Hi, my name is ColdBeer and let’s start with
The Long Dark
When I look outside my window into the vast wilderness of Northern Eastern Europe I realize
that I don’t need games like that.
I live in one of them.
Well, now it's summer it’s scorching hot here, but the rest of the year is just like
The Long Dark.
And for the rest of you, I should probably say that this game, despite sometimes being
very relaxing... is kinda hard.
You will starve, you will be thirsty, you will be cold and you will be eaten by a bear.
Still while being alive, screaming and kicking, you know, with the rest of your body that
is still not eaten at the moment.
So with this joyful note I must stress out that this is an amazing survival game with
92% of positive reviews on Steam.
People are talking that this is an artistic masterpiece and one of the best games of this
genre.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
Here you will pursue a rogue god over land and sea, captain your ship on a dangerous
voyage of discovery across a vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Here you will bend over the world to your will, as you explore the depths of endless
possibilities, including detailed character customization, total freedom of exploration,
and meaningful choices at every turn.
Ok, maybe not all of those are meaningful and probably not at every turn as well, but
the game is great, bad comments on Steam are quite rare.
Usually people are complaining about the loading speed.
To be honest it's blasphemy to even call it a loading speed, it’s a loading sloth, that’s
for sure.
Subnautica and Subnautica Below Zero
Long time ago I was skeptical about Subnautica - you know, the goal of collecting all these
corals and fishes to build underwater facilities never fascinated me so I ignored Subnautica
for years.
Although I’m a fan of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Subnautica looked more like a Little Mermaid
to me.
Well, until Sony decided to give the game to everyone for free on Playstation for some
reason a few years ago.
So I tried the game and I love it now.
It’s addictive and it’s really hard to stop playing.
You know, they should put a label on it or somethin warning people that before and after
the playtime - years could pass without a trace.
Suddenly your wife is married to another man, because you know
“I haven’t seen you in 20 years”
your kids have seven different genders at the same time now and you are in the middle
of Alien invasion that you didn’t notice for the past 4 years.
That’s what Subnautica can do to you.
And Below Zero is Subnautica 2, but you don’t have to play the first part to understand
everything.
For example, I would start from the first part, but hey, it doesn’t really matter.
Inscryption
This is a card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike,
escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-infused cocktail.
Here you will acquire a deck of woodland creature cards by draft, surgery, and self mutilation,
unlock the secrets lurking behind the walls of Leshy's cabin and embark on an unexpected
and deeply disturbing odyssey.
So don't play this game with your six year old niece or something.
Anyway, overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam are well deserved, this game is a real
gem.
Also if you are in doubt you can play the free demo version.
Greedfall - Gold Edition
Here you will have complete freedom in character progression – play as a male or female,
customize your appearance, and freely choose your abilities, spells and skills.
So, nothing like “you are a Henry son of Blacksmith” bullshit here.
And I know that many of you want to create your own protagonist instead of playing something
that is created for us.
Well, maybe Witcher was an exception to this rule, but most of us want to play characters
that resemble us in ethnic or some other way, you know if you have big balls, or four balls
instead of two, you want a character that also has four of them.
You know, for better immersion.
Greedfall was created in 3 years and it’s budget was about 5 million dollars - for a
triple A open world game like this it’s the bare minimum for it to be good.
Somewhat similar budget had the Kingdom Come: Deliverance team.
And Skyrim’s budget was about 100 million.
For it you can literally create 20 games like Greedfall.
And the Gold edition includes a DLC so this is a fuller version of the game if you compare
it with the basic Greedfall.
Don’t expect miracles, but Greedfal is a really decent game, and as I’ve said many
times - about 7 cold beers out of 10.
Barotrauma
Well, based on the name of the game, you may think that this is a title about a man who
went into a bar, saw only non-alcoholic vodka there and was traumatized by that.
No, it’s a different story.
Here in the not too distant future, humanity has fled to one of Jupiter’s moons.
With its irradiated icy surface, life can only be found in the ocean below.
Here you will travel through a punishing underwater world and discover what lies in the depths
of Europa.
Basically this is a 2D co-op survival horror submarine simulator, inspired by base building
games like Rimworld or Dwarf Fortress.
Also it has a fun mode quite similar to Among Us - one of your crewmates may be a traitor!
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Have you ever wanted to be a protagonist in an Alien movie?
If yes, then you need to play Alien Isolation, because this one is nothing like the movies.
Although it's really fun to play if you have a friend or two.
You can play in single player as well, but I assure you that if you want full experience,
you will have to find some friends.
I know, that may be a mission-impossible, but you can try anyway.
Here you will be exploring some friendly planet filled with friendly fauna and live in harmony
all together.
Except you don't.
This game is a carnage where you will have to battle through hordes of different types
of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this
ever-growing threat.
I especially liked the diversity of enemies in this game, they really took their time
to create some nasty monsters.
The game itself is basically Left 4 Dead just with Aliens.
I think it's a nice game and 81% of Steam reviews are also positive.
Age of Darkness: Final Stand
Since that Starcraft mission I played 20 years ago where you had to hold your base intact
against a neverending zerg attack, this concept landed in a warm place of my cold beered heart.
Later I have played countless maps like that on Starcraft 2 and then They Are Billions
was released.
I enjoyed the game, but I was disappointed as well, because it lacked unit types and
was kinda repetitive.
But Age of Darkness is a bit different - Very positive reviews, technology allowing over
70,000 swarming AI units on screen at the same time, day and night transitions and more
defensive unit types than They Are Billions had.
That sounds nice, but we all know how this gameplay will go for you.
At first you will be like “hey, I’m so awesome, I beat the crappy out of monsters”
and just a few moments later you will be like “ooh noo my buildings, they are burning,
what is happening??”.
Yeah.
Hyper Light Drifter
Drifters of this world are the collectors of forgotten knowledge, lost technologies
and broken histories.
Our Drifter is haunted by an insatiable illness, traveling further into the creepy lands, hoping
to discover a way to quiet the vicious disease.
I love the look of this game: from each character to background elements, everything is lovingly
hand-animated.
And the game itself is easy to pick up but difficult to master; enemies are kinda hard
to beat and they are many, hazards will easily crush your puny body, and friendly faces remain
rare.
Game has 94% of positive reviews on Steam, meaning that it is only 1% short of an overwhelmingly
positive title.
If you like pixels, RPG and beer it’s a must try.
Darkwood
I will tell you a secret now.
Like really, almost nobody knows that, but that’s why you watch my channel.
On illegal torrent sites you can find a legal version of Darkwood.
Yeah, the latest version uploaded there by the developers themselves.
Why is that, you may ask and the reason is simple - if you lack money and you want to
buy Darkwood cheap from some shady website which sells CD-keys - just don’t, because
creators of Darkwood get nothing and they rather share their game for free, the latest
version with all the upgrades.
But if you have money - buy it on Steam or even better - on GOG dot com.
This way you will support these amazing developers who are literally willing to share their game
with less fortunate crowd.
I think I own a few copies already, so I encourage you to do the same.
It’s an amazing game where you have to survive in a creepy, but very artsy forest and meet
strange, non cliche characters and enemies.
I think the only other game where I encountered this level of originality was Beautiful Desolation.
It’s not discounted sadly, but keep an eye on it as well.
And don’t forget to check out the GOG weekly sale as well!
Discounts up to 90% awaits you and also they support refunds up to 30 days.
You will find a link in the description below.
Have a nice day and I’ll see you next time, bye!