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Poopfeast420, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 21st

Putting a lot of time into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I’m deep in Act 2, probably close to the end.

Since I cleared a bunch of areas that I wasn’t supposed to yet, thanks to the parry that makes you invincible, I’m massively overleveled. I don’t mind this kinda stuff though, even like it in RPGs like this, so it’s not a big deal, that story bosses die in like three turns or something at this point.

george,

I’m mildly interested in this game, but the immense praise it received makes me weirdly wary of it. Is it actually THAT good? I’m a bit concerned that it won’t live up to my expectations.

Poopfeast420, (edited )

Depends, as is the case with all games.

I think it’s very good, but not the second coming of Christ as many people made it out to be.

It’s a better Final Fantasy game, and I think the story is much more interesting. However, if you’re looking for something like BG3 with the freedom, size or character interaction, this is not the game.

ArcaneSlime, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

Worse when it’s a flash game, as I understand they’re all dead now.

I just want to play the unknown snowboarding game with all the little hills to jump on again. Well that and the ever classic Kitten Cannon.

popcar2,

Worse when it’s a flash game, as I understand they’re all dead now.

You can still play every flash game ever through the Flashpoint Archive

ArcaneSlime,

Dude awesome thanks! Looks like running it on linux is a whole thing but doable, now I just neef to find out what the game was.

patyk,

Try describing it to AI. From my experience, AI chats are pretty good in finding games, movies etc based on poor description, just ask for short list of game names so it will not write you essay about how old games are better. You can also describe it here

SlurpingPus,

But be ready for disappointment, because at least ChatGPT is bad with obscure media, and even makes stuff up regularly.

SlurpingPus,

Try r/tipofmyjoystick on Reddit. This is one case where a larger audience definitely helps.

mlg,
@mlg@lemmy.world avatar

Gonna try this but one of the games I really liked was actually delisted from popular flash sites back in the day and I forgot the name because it was a fictional fantasy single word title.

Lost it long before flash died, and I can only assume it was because the creator had requested a takedown which is really weird.

the16bitgamer,
@the16bitgamer@programming.dev avatar

There’s a few I remember which aren’t on here. Nicktrolpolis is one of them. But it’s consider all the other obscure games which did get preserved it’s amazing.

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds,

this, there was a flash game where you are an evil genius. you have a base which you can later upgrade to a volcano or a moon base. you send agents to kidnap politicians or other villanous schemes. there were segments where your base was attacked and you had to use your resources to defend it.

overall an amazing game. never found it again :(

BreakerSwitch,

I’ll have to check the details but, could that be Mastermind: World Conqueror? It’s still on newgrounds

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds,

YOU FOUND IT!!! THANKS, SO MUCH

tried search engines, tried AI, and nothing worked. but you did, you proven yourself better than the trillion AI investments.

tatterdemalion,
@tatterdemalion@programming.dev avatar

Flash is actually coming back to life via WebAssembly of all things.

SlurpingPus,

Emulating Flash in HTML tech wasn’t a problem for a long time already, but from what I can tell there are no tools for creating such animation that could rival Flash’s popularity from back in the day. People are probably just using dedicated game engines that can target browsers.

boonhet,

No you can literally run Flash games on your browser again, thanks to ruffle.rs

runner_g,

a few months ago on a nostalgia trip I found a playable kitten cannon, I don’t remember where. I think I was looking up new grounds or addicting games and found the website through a Wikipedia link.

polle, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

I still dont know the name of a c64 game i played a lot as a kid. You had to move some kind of flying submarine through a maze and if you touch the wall you die. The first few screens you had to fly downwards.

ZeroGravitas,

Is it Snare by any chance?

polle,

Sadly not :(

polle,

After a long search i remembered that it also could be some game of a magazine disk, then i though it also could be also some obscure german one and looked through an big list of german c64 games and there i found it. Its called Mission Transmiter! It seems to be a really obscure one, no wonder nobody knows that one.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokMOXQONMk

www.c64games.de/phpseiten/spieledetail.php?filnum…

elephantium,
@elephantium@lemmy.world avatar

This sounds familiar, but I can’t find anything about it online! The controls were mostly just up and down, right?

polle,

It started going downwards, but then also going left and right. It was some kind of maze. When iam back at my parents iam going to look for the disk boxes.

polle,

After a long search i remembered that it also could be some game of a magazine disk, then i though it also could be also some obscure german one and looked through an big list of german c64 games and there i found it. Its called Mission Transmiter! It seems to be a really obscure one, no wonder nobody knows that one.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokMOXQONMk

www.c64games.de/phpseiten/spieledetail.php?filnum…

elephantium,
@elephantium@lemmy.world avatar

Glad you found it! Unfortunately for me, it doesn’t look like the game I remember playing. That one was more of a submarine shape with sideways movement. Maybe with monochrome graphics?

I’m going to have to ask my parents what they remember from those days. All my searches are coming up empty.

Auth, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

Old school runescape free to play isnt not worth it. You WILL get addicted and end up paying $100s of dollars a year to waste your life. Try TF2

e8d79, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

There was a fantasy point and click adventure on the school PCs about two lost goblin or gnome children. I think it was some sort of learning game released during the 90s. The only things that I clearly remember are a mini game about getting red and yellow llamas across a bridge with a passing point, and a labyrinth where you had to solve riddles. Never figured out what it was.

Ashiette,

Adibou ?

e8d79,
@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

No, unfortunately that’s not it.

bjoern_tantau,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

You probably already checked Gobliins 2 and the other games in the series.

e8d79, (edited )
@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Yes those are too old. I think it must have been something released near 1998. The game I remember was in a cartoon style and not as pixelated. It might have been something only released in German as well.

Prancingpotato, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

I got two im thinking of : One I am sure I can recover but hey, let’s shoot for some engagement here, it was a sort of worms like but with pigs, were you could promote units to archetypes The second one I couldn’t find on my searches, it was a PS1 game (I think) in which you constructed your Mecha for battle royale rounds, and you could buy parts or change chassis. I remember an arena on a sort of battleship or structure in the sea, but I was unable to retrieve the name of this game.

purplemonkeymad,

For the first it wasn’t hogs of war was it? Never played it but do remember it being in a few mags.

Prancingpotato,

It was definitely this one ! I remember playing it at a friend’s house and having a blast

HexaBack,

second game might be Armored Core?

Prancingpotato,

I don’t think so, but it keeps coming in my searches also, I guess I will try it to see if it fits my memories !

Haaveilija, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

At some point at some friend’s place I played a slightly GTA-ish game but it was all 3D stick figures and just running from the police and shooting thr stick men with guns.

bitjunkie,
Haaveilija,

I think what I am looking for is a third-person shooter. Thanks for the tip anyway!

bitjunkie,

Oh ok, glhf

Megaman_EXE, do gaming w Playing Final Fantasy XI in 2025 (or 2026)?

I’ve been wanting to play this game for a while. But I think in order to have the best experience, you probably need to get a group together that is willing to play at the same time as you

. I convinced a friend to play a bit(like 4 hours) with me years ago and I thought it was fun! But I don’t think he enjoyed the slower grind of the experience and he dropped off.

_Lory98_,

I found that there’s a free login campaign now, so I’m trying it out. If we were in the same time zone and I was sure I’d continue playing, I’d offer to join you.

Megaman_EXE,

I appreciate the offer, but I likely won’t be able to play it for a while. I don’t have the time that I would need to dedicate to it at the moment!

george, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 21st

Path of Exile 2, the 0.4.0 patch. It’s kinda like the blue/red pill situation. Take the blue pill and enjoy any class, soaking in the pretty animations and visual effects. Feel the “weight” of your movement, actions, and decisions as the vision of the game designers is ruthlessly materializing after one year of early access.

Or just click pathfinder and blast through the game thanks to immense QOL and easily accessible power creep.

Danitos, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

Trackmania Nations Forever

If you like, there’s a paid version with more enviroments Trackmania United Forever

IronKrill,
@IronKrill@lemmy.ca avatar

Best suggestion in this thread! Trackmania Forever slapped when I had a low powered machine.

Danitos,

Saaaame. And the online lobbies were such a blast. Good music, people somehow with colorful names, encouraging chat, 0 toxicity and random but good tracks.

teft, do games w Day 524 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Shovel is the best. She just wants to fuck shit up and every Dark Urge playthrough I encourage her to be herself.

viral.vegabond, do gaming w Living the dream

Plug in to the nearest tree outlet or what?

John_CalebBradberton, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

SuperTuxCart

NecroticEuphoria, do games w Day 523 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

There is a way to play privately with only your friends, although unofficial, not supported by Rockstar and only on PC. It’s a little program call ‘RDO Lobby Manager’ and it modifies your game in a way, that you get put on your own server. Your friends need the same program.

www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/772

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

I was telling my friend about that last night but i couldn’t remember what it was called. Thanks! This will be great for us to have our fishing/hunting game. Do you know if it still allows bounty hunts and stuff? I know it mentions no Multiplayer Gamemodes but i don’t know if those are covered under that

NecroticEuphoria,

It should work. I was doing a lot of trade and moonshine runs

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks! I set it up today and me and my friend played some, it works flawlessly. Honestly works better than playing on the official servers (something i can’t help but suspect is due to griefers). My horse actually comes when i call for it, Animals arent dropping from the sky, and i’m not being teleported into a wagon wrapped in a blanket of gators and then blown up.

Seriously, this is awesome. Thanks so much for this

_Lory98_, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 21st

I got to chapter 12 of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and can’t be bothered to finish it. I really don’t like how so much of the game feels like padding. There are parts that flow naturally, but they get interrupted by long wastes of time that usually force you to play really bad minigames. At some point the dungeons too started to feel samey. The open world is also Ubisoft-level bad, so I’ve been ignoring it.

The story also feels like a downgrade from the original version in some ways. I though some sequences had less impact (specifically Dyne’s story and Red’s trial. Shinra Mansion too I thought was ruined).

I’m not really a fan of remakes in general. I think they are usually unnecessary and a wasted opportunity to do something new, and it bothers me how they often try to “erase” the original’s gameplay. This one in particular feels like an excuse to sell a single game split in three parts. I doubt I’ll be playing the third one.

I’ve been trying The Last Remnant. Its gameplay is kinda weird and unique, although a bit too opaque. Not sure if it’s good, but it’s at least interesting.

Poopfeast420,

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

I did finish the game, but it was a complete slog at the end. It was mainly because I still really like the characters and had invested too much time into the two games at that point, so I have to see this trilogy through to the end.

Like you said, there’s just soooo much padding, and I’d even say the world is much worse than Ubisoft stuff. It’s just empty, except for the same five copy & paste “events” in every zone.

Something must be wrong with me though, since I’ve actually been thinking about replaying the game lately. Dunno why, but the thought just keeps creeping into my brain every now and then.

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