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Walked: Apr 14, 2003

So I'm old as gently caress now and anything requiring good reflexes/twitch gaming is just a non-starter.

What are some great story driven games that I can mostly easy mode it up in, that have come out in the last 3 years or so? I dont want to be worried about difficulty (at least action style difficult)

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:14

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# ? May 30, 2024 16:33

Serephina: Nov 8, 2005; 恐竜戦隊
ジュウレンジャー

Walked posted:

So I'm old as gently caress now and anything requiring good reflexes/twitch gaming is just a non-starter.

What are some great story driven games that I can mostly easy mode it up in, that have come out in the last 3 years or so? I dont want to be worried about difficulty (at least action style difficult)

Pyre? It's basically a visual novel with a simplistic soccer game every now and then.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:18

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Can anyone who is into deep Doom lore explain why are all the demons fighting each other in Eternal? Also, it kinda seems like it's just a background sort of fight - can they actually kill each other if you don't interfere?

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:24

Sway Grunt: May 15, 2004; Tenochtitlan, looking east.

Serephina posted:

Pyre? It's basically a visual novel with a simplistic soccer game every now and then.

I just finished Pyre a couple of days ago and it's fantastic, but even on Normal difficulty the matches can sometimes get quite hectic, I think, and require some decent reflexes. The game does go to great lengths to emphasize that losing is 100% okay (you can lose every match and the story will continue anyway), but for me some matches were still kinda stressful. I only lost one in my playthrough but had some very close calls as well. Maybe on the easiest difficulty level it's a complete non-issue, or if Walked is okay with losing since the story doesn't really hinge on winning. But yeah, at least on Normal, and if you do want to win a few matches, I think it does require some action/twitch reflexes.

I know some people bounced off the gameplay but I really enjoyed it. I've been playing some random matches in Versus mode just to have some stress/story-free fun with it.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:29

Jolo: Jun 4, 2007; ive been playing with magnuts tying to change the wold as we know it

Doom Eternal PC preorder from Amazon has been full of surprises.

Surprise 1: it's a mailed disc version of the game not a game key
Surprise 2: Doom 64 is an EA Origin key

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:32

ymgve: Jan 2, 2004; Offensive Clock

Xander77 posted:

Can anyone who is into deep Doom lore explain why are all the demons fighting each other in Eternal? Also, it kinda seems like it's just a background sort of fight - can they actually kill each other if you don't interfere?

They ran out of humans to kill.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:35

Jamfrost: Jul 20, 2013; I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.; Slime TrainerS

Walked posted:

So I'm old as gently caress now and anything requiring good reflexes/twitch gaming is just a non-starter.

What are some great story driven games that I can mostly easy mode it up in, that have come out in the last 3 years or so? I dont want to be worried about difficulty (at least action style difficult)

Were you still looking to swing a sword?

Otherwise the turn-based genre has a bunch of stuff for you. :yayclod:

Thronebreaker, Disco Elysium, Divinity: Original Sin 2: Definitive Edition, Resident Evil 2: Remake, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Night in the Woods, Kentucky Route Zero, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (for DBZ fans), and others I can't think of/search for.

Also, feel free to use mods/trainers on those single-player games because who cares. Make them accessible for yourself. I do it sometimes. Gosh darn wrist injury.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:39

FastestGunAlive: Apr 7, 2010; Dancing palm tree.

Xander77 posted:

Can anyone who is into deep Doom lore explain why are all the demons fighting each other in Eternal? Also, it kinda seems like it's just a background sort of fight - can they actually kill each other if you don't interfere?

Rip and tear

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:39

repiv: Aug 13, 2009

Jolo posted:

Surprise 2: Doom 64 is an EA Origin key

It's a Bethesda launcher key, Amazon must have used the Origin template by mistake

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:40

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I heard there was a lot more platforming in Doom Eternal but this is getting ridiculous!

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:44

Jamfrost: Jul 20, 2013; I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.; Slime TrainerS

exquisite tea posted:

I heard there was a lot more platforming in Doom Eternal but this is getting ridiculous!

Skip and air.

Trademarked and copyrighted.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:47

Anonymous Robot: Jun 1, 2007; Lost his leg in Robo War I

Kind of a bummer- I just but a new PC with a Ryzen 3600, Nvidia GTX 1660, and 16GB of RAM. I�m running Final Fantasy XV- a gorgeous game, but a game from 2015- and the framerate still drops very low during battles (it becomes nearly a slideshow when grappled by an enemy.)

I am guessing this has more to do with the porting or programming of the game than my machine�s hardware, but that sort of thing makes PC gaming feel like a real crapshoot sometimes. My last PC couldn�t get more than 15 FPS on Evil Within 2, a game I�m really interested in playing but returned because it was unplayable. I�m not confident that I could buy it again and expect it to play!

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:47

owl_pellet: Nov 20, 2005; show your enemy
what you look like

Anonymous Robot posted:

Kind of a bummer- I just but a new PC with a Ryzen 3600, Nvidia GTX 1660, and 16GB of RAM. I�m running Final Fantasy XV- a gorgeous game, but a game from 2015- and the framerate still drops very low during battles (it becomes nearly a slideshow when grappled by an enemy.)

I am guessing this has more to do with the porting or programming of the game than my machine�s hardware, but that sort of thing makes PC gaming feel like a real crapshoot sometimes. My last PC couldn�t get more than 15 FPS on Evil Within 2, a game I�m really interested in playing but returned because it was unplayable. I�m not confident that I could buy it again and expect it to play!

Don't feel bad, FFXV is not a great PC port.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:52

Jamfrost: Jul 20, 2013; I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.; Slime TrainerS

You should be smoking most normal games with that set-up.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:54

Samuringa: Mar 27, 2017; Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

h_double posted:

That would be an extremely niche appeal but also my eyes lit up when you suggested it.

Battle Network is the most popular Megaman series by a wide margin, if anything its the most assured to get a collection.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:54

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Walked posted:

So I'm old as gently caress now and anything requiring good reflexes/twitch gaming is just a non-starter.

What are some great story driven games that I can mostly easy mode it up in, that have come out in the last 3 years or so? I dont want to be worried about difficulty (at least action style difficult)

Disco Elysium
Outer Wilds

# ? Mar 20, 2020 14:58

Anonymous Robot: Jun 1, 2007; Lost his leg in Robo War I

owl_pellet posted:

Don't feel bad, FFXV is not a great PC port.

That�s a real shame, because the battle system is so fun and stylish, and a huge part of that is the dynamism and fluidity of it all. But yeah, even turning off all the fancy PC rendering tools, turning the settings way down, and running at 1080p, I can�t get 60FPS.

I�m still worried about EW2, though, as my experience and that of others suggests it�s another port that is very temperamental about what it will and won�t run on. That�s the kind of thing I mean when I say that PC gaming just feels perilous and capricious. I don�t really remember it being quite that bad in say, 2006-2014.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 15:05

Fart of Presto: Feb 9, 2001; Clapping Larry

Xander77 posted:

Can anyone who is into deep Doom lore explain why are all the demons fighting each other in Eternal? Also, it kinda seems like it's just a background sort of fight - can they actually kill each other if you don't interfere?

I remember seeing a video from Id about these fights and other mechanics in Doom 2016, like how if you don't move, enemy fire is quickly focused on you etc.
They do definitely kill each other - I remember seeing that - but I'm also pretty sure damage from their weapons against other demons is not as high as against you.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 15:14

Jamfrost: Jul 20, 2013; I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.; Slime TrainerS

Anonymous Robot posted:

I�m still worried about EW2, though, as my experience and that of others suggests it�s another port that is very temperamental about what it will and won�t run on. That�s the kind of thing I mean when I say that PC gaming just feels perilous and capricious. I don�t really remember it being quite that bad in say, 2006-2014.

There were a lot less ports from consoles what I can recall. Now it feels like we get a third of the notable stuff, if we ignore Nintendo. The DRM was way more aggressive though in those years. I remember Starforce or something. Couldn't even install or launch the game.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 15:19

Communist Bear: Oct 7, 2008

I realise Doom is out, but I was wondering if there's any goon reports on Panzer Corps 2?

# ? Mar 20, 2020 15:37

cerious: Aug 18, 2010

Anyone got good chill games like ISLANDERS that are basically built for playing through podcasts? Except in my case my podcasts are meetings at work from home

# ? Mar 20, 2020 16:12

Zetsubou-san: Jan 28, 2015; Cruel Bifaunidas demanded that you [stand]🧍 I require only that you [kneel]🧎

cerious posted:

Anyone got good chill games like ISLANDERS that are basically built for playing through podcasts? Except in my case my podcasts are meetings at work from home

Finders - $5.99 - a casual game that mixes a time-management style with simple crafting and mini-games
Hero of the Kingdom - $5.99 - chill casual game about grinding bear asses to become the best hero ever
Lethal RPG: War - Free! - casual RPG suitable for twiddling with while listening to podcasts
LOOP - $4.99 - puzzle game about creating closed loops
Osmos - $9.99 - cell-based puzzle game, a good podcast game
Triple Town - $9.99 - place objects on a limited playfield for as long as you can. if 3 or more of the same object are adjoining, they merge into a single higher tier object

Zetsubou-san fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Mar 20, 2020

# ? Mar 20, 2020 16:32

anilEhilated: Feb 17, 2014; But I say fuck the rain.; Grimey Drawer

cerious posted:

Anyone got good chill games like ISLANDERS that are basically built for playing through podcasts? Except in my case my podcasts are meetings at work from home

The Quell series. Chillest puzzles on Steam and mostly solvable by idle trial and error.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 16:41

Scalding Coffee: Jun 26, 2006; You're already dead

Zetsubou-san posted:

Triple Town - $9.99 - place objects on a limited playfield for as long as you can. if 3 or more of the same object are adjoining, they merge into a single higher tier object

I am giving the game a negative because the diva dev had a hissy fit and decided the game didn't sell enough on Steam and abandoned it. If you want the full game, you would need the mobile version with microtransactions.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 17:35

haldolium: Oct 22, 2016

admataY posted:

Is Doom Eternal technically sound enough to jump right in or is it better to give it a week or two of bugfixing before biting down on the BFG ?

it's fine. Don't use Steam FPS counter though.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:16

Morter: Jul 1, 2006; Gift for the grind, criminal mind shifty

Swift with the 9 through a 59FIFTY

haldolium posted:

it's fine. Don't use Steam FPS counter though.

Why not?

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:28

Sway Grunt: May 15, 2004; Tenochtitlan, looking east.

Looks like Tomb Raider 2013 and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris are free to keep, if you add them to your library before the 24th and while supplies last. I suspect most people already have the former but I snagged the latter.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:28

Anonymous Robot: Jun 1, 2007; Lost his leg in Robo War I

Zetsubou-san posted:

Finders - $5.99 - a casual game that mixes a time-management style with simple crafting and mini-games
Hero of the Kingdom - $5.99 - chill casual game about grinding bear asses to become the best hero ever
Lethal RPG: War - Free! - casual RPG suitable for twiddling with while listening to podcasts
LOOP - $4.99 - puzzle game about creating closed loops
Osmos - $9.99 - cell-based puzzle game, a good podcast game
Triple Town - $9.99 - place objects on a limited playfield for as long as you can. if 3 or more of the same object are adjoining, they merge into a single higher tier object

Does that Finders game support gamepad functionality?

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:33

repiv: Aug 13, 2009

Morter posted:

Why not?

The way Steam injects overlays over Vulkan games causes a nasty conflict in IdTech7 that stalls the GPU and ruins performance.

Some people are having their FPS cut in half just from having the Steam FPS counter on.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:37

Mierenneuker: Apr 28, 2010; We're all going to experience changes in our life but only the best of us will qualify for front row seats.

owl_pellet posted:

Don't feel bad, FFXV is not a great PC port.

I love how the camera zooms all the way out during the intro so you see a gigantic landscape. With the high res textures enabled it dropped to 2 frames a second for me. Promptly disabled them, never bothered with those additional 50 gigs of textures again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qilcQ8Mgqhg&t=392s

Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Mar 20, 2020

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:42

LimburgLimbo: Feb 10, 2008

Mierenneuker posted:

I love how the camera zooms all the way out during the intro so you see a gigantic landscape. With the high res textures enabled it dropped to 2 frames a second for me. Promptly disabled them, never bothered with those additional 50 gigs of textures again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qilcQ8Mgqhg&t=392s

Squeenix is bad at games. Fight me.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:48

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

LimburgLimbo posted:

Squeenix is bad at games. Fight me.

This is the laziest post I think I've ever seen.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:54

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Anyways Rain World is currently 4$. I know Audish didn't care for it, but it's still one of the best metroidvania/platformer/THINGS out there, as it nails atmosphere and feeling like you're an alien creature in an alien world.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:55

Anonymous Robot: Jun 1, 2007; Lost his leg in Robo War I

Mierenneuker posted:

I love how the camera zooms all the way out during the intro so you see a gigantic landscape. With the high res textures enabled it dropped to 2 frames a second for me. Promptly disabled them, never bothered with those additional 50 gigs of textures again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qilcQ8Mgqhg&t=392s

That sucks. I didn�t have performance issues in this part, and it�s one of the most effective game intros I�ve ever seen. I am not generally a Final Fantasy fan, in fact I�m not crazy about RPG�s in general, but it seems like the game, from what I�ve played of it, is on the Yakuza 0 god tier of craft, artistry and attention to detail.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 19:59

Mierenneuker: Apr 28, 2010; We're all going to experience changes in our life but only the best of us will qualify for front row seats.

LimburgLimbo posted:

Squeenix is bad at games. Fight me.

Okay.

*dashes through the air endlessly, swinging his sword a thousand times while this song plays*

Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Mar 20, 2020

# ? Mar 20, 2020 20:06

Ugly In The Morning: Jul 1, 2010; Pillbug

Anonymous Robot posted:

Kind of a bummer- I just but a new PC with a Ryzen 3600, Nvidia GTX 1660, and 16GB of RAM. I�m running Final Fantasy XV- a gorgeous game, but a game from 2015- and the framerate still drops very low during battles (it becomes nearly a slideshow when grappled by an enemy.)

I am guessing this has more to do with the porting or programming of the game than my machine�s hardware, but that sort of thing makes PC gaming feel like a real crapshoot sometimes. My last PC couldn�t get more than 15 FPS on Evil Within 2, a game I�m really interested in playing but returned because it was unplayable. I�m not confident that I could buy it again and expect it to play!

Steam broke the gently caress out of FFXV when they added Workshop support. I think it�s on game pass, that version should work better for you.

Why they don�t just remove the workshop support and make it an opt-in thing, no idea.

# ? Mar 20, 2020 20:14

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

Mierenneuker posted:

I love how the camera zooms all the way out during the intro so you see a gigantic landscape. With the high res textures enabled it dropped to 2 frames a second for me. Promptly disabled them, never bothered with those additional 50 gigs of textures again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qilcQ8Mgqhg&t=392s

Lmao are all FF games just characters putting on terrible, obviously fake cartoon voices?

# ? Mar 20, 2020 20:18