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Funktor posted:

First, KOTOR is a great rec and one that she's already played (1, not 2).

She has tried and not been at all interested in Chrono Trigger. Oni, 2pt Hospital, Stardew, and others may be decent recs.

I'll try to explain it a little better than I did. My wife is an extremely well-credentialed and competent person who works in tech and day-in, day-out, gets the joy of dealing with the kinds of men who are drawn to math and compsci. She is hyper-sensitive to having voices on all sides assuming (without giving her a chance to prove it) that she can't possibly know what she's talking about or have the skills that she professes to have. We have young kids and relaxation time is precious-to-nonexistent. She *needs* her entertainment to (a) NOT have dudes duding it up, (b) not waste her time, and (c) ideally have compelling and interesting characters with motivations beyond shooting and sex.

In general, although she had a long love affair with Civ, she's played it out, and her ideal 4x would let her play at her own pace and not have any fighting at all. Why rely on violence? Dwarf Fortress sans goblin raids and sausagefest would be pretty great.

I strongly still recommend she looks into Crusader Kings 3. Warfare is kind of inevitable but it's entirely possible to play through it as peacefully as possible, using marriage and diplomacy to expand your realm + keep it stable, and only raise troops when necessary to defend yourself. Most AI characters are barely "characters" but they have traits that steer their motivations and goals. And, again, you can just play with full gender equality or matriarchies if you want to avoid the medieval Europe sausagefests from the get-go. If she wants "DF without the sausage fest" then CK3 with those optional rules toggled on gets pretty close

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Funktor posted:

First, KOTOR is a great rec and one that she's already played (1, not 2).

She has tried and not been at all interested in Chrono Trigger. Oni, 2pt Hospital, Stardew, and others may be decent recs.

I'll try to explain it a little better than I did. My wife is an extremely well-credentialed and competent person who works in tech and day-in, day-out, gets the joy of dealing with the kinds of men who are drawn to math and compsci. She is hyper-sensitive to having voices on all sides assuming (without giving her a chance to prove it) that she can't possibly know what she's talking about or have the skills that she professes to have. We have young kids and relaxation time is precious-to-nonexistent. She *needs* her entertainment to (a) NOT have dudes duding it up, (b) not waste her time, and (c) ideally have compelling and interesting characters with motivations beyond shooting and sex.

In general, although she had a long love affair with Civ, she's played it out, and her ideal 4x would let her play at her own pace and not have any fighting at all. Why rely on violence? Dwarf Fortress sans goblin raids and sausagefest would be pretty great.

I'm not sure if tropico 3 is available on Android but I know it's on iPhone and I'd second that recommendation. IIRC there are some (completely optional and ignorable) ordinances you can pass that are kind of lovely upholding the nuclear family type stuff but I think there's also some explicitly codifying gender equality too? I haven't played in a while, I remember you can explicitly legalize gay marriage and I think there's other social choices along those lines.

Also, I promise I'm not trying to argue or anything but I'm wondering how DF is a sausagefest? I'm one of those people who hasn't played the past little while because I get so involved trying to create the perfect world that by the time I've generated it I ran out of time to actually play, but at least when I was playing the only difference I can remember between male and female dwarves was that the lady dwarves would carry their babies around with them for the first little while after they were born, whether in the forge or into battle or whatever. If I'm misremembering please correct me! I also usually turned raids off unless I was explicitly trying to play on hard mode because I mostly enjoyed building weird little dwarven societies so I get that.

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ninjewtsu: Oct 9, 2012

I, too, am not sure what gets df singled out as being the dude game

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Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

all dwarves are rotund and neckbearded, even the females

definitely a dealbreaker if you're seeking a refuge from STEM weinerbros

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Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

Funktor posted:

In general, although she had a long love affair with Civ, she's played it out, and her ideal 4x would let her play at her own pace and not have any fighting at all. Why rely on violence? Dwarf Fortress sans goblin raids and sausagefest would be pretty great.

Maybe try the Amplitude games, Endless Legend and Humankind specifically. They are similar in overall gameplay to Civ, with really unique races and mechanics that set them apart, as well as some of the absolute best music in video games.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 00:59

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Sandwich Anarchist posted:

Maybe try the Amplitude games, Endless Legend and Humankind specifically. They are similar in overall gameplay to Civ, with really unique races and mechanics that set them apart, as well as some of the absolute best music in video games.

Ooh, Endless Legend is a great rec too.

Also, I can't believe I only just remembered this but as a long shot maybe think about The Last Federation. I haven't played it in years so my memories are a bit vague, and it's Arcen Games so there's probably some amount of love it or hate it jank (I love it) but you're basically playing as a lone character in the world of a 4X style game and your aim is to get everyone organized into one federation and stop warring. There is combat in the game on the way to that goal, it's sort of a turn based real time 2d shooter that plays out in turns of a couple seconds at a time? Check out a video, it'll explain better than I can.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 01:13

Funktor: May 17, 2009; Burnin' down the disco floor...
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Thanks for all the recs! I'll run them by her. Please give my regards to Mrs. Splicer :-)

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Kvlt!: May 19, 2012

she could just download a tileset to make dwarves look like girls too

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BlankSystemDaemon: Mar 13, 2009

femfort, with exactly the same amount of tantrums before but now some reactionary youtubers are gonna make videos about it

# ? Mar 10, 2022 01:52

LLSix: Jan 20, 2010; The real power behind countless overlords

Humankind is a solid alternative to Civ.

Which reminds me, the best Civ game of all time is Alpha Centauri. It's so old I'm not sure it is playable if you don't have nostalgia for it, but there are several female leaders, all rad in their own ways.

Heran Bago posted:

Is she after games about systems and their interconnection?

I recommend Graveyard Keeper. It's like Stardew Valley but a bit more focused. There is a goal and ending. The theme is a little dark but kind of charming.

Graveyard Keeper can be an okay alternative for some people who have played SV, but OP would definitely not be happy with it. Graveyard Keeper, is, by design, a game all about The Man punching you in the face over and over and over again.

Also, I don't remember there being any option to play a female. Now that I think about it, I think the only three female NPCS are a crone, a housewife, and the super sexy lady.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 03:57

Galick: Nov 26, 2011; Why does Khajiit have to go to prison this time?

So I've got the itch for My Summer Car again, but I've played it and Mon Bazou to death. Any other games similar to those?

# ? Mar 10, 2022 04:10

Zam Wesell: Mar 22, 2009; [Zam is suddenly shot in the neck by a toxic dart; Anakin and Obi-Wan see a "rocket-man" take off and fly away, and Zam dies]

I'm in need a chill city builder/basebuilder/maybe survival game. Something that starts out in small scale, a small with a few workers maybe, and expands slowly. Preferably turn-based, but real-time could work too.
I want the town building aspect of Civ/AoE2 without the opponents, basically!

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Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Zam Wesell posted:

I'm in need a chill city builder/basebuilder/maybe survival game. Something that starts out in small scale, a small with a few workers maybe, and expands slowly. Preferably turn-based, but real-time could work too.
I want the town building aspect of Civ/AoE2 without the opponents, basically!

Islanders

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Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

Zam Wesell posted:

I'm in need a chill city builder/basebuilder/maybe survival game. Something that starts out in small scale, a small with a few workers maybe, and expands slowly. Preferably turn-based, but real-time could work too.
I want the town building aspect of Civ/AoE2 without the opponents, basically!

Surviving Mars. It's a chill survival basebuilder without opponents. You start off with a handful of drones setting up some basic infrastructure before bringing in colonists, and then gradually add more complexity and expansion as your population and needs grow.

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Mayveena: Dec 27, 2006; People keep vandalizing my ID photo; I've lodged a complaint with HR

Zam Wesell posted:

I'm in need a chill city builder/basebuilder/maybe survival game. Something that starts out in small scale, a small with a few workers maybe, and expands slowly. Preferably turn-based, but real-time could work too.
I want the town building aspect of Civ/AoE2 without the opponents, basically!

You can also ask in the Management thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3954084 You�ll get even more suggestions.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 16:09

Animal-Mother: Feb 14, 2012; RABBIT RABBIT
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Is the FPS genre dead, outside of COD, COD clones, shooting hordes of zombies, and the occasional ~*~*~retro~*~*~ project? Is there a fun multiplayer FPS today? :ohdear:

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Ben Nerevarine: Apr 14, 2006

Animal-Mother posted:

Is the FPS genre dead, outside of COD, COD clones, shooting hordes of zombies, and the occasional ~*~*~retro~*~*~ project? Is there a fun multiplayer FPS today?

DOOM

# ? Mar 12, 2022 01:35

Boba Pearl: Dec 27, 2019; by Athanatos

Animal-Mother posted:

Is the FPS genre dead, outside of COD, COD clones, shooting hordes of zombies, and the occasional ~*~*~retro~*~*~ project? Is there a fun multiplayer FPS today?

SplitGate

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Lunchmeat Larry: Nov 3, 2012

Animal-Mother posted:

Is the FPS genre dead, outside of COD, COD clones, shooting hordes of zombies, and the occasional ~*~*~retro~*~*~ project? Is there a fun multiplayer FPS today?

If you have VR, Pavlov is basically the early days of wild Counterstrike modding and you can basically spin a roulette wheel and either end up in de_dust or some insane hellhole where someone invisible playing Barney sound files is chasing you down through a perfect replica of the Spencer Mansion

# ? Mar 12, 2022 01:41

Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

Animal-Mother posted:

Is the FPS genre dead, outside of COD, COD clones, shooting hordes of zombies, and the occasional ~*~*~retro~*~*~ project? Is there a fun multiplayer FPS today?

Overwatch and Valorant, as well as Halo Infinite

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tildes: Nov 16, 2018

Animal-Mother posted:

Is the FPS genre dead, outside of COD, COD clones, shooting hordes of zombies, and the occasional ~*~*~retro~*~*~ project? Is there a fun multiplayer FPS today?

Not at all imo!

Apex Legends is the best FPS right now imo if you like more fast paced slightly higher TTK, they just do everything so well it can be kind of tough to switch to other games. Even if you don�t usually like battle royales I think it�s worth checking out. Sadly Titanfall 2 servers seemed hosed nowadays, but apex also is adding more non BR modes if that�s what you�re looking for.

If you like CS, there�s that, and then Valorant.

Splitgate as mentioned is basically halo with portals, and ends up being pretty fun.

Sector�s Edge is a fun sort of indie fast paced shooter with a gimmick of voxel destruction/terrain placement.

Insurgency sandstorm is good as a slightly more tactical feeling FPS which flirts with being more realistic (ie super low TTK, minimal HUD), but really isn�t (not in a bad way!).

Squad if you want an ARMA like milsim experience.

An indie shooter sort of like counter strike but with a planning phase beforehand where you could draw on a map also came out recently and is good, but I cannot remember its name at all. Unfortunately it shares a lot of Google search terms with Due Process and that just drowns it out.

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CubeTheory: Mar 26, 2010; Cube Reversal

Zam Wesell posted:

I'm in need a chill city builder/basebuilder/maybe survival game. Something that starts out in small scale, a small with a few workers maybe, and expands slowly. Preferably turn-based, but real-time could work too.
I want the town building aspect of Civ/AoE2 without the opponents, basically!

Have you ever played an Anno game, because they are incredibly chill, with lots of options to adjust difficulty and start on a pretty small scale and balloon up over time. There are several to pick from in different time frames, past and future, and I absolutely adore them.

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Osmosisch: Sep 9, 2007; I shall make everyone look like me! Then when they trick each other, they will say "oh that Coyote, he is the smartest one, he can even trick the great Coyote."; Grimey Drawer

Animal-Mother posted:

Is the FPS genre dead, outside of COD, COD clones, shooting hordes of zombies, and the occasional ~*~*~retro~*~*~ project? Is there a fun multiplayer FPS today?

Destiny 2 is very fun right now if you like some space wizardry along with your guns.

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Pipski: Apr 18, 2004

Animal-Mother posted:

Is the FPS genre dead, outside of COD, COD clones, shooting hordes of zombies, and the occasional ~*~*~retro~*~*~ project? Is there a fun multiplayer FPS today?

Ground Branch is a ton of fun.

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Manager Hoyden: Mar 5, 2020

Which classic-style crpg has the best loot? I'm in the mood for a baldur's gate kind of game but my brain is broken in such a way that my biggest in-game motivator is cool stuff to equip

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Mayveena: Dec 27, 2006; People keep vandalizing my ID photo; I've lodged a complaint with HR

Manager Hoyden posted:

Which classic-style crpg has the best loot? I'm in the mood for a baldur's gate kind of game but my brain is broken in such a way that my biggest in-game motivator is cool stuff to equip

I don't know if Diablo III is considered classic style rpg but it has a tremendous amount of loot.

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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."

Most CRPGs tend to have crappy loot as a rule but D:OS2's system was more interesting than most I thought. Many of the weapons and armor have their own specific activated skills and you can juggle around random pieces to, for example, give your 2H warrior enough points in Aerothurge to learn Teleport.

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Robo Reagan: Feb 12, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

Are there any decent space sims for the ps4? I've been playing Rebel Galaxy and it's giving me an itch for something more involved

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Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

It's been a while since we've gotten a really great space sim, but the prequel Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is on PS4 and features full 3D dogfights in lieu of the original's flat-plane naval space.

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Shine: Feb 26, 2007; No Muscles For The Majority

If you don't mind obtuse horseshit, Elite Dangerous offers a wonderful flight model and audio design.
If you want an arcade romp, then Star Wars Squadrons is fun, especially in VR.

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SlothfulCobra: Mar 27, 2011

Squadrons has a very short campaign, so it might not feel worth it if you're not going to do multiplayer or VR.

There's Chorvs, which wasn't really my bag last I tried it, but basically it's another kind of arcadey thing with its own wacky gimmicks. There's a free demo to try it to see if you like the feel.

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, definitely if you liked Rebel Galaxy.

Everspace made it to PS4 fairly recently, but I don't really know anything about it. There's also things like Elite Dangerous, No Man's Sky, and Starlink that I've heard about a few times but never checked out.

# ? Mar 14, 2022 00:47

Captain Beans: Aug 5, 2004; Whar be the beans?; Hair Elf

Robo Reagan posted:

Are there any decent space sims for the ps4? I've been playing Rebel Galaxy and it's giving me an itch for something more involved

Starwars Battlefront 2 can be found on sale for like 5 bucks and it has a pretty fun space mode. Its only like 8 maps and I think multiplayer only? but its pretty fun.

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Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

SlothfulCobra posted:

Everspace made it to PS4 fairly recently, but I don't really know anything about it.

Everspace is basically a roguelike space shooter with meta progression. You go on a run where you fight your way through zones, finding your weapons and gadgets along the way, and upgrade your ship between runs. Its fun but not very deep.

Everspace 2 is in EA but shows a lot of promise. Its basically a modern Freelancer, drops the roguelike element entirely.

# ? Mar 14, 2022 19:06

pork never goes bad: May 16, 2008

Cross posting from the Elite thread because it was suggested, and now I see that there's plenty of recent discussion of a very adjacent topic!

pork never goes bad posted:

So other than Elite, what games are there that are good to get the HOSAS out and do some spaceship flying? NMS and Star Citizen are the big ones, then Squadrons I guess, and I know there's a project to remaster/remake X-wing somehow (is it in the squadrons engine? This is one for me to research for sure). But there's gotta be some other good 6dof flying games out there that I don't know about. Any recs? I guess there might even be a thread for this.

In any case, specifically for HOSAS (ie dual joystick) on PC any other good recommendations? The new Mechwarrior game and X4 were both recommended there. X4 looks like it might be a good option to try out, as does Everspace.

# ? Mar 14, 2022 21:15

An Actual Princess: Dec 23, 2006

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

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Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

Subnautica my dude

Edit: or The Long Dark

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An Actual Princess: Dec 23, 2006

i've tried subnautica but it doesn't scratch my itch. too much focus on survival.

i'll peek into long dark though

# ? Mar 15, 2022 00:28

pork never goes bad: May 16, 2008

Solo Valheim is eerily lonely. A talking raven gives you some tips early on but you can tell them to gently caress off if you like, there's one other character you can interact with in a minor way if you're lucky enough to find them, and Odin occasionally watches you from a distance only to disappear if you try to approach. Oh and you might see one other Norse god from a great distance if you're particularly keen eyed.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 00:28

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

Outer Wilds has people but most of the places you explore are totally empty
Far: Lone Sails and Changing Tides are all about abandoned places, but kind of light on exploration

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Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

FFXIV Porn posted:

i've tried subnautica but it doesn't scratch my itch. too much focus on survival.

i'll peek into long dark though

Long Dark is way way way more survival focused than Subnautica, so don't bother

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