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nincodedo, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of February 25th
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I'm playing Golden Sun for the first time and it's been a lot of fun so far. It feels very weird that an RPG was made using what I recognize as the Mario Golf engine.

SuperSynthia, do games w Emulation

Oh man I like romhacks. Great way to explore old games. I ended up playing Hyper Metroid and it’s fucking great

Crum, do games w What game do you recommend someone who likes the mechanics but not the setting of Baldur's Gate 3?
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Mmmmaybe XCOM 2?

samus12345, do games w Emulation
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I love emulation. Been using it since NESticle in the late 90s. By far the best thing about it is save states. Being able to stop playing whenever you want and resume your progress was a revelation!

MagicalHammer, do games w Shadow of Erdtree price

I also worry about the price, but I’m also a patient man. Someday, in 2030, it will be on sale.

Underwaterbob,

Yup. I waited something like a year for Elden Ring to go on sale. No problem waiting again.

Kolanaki, do games w Shadow of Erdtree price
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It’s only $40 in the US which is what I expected it to be.

If that translates to $61 bucks in CAD: How much is the base game? Because I wouldn’t expect it to be the same $60 base price of a AAA game like it is in USD.

Edit: Just looked on SteamDB, the price of the base game in Canada is $80. Which appears to be typical for anything that’s $60 here in the states.

SomeGuy69,
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Yeah the post is purposefully misleading. I was going to comment the same.

brenticus, do games w Shadow of Erdtree price

I’ve happily paid $70 CAD for games significantly shorter and smaller in scope than Shadow of the Erdtree looks. Plus I’m wanting to jump back into Elden Ring anyways and I more than felt like I got my money’s worth the first couple of times. So $56.16 CAD (what my receipt says it cost me) is pretty much fine for that.

This might be a weird take, but I don’t really care whether I’m paying for a new game, a DLC, a microtransaction, or even a gacha pull. If it seems like it’s somehow worthwhile, whether that’s by fun or hours played or novelty or whatever, I don’t really worry that much about what form it takes. This usually means I just buy new games (how often is a microtransaction at all reasonable to pay for?) but I don’t really worry about DLC pricing if it looks good.

chunkystyles,

even a gacha pull.

I’m in agreement up to this point. The only gambling that feels good, the only gambling you really remember, is the gambling that pays off. And that’s part of what makes it so insidious.

Fixed price transactions, where you know exactly what you’re getting, are all OK in my book from a consumer perspective. Pay to win included even if that kind of thing makes the game itself bad.

So to put this in real terms: I think that Genshin Impact is worse from a consumer perspective than Star Citizen.

Gacha games are one of the few kinds of games I absolutely refuse to play.

Tigress, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

Haven. You can play alone or with 2 people, it’s very relaxing and I don’t know any other game like it. It has a story and 2 endings.

It Takes Two is a 2 player game where you really have to attune to each other, though it’s not really difficult. It’s a good fun game to play together.

dlpkl, do games w Shadow of Erdtree price

Depends, what did you think about the base game? For myself, I wouldn’t play it even if it was free. I platinumed Elden Ring and by the end of it, I was so fatigued from the FromSoft formula that the next and last game I’ll play from them will be the Bloodborne remake.

I bought Helldivers 2 for less than the ER DLC. And I’m having way more fun.

gwen_real, do gaming w What games make you happy?

so far spider-man 1 on friendly neighbourhood difficulty (i usually play on ultimate though lmfao)

Faydaikin, do gaming w What games make you happy?
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Subnautica and Raft are my go-to relaxed-fuzzy-happy games. Being able to do things at my own pace and just noodle around with whatever I feel like is nice.

MrMobius, do games w Shadow of Erdtree price

I was a bit surprised about the high price tag. Did the DLCs for previous From Software games cost that much too? Anyway, hard to judge now. But if it has a lot of content and feels like a real extension of the game, then it could be worth the price.

sharkfucker420, do games w Shadow of Erdtree price
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It sucks but unfortunately I will still pay that price

noctisatrae, do gaming w What games make you happy?

I was playing Sanibi yesterday, my heart was warmed by the introduction with his daughter playing with the main character. Now I’m just crying all tears, but the game is amazing

soulsource, do gaming w What games make you happy?
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  • Book of Hours. It’s a strange game, set in the Secret Histories, the same setting that Cultist Simulator had. Unlike Cultist Simulator, which was rather gruesome, Book of Hours is a relaxed game, about cleaning out and restoring an abandoned library, reading the occult books left in it, and drinking tea with your guests.
  • Potionomics. While it’s primarily a puzzle game about brewing potions, it has a lot of heartwarming dialogue.
  • Settlers 2 (the original DOS game, not the remake). The Settlers series was what brought up the term “Wuselfaktor” (No clue how to translate this. There is an English explanation of the term in this article.), and imho Settlers 2 is (by far) the best part of that series.
  • Kerbal Space Program. I can’t say why this game makes me happy, but it does. There’s something strangely relaxing about drifting through space in free-fall, seeing the planetary surface pass by at high speed below.
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