Game suggestions! RPG, platformer, 35€ mark

[Melusina]

OK, I'm looking for either good platformer or RPG to buy. Currently have 35€ and I'm stomped. I feel like my money is just sitting on my wallet and I really need to buy something. I have tried clearing my backlog, but I keep getting obsessed about that wallet funds!

requirements:

single purchase only or single purchase without much overpriced dlc, no internet connection required to play, 35€/$ mark, steam only games

What are my top games:

Divinity OS 2, Pathfinder Kingmaker, Thea 2 The Shattering, Atelier Ryza, Lulua and Ayesha, Mages of Mystralia, Bard's Tale IV, Nine Parchments, The Witcher 3, Monster Boy and Cursed Kingdom, Tangledeep, Kynseed, Ghost of a Tale, La Mulana 2, Trine series, Neverwinter Nights duology

honorable mentions:  Minoria, Book of Demons, Children of Morta, Deadfire, Shadwen, Octopath, Amalur...

What I'm not after: crpgs, yeah I know I have few crpgs on my list, but that's just because they are good games, not because I crave for old skul games

my public profile:

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198254045418/

 

[daven]

Dark Souls, internet not required but there is some gameplay elements that will be missing.

 

 

[213374U]

I sincerely hope you're stumped rather than stomped.

I think Steam made it so owned games information is not freely available so they can sell that data instead of giving it away to everyone. Meaning that posting your profile doesn't do much.

In any case, Dragon Age Origins and the Mass Effects seem missing from your mentions. Those would be the obvious starting suggestions, and they should be dirt cheap by now as well. For platformers, 20xx is a roguelike platformer that's an obvious ripoff of Megaman, so that may or may not be up your alley. It's coop, so it has that going for it too.

[Melusina]

5 minutes ago, 213374U said:

I think Steam made it so owned games information is not freely available so they can sell that data instead of giving it away to everyone. Meaning that posting your profile doesn't do much.

but that thing is public

[213374U]

This is what I'm seeing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Melusina]

thanks for telling me linking my profile (what I usually do) is a waste.

[melkathi]

Your Steam profile works fine for me.

You could play some of those games you have hardly touched.

 

Also, why do you not own Deathspank?

[213374U]

8 minutes ago, melkathi said:

Your Steam profile works fine for me.

Yeah, weird. On Epic (the browser I use by default) and IE, it fails. On Opera it works.

[HoonDing]

LOren

[algroth]

Have you tried either Hollow Knight or Disco Elysium yet? Two of the finest games of the decade imo.

[Melusina]

Just now, algroth said:

Have you tried either Hollow Knight or Disco Elysium yet? Two of the finest games of the decade imo.

I have considered buying disco, but lack of combat and non fantasy setting is no-go for me. Hollow knight... I might get that, but thing is... I think it's too hard for me... La Mulana for example overstayed her welcome.

[algroth]

4 minutes ago, Melusina said:

I have considered buying disco, but lack of combat and non fantasy setting is no-go for me. Hollow knight... I might get that, but thing is... I think it's too hard for me... La Mulana for example overstayed her welcome.

Might be a slight spoiler, but Disco is a non-fantasy setting to an extent. There are certain paranormal elements to the setting and there's especially a lot of oneiric or surreal influence to all of it. All in all the feel isn't specifically realist or grounded, is what I mean. You might still want to give it a try!

Edited April 10, 2020 by algroth

[Orogun01]

2 hours ago, Melusina said:

OK, I'm looking for either good platformer or RPG to buy. Currently have 35€ and I'm stomped. I feel like my money is just sitting on my wallet and I really need to buy something. I have tried clearing my backlog, but I keep getting obsessed about that wallet funds!

requirements:

single purchase only or single purchase without much overpriced dlc, no internet connection required to play, 35€/$ mark, steam only games

What are my top games:

Divinity OS 2, Pathfinder Kingmaker, Thea 2 The Shattering, Atelier Ryza, Lulua and Ayesha, Mages of Mystralia, Bard's Tale IV, Nine Parchments, The Witcher 3, Monster Boy and Cursed Kingdom, Tangledeep, Kynseed, Ghost of a Tale, La Mulana 2, Trine series, Neverwinter Nights duology

honorable mentions:  Minoria, Book of Demons, Children of Morta, Deadfire, Shadwen, Octopath, Amalur...

What I'm not after: crpgs, yeah I know I have few crpgs on my list, but that's just because they are good games, not because I crave for old skul games

my public profile:

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198254045418/

 

I noticed a few JRPGs in your list, if you want to go that route I suggest you fire up an emulator and (totally and legally acquire games that should be freeware because their companies are defunct and haven't done anything with license) They're shorter than modern games but still retain their charm.

[Hawke64]

Anima: Gate of Memories;

Alpha Protocol;

Beyond Good & Evil;

Contrast;

Dex;

Dishonored;

Double Cross;

Loren: The Amazon Princess;

Mars: War Logs (or any other game by Spiders);

Prince of Persia;

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

 

[Skazz]

Majesty Gold HD

[Wormerine]

As platformers go:

I see you have Celeste, though with suspiciously low hour count. If that is something you enjoyed, you can't go wrong with good old SuperMeatBoy.

On a less manually demanding front: Rayman: Origins and Raymen: Legends two superbly enjoyable games - the latter does come with Ubi-thingy and has some online components. 

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove - don't recall seeing that in your list. A superb and content rich game.

Freedom Planet: I recently played 2 supposively good Sonic games, and I thought they were terrible. Freedom Planet was like Sonic but good.

Mark of the Ninja - superb 2d stealth game.

More unusual but still: Snake Pass - an original and super enjoyable platformer. Played with with keyboard and mouse, but controller recommended. Not too long, but very novel. 

Played through Hollow Knight recently and I thought it was superb. It's combat is very deliberate, but quite simple, and if you don't go for 100% and optional hard bosses, it should be too hard. You do get bang for you buck.

Spelunky. Excellent roguelite, and a replayable platformer. Steep learning curve. 

 

RPG:
Fallout New Vegas- must play RPG. 

 

Other:

I wouldn't be me, if I didn't recomment Supergiant Games - Bastion is a classic, Pyre is the weird one and my favourite. Transistor is pretty, but not as engaging. 

 

Edited April 11, 2020 by Wormerine

[Melusina]

has anybody played We Happy Few? otherwise, I really might get either Shovel knight or Hollow Knight.

Edited April 12, 2020 by Melusina

[Melusina]

aaaaaannnnnd I got We Happy Few.

[Skarpen]

41 minutes ago, Melusina said:

has anybody played We Happy Few? otherwise, I really might get either Shovel knight or Hollow Knight.

 

37 minutes ago, Melusina said:

aaaaaannnnnd I got We Happy Few.

You have some impulse control issues don't you? I hope your finances can handle such

[daven]

Get Persona 5 if you have a PS4.

[Skazz]

1 hour ago, daven said:

Get Persona 5 if you have a PS4.

This, a thousand times this!

Persona 5 is an amazing game.