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Niiru, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

Slice and dice

CountVon, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?
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I’m not sure it fits 100% with what you’re looking for, but I’ll take chance and recommend Slice & Dice (Google Play, Apple App Store). Free demo, no ads, single in-app purchase to unlock the full version. This game is easily the best value-for-dollar mobile game I’ve ever purchased.

Sonotsugipaa, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 30th

CrossCode, for the third time in about two weeks.

I’m 5 years late to it because for some reason I thought it was a JRPG…

Corr,

Yesssss. I love this game. I think I need to get back to it some time.

Sonotsugipaa,

If you want to comb the game for unique dialogue and Lea expressions, make sure to start and finish a Sergey Hax run when you do get back to it

Corr,

Sorry for the late reply. I think I watched a video with these. I think playing with sergey hax would overall detract from doing a second play through but the extra dialogues/expressions are spectacular.

I’m currently playing through iconoclasts which was recommended as having some similarities to crosscode and I see them. Been having a good time so far with it.
That said, it’s very difficult to compare with Lea

Sonotsugipaa,

The cheaty gameplay isn’t that bad, as long as it’s not the first playthrough. It’s definitely way too easy to give you a sense of accomplishment against all odds, but it also allows you to skip all the grind and the sidequests that you should’ve already done (as those, AFAIK, have no Lea-dependent dialogue).


I didn’t know Iconoclasts was usually compared to CrossCode!
I can’t really see any similarities. It’s a great game, definitely on the level of CC if a bit less git gud in nature, but the only similarity I can think of is both games using pixel art.

Corr,

I suppose not needing to grind for better gear would be nice. I think I want my next play through to be a repeat of the first and the grinding was part of the 💫 experience 💫
But I can’t relive that experience so maybe sergey hax is the way to go.

As to iconoclasts, Nothing gameplay wise is similar but the characters/dialogue seem reminiscent of what crosscode brings to the table, which to me was a big part of my enjoyment.

turmacar, do games w Steam Summer Sale - Top Deals

Minishoot’ Adventures $11.99 (20% off)

Isometric Zelda / Metroidvania / bullet hell with a lot of accessibility features and neat art where you’re a lil spaceship guy. Has a demo to see if it’s your jam. Already beat it twice, would really love for them to make DLC or a sequel.

pruwybn, (edited ) do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?
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A couple that I like:

  • 80 Days - it’s not free but I think it’s worth it. It’s a sort of steampunk version of Around the World in 80 Days where you have to plan your routes, and buy and sell things in different cities to make money. The main gameplay is sort of choose-your-own-adventure events that happen during travel and in different cities.
  • Card Thief - I just started playing this recently. It does technically have a microtransaction but it’s more like, they let you play for free if you don’t mind waiting for chests to unlock, or you can buy the game to bypass this. The main gameplay is sneaking through dungeons represented by a 3x3 grid of cards randomly drawn from the deck; collecting treasures and avoiding getting caught.
MysticKetchup, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?
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Card Crawl/Card Thief/Miracle Merchant are good puzzle-like games

mossy_, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector. You put down furniture. Cats sleep on the furniture. You get gold to buy more funiture, and the cycle repeats.

AllNewTypeFace,
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Isn’t that lousy with video ads now?

mossy_,

Admittedly I haven’t played it in, like, five years but when I did it only had banner ads in the pause menu

TerkErJerbs, do games w Steam Summer Sale - Top Deals

Ghostrunner 2 is 80% off for $17CAD and runs great on the deck. It looks like some of the best speed swordplay vibes from Cyberpunk and I’m stoked to play it.

Also picked up Rage for 5 bucks.

MangoPenguin, do games w Q: Do I need Geforce Experience to make use of "Game Ready Drivers" (Nvidia)?

I believe you don’t get Shadowplay without it, so if you need game recording / replay without impacting performance it’s worth installing. But I would recommend the nvidia app beta instead of geforce experience as it doesn’t require a login.

Other than that you don’t get any optimizations by installing geforce experience, other than its game settings tuner thing which doesn’t work at all.

Katana314,

These days most apps vaguely related to gaming have a DVR function, so that might not be a pressing thing to keep it for. Xbox game bar and soon Steam get that function.

Fades,

Thankfully steam just put out a new beta for built in game recording

store.steampowered.com/sale/gamerecording

CTDummy,

OBS offers practically the same experience with its replay buffer and only uses single digit percent overhead for CPU. Shadow play is maybe slightly more convenient that’s all I can really say about it as it’s been a while.

agegamon, do gaming w Technical quality of life advice

I have a foot pedal button assigned to mute my microphone.

(And no, I don’t stream or anything, purely a QoL thing 😆)

Toes, do gaming w Technical quality of life advice

Actual Cannibal Shia Labeouf Mod for L4D2 is essential.

So many people just open a game and play it, ignoring the settings.

The default controls in StarCraft 2 set you up for failure in custom games. Turning off simple command card and allowing the selection of enemy units helps a ton.

When playing interactive story games like until dawn, try to pick up everything in each room before continuing. Be nice to the animals!

Breath of the wild is more fun if you do the major dungeons in reverse order.

When playing with emulators let the game go through its idle intro card and listen carefully to the sound if it distorts or pops then your game is likely to be unstable try changing more options. Such as enabling interpreter mode for the audio.

When playing Super Mario World, don’t be afraid to explore the stages esp the boo mansions.

When a game offers Vulkan/dx12 mode, try it.

The Nintendo switch allows you to control the MTU of the wifi connection, adjusting this can help in poor connectivity situations.

Changing your DNS to a public provider such as Quad9 can help.

Investigating if you can enable ipv6 on your network can offer you some boons.

Confirming port forwarding is working for your games will help immensely in games that rely on that. (Also resolve any double NAT issues)

Do not attempt to game on a wifi repeater, only sadness follows.

Unless you are playing fallout 3 or New Vegas on era correct hardware there are mods to make it more stable.

Everyone needs to play hat in time.

Kolanaki, do astronomy w OP: "This is my most advance moon photograph EVER it consist of 81000 images and over 708GB of data." (see comments.)
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Now, is it really those colors is that just science stuff like all those dope pictures of nebulas?

Poor thing looks bruised. Who hit you?!

Ashen44, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 23rd

The Talos Principle 2 dropped an expansion out of nowhere. It hasn’t even been a year since the game released! The puzzles so far are really creative and cool, and of course it wouldn’t be The Talos Principle without a healthy dose of philosophizing about the human condition!

Sas,

I’m still on the first chapter but it’s awesome. But I got stuck on 2 of the bonus puzzles and age of wonders 4 and Elden Ring both dropped dlc as well so I’m currently playing way too much Elden Ring. I have to say that the philosophising in the first chapter didn’t land with me but maybe that’s because love for me isn’t something to thoroughly analyze.

Wahots, do astronomy w OP: "This is my most advance moon photograph EVER it consist of 81000 images and over 708GB of data." (see comments.)

This is absolutely gorgeous. I love photos like this :)

DreamyRin, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 23rd

ayyy new thread new game!

well kind of. I’m actually playing Caves of Qud a bit, now that I understand it more (I did end up installing the tutorial mod, thank you for that! and I did watch a small non-spoilery tutorial series as well) and I’m having a really good time. I started out with a character the tutorial recommended and have been fighting fish to level up. planning on taking on the first big quest tho!

sadly I’m stuck on an old gaming laptop that doesn’t really like to play games, so I can’t jump into all the games I want to. even my gacha game I play is pushing it, although I still login every day and do my required stuff. the laptop just gets extraordinarily hot. it handles Caves of Qud, because ascii, but I was wanting to jump in to Elden Ring at some point (I don’t have the DLC, does it make new runs more exciting at the beginning or is it a later thing?) and realized it’s not an option I think due to my laptop’s specs and general grumpiness.

so I’ve been wrestling with Borderlands 3 to get it to work, and my partner and I have been playing that for a bit. I love the BL series, although 2 was imho the best for writing. the humor still annoys me sometimes but I started playing the series with the first one when it came out, as a kid, so it has a special place in my heart. my partner hasn’t really ever played first person shooter games, so Destiny 2 (when we played) and Borderlands was their introduction.

BuboScandiacus,
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Wait. There is a tutorial mod ?! Can you give me a link to it please ?

DreamyRin,

yep! here it is on the steam workshop and I hope it helps you out! if you want the video series too, I can shoot that your way, it doesn’t really spoil anything and I didn’t know 95% of the mechanics even existed.

live and drink friend!

BuboScandiacus,
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Thank you ! Live and drink !

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