Novamdomum

Novamdomum, 12 dni temu

I feel exactly the same as you. I have ADHD so fluff is painful and pointless grind is just depressing. I thought the most obvious way to recommend my favourites would be to go by hours played, so here's my top four:

My Time At Portia - 594hrs
Hardspace Shipbreaker - 498hrs
Kingdom Come Deliverance - 370hrs
Just Cause 3 - 255hrs

Special mention too for Assassin's Creed Odyssey (164hrs) because that is one well made game in almost every respect. Very little fluff, grind and you're always in control of how big a challenge you feel like facing. To my mind it makes all the other AC games look clunky and drab.

Also I hate difficulty spikes so much that whenever they happen and just seem to be there so the devs can grind a few more hours of playtime out of you for their analytics, I just reach for WeMod. Big shout out to WeMod in fact :) It's made so many games I'd abandoned fun again.

Novamdomum, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

I know right. I think it's the worst I've ever seen. I kept scrolling through for something good but all of it is was like those bargain bins you used to see in petrol stations full of old DVD's. Honestly they should be ashamed of this. I went through my whole wishlist to check if any of the games on there had demos and literally none did. Last Next Fest most of them did. That's some impressive enshitification right there...

Actually I was wrong... Probably just needed to eat something and be less grumpy lol. Just found a fantastic demo that I'm downloading now. it's called Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream. Amazing people animation and great dialogue. I love top down games and this is easily better than anything I've seen before. Thanks to a NextFest roundup from Nookrium or I would never had spotted it.

Novamdomum, miesiąc temu

There must be so much paid review manipulation out there but I don't know if it amounts to much. At the end of the day, if the game is good people will play it. I mean No Man's Sky came back from the entire world dumping on it from the stratosphere. Also, often overly negative reviews will actually make me more interested in a game, specially if all the negatives don't sound that bad "Horrible game! I didn't continuously die and how dare they allow the player to explore anywhere!".

Novamdomum, miesiąc temu

I've tried to guess what prmart means but I just can't imagine what you meant to type hehe can you clarify?

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

The games I've really enjoyed fishing in so far have been:

My Time At Portia
Palia
Spiritfarer

Of those 3 I've easily spent the most time in Portia. I really love the fishing in that game and when you get the super valuable fish you really feel like you earnt it :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Yeah it kinda does. It's this weird sandfishing minigame though with a kind of claw thing that you throw out. Nowhere near as fun as the fishing in Portia imho.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

So... will this mean we'll finally be able to restart as a new player in the offline mode? I've wanted to start from scratch with TC2 for ever. It's been such a frustration that you can't have more than one player profile per Ubisoft account.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Ooh I didn't know about the peaceful servers. Might have to revisit that soon :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Wow... 1987! Shows that fun isn't necessarily about high end gfx :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Ooh that looks really interesting. Feels a bit like a single player Sea of Thieves maybe? Also 50% off right now on Steam... nice.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Really appreciate the effort you put in your reply :) Thanks, lots to look at!

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Ooh Coral Island sounds interesting... Wishlisted! Thanks :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Just nabbed Salt 2 and it's so good already and I've only just started! I love how colourful everything is. Also, I made the mistake of going for a wander on the first island too late in the day without realising how DARK night times get. Fumbled my way to the nearest beach and managed to spawn my little raft and just about navigate back to camp. Thanks for the recommendation. I can see this is going to claim many, many hours of my life already 🤣

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Wow that's exciting! Huge fan of Bannerlord anyway. Wishlisted and looking forward to June :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

"In a world where every breath you take might just be your last"...... oh dear.

I love to applaud creative ideas but this just looks like a shopping list of cliches.

Yet another post apocalyptic setting "Do you remember the forests?" ✅
Co-op in spacesuits ✅
Same goals as in a million other games "Build, research, survive, scavenge" ✅
Giant mutant bugs ✅
Writing cringe-fest: "Up here, we don't let the past become our prison" ✅

Just doesn't look fun at all. Hard pass.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Played the hell out of DE and I agree! :D

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Very old and yes I have (when they came out in fact 🤣)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Ooh it wasn't but I like the look of that one! the 2D representing a 3D world thing is really interesting.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

I'd forgotten I already have that one from ages ago. I'll have another look at it thanks :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

I could never get on with Minesweeper. I bet it's something to do with my ADHD and Discalculia.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

played hundreds of hours of both lol

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Ooh thanks :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

That looks amazing! Wishlisted :) I love the mechanic of intentionally blowing yourself out into space to escape an imminently exploding ship and then remote controlling your own ship to then rescue you lol

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Oh I like that one, it's like a really colourful version of Power to the People.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

I'm not really into manic shooters but I do enjoy watching other people play them.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

This one feels a bit more like Risk in space and I never got on with Risk, or in fact any of the Civ series of games, which this also reminds me of a bit. I sort of meant top down in the Desperadoes 3 style but I'm totally open to other ideas :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

I enjoy watching people play manic shooters more than playing them myself. I just get overwhelmed really quickly by them.

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu

Wow, that looks amazing! and 85% off on Steam... Think I'll grab that right now :)

Novamdomum, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu)

Thank you so much to everyone who commented with suggestions! Some really surprising ones in there too that I'm very much looking forwards to playing soon. So far thanks to this post I've grabbed Heat Signature as well as Shady Part of Me and I'm replaying Dysmantle. I've also wishlisted Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal and will nab that the minute it goes on sale.

Edit: Ooh and I'm also looking forward to the release of Outworld Station on Tuesday. That looks like a really interesting top down, space station factory automation game :)

Novamdomum, 3 miesiące temu

The last two point and click games I've enjoyed were the Deponia series and the Book of Unwritten Tales. Both really good, challenging and fun :)

Novamdomum, 3 miesiące temu

Like me! :) I've been having lots of fun with it. The AI is so much better and the car handling as well. Didn't realise till last night there's a massive collision like derby tucked away in one of the speedway modes. That was fun. Can't wait for more content to drop.

Novamdomum, 5 miesięcy temu

I quickly read through the article to check if anyone at Ubisoft Montreal or Quebec were being laid off... Assassin's Creed Odyssey was one of the most amazing games I've ever played. Those devs are bloody brilliant. Luckily it seems not.

Novamdomum, 6 miesięcy temu

I hung around their Discord for ages and the pace of development seemed glacial. It's not that I don't think it will ever come out but it's definitely going to be a while. Gave up following after a few months. Love the aesthetic though and I really hope this one doesn't fizzle out like other titles in my wish list (Road Diner Simulator, B-17 Squadron, Solarpunk, Kerbal Space Program 2 etc.)

Novamdomum, 9 miesięcy temu

I think the thing that's the most confusing about this is why did they wait??

"The timing is particularly baffling: Nintendo did not strike when the iron was hot and everyone was talking about Palworld and Pokémon, and at this late date, why bother? The greatest heights of Palworld's success were clearly driven by the memetic catchiness of its Pokémon parody, now it's just another survival crafting game with a stable enough core community⁠—see also Valheim or Sons of the Forest. Palword has faded into the background, a brief curiosity overshadowed by 2024's far more enduring megahit, Helldivers 2. Just in time for everyone to have largely forgotten about Palworld and moved on, Nintendo has swooped in to announce: "In case you've forgotten, they're the little guy, and we are huge, awful bullies."

Palworld has reportedly made nearly $500 million now (source - Simon Carless). Even if Nintendo win in some way won't it cost them so much more to take Pocket Pair down now?

Novamdomum, 9 miesięcy temu

I really, really wanted to like this game. I love the look and feel of it so much but I just needed a clearer bit of hand holding to figure out what I was supposed to do. It's so open ended and I could never really tell if I was on the right track. I love the idea of crawling through vents, interrogating people, sneaking about and putting together pieces of evidence but it was just too overwhelming for me. I wish there was a guide that just explained simply how you're supposed to play but I haven't found one yet.

Novamdomum, 9 miesięcy temu

Thanks for that. I might give it another go. I have ADHD and I wonder if that also doesn't help because remembering a lot of names and details is hard for me. My short term memory is really only reliable until I see any random shiny thing. I tried using the evidence board to track literally everything I saw but it quickly became way too ovewhelming. I'll give it another go though I think.