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DeusHircus, do games w I accidentally bought a game while my VPN was on

What’s your concern? I’ve never heard any issues with purchasing anything on VPN. In fact, it’s recommended to save money by getting around geo-pricing

SymbioteSynapse,

It is against the steam subscriber agreement to use a VPN. Particularly if you’re using it to get around a region restricted game. Will they check and catch you? Probably not, but they can. It’s definately not recommended though.

HawlSera,

Getting around geo-pricing is a bannable offense

QubaXR, do games w I accidentally bought a game while my VPN was on
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(assuming your home country is USA) You are allowed to purchase games from US websites while you travel. As long as the purchase is linked to your US payment method, with US residence address on the bill, it does not matter where I’m the world you connect from.

You might raise suspicion if you bought something via NL VPN, using Dutch credit card and address. Otherwise you are all good.

nx2, do gaming w what's some of the best dialogue systems you've seen and why?
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Lazycog,

This whole quest scene was so unexpected, disturbing, hilarious and made me fall in love with the game. The timer for this choice makes the situation feel like a real intense JESUS FUCK WHAT DO I DO moment

heliodorh,
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This messed me UP the first time, omfg

OfficialThunderbolt, do gaming w What are some game genres / styles you like that aren't being made anymore, or are being mde but not very often?

Simulation games, like the ones Maxis used to make (other than SimCity). SimEarth, SimAnt, SimTower, etc. Those were educational and fun.

I also once played a simulation game that realistically simulated running a shipping business where you shipped things by boat, sailing your fleet from port to port, dropping off your cargo and loading new cargo, giving the occasional bribe, etc. while avoiding bankruptcy. I think it was called “Port of Call.” It was made a long time ago, and I haven’t played anything quite like it since then.

storksforlegs, (edited )
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Yes, I totally agree with this. I would play these games so much growing up. Especially SimLife.

I like sim games where you feel like you’re experimenting with a scenario, not just trying to get the highest score or some win condition.

Rozauhtuno,

Not exactly educational, but Sid Meier Pirates was also a lot of fun.

frankivo,

Oooh, reminds me of SimFarm 😃

Water,

SimFarm was surprisingly fun.

Rodeo,

SimAnt was awesome

Eddie, do gaming w What game mechanics do you love and hate?

Anything that involves the mechanic “defeat all the enemies in this room in order to unlock the next room” is a huge turn off for me.

themurphy, do gaming w Stop Killing Games Update: final signature count revealed

Forcing games to be playable offline or on LAN is a child hood memory/dream come true.

I miss the times, and it’s insane it went away so fast.

Hundun,

Some of my favorite childhood memories are getting together with 2-3 friends to play ad-hoc Monster Hunter on PSPs. It’s exciting to imagine what can be done now with a similar feature being a core part of a game’s design.

Bustedknuckles, do games w What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing?

You can beat factorio with extremely inefficient gameplay, layout, etc. There are two achievements in that sort of “taught” me how to play better. First was the one that limited how many items you could handcraft, and second was the speedrun achievements. Both were doable but forced me to automate more and plan things out in advance, and I can’t remember any other game’s achievements that qualitatively changed how I played.

MurrayL, do games w Ubisoft target audience when they play a good game

I fucking love Highway 17 - it’s an atmospheric and enjoyable road trip and I will die on this hill.

Derpenheim, do gaming w When I was a child I thought as a child...

If youre my age, then games were advancing in graphic fidelity at the same rate as getting better and more in depth. Devs were able to learn from eachother on what makes a game great. Then the horse dlc happened, and suddenly devs could only make games that could be chopped up into pieces and sold as an al a carte game instead of the 7 course meals they had been making.

Kolanaki, (edited )
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And even with that chopped up BS, they’re still not as in-depth as games were just kinda starting to get.

pirate2377, do games w World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles

I’m actually surprised that the PS5 is right behind Xbox 360 and PS3

xeekei,

It’s actually a good option now when PC gaming is suffering of price crisis after price crisis.

sukhmel,

Not sure this pricing crisis will not have an impact on consoles, too

xeekei,

Consoles can and sometimes are subsidised, while PCs cannot.

BigBananaDealer,

i think series x is a better option because theres an easy way to emulate anything you want on it

Tikiporch,

They should put that on the box.

shoo, do gaming w Commentary on taking feedback as a game designer, from someone who worked on the original DOOM.

I feel the bad feedback trope is inverted in 2025. Devs will release a game, get a solid audience, then completely change mechanics or style or direction for no apparent reason. The audience complains (pointing out what they like in the original release), the devs tell them to kick rocks and the game shrivels up and dies.

cough ^Battlebit^ cough

biotin7,

Agreed

warbond,

What happened to Battlebit? I didn’t play it much, but when I did it was basically just voxel Battlefield 2/3/4. If they pivoted I sure hope it’s something stupid like survival extraction zombies or something, just because that would be the lamest possible direction.

TropicalDingdong, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

Syndicate, by bullfrog

Rusty,

That was my favorite game as a kid. Too bad the only remake is a stupid FPS.

TropicalDingdong,

Yeah the remake totally misunderstood what the game was about.

SlurpingPus,

‘Satellite Reign’ is the spiritual successor, released in 2015 and started by the producer and lead programmer for ‘Syndicate Wars’.

/cc @TropicalDingdong

Rusty,

I’ll check it out, thanks.

Rusty,

I played it for couple of hours and it seems pretty good. Thank you again.

azimir,

I loved that game. Only for to play for a few weeks in Germany back in 1995.

Ran into it again years later somewhere and finally made it much further through the missions. Great game.

TropicalDingdong,

I never beat the final mission.

azimir,

They got frakin’ hard! Especially the mechanics of the trains and when the baddies started shooting further. Tracking where the action was got tough when you had to split the team.

TropicalDingdong,

Yeah I had figure I out a strategy using the persuedatron, where it would get stronger the more people you persueded. If you started with civilians and got a bunch, you could then do security guards, then the police, then other syndicate agents. I still think this is the only way to beat that final level, but there are nothing but agents on that level.

Lycist,

R.I.P. Bullfrog…

The Dungeon Keeper games will forever be among my top 10.

dubyakay,

Magic Carpet and Genewars were such weird games.

kat_angstrom, do games w Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?

Got 1700hrs in it; 42 bases across a 30+ galaxies. Mines for Sodium, Indium, Phosphorus, Rusted Metal, Sulpherine, Pyrite, and a few more. Built a few architectural wonders, too. Good times

tyler, do games w What are some good games to play while sick?

Stardew valley and terraria

Quetzalcutlass,

Terraria has an option to pause while in menus, which is useful when you’re sick and might suddenly need to run to the bathroom at any time.

aramis87,

You can pause Stardew by bringing up the menu.

vaultdweller013, do gaming w What's going on over at dwarf fortress?

For anyone anyone who wants a good idea of how fucky Dwarf Fortress is go listen to the Jabroni Mike stream on Boatmurdered. I will spoil nothing.

Remember E stands for Elephant.

TootSweet,

I haven’t seen the one by Jabroni Mike, but Fredrik Knudsen has a good breakdown too.

vaultdweller013,

The Jabroni Mike one was done with Fredrik Knudsen like 4 years ago. Also if you want to watch Fredrick Knudsen do a Mage the Ascension game he does one with some of Bruva Alfabusas crew, also it’s on Bruva Alfabusas channel.

nailbar,

BlindiRL did one too, just recently:

youtu.be/CKI2V1pG1r0

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