(But not Squenix's JRPGs, because Squenix's Japanese side doesn't like making their games DRM-free for some reason. So it's just Squenix's western IPs.)
This includes basically everything developed by Falcom that's on GOG -- yes, both the earlier XSEED-published games and the more recent NISA-published games. And even Gurumin (which is at a pretty good $2.99, at 70% off), which was published by Mastiff.
(The only exception is Tokyo Xanadu (and its DLCs), because for some reason its publisher, Aksys, isn't participating.)
This sale coincides with the release of Trails from Zero, which is the first game in the (finally officially released in English) second arc of Trails games. But it also includes the Ys games and other sundry stuff (e.g. Xanadu Next and the Zwei games).
Steam did some sort of weird thing to the login screen apparently.
I haven't checked it out myself yet; I've been trying to put off an update and I want to see how long I can keep doing this.
But reportedly this is a pretty bad change.
Lots of complaints in the forum, as you might expect, and one of the criticisms is that it pre-checks a box for remembering the login, by default. (You have to uncheck it manually.) People have pointed out that this is a security flaw.
Meanwhile, I noticed one person saying that -no-browser doesn't work anymore.
Then, later I noticed someone else with a re-login prompt showing a UI thing that seems very similar to other browser-rendered UI elements in recent versions of the Steam client (e.g. game properties, or even uninstall confirmation).
It seems like Steam may have broken -no-browser launching. (I haven't confirmed this yet personally; I'll find out whenever it finally forces me to update.)
Someone else has posted about a -noreactlogin launch parameter that seems to disable whatever the new sign-in UI is (I haven't seen it yet, nor tried this), but who knows how long that'll last.
Just found out that the company Giga (here's their Wikipedia page you're unfamiliar with them) will be closing up shop on March 31, 2023, and it seems they plan to pull their products from stores.
There's one product of theirs I know of that's currently being sold in western digital PC game stores, and that's Baldr Sky, a combination visual novel and action game. It's part of the Baldr series.
While the Black Friday sale on Steam has ended, the Black Friday sale on GOG has another 21 hours and change left on it, as of the posting of this message. Baldr Sky is discounted -50% (as it has consistently been during sales, no more no less).
If you miss this sales period, it might be on sale again during Christmas, as it tends to be put on sale during all the big sales events, but I can't actually guarantee that of course.
this one is actually good, which i can say because i've actually played this game (albeit not the same version but actually a lower-tech version) and know that it's good
https://han-tani.itch.io/anodyne free for its anniversary This game is a top-down 2D-Zelda-like game with a dreamy/surrealistic atmosphere. I've played this and I recommend it.
https://han-tani.itch.io/anodyne free for its anniversary This game is a top-down 2D-Zelda-like game with a dreamy/surrealistic atmosphere. I've played this and I recommend it.
This costs $60, but there's a $10-minimum version (that contains the same contents) linked in the description.
This isn't a charity bundle, but the idea is to raise money collectively for all the participating devs by making a big splash rather than individually selling their own stuff.
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https://itch.io/b/1472/indie-bundle-for-abortion-funds
https://itch.io/b/1471/worthy-of-better-str...oductive-rights
Also, there's a big sale on JRPGs, VNs, and various other Japanese or similar games going on at GOG.
https://www.gog.com/promo/2022_moon_festival
And on top of that there's also a sale on Squenix games at GOG.
https://www.gog.com/promo/2022_square_enix_summer_sale
(But not Squenix's JRPGs, because Squenix's Japanese side doesn't like making their games DRM-free for some reason. So it's just Squenix's western IPs.)
It's to coincide with the release of this: https://www.gog.com/news/release_a_plague_tale_requiem_new_chapter_in_de_rune_siblings_journey
This game is a top-down 2D-Zelda-like game with a dreamy/surrealistic atmosphere.
I've played this and I recommend it.
Kthan uyo, dfrien.