The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!

The Steam Autumn Sale is upon us, and I got the biggest amount of games I’ve ever bought in a single sale: 50!

Let’s discuss UFO 50. What is your favorite game in the collection? What game did you spend most of your time on? What do you like about it? What doesn’t work for you? Feel free to share anything that comes up and react to other comments. Let’s get the conversation going!

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  • It’s a ludicrously good value, even if only half the collection lands for you. It’s awesome for the steam deck too. I’ve beaten a good chunk of the games and cherried several. While there are a handful that I would consider underwhelming, the vast majority are clever takes on one or more genres which would be standout hits if they were actually released in the 80s.

  • I’ve only just started today, so these are my first impressions of the initial 10 games:

    • Barbuta: such a strange little game! First impression is very hostile and strange, but it keeps luring me in with it’s puzzle-like complexity. Discovering new stuff in this one is super satisfying.
    • Bug Hunter: seems interesting, but did not want to hurt my brain with the strategy aspect, so on hold for now
    • Ninpek: precision platformer auto-scroller, I am really bad at this so not really for me
    • Paint Chase: amazing little game, really fun paint battler with cool powerups
    • Magic Garden: this one got its hooks in me, a great twist on snake and pacman with a risk-reward mechanic. Highly recommend!
    • Mortol: this is so creative! Still at the start, but using your own body as a tool to be used by your next “lives” is amazing.
    • Velgress: made me think of playing Doodle Jump on my Nokia Slider phone, good times.
    • Planet Zoldath: spend literally 1 minute in this, something on a planet, then my brain wanted another impulse :)
    • Attactics: really cool, sort of real time strategy game. I really like it, but feel like I need to play it more to understand the strategies better.
    • Devilition: chain reactions of blowing up demons! Quite a head-scratcher, but really satisfying when you start your demolition and everything goes as planned!

    (edit: formatting)