Are you likely to take advantage of the mods and stuff for FO4?
If you like shooting stuff the most, FC4. If you like exploring and building, FO4. FO4 is the best shooter of the Fallouts but it’s still not as good a shooter as games dedicated to shooting.
JC3 is basically more JC2.
Apparently this is not actually true. Prices in some countries got raised to match exchange rates, but not in the US, and any timing related to the sale was coincidental.
So many choices, so little time. I’m considering getting either Far Cry 4, Sniper Elite 3, Dishonored 2, or Grim Dawn.
I like exploring, so D2 and FC look fun. Shooting people in the nuts can be fun too, so maybe SE. Grim Dawn I just know nothing about except that it’s diablo-esque. Anyone with firsthand knowledge?
Grim Dawn is great! It is very much a Diablo-style game, but the character creation is off the charts in comparison. You begin by choosing a starting Mastery (class) at level 2- choices are:
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[li]Shaman (two-handed weapons, various natural magics at your disposal)[/li][li]Soldier (classic fighter-type class, sword and board skills)[/li][li]Occultist (summoning and hexing type class, DoT skills and pet damage)[/li][li]Nightblade (Rogue-type, trickery and high damage output)[/li][li]Demolitionist (ranged and/or grenades)[/li][li]Arcanist (Raw magic, wizard class)[/li][/ul]
But then, at level ten, you have the option of choosing a second mastery, which changes the name of what you are- for example:
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[li]Witchblade - Soldier + Occultist[/li][li]Sorcer - Arcanist + Demolitionist[/li][li]Warlock - Occultist + Arcanist[/li][li]Pyromancer - Occultist + Demolitionist[/li][li]Blademaster - Soldier + Nightblade[/li][li]Druid - Shaman + Arcanist[/li][/ul]
This gives you essentially 21 different classes to choose from. And if that wasn’t enough, you also have Devotion points, which you get by clearing shrines (and competing in the Crucible). These are used to fine tune your character in myriad ways, with an ENORMOUS constellation map that unlocks character bonuses, damage bonuses, new attacks, and other things.
The biggest drawback is the world is very drab. Your physical appearance is not super customizable, and is also extraordinarily drab compared to the crisp (and colorful) artwork in, say, Diablo 3. But the world is interesting, and the world-building is pretty cool. I love the game, personally, and would say it is worth its price, even when not on sale.
It is available on GoG as well, for those that don’t like Steam DRM.
Grim Dawn, by the way, is from the Titan Quest people in case you’re at all familiar with that game. TQ had the same basic Primary+Secondary class system as well (though without the extra “constellation map”). I haven’t played GD yet but enjoyed TQ quite a bit.
Answering my own question… **Overcooked **is tons of fun. The audience for it might be narrow though because: it is not much good for one player, it is very good but perhaps too hard for two players, it seems balanced for 3-4, and there is no online play yet. Local co-op only. That said… if you have somebody to sit next to (who you can get away with slapping occasionally) … tons of fun!
Divinity Original Sin looks like it will be fun but … local co-op is only via two controllers. No keyboard + controller. So I think I am finally going to get a steam controller.
I also got Black Desert Online cuz I haven’t played a MMO in years, and it is $8 once. It is odd so far. Gonna take a while to learn.
And I will probably buy The Room and/or The Room 2 at $1.25 each.
The Humble Bundle store currently has a bunch of stuff on sale, notably The Witness for just $15.99, for anyone who was looking for it at a good price (like me).
Little late but there’s a big sale on origin that’s actually pretty good. Star Wars: Battlefront was rightly criticized for being content light at launch, but for all the content for $5 it’s pretty good. Lots of good $5 stuff in there.