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

Thumper is the best rhythm game I’ve ever played, and it was made by two ex-harmonix employees who were disappointed by the direction of rock band and similar titles. It throws away all the wish fulfillment and commercial stuff and the result is amazing.

JowlesMcGee,
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I can second Thumper. I bought it on a whim, and have since bought it several more times for more devices. It's such a satisfying game to play. I had no idea about the Harmonix connection, but it makes total sense now that you've said it.

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

If you like smash brothers, rivals of aether is really fun and has support for steam workshop.

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

Cassette beasts is a great pokemon like with some fun twists and great sounds track

lemmy___user,

Congratulations on your excellent taste!

mesamunefire,

Coromon has a similar vibe. Such good games.

falkerie71, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?
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Any game from Supergiant I would recommend in a heart beat.

OpenStars, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?
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Chrono Trigger

The best game of all time, period.

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

I don’t know what these would really be alternatives to, but I impatiently await every new game from Daniel Mullins Games. Inscryption was a fantastic deck builder and I more than got my monies worth out of it. I also follow Stranga Games pretty closely. Very small developer makes story focused retro style adventure games. No combat at all generally. So if you like a casual experience and that style of game, it might be something to look into.

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

My previous comment seemed to miss the point of this thread.

In the spirit of this thread I would love to find an alternative to “Settlers 7, a new kingdom”. The simplified combat, the urgency of the tech tree, the all or nothing of trade routes, and the really deep 4x in an RTS elements were friggin amazing, but Ubisoft drm really kept me away from trying any other entries to the series, and they haven’t indicated anything new coming out. So where can I guy go to get his settlers fix? If you haven’t played settlers 7, and are ignorant of why ubisoft is synonymous with the devil, give it a shot, it’s a wonderfully fun experience that I haven’t found replicated anywhere else.

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

Do you have steam? Click on a tag (preferably a more descriptive one, but multiple can be selected on the next screen) of a game you enjoy, but think the soul has been lost from, sort by user review, find something you haven’t heard of before, enjoy the next entry in your preferred genre!

Alternatively go to the games store screen, at the bottom, after “more from this developer” is “users who enjoyed this game also enjoy”

Steam makes it very easy to expand your library, like it’s their business or something.

Edit to add Missing the point of let’s get some community involvement in here rather than turning to our benevolent monopolistic overlords.

DampSquid, do games w Looking for a survival sandbox game where you progress through technological ages

Mooching off OP’s post to say: bonus points if the game is 2 player couch co-op 😊

arudesalad,

Dont starve together is a good one like another commenter said, I don’t know if it’s couch co-op but when you buy it on steam, you get a free second copy to give to your friend you’re playing with (at least when I bought it)

PurrJPro, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 29th

The original FFVII game! Figuring out how to get the multiple discs to work from an emulator was a bit of a pain, but afterwards it’s been easy sailing! While it certainly has its problems, I can see why it’s so popular. Planning on checking out the remakes later on to get more of it, but I can’t deny I’ll miss the low-poly graphics of the OG, as I’ve always had a soft spot for that kind of 3D art

CharlesReed, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 29th

Diablo 4 - I feel like I talk about this game every week, but I've been playing it every week, so... working on Season 2. Doing pretty good, already on Slayer chapter, and I'm happy to see a change up in the season journey objectives from last season. Feeling apprehensive but optimistic about completing all them this round, except for the PvP objective. There's like nobody in the PvP areas every time I'm there.
Diablo 3 - season 29. Trying to improve my wizard for Greater Rifts. It's going... meh. I feel like I've hit a plateau in progressing, even though I'm still leveling up like crazy.
Mad Max - I hadn't finished a previous playthrough of this game and was kind of having a shitty week, so I've been revisiting this favorite of mine. Ended up finishing the story while chatting with a friend, so now I'm just driving around in the Interceptor finishing up side quests and taking down camps.

sylverstream,

I’ve recently bought Mad Max, so it’s pretty good? Will start it soon!

CharlesReed,

Definitely underrated in my opinion, and it still holds up graphically today.

apolinariomabussy, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 29th
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Against the Storm! It’s a roguelite citybuilder set in an apocalyptic world where you build settlements in a short amount of time to complete objectives and hopefully survive. While it borrows some mechanics from some city builders, I haven’t played anything quite like it’s unique blend yet. Plus the artstyle is pretty reminiscent of Warcraft but prettier.

It’s in early access right now but it’s basically a complete game at this point.

arudesalad, do games w Looking for a survival sandbox game where you progress through technological ages

Modded minecraft, civ (but that might not be the type of game your looking for) and maybe factorio

Adalast,

It is really hard to shoehorn Factorio into a survival genre.

arudesalad,

I did miss the survival part

Minnels,

Gotta survive the biters!

ouch,

The survival part is surviving the game without ruining your life.

Adalast,

Hahaha, that is great! I failed on that one.

cactusupyourbutt,

specifically sevtech: ages for modded mc

Ashtear, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 29th

I just finished Atelier Totori. Third game in the series I’ve tried, second I’ve finished (after Rorona). I mostly nibbled at this one (did much the same with Rorona, especially early on) but I liked the story and characters a lot more here. I laughed, I cried. The progression system was much more interesting, too. Even with all that, the UI/UX is just plain brutal. I really hope the next game I play in the series is better about this. I’m also quite surprised that I did almost everything with months to spare, considering everything I heard about how strict the time limit is in Totori.

A friend and also just finished our Baldur’s Gate 3 multiplayer campaign (her first run, I had a lot of hours in it before she started). Amazingly I still don’t think I’ve fully gotten the game out of my system yet.

WarioWare: Move It! comes out in a few days and I’ll likely be picking that up right away. Other than that, I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll finally pick up Phantom Liberty.

apolinariomabussy,
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This just reminded me to finish Atelier Rorona… at some point in the future lol

ModernRisk, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 29th
  • League Of Legends (Yes, I’m addicted)
  • Spider man 2 (what a blast man!)

Also been trying to find a positive and uplifting game but can’t find one just yet.

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