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Victoria 3 - my favourite historical materialism simulator.
Stellaris - my favourite fully automated luxury space communism simulator.
Dwarf Fortress - my favourite city planning and management simulator.
Slay the Princess - my favourite regicide simulator.
Xenonauts - my favourite simulator of communists (and other countries too) fighting a feudal alien empire.
Honorable mention of Disco Elysium (my favourite book masquerading as a video game).
Slay the Princess is great! ...Never played it. Yet.
Seconding Disco Elysium, which I actually have played.
Second tagging of people that were here last time or participated in the thread last time:
Okay, done.
Discussion questions:
What video games have you played recently?
What are your favorite video game genres?
Question of the week:
Are there any live-service games, such as Fallout 76, that you’re currently playing? Anything like Helldivers 2 or any other multiplayer games?
Replaced League of Legends with a punching bag and running. Real life is now my video game.
I’m currently playing the halo master chief collection beat halo 2 last night and will start halo 3 today.
Good luck!
Still playing Noita (help me), and just picked up Animal Well (double help me). They’re both great! But probably only for a very specific type of person
Still playing Stardew valley, patiently waiting for the 1.6 update to come to switch. I also have it for PC so I played on the new meadowlands farm which is awesome, but I’m more used to switch controls so PC is weird and I’m more slow. It’s a big reason I want to get a steamdeck (also to move games off my computer since it’s practically dying from doing both school and games).
I would like to go back to playing Baldur’s Gate 3 but my PC is not strong enough. I still want to try out TF2 but playing online scare me. Once I get a steam deck I will definitely play the Tomb Raider Survivor trilogy, I played the first one religiously on my Xbox 360 when I was young so it’d be nice to play the sequels. I also want to play that “not my neighbour” game, I’ve never played “papers please” but games with a similar premise always intrigued me. Disco Elysium seems popular on here so I’ll check out too. I’m always looking for commie positive or neutral games to try so there’s that.
So nothing much has changed for me since the last thread. I’m in my spring/summer semester of school which means constant cramming (it’s an expedited semester) so not much time for games. I should have freed up time in July and august, though, which will be nice.
Stellaris. New DLC is worth it.
Also Eiyuden Chronicles - a little flop for a spiritual continuation of the greatest jrpg series ever but not that bad, just a little disappointing
"just a little disappointing"
Seems to match up with what others have told me about that game.
Been really enjoying Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers lately (the newly-released sequel to SRB2 Kart), really love how its new mechanics set it apart from other kart racers and make it feel more distinctly "Sonic", and the tracks are so great looking, I can't believe there's still the Doom engine underneath all this
Also just feels a lot more like a complete game of its own as opposed to a mod of another game, with its new full menu UI and its focus on singleplayer content (SRB2 Kart didn't even have any other than basic time trials)
very interesting
Most recently Manor Lords. Also Foxhole with comrades is super fun.
Magic: the Gathering Arena, Magic: the Gathering Online, and OpenRCT2 (Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 with mods)
My favorite genres are JRPGs and Magic: the Gathering
What are your favorite video game genres?
I think that all the derivatives of the roguelike genre are my favourite. My big personal reason is that I'm very inconsistent, so I really hate getting stuck on a die and retry loop because it's going to take twice the time as the average player to get unstuck. Roguelikes completely shatter the concept of attempting the same exact thing twice, you can only master the mechanics as a whole to succeed without knowing exactly what to do.
I also find roguelikes are great because you can just pick 'em up and play for a bit. You don't have to remember what you were doing, where in the story you are, etc. So, it's an excellent genre when you don't have a lot of time to invest in the game.
Good answer.
I'm really enjoying roboquest, slag the spire and Have a nice death atm
Oh wow I've never heard about Roboquest it looks kinda cool and people seem to like it, I'm gonna save this for later!
It's crazy how Slay the Spire created a craze that resulted in a thousand deck building solo games
Roboquest has shooting that feels like Doom, visuals that remind me of borderlands and absolute addicting roguelite/like mechanics. Absolute must play imo
One of my fav rougelikes is starbreak, it's a simple 2d platformer thats old and not updated (nor moderated) but I always go back to this game. Recently been cracking out on realm of the mad god, bullet hell shooter style mmorpg, its simple and fun. Maybe you'd like them
I played Realm of the Mad God when I was a kid, really good time! Gotta check Starbreak then
I just finished The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales which was a fun little game. It's not too long, but a neat concept. and just picked up Hades 2, haven't played any multiplayer games in a while here.
Ive been playing factorio rimworld and classicwow. Wow sucks but I can't help myself, I just grind gold to avoid giving shitzzard money.
New rimworld dlc has been pretty fun but I'm pretty ass at the game even after 400hrs. Spooky invisible things and fleshbeasts and other such horror elements have added an interesting flavour to the game
Factorio I been playing the exotic industries modpack and every time I play modded factorio I feel like I'm just too dumb to actually figure out how to supply chain and design good manufacturing hubs but it doesnt stop me from spaghetting everywhere across the map
Classic WOW?
I didn't think they still had that.
"Wow sucks but I can’t help myself, I just grind gold to avoid giving shitzzard money."
Me and RuneScape 3.
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Question of the week:
Are there any live-service games, such as Fallout 76, that you’re currently playing?
Finished Subnautica, what a great game.
Going through Fallout 4, it's garbage quality but there is something to the gameplay loop that makes me go in a trance and spend a ton of time on it, prob should just stop playing.
I also purchased the entire Yakuza bundle, so i have enough gaming content for years.
As for live service games, i play Honkai Star Rail and Genshin Impact. Which IMHO, are very high quality games even if they're toxic gachas.
I'm about to launch into some more serious gameplaying as I'm taking my last final of the semester in about two hours.
I've been playing Balatro and Baldurs Gate 3 when I can. BG3 is not going to be the addiction for me that it has been for so many others, I can tell. I don't want to try with a whole bunch of characters because I've already made like six characters in tabletop DnD. Balatro is the shit, though.
I'm going to download Slay the Princess once I'm back home... and maybe Dwarf Fortress if I decide I'm not wanting much of a social life this summer. It's that or redownload Disgaea 2 to try and beat.
I love colony management sims, 4x, and roguelikes.
FarCry 2 is a habit of mine because I love the early 2000s war-torn Africa setting. All the enemies are racists, conscripts or mercenaries and the guns rust and fall apart. It does have an unfortunate contingent of Rhodesia/Apartheid fetishists.
Mostly I play factory management style games. Top 3 being Factorio, Dyson Sphere Program, and Mindustry. Though they've been more mental effort than Ive been able to muster recently.
Then I am also playing Last Epoch as a co-op game because it's been a way to connect with an old friend from school (since we live in different cities it's hard to connect in person).
So nothing too exciting or new.
I decided to try Stellaris. The changes post 2.0 are not as complex as I thought. I still miss the wormhole and warp drives though. I also liked picking between laser/bullets/torpedoes. Wish they would bring that back. In this game, I'm a Megacorporation that has almost turned the entire galaxy into it's subsidiary. Only 1 empire remains, they have a few subjects of their own, but it's just a matter of time until they're torn apart and become a subsidiary. After that, all that is left is to destroy Unbidden which should be appearing any time now.
Stellaris never fails!
My favourite genre would be coop, so games like It takes two, L4D, DRG, Operation Tango, We were Here, Lovers in a dangerous spacetime, unravel 2, overcooked...
Recently "beat" Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and am headed back to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Outside of that I've been replaying Hades 1 (trying to finish up some of the dialogue I didn't complete to let Hades 2 bake for a bit longer before I play it). Also casually playing some Team Fortress 2 whenever I can't mentally commit to anything.
Favorite genre is easily the 4 player "hunting" games (Monster Hunter franchise, Wild Hearts, Phantasy Star Online BB/Universe). I wish more studios would attempt games here because I feel like the genre's popularity is underserved currently.
The closest thing to a live service game I play is Team Fortress 2 and I don't think updating your game to being 64 bit really qualifies in any meaningful way.
Well I play the classic genre of live service games: MMORPGs. In fact I've been quite hyped to play Guild Wars 2. I'm almost finishing the retunr to achievements and getting a legendary amulet.
That said I never got into the modern take of live-service. Never played fortnite or any looter-shooters. Even Fall Guys felt like it tried too hard to keep me playing (and paying).
Helldivers 2 has been my favorite, but pretty much every patch something new breaks and the weapons keep getting weirdly balanced. I don't want them all to be super strong, I LOVE being an underpowered cog in the machine, but the choices make less and less sense and its really taking the fun out of it all.
Also started A Plague Tale 2, whatever its subtitle is. Its fine. More of the same with a couple new toys. I'm not blown away, but it is very pretty, and I am enjoying the new character development of Amecia with her apparent PTSD.
I've had The Sinking City downloaded for months and I know I'll like it if I actually start it but I can't bring myself to.
Still heavily involved with stardew valley 1.6. I'm not playing any multiplayer games, but I have been dabbling with a bit of suzerain. I've pissed off pretty much everyone who isn't a radical leftist, and I suspect that I'm about to be ousted in a military coup soon. It's fun.
I have recently played Team Fortress 2 with someone from school whose name I won't mention for anonimity reasons. I have also recently played modded Skyrim Special Edition. I'm not sure whether Tf2 counts as live-service or not, bc it hasn't had a major update in 6 years. I also plan on buying Helldivers 2
Finished Outlast 2 and Alien: Isolation, all achievements, it was literally insane.
I might play something to chill out next lol.
Favorite genres: horror(mostly indie), sci-fi/action adventure and crime.
I've been playing a lot of Helldivers 2, Stellaris and Baldur's Gate 3.
I love strategy games. I played tons of solo Mario Party as a kid, I've been hooked on "map games" ever since.
I’ve been playing a lot of Helldivers 2, Stellaris and Baldur’s Gate 3.
Those three games are a common thread here.