Given the latest XBL and PSN sale threads, I think it's important to point out that the Steam Autumn sale is upon us yet again.

Notable A-list discounts (IMO):

The Witcher 3 for US$12 (GotY for US$17.50)
DOOM (the new one) for US$22
Just Cause 3 for US$9.50
HITMAN season 1 pack for US$19

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Stardew Valley is $10.04. I can't recommend that game enough if you're into very relaxing crafting type games. More Harvest Moon than Minecraft, but there's plenty to do between fixing up a farm, doing quests for and building relationships with the people around town, delving down into the mines to combat creatures and mine ore, fishing, collecting this for a museum, finding secrets and unlocking new areas of the map, etc. Everything about the game is wonderfully charming.

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For once, Funkmon is right. I've been having a blast playing through the new DOOM on XBone recently. It "feels" like DOOM again. Source: I beat Ultimate DOOM (including the 4th episode) and DOOM II on Ultra-Violence. I've spent a LOT of time in those games.

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Then check a late-game gameplay video. You'll know if it'll be your thing or not outright.

It's good Doom in the way Wolf: The New Order was good Wolfenstein. However, if you thought Wolf TNO had too much talky talky, then you'll LOVE Doom.

Just a grand old time killing hellspawn. As God intended, really.

I'll pass. There's a certain gore/monster aesthetic I can't abide. Gears runs right up to that line. But no one should listen to me. I've been dissing Doom since December, 1994.

I tried the demo. The game is very impressive, but not for me.

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It looks okay--the level was a little short for evaluation. They only had the little enemies(I guess Imps or something, one hit shotgun kill) and the moderately larger enemies(two hit shotgun kill). I have to tell you, I've never seen a player character so fast. I rather enjoyed it! However...this whole no reloading ever thing is such a huge readjustment. It's outright jarring.
I haven't played a game with cheat_bottomless_clip 1 since freaking 1998. I CONSTANTLY kept hitting the X button, multiple times even. I have no idea what the X button does, but it's only a matter of time before that gets me killed.

To be honest, I'm still on the fence about it--I never played any of the previous Dooms before it, and I'll have to check the achievement ratio first, but it's.....eh?

Heh, none of that is really a spoiler for anyone who played the old DOOM games. Running fast all the time (as opposed to having a specific sprint function), not having to reload, that was simply how the old games WERE. Those things weren't cheats back then, it was just the normal state of things.

If you've never played the originals, DOOM 1 and 2 are downloadable 360 games. I honestly think I'd say to play those first. They're probably cheaper, and deliver much the same feeling.

That's actually the appeal, for those of us who loved the old games - this one FEELS like DOOM. Sure, there are a lot of new mechanics, but the basic flow of combat feels right. Strafing around enemies to dodge fire as opposed to taking cover, systems that reward frenetic and fast play rather than careful plodding. This version of DOOM is the first thing I've played since the originals that has successfully reproduced it.

BTW, X does have a function. It swaps to a specific weapon that isn't in the demo.

BTW, X does have a function. It swaps to a specific weapon that isn't in the demo.

*evil cackle*