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Lunar, do gaming w Looking for a rec: story oriented RPG with minimal focus on combat

Planescape Torment, Disco Elysium.

troyunrau,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar

Oooh, nice! Watched some trailers. Steam version? Or are they better on a console? Both look like they’re PS4 titles as well.

HarvesterOfEyes,
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I’ll chime in and suggest PC, as you can probably get them at a lower price than on PS4.

troyunrau,
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Price doesn’t matter. Just want a low bug comfortable experience. Sometimes games are better on one or the other. I liked No Man’s Sky a lot more on the PS4pro than on the laptop, for example – just felt more like it was the right tool for the job :)

Lunar,

Those games seem more tailored to PC. With point and click gameplay.

troyunrau,
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Excellent - thanks!

onlooker, do gaming w Players who don't like survival games as a genre: Which survival games are your personal exceptions, which ones have you enjoyed nonetheless and why?
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Does Terraria count? If so, Terraria.

DdCno1,

I have owned this game for ages, I think I bought it shortly after its release, but despite having a clear memory of playing it, it was so long ago that Steam doesn’t even tell me when I last launched it.

Perhaps I should give it another go.

onlooker,
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You should! The beginning may be a bit slow, but before long you’ll be building sweet bases or exploring the underground or doing whatever you like, really. It also has a ridiculous amount of content with even more to come next year, apparently. Also, no hunger/thirst mechanics! Like yourself, I don’t like 'em. Terraria has HP and MP, that’s it.

l0st_scr1b3,

I bought Terraria a few months ago while I was buying some other games on sale and it’s legit all I’ve been playing. I absolutely love this game for the depth of he crafting system and the cosmic horror themed bosses and setting. Really just the whole thing is so well crafted.

AngryCommieKender, do games w Recommend a game for me to play with my partner

Late to the thread, and you already have loads of suggestions, but Portal and Portal2 may help your partner with their spatial issues. I’ve heard that those are the games to use to introduce someone who doesn’t play videogames in general, but specifically FPS, to the media and basic controls that most of us gamers take for granted.

Lennnny,
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Yes! A very fun game to play as a couple! I liked how it was more graphically interesting than a lot of other puzzle games, and dialog is fantastic.

Chobbes,

NOPE. This might work for some people but my partner couldn’t handle it :/. When walking around in 3D and paying attention is hard portals are just too hard when thrown into the mix. I would kill to be able to play Portal 2 coop, but alas :C. Maybe Portal 2 would be better to start on, they do a better job of introducing some concepts and the story is harder to completely ignore lol.

peachfaced, (edited ) do games w Recommend a game for me to play with my partner
@peachfaced@lemmy.world avatar

A lot of people have mentioned It takes Two, which really is great and you get to try many different mechanics.

You can also check out Fling or Keywe on steam. Only 2 players max (as compared to 4 players on Overcooked or Plate Up), but less complicated controls. Bread & Fred is another I’ve been meaning to check out too.

Unrailed has simple controls but more objectives to accomplish, and Out Of Space is similar to Overcooked but not in a cooking setting.

Edit: Didn’t realise I used a shortened name. Fling refers to ‘Fling to the Finish’

keyez,

I’ve played it takes two with my partner and kinda got a little complicated around and after the first boss, definitely gonna give KeyWe a shot! Work our way up to it takes two again

derekabutton, do games w Recommend a game for me to play with my partner

Overcooked is only fun if everyone is terrible or everyone is great. It’s a great concept but definitely not going to work out for most groups.

For Mario kart, did you put on some bots? Without the NPCs, 2 player is lame, even if you are both quite good.

Have you played It Takes Two? This sounds like it hits your requirements.

For couch coop, I’d actually suggest Mario Deluxe over the very recent Mario Wonder if you wanted to try a side scroller. Wonder is great, but it’s couch coop is poorly implemented unless you are both good or both terrible as with overcooked. Deluxe doesn’t have that issue, in my opinion, due to the way the scrolling works in game. It might feel odd spending $60 on a 10 year old game from the WII U, but Nintendo originals always hold up well.

Glemek,

I think they struggled to even parse what was going on in overcooked, and need more experience playing games generally to be able to enjoy that kind of chaos because they just felt lost.

Alas, beating bots on Mario Kart means nothing to them.

That’s 2 fast recs for it takes two, so I think thats probably gonna be on the shortlist.

I think I have NSMBU on wii u in storage at my parent’s house. We’re visiting in for the holidays, so maybe we’ll hook up the wii u there and try that. I remember liking that game a lot.

Thanks!

derekabutton,

I actually think that’s what they called Mario deluxe for the WII U. Definitely look into it before buying a 2nd copy of the same game like I did. I mean, I’ve 100%ed it a few times now but still I wish I knew it was the same.

In fact, it’s better on the Wii u. Player 2 can either play as a Luigi or play as god on the Wii pad. Putting down tiles and making the game dead easy.

chloyster, do gaming w The Game Awards 2023 Discussion Thread

No silk song news 😭😭😭

Overall good show though. Sooooo excited for world of goo 2. New kojima game I’m hyped for as well.

My personal goty was re4 remake so kinda sad but I’m not surprised. This year was too stacked

Megaman_EXE, (edited ) do gaming w Valve needs to step up on Anti-Cheat

Valve works differently than other companies. Internally everyone works on what they want when they want. You can literally wheel your desk to a new location if you decide to want to work with another team. Because of this though it creates an odd dynamic that isn’t always going to work out best for the developers or the consumers.

This is why it feels extremely random whenever valve releases something new. You would think they would just release banger after banger of hot AAA titles. But it’s more complicated than that unfortunately. This is also reflected in things like fixing cheats in team fortress 2 etc etc.

This video will answer a lot of your questions

youtu.be/s9aCwCKgkLo?si=YoE9G-S80xf7JjLO

peter,
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I thought they stopped doing this during half life alyx?

Friendship,
@Friendship@kbin.social avatar

One can only hope. That policy has left Valve spinning in circles and accomplishing very little for a long time now.

TheMinions, do games w Whats your favorite Main Menu music?

I’ll go with Mass Effect, the music in the first 3 games is incredible. Especially in the first game I think. This particular piece is called Vigil.

Here’s the not hour long version haha.

v4ld1z,
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Dude, I only just played the games for the very first time earlier this year and I absolutely feel what you mean. It’s the very first piece of music you hear when you start the game, is used throughout the trilogy in pivotal moments, and is the very last theme that plays in the third game. So awesome

TheMinions,

Oh yeah. Leitmotifs are very effective at tying a story together and really help add some punch to those emotional moments.

I absolutely adore Mass Effect. It’s probably my favorite game ever. Top 3 at least.

v4ld1z,
@v4ld1z@lemmy.zip avatar

I do see that the narrative and the gameplay have some flaws, but overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the games and the ~100h it took me to finish the trilogy. The Citadel DLC was probably my favourite part of the entire series. I’d also probably put the games in my top x favourite games.

c0mbatbag3l,
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Someone: Doesn’t like Mass Effect

Me: “WEAKENING THEIR INTEGRITY!!!”

Astaroth,

Eclipse Vanguard 💀

Alchalide, do games w What moment from a video game made you cry?

Ff7 when aerith died.

Carighan, do games w What moment from a video game made you cry?
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Puuuh, a fair few over the years.

  • Same one as you, Rosalina’s backstory made me tear up a little bit. It was really really well done, and so unexpected in a Mario game of all places.
  • When first reading through Katawa Shoujo, Shizune’s path (botched as it is) still hit me really hard with Misha being an aside that can’t fit in, then later Rin’s neutral ending also got me really bad.
  • Teenage me at the end of disc 1 of FF7, of course.
  • The ending of Signalis just recently.

And probably a lot more. FFXIV has a lot of sad and emotional moments, although none of them hit me quite as hard as some other games did.

ShaunaTheDead,
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Ugh yeah, FF7 when Aeris is killed by Sephiroth. And the scene where Cloud carries her into the water... I was bawling. Afterwards I think I just sat there dumbfounded, staring at the empty spot in my party until after like 5 minutes I turned off the game cause I needed a break to mourn. I know the graphics don't really hold up these days, but it was all to real to me as a child and it was one of my first experiences with death even though it was just a video game character.

Tavarin, (edited ) do gaming w How are you all playing these insanely complex games?
@Tavarin@lemmy.ca avatar

I just pick a character class that looks interesting, make them look like me, and get going.

Figure it out as I play, and just have fun. I pretty much never watch videos or read anything about games unless I get really stuck, or have already finished the game and am curious about other playstyles.

CitizenKong, do gaming w Get ready for shitty games from WB next year that are full of always-on and battlepass

They’ll change their tune when Suicide Squad is a colossal flop. These execs don’t understand that it’s really hard to do a good live service game.

ampersandrew,
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Yeah, WB is just late to the party. Sony was going to make a dozen different live service games, but they're reading the room now and cutting that forecast to less than half. With any luck, this is the tail end of the live service era.

Honytawk, do gaming w Rant: Valve's new Steam Deck screws speak volumes about their ethos.

Strange how a company with infinite money just produces stuff they like huh?

Every company should try that.

wolf,

Look at the shit Apple produces and understand it is not only a function of money.

kksgandhi,

Steam is an infinite money generator, yes, but any publicly owned company would have fucked it up for short term profits. Valve absolutely has its problems, but its focus on the long term and respecting its customers means it can make infinite money and do stuff like this.

some_guy, do gaming w What game genre would you like to see more entrants in?

I miss vehicle deathmatch games. Interstate 76, Twisted Metal, Vigitlante 8, probably a few more I don’t remember too.

They all kinda vanished.

tal,
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I remember enjoying the original Carmageddon quite a bit.

Maestro,
@Maestro@kbin.social avatar

I absolutely loved Carmageddon. My PC couldn't really handle it so it would turn into a slide show eith every crash, but I just loved it and didn't care.

jcarax,

Holy shit, someone else who played Interstate 76! Too bad Interstate 82 never saw the light of day.

some_guy,

It absolutely did because I own it

jcarax,

I know, it was just so disappointing.

kratoz29,
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These games would look so good with the current game engines, I’d even take remakes lol.

Mummelpuffin,
@Mummelpuffin@beehaw.org avatar

Whatever the hell Burnout was, too. Please god just give me classic Burnout again.

bionicjoey, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

If you want something that feels like Pokémon but was created by someone who isn’t just trying to shit out a new game every year, check out Casette Beasts!

Notorious_handholder,

Also if you really just want the same pokemon but better, check out rom hacks. Many of the pokemon community rom hacks are way better than they have any right to be

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