#4571431 - 06/10/21 04:06 PM
Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games
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Azshal
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Seems these days buying a game is a bad thing, just wait for them to be given away. It isn't helping my shelf of shame, I will tell you that. But I do try to buy the games that I want to support, at full price even, on occasion. Final Fantasy VII Remake, MechWarrior 5 (Steam, waited for a sale on EGS), and Star Wars Squadrons were the last 3 games I paid full price for.
Last edited by Azshal; 06/10/21 04:08 PM.
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#4571434 - 06/10/21 04:31 PM
Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games
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DBond
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DBond, funny you mention depressing. When my wife first got sick with her permanent disability, I first tried playing Bioshock 2, and later Fallout New Vegas, but had to quit both shortly thereafter due to being too depressing. They were too much to handle at the time.
Interesting Blastman. I played through both of those and didn't have the same reaction. Was it something inherent in the game, or was it something that didn't allow you to escape the emotion of your wife's struggles? I knew what I was getting in to with This War of Mine and Frost Punk in a general sense. I know what they are about. But I don't know how I will react. Only one way to find out! Thinking now of which games I have played that I would classify as depressing. Silent Hill 2 was. Soma too.
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#4571440 - 06/10/21 04:55 PM
Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games
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Seems these days buying a game is a bad thing, just wait for them to be given away. It isn't helping my shelf of shame, I will tell you that. I subscribe to the Humble Monthly, so I have a huge steam library that I haven't played. However, having such a huge library has been a boon for finding games for my daughter and I to play together. We've spent way more time doing things than we would have otherwise because of the subscription and backlog.
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#4571446 - 06/10/21 05:10 PM
Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games
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DBond
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Thanks for the reply Blastman, I can connect with that and yes in that light it makes sense to react that way.
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#4571819 - 06/15/21 11:00 AM
Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games
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PanzerMeyer
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Fallout New Vegas was just... bleak and full of death and despair.
True, post-apocalyptic nuclear wastelands tend to have those traits.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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