I am on a quest to play through all of the classic FPS. So I will put some time in Doom64.
Valve is not the one setting the prices. The publishers/developers are. One could argue that they are increasing their prices becauses of Valve’s cut, but they aren’t. A Ubisoft game for example costs the same on Steam as it does on the Ubisoft store, which is obviously not taking any cuts for its own games.
Also, 30% is the industry standard. Here is a nice overview IGN made in 2019. https://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2019/09/GameRetailerCuts_infographic-1.png
Edit for the price parity argument: If the parity would have increased game prices to include Valve’s cut, AAA games would have gotten 30% more expensive many years ago. But they didn’t.
Perfect Dark
Never played the original one.
Miez! Guter Katzenpapa…
I finished the second half of Hrot, a boomer shooter. It plays like a mix of Dusk and Quake 1, set in Czechoslovakia in the 80s.
Really good atmosphere, nice enemy variety, good level design with lots of secrets, great music, average gunplay.
I had a lot of fun and reading up about all the references to real life Czechoslovakia and Chech culture was quite interesting and educational.
I started playing Dave the Diver. It has a lot of charm, but it feels like two mobile games stiched together. I kinda like it, but I wish there was more to it.
A “tremendous turn off” he says?
FTL and Into the Breach
That is part two of the Vengeance Trilogy. But I agree, they could have at least mentioned the most famous one.
No Vengeance Trilogy? No I Saw The Devil?
It certainly has its problems, but I had a lot of fun with it back in 2012 or so.
Well, it is from 2010. But I will still recommend Alpha Protocol.
This sexy beast: https://claudiaandjulia.com/en/products/termo-outdoor-de-lurch?variant=39282776145981
Had it for little over a year now. Use it every day. The paint is chipping here and there, but functionally it is as good as new.
Huh, so Russia finally killed a real nazi…
Yea, until devs started leaking the dates way in advance for some attention. I prefer official communication over the dev of “Washcloth Simulator” spoiling the surprise.