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Probably not what you're looking for but anything on the steeper end of the grog scale usually requires note taking.
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Fat Samurai posted:I've discovered that I like taking notes in games. My biggest two examples are Return of the Obra Dinn (for clues) and Cultist Simulator (to try and make sense and put together the snippets of lore). Any games in the same vein? I'm not interested in mapping a dungeon. The original La Mulana was all about taking notes. LM2 a bit less so since you get a lot of stuff automatically recorded for you ingame, and iirc the remake of LM1 has something similar.
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Jun 9, 2020 21:21
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Keeping a gaming notebook is fun. I remember finding one I made years ago (mostly figuring out puzzles and planning routes for Sunless Sea as well as sketches for stuff I was building in Terraria). It looked like the diary of a crazy person. Totally bonkers.
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Jun 9, 2020 21:22
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A friend of mine was keeping a pilot's notebook of his trips through Elite Dangerous. This was a bit more about trying to squeeze blood from a stone, though.
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Jun 9, 2020 21:57
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King of Dragon Pass works much better with note taking.
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Jun 9, 2020 22:04
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The Ur-Quan Masters all but requires note-taking. It's a modernized port of the all-time classic space adventure, Star Control 2. I remember playing it like 15 years ago, and I had a bigass text file in which I'd record any keyword/name/mystery/coordinate/possibly-useful-bit-of-info that I came across, which was a loving lot. I would've been completely screwed if I didn't take notes.
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What's a good "turn off your mind and wreck stuff" kinda game. Something in the vein of EDF/Musou/Diablo sorta things Bonus points for grinding up skills/equipment
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Jun 11, 2020 03:31
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Heroes of Hammerwatch maybe?
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:What's a good "turn off your mind and wreck stuff" kinda game. Something in the vein of EDF/Musou/Diablo sorta things Maneater Nova Drift Hades
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:What's a good "turn off your mind and wreck stuff" kinda game. Something in the vein of EDF/Musou/Diablo sorta things Streets of Rage 4 (just came out and it loving owns) Doom 2016 One Finger Death Punch
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Jun 11, 2020 05:15
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:What's a good "turn off your mind and wreck stuff" kinda game. Something in the vein of EDF/Musou/Diablo sorta things Phantasy Star Online 2, unironically. It really scratched my itch of just clearing out loads of mobs with big attacks and fast action. And it's all about grinding gear and levels. And your abilities come from enemy drops (or you can just buy them from other players). The story is also there, but kind of disconnected from the game so you don't have to worry about getting bogged down in it. Also it's free, so it'll only cost you some time to try it out.
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Jun 11, 2020 06:06
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Grim Dawn
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Fat Samurai posted:I've discovered that I like taking notes in games. My biggest two examples are Return of the Obra Dinn (for clues) and Cultist Simulator (to try and make sense and put together the snippets of lore). Any games in the same vein? I'm not interested in mapping a dungeon. If you haven't played it Riven is like, the quintessential "taking notes" game. I had one of those little notepads full of sketches and descriptions of various symbols and stuff.
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Jun 11, 2020 12:14
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Conrad_Birdie posted:Rewatching LOST during lockdown and wondering if there’s any games that feel like LOST, that sort of “exploring an abandoned place while things progressively get weirder and more mysterious.” With a focus on the exploration, not action. I know there’s obvious stuff like MYST, but what else? Also, there was an official LOST video game back in the day, does anyone know if it is available to download for PC anywhere anymore? Dead in Bermuda has a setting that looks very inspired by Lost
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Jun 11, 2020 13:02
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I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats: -He has MS and can really only use mouse controls nowadays (and not very precisely) -He has one of those all-in-one computers that I'm assuming is just running integrated graphics, so we're probably talking older or very scalable games. I can tell him about Steam refunds. I was thinking things like an older Civ, Age of Empires, or Xcom 1? Turn based stuff is probably best, not sure if Slay the Spire is too complex but could have him check it out. I'm just not familiar with those types of PC games from a decade ago, any ideas would be appreciated!
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Jun 12, 2020 22:30
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Knightmare posted:I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats: Into the Breach!
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Jun 12, 2020 22:37
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FTL is another good one, since you can pause to make your plans if you don't think you can act quickly. Guild of Dungeoneering is a simpler version of the deck-building roguelike concept, if you think that'll help. It could be that he'd be willing to get into more complex games if they fit his interests, like if he's a history buff, he might actually be willing to wade into Paradox games or Gettysburg Ultimate General. But from the sound of things, the safest pick would be Rise of Nations but with updated graphics. This website might help you with your worries about how well games will run on his system, although sometimes I feel like it underestimates your capabilities..
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Jun 12, 2020 23:24
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Knightmare posted:I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats: Civ IV (many still consider it to be the best), Banished, Dawn of Discovery Maybe Crusader Kings II (the base game is free so that's an easy starting point if nothing else)
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Jun 12, 2020 23:28
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Knightmare posted:I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats: Dungeons of Dredmor needs very minimum graphics, is turn based, funny and easy to play. And its only like $7 for the full package Needs like 400mb drive space 2 gig ram and integrated card 1024x600 minimum https://store.steampowered.com/app/98800/Dungeons_of_Dredmor/ OgNar fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Jun 12, 2020 |
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Jun 12, 2020 23:33
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It wouldn’t hurt to get him the itch.io bundle while you are at it.
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Jun 12, 2020 23:58
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OgNar posted:Dungeons of Dredmor needs very minimum graphics, is turn based, funny and easy to play. Dungeons of Dredmor is amazing and fun, but calling it easy to play is a misnomer. It's easy for a roguelike, but thats like saying The Surge is easy for a Soulslike - its still a tough as nails genre and you will get wrecked. Not recommended for a dad gamer (unless roguelikes are his jam, then 100% yes Dredmor is perfect)
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Jun 13, 2020 00:23
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One Finger Death Punch is pretty cheap, silly, easy to play, and uses literally only the mouse as controls.
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Jun 13, 2020 00:27
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:One Finger Death Punch is pretty cheap, silly, easy to play, and uses literally only the mouse as controls. That said, it's very twitchy, precise clicking. Dunno how well that'll play with MS.
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Shine posted:That said, it's very twitchy, precise clicking. Dunno how well that'll play with MS. Ah I missed the MS part somehow.
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Lechtansi posted:Dungeons of Dredmor is amazing and fun, but calling it easy to play is a misnomer. It's easy for a roguelike, but thats like saying The Surge is easy for a Soulslike - its still a tough as nails genre and you will get wrecked. Not recommended for a dad gamer (unless roguelikes are his jam, then 100% yes Dredmor is perfect) I meant easy as in you can only play it with a mouse, been awhile but pretty sure it has click to move. But if he can play Xcom or Civ then DoD isnt that difficult either. Sure he may never finish the boss, but i bet a ton of people have played it without ever finishing and still enjoy it.
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Shine posted:Into the Breach! Second this, what a wonderful game this is. One of those simple to play but complex to master kind of things. FTL would be good but some of the clicking is pretty precise in that and things are definitely time sensitive, even with the pause feature, since he couldn't use a hotkey for it. I think you can play Frozen Synapse 1 and 2 without a keyboard, that's another turn-based tactical action game, though it gets pretty difficult pretty quickly if that's a concern. Is only strategy his thing, what about more story based or RPG games? The Sorcery series are super playable with just a mouse, they were even ported to mobile at one point I believe, so it'd be for sure playable. It's an RPG type game about your usual hero off to kill orcs and etc but it's really well done and simple at the same time. 80 Days Around The World (or maybe it's just called 80 Days?) isn't really a game so much as a choose-your-own-adventure book but it's incredible. Tons and tons of good mouse only games in the story/RPG segment of things - I know you said this hasn't been his thing but maybe he just hasn't tried it.
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Knightmare posted:I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats: Heroes 3? Puzzlers like Hexcells and Picross?
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I will check out all of these, and I totally forgot about Into the Breach. Thanks for all the ideas!
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Battlebrothers maybe? How about the old tilted mill city building games? They're all up on gog and I'm pretty sure as a child I played them exclusively with the mouse. E: If he's up for the complexity then there's a ton of grog games fulfilling your criteria, if only because grog devs consider hot keys to be a sign of weakness. Things like panzer corps/general are simple enough really and have free versions available. Or if he was ever in to tabletop stuff maybe Megamek? Free and run on a potato, but he would need background knowledge of Btech to get much out of it. Pharnakes fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Jun 13, 2020 |
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is there a good brawler type game that isn't "press a bunch" or "keep the combo going" types? like a free roaming fighting game.
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One Finger Death Punch is a rhythm game that pretends to be about fighting. That might not be exactly what you're looking for but it's worth checking out if you haven't.
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Knightmare posted:I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats:
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InsertPotPun posted:is there a good brawler type game that isn't "press a bunch" or "keep the combo going" types? like a free roaming fighting game. If I've got what you're looking for right then I've been looking for something like it myself forever, but can't think of one since/besides that one special mode in Tekken 3. Closest I've heard of recently is the story mode in Granblue Fantasy VS, but it's on a 2d plane.
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InsertPotPun posted:is there a good brawler type game that isn't "press a bunch" or "keep the combo going" types? like a free roaming fighting game. Sleeping Dogs
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It is blowing my mind that One Finger Death Punch got reccomended twice on one page
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Knightmare posted:I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats: Command and Conquer Remastered, if he has any affinity for those games at all.
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Knightmare posted:I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats: Seconding the C&C remake. It’s VERY well-crafted. The recent Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition would also be an excellent choice.
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I'll also throw Age of Wonders 1 & 2 to the pile of recommendations.
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I'd second Into the Breach, it's a really really good game with tons of replayability, and a good UI. Runs on a potato. XCOM 1 has very finicky grenade aiming that's frustrating even for people without hand coordination issues. Crusader Kings 2 also has a terrible UI with dozens of extremely small buttons. Battle for Wesnoth is a classic free hex-based strategy game with tons of user created content, that he could take for a spin. Will also run on a potato.
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I'll recommend Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. It's entertaining, there's lots to do and experiment with and co-ordination doesn't really matter. Just plop the little men down somewhere and watch them go ape.
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