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Omodi, do games w Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam

Lunistice is really good indie 3D platformer. I just wish there was more of it.

Sonotsugipaa, do gaming w Is there a trick to controllers that I'm missing?

It’s been more than a decade since I’ve played a shooter with a controller, so idk how much of a difference this makes.

When you need to make small horizontal adjustments to your aim, try strafing instead; when that isn’t possible, and if you’re using some low-ROF semi-auto weapon, swing your reticle around the enemy, turning a matter of precision into a matter of timing.

Katana314,

Yeah, quite often the games themselves have needed broad changes to account for how people tend to shoot on controllers.

For instance, PC games will typically penalize your accuracy or sway the scope if you strafe around, which is terrible for controller players as you describe. Other times, the “aim down sights” action became very standard in a world of gun-at-corner hipfiring, because it lets them snap aim onto enemies for at least the first shot.

TabbsTheBat, do gaming w Is there a trick to controllers that I'm missing?
@TabbsTheBat@pawb.social avatar

As someone who basically only plays on controllers I find the default control layouts in most games rather bad tbh, so I always rebind my keys to something I find more smooth (l2 as jump, r2 as crouch/dash/slide or whatever other movement, l1 as aim r1 as shoot are the big ones I rebind) and also gyro aim, that’s a big one that helps for me :3 I know gyro support isn’t optimal on consoles tho

Dalacos, do games w First Impressions: Heroes of Might and Magic: The Olden Era is an excellent franchise revival, with an unfortunate art style that belies its quality.

Been playing since HOMM3 hotseat in the late 90s.

Stopped playing when they left HOMM6 a buggy ruin. Inferno’s core racial ability didn’t even work at the beginning. And it took a while for them to patch that fix, IIRC. I still get irked seeing the list of bugs left they’ll never fix.

Ubisoft hasn’t gotten a single dime from me since, and likely won’t ever again.

Me personally the franchise peaked at HOMM5 Tribes of the East. Played a lot of that earlier this year again. Still need to give the 5.5 mod a try.

ivanafterall, do gaming w POV: your modding habit has become a problem
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This is Minecraft btw.

Swedneck,
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running in the gzdoom engine

funkajunk, do games w My PSP Scrapbook: Part Retrospective, Part Collage
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I loved the PSP Go.

It was so easy to exploit, it made a great little emulation machine.

PerfectDark,
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It was funny seeing Anbernic do their own (very) chunky take on the PSP Go recently, for a retro handheld.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b3e04a96-c3c0-4023-ad87-913b66786665.jpeg

funkajunk,
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I saw that on a tech dweeb video like 2 days ago, and it looks cool, but I just play everything on my phone now.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7da85676-d299-4b19-888f-0c244596aec8.jpeg

Blaiz0r,

It’s one of my current favourite devices.

Although funnily enough I now mostly play Monster Hunter Freedom Unite instead of any emulation.

GalacticGrapefruit, do games w Where do you all get your (indie) gaming news from?

SUPERJUMP is nonprofit, and they cover a lot of indie games.

Agent_Karyo,

This looks cool! Thanks for sharing.

recursive_recursion, do games w Where do you all get your (indie) gaming news from?
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Off my dome:

Psythik, do games w Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?

No.

The sameness of every planet was a major turnoff for me, plus the scale of the universe pretty much guarantees that you’ll never run into another player organically. The game is basically just Minecraft in space, except worse.

This is the reason why I don’t like procedurally-generated games. What’s the point of a big, massive universe, if it’s nothing but a bunch of generated sameness? Environments that weren’t handcrafted are a major turnoff for me. As someone who sees video games as art, it just feels soulless and empty. Like AI-generated art, except it’s an entire game.

danhab99,
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You can run into players organically?? I thought you had to go into the Nexus for that

Psythik,

I don’t think you can, but the game is so boring that I never played long enough to find out. That’s the point I’m making. I’m not interested in a multiplayer game if there are no randoms to run into. Might as well just play an SP game.

REDACTED,

Why is this even an issue for you? Just play it like SP without thinking about online factor. Maybe you will stumble upon some player after a month of playing, giving you a proper “holy fucking shit” moment, but realistically why even think about it and why turn it into a turnoff?

NihilsineNefas,

These days running into other players is far more common on the Expeditions fue to all the players having the same goal and quest pathing, but you still bump into real people the closer you are to the galactic center in the regular game modes.

In terms of the ‘boring samey planets’ when was the last time you played? Because with the current terrain generation, water effects, gas giant systems, fully submerged worlds and new fauna/flora generation I’ve yet to find any planets that were identical.

FatVegan,

So you don’t know, you just claim stuff

AnarchistArtificer, do games w Thank Goodness You're Here - most absurd & hilarious game what did I just play?

“Northern Englishest”

As a Yorkshire lass living in Manchester, you have me intrigued with this description. Hell, I’m more than intrigued — you’ve sold me on it

macncheese,

Oh you’ve got to play it! Then report back and let me know how it went. I guess the folks that made it are from Barnsley. This means nothing to me as a foreigner, but this game charmed the pants off me.

AnarchistArtificer,

Ooh, Barnsley! That’s actually super close to where I hail from (we had a Barnsley phone number and post code, despite not technically being in Barnsley). That’s so cool, it’s not the kind of place you typically see depicted in media

mlg, do games w Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?
@mlg@lemmy.world avatar

Does Elite Dangerous count lol?

kieron115,

I broke my joystick dogfighting in that game in VR lol. A little TOO immersive!

namingthingsiseasy, do games w Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?

I enjoy it. It’s a relaxing, peaceful game. I just wish there were more objectives. The idea of just exploring and finding things doesn’t appeal to me all that much. The game has a lot of potential for combat, both in the spaceship and as a FPS, but both of these areas feel like they could be expanded a bit. Overall, I just wish that there were more combat-focused missions after completing the main storyline.

But it’s still pretty good and I enjoy it when I want to relax.

nfreak,
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I think this is why it never quite clicked with me. It’s a gorgeous game and it’s really come such a long way, but personally I could use a bit more direction.

Slikki,

Ship!

Quetzalcutlass,

I found the combat frustratingly bland, and Hello Games don’t seem interested in improving it. The first time I played was several years after release, and I was surprised to learn the only two enemy encounters that were at all fun or interesting (the sentinel mech and capital ships) were only recently added. That was years ago, and I don’t think they’ve added any new major enemies since. Last I checked there were less than twenty enemy types in the entire galaxy and most are braindead “approach and shoot at the player until you die” types.

The on-foot weapons also feel anemic and sluggish - even your heavy weapons feel like shooting someone with a Nerf gun while whispering pew pew under your breath until they explode, and your actions will often be delayed waiting for an animation to complete (unstowing your weapon every few seconds being the main offender). Ship weapons are better by virtue of not having animations and being the same as every space game ever.

I hope Light No Fire has more enemy variety and a better-designed combat loop.

namingthingsiseasy,

Agreed, and it feels like a waste of so much great potential when you consider the fantastic development they poured into it. Such a shame.

Agent_Karyo, do games w Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?

Welcome!

If you like space themed games (of different genres), there is also:

!space_games

FooBarrington, do games w What are your gaming highlights of 2025?

Silksong - I had hyped myself up way too much, yet it still delivered. Absolute masterpiece.

Dispatch - I finally understand why people enjoyed Telltale games so much. The writing is great, the characters are interesting, just all around a great experience.

Lies of P - Overture - I finally finished Lies of P & played Overture a few weeks back, after dropping off the game twice in the last years. Wow, that was great! And honestly more emotional than I’d expected.

AnarchistArtificer,

I’ve heard so many good things about Lies of P that I think I’ve been avoiding it in a similar way to how I was irrationally reluctant to play Hollow Knight. It’s a bit of a moot point at the moment, because I don’t currently have the brain space to get my teeth into a Soulslike, but when I do, I should resist that silly instinct of mine.

I’ve not heard much of Dispatch, I should check it out

FooBarrington,

Then I’ll hold off on adding even more to the pile, but I can definitely recommend Lies of P.

Oh man, brace yourself! Dispatch is amazing. Came out of nowhere for me, and blew me away!

MadMonkey, do games w **ALL KEYS CLAIMED** - Free PC Game Keys to Give Away (Merry Christmas!)

Came here to say, Mad Max is a sick game. Still holds up.

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