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JoeKrogan, do games w Do you preorder games?
@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

No

orenj, do games w Do you preorder games?
@orenj@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Never. Why would I pay early for a digital copy of a video game? I can just buy it when it comes out, or better yet, when it goes on sale.

setsneedtofeed, do games w Do you preorder games?
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t think anyone should preorder. It’s a predatory way to suck a full price of the game or even higher than normal price out of customers by using often laughably cheap benefits to drum up FOMO.

For me personally, I rarely have interest in brand new AAA games, which are the most guilty of pre-order sales tactics, so the problem more or less solves itself.

Early Access games can be a different story. I’m more willing to throw money at a small studio or solo project that appears to have some passion behind it. Even so I only spend with the mindset that whatever state the game is in might be all I ever get, so match the price to that expectation. I recently played through Deathtrash. It’s unfinished and is historically slow to get updates, however for the $11 I got it for on sale, it had a lot of content and I felt happy with what I got.

Project Zomboid is another example of a “permanently Early Access” game. It might never get out of Early Access but it has so much content now that $20 is a perfectly acceptable price. The history of devs supporting it and the community around it means support for it is unlikely to simply disappear.

Agent_Karyo, (edited ) do games w Day 526 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays folks!

apftwb, (edited ) do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

I’m enjoying OpenTTD right now. Free and has native Linux support. Think Sim City 2000 mixed with Factorio.

store.steampowered.com/app/1536610/OpenTTD/

The original XCOM is good and even palatable for a modern audience with mods.

www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense

The original Deus Ex is good and even palatable for a modern audience with mods.

www.gog.com/en/game/deus_ex

Space Station 14. Funny online space roleplay game. Also free. Steep learning curve, but not as bad as the original SS13.

spacestation14.com

youare_acooldude, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

Emulate GBA and PS1.

mrmaplebar, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?
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Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart - A super fun and challenging Mario Kart style game made in the original Doom engine.

CatsEyeXI - An unofficial, custom Final Fantasy XI MMO server with fast leveling, solo play and many quality of life features. (Following guides is still recommended, because it's a complicated and vague game at the best of times!)

ETLegacy - A free to play version of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, a fun and fast team-based first person shooter.

ElectricWaterfall, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

Shattered pixel dungeon!

isgleas, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

Those specs seems decent at first glance, but my bet is that the bottleneck will be the storage, if you are using a hard drive still. If you use an ssd, or change to one, then your performance may be greatly improved

I think you could run Steam on that build, I used to play Supertux cart, and have not played 0AD in ages

windowsphoneguy,
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What? Intel HD is easily the weakest part. HDD will only cause longer loading times.

Rooty,

Highly recommend SSDs for everyday use and HDDs for backup, an old laptop I had turned from a barely usable machine to a pretty decent one just by swapping out a HDD for an SSD.

locahosr443, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

It turned out that star wars supremacy which I had long since lost the disc for was digitally released as rebellion.

Arseholes

AngryCommieKender,

It was only called Supremacy in the UK. I played Rebellion back in the late 90s

caseyweederman,
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On this side of the pond it’s called Star Wars Overlord

Strider, do games w Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game

All games need accessibility options.

And those need to include ‘cheats’.

rozodru, do gaming w Playing Final Fantasy XI in 2025 (or 2026)?
@rozodru@pie.andmc.ca avatar

I’ve played on one of the fan servers and it was fine. if XIV has burned you out, and honestly I don’t blame you, not sure you’re going to find what you’re looking for in XI.

remember XI is a pre-WoW mmo so that means it’s quite difficult when compared to modern MMOs and plays like other MMOs of the day i.e. Everquest, Anarchy Online, Ultima, etc.

You’re not going to find as many new players and other players are going to be literally years/decades ahead of you. I’d suggest you try one of the fan servers first to see if you like it before spending money on the actual servers/game.

_Lory98_,

I did play for a bit in HorizonXI and liked it, but couldn’t find many players around (which made it even grindier than it should be), which is why I was wondering about retail.

I don’t mind the difficulty, that’s kinda why I’m tired of FFXIV. Outside of the endgame “high-end” trials/raids, I find its gameplay a bit too easy to the point of being boring. The jobs in XI also look more interesting and varied, instead of FFXIV’s that feel too samey.

pixeltree, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
Haaveilija,

Therapist: “The terror tubbies aren’t real, they can’t hurt you.” The terror tubbies:

e8d79, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

There was a fantasy point and click adventure on the school PCs about two lost goblin or gnome children. I think it was some sort of learning game released during the 90s. The only things that I clearly remember are a mini game about getting red and yellow llamas across a bridge with a passing point, and a labyrinth where you had to solve riddles. Never figured out what it was.

Ashiette,

Adibou ?

e8d79,
@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

No, unfortunately that’s not it.

bjoern_tantau,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

You probably already checked Gobliins 2 and the other games in the series.

e8d79, (edited )
@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Yes those are too old. I think it must have been something released near 1998. The game I remember was in a cartoon style and not as pixelated. It might have been something only released in German as well.

Ioughttamow, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

Playroom by Brøderbund

Still unfound, some game with a joust and a dungeon to explore, on Mac in the early 90s
Edit: king Arthur’s magic castle

For books, a medieval themed book like where’s Waldo? But I don’t think it was a where’s Waldo book. I forget what you were looking for.., a spy?

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