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ICastFist, do gaming w Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today
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Can we exploit the shit out of the game within the first 10 minutes? Because that’s one of the most important aspects of bethesda games

drosophila, (edited ) do gaming w Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today

Its strange to me that there are so many high budget open world games that fall within the assassin’s creed / far cry / GTA triangle and yet it seems like nobody tried to copy the Bethesda open world formula given the enormous popularity of Skyrim.

comically_cluttered,

I mean, part of that popularity is the modding community (and also re-releasing it a dozen times). It’s not like Elder Scrolls has the best gameplay around. Always been a bit clunky. Narrative is hit or miss, but the lore and worldbuilding is what saves it, along with some great environmental storytelling.

But in general, Bethesda games live and die based on how strong the modding scene is. It’s why a fair portion of people are still playing Skyrim and Fallout 4 instead of Starfield. It has its mods, but the community isn’t as interested in it as they are the others.

That said, I’d say Breath of the Wild has some classic Elder Scrolls moments. The world has a lot of “hey, what’s that over there? Oooh, new unmarked side quest/cool thing to do!” experiences.

It can be a difficult thing to replicate.

Rocketpoweredgorilla, do gaming w Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today
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With a name like that I half expected a Monty Python themed game.

Vodulas,

I mean, Arthurian legend/the quest for the grail has been around for like a long time before Monty Python.

Rocketpoweredgorilla,
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Well yes, the story of Arthur goes back centuries, that’s where they got the idea from for the movie. It’s just that to me “Tainted Grail” sounded like something right up their alley.

Vodulas,

Oh, that kind of taint. Having played the game instead thinking about it in the corrupted sense

Rocketpoweredgorilla,
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Ya just my silly mind at work and I thought it was a little humorous at least, even if no one else did.

Vodulas,

No, you’re all good, just my brain being one track

Rocketpoweredgorilla,
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Apparently mine is on the other track lol

Bronzebeard,

The fractured but whole.

Vodulas, do gaming w Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today

The leveling curve on this game is pretty rough, making it tough early on, but damn if it ain’t a great first person RPG.

reksas, do gaming w Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today

The music of this game and the previous one is really good

Bogusmcfakester, do games w Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 is coming 2026, but there's a Typing of the Dead-esque spinoff you can play for free right now

Excellent, thanks for this. The game is called words of vengeance for anyone wondering

SplashJackson, do games w A last-minute SteamOS update has saved Doom: The Dark Ages on Steam Deck, and it runs surprisingly okay-ish

Back in my day, if we wanted medieval Doom, we had to play Heretic

MeekerThanBeaker,

It’s a shame we don’t get updated sequels to Heretic/Hexen… or Quake, for that matter.

SplashJackson,

Or STRIFE

raltoid,

Or Blood.

hobbsc,
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in a small world, word travels fast…

MelodiousFunk,

I have fond memories of Hexen. But most of those are overridden by it being the unfortunate game where I finally realized that first person games make me motion sick.

“Oof, I don’t feel so hot. Let me keep playing to keep my mind off of it. Maybe a bite to eat. Back to the game, I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m…” running to the bathroom and honking up everything I just ate and then some until I’m dry-heaving. I didn’t eat hot dogs for a good five years after that.

ouRKaoS,

A buddy of mine wasn’t sure if it was FPS’s that made him motion sick.

I introduced him to Descent.

He had to go have a lie down.

MelodiousFunk,

I’m getting a headache just thinking about it.

phx,

All these Doom sequels… a proper Descent would kick ass

WereCat,

Amid Evil is a good Heretic-like game. Also they’ve done Dusk which is also excellent

VirgilMastercard, do games w The original Stalker trilogy is getting a free upgrade that brings in reworked lighting, full controller support, and more

I haven’t played stalker yet so this sounds like a good time to give the series a go!

gradual,

Good luck.

I thought it was pretty overrated and kinda boring.

LandedGentry, (edited ) do games w The original Stalker trilogy is getting a free upgrade that brings in reworked lighting, full controller support, and more

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  • kindenough,

    I remember having to fiddle around with xinput and to me it wasn't a good experience. Finally getting to play them...in my library for a decade.

    DoucheBagMcSwag, do games w The original Stalker trilogy is getting a free upgrade that brings in reworked lighting, full controller support, and more

    Don’t forget gimped mod support for extensive mods

    fxomt, do games w The original Stalker trilogy is getting a free upgrade that brings in reworked lighting, full controller support, and more

    That’s awesome :D i’m planning to buy/play them in the next few months, so this is very convenient timing.

    seathru, (edited ) do games w The original Stalker trilogy is getting a free upgrade that brings in reworked lighting, full controller support, and more
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    Hell yeah. This will help scratch that Stalker itch while the newest one gets a little more time in the oven.

    Edit: it didn’t. :( They managed to make them worse.

    synapse1278, do games w A last-minute SteamOS update has saved Doom: The Dark Ages on Steam Deck, and it runs surprisingly okay-ish
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    Does this mean the game will be playable without (extra) issue on Linux at release date ? That would be kinda nice :)

    Viking_Hippie, do games w A last-minute SteamOS update has saved Doom: The Dark Ages on Steam Deck, and it runs surprisingly okay-ish
    TriflingToad,

    put that on my tombstone

    MellowSnow,

    I fuckin lol’d

    zipzoopaboop,

    At least they’re being honest. See too many people saying stuff runs perfect, then get like 20 fps on min settings

    Viking_Hippie,

    Yeah, I completely agree. Doesn’t stop publicly celebrating something being “surprisingly okay-ish” from being hilarious to me as a concept, though 😁

    frank, do games w A last-minute SteamOS update has saved Doom: The Dark Ages on Steam Deck, and it runs surprisingly okay-ish

    Whew what a whirlwind I’ve had leading up to this while intending to play on deck

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