I'm currently researching the 4x Alpha Centauri, and I'm wondering what, in your mind, sets it apart from other 4x, or what makes it better.
Thanks for providing some rationale and not just dumping on other 4x
June 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
| Steam Page | Opencritic | Steam Recent/All | Operating Systems | Steam Deck | ProtonDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk of Rain 2 | 86 | 96/94 | Win | ✅ Verified | 🎖️ Platinum |
| Knights of Honor II: Sovereign | 78 | 76/78 | Win | 🟨 Playable | 🎖️ Platinum |
| LEGO 2K Drive Awesome Edition | 72 | 62/87 | Win | ✅ Verified | 🎖️ Platinum |
| Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector | 76 | 89/83 | Win | ✅ Verified | 🟨 Gold |
| Miasma Chronicles | 73 | 79/72 | Win | 🟨 Playable | 🟨 Gold |
| Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical | 76 | 94/91 | Win | ✅ Verified | 🟨 Gold |
| A Guidebook of Babel | N/A | 97/96 | Win, Mac | 🟨 Playable | 🎖️ Platinum |
| Empyrion - Galactic Survival | N/A | 79/61 | Win | 🟨 Playable | 🟨 Gold |
Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
Recently I just finished Hitman: World of Assassination's campaign, where the main campaign is basically a tutorial for the main "meat" of the game, i.e. contracts, Freelancer, and pushing down your assassination time for the story missions.
I really like that style of game, on this site famously I'm always talking about Monster Hunter which functions similarly (main campaign into grinding out for materials and decos), and was wondering if anyone else had any similar games.
I think roguelikes fit this a bit too, but for the sake of this topic not devolving into "what's your favorite roguelike", hopefully there are different suggestions! (Backpack Hero does something like this lol)
Figured it would be easier to just set up a mega thread. @phoenixrises posted a good resource with the Games Recap website, but I was unsure if people were going to use it to discuss trailers or not.
Games Shown
Lego Horizon Adventures
No More Room In Hell 2
Harry Potter Quidditch Champions
CUFFBUST
Star Wars Outlaws
Neva
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Black Myth: Wukong
Once Human
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Batman: Arkham Shadow - VR game
Street Fighter 6 Season 2 DLC
Tears of Metal
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
Delta Force: Hawk Ops
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves
Battle Crush
Mecha BREAK
Blumhouse Games compilation trailer
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
Deer & Boy
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Slitterhead
Killer Bean
Cairn
Wanderstop
Unknown 9: Awakening
Enotria: The Last Song
The First Descendant
Outersloth Funded Games - Games being funded by Among Us money.
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
Dune: Awakening
Battle Aces
The Finals Season 3
Alan Wake 2 DLC Expansion "Night Springs"
New world: Aeternum
Honkai: Star Rail - Art of Dreaming
Dark & Darker
Kunistu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Hyper Light Breaker
Party Animals
skate. - Long trailer to say they've basically got nothing to show.
Palworld - Sakurajima Update
Valorant - Console Trailer
Squad Busters - Live action trailer with no gameplay (for a mobile game?)
Monster Hunter Wilds
Phantom Blade Zero
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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Over the course of the month of May, 13 participants moved 105 games out of their backlogs.
There were 7 bingo wins (5 Standard and 2 Golf).
Congratulations to @aphoenix, @CannibalisticApple, @Durinthal, @Eidolon, @kfwyre, @Weldawadyathink, and @Wes!
Also, congratulations to all other participants as well: @Carrow, @J-Chiptunator, @Mendanbar, @Notcoffeetable, @semsevfor, and @Shevanel
Finally, appreciation to those who didn't play any games but still popped in to talk about them with us: @brews_hairy_cats and @Wafik
It has been an absolute blast doing this with everyone. Thank you all for participating.
Use this topic to post your final bingo cards, give recaps of your games, and share any thoughts you have on the event itself.
Reminder: the Backlog Burner will now run on a regular schedule during every May and November. Our next event is only five months away!
Highlights:
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Discovered Go not too long ago, finding it quite enjoyable.
I know there's plenty of reading material out there, but I'm unaware of what exactly would be worthwhile, especially for someone who's been dabbling around at it for 3 months at most.
Grateful for any and all suggestions!
Only three days left!
Post your current/final bingo cards, and get those last few games in before the deadline!
A final discussion topic and complete recap will go up on June 1st once the event is officially over.
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8 participants moved 31 games(!!!) out of their backlogs!
There were 3 bingo wins! (1 golf, and 2 standard)
Congratulations to @aphoenix, @Wes, and @kfwyre!
Thus far, a total of 80 games have been played for the May 2024 Backlog Burner.
Week 4 Game List:
8 participants moved 16 games out of their backlogs!
There were 0 bingo wins (but we are SO close!).
One participant played a game they had been putting off for 14 years!
Thus far, a total of 49 games have been played for the May 2024 Backlog Burner.
Week 3 Game List:
10 participants moved 18 games out of their backlogs!
There were 0 bingo wins.
Thus far, a total of 33 games have been played for the May 2024 Backlog Burner.
Week 2 Game List:
10 participants played 10 bingo cards and moved 15 games out of their backlogs!
There were 0 bingo wins.
Game list:
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week!
Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle are most worth my attention?”
Rules:
If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the available game/games are worthwhile.
All previous Save Point topics
If you don’t want to see threads in this series, add save point to your personal tag filters.
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week!
Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle are most worth my attention?”
Rules:
If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the available game/games are worthwhile.
All previous Save Point topics
If you don’t want to see threads in this series, add save point to your personal tag filters.
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
What are some games that have inspired you to break out a real pen(cil) and paper?
How do you feel about games that implicitly or explicitly want you to take notes?
Do you have any recommended “note”-worthy games?
This is the last full week of the Backlog Burner. There are only ten days left in May!
Post your current bingo cards.
Continue updating us on your games!
If you did not participate in previous weeks but want to start this week, that's fine!
Reminder: playing bingo is OPTIONAL.
Quick links:
8 participants moved 16 games out of their backlogs!
There were 0 bingo wins (but we are SO close!).
One participant played a game they had been putting off for 14 years!
Thus far, a total of 49 games have been played for the May 2024 Backlog Burner.
Week 3 Game List:
10 participants moved 18 games out of their backlogs!
There were 0 bingo wins.
Thus far, a total of 33 games have been played for the May 2024 Backlog Burner.
Week 2 Game List:
10 participants played 10 bingo cards and moved 15 games out of their backlogs!
There were 0 bingo wins.
Game list: