It is that time again! Valve launched the Steam Winter Sale 2023 and The Steam Awards are also open for voting for your favourite titles now too.
Look, you know the drill by now, there's no need for some big long introduction right? You'll say you won't be buying any more, because you've already got 401 games you've yet to finish. Let's skip over the lies, you'll end up buying something else, just like I will already have — I finally caved and got NieR:Automata at 60% off (highest Steam discount so far).
Some quick picks:
Dead by Daylight - 65% off - 
Deck Verified / ProtonDB Silver
Cyberpunk 2077 - 50% off - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Gold
God of War - 50% off - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Gold
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition - 50% off - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Platinum
Inscryption - 50% off - 
Deck Playable / Native Linux
Valheim - 40% off - Deck Verified / Native Linux
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered - 40% off - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Gold
Cassette Beasts - 25% off - Deck Verified / Native Linux
Baldur's Gate 3 - 10% off, first ever sale - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Gold
Looking over the Steam Awards, I'm genuinely surprised to see that the "Most Innovative Gameplay Award" category…has Starfield in the runnings. Now, I'm not one to jump on games but — most innovative, Starfield, really? What crazy gamers thought it should be there? Anyway, voting in each category unlocks various special Steam Chat Stickers for you.
Check out the sale on Steam and the Steam Awards here.
The Steam Winter Sale 2023 runs until January 4th, 6PM UTC. What will you be picking up?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
redneckdrow Jan 3
Quoting: dvdWhat boggles my mind is how game reviews are: Baldurs Gate 3 sits at 97% and Rogue trader at 57%. Don't get me wrong, i love bg3 but Rogue trader is just the better game.
Sure, grimdark sci-fantasy parody-esque drivel without a single heroic figure (that wouldn't exist without D&D) beats one of the oldest and most detailed D&D settings with over 400 novels and 38 years of supplements.
Is what I'd like to say, but being made by Owlcat, I dunno, you may be right.
Quoting: redneckdrowQuoting: dvdWhat boggles my mind is how game reviews are: Baldurs Gate 3 sits at 97% and Rogue trader at 57%. Don't get me wrong, i love bg3 but Rogue trader is just the better game.
Sure, grimdark sci-fantasy parody-esque drivel without a single heroic figure (that wouldn't exist without D&D) beats one of the oldest and most detailed D&D settings with over 400 novels and 38 years of supplements.
Is what I'd like to say, but being made by Owlcat, I dunno, you may be right.
I finished the campaign on the first, after playing through i definitely feel like it was rushed or too big for them to handle within their constraints: honestly it feels like the game ends early/mid chapter 4; every companion quest after chapter 3 might as well trigger early in chapter 4; in BG3 there was at least something you could say to them in the end game. Those 2 (or even chapter 3) felt like they were just boss dungeons.
I know there are not many cRPGs with direct sequels, (only Pillars comes to mind) but i think having an episodic release might have benefited the game. I was laughing at the story from act 4 to 5.
I must say I really missed something unique like the underwater prison break in BG3. I think that quest has to be the best gaming experience for me this year. In rogue trader i liked the space combat, and the boss fights in general. Although it feels like the final boss was just a copy of the act 4 boss.
I liked that they did away with RT, also that they have a ton of options to tune gameplay and difficulty, including the vital speed up sliders. Hopefully they implemented that in BG3 too, would be a massive QoL upgrade.
I kinda liked the whacky settings, although i think they missed an opportunity to turn the formula on its head: make it difficult/annoying to play a good guy/girl in the game. As far as i know Tyranny was the only game that tried to do that, but that missed the shot too. I expected more obstruction from the empire playing as an Iconoclast.
I had some difficulty with the gameplay at some points (mostly due to bad builds), but it is clear that they tuned down the difficulty from earlier games (or maybe just the underlying system is simpler/more forgiving).
Sorry for the rant. ( I had similar ones when i played bg3 )
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