. Highly recommended.

  • TowardsTheFuture@vlemmy.net
    18·
    2 years ago

    Rude to list transistor and hades but not Pyre

    Pyre is basically Fantasy NBA Jam with a visual novel story that adapts to if you win or lose. Very good story. Very good art. Very good music. Very good game.

      • Rhs519
        7·
        2 years ago

        Love the narrator in Bastion. One of my all time favorite soundtracks too!

      • Artemis@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 years ago

        I ‘finished’ it, in that I sent one of my homies back through the whatever, but I ran out of steam on the game shortly after. It’s a lot of fun, still.

  • NightOwl@lemmy.one
    14·
    2 years ago

    This is a beautiful breakdown. Nice to see this type of content on the community. Real quality.

  • Zebrazilla@kbin.social
    14·
    2 years ago

    The original Deus Ex is 86% off at 0,97€. Definitely worth it if you have yet to play this masterpiece! Just finished it myself on Steam Deck and worked like a charm.

    • tumble_weeds@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      The mod Deus Ex: Revision is available on Steam as well for free, which makes it extremely easy to install and use on Steam Deck. GMDX is another good mod, but it’s not on Steam so you’d have to install it the old fashioned way.

      Vanilla is great if it’s anyone’s first play-through, though

  • anji@lemmy.anji.nl
    10·
    2 years ago

    Dark Souls Remastered and Sekiro are on sale. These are relatively rarely discounted, so here’s an opportunity if you were looking to pick them up.

    • DudePluto@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      Dark Souls: should I pick up I or III?

      For context, I never got into DS until I played Elder Scrolls, which I’ve been obsessed with

  • TheWaterGod
    9·
    2 years ago
    • The Yakuza games aren’t individually on sale (which is weird), but the Bundle and Collection are 70% and 75% off. Yakuza Zero is definitely worth playing, so for 30 bucks (in Canuck dollars), you basically get two more games for free in the bundle.
    • RDR2 is 67% off and absolutely worth every penny.
    • AC Origins is 85% off and AC Odyssey is 80%. I know some people have mixed opinions about Odyssey, but I honestly loved both of these games even if the historical accuracy…dips…in Odyssey.
    • epyon22@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 years ago

      Oh man picked up rdr2 recently and couldn’t put it down awesome game. Got a copy of rdr and going to dust off the ps3 after not playing it for almost a decade

    • Penryn_@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      There were rumours of a remaster coming for RDR2, but too be fair thats likely for next-gen consoles and not likely to hit PC.

    • TheFork@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      Worth to note that the Yakuza complete collection is also available on GOG for 33€, DRM free.

      • fnsv@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        Depends on your specs, I guess. I have a top end GPU for the first time in my life (3rd world is tough), it’s glorious seeing it in full ultra, 1440p@60FPS. If you won’t be able to bruteforce it, the One X version should be fine, I guess.

  • prole@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    2 years ago

    I highly recommend playing Disco Elysium, but I’d recommend pirating it like the creators requested.

    Amazing game though.

  • 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    2 years ago

    I am tempted to buy transistor - is it pretty similar to Bastion? Pyre was amazing, but Im not sure if I need another straight forward RPG style game. Does it have some kind of unique hook?

    Into the Breach, Talos Principal, and Ori also look interesting. Although they’re all slightly different than things I usually play so not sure.

    • Briongloid@aussie.zoneOPM
      5·
      2 years ago

      Although I finished Bastion five times and Transistor twice, I’d still say Transistor is the better of the two while being comparable to their best game Hades.

      • 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 years ago

        I ended up grabbing transistor and into the breach. I’ve had a beer too many to be any good at into the breach ATM, but loving transistor so far

          • 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            2 years ago

            Oh I have played a ton of Hades. Hades II will be a game I pick up when it comes out. No idea how I missed transistor

              • 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                2 years ago

                Yeah I think that was the first game I ever played by this developer. Love their style. I mustve just been busy or strapped for cash when Transistor hit. Then when I saw it go onsale before I thought it looked a bit like a bastion clone, so didnt pull the trigger. Thanks for tipping me over into buying it!

                • Briongloid@aussie.zoneOPM
                  2·
                  2 years ago

                  I still listen to the soundtrack, I prefer Transistor but as Bastion was the only one out back then I finished it 5 times.

    • Terces@vlemmy.net
      4·
      2 years ago

      Ori is a nice game. It is quite casual at first, but it gets more complicated over time. The graphics are nice and the effects not over the top. The story is more…I would say somber?

      Overall, it was also a great game for my girlfriend. Visuals and story held her interest long enough to play through the whole game (even the more frustrating parts).

    • unsalted@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 years ago

      I tried transistor right after Bastion and didn’t really like it in comparison… Then I went back to it loved it!

      It plays a lot different because of the whole action economy thing, but it’s definitely worth a try.

      I might pick up into the breach too, it looks like the sort of “puzzle” game I can get into

      • loutr@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 years ago

        Into the breach is amazing, it definitely plays like a puzzle game, the kind where you play the moves in your head to make sure the move you’re making now won’t come back and bite you in the ass 2 turns later :)

    • DaleGribble88@programming.dev
      2·
      2 years ago

      The only bad thing I have to say about Into the Breach is that the final level is insanely hard on anything but the easiest difficulty - which is kinda on par with the creators of FTL. Either way, I highly recommend it!

    • waveBidder@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 years ago

      I would say it’s easier than bastion but has some interesting combo mechanics.

      supergiant knocked the story/art/music out of the park, as they normally do