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Good to have the facts straight. It’s creepy enough on its own without inventing details.

Telorand, 3 dni temu

• Castle Crashers is a classic multiplayer beat-em-up. Plays great on Proton (if that’s important).
• Lost Castle is in a similar vein, though more roguelike.
• River City Girls (and sequels) is either great arcade brawler.
• Neurovoider

Great indie co-op games:

• Deep Rock Galactic. No split screen, but endlessly repayable with goals and targets in each mission. Also fun in solo.
• Caveblazers
• Guacamelee
• Tunche

Upcoming games to consider:

• Wizard of Legend 2

Telorand, 11 dni temu

Steam Deck on lunch breaks, travel, and shorter sessions at home. PC when I want max settings gameplay. I tend to play games that can wrap up a loop in ≈30min on the Deck and more graphically intense/immersive/grindy games on the PC.

Telorand, 11 dni temu

I’ve heard it’s fun, but I don’t want to give any business to the insane, conspiracy-peddling, anti-trans bigot lady.

Telorand, 13 dni temu

I’m convinced now that there is no story so earth-shattering, so horrifying, so diligently researched and expertly told that we could Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle our way to a better games industry.

I disagree, but I also recognize the fundamental lede buried in this lengthy gripe piece: the law is not just. The industry isn’t going to change from the top down, because the fundamental core of the games industry is the same rot that plagues every industry. There’s a club of rich good ol’ boys at the top whose rampant sexism and ultra-capitalism still pervades many economies, and they’re able to successfully lobby the politicians that should regulate them.

But I disagree that it’s ultimately fruitless. There may be no singular story that fixes things, but continued effort to bring that stuff to light has influenced people’s decisions to buy into certain games or publishers. It’s resulted in lawsuits that at least give some justice to the victims. It’s resulted in new indie studios with good work cultures who make amazing games.

So I agree the problem still exists, but the “sunlight” they talk about isn’t a panacea—it’s one of many collective steps towards building a better industry.

Telorand, 20 dni temu

“Arms” for the Switch might be something to look into. I haven’t played it, but it’s kind of a cartoonish boxing game.

Telorand, 29 dni temu

Generally, arcades have not done terribly well. There used to be a lot of video arcades all over out there in the 1980s. Video game hardware has gotten a lot cheaper, and a lot of people just have it at home now.

Why bother with going to an arcade when you could go to a cozy place with a Steam Deck? Why pay to play old games on an arcade cabinet when there’s countless handheld emulators out there?

It worked when people had to go to a mall or arcade to play things, but nostalgia can only attract so many people, anymore. The market is no longer captive, and the people who played in arcades have grown up, gotten jobs, families, Steam Decks, and beefy gaming PCs of their own.

The only demo left is the hobbyists, and even they can now build their own arcade cabinets to get some of the experience.

Telorand, 29 dni temu

Supposedly, there’s mods that really improve things. I don’t have the game, but if you own it, it might not be a lost cause thanks to community modders.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

It’s not likely anyway, given how it would almost certainly result in an antitrust lawsuit.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

Y’all speedrunners march to the beat of your own kazoo. I love it.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

That’s a really fun one. They did a great job with it.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

Fallout 76. I’m genuinely surprised how generous the players are, and it’s been generally fun. It doesn’t feel exactly like typical Fallout, but it lives somewhere between Fallout and Metro: Exodus.

Only big downside is the weight limits they put on everything (including your stash box), because that’s how the devs try to encourage players to buy in with cash. You can still run while encumbered, which is a nice change, but it uses AP to do so. Eventually you have to stop and “catch your breath” before you can keep going. Since it also blocks fast travel, it kind of puts a damper on the fun of collecting all the things when you are forced to travel by foot.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

Thank you! I bulked several hundred of the heaviest items and sold them to a vendor, and I made throwing knives from the excess steel (and sold those).

I think I should still pare that down, though. Right now, screws are my primary concern, and like you pointed out, I don’t seem to be having trouble with things like lead, cloth, and steel. I do have power armor, and I saved up to get the core recharger, so I should probably make use of that more often.

What are your thoughts on keeping higher level weapons in stash? I have some level 25+ items, but I’m only level 19.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

Thanks! That helps a lot. I have a few heavy weapons I’m holding onto that are 45+, so I’ll see what’s worth keeping.

I tend to enjoy the stealthy, long-range playstyle. My favorite weapon so far is a hunting rifle I’ve modded with a long scope and a suppressor (and others mods that boost aim, crit, or reload), and I try to use a plasma pistol for close quarters (because of the chance for nuclear waste); I have an automatic laser rifle and a 10mm subauto as backup, if things get overwhelming. I’m open to suggestions, though!

I play on PC via the Xbox/Game Pass launcher.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

If it was me, I’d take the deal. They obviously don’t give a shit about even their successful teams.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

Nah. I mean, I like old games quite a lot, but for all the gems, there’s a litany of duds. I do agree that anti-cheat and online multiplayer have hurt innovation, but the indie scene is where it’s at, if you want innovation or a focus on storytelling. Still, some of my best memories are with modern online games like Shadowbane, WoW, Warframe, Deep Rock Galactic, etc., and yet no game has yet replaced my experiences with the older Myst series.

Size of games is certainly problematic if you have a slower internet connection, but even SSDs are quite economical at this point.

If retro games are your jam, then awesome! But I think they’re just a single facet of the broader hobby of gaming.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

The news follows confirmation from Take-Two it plans to let go of 600 full-time workers to save $165 million annually, which was shared a few weeks ago. That is despite making billions upon billions of dollars as a result of the GTA series.

Why make billions of dollars when you could make billions and one? /s

Telorand, miesiąc temu

GameCube. Lots of fun with that console, and Skies of Arcadia Legends is a highlight.

Close second would be N64. The games were really unique, partly because designers had to work with limited hardware and a really bizarre controller. Mischief Makers is my all-time favorite for that one.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

I never owned a Switch, but I would say it was instrumental in the Deck’s conception. If the popularity of the Switch had never happened, I wonder if Gabe would have taken the chance.

Nintendo cuts all kinds of corners and usually doesn’t bother competing as a “performance” console, but people generally loved that thing when it first came out. I’m sure people will have gripes about Steam Deck v1 when v2+ comes out, too.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

I dropped the first game specifically because of the “combat.” I’d give Alan Wake II a try if it was a different mechanic.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

You add the game in Heroic, and it has a menu option to add the game to Steam. There’s another setting that will do this automatically, once the game is installed.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

Epic CEO is just salty he didn’t come up with the Steam Deck concept first.

Telorand, miesiąc temu

SteamGridDB? Fantastic, especially now that the Steam Deck is part of the ecosystem!

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

Gonna be playing this eventually. Bought the full series in the winter, and it’s on my shortlist.

Anyone got mod recommendations?

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

The LE.

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

I took a look at Nexus a while ago, and it was overwhelming! You can tell how loved a game is by the number of mods.

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

The tree level has the best music. I decided to die at one point just so I could hear it again

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Loving this leisurely playthrough with O2 drain turned off. Just scrapping ships little by little and trying to do it just right.

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

You speak as if it’s already decided. It’s incumbent upon us to enjoy the silly shit and do our damnedest to prevent the fascist rise.

Go play some Neopets, and stop listening to news orgs for a while (you’ve likely already decided who you’re supporting, anyway), especially the ones who trade in the 24h News Cycle; they have a vested interest in selling rage, not nuanced journalism. Hope eats into their profit margins.

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

I think Trump won, because people underestimated him and thought it was somebody else’s problem to go vote.

We will have to agree to disagree, plus, I don’t want to derail this Gaming community into a political debate. Enjoy your games! If you see a golden Shoyru, it might be mine.

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

It looks like Zwift has an android app. Have you tried installing that via Waydroid?

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

Waydroid is containerized Android emulation. Should be available via most package managers.

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

Warframe might fit what you’re looking for.

It has an overarching story and story missions, it’s combat oriented, it has one of the least-predatory F2P models I can think of, and it has both open world zones and “interior” missions.

Best of all, it runs on potatoes. Might be worth looking into.

Another option is maybe Monster Hunter Rise, but I’ve only played a demo, and you have to consider Capcom’s aggressive anti-cheat back porting.

Last one you might not have considered is Halo Infinite. I played the entire campaign with a Ryzen 5600G on medium settings and got ≈45-55fps. It’s very well optimized and should run fine on weaker hardware.

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

Fortnite is okay in my book, because while it may not be a game I’ll ever play, it subsidizes all the freebies from Epic. I have a library of well over 200 games, most being excellent indies with a few AAA titles, and I’ve never given Epic a single cent.

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

I know I don’t hate it; I immediately imagined something that is more like Hades with a decent story and art, but even if you do find it unpalatable, with the breadth of indie games out there covering all genres (including brand new ones), there’s something for everyone—even the ol’ gaming curmudgeon. 😉

Telorand, 2 miesiące temu

J5: “That’s bad.”

Guy: “I know, but who told you that?”

J5: “I told me.”

One of my favorite lines in any movie.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

I have Tales from the Borderlands and Poker Night in my library, but I just can’t bring myself to play them. Knowing they’re just basically limping along really makes me not want to get invested in characters I know probably won’t get the resolution they deserve.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

Okie dokie. After I “finish” Satisfactory and Vampire Survivors.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

Kirby’s Adventure: Nightmare in Dreamland for the NES is my favorite entry. The sprites are excellent, I love the overworld between levels, the music is top notch, and it’s one of the few NES games with an autosave and progress meter.

Kirby Superstar for the SNES revisited the game, but it dropped the overworld, the music isn’t quite as good, and the powers don’t really feel right. They did include some newer abilities and co-op, which is nice, but it feels more disjointed than the original.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

That’s a good point. It kind of stands timeless in that regard, much like Chrono Trigger.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

iPod Touch is the correct nomenclature, and people often also specify a specific generation (e.g. iPod Touch 4g).

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

Yep, they only did WiFi. The 4g means 4th Gen, not 4g cellular. Confusing, but it was how people called them.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

Man, this is the first time I’ve heard that term. But then, I don’t play anything in this genre anymore, so maybe it’s just by virtue of the fact that I’m out of that space almost entirely.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

That’s cool. Always neat to see things come back but with the modern understanding of game theory.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

To your point, Warframe is a full game with a F2P model that only offers cosmetics and in-game currency for purchase, the latter of which you can earn through grinding and selling items in the in-game market. It uses the aforementioned “wait times,” but they’re not overly lengthy, given the amount of things you can do while you wait.

So with some extra effort, you can get the paid experience, but you don’t miss out on any of the actual game by skipping that part of the grind either. Plus, in the end, even paid players can’t defeat the RNG gods.

Telorand, 3 miesiące temu

I mean, I guess there’s prime frames and some unique guns, but you can often get those in-game by farming and/or they show up during special events.

But I agree with your core point.