I think I’ll be finally picking up Project Wingman and Black Mesa in this sale.

What’s on your list?

  • idunnololz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    I don’t see people mention Cross Codes often and no one has mentioned here yet so I think it’s “lesser known”.

    It’s one of the games I got. I’m 20 hours in and the game is amazing so far.

    The game can be pretty challenging sometimes so I’m not sure if it’s for everyone. I’d describe the game as a MMORPG but without the MMO. It has a lot less grinding than a MMO and a lot more puzzles.

    I saw some people compare it to Zelda but I feel like that’s only accurate for some aspects.

    • Piemanding@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Cross code won awards and was featured several times on Linus Tech tips. IDK how lesser known it could be then. It did come out a while ago. I agree that the game is good, but it is one of the few games I quit because of performance issues.

  • idunnololz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    Oh one game I forgot to include is Ghost Trick. It’s so lesser known I forgot about it.

    This game is amazing. It’s by the creators of Phoenix Wright and it was originally made for the DS back in 2010. It was a commercial failure because Capcom didn’t advertise it at all and since it’s released it’s been pretty obscure. It was only ported to PC this year.

    I think this is a game you should go in blind. I highly recommend this game.

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      funnily enough I first found out about this game and started playing it literally days before the announcement of the remaster. I’ll stick with the DS version when I continue it cause I prefer the stylus for this kind of game but I’m very glad others will get to enjoy this game regardless of their ownership of a DS.

  • Kraivo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    Shadow of the doubt

    Return of the obra dinn

    Hypnospace outlaw (haven’t played yet)

    Lucifer among us (criminally short)

    Into the breach

    Curse of the dead gods

    Sea of survivors

    God of weapons

    Tanuki sunset

    En garde

    Human fall flat

    Later alligator

    Dredge

    Hades

    Party hard 2

    Abandon ship

    Passpartout

    Cloadpunk

    Lil gator game

    Mosa lina

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        Never heard of it. Is it a story heavy game? My Steam account says it’s similar to Hollow Knight and Ace Attorney, which seems like two completely different games.

        • cottonmon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          10 months ago

          I suppose you could say it’s story heavy since what you’re doing is piecing together what happened on the ship. The story is that you’re a insurance investigator and have to find out what happened to every person that was on the Obra Dinn. It’s a great game. If it matters, it’s a Lucas Pope game, the guy who made Papers Please.

      • Kraivo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        I’d call it the best detective game if it wasn’t for the shadow of the doubt

    • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I picked up En Garde recently because I absolutely adore the tone, setting and swashbuckling duelist vibe.

      It’s a little flat for me, I don’t feel like it has achieved the character fantasy of being a swashbuckler in the mechanics, instead I’m basically kicking boxes into people and stabbing them again and again.

      • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I’m not a fan of the bleakness of souls games but maybe I’d like En Garde better, it looks like a lot of fun

        • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          I wouldn’t call it a soulslike really. Beyond being an over the shoulder melee game, it’s more of a classic PS2 era adventure game.

  • mycus@kbin.social
    20·
    10 months ago
    • Shattered Pixel Dungeon
    • Sunset Overdrive
    • Your Only Move is Hustle
    • Death’s Door
    • Super Woden GP 2
  • gerryflap@feddit.nlEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    Not sure how well known it is, but on a friend’s recommendation I bought Cassette Beasts. I just got a second hand Steam Deck and it’s a fun combination. It’s basically a Pokemon-like game, but with its own charm. Instead of pokeballs you record monsters with cassette tapes. It’s quite a goofy game and I’m enjoying it so far.

    If you do get it for the Steam Deck, you should play it with compatibility mode set to Proton 8, because then it somehow uses 40% less battery or something.

  • loanrangerofpeanuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    I didn’t get it during the sale, but Cocoon. Such a fun little puzzle game with great art direction. It’s well worth its price tag despite being a fairly short game.

    Tunic is on my list and I’ll probably pick it up later this week.

    • minyakcurry@monyet.ccEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Tunic is amazing! Although the combat feels very clunky (maybe I’m spoiled by sekiro).

      Thankfully, you can just turn on reduced difficulty, since the beauty of the game lies not in the slow combat, but the puzzles and puzzles within those puzzles. Also the main character is adorable.

      • Buglefingers@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I’m doing a play through with a friend (trying to get the good ending rn) such a fantastic game! Beautiful and the world layout puzzles are fantastic!

    • skulblaka@kbin.social
      5·
      10 months ago

      Boltgun accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do. Great game. It gives me the same sort of power fantasy vibe that Space Hulk: Deathwing did but lets you actually move at the terrifying speed that a space marine should.

  • zenbhang@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Not related, but OP, if you get the chance I recommend at least trying out Project Wingman in VR with joysticks.

    Holy shit, was it a transcendent experience.

    I beat the campaign with a controller on a monitor my first time around, but on my second playthrough I played it in VR and I found there is nothing like looking for bogeys and tracking them by peeking around your cockpit.

    More related to the prompt, but if anyone wants a recommend:

    I just beat both Pentiment and Return of the Obra Dinn and both were truly the historical detective / mystery games that I’ve waited so long for.

    Go into both completely blind and report back. I guarantee you, that you will not be disappointed.

    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I loved this game too but I was never able to finish it. The game kept getting incrementally slower as I progressed like it was having trouble processing everything. Happened on both my Switch and Xbox Series X. Hopefully the PC version is better.

      • wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        That still happened on PC, or on my OG steam deck at least, but it was somewhat remedied by some commands to adjust settings. Things like turning off visible bots, background settings, UI elements. That leaves most of the processing just being you walking around/gathering and whatever background machinery you have going, vs all of everything.

        I imagine those were not present on Switch/Xbox since these were basically commands applied to the game .ini.

        Also FWIW, may not really be worth picking up again unless you really want to endgame it. The developer was kind of a chud to the team from some of the stories I read which seemed to result in the endgame kind of teetering off into nothing. Like, once you find all the NPC’s you’re not playing for anything but to build and optimize, even though it feels like it’s leading you on with more to unlock somehow.

        I’d double check of course, as with anything it could be a bunch of nonsense. But yeah I pretty much agree, it’s an ok game with some issues, they can be remedied on PC but even then it’s just kind of like you work to it, you did it, it’s done and what was the point. There’s nothing to take away from the game, I guess.

  • frogfruit@programming.devEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    Cattails. It’s like Stardew Valley but with cats. I played the first game on Switch and just picked up the sequel to play on Deck.

  • rgalex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I’ve bought a bunch of Wadjet Eye games; Unavowed, Gemini Rue, Primordia, Strangeland, Shardlight, Technobabylon and The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow.

    And aside from that, Return of the Obra Dinn.

    I’ve already played Gemini Rue, and I’m finishing Unavowed.