I wanted to give a quick mention to Screeps, which released a week ago. It's an RTS, but instead of directly commanding your units, you write code that does it for you. And it runs 24/7. Now, I'm a huge fan of the idea, and would've bought it, but in order to really play the game, I'd need a monthly subscription, which I'm not quite sold on. So in all likelihood, I won't play this, but if you want to give it a try, there should be a demo on its site.
In other news, the huge flood of games on Steam is really demoralizing in that I can't really pick games solely based on what I think. Due to the sheer volume, I automatically filter out games that don't have at least a dozen reviews, as being good generally means at least gaining that much popularity. Every now and then I've tried some of these less popular games, and they have indeed not been very good, thus reaffirming my suspicions that popularity has a correlation with how good the game is. And so, with each such game, I try these kinds of games less. So, I put Way of the Red on my list to once again either reaffirm that "if it's not popular, it's not good", or for the slim chance that this isn't the case. We'll see when I get around to playing it.
Regarding Salt and Sanctuary, which I played for another few hours today, someone watching my stream notified me how I'm doing everything wrong. And wow, I really was. I take back about half of the negative things I've said and/or thought about that game. Basically, NPCs are a huge thing, and I thought the statues I got would only temporarily summon the corresponding NPCs. So I'm now definitely half way through the game, and I only just learned about weapon and armor transmutation, fast travel between Sanctuaries, merchants, hidden doors, and possibly a couple of other things.
Finally, I'd like to draw attention to the newest Humble Bundle, which is pretty good for a change, as well as whatever The Steam Awards are. (Honestly, I'm not really sure what the real goal with The Steam Awards is, but I have faith in Valve.)
Regarding Salt and Sanctuary, which I played for another few hours today, someone watching my stream notified me how I'm doing everything wrong. And wow, I really was. I take back about half of the negative things I've said and/or thought about that game. Basically, NPCs are a huge thing, and I thought the statues I got would only temporarily summon the corresponding NPCs. So I'm now definitely half way through the game, and I only just learned about weapon and armor transmutation, fast travel between Sanctuaries, merchants, hidden doors, and possibly a couple of other things.
Finally, I'd like to draw attention to the newest Humble Bundle, which is pretty good for a change, as well as whatever The Steam Awards are. (Honestly, I'm not really sure what the real goal with The Steam Awards is, but I have faith in Valve.)
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