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Essence_of_Meh, (edited ) do games w PC game recommendation for my partner and I
@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

Since you mentioned platformers, Rayman Origins might be worth a look. It’s a 2D platformer from 2011 so it doesn’t require a lot of power, levels take a few minutes to complete so it’s perfect for short sessions and it has local co-op (up to 4 players).

I tried it recently on my desktop (Pop!_OS, ubuntu based) and Steam Deck, played without issues on both of them.

JovialSodium,

Thanks! While I’ve heard of the franchise, I’ve never actually played a Rayman game before. But a local co-op platformer sounds good.

Essence_of_Meh,
@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

Older games are purely singleplayer, multi is something they leaned on later on. For PC Rayman Legends also supports local co-op, I believe. This one however is only available on Steam and requires Uplay account or linking your Steam to it. Origins is available on both Steam and GOG - I can confirm the latter version does not require any additional accounts or services.

Finally, there’s Rayman Raving Rabbids but that’s more of a mini-game compilation/party game rather than a platformer. It also has multiplayer.

Suck_on_my_Presence, do games w PC game recommendation for my partner and I

One I haven’t seen yet is Unrailed. It’s a little bit of the chaos of overcooked, but not quite as stressful.

JovialSodium,

That looks like a lot of fun! Not sure if she’ll like the builder element but it looks simple enough.

supersquirrel, (edited ) do games w PC game recommendation for my partner and I

Farm Together 2 is AWESOME

store.steampowered.com/app/…/Farm_Together_2/

The graphics are nice but don’t make the game stand out which is a minor shame since this is by far my favorite “build a farm” type game.

Splitscreen co-op and multiplayer is a blast and the game flow is very chill but rewarding.

JovialSodium,

Maybe. I like a farming sims but I think it might be a hard sell. Though the cute graphics might help. How in the going in to town portion of the game? Does it have RPG elements? While I like that kind of thing, I don’t think she will.

supersquirrel, (edited )

Not really though I get how the game seems like it might be like that, in fact what I like about Farm Together 1 and 2 is that they are very focused on the actual moment to moment process of a running an arcadey farm. It is almost like a realtime boardgame or simple economy simulator, which makes the core gameplay loop immediately salient to anybody. You can pick up a controller, jump in and start helping out on the farm, it is a very simple, relaxed and rewarding gameplay loop and it makes the perfect co-op game because of it. There aren’t long cutscenes and lots of stuff and context you have to explain, it is a pick up and play experience.

It isn’t a shallow game either, while the game by no means “hard” in the sense that there aren’t really fail states, figuring out how to create an economy with your farm is a really interesting challenge and the wide variety of unlocks encourage and reward strategizing. The graphics are deceptive, there is a genuine engine building game at the heart of Farm Together 2.

yaroto98, (edited ) do games w PC game recommendation for my partner and I

It takes two

split fiction

These two were the top two favs of my wife and I last year. Played it takes two on our steam decks, and split fiction on our PCs. One of them is older and handled it great. Both pcs run linux.

Zathras,

It Takes Two felt a bit easier/beginner friendly (and I liked the story better), but I would also recommended both of them.

JovialSodium,

Hmm. Interesting options! I’m not sure if she’d enjoy these types of games. But I can show her the trailer at least. Thanks for the recommendation!

I wish they weren’t EA games. Split Fiction at least doesn’t require an EA account so I’ll show her that one.

dellhiver, (edited )

Agree with It Takes Two.

The platforming can be frustrating in parts, but as she’s played Mario and donkey kong, then it should be fine.

I mean the other obvious option are the various Lego games.

Lego Harry Potter etc.

Or as others have said: Overcooked

missingno, do games w PC game recommendation for my partner and I
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I heard puzzle games and am legally obligated to shill Petal Crash (and it's upcoming sequel). It's a great accessible entry point into versus puzzles, and tbh it's practically the only good thing to happen to the genre in a decade or so.

Can also check out Panel Attack as a FOSS clone of Panel de Pon, and FightCade for emulating all kinds of classics with netplay.

JovialSodium,

That looks absolutely adorable and I think would be fun. I’ll suggest it, thanks!

Paradachshund, do games w PC game recommendation for my partner and I

Do you like puzzle games? I played Blue Prince with my wife and that was pretty fun. She’s not much of a gamer, so I just drove and she took notes. We talked about decisions/speculated on puzzles together.

JovialSodium,

Kind of? I occasionally play them but never finish.

I did take a look at a trailer of the game and it might be something she’d like.

Kronusdark, do games w Why are people still romanticizing No Man’s Sky’s “redemption” arc?
@Kronusdark@lemmy.world avatar

I think the true test of that arc will be when. Light no fire releases.

TalkingFlower,

Agree.

chuckleslord, do gaming w The original had a SNES in your room too.

Game Freak isn’t Nintendo. It’d be like seeing a Playstation reference in a Square Enix game.

ViatorOmnium,

For the last decades they are a second party developer at best. And Nintendo owns 1/3 of the Pokémon Company. And another third is owned by Creatures which is independent from Nintendo only on paper.

Glytch,

It’s more like seeing a PlayStation reference in a Naughty Dog game.

Glytch, do games w What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing?

Breath of the Wild: getting all 900 or whatever Korok seeds. The reward is a golden Korok seed whose shape makes it very obvious that you’ve been cleaning up Korok poop this whole time. Pretty funny prank for Nintendo to pull tbh.

mika_mika,

I’m glad Nintendo did that. Almost all completionist achievements are shit compared to actual substance in a game especially one as rich as BotW. Give the achievement hunter their dessert.

BreakerSwitch, do games w Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam

I’m borderline necroposting, but I just picked up humble’s decked out collection (still available for a little over a week) and noticed Haste, which looks like it has very tasty movement and might be up your alley.

eezeebee,
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It’s never too late for more recommendations. Haste looks really good. It’s on my wishlist!

youngskywalker, do games w Why are people still romanticizing No Man’s Sky’s “redemption” arc?

My favorite game to compare NMS to is actually battlefront 2, one of if not the single worst launch in video game history, after realizing their mistakes putting in the time and effort to make the game actually run well then continuing to update the game for free even after no one is expecting more content. Yes the core mechanics of BF2 is not the best even though there isn’t a single loot box or p2w mechanic left. Same with NMS the core game is still the same, it’s not a brand new concept or ground breaking new mechanics to the same game they just keep working on it, fixing bugs and adding new things. I genuinely think with the state of companies like Bungie charging for Destiny expansion in 2026, a 70$ Pokemon game with 30$ dlc, and AAAA flops this is all we can ask for back your games, COMMIT to long term development and not charge for what seems like a joke of content backed by fomo

TalkingFlower, (edited )

Yes, but Hello Game is an indie game company, not a triple-A developer. Indies have a long history of long development of the game after release/public beta. The post is about the state of the game and the fanbase irrationality. HG’s direction would probably inspire a revolt in some communities.

JakoJakoJako13, do games w Why are people still romanticizing No Man’s Sky’s “redemption” arc?

Delivering on delayed promises is more than most game companies will ever do. Their actions in fixing and adding to the game is the apology. Every update does bring bugs but you say this like the game is in an unplayable state. It’s perfectly fine 99% of the time and the 1% it’s not is usually fixed within the week. As a day 1 owner who could barely run the game on launch it’s come so fucking far. It literally took half an hour for the game to boot during those early days. There wasn’t much to do on top of that. The systems were confusing and the game would crash almost every time you booted it. Everything has been fixed and refined for FREE!

Compare this to a company like Paradox and Colossal Order who killed Cities Skylines 2. That game released in the sorriest state I think I’ve ever seen in my life(including SimCity 5). The graphics are ass. The simulation didn’t actually work. The traffic was worse than the original. Every system in that game was fucked beyond belief. On top of that they charged people on day 1 for additional content. Content that took almost 2 years to deliver. Now their original dev team got fired and a complete unknown with two games is supposed to take over the current king of a genre for a redemption arc. Cities Skylines 2 was murdered and set the modern city builder genre back almost 2 decades by continuing the reign of SimCity 4 as the best Modern City Buider ever.

When you compare that to what Hello Games has done with No Man’s Sky you will see why we celebrate them. This isn’t some exaggeration or accident. It’s years of steady, consistent work that has turned a broken and potentially career ending product into the recommended space sim of this generation.

TalkingFlower,

Ah shit, yes, sorry about Cities Skyline 2, I liked Paradox when they were still small.

At the same time, Hello Games surely looks like a saint compared to AAA games. But coming from indie and open source games with long open betas and demos before they commit to commercial, the redemption arc looks…dramatic.

Those games don’t cost and are purely driven by passion as well.

7112, do games w What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing?

Super-bosses that award ultimate weapons… like why am I going to use this weapon now that the biggest challenge is done?

C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq,

You might need them for ultra-bosses that reward ultimate ultimate weapons.

Darkenfolk,

There is sadistic satisfaction to be had from absolutely nuking enemies who gave you trouble before.

I also like collecting shiny things.

Quetzalcutlass,

You killed the ultimate boss; now with their drop you are the setting’s ultimate boss. You just need to wait for another plucky young upstart to rise and take you down.

Gathorall,
SharkAttak,
@SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Diablo spoiler?

Quetzalcutlass,

Or many of the Soulsborne games.

Tap for spoilerReplacing Gehrman in one of the Bloodborne endings being the most direct example.

fushuan,

Ehhhhh… Kinda, not really. The wizard goes mad, the rogue aligns with evil and the warrior failed to contain the big evil and is possessed by it.

Doesn’t sound like final boss to me.

SharkAttak,
@SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org avatar

I may be wrong, didn't follow the series much, but wasn't Diablo2 BBEG the player from the first one turned evil?

fushuan, (edited )

Yeah, as I said, it was the warrior, who took diablo’s soulstone with himself, but succumbed to evil and was possessed by Diablo. So, yeah, kinda turned evil. Still, at that point I wouldn’t call that body the player from the first game.

Afaik originally in D2 we were supposed to kill him and that would be it, but the animator company decided that it would be cool to animate some dude piercing his forehead with a stone, and since there wasn’t anymore dev time Blizzard North decided to go with it. That gave way to to justification for the corruption/possession of the D1 warrior character and thus the story of D2 and kinda D3.

Oh, btw, Blood Raven, the second quest you do in act 1, is the rogue from D1; and the summoner you encounter at the end of the arcane sanctuary, the one who had Horazon’s journal, is the mage from D1.

CookieOfFortune,

It’s for the secret boss!

lightnsfw, do games w What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing?

I’m at 99% of RDR2 for like 2 years now because I can’t be bothered to do the dominoes part of the gambling challenge.

Furbag, (edited )

That dominoes shit makes no sense to me. I’ve tried to look up the rules multiple times online and then I go into the game and try to make a legal move and the game won’t let me.

Whoever programmed that shit was on crack.

lightnsfw,

Same, no idea wtf I’m doing with that one.

Duke_Nukem_1990, do games w What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing?

I got one character to lvl 60 in Classic WoW Hardcore. When I got that last level up, I cried a bit. Very emotional journey.

Candice_the_elephant,
@Candice_the_elephant@lemmy.world avatar

That was an achievement.

Furbag,

I tried doing Ironman a while back. Not even on classic, just on whatever the latest patch was. It was only getting easier with time and I wanted my name on that leaderboard. In my mind, it didn’t seem like it would be that difficult as long as I played carefully.

I gave up after level 20. I didn’t die, but I had a few close calls and figured it wasn’t going to be worth it to grind out 90+ more levels using the worst gear in the game and no healing or stat boosting items.

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