• Echolynx@lemmy.zip
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    Welcome to Kowloon and The Swapper are both ones I’ve had on my list and both are about $2. Why not?

    Besides that, I’m going to try and play some more Baldur’s Gate 3 or Cyberpunk 2077 during the holidays, as I’m still in the early stages of both.

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    I was looking at Fallout 76 since its 90% off but what’s the concensus on it? Plan is to play with the wife.

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      I like it a lot. It’s not my favorite of the games, but I think it’s a great game whether played in a public lobby or not. I do usually prefer a private lobby, but not always.

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      I was really positively surprised by it! Picked it up two years ago and thought I’d spend a couple of hours in it. I’ve spent almost 200 hours in Appalachia by now - one of my favourite comfort games!

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    I grabbed a bunch of adventures over at GOG: Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard, The Last Door, Black Mirror, Quern, and newly rereleased JRPG classic Breath of Fire IV.

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      Okay, no spoilers, but I personally really liked Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard a fair bit. It was the first point and click adventures I’ve played, unless I’m mistaken, and it’s amazing IMO.

      No spoiler to a certain scene but my favorite line in the game comes from one of the many game overs and it’s just the English voice actor for Finn kinda doing an angry adlibbing right before it happens. Absolute gem of dialogue.

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          As far as I can remember, yeah. They skipped me because I was mainly a console and flash game kid in a time when point and click adventure games were becoming less popular as a genre.

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          Just realized the one Spy Fox and Pajama Man Sam games I played were point and click adventure games. So I’m wrong about BTEOG being the first ever. My memory failed me.

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    Vein. Bought a full copy today, been playing their free demo version. Still in development, but potentially a great game for people who enjoy crafting survival. You explore and scavenge for components you need to build supplies to survive. Everything can be broken down with the right tools. It’s not a fast-pace bloody hack and slash game, but more focused on building, occasionally dealing with zombies that want to eat your brains.

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    here is your reminder to take a peek over on GOG aswell. personally found steam’s offerings pretty lacking this year. GOG’s; less so.

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      True, I however got a Steam voucher as a present recently so it made more sense to use it for this. GOG doesn’t do vouchers or do they? Couldn’t find it last time I looked, you can gift specific games though. I might just be blind.

      Anyway, to keep with theme of the thread I got 3 games for my voucher:

      Dave the diver

      Tunic

      The last campfire

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      I remember Stranglehold being mind-blowing for its time. I’m pretty sure I had a physical copy that is long gone, but 5 bucks is not much to see how it has held up.

      Also strongly considering breaking my early access rule to check out Jump Space. The main thing holding me back is trying to get a few friends to pick it up as I don’t want the crew to just be me and a bot.

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    Y’all got any recs for “AI sandboxes” in the vein of Rimworld and Stellaris? Stellaris is just borked now, and I’ve modded/played the hell out of Rimworld.

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      Someone already told you this, but I want to elaborate

      Dwarf Fortress was essentially what Rimworld was cloned from. I’ve been downvoted into oblivion by rimworld fans for such heresy, but it’s true.

      For the longest time DF has been free, disgustingly ugly, and getting updates for like 20 years (think you can still download freeware version, but there’s a steam version now you can pay for. I bought it because it’s been a gem for YEARS and devs more than deserve my $20 or whatever it was).

      Rimworld took the DF game, made it sci fi, and made it not absolute dogshit to look at.

      You could always mod DF with icon packs that made it look a lot better but it was still pretty ugly.

      The steam version of DF looks much, much better but it’s not quite as pretty as Rimworld still, I think.

      Either way, if you got any time out of Rimworld and want something similar, Dwarf Fortress is your best choice. They’re both great and are IMO the best in class of whatever genre you’d call it.

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        Nah, I’m a hardcore Rimworld fan who’s been with it since the forum Alphas, and that’s completely true, heh. IIRC was explicitly inspired by DF, literally part of the description in the early days.

        That being said, I’ve never played DF. I’m more into sci fi and tech than Tolkien-esque fantasy, hence I’ve passed on stuff like Necesse and… what’s that massive city builder? That, and many I’ve forgotten the names of.

        Maybe I will give DF a look though. Maybe it has automation/tech mods that would make it more appealing, like Minecraft and Rimworld?

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          I’m also way more into sci fi than fantasy. But IMO, DF is a much, much better game. I’ve never looked for a mod that does what you’re looking for but I wouldn’t be surprised if it exists, at least for the texture packs. I think it would be pretty challenging to make a mod that redid all the generated flare (like when your dwarves carve stuff up and there’s RNG of the scene they carve) but not impossible. I never cared about any of that crap so I never read it anyways, but lots of people love it.

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    None of my wishlist games were under 10€ so I skipped all of the deals there. Instead I bought (or put to the cart as I wanna sleep over my decisions) lots of DLCs to Total War Warhammers, Powerwash Simulator and other games I already own and like to play.

    One new game I want to purchase is the Case of the Golden Idol which looks really interesting

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      Good idea, the Total War Warhammer 3 DLC are appealing (when you just want to own all those factions), but base price is just too steep for individual expansions

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      This appears to be written in English, but I can’t make sense of it.

      We must feed the backlog, always.

      Number go up.

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        makes completion rates go down though, and adds an awful lot of zeroes (hours played)

        net negative on the numbers, chief

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          We’re entertainment dragons.

          We sleep upon the amassed collection of potential future fun in every unplayed game.

          Once you try the game, you may realize that you don’t even like it.

          Rookie move.

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      According to isthereanydeal, these sales aren’t nearly as good as they were last seasonal sale in June

      Whelp, either GameBillet, GreenManGaming, GOG or pirqcy

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    2 days ago snatched Tomb Rider trilogy for under 6 euro.

    Today got Slay the Spire, Witcher 3 and Detroit: Become Human for under 10.

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        Probably talking about the 1, 2 & 3 remastered set that just came out as I just grabbed it too. Original trilogy.

        You can switch between the original and remastered graphics instantly, at any time, by pressing start. You can also use tank controls if you’re a masochist

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    Might be time to grab Psychonauts 2 at -85% (C$12). The first game was great. Not too much else I’ve been tracking is at a price I’d go for at the moment, though I haven’t looked past my wishlist for now.