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I have a lengthy flight to Japan coming up and I'm looking for some 3DS games to help pass the time. I like RPGs, but I'm trying to avoid just dumping another dozen hours into Monster Hunter. Help.
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Zosologist posted:Looking for a game for my wife to watch me play on the switch or ps4. She Likes exploration and puzzles. Previous hits in descending order include; Breath of the Wild, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Super Mario Odyssey, Firewatch, Assassins Creed: Odyssey. Fallout 4. This is half-serious: try an Artifex Mundi hidden object game. It pairs adventure game style exploration with brain-dead easy puzzles.
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Section Z posted:I got a laugh out of treating a 100mb save file as a big deal compared to Subnautica I know what you mean but it's not about "a save" but about all of them accumulated. My save folders hit 8+GB for those games because "quicksave" was just additive manual saving with a hotkey instead of offering ~5-10 temporary slots which then are overwritten (as it's supposed to be). Those games are 5-10 times longer as Subnautica and if you're someone like me who saves sometimes 2-3 times per minute depending on the game or situation, it's kind of suboptimal.
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haldolium posted:I know what you mean but it's not about "a save" but about all of them accumulated. My save folders hit 8+GB for those games because "quicksave" was just additive manual saving with a hotkey instead of offering ~5-10 temporary slots which then are overwritten (as it's supposed to be). Those games are 5-10 times longer as Subnautica and if you're someone like me who saves sometimes 2-3 times per minute depending on the game or situation, it's kind of suboptimal.
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Coming back to say that I've got into a couple of recommendations given to me and it's been great so far. Played through Tacoma a few days ago and loved everything about it, especially the amount of background detail in every object and poster around. It's rare to get that feeling of lived-in area design and not have it feel a bit forced. Currently finished the first 2 chapters of Dead Space and it's been good too - visually it holds up extremely well with a bit of downsampling and extra AA added, I'm really impressed. I think the diegetic HUD plays a huge part in it too, I'd love to see something like that in more games after spending a couple of hours with this.
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Russian Remoulade posted:I have a lengthy flight to Japan coming up and I'm looking for some 3DS games to help pass the time. I like RPGs, but I'm trying to avoid just dumping another dozen hours into Monster Hunter. Help. Shin Megami Tensei IV and it's interquel/sequel, Apocalypse, are pretty much the best RPGs I've ever played.
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Toast King posted:Coming back to say that I've got into a couple of recommendations given to me and it's been great so far. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is another good game with the same over-the-shoulder camera and no HUD.
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Russian Remoulade posted:I have a lengthy flight to Japan coming up and I'm looking for some 3DS games to help pass the time. I like RPGs, but I'm trying to avoid just dumping another dozen hours into Monster Hunter. Help. Radiant historia and SMT are good
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I was recently reminded of how much I loved Archaeology in World of Warcraft. Traversing around the world to the dig sites, playing a minigame to dig up pieces of artifacts that fill up a progression bar and eventually give you a new item, sometimes useless, sometimes useful. And of course seeing grids of items that I've collected fill up as I progress. Are there any other games out there that might scratch that itch?
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Uncle Ulty posted:I was recently reminded of how much I loved Archaeology in World of Warcraft. Traversing around the world to the dig sites, playing a minigame to dig up pieces of artifacts that fill up a progression bar and eventually give you a new item, sometimes useless, sometimes useful. And of course seeing grids of items that I've collected fill up as I progress. Are there any other games out there that might scratch that itch? Take a look at The Curious Expedition (my personal recommendation) and also Renowned Explorers which came out around the same time and has a similar theme: https://store.steampowered.com/app/358130/The_Curious_Expedition/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/296970/Renowned_Explorers_International_Society/
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Looking for a city builder style game. I like the anno series of games, sim city 4, Stardew, The Guild, Cities Skylines. Not limited to just city builder - I also like Oxygen not Included, Don't Starve, Minecraft (w/ industrial mods), Factorio and Dungeon Defenders.
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Feb 18, 2019 23:13
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If you like city builder games mixed with those kind of survival games - have a look at Frostpunk. It's probably closer to Anno than the other games you've mentioned, but with some really horrible choices to make like in Don't Starve. Reviewed well and might be able to scratch both of your itches 
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Feb 18, 2019 23:17
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Oodles posted:Looking for a city builder style game. I haven't played it myself but Frostpunk gets fantastic reviews from everyone I know who's played it, and it's a city-builder in the proper sense (unlike my next recommendation.) If you want something Don't Starve-esque which has a neat mix of exploration and building things, Subnautica is one of the best games I've ever played. It's a little more involved than Don't Starve's prefab, free-standing structures, too, you can build an underwater base out of snap-to-grid parts, you have to manage power, food, water desalination, etc.
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One of the best city builder games out there is Tropico, which is also a tyrannical dictatorship like Frostpunk, but instead of rubbing your nose in it, it's goofy and fun. Tropico 4 is the one I'd recommend. In that one they've finally worked out the details of their commodity system where the prices of your island's exports are influenced by your country's relationship with the rest of the world. The Middle East wants one thing, Europe wants another, the US and USSR don't like it if you're getting too close to the other. Tropico 3 only had the US and USSR. You also get a mission system to keep things interesting. Tropico 5 was mainly devoted to the gimmick of doing a long-running campaign with a dynasty of dictators, starting in colonial times, which I wasn't fond of. Of course, Tropico 6 is right around the corner in March if you're the type of person who likes playing games when they're new.
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SlothfulCobra posted:One of the best city builder games out there is Tropico, which is also a tyrannical dictatorship like Frostpunk, but instead of rubbing your nose in it, it's goofy and fun. Tropico 4 is the one I'd recommend. In that one they've finally worked out the details of their commodity system where the prices of your island's exports are influenced by your country's relationship with the rest of the world. The Middle East wants one thing, Europe wants another, the US and USSR don't like it if you're getting too close to the other. Tropico 3 only had the US and USSR. You also get a mission system to keep things interesting. How much DLC do you need for Tropico 4?
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Feb 19, 2019 03:29
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Oodles posted:Looking for a city builder style game. Take a look at Banished and keep an eye on Foundation.
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The only DLC that really changes things for Tropico 4 is Modern Times. It adds a whole thing with being able to upgrade buildings over time as technology develops, along with an entirely new campaign and a bunch of new edicts. All the other DLCs are very shallow and just add a building and a scenario. The Quick-Dry Cement DLC is the only real priority out of those, since the cement factory speeds up all construction, which is a real quality of life improvement. Of course, the fun thing about buying games long after release is that by this point all those DLCs have been bundled together to be cheaper.
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SlothfulCobra posted:One of the best city builder games out there is Tropico, which is also a tyrannical dictatorship like Frostpunk, but instead of rubbing your nose in it, it's goofy and fun. To be fair, being tyrannical is way less efficient than being actually good at your work as Presidente, at least in the ones I’ve played.
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Thanks thread. I’ve got Tropico 4 and Banished from a sale past. So I’ll give them a go, and keep an eye on a Frostpunk sale.
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I just finished Paper Mario: TTYD and now I'm looking for more RPGs like it. I like the reactive, participatory turn based combat and straightforward combat mechanics, along with the general charm and colorful palette of the game. Are the other Paper Marios as good? How about the Mario + Luigi RPGs? Are there any other games like it?
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Riatsala posted:I just finished Paper Mario: TTYD and now I'm looking for more RPGs like it. I like the reactive, participatory turn based combat and straightforward combat mechanics, along with the general charm and colorful palette of the game. Are the other Paper Marios as good? How about the Mario + Luigi RPGs? Are there any other games like it? You should play the original Paper Mario, it's good. Sticker Star wasn't well received. The first Mario+Luigi Superstar game is the best one, the sequels are a bit less good but still worth your time. Well, I didn't even know about Paper Jam, not sure if that one's any good. McFrugal fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Feb 20, 2019 |
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Riatsala posted:I just finished Paper Mario: TTYD and now I'm looking for more RPGs like it. I like the reactive, participatory turn based combat and straightforward combat mechanics, along with the general charm and colorful palette of the game. Are the other Paper Marios as good? How about the Mario + Luigi RPGs? Are there any other games like it? Bowser's Inside Story is the other standout in the Mario + Luigi games, imo. It does a lot of cute and clever things. Super Mario RPG has a different (3D-ish isometric) art style, but is still super loving charming and originated that timed-hit style turn based combat that Paper Mario uses (to my knowledge, at least)
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Super Paper Mario has some good moments, but it technically isn't an RPG. I think quality-wise, Thousand Year Door is the pinnacle of the series. It's just a hard act to follow because it's so good. It may also technically be the darkest Mario game. Trying to think of games outside of the Mario series that use that sort of mechanic, there's Costume Quest and Steven Universe: Save the Light. You might also be interested in something like the hybrid turn-based action RPG Megaman Battle Network.
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Riatsala posted:I just finished Paper Mario: TTYD and now I'm looking for more RPGs like it. I like the reactive, participatory turn based combat and straightforward combat mechanics, along with the general charm and colorful palette of the game. Are the other Paper Marios as good? How about the Mario + Luigi RPGs? Are there any other games like it? if you haven't played super mario rpg you are doing yourself a hilarious disservice
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Honestly I can’t think of a better jrpg
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:A robot Named Fight Holy poo poo, this one is fantastic
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Riatsala posted:I just finished Paper Mario: TTYD and now I'm looking for more RPGs like it. I like the reactive, participatory turn based combat and straightforward combat mechanics, along with the general charm and colorful palette of the game. Are the other Paper Marios as good? How about the Mario + Luigi RPGs? Are there any other games like it? Like others have said, try Paper Mario 1, I think it's even better than ttyd because it's paced better, although the mechanics are simpler. Charles Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden also uses the action commands mechanic if I recall correctly, and was pretty solid. I also check around for these kind of games but for whatever reason people don't really want to iterate on that particular niche. You also may want to try the 2 new South Park RPGs, I believe they also use action commands but you have to be willing to sit through what is essentially a long episode of that show.
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Picked up a robot named fight, it's Good. Crossposting from the remember the name of this game thread: someone described a Rimworld/Dwarf Fortress/Gnomoria style game where they specifically mentioned that unlike those games if you want to make a kitchen you don't just build a kitchen station you have to build a kettle and a stove and such individually. I think it might have been in this thread, does that ring any bells with anyone?
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Kenshi? Dunno if it's that specifically that just sounds like the kind of tedium that Kenshi would use.
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I don't think that's Kenshi, it's tedious but not quite that tedious. I'm back with another call for help. I'm positively devastated by how much I hate Octopath traveler due to the fact that JRPG time wasting game padding bullshit is actually a problem for me, now. So what are some turn-based JRPG style games that don't loving waste your time? Games where I'm not forced to fight the same exact encounter 40 times before I fight the boss, or grind for hours on end? Earthbound, Paper Mario, and Undertale were all great, what else is there?
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Neither Chrono Trigger nor Chrono Cross have player levels in there JRPG, you can literally walk around them to no ill effect.
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Riatsala posted:I don't think that's Kenshi, it's tedious but not quite that tedious. The remakes of Dragon Quest/Warrior 1-4 cut out a ton of grinding as well as being more generous with powerful gear.
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Turtlicious posted:Neither Chrono Trigger nor Chrono Cross have player levels in there JRPG, you can literally walk around them to no ill effect. Um, not true? But neither of them require grinding.
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My son wants to learn a little programming and I thought a game (or even an online game in a browser) that incorporated basic coding principles would be fun. He's 10, so I'm not going to give him a zachtronics game or something, quite yet. Any suggestions? Google shows me a bunch of options but it's hard to discern..
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Feb 27, 2019 23:25
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Isn't that pretty much Scratch was made for? There might be something newer with a better presentation and layout.
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Chinook posted:My son wants to learn a little programming and I thought a game (or even an online game in a browser) that incorporated basic coding principles would be fun. He's 10, so I'm not going to give him a zachtronics game or something, quite yet. Human Resource Machine.
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Scratch is excellent! I helped teach a course this summer for about 20 kids around 9 or 10 years old, and they loved it, in addition to learning a ton I would recommend playing with scratch as well, and trying to keep pace with their learning. The reason being, as great as scratch is, it’s still hard for anyone to learn unfamiliar concepts at the same time as a the UI, so they’re going to eventually get stuck and feel defeated, but if you’re there to help them work through it, it just becomes a small road bump and a learning experience. It’s also okay for them to see you struggle a bit if you don’t know exactly how to accomplish what they’re trying, they’ll recognize that you’re both learning together Scratch.mit.edu is the website, if you want more materials for a learning plan, I can try to find the one we used
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Thanks guys. I'll check out Scratch for sure, and HRM. I remember some web based medieval fantasy dungeony themed one, where you marched knights around mazes or whatever. Very nice production values. But I remember it being a monthly fee type of deal, and I'm not really up for another monthly fee. Anyway, thanks again.
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