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Crosscode might be too hectic in terms of combat but it’s a very good game. You can always use assist mode to make the battles pretty chill and easy.
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What about Fire Emblem Three Houses?
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Hm, Dragon Quest Builder looks cute. I'll check out Crosscode as well. (And yeah, I did play Fire Emblem 3H)
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I'd strongly recommend skipping to DQB2--the first isn't bad but the sequel has a bunch of major improvements.
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Aug 24, 2020 00:41
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Have you played .hack? GU is on steam and if you're hurting for a jrpg you can do worse, it has some neat stuff going on (mostly how weirdly detailed the setting is in all the parts that you're never asked to directly interact with. If you wanna go read a ton of fake forum posts about fake world events boy does .hack have you covered)
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Aug 24, 2020 01:09
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Hwurmp posted:I'd strongly recommend skipping to DQB2--the first isn't bad but the sequel has a bunch of major improvements. The second is so much better that I'd recommend the opposite; the first one is amazing but much harder to enjoy once you have played with a sane control scheme.
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Aug 24, 2020 01:20
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I want to build something, and I don't know what. Oxygen Not Included came close, but it turns out I get angry when the worker AI decides not to do what I specifically told it to do with the emergency priority button. DQB2 isn't it, either - too simple - and neither is Factorio or Satisfactory. Already played out Astroneer. I had a few suggestions for other management games like ONI, but if they have indirect controls too I'm not playing
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Aug 24, 2020 02:41
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Ciaphas posted:I want to build something, and I don't know what. Oxygen Not Included came close, but it turns out I get angry when the worker AI decides not to do what I specifically told it to do with the emergency priority button. Subnautica
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Aug 24, 2020 02:42
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Hwurmp posted:Subnautica Already beat that one, sorry 
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Ciaphas posted:I want to build something, and I don't know what. Oxygen Not Included came close, but it turns out I get angry when the worker AI decides not to do what I specifically told it to do with the emergency priority button. not to state the obvious but Minecraft can get as simple/complex as you like and is pretty hands on
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Aug 24, 2020 02:51
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HellOnEarth posted:I'm trying to find a new RPG to fall down in for like 200 hours, but I'm tired of replaying the ones I have. I've replayed all the Final Fantasies, Ateliers, Disgaeas and Tales of games that are available on modern consoles and most of the big standalone titles like Octopath Traveler, etc. Basically I just want some kind of bullshit anime fantasy story in a turn-based or otherwise not-too-frantic battle system. Anime optional, it's just where my brain is at. Do you have a 3ds collecting dust? Shin Megami Tensei 4, SMT 4: Apocalypse, and SMT: Strange Journey Redux are all god-tier jrpgs
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Aug 24, 2020 02:59
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Kvlt! posted:not to state the obvious but Minecraft can get as simple/complex as you like and is pretty hands on It HAS been a long time since I played a skyblock - probably half a decade now, christ. loving with java and mod platforms and all that again doesn't especially appeal though
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Aug 24, 2020 03:04
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Ciaphas posted:It HAS been a long time since I played a skyblock - probably half a decade now, christ. loving with java and mod platforms and all that again doesn't especially appeal though If you're just looking to build, Terraria is great for that, but I'm sure you've already played it. I personally really like seeing my base come together in Rimworld, although if you want to focus on building you may want to mod the storytellers so they don't bombard you with too many events. For vanilla Rimworld, Randy Random is my preferred storyteller because unlike the other two, his events don't really ramp up, so you're just getting random events the whole time instead of more and more difficult ones that scale with how long you've been playing.
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Ciaphas posted:It HAS been a long time since I played a skyblock - probably half a decade now, christ. loving with java and mod platforms and all that again doesn't especially appeal though While I find the Twitch software to be a pile of poo poo, it does install modpacks fairly quickly and easily.
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There are other launchers you can use. GDLauncher is what I'm using right now, it's just missing a notification for when modpacks have an update.
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HellOnEarth posted:I'm trying to find a new RPG to fall down in for like 200 hours, but I'm tired of replaying the ones I have. I've replayed all the Final Fantasies, Ateliers, Disgaeas and Tales of games that are available on modern consoles and most of the big standalone titles like Octopath Traveler, etc. Basically I just want some kind of bullshit anime fantasy story in a turn-based or otherwise not-too-frantic battle system. Anime optional, it's just where my brain is at. Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive edition recently came out on twitch.
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HellOnEarth posted:I'm trying to find a new RPG to fall down in for like 200 hours, but I'm tired of replaying the ones I have. I've replayed all the Final Fantasies, Ateliers, Disgaeas and Tales of games that are available on modern consoles and most of the big standalone titles like Octopath Traveler, etc. Basically I just want some kind of bullshit anime fantasy story in a turn-based or otherwise not-too-frantic battle system. Anime optional, it's just where my brain is at. Perhaps Divinity Original Sin 2?
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I'm a completionist/collectionist at heart. I'm just wrapping up getting all trophies for Bloodstained and I really enjoyed the "endgame"--figuring out what I still needed to get, going out to farm for a while, going back to town, rinse and repeat. Basically checking things off a checklist. Any recommendations for something that has that same sort of flow to it? Bonus points if there's a town or hub that I'm building up at the same time. Genre doesn't matter.
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Ciaphas posted:I want to build something, and I don't know what. Oxygen Not Included came close, but it turns out I get angry when the worker AI decides not to do what I specifically told it to do with the emergency priority button. You may want to ask in the Management Megathread. I'm currently playing Anno 1800, Autonauts and Factory Town.
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Ben Nerevarine posted:I'm a completionist/collectionist at heart. I'm just wrapping up getting all trophies for Bloodstained and I really enjoyed the "endgame"--figuring out what I still needed to get, going out to farm for a while, going back to town, rinse and repeat. Basically checking things off a checklist. I think something like Enter the Gungeon could work for this.
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Ciaphas posted:I want to build something, and I don't know what. Oxygen Not Included came close, but it turns out I get angry when the worker AI decides not to do what I specifically told it to do with the emergency priority button. Space Engineers
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Ben Nerevarine posted:I'm a completionist/collectionist at heart. I'm just wrapping up getting all trophies for Bloodstained and I really enjoyed the "endgame"--figuring out what I still needed to get, going out to farm for a while, going back to town, rinse and repeat. Basically checking things off a checklist. OpenTTD has a plugin that will automatically generate goals for you to shoot for. Along the way, you're building systems n' stuff. There's a real old mod for real old Startopia that would do the same, just generate goal after goal so there's something to do other than play in a sandbox. Zombicite would do this also. You build on and defend a settlement while trying to resolve much bigger issues abroad in an insane clicky dungeon crawly world.
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I loved playing Vanguard in Mass Effect 2. Ignore the cover-based combat, shotgun enemies in the face, when low on shields pull more enemies by Biotic Charging into them, repeat as neccessary. Occasionally duck into cover for a few seconds when you get the rythm wrong. Is there any other game that captures this? Preferably third- or first-person shooters, but I suppose isometric action games could also do. I'd like to play this way from early on, though - loot grinders that let me do it after finding item X or games that only let me do it near "endgame" are a nonstarter.
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First thing that pops into mind is Doom 2016, and maybe Doom Eternal but I didn't play enough of that to know for sure.
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pun pundit posted:I loved playing Vanguard in Mass Effect 2. Ignore the cover-based combat, shotgun enemies in the face, when low on shields pull more enemies by Biotic Charging into them, repeat as neccessary. Occasionally duck into cover for a few seconds when you get the rythm wrong. Vanquish
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pun pundit posted:I loved playing Vanguard in Mass Effect 2. Ignore the cover-based combat, shotgun enemies in the face, when low on shields pull more enemies by Biotic Charging into them, repeat as neccessary. Occasionally duck into cover for a few seconds when you get the rythm wrong. Doom Eternal after the first couple levels Titanfall 2
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Doom Eternal has that limited ammo "we want you to use all of the guns" design going on. How easy is it to mod the shotgun ammo capacity way up?
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pretty easy once you find the infinite ammo cheat
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Fencers in Earth Defense Force 5 can be pretty Vanguardy too, with their melee weapons that let you charge-jump across the map.
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pun pundit posted:I loved playing Vanguard in Mass Effect 2. Ignore the cover-based combat, shotgun enemies in the face, when low on shields pull more enemies by Biotic Charging into them, repeat as neccessary. Occasionally duck into cover for a few seconds when you get the rythm wrong. Superhot or Hotline Miami? The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has combat very reminiscent of Mass Effect 2, but it's more like playing as an Engineer than Vanguard. ME2+3 had such fantastic combat, with such different and unique playstyles for each class, it's weird that more games didn't try to copy that.
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Me and my girlfriend just played The Last Guardian and really loved it. Are there any other games where you build a relationship with a cool/cute creature? I really miss hanging out with Trico...
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pun pundit posted:I loved playing Vanguard in Mass Effect 2. Ignore the cover-based combat, shotgun enemies in the face, when low on shields pull more enemies by Biotic Charging into them, repeat as neccessary. Occasionally duck into cover for a few seconds when you get the rythm wrong. Bioshock Infinite has a power that's just straight-up the Vanguard charge (and a pretty good shotgun too) but it's not available from the start and also lol Bioshock Infinite.
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Ciaphas posted:I want to build something, and I don't know what. Oxygen Not Included came close, but it turns out I get angry when the worker AI decides not to do what I specifically told it to do with the emergency priority button. If Oxygen Not Included was close why not try their other game Don't Starve? There is actually two versions of the game. Single player "Don't starve" which has two major DLCs that teleport you to massively different worlds. All of which can be connected and allow for some massive base building. Don't starve Together is actually a separate game with only one world but allows for multi-player and bigger raid style bosses. They currently update the DST every few weeks with them trying to finish a massive ocean content update, which unfortunately it pretty lacking right now. It is the more polished game due costant quality of life updates.
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pun pundit posted:I loved playing Vanguard in Mass Effect 2. Ignore the cover-based combat, shotgun enemies in the face, when low on shields pull more enemies by Biotic Charging into them, repeat as neccessary. Occasionally duck into cover for a few seconds when you get the rythm wrong. Superhot is a decent recommendation that somebody else mentioned. It's a little bit more like a puzzle game sometimes - you have to punch the guy on the left, grab the gun from the guy on the right, shoot the guy in the middle with it, then shoot the guy on the right, and if you do it out of order, you die and reload until you figure it out. But those moments are rare, most of the time you have a decent amount of options for how to solve the levels. And it definitely has the mix of shooting and melee combat that the Vanguard has. It's short but extremely replayable, a big part of it is replaying your favorite levels and finding more efficient ways to clear them.
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Pathfinder Kingmaker was good until it got really bad so it got me hankering for kinda similar playing RPGs that ideally don't fall apart mechanically 2/3rds through. Pathfinder is just really bad at scaling to higher levels because so many mechanics like AC or targeting enemy saves feeling like all-in or don't bother at all, combined with some really, truly awful design decisions WRT the last parts of the game by the design team that made me lose all will to finish the game. It was quite fun with the turn-based mod for the first 50% or so though. Anyway trouble is I've basically played a lot of common recommendations for similar games AKA Pillars of Eternity 1&2 (pretty good), Divinity:OS 1 & 2 (bleh), and old classics like the IE series and NWN 1/2 + expansions. Also Dragon Age I guess counts. Having played a good amount of RTS recently I'd prefer something turn-based over RTWP or similar at the moment, so I can ideally take it easy and tab away at my leisure too. I'm not super into the post-apocalypse stuff so ideally nothing Fallout-like. Sci-fi is okay. I also really like character progression-heavy RPGs with perks and traits and skills and powers and any system you can bolt on, but preferably without ludicrous stat numbers a la Disgaea. The shallower the character progression systems are the less interested I am, so any game that just automatically distributes some +stats on level up or whatever is not my jam. E: Like for many people it doesn't matter but I just want to underscore that if the game gives you 40 hp at level one instead of 4000 that's like a free extra grade up in my rating system lol. E2: I should mention as well I suppose, I've tried a few JRPGs such as FFX or the first Trails game, and none have caught my fancy gameplay-wise. I've liked turn-based SRPGs like Fire Emblems and JRPGs without traditional turn-based combat such as FFX-2, but I'm not really looking for either of those. So before recommending a JRPG keep that in mind I guess. Insurrectionist fucked around with this message at 10:26 on Aug 28, 2020 |
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Insurrectionist posted:Pathfinder Kingmaker was good until it got really bad so it got me hankering for kinda similar playing RPGs that ideally don't fall apart mechanically 2/3rds through. Pathfinder is just really bad at scaling to higher levels because so many mechanics like AC or targeting enemy saves feeling like all-in or don't bother at all, combined with some really, truly awful design decisions WRT the last parts of the game by the design team that made me lose all will to finish the game. It was quite fun with the turn-based mod for the first 50% or so though. Shadowrun Collection is currently free on the Cursed Game Store
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Thanks for the rec, unfortunately I've played that too I just didn't remeber it to add to my post! I'd say it was too 'light' for what I'm looking for though, I'd prefer something more meaty WRT character customization and gearing and the like. As I recall SR was mostly just 'pick one of two options' on level up once you were done with initial character creation, but it's been a while. And also since SR gameplay reminds me of it, I'm also not looking for games in the x-com mold (with overwatch actions and such).
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My brain isn't working today so I can't think of anything off the top of my head, but the nice nerds in the Old School CRPG thread should be able to sort you out unless they're still talking about international archiving systems.
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Shwqa posted:If Oxygen Not Included was close why not try their other game Don't Starve? I don't have a coop partner; is the more-polished DST playable solo? I've never tried either.
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Ciaphas posted:I don't have a coop partner; is the more-polished DST playable solo? I've never tried either. It's playable solo, but the boss monsters are tuned for multiple players so they will be quite a bit harder to beat on your own.
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