Quoting: Nezchan

Quoting: Anza

Quoting: Nezchan

Quoting: scaineI'm blown away by how few of these games I've played! Eight! Just 8 games in that whole list!!

Five here, and that's if you count demos.

Four. Fourteen if demos are counted. And few of the demos I have installed, but haven't played yet, so the count could be even higher. Not that I remember much of the soundtracks. Anger Foot is exception as the music is mostly so simple and repetitive.

Well, I remember one of the main tracks on Pacific Drive since it's by an artist I already like, Old Man Luedecke. Although it's a huge departure from his usual stuff.

Memorable is pretty high bar for me. I can remember some old classics for sure like Cannon Fodder theme, but for majority of games I don't really remember any details. Sometimes I can just remember that music was good.

But artist connection is good point. Jet's Guns soundtrack I remember because it's by Machinae Supremacy and I listen to the soundtrack now and then. Not they are included in any of the soundtracks this time around as far as I know.

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Quoting: Nezchan

Quoting: scaineI'm blown away by how few of these games I've played! Eight! Just 8 games in that whole list!!

Five here, and that's if you count demos.

Four. Fourteen if demos are counted. And few of the demos I have installed, but haven't played yet, so the count could be even higher. Not that I remember much of the soundtracks. Anger Foot is exception as the music is mostly so simple and repetitive.

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Just in case if somebody wants plaintext version of the schedule. Haven't used ChatGPT that much, but as far as I can see, it did the job just fine. Free OCR solutions have been bit hit and miss when I tried them long time ago.

Monday, November 4

10AM (PST) / 7PM (CET)

Worship
Little Kitty, Big City
Wildfrost
Cairn
PAPERHEAD
Figment 2: Creed Valley
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure

11AM (PST) / 8PM (CET)

Knights in Tight Spaces
Tiny Glade
Peglin
Henry Halfhead
GLUM
Celestial Return
Hadley's Run: A Starship Saga

12PM (PST) / 9PM (CET)

Rightfully, Beary Arms
Mix Universe
Escape from Ever After
Starstruck: Hands of Time
Fruitbus
Tiny Bookshop
shapez 2
Cabernet
ANGEL

1PM (PST) / 10PM (CET)

Into The Grid
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Dice Gambit
Morgan: Metal Detective
Fish Game
Tavern Talk

2PM (PST) / 11PM (CET)

Cult of the Lamb
Star Birds
Necesse
Pathologic 3
Quasimorph
Mexico, 1921: A Deep Slumber
Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action

3PM (PST) / 12AM (CET)

Europa
Great God Grove
Ultros
Bean Beasts
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Rift of the NecroDancer
Boyfriend Dungeon
Caves of Qud

Tuesday, November 5

10AM (PST) / 7PM (CET)

Incolatus
Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson
Tears of Metal
Sandara: City of a Thousand Eclipses
Camper Van: Make it Home
Arctic Awakening

11AM (PST) / 8PM (CET)

Death of the Reprobate
Eternal Strands
A Guidebook of Babel
Nocturne
The Operator
Inkuliniati
Post Trauma
Solarpunk

12PM (PST) / 9PM (CET)

Caravan Sandwich
Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Anger Foot
Castle of Alchemists
RUNGORE
Kill The Music

1PM (PST) / 10PM (CET)

Dwarf Fortress
American Arcadia
Jusant
Symphonia
Bits & Bops
Tavern Keeper

2PM (PST) / 11PM (CET)

Metal: Hellsinger
Crown Gambit
Wingspan
We Harvest Shadows
Dorfromantik
Munch

3PM (PST) / 12AM (CET)

Rhythm Doctor
A Short Hike
The Thaumaturge
Buckshot Roulette
Golden Lap
REVEIL
Pacific Drive
Once Upon a Jester
Sorry We’re Closed
Koira
Lost in Art: A Miniature Realm

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Quoting: ChrisznixAh, No Mans Sky. I really like what the devs did here, the game looks absolutely awesome, and there is tons of content. But no matter how often i retry it, after a few hours i feel the grind, and my motivation is lacking somehow.
Elite, its biggest competition (in my opinion), is way less dense in content and grindy as hell, but for me, it feels a bit more rewarding and... real. I wonder what Hello Games had to do in order to get me hooked for longer.

I mainly these days just play the expeditions. Though I don't have that much meaningful grinding left. Freighter upgrades would have still something to do, but I have some much resources that I mostly have lost interest. I could grind better relations to the two hidden factions, but don't feel like that I need to hurry with that either.

Should maybe some day try out Elite. I have vague memory that I have a key somewhere.

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After spending short time with the expedition, it does feel refreshingly different. There's one new layer of game mechanics at least. There's even one more thing that I haven't touched yet that might change the game mechanics somewhat too.

Maybe Factorio Space Age DLC has to wait in the shop still for a moment.

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Quoting: sobkasAdding screenshots next to game name would be nice. I would prefer to see how game looks before I check its Steam page.

Tried it out. Have to just find even smaller resolution (tried first with 800x600). But they do give somewhat representative idea of the game. Store page screenshots try sometimes look too good, but didn't feel like taking screenshots while playing.

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Four more, this time around no total disappointments.

AI LIMIT [External Link]
One of the many soulslikes. This time around it seems easier and not as dark as some of them. Otherwise seems familiar. Still fun enough.


CraftCraft [External Link]
Crafting game like the name suggests. Lot of mouse movements emulating somewhat real life, which I guess might help with immersion. Though can be bit confusing for a while. In the short demo the customers were quite personalities. One task even required bit of creativity. Good casual fun, but didn't cross the wishlist threshold for me.

Keep Driving [External Link]
Imagine Pacific drive, but 2D and everything is mundane. On top of that there are events have their own minigame, which utilizes items and skill. Relatively forgiving, though there seems to be some kind possible end state. Interesting concept, almost worth of wishlisting.


Worshippers of Cthulhu [External Link]
Management game, but with Cthulhu theme. Developers have managed to make many activities around the theme. Sacrifices (sometimes with people) and carving marks into peoples backs with a daggers are among few examples. Towards the end of demo, amount things to do got to satisfying level.

I guess biggest downside is that publisher is Crytivo who have tendency do bit suspicious things.

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Had time just for few. Two hits, one miss.

Ale Abbey [External Link]
One of the many management games. This time around we're brewing brew in a monastery. All the standard stuff is there like keeping monks and nuns happy and building rooms for different functions. Though at the heart of it is making new beer recipes, which is bit of min maxing. Requests might require different qualities and market might has bit more subtle mechanisms what sells. I didn't figure out the market completely.

Seems to be better than the ingredients suggest. I did have fun. So much fun that I actually wishlisted the game.


Urban Myth Dissolution Center [External Link]

Slight twist on detective games. Dialogue and clicking things in order to get their description is kind of point and click like. Deduction screens ask you to form sentences. And there's also social media research which is about hunting for relevant messages in order to find search terms. There's small part which requires to understand a bit about Japanese culture, but luckily game is quite forgiving. Narrative is driving the game forward. Might benefit from even better writer, but plot is still interesting enough. Unless you're allergic to anime plot twists.


Time Plague [External Link]

This one is the miss. It's FPS based on Time Machine, but there's lot of exposition before you actually get shooting and even then people complain that they didn't figure out how to complete the first shooting encounter. I also gave up at that point.

There's lot of lack of polish, though game graphically looks OK. I found some information about the developer and it all makes sense. This is their first game and from reading between the lines, the game is meant to showcase the engine. The sales text speaks more about rapid development more than actual impressive features.

I did try it with VR, though it works also without.

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Quoting: Philadelphus

Quoting: pbPlease remind me, will these demos disappear right after NextFest or will they stay available? Or at least stay in my library if I install them now?

The most likely outcome is that they will disappear, though sometimes developers keep them around afterwards. But if there isn't something explicitly saying that, I wouldn't bet on it.

I don't have much to ask, but I have hunch that AA games are quickest to disappear. Reasoning might differ between games.

Only way to be sure if something is going to disappear and when is to ask from the developer. Sometimes developer has answered the question already in a discussion in the games Steam forums.

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Quoting: satorideponThat's because some indie devs were complaining that they don't get enough visibility and most of the attention is taken by already popular games

Personally I think these big banners are better because you see screenshots and a trailers and don't have to open a store page for each game anymore

well that makes it even worse for visibility then. cause im not going to scroll through those... pressing show more only brings like 3 more.

Luckily clicking on Charts it still shows the better list and mouse over shows short clip of the game and i can middle click and open in new tab to then later decide if i will download or not.

Now there's also discovery queue for demos. Compared to regular one, it behaves bit differently. Seems to be still under development as it looks different than it was yesterday. Still feels bit klunky though, so I have some doubts how well it's received by bigger audience.

But at least it has potential for bringing less popular demos to closer to the surface. Though still the problem is that there's so much to play that I mostly have time for some popular ones and might accidentally stumble on some less popular one.

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