• Ashtear@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      Been considering jumping back into this one. I absolutely hate it when loot-oriented RPGs make it easy to find gear with level requirements, and boy did Everspace 2 ever do that. I was finding stuff level +5 or higher. The inventory system made it even worse.

      I don’t know if there’s a mod now or a change that eased up on this, but it was enough to push me out of the game when I tried it earlier in the year.

  • cowfodder@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Had a friend ask me if I was going to play Path of Exile 2 when it comes out, so I decided I should probably play the first one.

  • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Abiotic Factor. It’s like playing through the Black Mesa facility but as a survival game, something I never knew I wanted until I experienced it.

    • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Had some friends try to get me to play. Gave it a good 20 hours or so, spent most of it just trying to get anywhere. About a quarter of the time some random guy would zoom along and blow me up before he even showed up on radar, and now I was on a timer waiting for my ship to come back. Another 10% of the time I’d get sucked through my ship when I tried to use FTL, there goes another ship recovery timer.

      The time consumption even when things go right is absolutely ridiculous, and they often go wrong. The random PK shit feels so fucking awful that I’d really rather just play something else.

      I have played and enjoyed games that require patience, like Wurm Online and EVE Online. Star Citizen is on a level above even those and I’m not sure I would have liked it even before I had kids, but now? Forget it.

  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Just picked up a game called Hellcard that is basically co-op Slay the Spire. It’s a lot of fun and the look of the game is really unique, I think. I really love StS so being able to co-op basically the same thing is a ton of fun.

    • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I also wanted to mention Fields of Mistria. I don’t really like Stardew Valley very much, but this one is really pulling me in for whatever reason. It’s still early access, but it’s got a bunch of QoL improvements from Stardew and the characters are really fun.

  • BigPotato@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Finally started Kingdom Come: Deliverance and I’m still very much in the “Learning to play, God this controls like a monkey on rollerblades with too many 'ludes in his system” level of skill…

    But, aside from that, also playing Mutant Year Zero and Peglin.

  • caut_R@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    How 2 Escape with a friend (can recommend, not mindblowing but a good time), Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes with gf (pretty fun experience)

    Solo I‘m bouncing around between games, but shoutout to NFS Unbound which I like less the more I play it lol

    Even for 5 bucks, it‘s NFS Heat but worse in basically every aspect

    • BigPotato@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I thought Unbound was marginally better than Heat but almost every character in the game is completely grating. We’re running from the cops at 100mph, stop talking about your abusive childhood.

          • EonNShadow@pawb.social
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            1 month ago

            Bridge Four!

            I hope your namesake gets what’s coming to him. The previews were an absolute wild ride.

              • EonNShadow@pawb.social
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                1 month ago

                Lmao so

                It’s a book series, their username is the name of the main antagonist of sorts…

                Book 5, Wind and Truth, releases tomorrow, and this is akin to Infinity War/Endgame levels of “it’s all coming together”.

                We’re all super excited haha

    • Kruulos@sopuli.xyz
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      1 month ago

      I’m so partial to buying the game but my backlog says no. Enjoy your cat ninja trip! I’ll follow you in few years :)

  • Rudee@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Dark souls 3

    Coming back after finishing Elden Ring, and I must say, the concise, “railroaded” world works much better for the FromSoft formula, IMO

    No hate against ER, it’s a great game. But it definitely drags on a bit long

    • villainy@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      DS3 really nails that balance. Mostly linear but usually has some sort of side option if you need a break from your current wall of a boss. Playable end to end without devoting like 100 hours. It also comes after Bloodborne where From nailed down more fun active combat vs. relying on a shield, and before Elden Ring where they went hard on crazy delayed boss attacks.

      These days DS3 is probably my favorite of the series overall.