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Tb0n3, do gaming w I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next?

Roblox is full of different kinds of games, right? Why don’t you find out the kinds of games he likes there and find recommendations based on that? It’s a start at least. I would imagine most of the Roblox games are clones of better games anyway.

WetBeardHairs,

He and his entire friends group on roblox got banned from it in a single day. We’re trying to not be jerks by providing a better game to replace it with. But from what I saw - he was playing some game where he stands there and pokes at a robot that gets bigger while things around it die. Not very stimulating.

sbv, do gaming w I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next?

I play Fortnite with my kid and some friends. We’ve configured comms so he can only chat with approved friends from RL.

Fortnite has a reputation for getting kids to buy cosmetics, but it isn’t justified. We’ve been playing for a year or so and my guy hasn’t asked to buy anything.

It’s very approachable, so your kid may be able to convince his friends to play too.

WetBeardHairs,

Yeah that’s already a staple

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

As people already said, Disco Elysium for sure.

Baldur’s Gate 3 on the lowest/story difficulty.

The old RPG Arcanum. Great steampunk fantasy setting and story. If you play a persuasive character you can avoid combat and skip entire dungeons. The game has some balance issues (magic tree is fine, but the tech tree is underpowered, and early combat encounters are horrible to dela with). Various fan patches and mods are available, including a balance mod, a bugfix patch, and an HD patch. Since it’s an old game I recommend getting it from gog.com, since sometimes they fix up older games a bit to run properly on new systems.

Dragon Age, since you liked Mass Effect. Though, I personally found the combat more annoying in Dragon Age than Mass Effect. Mileage may vary.

The Outer Wilds (different game than Outer Worlds). It’s a sort of an archeology/space adventure game. It’s not strictly speaking an RPG, but if you want a story game it’s top tier. Please do not look anything up about the game and go in as blind as possible, as the feeling of discovery and exploration are the main draw of the game and once you have something spoiled you can’t un-know it. Also, I recommend getting the dlc immediately with the main game, as it’s a huge expansion that fits into the main story perfectly and affects the ending of the main game.

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

Saible. I just recently played through it. No combat whatsoever. It's mostly about exploring the desert on your hover-bike. I've heard comparisons to Gension Impact, but I haven't played that one, so I can't say for sure.

Telorand,

Vastly different from Genshin Impact. Sable is closer to a modern 3D Zelda game than Genshin, especially with its puzzle platforming sections.

interolivary, do gaming w Looking for a rec: story oriented RPG with minimal focus on combat
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Cloudpunk is nice, although it’s more of a “walking simulator” than a fully-fledged RPG. It’s a cyberpunk-ish indie game in which you’re a delivery driver, although with a flying car and a sentient dog.

Coelacanth, do gaming w Looking for a rec: story oriented RPG with minimal focus on combat
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As has been mentioned already, Disco Elysium should be right up your alley. Not exactly Sci-Fi but has very interesting alternative reality world building and suits your wishes perfectly otherwise.

Don’t be afraid to be wild and weird in dialogues and remember that failure is often just as good or better as success in this game (they pioneered a fail-forward type design). Basically, treat it like an interactive book and you won’t be disappointed.

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

Planescape Torment, Disco Elysium.

troyunrau,
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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!

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

I’ve only played the first three you mentioned, but I would say they’re all far from minimal focus on combat…

xv9d, do gaming w Good multiplayer games for 3 people

My wife, my brother, and I like to play Hunt: Showdown.

NakedGardenGnome,

I had to scroll way too long until I actually encountered Hunt! Teams or three or less, and a fantastic auditory shooter. Too bad it is so hard!

reactormonk, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 17th

Started with Rogue trader, can recommend it as a solid CRPG - Act 1 anyway. Apparently in Act 3/4 the gamebreaking bugs start to appear, and I’ve already found a few talents to be rather buggy. Probably should wait a month or two.

Otherwise, a game of Shadow of Forbidden gods is always good to relax while sending the world into shadow.

Trev625, (edited ) do gaming w Good multiplayer games for 3 people

I’m in a poly throuple and we play these games:

-League of Legends

-Super Mecha Champions (It’s like Apex but with bots and the real players aren’t as good so we don’t get absolutely crushed every time we play which is nice)

-Stardew Valley

-Eternal Return (League + Battle Royale)

-Divinity 2

-Overcooked

-Borderlands

-FF14

-Tabletop Simulator (Board Games)

vardogor,
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does that mean a relationship between three people? that’s interesting. mind me asking if that was something everyone already knew they were open to? or was it kind of like, two were together then they decided they were open to a third?

Trev625,

Yeah! For us it was me (male) and my girlfriend who have been together 5ish years at the time and we met a girl who we really meshed with and became good friends with. Our friends joked around that we should just all date each other since we hung out so much. One day we got drunk and admitted we’d be open to it so we asked each other out and have been a throuple since!

Most of our friend group is very accepting. Our families, however, are not lol.

vardogor,
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cool! good on you. i love hearing about how different everyone’s forms of happiness can be, sorry your families don’t seem to. hopefully they’ll warm up to it eventually

YoorWeb, do gaming w Good multiplayer games for 3 people

Civilisation V

boforn,

or VI… I played VI as a multiplayer for quite an amount of time and I think it works splendidly if you have patient enough friends/co-players.

YoorWeb,

I really wanted to like VI but it’s just doesn’t do it for me.

cellardoor, do gaming w Good multiplayer games for 3 people

Deep Rock Galactic!

SuiXi3D,
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ROCK AND STONE!!!

SuiXi3D, do gaming w Good multiplayer games for 3 people
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I mean, love it or hate it, Destiny 2 is literally made to be played by (mostly) 3-person teams. I’ve had a boatload of fun with it over the years.

Nacktmull, do gaming w Good multiplayer games for 3 people
h3rm17,

Dude, where Terraria, Magicka 2 and Stardew Valley at??

Nacktmull,

In your comment? ;)

Artisian,
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I didn’t realize Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime did more than 2! That’s great!

Nacktmull,

Keep in mind, that whenever the Yamato Cannon is fired, all players simultaneously have to shout “YAMATOOO” :D

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