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DannyBoy, do games w Suggestions for mouse only games?

I don’t see any mention of the Civilization games. Civ III is my personal favorite but Civ V was also good. Keyboard shortcuts are a little bit quicker of course but it’s turn based so there’s no rush!

A lot of RTS games play fine with just the mouse, especially in the early stages of playing. I’ve seen a few mentioned but I’ll put Stronghold Crusader onto the recommendation list. I generally play it without any keyboard inputs.

atotayo, do games w Suggestions for a top down game that is genuinely different to all the others?

“Can’t live without electricity”

Basically routing a pcb with extra dopamine

Novamdomum,
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Oh I like that one, it's like a really colourful version of Power to the People.

hemko, do games w Suggestions for mouse only games?

You can play osrs with just mouse, though keyboard shortcuts are handy/mandatory for late game - you won’t be there though before the hand heals 😅

simple, do games w Suggestions for mouse only games?

If you’re a grand strategy fan: Crusader Kings 3. You could spend hundreds of hours in that game, and it’s mainly designed to be played with only a mouse.

Contentedness,

Oh I remember looking into this a while back but it seemed kind of daunting. Perhaps now’s the time to take the plunge! Appreciate the suggestion!

simple,

It’s definitely a bit difficult to get into, but I’d recommend doing the tutorial and going with the flow rather than trying to understand everything. You’ll slowly start to realize what’s going on.

Skua,

I'd also add that CK3 is a step above most Paradox games in terms of beginner-friendliness. Everything has a tooltip defining what it does, and most of the game-specific words in that tooltip have tooltips of their own. It's not like the older games and their "lol keep the wiki open and good fucking luck" approach to explaining themselves

Nibodhika,

CK can be daunting, I recommend you choose which time period you like best and go with that game, e.g. if you like sci-fi go with Stellaris, if you like WWII go with Hearts of Iron 4, etc. liking the time period where the game is set can make a huge difference in you willingness to learn it. For example if you don’t like medieval it might be daunting to track lineages and hereditary traits and how the ownership of land works (I once lost an entire kingdom because of it on CK2), but if you like WWII maybe seeing historical facts reflected on mechanics or learning military tactics is more interesting to you. All of those games are very different from one another, but they’re also very alike, starting with one that’s just the right one can help you pass the steep learning curve.

blimthepixie, do games w Suggestions for a top down game that is genuinely different to all the others?

Not sure how old you are, have you played the first and second GTA?

Novamdomum,
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Very old and yes I have (when they came out in fact 🤣)

blimthepixie,

Snap

EntirelyUnlovable, do games w Suggestions for mouse only games?
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First of, sorry about your collarbone, that sucks

Second, I think if you’re looking for something to disappear into I really recommend Baldurs Gate 3, I’ve seen it recommend here already but just wanted to second that, it’s a really fantastic world to live in for a bit

Contentedness,

Ok cool, I’ve not tried the franchise at all but perhaps now’s the time. Thanks!

Novamdomum, do games w Suggestions for mouse only games?
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The last two point and click games I've enjoyed were the Deponia series and the Book of Unwritten Tales. Both really good, challenging and fun :)

Contentedness,

Amazing thank you! Will check these out. Appreciate the suggestions!

ILaughBecauseFunny, do games w Should we boycott games with loot boxes?

One of the reasons why Valheim is one of my favorite games these days… You buy it and then you play it… No loot boxes, no in game shop, Doesn’t force you to be online and a minimal amount of RNG at all… But the grind is real though…

Cocodapuf, do games w Should we boycott games with loot boxes?

Do I have to start playing games with loot boxes before I can start boycotting them?

The only one I’ve ever played was overwatch, but overwatch 2 is garbage, so…

MellowYellow13,

Sad what happened to that game. OG Overwatch was freaking awesome, OW2 is complete garbage.

FunkFactory,

Almost everything about OW1 is now back in OW2! 6v6 is back, loot boxes are back. You can even play the OW1 metas if you want, though they pretty much only show just how much better the game has gotten over the years.

I’ve been playing OW1 since launch and have really liked OW2, my only complaint was that they were making playable heroes unlockable, but that was fixed a long time ago.

inclementimmigrant, do games w Should we boycott games with loot boxes?

Yes but loot boxes is gambling and is an addiction and gaming companies know this and exploit this.

whotookkarl, do games w Should we boycott games with loot boxes?
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Do what you think is right, but spend some time to consider whether you want to reward someone or some organization with your hard earned money if you consider what they are doing immoral or bad.

Yerbouti, do games w Should we boycott games with loot boxes?
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Yes. And you should boycott Steam because they practically invented gambling for underage. Watch the coffee-something video about it.

Now, 3,2,1 watch all the so-called gamers rip their shirt to defend this evil soulless capitalist business because “they offer a good service and care about gaming blablabla ubisoft bad blablabla”.

gandolfini_the_grey,

Do you prefer GoG?

Yerbouti,
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Yes.

zipzoopaboop,

Fut existed for a couple years before TF2 added loot crates, which was 3 years before CS added them

Yerbouti, (edited )
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I dont know what Fut is and I don’t really care. Steam is the most profitable business per employee in the US, they shouldn’t get kids addicted to gambling is my point, nor should any other game.

ampersandrew,
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They shouldn’t, but Valve didn’t invent it, and they’re definitely not the most profitable business in the US.

Yerbouti,
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They have been the most profitable business *per employee" for a long period, and they definitively are in still in the top. They have under 200 employees and generate billions in revenu because of loot boxes and because they take 30% on every games, while many studios have hundred of employees on a single game lol.

Now I had that conversation dozens of time with gamers and I won’t do it again, but steam fucking sucks. At this point, it’s basically like arguing with a trump voter, nothing anyone can say will make them change their mind.

gamesradar.com/internal-valve-study-found-the-hou…

ampersandrew,
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Most profitable per employee is a different metric, and yes, they may very well be that, but that’s not what you said before. Boycotting all of Steam because some of Valve’s games do the thing they don’t like is a tough sell, rather than just not playing or paying into the offending games. I certainly don’t take issue with them taking a cut of every game sold on Steam, given all that they’ve built with those proceeds.

ZeroHora, do games w Should we boycott games with loot boxes?
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Are boycotts really the best solution to stop this epidemic in gaming? How can we best prevent these gambling grey markets and the gaming to gambling addiction pipeline?

No, boycotts do fucking nothing. The only thing that could make a difference is regulations to properly label these type of thing as gambling and even that is not very likely to succeed. They make a lot of money with gambling.

Should we boycott games with loot boxes?

Do if you want to do it.

themurphy, do games w Day 266 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing

Love these posts.

Dont know if you have any statistics on your posts, but it could be pretty cool to see how many different games you played when/if you hit a year!

Keep it up.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I’ve thought about doing this every once and a while when i reach a milestone, but i still can’t make up my mind. I’m thinking about it if i reach 1 year here this july-ish, but i’ll have to see if i can finally make up my mind lol

Fizz, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
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My friend was unable to update to windows 11 due to the TPM requirements and looking to switch to linux. I upgraded my CPU and said they should buy my old one. They finally said OK and asked if I could help them install it before they switched to Linux. I installed the CPU and they never switched to Linux because now they have a CPU that meets the TPM requirements.

Windows users really hate change. Microsoft will force them to update and the users will whine but 1 week later they will be used to it then they will stick on windows 11 till EoL.

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