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Poopfeast420, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 5th
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I unlocked the final difficulty in Windblown. However, I’m gonna play the previous one a bit more, to get some more reps, since the stat increase for enemies seems just insane.

Then I played more Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire. While the game is good, it took me a while to get into it. I don’t like getting around with the ship, it’s just super tedious. When you don’t enable enemy scaling, the world is also full of enemies, that are far too strong for you (I did beat some fights, the game said are probably too difficult). Now, after 25h I’m level 10, can do more stuff, and it’s getting more interesting.

Finally, my friend and I continued our Baldur’s Gate 3 coop run, and we just made it to Act 3. Because this is a Dark Urge run, and we are pretty much killing everything, there was a bunch of stuff we couldn’t do in Act 2, so it felt a bit short (except for our month break or something), although we did spend a lot of time in combat.

Tonie, do zapytajszmer w Licytacje komornicze - moralne czy niemoralne?

Czemu kryterium ma być tylko majętność? Jeśli już uzależniać empatyzowanie z tymi, którzy dom stracili od ich grzechów to można kopać głębiej. Skoro bogaty cwaniak może się walić to chyba biedny homofob też.

dj1936,
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Moim zdaniem biednego homofoba nie można pozbawić dachu nad głową, bo jest to jego jedyny dom.

Za to bogatego cwaniaka można pozbawić domu, bo nie jest to jego jedyny dom (gdyby był, to nie byłby bogatym cwaniakiem).

Tonie,

Czy jeśli taki bogaty Janusz wyzyskujący pracowników i kręcący na podatkach w swojej pazerności przekombinuje kolejny interes i rynkowe spekulacje obrócą się przeciw niemu to po stracie pieniędzy staje się nagle biednym i poszkodowanym człowiekiem godnym współczucia i wykupienie jego jedynej willi jest niemoralne?

dj1936,
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Uważam, że dach nad głową należy się każdemu. Bezwzględnie. Podobnie jak jedzenie.

Tonie,

Dach nad głową to co innego niż wielki dom :)

Wyrak,

A co ma do tego wszystkiego orientacja seksualna? Co to w ogóle za manipulacja, że biedni ludzie są homofobami?

Tonie,

Chyba dużo za dużo z tego wyciągnąłeś. To był przykład - jeśli założenie brzmiało, że moralnie jest licytować dom bogatego cwaniaka to wnioskuję, że biednego grzesznika chyba też.

InternetCitizen2, do games w Android games
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Unciv is nice

Diddlydee, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 5th

Unreal Tournament on internet archive, Trials Fusion, and Inside.

Hyphlosion, do games w How many games do you manage to play at the same time?

Wish I could say at least two.

I paused my playthrough of Final Fantasy when Black Ops 6 came out back in October. Next thing I know, it’s January and I’m totally lost when picking up my Final Fantasy save file again. The dancer didn’t share any clues whatsoever.

You lied to me, game. 🖕

Arkhive, do games w How many games do you manage to play at the same time?

I often get game choice paralysis, so I have extensively categorized my game library to help with both decision making, but also time management. I use numbers to force my categories to sort in the order I want rather than alphabetically by category name.

Also worth noting I only started doing this after I stopped playing an MMO and reclaimed whatever % of my life.

First is my “currently playing” category. This contains roughly one game from each other category/genre.

  • A story driven RPG (Witcher 3 at the moment, the Metro series after)
  • A rhythm game (McOsu, an Osu mod)
  • An optimization/building game (Shapez 2 but maybe back to factorio soon)
  • An action rougelike (going back to Hades before Hades 2)
  • A deck builder (currently MTGA, but my group really wants to ditch WotC)
  • A puzzle game (probably Blue Prince once it comes out)
  • A dedicated indie game spot (the Cairn demo)
  • A few other odd games that I like having quick access to because I like them

There is sort of a secret bonus game to this section, but it also sits outside of this system entirely, because I will ALWAYS go back to it. And that’s the “block game” category. For a long time this was various flavors of modded Minecraft, but I’m so fed up with Microsoft enshitifying my baby that I’ve jumped ship. I’m playing Vintage Story (also heavily modded) and it’s just a better game top to bottom in my opinion.

Then there is an “Interesred” category for games I’ve either been told I should try and also think I might enjoy. I try to keep this small, following roughly a similar “one per genre” as the previous category. I honestly don’t really touch these much, it’s more there for when a spot is freed up in the “currently playing” section. This is also where demos for unreleased games go.

Then there is a “favorite” and “liked” category which largely contain games I’ve played before or are intentionally hyper replayable. This has a lot of my favorite puzzle games, a lot of the various rogue likes with a different game as the core mechanic (think peglin and ballionaire) stuff like that. Basically things to sift through if none of my current games are sparking an interest.

After this is just genre categories used for storage essentially so I can collapse them and not be sick scrolling the whole list.

I have a decent amount of time to game, but also work a very physical job, so I need to be very into a game to prioritize it over sleeping and such.

stoy, do games w How many games do you manage to play at the same time?

One.

If I try to play mutiple at the same time I have found that when I alt+tab from one to the over, my progress in the first one grinds to a halt

mtlvmpr, do gaming w Let's discuss: Assassin's Creed

My favorite overall is Black Flag but it’s not really an AC game so Brotherhood. AC really died with Desmond

SnotFlickerman,

AC really died with Desmond

Ouch, right in the nostalgia.

UprisingVoltage,

I’ve stared from Black flag up until Odyssey, then I went back the Ezio Trilogy.

At firt the Ezio games seemed janky and unpolished, but boy was I wrong. The percieved “jankiness” was due to the fact that you have actual control over the character, which can be difficult at first but extremely rewarding later in the game(s), with tombs and catacombs that feel like actual puzzles to traverse, nothing like the “parkour on rails” of ACIV. Unity’s parkour really felt like a step in the right direction, but players complained about it being a broken and rushed game and somehow Ubi understood that they needed to turn AC into The Witcher.

As for the present time story arc I think they really nailed it with Desmond. I love games that take real world history as a base and add a fictional twists to it, and the sense of uncovering an actual, worldwide conspiracy and the origins of humankind itself was there.

I understand they’ve acknowledged the fact that people don’t play AC for the present time story arc, but there was no reason to let it die in irrelevance from ACIII onwards. Layla’s arc might be a slight step towards the right direction, but we’re still far, far away.

This is all to say that yes, I agree with you. This series had (and still has) so much potential, but it was unfortunately hijacked by corporate greed time and time again, straying further from the original concept as time goes on.

I’m currently playing valhalla and plan on tackling ACIII next, and then Mirage.

Smoke, do gaming w Let's discuss: Assassin's Creed

I played the first one, and found it to be extremely boring but with potential. Unfortunately, playing 3 and Syndicate afterwards showed me clearly that Ubisoft smothered the potential and cranked up the boring. The worlds they’ve created are certainly immersive, but they’re also devoid of energy. 3 has a half-Native American protage who spends five minutes in his home village and then goes off to the colonies with barely a thought spared for his home, so when it’s played for drama it falls flat because we haven’t seen his relationship to his family. And Syndicate’s characters had might as well be carved from soap with how crude and flat they are. There’s a transgendered gangster from New York who joins the Assassins’ gang, and he has absolutely nothing to add for the entire game. Characters with seeming potential come in, have one side quest, and that’s their lot.

PogoAlpaca,
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This so much!

kurcatovium, do gaming w What games are you nostalgic towards but wouldn't go back and play?

For me it would probably be most old DOS era games like Dune 2, Ultima Underworld, Warcraft 1, Civilization 1, etc. All of them were great, but it’s really difficult to get used to those old control schemes nowadays. Pixelated graphics wouldn’t bother me, but those like 15 FPS at max is also hard to get over these days.

Other than that it would be some newer games that lacks a bit of convenience stuff. Like e.g. Diablo 1, where you can’t run yet. Or some of the first 3D accelerated shooters that can’t remap controls to WASD.

CorrodedCranium,
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Having to rely on reading and retaining information in manuals is a big thing that keeps me away from a lot of DOS games

kurcatovium,

And don’t even get me started on that damn copy protection level “what is 7th word on 16th line on page 23 in manual”!

PieMePlenty, do games w How many games do you manage to play at the same time?

My only obligations are my job, so I can pretty much waste all my time on games if i want to. I play one at a time, maybe add in three rounds of CS2 per week to get the drops. What would really drain time is an mmo but I’ve been clean of that for a while.

I guess games just don’t excite me anymore as they used to so I just pick out the ones that do and stick to them. When there’s nothing on the release horizon, I revert back to city builders or racing games till the next release.

MrScottyTay, do games w How many games do you manage to play at the same time?

Usually one per system or genre at a time.

Like I’ll have a ps5 game on the go, something on the pc, and a few per emulated system on my handheld.

Or I’ll have a more arcadey game and an rpg on the go for when I’m in the mood for either kind of thing.

Psythik, do games w How many games do you manage to play at the same time?

I’ll play one game at a time, binge the hell out of it, then stop right before I beat it (if it’s a single player title) and then never touch it again for at least 5 years.

teuto,

I do this, then after the 5 years I feel like I need to start over from the beginning so I know the story. Then I stop just before the end again.

Psythik,

Same. Mostly because I don’t want the experience to ever end (and because it’s been so long that I forgot where I was and what I was doing if I don’t start over). Apparently it’s an ADHD thing.

kitnaht, do gaming w What games are you nostalgic towards but wouldn't go back and play?

Warframe. I spent 2 years around 2020 farming up every frame, every item, every pet, every everything – without spending a dime. I was so grateful for the experience I spent nearly $300 in cosmetics when I finished the game.

They’re always adding more stuff, but I consider Warframe “beat”. It was a killer experience, I had a lot of fun with all the different builds and overpowered shit you could pull off if you were smart. Along with Path of Exile, Warframe stands a pinnacle of how to do Free to Play correctly.

I also did a “No Engram” run on ARK: Survival Ascended – You’re not allowed to learn any of the things you can build; you HAVE to find the items naturally in the world. That was a nightmare, but I managed it – and will NEVER do it again. It gave me new appreciation for specific aspects of the game.

static09,

Warframe has gotten so much better since 2020. I highly recommend coming back for a bit just to do the new quests. All your stuff will still work great in the new content. In fact, it’ll work better now that other damage types are way more viable. No longer have to mod everything viral/slash/heat.

kitnaht, (edited )

Played from 2020 to around the end of 2022, already did all of the rebalance stuff since Rebecca became design lead. I really cannot go back. I beat it. It’s done. Regardless of the new frames, etc – I’m out of that “cycle” now. I’m mastery rank L2 if I am remembering correctly. No matter how much content they release - they’ll never release enough of it for me to want to return. I conquered Warframe. Legendary 2 rank. Most people don’t even reach MR15 before they crash out. Once I had everything in the game, it was done for me. Permanently.

Breadhax0r,

Man warframe is such an interesting game. I bounced off it twice. When it first released and then again in like '17, but not long ago I fell into it hard for 3 months. So much so it was my #1 played game for my steam recap lol.

CorrodedCranium,
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I was considering playing Warframe a while back because I was a fan of Dark Sector but the reviews I saw online mentioned an incredible amount of grinding. Do you think it’s worth picking up for someone who isn’t into that kind of thing?

kitnaht,

If you’re impatient, no. Most of the “grind” was starting a crafting job, and waiting 72 hours for it to complete.

Unfortunately everyone wants instant gratification and Warframe is not an instant-gratification game.

What I did was work on things bit by bit, and when I started crafting it - I moved onto farming something else.

Some of the worst items to get in the game, I had to wait a year before they ‘unvaulted’ the relics for. Other things, I had to log in daily for over a year before they would become available as login rewards.

So – I repeat – If all you care about is instant gratification, Warframe is not for you. Unless you have deep pockets. Their monetization scheme is “If you don’t want to wait on this thing, pay up”. For people who are patient, this is wonderful.

Strayce, do gaming w A post about a dead game

Oh I remember that. Played pretty regularly for a couple years during lockdown IIRC then completely forgot about it. Shame, it was pretty fun.

Shimitar,

Never found anything like that. What an idiot Dev.

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