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Aspharr, do games w What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality

If you like space dogfighter sims, try Chorus. You can score it super cheap on sales and I think it’s a solid 6/10. Combat is fun and it’s nice to look at. Unfortunately the story has terrible pacing and kinda doesn’t make sense at times. Also, the missions get kinda repetitive. These two things really held it back for me, otherwise it’s a fairly good game.

Another, if you like top down shooters, is Subterrain. Doesn’t always go on sale, but when it does it’s dirt cheap because it’s like 10 years old at this point. It’s got some weird survival mechanics that I think are kinda pointless, but the gameplay and story were enough to keep me mildly entertained. I’d call this a “potato chip” type game. Not particularly good, but somehow kind of satisfying if you don’t think too much about it. Definitely a 6/10.

On another note, what’s y’all’s stance on the association that 5/10 = bad? I feel like it’s because people equate it to being 50% and associate that with bad due to school grades. I see it as an average score and when I give something a 5 or 6, that means I’m neutral to slightly positive feeling about it.

grueling_spool,

I don’t think a 5/10 game is necessarily bad, but it needs to have some kind of - I dont know, character? Niche appeal? - to shine for the players who are going to like it.

I’ll throw out Krater as an example. It’s not great, but it has a unique setting, great atmosphere, and some interesting ideas driving it. I kinda love it for its eccentricities in spite of the overall experience being a bit meh.

Aspharr,

I remember Krater! I played it for a while and I liked the atmosphere, but I only got so far before I saw how… 1-dimensional it was?

I don’t know how exactly to put it into words, but some games that aren’t so good I have a “see behind the curtain” moment. Once that happens I tend to quickly get turned off to a game because I feel like it’s not fun anymore. In Krater that happened when I realized that all the fights were essentially the same and equipment was all stat sticks with no unique qualities.

Pretty much what your characters did at the beginning of the game was what they did at mid game with no noteworthy changes. There were other characters you could sub in and that changed things up a little but the repetitiveness of it all really ruined it for me.

I agree that’s a really good example of a “meh” game and I think 5/10 is a very fair assessment.

recursive_recursion, do gaming w Playstacean
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I really hope this custom console has/uses a bit of rust code to complete the circle😊

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psx_crab, do gaming w Anyone wanna come?

At this point it’s a pilgrimage.

Simulation6, do games w What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality

Sacred 2.

sundray, do games w What are your favorite Tactical RPGs?

Not my all-time fav, but I like it a lot and it’s kinda slept-on: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars for the 3DS. It’s got a lot in common with X-COM – heck, Julian Gollop was even the producer on it.

Krudler, do games w What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality

2 that make fans go bananas.

Torchlight 2; Grim Dawn

Right in the middle of the middle part of the middle part of the middle pack.

moonburster,

Torchlight 2 is fun when you start out, but gets really repetitive quite fast. Good fit for a right in the middle

Justdaveisfine, do gaming w Anyone wanna come?

The people downvoting this don’t have a big iron on their hip.

Ioughttamow,

Or spurs that jingle jangle jingle

LaserTurboShark69,

jingle jangle

Appoxo,
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And even less likely 20 notches on their belt.

IndiBrony, do gaming w Pika Pi
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Imagine actually going through rock tunnel first time as a kid with a Pokémon that actually knows flash…

SoftestSapphic, do games w What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality
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Ratopia

It’s like Oxygen not Included but worse

De_Narm, do games w What are your favorite Tactical RPGs?

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, above all else.

That being said, Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 1 and 2 are awesome. They combine SRPGs with the usual SMT combat - I don’t think I’ve found something similar yet.

You move around like you would in any other SRPG, then you can attack enemies in range to enter normal turn based combat - however, at most, you can only play out 2 full turns before combat ends. Afterwards the next unit moves. Each unit represents a squad of up to three characters you will be batteling with, usually a human and two demons. Depending on your squad, you may have different movement, range and abilities.

pinball_wizard,

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, above all else.

Yes. The day is full of moments. (Relevant Penny Arcade)

BuboScandiacus, do games w What are your favorite Tactical RPGs?
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Baldur’s gate 3

zipzoopaboop, do games w What are your favorite Tactical RPGs?

Most people don’t see it as a tactical rpg but: Baldur’s Gate 3

zod000, do games w What are your favorite Tactical RPGs?

My favorites are probably the Disgaea series and related games (Makai Kingdom, Phantom Brave) and Tactics Ogre. I also like Tactics Ogres more popular little brother, Final Fantasy Tactics.

BuboScandiacus,
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Disgaea was a bit too edgy and weird for me. And Too. Much. Uninteresting. Dialogue ! Fire emblem games have the same issue.

Tactics ogre looks cool ! (Does it suffer from the issue stated above ?)

zod000,

Disgaea and like are intentionally non-serious and funny. If the humor doesn’t do it for you in the slightest then it’s not for you sadly. I do have to say that once you get hooked on the series, all the other games feel like their mechanics are overly simplistic though.

And no, Tactics Ogre is all serious and very very good.

BuboScandiacus,
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Yey, thanks !

Metostopholes, do games w What are your favorite Tactical RPGs?
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I’m a weirdo, so Massive Chalice.

It has a strange high-concept premise where you are an immortal ruler defending against a monstrous army that only attacks every decade or so. Any surviving individual squad member will only be able to go on a handful of missions before aging out, so you are also managing familial bloodlines to birth new soldiers, while controlling for genetic and social traits that get passed down. I love the uniqueness and big ideas. It’s far from perfect, but you asked for favorite not the best.

Atherel, do gaming w It's a problem

I never understood why my wife has so many shoes but some of them are in the closet and will never be worn. Then I looked at my steam library and it clicked…

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