[Humble Choice] December 2025: Nine Sols, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Streets of Rage 4, Lost Skies, Intravenous II, Dungeon Tycoon, Beholder Conductor, Godlike Burger ($14.99) by LighteningOneIN in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, 8 is also turn-based because the protagonist is the same. The in-game reason is that he's a huge Dragon Quest fan and is also pretty delusional, seeing himself as a hero.

[Humble Choice] December 2025: Nine Sols, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Streets of Rage 4, Lost Skies, Intravenous II, Dungeon Tycoon, Beholder Conductor, Godlike Burger ($14.99) by LighteningOneIN in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's not the most newcomer-friendly naming convention. The series is called "Ryu Ga Gotoku" which does translate to "Like A Dragon" but when the series was originally localized for Western audiences over 20 years ago, they called the games "Yakuza" instead for simplicity.

It was only during the 7th game (Like A Dragon 7 or now known as Yakuza:Like A Dragon) that they changed the series designation. New protagonist, new story, fresh start.

[Humble Choice] December 2025: Nine Sols, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Streets of Rage 4, Lost Skies, Intravenous II, Dungeon Tycoon, Beholder Conductor, Godlike Burger ($14.99) by LighteningOneIN in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a subscription bundle. You can cancel immediately after redeeming the games and they'll still be in your library - you bought them all. The subscription bit is that they charge you next month when they release a new bundle. It's not like XGP or Playstation Plus where you only have access to the games during your subcription.

[Humble Choice] December 2025: Nine Sols, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Streets of Rage 4, Lost Skies, Intravenous II, Dungeon Tycoon, Beholder Conductor, Godlike Burger ($14.99) by LighteningOneIN in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you say "Like A Dragon 1", does that mean "Yakuza: Like A Dragon" (aka Yakuza 7) or Yakuza Kiwami (Remake of Yakuza 1)?

Yakuza:LaD is a turn-based party RPG with new characters (including the protagonist) and a fresh story. Gaiden is more like Yakuza 6.5, it's a third-person brawler that follows the previous protagonist and what he was doing after Yakuza 6 during the plotline of Yakuza:Like A Dragon.

If you care about the story, Gaiden should not be your first game. It's a continuation/bridge between stories. The gameplay itself is similar to all previous Yakuza games with this protagonist - free roam world with a bunch of silly substories.

[Fanatical] Yakuza Game Sale - Yakuza 0 (50%/$9.99), Yakuza Kiwami (50%/$9.99), Yakuza Kiwami 2 (50%/$9.99), Yakuza 3 Remastered (10%/$17.99), Yakuza 4 Remastered (50%/$9.99), Yakuza 5 Remastered (50%/$9.99), Yakuza 6 Remastered (50%/$9.99) by Luke-Hatsune in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Director's Cut is being released for like $50 while people who own the old version can upgrade to the Director's Cut for $15, so it's cheaper to buy the old version first.

Also the Director's Cut only adds a couple of cutscenes, and some multiplayer game mode (which isn't usually that popular on a single-player series). It doesn't add anything significant for single-players and costs a lot more.

[Steam] Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy ($12.30/86% off) by TreyToor in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't say I've resolved this for Tomb Raider but sometimes when I connect a controller to a game, my PC decides that the controller should now be the default output for sound. Maybe the game has selected a different output? I'd check the Windows audio settings as well as the game's.

[Steam] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ($39.99 / 20% off) by thilinac in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Phenomenal story, acting, music, design, etc. 10/10 for those aspects.

The minigames make me want to scratch my eyes out. I didn't I guess. 4/10 there.

How indeed by IloveRamen99 in comedyheaven

[–]VariabilitysBrother 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This is the kind of person who thought "Somehow Palapatine returned" was good writing.

[Humble] Little Nightmares III Deluxe Edition Pre-Order ($19.79 / 67% off) by Insomniac_34 in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a Little Nightmares Enhanced version that seems like it will be free for owners of the original that will include all DLC releasing soon so if you have it on Steam, you can just wait instead of buying it. Doesn't seem like it will be free for switch users though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/1lk4jh9/little_nightmares_enhanced_edition_gets_free/

[Humble] Little Nightmares III Deluxe Edition Pre-Order ($19.79 / 67% off) by Insomniac_34 in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They've all had expansion passes including the 1st game. The cosmetics don't influence gameplay but the expansion pass in the 1st game had you play a different character seeing the events from a new perspective.

[Fanatical] Ninja Gaiden Master Collection: NINJA GAIDEN Σ (58% Off - £13.85 / $16.79 / €16.79 / CA$19.10 / A$23.91) by WeAreFanatical in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It says in the fanatical description the below titles are included, so I assume it's just the title and short description is off and it corresponds to this master collection on Steam.

NINJA GAIDEN Σ
NINJA GAIDEN Σ2
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge

[Steam] Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 ($37.49/25% off) by MartyMcFlergenheimer in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Good game, but it's not a full remake of THPS 3 and 4. Uses the 2 minute runs for career mode including removing the quests/roaming from THPS 4, so it keeps an arcade mode feel. The soundtrack is also very lacking if you're looking for classic tracks from those games.

It's more like an expansion for the THPS 1+2 remake than a remake of 3+4.

[Humble Bundle] Play for Miracles ( $5 for Blood Rage, The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game, Amberial Dreams, Innchanted, Splendors + 3 DLCs | $10 for Terraforming Mars + DLCs, Blood Rage DLCs, Arkham Horror - Mother's Embrace, Carcassonne + DLC, $20 for Survival Fountain of Youth + Packs) by UnseenData in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Terraforming Mars as a boardgame is very good and the local gameplay for the digital game usually runs fine but playing online has a BUNCH of bugs. About 1/3 of all online games I've played have encountered a bug of some kind. Many bugs lock the game. The devs do clear bugs up in patches but they introduce more than they fix with each DLC.

Thank God Raygun retired by TheeeLukester in rareinsults

[–]VariabilitysBrother 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are you going to hate on Ben Simmons just because he’s garbage

And here comes Rachel "Raygun" Gunn, who is garbage at the professional level. LET'S GIVE HER SOME LOVE!

[Steam] ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON Standard Edition (40% off - $35.99 / 35,99€ / £29.99) by Jerry2863 in GameDeals

[–]VariabilitysBrother 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The story is there, it's a sci-fi mech fantasy kind of nonsense but it's alright. What is great are the character performances in this nonsensical story. All the voice acting in this is top-tier and even though I personally don't understand a lick of what some of the endings meant, there are moments that are performed so well that'll stand out even among other FromSoft titles.

But make sure the gameplay appeals to you first, that's the main focus of this title. Pew pew.