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Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w Entitled (in late early access), an RPG x lifesim/tycoon hybrid set in a medieval fantasy setting, releases a demo on itch.io

I have yet to try the demo, but I believe with Entitled, it’s actually not the story. You have the standard “save the world/princess” narrative (their page describes this in an ironic way) which you can complete, but you also have a management/tycoon x lifesim hybrid:

The world of Entitled is a quirky mix of fantasy and real life. Modern economic themes blend with a medieval fantasy setting. One moment you’re delivering swords for the blacksmith, hoping someday you will own a sword of your own and become a proper hero. Shortly after, you pay taxes and attend lectures on supply and demand on the job market. All that to figure out what to actually do with your mediocre life.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w Synergy, a post apocalyptic town builder with a distinct art style inspired by Jean Giraud (Moebius) released on Steam.

I tried the demo (this was over a year ago, so much could have changed). Seemed solid, but a little bit average. The world was compelling and I was curious to learn more. Some unique mechanics were included.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w Video game genre communities on the Threadiverse

In principle I agree with you, but it’s also a “chicken and egg” type problem. Many people aren’t going to switch to Lemmy if there isn’t a modicum of coverage for more specialized topics.

I think getting to somewhere beyond 100K MAU will have a transformative effective on activity in some more specialized communities.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w Video game genre communities on the Threadiverse

I think the bigger deal is Lemmy/Threadiverse getting 100K MAU and seeing steady growth beyond that. We are currently at around ~50-55K MAU.

Subs are a deceptive metric, MAUs are far more important.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w Day 274 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing

Those castle and pond shots are beautiful.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

First few hours of both FO1 and FO2 are pretty rough. Lots of almost comical kiting and a bunch of tiring save scumming seem mandatory.

Combat in the mid to late game is fun though. You have hard encounters, but you also have the opportunity to be prepared.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu) do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

Thanks for the write up.

I mostly agree. The combat is indeed terrible with both real-time and turn based. Turn based just feels off and pure real time is not viable. I play with real-time with pause.

I had the misfortune of playing as a technologist on my first playthrough in the early 2000s. It was really rough. Over time you can figure out strategies/approaches to make it easier, but I would argue many of them almost break the game.

I agree you need a measure of tolerance for retro gameplay/jankyness and honestly combat was subpar even for its time (Fallout 1/2 combat had many issues by modern standards, but it was definitely much more refined than in Arcanum).

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

What was your experience like? Interesting to hear from someone who tried it now as opposed to when it was released. I will add that it’s not merely a matter of nostalgia, but you also have a better grasp of the core gameplay and the general storyline beats if you’ve played it several times since release.

Did you get the HD patch?

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w Space Chef (in development), a space exploration/hunting x restaurant management game hybrid, releases demo on Steam.

I thought this was unique enough to share in !games. 😆

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

They are on my “to play” list. :)

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

That’s a fair point. We did have Arcanum in 2001 and while it’s arguably legendary in CRPG circles, I don’t think it did all that well commercially.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu) do games w What's a cancelled game you really miss?

The Black Isle version of Fallout 3 (Van Buren).

Bethesda’s version had expansive and impressive maps and visuals, but the writing and world-building were subpar compared to Fallout 1/2 and New Vegas.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w Found out about this mod recently for Half Life 1

Cheer!

My last playthrough was about a year ago, so I have time. :)

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w What is the best Sea based game out there in your opinion?

Dredge is really cool if you are looking for something a bit more casual, but with decent narrative and very strong world-building.

Agent_Karyo, 2 miesiące temu do games w What is the best Sea based game out there in your opinion?

Jesus Christ, the DLC prices. They’re selling each additional ship for ~$50? Like, the game with all ships is ~$700? I mean, I know that DCS World and Il-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad use that model, but I can’t imagine that the ships function as differently from ship-to-ship as the combat aircraft in those games, bring as much additional gameplay.

It’s the Star Citizen model. Players should be happy they are not paying $400 for a concept art piece of a ship.