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I mostly dislike open-world games because of the lazy travel systems. Either you have to run everywhere or you free fast-travel from any point, too any point.

There is no middelground.

I miss games like Morrowind, where you not only had to pay for fast-travel, but it functioned more like an actual transportation system. Like, you had to go to this city and take a Strider to that town and then a boat ride to get to your destination.

Giving the world some infrastructur and natural money drainers helps with immersion and facilitates the need to go do some side-quests every now then. You get fast-travel, but you also get to see the world that was build for you. And you don’t run around as the richest douche in the world by level 10 with the best gear available because nothing costs anything.

Bethesda skipped this aspect entirely back in Oblivion and never looked back. Making your characters golden gods from the get-go, with no reason to interact with anyone or do anything except screwing around and collecting trinkets.

There’s more to it, ofcause, but this is the biggest pet-peeve I have.

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Wasteland 2.

There’s a couple of places that need passcodes and figuring out riddles. Sometimes you team is smart enough to remember them, other times not so much.

It also comes in handy with Dialog Options when no one in your team has ‘talking’ as a primary stat. You can still punch in the triggering word manually.

You’re basically the sixth member of the team if you can remember all that stuff. It’s neat little feature. Pen and paper absolutely required.

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I highly doubt Battle net will be removed.

Like so many titles before it, it’s likely you’ll just get to launch Battle net from Steam now.

So, no reason to uninstall anything. Or install anything for that matter.

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If you don’t mind OW’s new monetization model, that’s fine and all, but Bing?!

Why would you do that to yourself?

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Oh, sure. But I have a sneaking suspicion you still need both Battle Net and Steam installed and running for it to work.

Kinda like GOG Galaxy works with both Steam and EGS. It can manage all your other launchers, but they need to be running.

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Not really my type of games, so… They can keep 'em.

Although I am quite against all that exclusivity silliness.

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I do have a firm policy regarding games that are and were exclusives. I don’t buy them even if they eventually come to my neck of the woods.

If they didn’t want my money then, they aren’t getting a dime now. Pretty simple.

But as I said, neither game really had any interest to begin with. So there’s a good chance I wouldn’t have picked them up anyway.

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Do you still have fun when you lose?

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That statement comes off a bit disingenuous when you qualify like that.

One might get the idea that you’re inserting the same toxic behavior we see in competitive games so often into this conversation.

A simple “Yes” would have sufficed and I wouldn’t have thought twice about your sincerely on the subject.

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‘Metro 2033 Redux’ and ‘Metro: Last Light Redux’ are my favorite stealth games.

Good atmosphere and setting.

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I literally just posted about a few of these in another thread. :)

Decent: Freespace and Freespace 2 are the best Space Fighter - Dog-Fighting Tactics games I’ve played. They still hold up to this day. And the voice-acting is great.

Dungeon Keeper and Dungeon Keeper 2 are also solid games, although more in the silly corner. Dig out a dungeon, build rooms to attracts creatures of the dark, train them and go to war against the foul knights and kings of the overworld.

The OG Fallout games are always worth a mention. Fallout and Fallout 2.

If you’re into old disturbing point and click puzzle games Sanitarium is a classic.

Or a bit more laid-back storytelling with mysteries, maybe? Then Oxenfree is worth looking into.

In the FPS category I recommend the Metro games. Well, the two first ones anyway. Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light. Stealth is optional, but advised. :p

I’d also be amiss not to mention Soma. It’s a scary game and a solid mindfuck at the same time. Approach with caution.

That’s my list for now. I hope there’s something in there you can use. :)

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GOG’s version works for me straight out of the box. Other than that, there’s the High-Res patch and the general Patch. They are quite important on modern machines.

If you play on Windows, make sure both patches are installed. Then screw around with the High-Res patcher a bit, hopefully you can find the right setting. It will probably take a few attempts.

If you play on Linux, I sadly can’t help you as I never got Fallout to work in it. :/

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Hmm… Compatibility mode, maybe?

I remember having trouble with Win 7 as well.

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Indeed. I just ran through what I had on GOG.

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Man, this thread reminded me of some of the great old games I used to play back in the day.

And if any of ya’ll are into Space Fighters and Dog-Fight Tactics, boy have I got something for you.

‘Decent: Freespace’ and ‘Freespace 2’.

Although the graphics might seem a bit dated, believe me when I say it won’t matter in the least. You’ll be far more focused on the information your HUD is feeding you, giving orders to squad-mates and navigating the basic controls in a panic.

Unlike some modern space games, you don’t get to just screw around with standard WASD +Mouse controls. Your keyboard is your cockpit and everything pretty much controls as in one (although a simplified one). There is no auto-aim and no freebies, if you can’t keep your aim where it’s supposed to be, you miss.

There’s also a energy-management system where you get to prioritize what subsystems needs more power: Shields, Weapons or Engines. And you can overclock the different systems at the expense of the others on the fly. Choose wisely.

You get to choose your own ships and weapons loadout as you rise though the ranks and gain access to various new goodies, not all missions calls for the heaviest ordinance. Finesse and maneuverability are virtues here.

The story is fairly basic: “Terrans (Humans) and an Alien Race known as the Vasudans are at war. Third Alien Race pops in and wrecks house on both sides. Shit gets interesting as the new Alien Race are technologically superior and neigh unkillable.”

The voice-acting is phenomenal and you really get the feeling of being an expandable grunt, that slowly gets to prove his worth and is let in on more and more Special-Ops assignments, equipment and such. Everything is on a need-to-know basis and there’s a lot you don’t need to know.

The game contains plenty of bonus objectives that aren’t immediately apparent. Sometimes it pays off to stick around a bit longer when you’re told you can go back to base. ;)

I don’t know how good I am at selling the games, but damn if they aren’t the best I’ve ever played in the space-fighter genre to date.

They are worth giving a try at the very least. And they are dirt cheap on GOG as a bonus.

I’ll just add the intro sequence the first game here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-xcgBL1mY

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Unlike Bethesdas games, I still have a bit of hope for Baldurs Gate 3.

But let’s see how it turns out.

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Master Of Orion. Both the original, it’s sequel and the modern remake. It’s nice to play something with different pacing from other games. And the random outcomes from AI throughout the game’s progression keeps things spicy from playthrough to playthrough.