Comments on: Steam Next Fest, October 2023: a round-up https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/ XP comes with age Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: erichagmann https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:17:49 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=10432#comment-976 In reply to Kim.

I have not! I’ll add it to the list.

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By: Kim https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/comment-page-1/#comment-975 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 06:40:50 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=10432#comment-975 In reply to Simon.

My pleasure – I’m glad you found something interesting! Thanks for reading. 🙂

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By: Kim https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 06:34:34 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=10432#comment-973 In reply to erichagmann.

Have you played The Forgotten City? We started it this week and it has a really interesting time-travel mechanic, we’re only a few hours in but I’d recommend it so far!

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By: Kim https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/comment-page-1/#comment-972 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 06:33:34 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=10432#comment-972 In reply to Bhagpuss.

Going through the entire list of demos shows a lot of dedication! I ended up sticking to those for games I was already aware of once I’d realised how pointless the categories were, because I just didn’t have the patience to sift through them all.

We saw Snufkin at the EGX expo last week and, although we didn’t play it ourselves, it seemed pretty popular as there was always an attendee in the seat. I take it that the demo wasn’t great though?

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By: Kim https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 06:27:46 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=10432#comment-971 In reply to Pete Davison.

Thanks for your article, it perfectly explained the frustration I’ve been having with misclassification for a while now. I always feel like playing point-and-clicks during the autumn for some reason but it feels so hard to find them on Steam nowadays!

This was one of the reasons I ended up sticking to demos for games already on my wishlist or those I’d heard about during this latest Next Fest. I keep hoping the use of tags will improve but if anything, it just seems to become more diluted over time.

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By: Simon https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:28:54 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=10432#comment-970 Great suggestions, thank you, added a bunch to my Wishlist, and sent a few onto friends 🙂

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By: erichagmann https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:24:35 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=10432#comment-968 Three minutes to eight definitely sounds attractive with how it plays with time (back to the future is my favorite movie so it fits right in). I’ll have to try some of these!

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By: Bhagpuss https://laterlevels.com/2023/10/19/steam-next-fest-october-2023-a-round-up/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 08:37:19 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=10432#comment-967 Steam’s tagging and categorizations are worse than useless. They’re actively misleading. I ended up just scrolling through the entire list of demos, which took quite a while.

The best that I played was Sovereign Syndicate, which is like a cross between Disco Elysium and Fallen London. I wishlisted that one. The most disappointing was Snufkin: Melody of Moomin valley, which I had on my wishlist but removed after playing the demo. Still, that’s what demos are for, I guess!

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