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quote:SirSamVimes Yeah that checks out. Never heard of Mad Rat Dead or Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, will check em out.
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To explain how the matching algorithm works: Matching strength is based on how high two users mutually ranked a game (i.e. #5 if they ranked it #1 and #5) mitigated by how many other users ranked that game, so the first few games listed for a given user (they're ordered by strength) should be a balance between mutually liked and not hugely popular. The recommendations are then based on the top 10 matching users (so not just the one listed) with positive weighting for match strength and negative weighting for how many total voters listed it, again ordered by strength. In my experience removing the negative weighting for count makes it match hms/already played/backlog/wishlist better, but I think it's more fun if it gets a few hits with weird curveballs instead of (correctly) guessing "Elden Ring" "Disco Elysium" "Baldur's Gate 3" every time. It's basically making an imaginary social group based on shared niche interests and then having them tell you about their other interests
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One of my recs was what I just finished and it's gonna be a contender for my GOTY lol (sekiro) Psychonauts 2 never was able to get its hooks in me and Neon White flips between too anime and too speedrunny. The other two I've already beaten tho, so quite accurate. ShakeZula posted:I'd be interested in trying both Sekiro and Elden Ring for the right price, but sadly Tokyo Mirage Sessions appears to be exclusive to platforms that I don't own Sekiro is the harder of the two by a good margin, at least starting out, but I think you'd enjoy that more. It's lean and mean with a good story that isn't hidden in item descriptions, whereas Elden Ring is a 15 course dinner followed by dessert buffet
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quote:Your closest match is HopperUK based on a shared interest in: Siralim Ultimate, Dwarf Fortress Hell yeah good taste havin buddy  quote:Your top 5 recommendations are: Coromon, Pokemon Infinite Fusion, Elden Ring, Moon: Remix RPG, Animal Crossing Well I know I really like Infinite Fusion and Elden Ring, and I touch Animal Crossing about once a year these days but I poured about 800 hours into it all told. I have both Moon and Coromon so I guess I've got some good priorities going into 2024. This was neat, thanks!
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Lol that my closest match is Endorph considering I chat to her a lot already. Guess I really do have to get into Shinymas now... My 2024 to-play list is looking like this: To finish: Octopath Traveller 2 Elsinore To continue playing: Final Fantasy XIV - Dawntrail out in summer Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Arknights To play: The Roottrees Are Dead Misericorde vol 1 Slay The Princess Void Stranger Yakuza: Like A Dragon LAD Gaiden LAD: Infinite Wealth FF7 Remake FF7 Rebirth Ace Combat 7 Granblue Fantasy Relink Wow, I got a lot to play huh. And that's just stuff I can think of right now.
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woke kaczynski posted:Hell yeah good taste havin buddy Coromon is a really fun pokeclone! I love the creature designs, and I *adore* the addition of a sort of middle-grade shiny that it's more plausible to hunt for.
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Microcline posted:
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Microline posted:Paying2Lurk Hmmm, never played a Trails game but I trust the data. BG3 should be cheap by the time I have something that can play it, and the other 3...eh, we'll see.
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[quote="Microcline" post="537214531"] M-Z Mamkute Your closest match is VideoGames based on a shared interest in: Final Fantasy VII (1997), Shadow of the Colossus (2018), The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Celeste, Spider-Man (2018), Final Fantasy VII Remake, Horizon Forbidden West Your top 5 recommendations are: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, Disco Elysium I have played: Twilight Princess, FF9 and FF10; next should be FF8. I know the soundtracks great, at least.
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Microcline posted:Booky thats so much atelier... Microcline posted:Forsythia Microcline posted:nitsuga and thats so many rpgs....!!! i like majin tensei a lot but its objectively, pretty janky.
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Microcline posted:A Bystander Well, I did try Dota 2 once at the behest of a friend (it didn't stick), and I've only played LoL with my sister whenever she bothers to play. I do play Rocket League sometimes and I dunno a dang thing about Football Manager as I've never done it. I do want to try Sekiro and beat it for this year since I made an attempt but stopped because of life. I will still put Let It Die as number 1 this year, however.
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Microcline posted:MikeC Holy poo poo, thanks a bundle for this. Against the Storm I am already playing and it is a blast. I would get BG3 but I am prioritizing titles I normally wouldn't get over games in genres I have done extensively.
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Microcline posted:
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Jerusalem posted:Bolded is what I'm playing right now! Way ahead of you! I binged it already - had been on my Xbox “to play” list for 12 months now and this thread inspired me to get around to it! Microcline posted:To explain how the matching algorithm works: Does it include data from previous years as well? There’s a couple of games in mine like Three Kingdoms that I posted about in 2019 but didn’t mention this year
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Microcline posted:Jokymi I've played through both Valhalla and Requiem in previous years, and enjoyed both. They're kind of right up my alley as to the kind of games I go for, so good call there. I've never really gotten into Soulslike games after bouncing off the first Dark Souls years ago, but I keep meaning to rectify that and give the genre another shot. Maybe Lies of P will be an entry point that works for me. Never even heard of Mad Rat Dead, and it doesn't seem to be anywhere on the list, but now I feel like I have to check it out purely for curiosity's sake!
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Microcline posted:ShoogaSlim this is rad! i absolutely will be playing sekiro at some point, most definitely after enjoying the parrying in lies of p. i'm on the fence about death stranding but will eventually get to it just to see all of the whacky stuff in kojima's brain and maybe psyche myself up for the sequel. i own all of the suggested games and either started or intend to start all of them except star wars squadron which is kind of a wildcard suggestion. i looked it up on youtube and it doesn't really feel like my cup of tea s/o to Party Boat who i'm their closest match and haveblue who is my closest match. HopperUK posted:Yay! i bought it on steam and just played a few tutorial levels and i think i'm going to have a lot of fun with it. i'm cautiously excited/optimistic. i feel like it's going to be a blast but also going to tickle the part of my brain that gets really aggravated when i can't figure out some missing piece of a puzzle. as much as i like spreadsheets and data/instructions, i tend to lose my grip on sanity when parts become unclear. then i hyper obsess and fixate until i fix the error and i'm extremely relieved, lol.
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I do find it kinda funny how the person who got recommended me got recommended Elden Ring when I haven't played more than 5 hours of it.
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cheetah7071 posted:four people matched with me, I'm popular Four people matched with you, but I'm the one who you matched with. I am the number one top cheetah friend!
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Microcline posted:broken pixel I have been avoiding the Cyberpunk train for a long while now, but somehow, this makes me feel like I must finally give in to the call. I'm also looking at the other people who matched with MMF Freeway for bonus recommends. Siiick. Also, Psychonauts 2, Disco, and Hades all slap to death and are great recommendations as vetted by me for me, personally.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:
The recommendations for TReN are flying out thick and fast!!
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Metis of the Chat Thread posted:Four people matched with you, but I'm the one who you matched with. I am the number one top cheetah friend! it's true
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i played some of the games this thread told me to play and i played some other games too. so far 2024 is off to a good start. pentiment? great game. all time great first two acts and then fumbles the bag of coins ever so slightly in act 3. doom 2? great game. who knew? granblue fantasy versus: rising? great game. can i reach master rank before tekken comes out? who knows. this game is sick. producer (2021)? great game. funny. short and sweet and strange and surreal. SANABI? great game. half sci-fi dystopian mystery thriller visual novel, half super fast paced platformer. made me tear up a little bit at the end. probably the best one on the list. all of the above likely to be contenders for 2024's GOTY. resident evil 2 remake (leon)? great game but that sewer section hosed it. why would you take me away from the mansion? if not for the sewers, i would've jumped right back in to claire's route B. game would've been infinitely better if it simply ended when you left the police station.
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Microcline posted:Skjorte Eternally linked by the Wooden Ocean! Of my recommendations: I fear an older Pathfinder might be too systems-heavy and hardcore an RPG for me; I beat Yakuzas 3 and 4 in 2023, and I'm currently working my way through 5, so I might get around to Like a Dragon by the end of 2024; I played 5 minutes of Elden Ring before returning it to the library last year, after quickly realizing it didn't feel like the right time to try to break through the Soulslike barrier; I'll look into TotK once I take another year or two to finally beat Breath of the Wild (which I started from scratch and put another 50 hours into in 2023); I've tried and failed to get into several Pokémons after loving the original for Gameboy as a kid--maybe all I need to get back into the swing of things is an infinite fusion?
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*CHK CHK* I'm actually going to have a thorough look at Book of Hours - a card game about being a librarian? Sign me up.
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webmeister posted:Way ahead of you! I binged it already - had been on my Xbox “to play” list for 12 months now and this thread inspired me to get around to it! Hell yeah, the long game Sting paid off folks. Let's take this place apart and get outta here. You can get your splits from Rarity at Goons with Spoons tonight.
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fridge corn posted:The recommendations for TReN are flying out thick and fast!! but I put the train away for the year! 
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Oh hey, I guess that's almost my name! For reference my list was: 10. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 9. Blackwell Epiphany 8. Shenmue 1&2 7. Need for Speed Payback 6. Sol Survivor 5. Return to Shironagasu Island 4. Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth 3. Hitman 2016 2. Blue Reflection 1. Dance Cube I noticed the buddy data included games I voted for last year as well but still couldn't match me with anyone. Does that mean my total 20 choices had no matches even combining everyone elses votes over the 2 years? (i.e. nobody in 2023 voted for my 2022 picks, and vice versa)
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Amazing work Microcline, thanks for doing this! Me and veeg ultimate besties  I really do need to play Prey 2017 this year.
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I'm surprised you haven't played Prey yet esco! Also hmmm... gravity rush 2 is included in my ps+.... maybe this year...????
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Have played (partly thanks to thread): - Pentiment - Against the Storm (need more time in this, it's fun!) - Coffee Talk 2 (nobody voted for it but it's a chill visual novel) Games currently playing: - BG3; need to finally finish act 1 - Forza Motorsport; I know the new one is a bit poo poo but it's fun to zone out and drive Games intending to play/get back to this year: - Lies of P - Elden Ring DLC (maybe I'll finally finish the base game after running out of steam in Leyndell and realising 80+ hours meant I was only halfway through) - Diablo IV (assuming it gets added to Gamepass) - At least one Yakuza - Assassin's Creed Mirage (assuming it gets a deep discount) - Armored Core 6 (this has assisted targeting like Elden Ring right?) - Shadow Gambit - Steamworld Build - Star Wars Jedi Survivor (feels like this is Gamepass-imminent) - Cocoon - Sea of Stars - My Time at Sandrock - Age of Wonders 4 - Warhammer : Rogue Trader - Alan Wake 2 - Prince of Persia: the Lost Crown Games I need to play less of this year: - Minesweeper - Solitaire Games I wish I could play but probably can't: - Cyberpunk (I get intense motion sickness from first-person games)- Outer Wilds (same as above)
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Escobarbarian posted:Too many fuckin games m8 To be fair, you'd probably only enjoy Prey if you like games that are just goddamn excellent and an absolute blast to play, and make your life better for having experienced them.
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Ibblebibble posted:I do find it kinda funny how the person who got recommended me got recommended Elden Ring when I haven't played more than 5 hours of it. Based on Microcline's explanation I'm guessing that people who tend to rank more games on their GOTY list get matched more often than those who only list 5-6 each year.
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Jerusalem posted:To be fair, you'd probably only enjoy Prey if you like games that are just goddamn excellent and an absolute blast to play, and make your life better for having experienced them. 
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HopperUK posted:Yay! Opus Magnum hijack time!  My hangover cure is more expensive than yours and requires more area, but I get that poo poo done fast. When you need a hangover cure, you need it right NOW game owns
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Darke GBF posted:Opus Magnum hijack time! art
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Related, if you want to avoid tackling your own backlog of games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuszSUI_qBY Speaking of backlogs and tracking games... One thing has been obvious to me for a few years now: there is no way to track all your playtime across all platforms (and yes, even tracking things that are not on any "platform", like playing a, ehm, a copy of a game obtained through various unofficial means, or a fan remake that's been taken off the Internet, or your old boxed copy of a game). Each platform holder wants to keep all the data to themselves so unless I do something hacky like https://ps-timetracker.com/, you have to rely on them reporting the correct stats. I know you can use the Steam API to export all your games and their total playtime at least, but other platforms, like Sony, you have to go via the GDPR process to get your historical data and that's far from ideal. I like to keep track of what I've read, watched, played etc. so last January I started my own backlog/game catalogue web app in Python (Django) as a way of getting into web dev. It can track individual sessions but currently all the tracking is manual. This is both good because I can track any platform and any game, but it's also bad due to the overhead. Right now there is no mobile app but I plan to learn to how make one. It's open-source and this year I plan to add authentication and make it pull metadata from Metacritic, How Long To Beat, and probably IGDB for covers and poo poo, and in general make it presentable and usable by regular users. I know of at least 2 things that kind of do what I want but not in enough detail, or exactly how I like: https://backloggd.com/ and https://www.sofahq.com/ lordfrikk fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Jan 17, 2024 |
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