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Elswyyr posted:I've got a complicated request that I'm not really sure makes sense for anyone but me. No Man's Sky is really good at this, and is actually pretty fun after years of patches and updates.
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Elswyyr posted:I've got a complicated request that I'm not really sure makes sense for anyone but me. So like a Metroidvania but more about opening up functional parts of the world rather than getting abilities that function as keys to gates that block off areas? Uh, you do know what a Metroidvania is right? Aground Terraria Stardew Valley Slime Rancher Subnautica
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May 14, 2021 21:37
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Graveyard Keeper is also really based around tech trees I think.
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May 14, 2021 22:07
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:No Man's Sky is really good at this, and is actually pretty fun after years of patches and updates. I jumped in during quarantine and found that it was pretty much the same game. Just the same game-play loop over and over of gathering more fuel, and inventory managment system that was a nightmare, and always lacking the 3rd ingredient to make anything. I only played for an hour, so I am wondering if I missed something.
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May 16, 2021 18:28
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eSporks posted:What actually changed with it? Did you get to the gigantic interdimensional space station and start the plot, or obtain a capital ship, or start rebuilding crashed ships, or doing side missions? If an hour of the game makes you shrug and move on, then yeah it might not be for you.
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May 16, 2021 20:43
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What are good worker placement games where your workers are also your combat units? Things like Thea 1/2 or Sid Meier's Colonization.
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May 16, 2021 21:59
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Early game all-in rush in Starcraft.
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May 16, 2021 23:12
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:Did you get to the gigantic interdimensional space station and start the plot, or obtain a capital ship, or start rebuilding crashed ships, or doing side missions? Crashed ships were always in, do they do something different now? What side missions? Whats a capitol ship? The plot that was just fly from space station to space station stopping for gas repeatedly, or did they add something to it? I think I remember a big space station but it not amounting to much. I do remember them adding more materials and making crafting more complicated, made me feel like I could never get the required mats to make a basic gun, and the inventory Tetris just felt a lot worse. The basic game play loop seemed to remain entirely the same. Genuinely curious If I am missing something.
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May 16, 2021 23:36
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Overall the gameplay loop is what it is, yeah. But there are capital ships you can acquire now with hangars, that can be customized interiors and sent on missions. There is a Subspace Anomaly space station that can be summoned, which is an online hub for players, and contains lots of shops and specialized merchants, as well as quest givers and plot npcs (there is a plot, yes, involving searching for someone and recovering your memory). The game is primarily going to be exploring new planets for new poo poo to upgrade gear to get new poo poo, yeah, and if that isn't something that works for you then so be it. But there is a lot of new stuff that gives the game some more depth.
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May 16, 2021 23:52
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Elswyyr posted:I've got a complicated request that I'm not really sure makes sense for anyone but me. The most recent game that did this for me is Valheim. Second half of the game is pretty grindy, but good before that. I'm going to anti-recommend Satisfactory. In my opinion, both Factorio and Dyson Sphere Program provide a better version of this experience. Oh! If you haven't yet, play Terraria. It is exactly what you want. You would probably also enjoy the Zelda games, although it's been a few releases since I played one so I don't know how good the current ones are.
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May 17, 2021 00:17
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LLSix posted:You would probably also enjoy the Zelda games, although it's been a few releases since I played one so I don't know how good the current ones are. Breath of the Wild was dope, because as soon as you get bored you can just roast dozens of smallmouth bass and brute force the final dungeon.
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May 17, 2021 02:16
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What are some recent good platforming games for PC? The last one I got into was Rayman Legends. I'm eyeing Monster Boy since it's on sale on steam and looks p good. Did Yooka Laylee turn out decent?
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May 18, 2021 09:59
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sad question posted:What are some recent good platforming games for PC? The last one I got into was Rayman Legends. I'm eyeing Monster Boy since it's on sale on steam and looks p good. Did Yooka Laylee turn out decent? Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a great metroidvania (and the first is good too). Hollow Knight is nice but pretty hard. Celeste is pure plateforming die-and-retry like Meatboy.
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May 18, 2021 10:06
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sad question posted:What are some recent good platforming games for PC? The last one I got into was Rayman Legends. I'm eyeing Monster Boy since it's on sale on steam and looks p good. Did Yooka Laylee turn out decent? Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair (2D platformer, NOT the kickstarter game) is really good. I usually don't like platforming games all that much, but that one was genuinely enjoyable. The last level is pretty huge jump in difficulty, but at least they added checkpoints. Trine 4 was also nice. Probably the best of the series (playing the older games is not required).
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May 18, 2021 10:20
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I don't think there's widespread agreement on which Trine game is the best. The first is very short, so that's a good place to check out the series without making a huge investment.
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May 18, 2021 14:00
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sad question posted:What are some recent good platforming games for PC? The last one I got into was Rayman Legends. I'm eyeing Monster Boy since it's on sale on steam and looks p good. Did Yooka Laylee turn out decent? Celeste. I'm usually not much for platformers but it kept me engaged all the way through. Also if you've been keeping up with the free Epic games you should have it in your library. MrXmas fucked around with this message at 15:54 on May 18, 2021 |
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May 18, 2021 15:48
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Thanks for the recommendations, everyone. Actually I should have Celeste from that big itch.io bundle.
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May 18, 2021 16:26
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Unreal_One posted:What are good worker placement games where your workers are also your combat units? Things like Thea 1/2 or Sid Meier's Colonization. It's admittedly not much like Thea or Colonization (which, along with SMAC, are some of the best games in the history of ever), but maybe Chaos Overlords is worth a shot? Not worker placement exactly but all units can both do combat, take over sectors, and activate buildings for income and effects.
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May 18, 2021 17:55
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What is the consensus of Hearts of Iron IV and its DLC? Are the DLC necessary for quality of life or are they more like Total war warhammer where DLC are closer to ‘playsets’
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May 22, 2021 04:09
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Cracker King posted:What is the consensus of Hearts of Iron IV and its DLC? There's a hoi4 thread with recommendations but if you're playing MP only the host needs all the dlc for everyone to get to play with all the stuff. Otherwise just get the ones that sound interesting to you. Personally I figure if any of em's skippable it's the Together For Victory one, but ymmv if you happen to live in or be a fan of Commonwealth nations.
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sad question posted:Thanks for the recommendations, everyone. Actually I should have Celeste from that big itch.io bundle. Works out well since that’s the best one!
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May 22, 2021 21:55
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Thea: The Awakening, which is one of my favourite games ever is on hobobundle for €1 now, so I recommend you all go buy it.
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May 24, 2021 20:48
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sad question posted:What are some recent good platforming games for PC? The last one I got into was Rayman Legends. I'm eyeing Monster Boy since it's on sale on steam and looks p good. Did Yooka Laylee turn out decent? Sockventure (pure platformer), Smelter (also has combat), and Blasphemous (same, with combat) are the best games with a strong focus on platforming that I've played recently. The first two are level-based while Blasphemous just has a continuous enormous map; that one has a focus on combat but there is also a lot more platforming than you'd think and they recently even released a DLC tie-in with Bloodstained ROTN that is pure platforming, no combat. Fantastic game, as is Smelter. Sockventure is really good too, just a bit basic so certainly don't pay a lot for it. Little Nightmares II was pretty good and could be classified as such although there is a lot of other gameplay. For 3D platformers, Crash 4 is fantastic in a very slim field, with Ghostrunner including tons of 3D platforming but also combat elements.
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May 24, 2021 21:05
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Me and my friend were interesting in playing some kind of 2v2 competitive game, of basically any genre, with enough of a player base to comfortable find matches, preferably not an RTS. I tried looking around myself but I couldn't find anything except for Bloodline Champions which seems to be 100% dead.
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May 31, 2021 10:16
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Battlerite is the sequel to bloodline champions. Might still be alive.
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May 31, 2021 10:34
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Jack Trades posted:Me and my friend were interesting in playing some kind of 2v2 competitive game, of basically any genre, with enough of a player base to comfortable find matches, preferably not an RTS. Rocket League! It has a 2v2 queue, and the standard 3v3 works fine as "party of 2 and a random." Rocket League is an incredibly fun game with a regular partner, and it's free to play (all $$$ stuff is cosmetic). My ex and I stayed together at least a year longer than we should have in large part because we loved playing Rocket League together.
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May 31, 2021 20:43
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I think this is a serious longshot, but does anything exist on PS4 that has a similar feel to the Heroes of Might and Magic games? Closest analogs I’ve found are For The King, which I have and rather like, and Age of Wonders: Planetfall, which seems too cumbersome to play on console and is rather more involved looking than Heroes was.
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May 31, 2021 21:01
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guys, is there a modern day "Majesty" yet? that level of town management.
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What's something like the modern XCOM games and also good? Did Phoenix Point ever reach good status?
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I've heard good things about Mario vs. Rabbids, oddly enough. It's apparently quite well-designed...if you can stomach the rabbids
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Cavauro posted:What's something like the modern XCOM games and also good? Did Phoenix Point ever reach good status? Gears: Tactics is a pretty good XCOM type game. Its mechanics work for creating real incentives to be aggressive and avoiding the "advance/overwatch/next turn" cycle that can take over those type of games, and they work way better than XCOM 2's "put timers on everything". It doesn't really have a strategic layer but you still get to upgrade all your guys between missions with skills and gear and etc. I wasn't very familiar at all with the Gears of War universe and I thought it was better than I expected.
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Cavauro posted:What's something like the modern XCOM games and also good? Did Phoenix Point ever reach good status? also seconding "Raving Rabbits" or whatever, very solid
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Cavauro posted:What's something like the modern XCOM games and also good? Did Phoenix Point ever reach good status? Troubleshooter
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I would argue Steamworld Heist is decidedly NOT like an xcom game. There's way more of a reliance on equipment and abilities than tactics, mostly because the cover system is so drat unreliable. On top of that, boss fights tend to just ignore cover altogether, which means it's a DPS race.
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Cavauro posted:What's something like the modern XCOM games and also good? Did Phoenix Point ever reach good status? Warhammer: Mechanicus
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Cavauro posted:What's something like the modern XCOM games and also good? Did Phoenix Point ever reach good status? I'd like something that is 30% (the first new) XCOM and 70% Jagged Alliance 2.
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Cavauro posted:What's something like the modern XCOM games and also good? Did Phoenix Point ever reach good status?
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It's not super polished, but I had fun with Massive Chalice, I'd say it's worth a playthrough if you get it on sale. Idk if this one falls under XCOM-likes, but Invisible Inc is very good.
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Cavauro posted:What's something like the modern XCOM games and also good? Did Phoenix Point ever reach good status? I have mixed feelings on Hard West as a game, but it's the same sort of turn-based tactics shooting, with a story-driven setup in a Weird West setting & some twists on the formula, and was at least compelling enough for me to play through it once. Don't pay full price for it, but I think I got it on sale for $15 and liked it. It has issues but imo is worthy enough as an entry to the genre.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I've heard good things about Mario vs. Rabbids, oddly enough. It's apparently quite well-designed...if you can stomach the rabbids The skill tree, leveling and customization mechanics are going to feel small compared to other tactical RPGs, but I'd actually call that a plus. It has a bunch of fun mechanics with throwing teammates and warp pipes. Each character has unique a playstyle and good synergy with other characters. The minimal customization means you can't power game any encounters and they all feel well balanced. Plot is meh, but cute. Highly recommend Mario vs Rabbids.
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