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Poopfeast420, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 13th
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Only just started the new Diablo 4 expansion, because I was sick the whole week. I’m still early in the campaign, playing the new Spiritborn.

JRepin, do gaming w HDMI 2.1
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Oh how I wish those TV manufacturers would get rid of HDMI and replace it with DisplyPort. HDMI mafia does not allow opensource implementations of HDMI specification and so not all latest features of it can be supported by graphics card drivers on GNU/Linux. Death to HDMI!

Petter1,

I didn’t even know that and always have preferred Display port. Only got wonky vid over Hdmi yet, not DP

ZILtoid1991,

From what I’ve heard, manufacturers are afraid getting sued for dumb users breaking HDMI plugs into DP sockets and vice versa.

Disgracefulone,

We could imagine.

There are benefits to HDMI over disp obviously, but the pros > con category goes to disp.

ivanafterall, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?
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Have you played RDR2? It’s open-world, the world is stunning (you can easily ignore the stories and just take in the nature), and the game revolves around your camp/gang, which you regularly return to and interact/check-in with, in addition to accompanying them on missions at times.

grue, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?

Stardew Valley

Oikio,
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That, it’s a grown up person’s dream of a place to be. At least for lots of folks out there and me)

And overall it’s a good game to play slowly for months.

grue,

A significant portion of it is also literally about making friends with the NPCs.

CharlesReed, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 13th
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I haven't had much time to game any this week, but I have been working on what I have left for Diablo 3: Season 32 during down time. I'm not confident that I'll complete it in the next week when the season ends, but that's ok.

I'm really eager to start Diablo 4's Vessel of Hatred, but I think I'm going to work on Season 6 first this next week.

Arkhive, do games w My mental health has improved after deleting games that have microtransactions in them

I finally kicked my Destiny 2 habit by installing Linux, and while I absolutely miss the gameplay and my team, I haven’t really looked back. I’m involved and interested in so many other things now. I still see the odd post that gives ma a pang of FOMO, but the thought of booting into my windows install makes me want to peel my skin off with tweezers.

Not an MMORPG by any means, but I’ve been really enjoying a “Minecraft like” called Vintage Story that is giving me the same feeling. The commodification of Minecraft has finally frustrated me enough and I’m jumping ship.

Adulated_Aspersion, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?

Divinity: Original Sin 1 / 2 Dragon Age (any) Baldur’s Gate (any)

Excellent, LONG story if you want them to be. You have a group to adventure with.

hitagi, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?

Persona series, maybe. The entire franchise is all about making friends, deepening relationships, and working together to fight monsters.

I saw somebody here recommend Kenshi, so I’m going to recommend RimWorld as well. It’s a colony building game, but it’s kind of anxiety-inducing lol

Microplasticbrain,

Im just commenting to say every moment I have spent in rimworld has been an unfulfilling waste of my life. Ymmv

vritrahan,

Rimworld on low difficulty is very enjoyable. My colonists become like my family and I want to care for them and protect them. It is very fulfilling to build them amenities and make their lives more comfortable.

remington, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 13th
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Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred.

Been running this insane build melting the entire screen. Very soon I’ll be target farming mythic uniques. Absolutely loving the new Spirit Born class!

Berttheduck, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 13th

I’m still regularly going back to Hotdogs Horseshoes and Hand grenades to play take and hold. Easily my favourite VR game.

eezeebee, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 13th
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Bleak Sword DX

I got stuck on a tough boss for a while, so I replayed some earlier levels to level up my character. We’re back in business. It didn’t even feel like a grind since each area/battle is short and gameplay feels great. Maybe 15 minutes to get the 2 level ups I needed. I’m enjoying the steady increase in difficulty and how new enemies are introduced. The game does a good job of making you assess the situation and use the techniques available to overcome it. There’s even some fire/environmental hazards that can be used to your advantage.

Fae Tactics

Also got stuck on a (boss?) fight, so I took some time to rearrange my party and spells to get some better elemental synergy and buffs and it worked! Definitely feels rewarding and, well, tactful.

brb, do games w My mental health has improved after deleting games that have microtransactions in them

You should try Old School Runescape if you want an MMORPG without any microtransactions or FOMO/daily grind mechanics.

The cool part with OSRS is that every new feature or update has to pass the player polls, meaning they are unable to add stuff no one asked for. This includes microtransactions, partnerships, battlepasses, etc.

Buttflapper,

I actually have played around 900 hours of it on Steam alone. I’m not going to support them anymore though because of their bullshit price increases. They are owned by an investment company now That is milking them for every cent. World of Warcraft has never once increased the prices of their game at all. I’m not going to support a game that is like that

Meltrax,

I mean… They have grown. The studio is bigger, they don’t have other revenue sources like Blizzard does really (also Activision Blizzard is owned by Microsoft, if you’re worried about a games company being owned by someone else that just wants profit…), and shit costs more now than it did 10 or 20 years ago. I wish it didn’t but inflation is a thing, and that thing affects the food and housing bills of the employees at companies.

For what it’s worth, OSRS has made some absolutely amazing improvements in the last couple years. Almost every single update has hit perfectly with nothing but minor errors or complaints. New expansions and regions, new quests, new raid, weapon and damage rebalances, new bosses, new community events and special game modes, new updates to their clients both mobile and desktop, and most importantly a significantly better bot-busting system over the last few months.

This shit isn’t cheap. That’s a LOT of parallel systems and work, and OSRS continues to have 0 micro transactions outside of membership. True, RS3 and its cesspool of mtx helps fund OSRS, but I don’t know how far that goes since the player count there is stagnant.

Now your opinion and choice to not support a company is always valid, that is up to you. But I don’t think it really is a “bullshit” price increase. I’m OK with OSRS costing $2 more per month if it means that this current cadence of content of QOL updates marches on. Jagex has been absolutely nailing it and I’m very happy with them, and that’s worth money to me.

Adalast,

You can’t really say Blizzard has not raised prices when they have added microtrans and mental health costs to the game.

Renacles, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?

You are never technically alone in Hellblade…

In all honesty, I think you’d love Casette Beasts, it’s all about friendship.

Gumus,

While “technically true is the best kind of true”, I really would recommend anyone already facing anxiety to avoid Hellblade.

Renacles,

Oh yeah, I was completely joking with that one

OfficerBribe, do games w Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?

The Book of Unwritten Tales comes to mind. It’s nowhere near as grandiose as any of your described games, but I fondly remember it being a very charming and wholesome experience. If that’s the feeling you seek, you might enjoy it.

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