The Video/PC Game Discussion Thread

I mostly bought 75% off games but decided to also get Soma at just 50% off. Been itching to play that one for months now. 

I have actually started a couple of other games in the last couple of days:

35mm - a few negative feelings here so far, mostly due to the terrible save system which is autosave only with checkpoints too few and far between but I like the overall atmosphere of the game. It's a post-apocalyptic tale of two men travelling to an as yet unstated destination. They seem to have been thrown together by chance and don't really know each other, but there does seem to be a level of trust between them. A lot of the game has been just walking and exploring so far but it does it in such a way that parts of the game were actually quite nerve racking. Had one major fight scene so far where it briefly turned into an FPS. The gunplay was okay but not great. They did not provide enough bullets to kill every enemy even with perfect aim though, so I had to run from the fight. Maybe that was the intention. I need to pick it up again from the next but which I kept dying on due to triggering traps - because of the awful save system I obviously kept being put back to the start of the area.

I've also started an RPGMaker game called Ara Fell. I've completed the prologue and a couple of main quest missions and a few side missions so far and it seems solid. The combat threw me as it presents itself as turn-based but is partly in real time so you can't sit there looking through your menus to choose what to do as the enemies will keep attacking. As such I got killed on the very first tutorial fight. Getting used to it now though. 

Going to attempt to cap my spending here though. I was thinking of maybe getting Firewatch but it only went to 33% off. I think I'll wait to see what it goes to next time. 

Liking the game so far. I did have trouble with the first enemy that came along though. I managed to avoid it the first time though it was chasing me at the end I did manage to make my escape. However it later reappeared in the next section and here it seemed that no matter where I tried to hide it always seemed to go straight to that area to look for me and I didn't find that the rooms had many options to avoid its gaze, such the ability to edge round the back of the shelves in a store room despite there being a visible gap there. 

Also, Adam, if you'd prefer to play it like a typical turn-based game, you can select the "Wait On" option in the menu, and that will allow you to take as much time as you want in battle. I figured that out from my experience with this battle system.

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/813/

As for Soma, loving it more and more with each session I play it and definitely not regretting take the plunge at just 50% off. I just got out of the Theta area.

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/246/

I can't stand people who don't take care of their games. Don't understand them either. They cost enough when new. I had a friend when I was in school who was like this. Discs everywhere. Loose, in the wrong cases, manuals either damaged or missing, you name it. We actually had a fight once (meaning shouting, not fists) when I took a game round his house and he tried to treat mine in the same manner. 

Finally got past this but it was total luck and a lot of running in the end. I've finished the game now. That ending was bittersweet to say the least.