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garfield hentai posted:Posted this in the RPG thread too but maybe a better fit here - any suggestions for a non-party based CRPG? I'm playing WL3 and enjoying it but all the positioning is a little tedious and I kinda like having just one guy that gets beefy as hell. Looking around I've seen mixed things on Underrail which might be up my alley but I'm kind of turned off by the fact that you apparently need to pretty much plan your build before you even start, and DOS:2 in Lone Wolf mode where despite all the accolades generic fantasy setting doesn't really do it for me. If you don't mind something old, my classic favorite is The Summoning.
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Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. What should I try? I'm open to older stuff with less advanced graphics, but do prefer nice visuals I've played: Outer Wilds (Amazing) Outer Worlds (Fine and fun for what it was) Tacoma (Cool) Stellaris (meh)
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. Have you played The Dig already? It will take you on quite a ride  e: Alien Isolation and Dead Space are also good space games. And in another style (survival) No Man's Sky SpaceGoatFarts fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Oct 5, 2020 |
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. Rebel Galaxy Freelancer (old but abandonware) EverSpace
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FTL, Prey (the new one specifically), Kerbal Space Program
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. Star Control 2 (old old 2D spacefighting game) Jedi: Fallen Order (New action game) Knights of the Old Republic 1 + 2 (RPGs) Jedi Outcast/Academy (old FPSes) Homeworld 1 and Cataclysm/Emergence (timeless 3D RTSes) It's weird how few games where you go on spacetraveling adventures. I feel like I know more games that are just set on 1 alien planet like Lost Planet 2. Or games where aliens come to earth like XCOM (The Bureau has a real ME2 feel mechanically).
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. It's already been said but Prey 2017 is absolutely incredible and I can't recommend it highly enough. The atmosphere, the environment, the character progression, the visuals, everything about it just ticks all the right boxes.
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Much older-school, but you might check out Endless Sky. It's a clone of the old Escape Velocity series, so 2D spacefaring games where you start in a small shuttlecraft and trade and fight your way up to bigger ships, with the occasional mission chain to provide some story and motivation.
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. Gonna also recommend Prey. Alternatively, dig up the original Dead Space. The cool things about these games is that they could only take place in space, if it were anywhere else the games would be extremely different.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Much older-school, but you might check out Endless Sky. It's a clone of the old Escape Velocity series, so 2D spacefaring games where you start in a small shuttlecraft and trade and fight your way up to bigger ships, with the occasional mission chain to provide some story and motivation. I really liked the couple hours I put into Endless Sky and will come back to it again one day. One thing I really liked--and I don't know if Escape Velocity was the same way--was that you didn't have to thrust-maneuver all the time. You could do a lot of routine stuff on autopilot by tapping a key or two: jumping, docking, etc.
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. Star Control 2 - 2d space adventure about exploring the galaxy Freespace Open source project (its not a hardcore space sim) - action intense space battles and probably 2,000 hours of absolutely incredible mod campaigns both give you that space 'feeling' of "what the gently caress is going to happen next?"
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doctorfrog posted:I really liked the couple hours I put into Endless Sky and will come back to it again one day. One thing I really liked--and I don't know if Escape Velocity was the same way--was that you didn't have to thrust-maneuver all the time. You could do a lot of routine stuff on autopilot by tapping a key or two: jumping, docking, etc. Escape Velocity was the same, yeah, though IIRC Endless Sky made it easier to decelerate to a stop? In EV you had a button whose job was to turn to oppose your current direction of travel, and then once you were turned around you had to thrust to counteract your velocity. Oh yeah, and along similar lines you can check out Transcendence. It's kiiiind of a roguelike, though permadeath is on the honor system. Lots of exploring procedurally-generated star systems, blowing up space stations, looting them, and selling the loot for cash to upgrade your ship with.
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Captain Beans posted:Star Control 2 - 2d space adventure about exploring the galaxy I love Freespace and hate the control schemes of most modern space fighters because I played it so much. Sure the graphics are very dated by this point, but the size of everything was what always got me. The first time I flew from one end of a capitol ship to the other end and it took like 10 minutes astounded me. As much as everyone here loves Prey, I have installed it 3 times now and just got bored with it about 2-3 hours in. It just never grabbed me. And I am a huge Deus Ex, SS2 fan.
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. The Homeworld series, although they are RTSs, are very story driven. You can probably find the remastered bundle for cheap and the prequel, Deserts of Kharak, is also good. Capsized is a fun spacy platformer. Red Faction Guerrilla is a great spacy time.
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. I suggest you Starpoint Gemini Warlords : it's quite old now, but it still one of the best in the "space opera/star empire building" genre.
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blue squares posted:Ok, turns out a space sim is not what I want (I tried Elite Dangerous and found it too passive and boring). But I still want to go on a space-based adventure. Basically, Mass Effect. But it doesn't have to be an RPG. Just an exciting space game that takes me on a ride. Do you have anything against Star Wars? They have a few games which could scratch that itch. Jedi Knight and Jedi Academy in particular are quite old but are essentially straight up adventure games in space, and good games in their own right. The KOTOR games (the old RPGS or the new f2p game) might be your cup of tea as well. No space combat, but neither does Mass Effect have that, so you might still enjoy them. I'm not too up to date with more recent SW games unfortunately
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Deltasquid posted:Do you have anything against Star Wars? They have a few games which could scratch that itch. Jedi Knight and Jedi Academy in particular are quite old but are essentially straight up adventure games in space, and good games in their own right. The KOTOR games (the old RPGS or the new f2p game) might be your cup of tea as well. No space combat, but neither does Mass Effect have that, so you might still enjoy them. Star wars squadrons managed to really give me the same feeling of piloting a real starfighter during space battles as tie fighter and starlancer back in the day. I haven't tried the multi yet but really enjoying the solo so far. Best dogfighting fun I had since House of the Dying Sun.
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Any recommendation for online card games that are not Magic Arena, Hearthstone or Eternal? I heard decent things about Gwent and Legends or Runeterra but I can't summon enough giveafucks about the lore to actually get off my lazy butt. Also, I want it to be actually fun to play for free instead of a second job. Also, thanks to the previous recommendations, played Whispers of a Machine this past weekend and enjoyed it quite a bit. A bit short but it feels kinda cozy and lived in, in its odd dystopia. It's odd that I might actually replay through a point and click adventure game.
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Magnetic North posted:Any recommendation for online card games that are not Magic Arena, Hearthstone or Eternal? I heard decent things about Gwent and Legends or Runeterra but I can't summon enough giveafucks about the lore to actually get off my lazy butt. Also, I want it to be actually fun to play for free instead of a second job. Slay the Spire board gamer  Or Monster Train
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OgNar posted:I love Freespace and hate the control schemes of most modern space fighters because I played it so much. just thinking about Freespace makes me want to install it again and go grab one of the insanely huge total conversions I don't remember much about the controls, what do you think made them feel so good compared to new stuff?
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Captain Beans posted:just thinking about Freespace makes me want to install it again and go grab one of the insanely huge total conversions If I recall you used right click to move your reticle and left click to fire. But most i'm seeing now are just mouse movement, so when you are click and firing, at least for me, I tend to be sliding the reticle around more and become less accurate. But this is a purely personal thing. I have installed Elite dangerous on various occasions and just cant get a handle on its control scheme. I end up just constantly going into a spin since movement seems to be controlled by the mouse. Freespace is one of the early games that got me hooked on ESDF. E/D forward/back, S/F strafe and A/G rotate was how I played it. Having rotate hooked to mouse movement is horrid for me. But like I said, this is purely personal. Maybe one day I'll get a flight stick again and play it. I don't see using a gamepad though. e: now i'm caught up watching this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VU655sDbCQ all that green looks like pure rear end now though OgNar fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Oct 7, 2020 |
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So I’ve been watching some videos on Spellbreak and it’s really got me itching to play a game where I can cast a bunch of cool, visually striking spells. I don’t have any interest in playing a BR/PvP game for this, though. Y’all got any recs? An RPG-style game would be ideal. Deep character customization would be cool too. Spells doesn’t have to be the only way to play, either, if the game has a more traditional class system.
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Probably not exactly what you have in mind, but check out Noita. It's a roguelite where you assemble wands with sequences of spells. Oh and also every single pixel has its own physics. It's really cool and at least one of the devs (Hempuli) is a goon.
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Just out of curiosity, I was reading a story recently which involved a race of insects kind of swarming and devouring entire continents at a time. Felt super Zerg-like. Kinda put me in the mood to play a game with a faction similar to Zerg or other 'all-consuming all-devouring' type faction. Wondering what options are available? I know of Starcraft, of course, and Grey Goo, but not sure what else there is besides those two...
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Traitorous Leopard posted:So I’ve been watching some videos on Spellbreak and it’s really got me itching to play a game where I can cast a bunch of cool, visually striking spells. I don’t have any interest in playing a BR/PvP game for this, though. Y’all got any recs? An RPG-style game would be ideal. Deep character customization would be cool too. Spells doesn’t have to be the only way to play, either, if the game has a more traditional class system. check out wizard of legend
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khy posted:Just out of curiosity, I was reading a story recently which involved a race of insects kind of swarming and devouring entire continents at a time. Felt super Zerg-like. Kinda put me in the mood to play a game with a faction similar to Zerg or other 'all-consuming all-devouring' type faction. Wondering what options are available? I know of Starcraft, of course, and Grey Goo, but not sure what else there is besides those two... Maybe some of the warhammer 40k games? Dawn of War II has the Tyranids playable in Multiplayer. Dawn of War II: Retribution has a Tyranid campaign (lacklustre at that). Battlefleet Gothic Armada II has a Tyranid campaign. Dawn of War Soulstorm has a couple of mods that add the Tyranids to the game. Space Hulk: Deathwing has you fighting against tyranids in a FPS but they're not playable. EDIT: also check out Stellaris, if you don't mind 4x games: you can create your own factions/races in that, and with some combinations of traits and ethoses (ethoi?) you can create your own hivemind faction that essentially functions like the zerg.
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khy posted:Just out of curiosity, I was reading a story recently which involved a race of insects kind of swarming and devouring entire continents at a time. Felt super Zerg-like. Kinda put me in the mood to play a game with a faction similar to Zerg or other 'all-consuming all-devouring' type faction. Wondering what options are available? I know of Starcraft, of course, and Grey Goo, but not sure what else there is besides those two...
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Deltasquid posted:Maybe some of the warhammer 40k games? Dawn of War II has the Tyranids playable in Multiplayer. Dawn of War II: Retribution has a Tyranid campaign (lacklustre at that). Battlefleet Gothic Armada II has a Tyranid campaign. Dawn of War Soulstorm has a couple of mods that add the Tyranids to the game. Space Hulk: Deathwing has you fighting against tyranids in a FPS but they're not playable. For 40k you could also always go with a green tide of Orkz instead.
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khy posted:Just out of curiosity, I was reading a story recently which involved a race of insects kind of swarming and devouring entire continents at a time. Felt super Zerg-like. Kinda put me in the mood to play a game with a faction similar to Zerg or other 'all-consuming all-devouring' type faction. Wondering what options are available? I know of Starcraft, of course, and Grey Goo, but not sure what else there is besides those two... Creeper World
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John Murdoch posted:For 40k you could also always go with a green tide of Orkz instead. I mean yeah, or orkz/chaos/beastmen/skaven in warhammer total war 2
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Recommend me a game! I have a decent PC than can handle whatever (specs). I mostly play PUBG and Civ6 but I'm after a story-driven, linear(ish) adventure/FPS game in between. I've not played many games over the last few years:
Far Cry 5, which I enjoyed for a while but got very samey/grindy; I picked up Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and Origins some time ago - I played the former for quite a long time but got bored of it being the same AC game as every other; never really gave Origins much time as I was bored by then; Prey was pretty fun; Alien:Isolation was also pretty immersive but I don't think I ever finished it; Dishonored was great I think that's all I've played in the last five years. I was thinking of getting Metro Exodus or Control (neither of which I've played) but before I do I thought I'd see if you guys can throw some ideas my way.
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Control is very good, not too long, and a fine way to show off those  RTX effects.
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Bouchehog posted:Recommend me a game! I have a decent PC than can handle whatever (specs). I mostly play PUBG and Civ6 but I'm after a story-driven, linear(ish) adventure/FPS game in between. Doom
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control is great yeah, AC odyssey is also amazing and looks stunning. There is some grind if you want it, but you can just skip straight through to story missions and have a ton of fun. Also go play Wolfenstein the new order and the old blood, imo better games than wolf II. DOOM 2016 is great, and if you love it go play DOOM: Eternal after that. MGS V: The Phantom Pain is a very fun game as well, a bit more sandbox-y but the systems are very cool and you can have tons of fun trying out inventive approaches to missions. HITMAN 2 (the new one) is also one of the best games of all time and looks great. A bit light on 'overall' story perhaps, but the self-contained events in the missions and NPC's are well written. If you liked Dishonored and Prey you should also play Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (and Human Revolution if you haven't yet).
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Bouchehog posted:Recommend me a game! I have a decent PC than can handle whatever (specs). I mostly play PUBG and Civ6 but I'm after a story-driven, linear(ish) adventure/FPS game in between. FarCry 3: Blood Dragon and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger are both story-driven FPS and they are really good, although short.
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exquisite tea posted:Control is very good, not too long, and a fine way to show off those Glad to hear it. Sold.  Samopsa posted:control is great yeah, AC odyssey is also amazing and looks stunning. There is some grind if you want it, but you can just skip straight through to story missions and have a ton of fun. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a good shout. I played Human Revolution and liked that. Doom '16 I played (but didn't stick on my list as it's not exactly story driven...). I will pick up Eternal on sale at some point. Never got into the MSG series but I will look into it.
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Looking for a multiplayer game, 2-3 players that can run on a toaster. Genres like co-op rpg or tactical strategy, hopefully also co-op because he’s much smarter than me. I have a friend who has a crappy old ultrabook and an Xbox One. I have a PS4 and a gaming PC. We’re looking to play video games together on a regular basis, maybe sometimes with a couple more people. I’ve considered Minecraft but he said no. I’m thinking Civ 6 may not run on his hardware. Other than Don’t Starve Together I’m drawing a blank. Any ideas? He likes tactical games like XCOM and Baldur’s Gate. BG3 would be perfect but it’s beta and very expensive and has high hardware requirements.
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tuyop posted:Looking for a multiplayer game, 2-3 players that can run on a toaster. Genres like coop rpg or tactical strategy, hopefully also coop because he’s much smarter than me. I don't have a specific game in mind for you, but check out Parsec, its a program that allows you to play split screen games over the internet. This opens up a wide variety of games for you, including emulated games on your gaming PC. If you want to go even DEEPER down the rabbit hole, there exists something called Nucleus Co-op and the goal of this program is to turn regular games into splitscreen games. So theoretically you could run Nucleus Co-op to play a game regular multiplayer game on a split screen and then Parsec that screen to your friend with the poor hardware. The biggest downside to this method is you have to both be using controllers.
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If you liked Dishonored then you'll probably like Dishonored 2, and if you do don't skip the Death of the Outsider expansion. Seconding DX:MD too
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