Strangely for the Animation Arts collection Preston Sterling and the Legend of Excalibur wasn't included. I know this game came out after the Animation Arts collection was released but as it's their last adventure to date seems odd not to add it.

Yeah, :) i got angry years ago for this!

Nowadays buy these games is a crazy by the prices people pay. And never will be my old games.

Strange which games survive and which ones not to the "inquisition".

Outward looks good, sounds good, even features cross-platform multiplayer.

But this: Seems a bit of a bummer. Does this mean one single save slot, and no control over saving?

After a few hours the experience simply lost my engagement... or interest.

My experience with Outward (which I still own BTW)...

The first few hours had a lot of new places and learning of systems -- survival, combat, etc. -- but after about 5 hours the combat, basic story, and barren maps just didn't feel enough to keep me involved. At around 7 hours I found a new area... and then promptly stopped playing. It wasn't that the experience was broken or horrible... just that it "ran out of gas."

Is Outward a bad game? No... but it felt a lonely experience (possibly build this way to promote co-op?) and not very rewarding. IMHO for the current price, the experience just is over-priced.

But...

... go to Steam and you'll find people claiming it's one of the best RPGs ever made. So, there's that

I don't rightly remember (I played the day of launch), but...

... I think it's the case. Outward is very much about punishing a lack of planning or taking undue chances. That being said...

... on PC there might be a mod for additional save slots.

I don't get the low rating for KiD. The gameplay itself actually pretty basic, just wrapped in typical bizarre SUDA51-flavour. The game can be hard but never unfair. You still have lots of consumables, power-ups, upgrades, and the difficulty can be adjusted before each mission. I really appreciate the effort that the developer put in the game. Let's say if the game is released in 2019 i'm sure there will be tons of microstransaction.

That sounds somewhat familiar ;o)

Low rating? It is mostly positive on Steam.

Quick question: Which game would you recommend to play first, for someone who eventually might play both of them: Pillars of Eternity or Pathfinder?

Also, which game gives you more bang for your buck? And if you consider including all the expansions?

Are the expansions for Pillars of Eternity a must? And for Pathfinder?

Pillars is shorter so I'd play that first. I don't know about other people but I have over 140 hrs in Pathfinder and still am barely in the middle... (sorry for my crappy english btw) Haven't tried any of the expansions for Pathfinder yet. But I really recommend The White March I and II expansions for playing PoE.
I like both games, but I like PoE's tone, lore and presentation better. Pathfinder has a narrator that I would like to strangle some time, in addition to Valerie, so. I'm sure both games have hateable characters but I ended up loving all in PoE (even Durance).
Hope this is somewhat useful to you D:

Really cool to have Killer is Dead on here, really makes me wish for more Suda 51 games on pc like Killer7, Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw

is that Animation Arts Collection pack good? I haven't played any of those Secret files games.

Yes, but Outward takes it to a whole other level from the earlier game we discussed.

I began with Sam Peters (which is kind of a spin-off of the secret files series, and very short, maybe 4 hours I would guess)

Currently I am playing Tunguska for the first time which seems to be quite long.
Many different locations, quite linear, not very dialogue-heavy, lots of inventory puzzles, good story, sometimes you can switch between two characters at different locations, German audio is very good (many well-known dubbing actors), very convenient interface and controls.

From the one and a half games I have already completed, I would say they are above average. Maybe a 7 or 8 out of 10. Not groundbreaking must-haves like the genre classics, but certainly enjoyable if you are into point-and-click-adventures.

To be fair...76% positive isn't a great rating even if they call that "mostly positive". The average rating of a Steam game is 78.69%. That's like saying a 3.5 star rating on GoG is also "mostly positive".