Huh. Hidden Folks is 60% off on Steam but only 50% on Itch.io. I wonder why that is.

Similarly, Cross Code is 25% off on Steam but not on sale at all on Itch.

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Quoting: Segata Sanshiro

Quoting: nullzeroI kind of happen to have one of those games lingering on the steam account from a bundle and for the first time, after reading your review Liam, I am actually am tempeted to play it.

Maybe it's one of those "don't judge the book by it's cover" scenarios.

Quoting: nullzeroI kind of happen to have one of those games lingering on the steam account from a bundle and for the first time, after reading your review Liam, I am actually am tempeted to play it.

Maybe it's one of those "don't judge the book by it's cover" scenarios.

They're really a great deal of fun, they're a guilty pleasure of mine. I pick up a couple whenever they're dirt cheap.

That said, I think you can judge them by their cover because you get pretty much what you expect in terms of quality, though the entertainment value is probably a lot higher than you'd expect. I do find quite a lot of comedic value in some of the cut scenes and voice acting and there's a lot of "drinking game material" (take drink each time you have to collect X amount of objects to open some convoluted lock or have to use smelling salts to wake someone up) but they're fun and you get your money's worth in play time.

There's really a whole cottage industry built around these games, with Artifex Mundi pumping out 4 or so per month through various obscure Polish game studios.

If I could ever be bothered or knew how, I'd livestream playing some of these games because they really deserve some sort of cult following. I already have my own fan theories that these games all take place in the same universe and the female protagonist is actually the same person, possibly a time traveler.

The protagonist of The Secret Order 3 literally is a time traveller, so you're probably on to something there.

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Quoting: GrabbyTacoma is an interesting experience, I recommend it if you like exploring environments and being immersed in a story.

And you're a ON3 V3IN fan.

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Quoting: Nezchan

Quoting: fasterthanlime

QuoteIt's slick, it's open source and I haven't encountered many issues with it.

As the developer of the client, I couldn't pay for a better review honestly. Thanks for the chuckle!

You know, in the context of a sale like this it would be nice to have stuff you've put into a collection indicate whether it's on sale or not. I've got a "Wishlist" collection and I'd love to be able to just look at it and see, rather than going to each individual page or scrolling through all the stuff on sale.

Try this:

https://itch.io/library/things-on-sale

Oh, that's good. From the name I never would have thought that's what it did. Very handy though, thanks. Gonna get Crossing to the Cold Valley too, since I see it's on sale for only a quarter.

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Quoting: fasterthanlime

QuoteIt's slick, it's open source and I haven't encountered many issues with it.

As the developer of the client, I couldn't pay for a better review honestly. Thanks for the chuckle!

You know, in the context of a sale like this it would be nice to have stuff you've put into a collection indicate whether it's on sale or not. I've got a "Wishlist" collection and I'd love to be able to just look at it and see, rather than going to each individual page or scrolling through all the stuff on sale.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: NezchanOoh, I was planning to get Dicey Dungeons this Xmas for myself anyway. This just seals the deal.

Hidden Folks is tempting too, at 50% off. I hear it's excellent.

I can recommend Hidden Folks too, fun little game, the sounds just top it off :D

Liam recommend it, I believe it, that settles it!

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Ooh, I was planning to get Dicey Dungeons this Xmas for myself anyway. This just seals the deal.

Hidden Folks is tempting too, at 50% off. I hear it's excellent.

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Quoting: razing32Hope it does enough to not just be "another one"
One thing i find odd in the trailer is how much work they put in the world and the characters only have a basic walk animation. Couldn't they draw them swinging an axe or casting a line ??

That's what turns me off about it honestly, especially given that I'd have to watch that clumsy walk and those barely-animated actions all the way through. No way that wouldn't irritate the hell out of me on a playthrough that takes hours.

A shame, given how the idea is right up my alley and I've been wanting a SF-based farming sim for ages.

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I liked the first game, but found that once I started destorying portals the difficulty ramped up fast and it didn't seem to matter how many fortifications I made. So eventually I just gave up on it. Got the second game in a bundle, but haven't actually played it. Guess I should, if it's that big an improvement.

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I was a backer when this was on Kickstarter, and I've been watching the updates as they roll along. Holding myself back from playing it more than just seeing if it works until the full game is released though.

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