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Castor Poe posted:Hi, looking for some recommendations. I'm completely burned out with AAA games. I gave Disco Elysium a shot, really enjoyed the little I got to play, but sadly had to give up because my schedule made it impossible to keep up with what the gently caress was going on, or remember what character I talked to on my last session. I only have time, every now and then, to play an hour or two before bed, making it really hard to commit to a game of that magnitude. Desktop Dungeons is exactly what you’re looking for. It looks like a rogue lite but it’s really a puzzle game. Perfect to play in small doses.
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What kind of game is Spiritfarer exactly? I skipped around a 15 minute gameplay slice and it seemed to be like 80% dialogue trees, is that accurate?
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Aug 19, 2020 16:00
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Anonymous Robot posted:What kind of game is Spiritfarer exactly? I skipped around a 15 minute gameplay slice and it seemed to be like 80% dialogue trees, is that accurate? It's pretty much about managing the wants and needs of characters that are awaiting the afterlife... with some light platforming, farming, crafting, mining, and base building. It's extremely relaxing and low stress and I kind of love it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWsYE304k94
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Aug 19, 2020 16:04
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It's hard to really categorize, but "Stardew Valley on a boat" doesn't seem wrong. It's very chill and undemanding. You're Technicolor Charon and talk to people while sending them off to wherever and building things on your boat.
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Aug 19, 2020 16:07
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Doc Holliday posted:I know this was from a few pages ago but I had the same problem when I was playing Kiwami 0 on my ancient Q6600 processor. Tried every version of that program on the site and none of them could even detect the game's process to hook into it.  Castor Poe posted:Hi, looking for some recommendations. I'm completely burned out with AAA games. I gave Disco Elysium a shot, really enjoyed the little I got to play, but sadly had to give up because my schedule made it impossible to keep up with what the gently caress was going on, or remember what character I talked to on my last session. I only have time, every now and then, to play an hour or two before bed, making it really hard to commit to a game of that magnitude. Seconding Into the Breach; it can be kind of brutal and you often have to consider your moves carefully, but good for short sessions and feels kind of board gamey.
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Deakul posted:It's pretty much about managing the wants and needs of characters that are awaiting the afterlife... with some light platforming, farming, crafting, mining, and base building. It's extremely relaxing and low stress and I kind of love it? The light platforming is akin to a metroidvania.... without enemies and without an HP bar. You unlock things over time by helping story NPCs like double jump, glide etc This should feel very familiar progression wise. Except it's chill and forgiving.
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Aug 19, 2020 16:15
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Interesting. I don’t think that would really be for me but I will give it a try. My partner might like it though!
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Aug 19, 2020 16:38
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Spiritfarer is rated T for some reason, is it really inappropriate to play with a toddler running around the room?
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Desktop Dungeons is exactly what you’re looking for. It looks like a rogue lite but it’s really a puzzle game. Perfect to play in small doses. MonkeyforaHead posted:Seconding Into the Breach; it can be kind of brutal and you often have to consider your moves carefully, but good for short sessions and feels kind of board gamey. Extremely my poo poo, thanks guys!
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Aug 19, 2020 16:46
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Unreal_One posted:Spiritfarer is rated T for some reason, is it really inappropriate to play with a toddler running around the room?
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Aug 19, 2020 16:46
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You can hug your cat.  
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OzFactor posted:Remnant question: I just got through the first boss (it was Gorefist and it took me a while but I got him by just being really patient and only shooting at him when I was sure there were no poison bubble dudes left). After jumping over a railing in the next area I apparently unlocked a new trait which gives me... +1% speed jumping over railings? You want me to spend a trait point on that? xp >>> hp and stamina are best initially imo. Eventually more involved stuff gets unlocked, but those three help so much. The game isn’t really about leveling up the traits imo- they are not a super thrilling part of the game.
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Castor Poe posted:So, I'm looking for something board gamesy -- relatively simple, yet challenging (and fun), you can play in short sessions and easily jump back in anytime. Something in the vein of Puzzle Quest, maybe? If “board gamey” extends to “card gamey” you might also like Monster Train, Slay the Spire, Dream Quest, and/or Frost. E: If you try Talisman, know that it’s more of an experience than a game, per se. Randomness layered on randomness on top of roll-to-move means that it’s pretty much impossible to play competitively. It can be fun just to sit back see what happens and the option to play solo means that you don’t have to inflict it on others 
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Stickman posted:If “board gamey” extends to “card gamey” you might also like Monster Train, Slay the Spire, Dream Quest, and/or Frost. It also can't count and there are about a dozen different systems that exist solely to gently caress you I love it
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Aug 19, 2020 19:22
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Looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more demo events. https://twitter.com/aldenkroll/status/1296129831290068993
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Aug 19, 2020 19:24
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What the gently caress don't recommend Talisman. You might as well recommend Monopoly to the poor guy. For short burst games, I've been enjoying the Glass Masquerade series. Not difficult jigsaw puzzles, but pretty relaxing. Everyday Genius and Paint It Back are sudoku (sorta) and picross, respectively, and are also good for short bursts. Even something along the lines of the Zachtronic games (Spacechem was my entry point) can probably work, depending on how thinky you want your short game bursts to be.
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Aug 19, 2020 19:36
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For the King, Armello, Slay the Spire, and a host of board game implementations (Battlelore, Agricola All Creatures Big and Small, Spirit Island, etc) are good for board gamey stuff. Could also look at tactics games like Xcom:Chimera Squad, Wargroove, and Fell Seal for things that also scratch the itch. Finally you could take the plunge and just straight up play board games with Tabletop Simulator and Tabletopia. Lot of options. Some things I would avoid (like Talisman), but market is deeper now than it was 5 years ago.
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RBA Starblade posted:It also can't count and there are about a dozen different systems that exist solely to gently caress you Yeah, I loved it when I was a kid but my neighbor and I mostly played it to see how many systems we could break before we had to go home. The digital edition is fun for much the same reason, but now I understand why my father absolutely refused to play the game again after his first time.Now that there are a lot of other epic adventure and dungeon delving options it's tough to recommend Talisman as a physical game. Unfortunately most of what I'd recommend instead don't have digital editions (Eldritch Horror, Imperial Assault / Descent 2.0, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Gloomhaven, Runebound, The City of Kings, Gloom of Kilforth, Betrayal at Baldur's Gate, Clank!). E: Can't forget Mage Knight / Star Trek Frontiers! Stickman fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Aug 19, 2020 |
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GrandpaPants posted:What the gently caress don't recommend Talisman. You might as well recommend Monopoly to the poor guy.
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GrandpaPants posted:What the gently caress don't recommend Talisman. You might as well recommend Monopoly to the poor guy. Ooh Zachtronic games are an absolute must-try for anyone interested in puzzlers. I personally like Opus Magnum as an entry point because it doubles down on Spacechem's spatial components. Get friends for your leaderboards over in the Zachtronics thread!
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Cardiovorax posted:...but I like Monopoly. My condolences. For boardgame stuff, the best bet is probably Tabletop Simulator. It’s janky but I guarantee someone has make a decent module for whatever you want to play.
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Aug 19, 2020 19:49
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Monopoly sucks slightly less when people actually use the loving auction rules.
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Talisman is Monopoly if it both respected your time less, somehow and also had a dozen random chances to just completely gently caress you over.
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Aug 19, 2020 19:56
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Talisman is the infinite marketing of a hundred properties like Monopoly combined with the strategic acumen of Chutes and Ladders. Playing liars dice while debating dungeons and dragons is a better experience if you want to roll dice while something vaguely themed happens in the background.
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I like Talisman because I bought it in Early Access and got like the first two years of DLC for free and so I always just turn everything on and have absolutely zero idea what is happening while the game throws a thousand pop-ups at me about dragon kings and alignments and whatnot
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Aug 19, 2020 20:13
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What decisions are there to make in Talisman anyway, most of the time I do hear it described as Chutes and Ladders like above and that's basically just a dice rolling exercise.
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Xarbala posted:What decisions are there to make in Talisman anyway, most of the time I do hear it described as Chutes and Ladders like above and that's basically just a dice rolling exercise. I mean you're choosing what to roll dice about - and there can actually be a fair bit of strategy to that part - but it comes down to the dice so heavily that your choices can frequently be totally meaningless, hence the Chutes and Ladders bit.
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Cardiovorax posted:Heavy themes of death. It won't give a toddler nightmares, but it's maybe a bit conceptually heavy for a smaller kid? Well, it's a maturity thing. Some kids could deal with that, some could not. I mean, the kid can't really read. Is it just the themes in the text? Trailers made it look un-voice-acted, so if it doesn't have anything gross or scary visually it should be fine.
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Unreal_One posted:I mean, the kid can't really read. Is it just the themes in the text? Trailers made it look un-voice-acted, so if it doesn't have anything gross or scary visually it should be fine.
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Vampire the Masquerade 2 Drama: Brian Mitsoda has been fired from the sequel. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/08/19/brian-mitsoda-has-been-fired-as-narrative-lead-on-bloodlines-2/
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Unreal_One posted:I mean, the kid can't really read. Is it just the themes in the text? Trailers made it look un-voice-acted, so if it doesn't have anything gross or scary visually it should be fine. I haven't played it but it really seems like the polar opposite of that kind of experience.
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Has anyone been playing the new Hexcells update? The user levels are kind of a neat thing, and the hard mode toggle in the infinite puzzle mode is making some more interesting ones as well.
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Aug 19, 2020 23:25
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I have been a Vampire LARPer for 20 years and I can assure you that it isnt really a Vampire game unless a member of the staff gets booted for some gross poo poo
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Aug 19, 2020 23:26
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Considering they replaced him with a former Ubisoft employee, I wouldn't be surprised if the gross poo poo was imported rather than kicked out in this case.
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Did Mitsoda do something? I haven't seen any controversy and I don't really want to speculate on that in the absence of evidence. This smells more like publisher interference or the development on Bloodlines 2 being mismanaged(possibly by Mitsoda). Mitsoda's statement suggests Paradox is unhappy with the state of the game and they forced a delay and pushed him out without talking to him. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Aug 20, 2020 |
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Aug 19, 2020 23:34
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I love Jets ‘N’ Guns and the sequel. I have played them to death though- Any shmups on Steam with that kind of chaotic energy and fun/insane guns/sense of humor/explosions?
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Cardiovorax posted:Considering they replaced him with a former Ubisoft employee, I wouldn't be surprised if the gross poo poo was imported rather than kicked out in this case.
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Impermanent posted:you're not familiar with white wolf then lmao Ugly In The Morning posted:I love Jets ‘N’ Guns and the sequel. I have played them to death though- Any shmups on Steam with that kind of chaotic energy and fun/insane guns/sense of humor/explosions? Cardiovorax fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Aug 19, 2020 |
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I love Jets ‘N’ Guns and the sequel. I have played them to death though- Any shmups on Steam with that kind of chaotic energy and fun/insane guns/sense of humor/explosions? Tyrian 2000 is free on gog.com if you don't mind something older
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Hwurmp posted:Tyrian 2000 is free on gog.com if you don't mind something older Holy hell, Tyrian 2000 was my jam in the late 90s. Might have to check this out.
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