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Razzazzika, 9 miesięcy temu do games w PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now

Well. The nature of my backlog is like I wait for games to come down in price and by the time I get to them they’re 10 years old haha.

I also have a habit of playing through the entire series before playing the newest one. I’m currently playing Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion which is the 4th game from Japan in that series but the 2nd to be released in US, SO I’m playing through it even though I don’t like it and will beat the next two games to finally play Trails in the Sky which is the one I really probably should have started with.

I do that with all my games, like Doom Eternal looks cool and so does the upcoming Dark Ages, but I went back and played Doom 1 & 2. 64, then the updated remaster of Doom 1 & 2 when that came out, and now I’m working on Doom 3. I got one more whole Doom game before I even get to Eternal.

FlashMobOfOne, 9 miesięcy temu do games w PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now

It’s wild how good the cheap games are these days. I’m 30 hours into playing Noita, have hundreds of hours in Vampire Survivor.

And I got about 15 hours into Dragon Age: Veilguard before it occurred to me I could crack open the Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition and actually have an enjoyable experience.

tal, 9 miesięcy temu

I’m 30 hours into playing Noita

I kind of want more there. There isn’t DLC, and there aren’t clones.

I mean, yes, the game is large and very replayable, and I have a blast with it…but it’s also kind of the only option for that gameplay.

I also play it modded with health regeneration, because the difficulty level on the vanilla game is very high, and encourages very cautious play.

FlashMobOfOne, 9 miesięcy temu

I would suggest trying Caveblazers, as it’s similar, but it’s more barebones and (I think) significantly harder.

tal, 9 miesięcy temu

Caveblazers

Thanks, purchased.

MoreZombies, 9 miesięcy temu do games w Another live service shooter is getting shut down, this time before it even launched on Steam

Fucking Zynga.

Shape4985, 11 miesięcy temu do games w After the catastrophe of Concord Sony is reportedly cancelling other projects including a God of War live service game

Thank fuck now more effort can be put elsewhere instead of live service slop.

murmelade, 11 miesięcy temu do games w Best City Builder 2024: Manor Lords [as per PCGamer]

But… It’s in EA? 🤡

Dashi, 11 miesięcy temu

I don’t know how I feel about this game getting an award in Early Access. But it feels weird.

I have nothing against EA I played several ea games including this one, but this is getting closer and closer to the norm.

murmelade, 11 miesięcy temu

Yeah it seems like it will be a great game and best wishes to the Dev but it’s like giving an award to a demo. Why don’t we just give all the awards to Star Citizen then since they have promised us it will be the best everything once it releases.

EncryptKeeper, 11 miesięcy temu (edited 11 miesięcy temu)

Were there any city builders fully released in 2024? Is this a matter of an EA title being chosen because there are no non-EA titles?

Ashtear, 11 miesięcy temu

This is what I was wondering. Was the genre that quiet this year? Manor Lords isn’t just early access, it’s early early access. So many outright unfinished systems.

EncryptKeeper, 11 miesięcy temu

I can’t think of a single city builder released this year that isn’t in EA.

Dashi, 11 miesięcy temu

Frostpunk 2 released and is pretty solid. Maybe not for everyone but it’s a full title release I believe

EncryptKeeper, 11 miesięcy temu

Ah yeah that’s a good catch. It is a solid game and should have won.

cpkwtf, 11 miesięcy temu

There’s a Soviet city builder that fully launched in the last few months

Ashtear, 11 miesięcy temu

Following up on this conversation since I just saw this PC Gamer article:

I played a whopping 23 city builders in 2024, and here are my 5 favorites

Kolanaki, rok temu do games w Valve is fixin' to start some arguments over the holidays because 'All adult members in a Steam Family' can see your Steam Replay page

“How come the only thing you played in September was Amorous, Kolanaki?”

Jode, 11 miesięcy temu

Cos you finished adastra lolll

KingThrillgore, rok temu do games w Critical Role's plans to make a videogame have become an 'active pursuit', says CEO Travis Willingham, after almost 10 years of growing a D&D campaign into a full-on franchise

I’m worried they aren’t skilled enough to do it, they just want that sweet BG3 money.

Maalus, rok temu

They literally have been connected to video games development their entire career. They are voice actors. They do that shit all the time.

Glide, rok temu do games w Warcraft Rumble, Blizzard's first new RTS in years, will finally shed its mobile shackles and come to PC in December

Calling Warcraft Rumble an RTS is like putting a hamburger patty on a plate and calling it a steak. You’re technically correct, but you’ve also completely missed the point in what people want.

Coasting0942, rok temu do gaming w Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'

Steam should have taken the opportunity to recommend a gamer to GOG, mentioning that it’s only a license unfortunately. Or offer installers that can’t be taken away.

style99, rok temu do games w A Disco Elysium successor studio has been announced for the second time today, meaning there are now 4 companies battling for the title of ZA/UM's true inheritor

Oh, yeah. That reminds me. I still haven’t played Disco Elysium yet.

Ganbat, rok temu

I would personally recommend not purchasing it. Not saying don’t play it, but there’s no one who will profit from it who should.

Kowowow, rok temu do gaming w New Deadlock anti-cheat update lets players turn cheaters into frogs.

“you are dead frog not big surprise”

DebatableRaccoon, rok temu do gaming w The Day Before studio returns from the dead and asks for a 'second chance': 'From now on, our development and marketing will be based on the principle of honesty'

I think I speak for everyone when I say… closes door

MrPoopyButthole, rok temu do games w 'Melts our frozen-solid hearts': Frostpunk 2 devs celebrate 350,000 copies sold—covering the production and marketing costs

FP1 was great

Potatos_are_not_friends, rok temu do games w The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO

Going to throw a shout out for Against The Storm.

It takes my favorite part of Age of Empires (setting up the dang base) and distills it into the perfect game.

Now if someone can figure out how to make the other half (the combat) really good.

someguy3, rok temu do games w The Divinity: Original Sin board game took 6 years to make because Larian was determined to do right by the series

So, is it good?

woodytrombone, rok temu

I have it but I haven’t even taken it out of shrink-wrap because I’m a terrible boardgamer. I’ll let you know in five years once my frosthaven campaign wraps up

simple, rok temu

I’ll let you know in five years once my frosthaven campaign wraps up

Frosthaven?! Playing that would imply that I got around to finishing Gloomhaven with my friends.