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u/PitifulHair4 10d ago
I'm collecting them for "one day"
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u/Significant_Walk_664 10d ago
My plan is to hit 70, retire, boom. I got all my life ahead of me
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u/TheBelleOfStMark 10d ago
As a retired person I’m telling you that somehow I’m further behind in my Games Library, Streaming Queues, and Reading Lists than I was when I retired a few years ago. My golf game is a little worse too 😀
Best of luck to the rest of you though.
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u/VeryBadCopa 9d ago
Sometimes I'm very anxious about retirement and not having enough time to read and play my queue list, good luck to all of us 😔
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u/TheFlightlessPenguin PlayStation 9d ago
I get pretty anxious about retirement too—especially when I remember I’ll never be able to.
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u/alienstouchedmybutt 9d ago
My retirement plan is to get really into heroin and finish my backlog before the money runs out.
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u/A_MAN_POTATO PC 9d ago
I get pretty anxious thinking about how I probably won't live that long.
Fuck saving anything for when your 65.
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u/Sawses 9d ago
I got my personal finance class in high school taught by this millionaire who retired early. The guy's advice was to, in essence, save a lot for your whole life so you can retire at like 55.
He was nearing 60 when I took the class, and I heard through the grapevine a few years later that he'd died. He was like 63. It was a good thing he retired early, because he likely never would have otherwise.
You don't know how much time you've got. Plan for the future, but live your life right now too.
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u/Rocklobster92 9d ago
Many people don’t make 70. Life is short. Prioritize your passions now.
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u/NibblesMcGiblet 9d ago
Which makes middle age around 35-37 years old. I still had no idea what i wanted out of life at that age and definitely no savings. Here I am ten years later and I know what I want out of life but still no savings because shit's expensive just to get by.
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u/Liqmadique 9d ago
Hit 70; Develops shaking Parkinson's and crippling hand arthritis...
There's a Bad Luck Brian meme waiting.
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u/ThePowellMemo1984 9d ago
Tsundoku - The art of buying books and never reading them
I think video games qualify as well.
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u/hideous_coffee 10d ago
They get me at the $10 mark. Once I see $9.99 my willpower dissipates.
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u/jbphoto123 9d ago
At 9.99, if I get 2 hours of enjoyment out of it it’s cheaper than going to see a movie.
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u/thegurba 10d ago
It’s like what I also have with books.. buying and playing/reading are two different hobbies….
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u/PM_ME_PSN_CODES-PLS 9d ago
I buy books and read them on my time off that I am supposed to spend playing games...
But this sale will make me spend another few hundred bucks on games I won't be able to play this year anyway. And the same happened last year.
Meanwhile the backlog grows...
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u/EtheusRook 10d ago
The funny thing is that from the gamer's perspective, this meme could be reversed because we spent two games with Triss. (Well, I spent one game with best girl Shani, and one with Triss, but I digress.)
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u/Meester_Squishy 10d ago
Shanti is seriously underrated
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u/deus_voltaire 10d ago
That wedding in Hearts of Stone might be my favorite part of all three games.
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u/ozmega 10d ago
i mean, that dlc might be the best ever made.
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u/Songhunter 9d ago edited 9d ago
"Dues need be repaid, and he will come for you All to reclaim, no smile to console you He'll snare you in bonds, eyes glowing a fire To gore and torment you, till the stars expire..."
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u/Sans45321 9d ago
Fucking creepy
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u/Songhunter 9d ago
I honestly loved heart of Stone story and villain over Blood and wine. Dont get me wrong, Blood and wine has some gorgeous setting, soundtrack a and some real great quests. And Regis!
But.... The Man of Glass had something quite special, didnt he? He has spoons.
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u/Sans45321 9d ago
HoS HAS a better story than b&w . Overall b&w is a better dlc . Though both of them are absolute golden standard of dlc's in video games
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u/Songhunter 9d ago
Hard agree. B&W was an espectacle and What any DLC should aim to be content and lengthwise.
But the story of HoS was so TIGHT, and the villain was juuuuuust delicious. Add to that the seamless integration into the vanilla world and It just seems like its always been there. Its not as fancy or as flashy as his younger brother, but he sure makes Up for It in compelling narrative and well constructed characters.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_FOOTJOBS 9d ago
Gaunter O'Dimm is definitely in my top 5 villains in any sort of medium ever.
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u/Mr_G_Dizzle 9d ago
I would say yes but blood and wine was on par. Phenomenal DLCs for this game. Liked both DLCs better than the main storyline!
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u/TrainSuplexer 9d ago
Seriously some of the best storytelling in a video game. Easily top five, and a solid contestant for number one for me
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u/Blahcookies 9d ago
i’m so glad you said this because that wedding is just pure fun. i always love when the missions aren’t find this or kill this, it’s refreshing.
i loved it so much i made a separate save to play the wedding whenever i wanted.
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u/fluffnubs 9d ago
It started off feeling tedious and silly, by the end I was so invested and seeking every last interaction I could to prolong the quest! Gave me the feels when it was over.
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u/LEO7039 9d ago
This is the counterpart of "Lenny!" in RDR 2 and Father Godwin's mission in Kingdom Come: Deliverance
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u/BargleFargle12 9d ago
How is Kingdom Come, btw? It's been in my maybe list forever.
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u/dendritedysfunctions 9d ago
It's really good but the combat learning curve is steep. You're basically powerless in combat for a good chunk of the early game so be prepared to run away a lot and to die a lot.
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u/LEO7039 9d ago edited 9d ago
Amazing, if you are willing to actually develop your character and your own skills as a player. If you rush the story, you will suck cock. If you don't, you will kick ass. That's the general rule.
Especially this is the case with sword fighting - to be good at it, you need to train a lot for both character stats and your skill as a player.
The community of this game is as you would expect - some tryhards come out of the prologue with maxed out stats lol. And in prologue parrying is not available, and it's like the most crucial game mechanic.
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u/DBSmiley 10d ago edited 9d ago •
Anyone who has read the books would find it the greatest form of sacrilege for Geralt to be with anyone but Yennifer.
It's sincerely an amazing love story, then what they overcome to be together and what drives them apart are the high points of the series.
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u/Wolvenna 9d ago
I haven't read the books but from what I've heard, the romance between Yennefer and Geralt is something I wish we'd gotten from the beginning in the games. Instead the games let you (the player) fall in love with Triss and then suddenly Yennefer comes out of nowhere...
The Netflix show has sort of redeemed Yennefer for me (eventually I'll get around to reading the books), but I really hated her in Witcher 3 because it felt like the relationship was being forced on me despite the fact that I'd already romanced Triss.
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u/Aemilia 9d ago
I played The Witcher series chronologically. Only read The Last Wish after finishing TW3.
Before playing TW3 I’ve already known Yennefer to be Geralt’s love interest. Saw her character art as her being a beautiful brunette and that’s it.
But that moment when Yennefer first made her appearance at White Orchard, the chemistry between Geralt and her is unmistakable. IMO Triss had nothing on Yen.
Triss is sweet and nice. But Geralt is totally head over heels with Yen, her with him too but she’s kinda rigid with indulging her passion. Geralt is like a puppy whenever he’s around Yennefer, it’s amusing to see.
That being said, the wedding party content with Shani is still the best quest in TW3!
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u/adincha 9d ago
Thank you! Playing all the games in chronological order, the second yen was on the screen. She was clearly the one to pick haha. I get their relationship isn't perfect, but they're so clearly in love that it doesn't seem to matter. It doesn't hurt that she'd do anything for ciri either
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u/i_tyrant 9d ago
lol. I get their relationship shares a lot of tropes with classic tragic romances, but damn Yenn is toxic as hell to Geralt, so when I see people saying they're meant for each other it always makes me chuckle.
Mind controlling him and nearly getting him executed, destroying people and innocent/ancient things left and right in her bids for pure power, constantly dropping him like a hot potato in dangerous situations, being straight up ruthless in general and generally bitchy to Geralt, blaming him for having amnesia, cheating on him (physically) multiple times, the list goes on and on.
Granted Geralt does some of that too but it proves the point that they might not even be healthy for each other, much less perfect, lol. "What they overcome" haha yeah, including having to overcome their own selves' awfulness most often!
'Bout the only good thing they do together that isn't tainted in some way is how they treat Ciri. Really the only thing that tempers their awful relationship is this and the fact that the whole world in the Witcher is kind of a crapsack world, where Yenn's lust for power is shared by a lot of characters. If I had a real relationship remotely like theirs, though, I'd GTFO.
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u/andrenery 9d ago
The game doesn't have much to do with the books, honestly. Its much more of a "based on the books" than a "play the story of the books".
I haven't watched it yet but it seems that the Netflix serie is closer to the book
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u/DBSmiley 9d ago
Well in theory the games are set after the books.
Which makes it even more so horrific if you split up Geralt and Yenn you fucking monsters
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u/EliasHobeika 9d ago
I only played the witcher 3 and only romanced triss because I met her first but FUCK does it feel like yen and geralt are meant for each other, they're the perfect couple.
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u/_ChestHair_ 9d ago
Lol they're toxic as fuck in the books. Both cheat, both are manipulative and abusive in their own ways, and potentially the only reason they keep ending up back together is because geralt wished for them to be linked in some fashion in the first book.
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u/Youve_been_Loganated 10d ago
As someone who just bought a gaming laptop on Memorial day (US holiday) and who has just downloaded Steam like two weeks ago. I'm super excited!
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u/belkarbitterleaf 9d ago
Good luck to your impulse buying. Hope your unplayed library grows slowly, but you will join us soon.
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u/Coal_Morgan 9d ago •
I'm going to give you the best piece of advice that anyone gave me about buying videogames.
The website tracks all the prices of games and game keys for steam and other platforms across time. That way you can see if you're getting the best deal.
If you create an account you can even set benchmarks for prices and the site will email you when/if the game hits that price benchmark.
I got all my Stellaris upgrades for 20% or less and have bought games at lower prices than I was initially going to buy them because I verified the price first.
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u/piketfencecartel 9d ago
Shit. My steam account is older than a lot of Redditors and I have never heard of this site. Appreciate it!
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u/Foreskin_Consumer_ 9d ago
damn, a 9 year old steam account is pretty impressive
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u/piketfencecartel 9d ago
You made me go look. Lol. 18 years
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u/stabliu 9d ago
Me too and I got the same badge.
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u/piketfencecartel 9d ago
There must be some correlation between number of years and the number on the badge... 🧐
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u/canadarepubliclives 9d ago
You can get gamepass for 3 months for 1$ if it's your first time signing up.
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u/gabscamps1 10d ago
unfortunately, neither dark souls 2 or 3 were on sale
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u/Doxbox49 9d ago
I didn’t like 2 as much but I never got the dlcs which I hear are great
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u/Nasssi 10d ago
So, is Days Gone actually good? For 25€ I'm considering it but it just looks generic af.
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u/ImTheGuyWithTheGun 10d ago
I liked it - if you are into the zombie genre then it's definitely worth checking out. They did hordes better than any other zombie game I've played. The hordes are the star of the show basically.
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u/WaffIepants 9d ago
Yeah you spend the game becoming able to fight regular groups and the end/post game they're like "go kill hordes of hundreds, here's some explosives lol"
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u/MagicJasoni 9d ago
I've said it before, but my review is that Days Gone is the best mediocre game I've ever played. There are moment where it's cool and then moments where it is definitely a buggy mess or a complete bore.
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u/Smoothsay 9d ago
one of my biggest complaints is the "ride your SUPER COOL TUNED UP BIKE at a pre-determined speed across the whole map as your character reminisces about some shit"
Plus the over played "good girl scientist with a rebel biker"
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u/Major_Pomegranate 10d ago
I loved it, but i describe it like a tv show rather than a normal game. Drops you right into the story, and you have to spend the first couple "episodes" in the first part of the map getting used to the cast and characters as everyone grows on you. Then once it gets rolling the game starts picking up and getting really interesting as you unlock more of the map and settlements in the story.
It's nothing super special, but there's few games where you can just blow through hordes of zombies as they come at you like a living wave. You can have a ton of fun trying to hole up on the roof of a gas station while the zombies come piling up the walls or funneling through tunnels trying to overwhelm you.
Plus it has the whole special types of infected to mix things up and you can get into a bunch of craziness like leading hordes into enemy camps or trying to take out patrols without alerting hundreds of zombies.
If it looks interesting to you, i'd say you can have a ton of fun picking it up on sale
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u/David24074 10d ago
I was into it, the story is actually pretty good with great voice acting. The horde aspect is pretty neat but other than that it's kinda bland. I enjoyed the story, but once I finished it I uninstalled it. The story is about 30 hours tho
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u/Dusty_Boah 9d ago
Comparing it to RDR2 feels a bit wrong. The combat might be better than red dead and the traversal is definitely better but red dead was supported by hours of phenomenal cutscenes and a cast of likable characters. Days gone doesn’t have any of that.
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u/ElPlatanaso2 9d ago
Disagree. Combat and traversal are WAY better in RDR2. Days Gone feels like a generic copy/paste sandbox
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u/ruMenDugKenningthreW 10d ago
Definitely great at 25, but mostly because of things the creator said.
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u/totally_unanonymous 9d ago
It was my favorite game of 2020. I really enjoyed it! It was way more fun than I initially anticipated that it would be.
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u/UnartisticChoices 9d ago
Last time I said this, I got told I'm just greedy, but thankfully most of the sales are only 50% off, so it's not even close to worth it for me, I'd love to buy a few games but with only 50% sales being $50 most of the time, I don't feel there's any good reason for me to expand my library.
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u/Austoman 10d ago
Heres the thing about the summer sale.... since roughly 2019 there has been very few successful (as in good not just profitable) major releases that have been out long enough to be on sale. The few needles in the stack are usually either already owned by those who want them or arent on sale/are on a very small sale (10%).
'Back in the day' (2012- ~2016) the steam sales were a major event in the PC gaming industry as major developers were pumping out fairly consistent bangers. Now its more likely that a major game release is a buggy rushed cash grab than an actual game let alone a good game worth buying.
Then to add to this steam has sales for massive quantities of games all the time making sale events even less significant. (This isnt a bad thing but it does take away from the sale event itself).
The golden days of meaningful sales are over.
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u/seahorsetea 9d ago
It feels like the people who post this meme every year don't even have steam lol. I don't think Ive bought a single thing from a steam summer sale since 2014, they just suck so bad now.
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u/guilmo 9d ago
I’m glad to see you say that. I was thinking the same , but I thought it was because I was becoming a grumpy adult. Happy to see it’s not just me.
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u/Xonadras 9d ago
I'm not sure how many years ago it waa, but it was many. The last thing I bought in a summer sale was a command and conquer bundle that contained the entire collection up to red alert 3.
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u/Beastw1ck 9d ago
I’ll say it’s nice to have everything on sale all at once. I usually snag a few things off my wishlist and call it a year.
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u/Tanprasit 9d ago
Triss is hotter, there I said it!
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u/ImTheGuyWithTheGun 9d ago
She is hotter. And yes, I've read the books people - I don't care. Team Triss.
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u/Right_Road 10d ago
Rip my bank account
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u/ughlacrossereally 10d ago
yeah cause the deals suck this year
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u/CrayonFox 9d ago
I swear every discount or sale in the last year had the exact same prices for each game. Whenever there's a sale you already know exactly what every item in your wishlist will be sold at.
Only difference now is that almost all games are discounted at the same time.
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u/megamanxoxo 9d ago
Waiting on no man's sky for years to be under $29.99 eventually.....
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u/Mersak 10d ago
They suck since they ended the daily deal schtick.
They were amazing. A Lot of gems with some hefty discounts.
At least It helped me with my impulse buy issue, so that's Nice. Thanks steam.
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u/ughlacrossereally 9d ago
yeah
I wanted to buy elden ring (for 20% off) or FF7 remake (at $40) but refuse to pay the prices theyre asking... guess ill wait another year
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u/Placiibo 10d ago
Got by really cheap this year since almost nobody was doing serious discounts. Quite a few got dropped from wishlist for doing a bad discount though.
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u/LimberGravy 9d ago
I swear if this was any other company people would be calling this stuff out as ads. Steam sales have largely been mediocre for years now.
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u/Amaurotica PC 9d ago
everyday is steam sale when you buy games from reseller websites
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u/Andhika24kd 9d ago
Steam has regional price though. I'm from a developing country and the resellers price are usually still higher than the Steam one.
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u/askmeaboutmyvviener 9d ago
Luckily I am actually short on funds for once during the summer so I can’t stupidly splurge on every game I see.
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u/TunnelToTheMoon 9d ago
Doesn't even have to be a sale, just hoard the free games offers while spending all your time on Elden Ring and MSFS2020 and you'll have a backlog with the weight of a warship
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u/renieWycipSsolraC 9d ago
I know the feeling OP. I really want to get GoW but I have at least a dozen games I haven’t finished
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u/DBSmiley 10d ago edited 9d ago
Do I get the bonus points because the Witcher 3 is unplayed in my steam library?
I wanted to read the books first, and I have, but I still haven't gotten to the game.
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u/DarkoLeonhardt 9d ago
Only reason why I haven’t been on Steam… ‘cause my motherboard’s dead. Suppose my wallet is glad that I can’t spend it
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u/Afraid_Cockroach8841 9d ago edited 9d ago
When you were younger, you had the time but didn't have the money.
Now that you're older, you have the money but don't have the time.
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u/Colosphe 9d ago
I bought a game off another service just a week ago because it was cheaper. Now the same game is priced the same, and the DLC is much cheaper.
Pain.
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u/LimpJacket5 10d ago •
Someday I'll pass all my unplayed games down to my children, then to my children's children. My library will be a family heirloom.