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Auntievenim, do games w Day 306 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing

Ugh the bruma mages guild recommendation took me, I kid you not, an entire week. I never got any prompt options after finding the guy hiding and assumed I had to get up enough mysticism to cast dispel on him lmao

After a week of making no progress leveling mysticism I went back and they were like yeah just go get a book or something and I’ll stop hiding

The staff you get is well worth it though, I wasn’t sure what I would use a staff for so I just went with shock and holy shit that staff is the most overpowered thing in my kit. 80 points of shock damage per hit with some 120 charges when full. I only ever take it out when I’m fighting hoardes or doing a boss-like mission because it clears rooms so fast lol

On your last point: If you haven’t heard any rumors about frostcrag spire yet I highly recommend seeking it out. Not trying to spoil anything but there might be more freedom in enchanting than is revealed in the mages guild quests. I could be wrong but its worth checking out either way.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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Frostcrag spire is that DLC player house in the mountains, right? I went by there because i remembered it having a Spell Station i was hoping to get to circumvent the price for spell making. But i guess spells just cost cash to make in lore or something.

On the Bruma Quest on the original i did something similar and walked around for a good hour looking for him without realizing i had to talk to NPCs

Auntievenim,

Yeah its like the mages guild house! I wasn’t sure if the enchanting tables there were different from the rest of the game, I’m too poor to afford the candles lol that kinda sucks it costs money even at the player house. I’m broke as hell in oblivion. I keep finding new player houses right after spending my money on upgrading the last one! Frostcrag is by far the cheapest to upgrade though, I really regret not going there first :(

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I just upgraded the waterfront shack and stick with that for my only house. I decided to embrace being broke and roleplay it lol

ThunderclapSasquatch,

Actually dispelling the spells is recognized as a solution

cecilkorik, (edited ) do games w List of Fan (OpenSource) Ports/Remakes of Games
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XCOM 1 (UFO Defense) and XCOM 2: Terror From The Deep - OpenXCOM openxcom.org

Master of Orion 1 - 1oom github.com/1oom-fork/1oom

Ultima 6 - Nuvie github.com/nuvie/nuvie (apparently now part of ScummVM)

cecilkorik, (edited )
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A few more honorable mentions that are not exact re-implementations with compatibility with the original datafiles, but more spiritual followups:

Total Annihilation - TA Spring > Spring Engine > Recoil Engine > Beyond All Reason github.com/beyond-all-reason (I think there are mods that make it “Basically TA”)

Escape Velocity/EV Nova - Endless Sky endless-sky.github.io

Goldeneye 64 (multiplayer only) - Goldeneye Source forums.geshl2.com/index.php?topic=7823.0

Warlords II - LordsAWar! https://libregamewiki.org/LordsAWar!

OTINOKTYAH,

Thanks for the games. I’ve added them to the “Addendum “Inspired Games””

Minnels, do games w Day 305 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing

Don’t think it’s a game for me or my friends but I am very happy for the devs to have this success with their new game. They deserve it considering how good their previous game was even if it wasn’t as hyped. Very passionate people.

Coelacanth, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 18th
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I’m just at the beginning of Act 3 of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I’ve dragged my feet doing a lot of side content and playing slowly because I sort of don’t want this game to end. For once I wish this was a standard 100-hour JRPG fare and not as relatively short as it is at probably half that.

The game is very good. What else can be said at this point. There are minor niggles and nitpicks and occasionally some AA-ness rears its head but it’s overall one of the best games I’ve ever played so far. The story is amazing, the presentation is beautiful and the turn-based combat with QTEs and parries is super fun. The boss fights are cinematic and challenging in an almost Souls-like fashion. All the characters have distinct play styles and fun synergies.

It’s also an unabashedly French game and I’m really enjoying immersing myself in that to the max by using the French VAs.

AdamBomb,

I never thought to check if there was French available! Nice callout. The English VA is really good though.

Coelacanth,
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Both are absolutely excellent, I ended up preferring some voices in French and some in English. For me French feels more immersive, but I grew up in a country that always used subtitles over dubs so I’m used to reading.

I’ve also just always loved french and speak and read a bit of it still so I was always going to go for that in a french game.

Ashzilla, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 18th

The current Diablo 4 season and I just finished little nightmares, so now I have started Hogwarts legacy

Sunny, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #16
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Wondering how long it roughly takes you to write these each week? Thanks as always!

PerfectDark,
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Not so long! The thing which slows me most is formatting for Lemmy. I’ve had some recommendations that A.I. could for once be useful and do that part of it for me…but so far I stubbornly do it by hand regardless!

Thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying things!!!

andybytes, do games w Doom the dark ages...

Exponential feedback loops on a road to nowhere on tracks coming to an end. We are running off of fumes and experiencing high rates of enshitification. The Devil’s in the details and by God I love the Devil. Given that I own a lot of my own games, I have a wide collection that I could probably diddle with until I die. So I don’t know, I feel like the golden age of gaming is over. I don’t want to be a kermudgeon and hurt the feelings of kids, but it’s over. I mean, maybe they can improve graphics, but who cares at that point? I mean, I’m not gonna subscribe to shit. I don’t care what you dangle in front of me. I mean, I’m not in to prostitutes, and I don’t want to smell your farts, so… Yeah. That’s that. The ride is over. song, *It’s Closing Time playing in the background…

DarrinBrunner, do gaming w Quests? Storylines? Never heard of her

I’m currently downloading a 2 GB mod from Nexus for FO4, because I have “nothing to do”, except the main questline.

GeneralEmergency, do games w I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?

Threatening Steam’s monopoly. And the unwashed Stockholmed masses hate that.

radiouser,

we’ve been rumbled!

UKFilmNerd, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #16
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Thank you for these posts, a friend shared a link and I’ve spent this Sunday morning browsing over the past few weeks of information. I really like the writing style, it’s enjoyable to read.

I’ve just ordered a SteamDeck myself and have more free games on Epic and GOG than my steam library (2 titles!). So it will take me a while to get up to speed onto how to get access to those libraries and get started in emulation.

PerfectDark,
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I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed these!

Keep an eye out, I try make them weekly, though in the past it’s gone as few as two days between posts (generally though, I try make myself wait and hold off to give it a week between them!) - so there’ll be more coming :)

I’m so glad you’re getting a Steam Deck, you’ll love it! They’re easy if you want to just…start installing games without tinkering, or you can dive in and find all kinds of fun things.

As to GOG and Epic (and even Amazon) look into:

…there are others, but these two I swear by.

As to emulation, the default idea most have is EmuDeck, but I by far recommend

…but if you ever have any specific questions, or want help or a guide to anything, reach out to me. I kinda live/breath the Steam Deck - so I’m always happy to help!!!

UKFilmNerd,
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Yeah, I like the idea that RetroDeck is a single concise package that may not have the latest emulators but they are stable.

I’m also ordering an SD card because I just want to keep the ROMs separate from the main deck games.

PerfectDark,
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Sometimes (often) those ‘latest’ builds don’t work so well, and things break. Its a classic problem which plagues EmuDeck, and why long-term users warn people

if things are working, don’t update!

That very thing which annoys some people - no bleeding-edge latest updates on emulators, to me is stability and a relief. I trust the devs of RetroDECK to update only when things need it!

And I also have it all on my SD card! Its the best idea, roms, emulators, bios, mods, texture packs. I like how it keeps things organized and clean :)

detun3d, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #16

Good stuff! 👌

ItsMeAlex, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #16
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Definitely gonna look into The precinct.

If a game is going to give me some Ultima Online vibes with an isometric visual, that game should be played.

Thank you :)

PerfectDark,
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Check back in (here or Mastodon!) and let me know what you think! Give it a little time, to me it has a bit if a cold opening, but it really opens up after 20 or so mins.

Well and truly, I love what the indie space makes in gaming these days, often more than the fanciest AAA offerings!

ItsMeAlex,
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I agree completely.
Many indies give a run to AAA games, even AAAA games too (I'm looking at you Ubisoft and your shart of a game Skull and Bones)

PerfectDark,
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I’ve joked about AAAA for soooo long now, I’m so glad someone else is dropping this in the occasional comment!

I thought I was the only one left!

I even had someone ask me what ‘AAAA’ was!

ItsMeAlex,
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"AAAA" is the sound that comes out after paying 80 bucks for a game and seeing the sorry state is in 😂

Hello_there, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #16

Thx fren

TachyonTele, do games w 1st time Demon's Souls Player

Damn. Now I def need to get Demon Souls.

CCAirWater,

Oh, it’s way different from Elden Ring, if you played that one. It’s a lot more linear. But it’s so fun tbh. Highly recommend. I keep getting my ass kicked and having a blast lol I’m super excited for the other games.

I forgot bloodborne is a fromsoft. I played the hell outta that one but never beat it. The world building in that is wild. Like a Van Helsing horror show. Like a werewolf filled Victorian era. It’s wild and hard AF because of the mechanics of the game. Using the weird gun to stop attacks and the style of attacks with melee are timed really weird. But the aesthetic is on point. Horror, instead of fantasy like demons/dark souls/Elden Ring.

TachyonTele,

Im not a fan of Elden Ring. Something about it is off for me. But i absolutely love dark souls 1&3. Sekiro seems good to, but i haven’t played it enough to get into it yet.

I love the clunkyness and slow paced fighting in DS1 tho, that’s easily my favorite so far. A slow ass tacticful medieval metroidvania? Yes please and thank you lol

I don’t have PlayStation though, so some games are off limits unfortunately

CCAirWater,

Curious what it’s missing for you. I loved it tho haha. Maybe it was too open world? Hopefully they’ll port the games to your system soon!

TachyonTele,

Maybe it’s the open world, idk. I also wasnt able to run it full speed in the outside area without looking down. That kinda ruins things. I do plan on playing it again on my steamdeck.

CCAirWater,

Without looking down? I’m not sure what that means.

I will say the controls are irksome with sprint being circle. I tend to half-claw my controller. Like, left hand is regular grip, but right hand is thumb on the R3 stick, middle finger for the triggers, and index finger for the circle button. While using thumb for the X, triangle, square buttons.

In GTA, I tend to push the camera forward to look a little down while driving. Helps me see stuff a little better but drives people nuts when they watch me play lol

TachyonTele,

Looking down culls the graphics that the game needs to process, making it run smoother.

CCAirWater,

Ohhhh, PC issues? Sorry. I never had enough money for a decent enough gaming computer to be able to play many games.

TachyonTele,

Console games work the same way.

theunknownmuncher, do games w I just realized the only way to get new gamers to care about Jak is to release a "remastered" version, which sucks.

These graphics trends are basically the opposite for indie games. Look at Schedule 1 and STRAFTAT.

Zahille7,

Abiotic Factor, which is a new open world survival game based on a mix of og Half-Life and SCP, so the graphics and models look like they come from the 90s or early 2000s.

Hands of Necromancy (and pretty much all other GZDoom games for that matter) all look like they came right out of 1996 - with the exception of Selaco. That game is actually beautiful.

Going Medieval has a slight pixel/voxel look to it.

There’s also Ultracop, which I think is made by one person and also looks straight out of the 90s. It’s also only like $2 and it’s a decent time waster.

Pseudoregalia, Fly Knight, Lunacid, Verho, Dread Delusion, Nightmare Kart…

These are just from my own games list. I’m not sure why I even made this comment. Sort of a recommendations list I guess?

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