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hascat, do gaming w What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?

Sierra entertainment! I was a big fan of the kings quest games, and Sierra online was my first experience with online gaming.

MJBrune,

I was super into Sierra as a publisher. They seemed to back some of the highest quality games no one knew about. Ground Control, Gunman Chronicles, Homeworld, Aliens vs Predators 2, Empire Earth, Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza, and of course Half-Life. They published some quality games.

MaggiWuerze,

Don’t forget the SWAT series. Really loved the third game and always played the ‘Children of Terrone’ map on lan parties

MJBrune,

The SWAT series was amazing but now I just look back at it as copaganda.

Thelsim,

I loved the Quest games! They were my first real introduction to the English language. Simple phrases like Open Door and feed chickens were a great way to build my basic vocabulary. I kept pestering my dad for translations until he got fed up and taught me how to use a dictionary :)

I have so many great memories playing those games, on my own and together with my dad. It really was a bonding experience.

TimTheEnchanter, do gaming w What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?

Maxis was the one that came to mind for me, too! I played everything of theirs that I could get my hands on. Still playing The Sims after all these years!

Telorand,

Will Wright is a genius, and deservedly so, but just did some reading on what he’s been up to, and I’m not sure if this new venture will fly.

axios.com/…/will-wright-voxverse-gala-gallium-blo…

Sounds like SecondLife (another of his creations) with NFTs, or the various failed attempts at a Metaverse, except rich crypto-whales get to be the Lords, and the rest of us are the surfs. Then again, maybe there’s some aspect to it I don’t understand.

Gigan, do games w Whats your favorite Main Menu music?
@Gigan@lemmy.world avatar
MuThyme,

Pretty much any halo has the best menu music to me (I haven’t played 5 though).

There’s a lot of variety between them all too

Baaron87, do games w What moment from a video game made you cry?

The end of disc 1 for the original Final Fantasy VII. (I’m being intentionally vague here for anyone that hasn’t played it and will be playing the newer FF7 games)

spriteblood, do gaming w Steam Sale Games

Wandersong is $7 USD right now and it's a real gem if you like more casual games. It's a 2D adventure game where you interact with the world by singing. It's cozy and heartwarming, and I'd recommend it to anybody who might be into that kind of experience.

Also Prey is the opposite of heartwarming but it's one of my all time favorite games (easily top 5) and it's somehow $3 right now.

Same goes for the whole Dishonored series.

Ultimatenab,

So erm… I read your paragraph on Wondersong and thought, “that sounds amazing, I must get”. Go to the game page “this game is already in your library”… Fine fine, I’ll get on with my backlog.

myfavouritename,

I love seeing recommendations for Wandersong. It’s a completely different type of adventure game with a unique, and lovely, plot.

spriteblood,

Their next game, Chicory, is currently in my backlog and should probably get kicked up to the top.

JoeKrogan, (edited ) do gaming w Get ready for shitty games from WB next year that are full of always-on and battlepass
@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

Another publisher to mark as ignored on steam

SatouKazuma,
@SatouKazuma@lemmy.world avatar

I didn’t know you could do this to entire publishers. TIL.

mojo, do games w For the people playing City Skylines 2 how do you solve 'High rent"

Eat the land lords

Fizz,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

I am the landlord

tuxtey,

Do you prefer salt and pepper or a nice marinade?

bhamlin,

I’m waiting… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, do gaming w Steam Deck Owners: What’s been your favorite game that you first discovered on Steam Deck and now you can’t seem to put down?

My Steam Deck is pretty much a Vampire Survivors machine.

Deconceptualist,

Probably shouldn’t mention Brotato and Holocure then. Oh, oops 😉

Grimpen,

This happened to me recently. I’ve slowed down now that I’ve got all the unlocks, just a couple secrets to go though…

kratoz29, do games w What are your go-to sources for game reviews and finding new games?
@kratoz29@lemm.ee avatar

Huh, I think I haven’t thought about this hard enough, as I’m a Patient Gamer… But I think Reddit and Lemmy are good sources for this :)

kromem, do games w What did you think of Sea of Stars?

The production of it is excellent. Art is great, combat design was very good, music is good.

But the writing leaves a lot to be desired.

Like, if you could combine the writing of Undertale with the production of this game, you’d have a game that would rival the classics themselves.

As it was I really struggled to stay engaged with Sea when the dialogue felt like it was written by a Disney intern in their first week on the job.

sosodev,

The writing definitely feels very amateurish. Which I agree is a mismatch with the otherwise high quality nature of the game.

I like the overall themes though. It was serviceable enough for me.

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

Outer wilds, tunic, a short hike, fez,

Broken_Monitor,

Tunic was shockingly good. Looks like its for little kids but there is a lot of surprises and neat puzzles tucked away in there. Absolutely worth checking that out

lorez,

Second this. Tunic is a masterpiece.

businessfish,
@businessfish@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

a short hike reinvigorated my love for indie games! it’s such a beautiful game with a cute little story and fun things to do, and doesn’t overstay it’s welcome.

Evotech,

Outer Wilds is amaaaaazing

devbo,

what are these alternitives for?

ViscloReader,

Yup, I did not answer the question, I just put some personal recommendations

devbo,

nevermind then. guess i dont care.

whileloop, do games w Cities Skylines 2 player feedback
@whileloop@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t like how we have 2 games called CS2 in the same year. Since Cities has worse performance, I say we all agree to abbreviate it some other way, like 2 Cities 2 Skylines.

EighthLayer,
@EighthLayer@lemmy.world avatar

C:S2

metallic_substance,

Let’s just call it CS:GO. The GO is for glitchy optimization

beefcat, do games w Just an observation on game engines
@beefcat@lemmy.world avatar

the games/engines you cite as being “extremely well optimized” are both a lot older than UE5 and do a lot less than some of the “less optimized” games discussed (i.e. simpler lighting, no geometry virtualization, simplistic simulation, very static environments, etc.)

these are very apples and oranges comparisons

darthsid, do games w Just an observation on game engines

The beauty of the RE engine is that it looks fucking spectacular while running like a dream too

Tick_Dracy,
@Tick_Dracy@lemmy.world avatar

MT framework (which powered several RE’s, DMC, and other Capcom games was also a damn good engine). And Criterion’s Renderware was also an exception back in PS2 days.

darthsid,

Yep! I remember being genuinely surprised by the amazing graphics of RE5 and DMC4 back in the day!

explore_broaden, do gaming w When was a game's price worth it to you?

Factorio is probably one of the best deals I’ve gotten; I paid $30 and at this point I’ve played it for at least 200 hours because I find it such a fun game.

OutlierBlue,

200 hours

Just a beginner, huh?

explore_broaden,

It’s true, you caught me

berg,

What are you doing here? It’s not growing now is it? You see, it has to grow! The factory MUST grow!

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