other-games

[reef bobcat]

Anyone else looking at pax dei?

[tepid wadi]

I look at all upcoming MMOs and Survival games these days. Lots of cool projects in the works

Pax Dei does look really cool if they can pull it off

I'm really hoping that some MMO project can really nail it, so we can usher in a new age of modern MMOs that try new things and innovate in interesting ways.

[reef bobcat]

Oh that's neat

What are some of the more interesting ones you've seen?

Minus enshrouded

[leaden pagoda]

For me, Sunkenland, Rooted, Aska, pax Dei, quinfall, nightingale,

Among others

Waited for Throne And Liberty too, but from what i read the game is trash

[tepid wadi]

Ashes of Creation as well

[leaden pagoda]

Yes

And Pantheon

[tepid wadi]

Any game with autoplay is an instant no from me. Also any game the is a simultaneous release on mobile and PC

[leaden pagoda]

Agreed

[tepid wadi]

I want a deep PC MMO that I can engage with that has interesting mechanics, worlds, and theorycrafting. Good combat that is fun to engage with, interesting crafting systems and good solid social systems.

[leaden pagoda]

Thats why i say, it seems to be trash

[tepid wadi]

It feels like a big list, but it's what I think an MMO needs to be successful in today's world.

It also has to do something unique and interesting. For example, New World was a solid MMO in a lot of ways, but it felt so "paint by numbers" and so safe that my friends all stopped being interesting in it and there was no real community to engage with. It was a solo MMO.

[leaden pagoda]

I also think, they need to decide wether they want to be pvp or pve centric, bith doesn't work in most cases

[tepid wadi]

Agreeed. FF14 is a good example. Technically it has PvP but it's a very PvE centric MMO, and it excels at that.

I just don't like it because the combat is booooooring

[leaden pagoda]

The only MMO that really was good at both was Dark Ages of Camelot

[tepid wadi]

Archeage was really good before the cash shop woes. One point in Ashes of Creation's favor is that the CEO has cited original Archeage as something to emulate.

The P2W cash shop really killed it.

[leaden pagoda]

Well Archeage was also realm vs realm pvp

Which was what DAoC did too

[tepid wadi]

The open world PvP in archeage was really cool because of the ship combat, trade packs, piracy and all that stuff

That's what I really loved. It felt like a cool, dangerous world to be in.

Guilds were really good, but you could also engage with the systems as a small group or solo. You just had to play stealthy

[leaden pagoda]

But with save havens where pve players could do their thing too

[tepid wadi]

Yeah

It was a good balance. They had the justice system too, which while primitive was an interesting way to manage things. Like you actually got sent to jail and judged by other players? That's pretty cool.

[leaden pagoda]

Sadly in many games alot of "pvpers" do not want fair, challenging pvp... they want to grieve newbs mostly

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, and a lot of PvP games don't really design PvP with actual humans in mind. Like think of all the games where zergs just take over everything. You gotta understand that megaguilds are going to exist and build systems that can support both the giant zerg and the group of 3-6 friends that want to have fun. Both are super important to a healthy MMO

Sorry we totally hijacked your question @reef bobcat 😝 I may or may not be passionate about MMO development.

[reef bobcat]

Oh don't worry lightrunner answered it

[leaden pagoda]

Well and naturally Starfield

[reef bobcat]

I'm not even considering that until it goes on sale

[leaden pagoda]

Not for the game itself mostly, will be interesring what modders do with it though

[mossy parcel]

Animal taming and riding.
Normally animals run away if they see you or you fail to tame, I'm using noRunAway so I can show.
Animals lose 1 food every 12 game hours. At 4 or less food they wont let you mount until you feed them.
Also you can press a button to whistle to have the animal follow you while not mounted.

[reef bobcat]

that deer runs like it has big stick stuck somewhere

but for start really good looking

also deer looks like deer

[mossy parcel]

yea, i might be replacing the animals with a style of the enemies soon.

I mean the deer look good running normal. From behind yea it looks a bit odd.

[trim yoke]

Ok, finally found a great reference for all of our age related chats.

I started playing in B, but didn't own until D.

[full acorn]

F, I had a gameboy advance but more G. I had everything there except the PlayStation

[worn jewel]

Wow! I thought B was the start of the era. I remember the bottom left of A, but the other 3 I have no recalection of.

[tepid wadi]

Points for the inclusion of the sega gamegear in D. I feel like I'm one of like 7 people worldwide who had one of those things 😝

[untold lynx]

started with B, because I had older siblings who had owned some pretty old systems!! Didn't own my own until the SNES

[merry moat]

I (think) the first console my family had was a PlayStation 2, I think that’s E?

My own first one was an Xbox 360 so G I think

We had an original DS somewhere as well, probably still do. But I know those ain’t mega old.. nearly the same age as me actually.

[tribal saffron]

Started in D

[rocky crater]

last day to sign up for Palia stress test. last invites go out tomorrow on the 30th. believe it's only a 4 hour stress test in which you get to stare at lagging people and disconnect messages.

[worn jewel]

I have not lagged yet during any of the testing for Palia. I've actually enjoyed it.

[tall nymph]

I had the sega battery eater too! ❤️

[tepid wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/arrested-development-david-cross-tobias-funke-there-are-dozens-of-us-dozens-gif-5426075

[rocky crater]

don't think they sent out 300k invites in the other tests

[azure vector]

Ugh! Getting sick of Valheim's bugs, glitches, and constant issues with losing stuff and saves. Endleslessy building as a vanilla player is fun - but I need something else in my life lol - As a youtuber - I'm always looking to find a niche - Any co-op horror gamers here?

[trim yoke]

Personally never been big into the horror genre of anything. I did play F.E.A.R with friends years ago, but that's more of a shooter than horror.
Play 7dtd with wife, but that's a survival game with zombies as the thing to survive against, so again not horror.

[tepid wadi]

The Forest and Sons of the Forest are the biggest horror survival games out there, you can definitely play them co-op

I've never had any big bugs/glitches with valheim

[fierce light]

Same here, no problems with Valheim
Too bad it's like that for you as it's a great game but I've built so much and I need to find the strength to keep building the thing I want

[azure vector]

I’m really liking the looks of Outlast Trials

[simple topaz]

7 days 2 die has new update 21 on release.

[simple topaz]

Zombies not horror? They've become the norm now eh lol

[azure vector]

Yeah, I’m looking for horror multiplayer.
Outlast Trials has my attention.
Just looking for fellow horror gamer fans.
I have VR - and some horror games, but tbh - some of them feel to real it freaks me out lol

[simple topaz]

alien isolation did me like that...although thats only SP...

[tall nymph]

My friends love dead by daylight and Friday the 13th but I'm not really into asymmetric play.

[tepid wadi]

Once you get used to zombies in 7d2d they just arent that scary anymore.

[reef bobcat]

They're more annoying than anything

Especially when tfp decide to redesign them every time someone comes up with a viable strat to exploit them

[trim yoke]

Yeah, I wouldn't call them horror, just another obstacle in the game.

And played 7dtd A21 last night, some changes I like, some I don't

[mossy parcel]

Zombies need guns. Then they become scary again lol

[honest valley]

that zombie's got armor, i want armor!

[worn jewel]

I'm a huge Outlast fan and I didn't care for Trials. I thought I would enjoy it more.

[worn jewel]

I absolutely loved Alien Isolation and the dlcs

[reef bobcat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8rxVJ0rCyE

not too shabby

[stuck prism]

game is not in any testing phase yet. no release date, no beta and no alpha yet.
i'm at their discord since like forever..... and the community is actually fun and they try to keep everyone entertained with dodo hunts and such... BUT sadly no realy gameplay revealed yet so i'm still cautious (but interested, though)

[reef bobcat]

i mean they have Devs

and the did lost animator ^^

i'm not gonna lie i fall in low with game once i seen it but i than i found for Enshrauded and iwas like HElloooooo

[tepid wadi]

Agreed, it looks like an interesting game. I kind of wonder if we're going to see a new waves of copycat/low effort games because of new tools. UE5 offers so many building tools that allow easy game creation, and their store has some truly excellent pieces that you can simply buy that it feels like games are going to have to do more to start differentiating themselves from the pile. If you're looking to create a fairly simple survival game, a solo dev is going to be able to put one together pretty quick, so there's going to be a lot of mediocre but good looking games that pop out soon.

[reef bobcat]

@stuck prism they did say the release date will be somewhat this year but at this rate i'm in big Doubt

[tepid wadi]

Eeesh, if I were looking at releasing a game this year, I'd do anything I could to push it off to next year.

There's so much good/big stuff coming out this year that if you're releasing a game in a similar vein as another, you might end up with a BOTW/Horizon problem. Where your game is good, but if it came out second you just won't get as many people buying it.

[reef bobcat]

i know right

[tepid wadi]

There's just too much good coming out in too many genres

[reef bobcat]

i really kinda got hoooked up on Valheim..but issue with Valheim is for mee at some point gets boring too much

So never played Survival games before but yea i think the most anticipated game for me atm is Enshouded

after that would be under Rock

[tepid wadi]

I think I'd put Nightingale over Under a Rock

[reef bobcat]

i'm not fan of first person games never liked it last time i played first person game was COD2

[tepid wadi]

That's fair

[simple topaz]

Both are lagging on actually putting anything out, PAX DEI as well. (Well Nightingale supposedly in testing atm...I didn't get invited lol so won't be buying on release without me testing actual gameplay first)

whole slew of games thats in development still waiting on any testing or release dates...Blight survival, PAX DEI, Nightingale, Under-a-Rock, Dune: awakening, Ashfall, Star truckers, Manor Lords, Gord, Ahoy, Star wars: outlaws, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

Enshrouded 😛 lol

[simple topaz]

just like "Way of the hunter" bleh...bought it on sale 50% off, but after 47 min, seriously thinking of refunding it.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, there are a lot of games right now that are good prospects, but we don't have too many details on.

[mossy parcel]

Windamere played my 3d open world survival game last night. Found a couple bugs.

[stuck prism]

guess who is bored and had too much freetime 😄 need to try that in enshrouded too

[untold lynx]

Oooh Conan Exiles? I think I built my base pretty close to that!!

[stuck prism]

yep 🙂 just started playing it again out of boredom 😛

[untold lynx]

as good a reason as any other!!

[untold lynx]

what's that?

[tepid wadi]

This is basically me with 7d2d right now.

I'll probably move on to Valheim when they get their update out

[obtuse scroll]

They went on their summer holiday so looks like there's a chance that won't happen til August... But it was a pretty big bug that was keeping it back, so we will see.

[tepid wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-darth-vader-noo-no-gif-15893771

[obtuse scroll]

They always go in July. Maybe you'll get lucky and they stayed back to do stuff, but they deserve their vacation, just like everyone else.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I just know that August is gona be jam packed with awesome games to play, while July is just... empty right now

[obtuse scroll]

I thought most weren't out til Sept, but maybe it was games in August that just weren't calling to me like some of the others.

[tepid wadi]

Remnant 2 is a big one that I'm looking forward to, and that's basically August. Then at the end of August is Armored Core, with BG3 nestled in there in the middle.

[mossy parcel]

I'm going to play BG3 and maybe Starfield

[brittle finch]

https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/Ravenis/Midgard/

[honest valley]

me but both 😄

BG3 early pc release august 3rd

[simple topaz]

Yeah i'll be doing both also, already have BG3...just waiting on Starfield (Sept)

[honest valley]

same

[rocky crater]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1926090/Coreborn_Nations_of_the_Ultracore/

Steam

Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore

Step into the world of Tormentosia, where long-standing tensions between the various races have led to unending conflict. The situation reached a fever pitch when Sorgoth the Devourer invaded the land, causing near-total destruction. In a last-ditch effort to save what remains, the six remaining kingdoms united their power and resources to creat...

Release Date

Jul 18, 2023

▶ Play video

i like the building in this game but the combat looks bad

looks really early access

[stuck prism]

Building isn't good either. it's very very very basic.... bad snapping points, no doors, no diversity, etc pp. from all survival games it has been the worst i ever experienced.
the game is far behind pre-alpha stage (that's how it feels when playing) but they hit early access at steam soon because that's their business modell to fund the development.

[simple topaz]

lol - from come play me to come fund me 😛

[reef bobcat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQ0LzLfNzs

i'm exited for this

yes i love the idea being online and you can play survival game with other people

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, cautious optimism. Hopefully since it's going to be a new IP they'll be willing to take some risks and innovate on the genre in their own way.

[simple topaz]

and then, they totally fubar it by adding PVP lol

[rocky crater]

don't ever trust activision

[reef bobcat]

this is not gonna be part of activision

Regardless blizzard has been very bad recently

[tepid wadi]

It sounds more like an MMO with survival elements than a survival game, even if that's how they're pushing it.

[rocky crater]

what you mean not part of activision?

if you think blizzard is somehow not activision, you need to look at the documentation because activision owns blizzard. they bought it for the name to make money trending on the name, end of story. blizzard is in no way apart of it's old self, it is run completely by activision.

it has been this way for a decade and a half

[amber lagoon]

tbh I hate conans combat

[reef bobcat]

We shall see... Blizzcon will bring more information!

[reef bobcat]

So you never played newst cods or etc?

i don't think there is an issue with game due the bad company managment

anyway story for other day i'm just saying we shall see how game will look like once there is gonna be more info

New cod defender yikes

my last cod i was playing was CoD2 and COd 4 modern warfare or something like that

this new cods are not somethimg i m into but as i seen people are buying and loving it. Depents on personal taste i guess

[rocky crater]

call of dooty pffff

[reef bobcat]

Just seen another MMO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX1KE7mIRDE

They open Sign ups for Beta

[amber lagoon]

is that just for playstation?

[reef bobcat]

Nah, it will be for pc and ps

[reef bobcat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p74SdEMLsvs atm playing

is not bad :S

Ah md

Unbelievably boring after a while to me

[wise sinew]

Lol, Enshrouded needs to release. I'm stuck sucking my friends into getting pissed off in Don't Starve Together

[tepid wadi]

I'm just tricking them into "surviving" hordes in 7d2d. Good times.

[loud fog]

I think I landed the Money Shot there

[honest valley]

something was just thunderstruck

[tepid wadi]

Meh, you can just buy thunderstruck logs off the MTX market now. (RIP Archeage)

[reef bobcat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaRodWetl5Y mhm

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I'm cautiously optimmistic for Pax Dei

[reef bobcat]

i mean same

[tepid wadi]

It does look real nice, but we gotta see their alpha and stuff to really tell

[reef bobcat]

agreee

[tepid wadi]

I'm curious how they're going to manage the MMO aspects of it. Like is there going to be shards where you can build your plots and stuff to make sure there's enough space for everyone? Or is there going to be an Archeage-style land rush at the start of the game?

[tepid wadi]

I'm also curious about their 'economy' stuff. A lot of MMOs have tried to do the 'entire player-run economy' thing but they forget that to make their economy function there needs to be some form of entropy / resource loss. Otherwise resources just stockpile forever and the economy goes wild.

[reef bobcat]

An example of player built worlds that worries me is this one game I can't remember the name of immediately

Wurm online I think it was

[tepid wadi]

Every MMO that referenced EvE Online as an inspiration 😝

I feel like there were a lot of smaller ones that fell apart within 3-5 months of release

[reef bobcat]

Definitely

[trim yoke]

I've enjoyed reading stories of EvE battles and betrayals, but to hell with ever trying to play that game

[tepid wadi]

EvE corporate espionage stories are always enjoyable, for sure.

[dim hound]

EvE's success is definitely reproducible, Albion Online did the same exact thing and IMO it works even better. That games economy has been great so far

[tepid wadi]

Yeah I've heard Albion is good, i could never get into it though

[dim hound]

Certainly not without its flaws, biggest one being that without a guild the game feels borderline unplayable, at least in my opinion. Really not a great game for solo or small group players. I mean it's still technically playable, but you'll constantly feel like you're wasting your time or fighting an uphill battle

[true roost]

For Eve Online my understanding is they have a full time economist on staff to make sure the economy doesn't get out of whack. His name is Eyjolfur “Eyjo” Guðmundsson. Tons of articles about it as well...

[mossy parcel]

New trader

[rocky crater]

Palia: open beta 8/10, keep beta progress for full release.

[full jetty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PStUfXYSCPM&ab_channel=ENFANTTERRIBLE

[rocky crater]

the future is now

[reef bobcat]

https://youtu.be/hgytpptJB7k

I'm amazed I've never seen this game until now

The chisel tool reminds me a lot of what enshrouded is going for

[worn jewel]

I've enjoyed the betas so far

[rocky crater]

it has a nice relaxing touch to it, can't wait to finally play it

[raw pebble]

Im Looking for a friend(s) to play bulders gate 3 with. Pretty new to turn based games and brand new to d&d

[merry moat]

Got to love a character editor (fallout 4)

Ah yes discord compression… forgot that can ruin screenshots

[full acorn]

I don't think we can blame discord for the horrors of THAT screenshot!

[merry moat]

Oh no.. I mean it’s worse in game

[tall nymph]

reminds me of the wild create a character designs coming out of Street Fighter 6

[solemn forge]

Why does palia remind me of toon town?

[lunar flame]

You should check out Star Trek Online... 😂

[wraith sierra]

Howdy doody guys?

[rocky crater]

doody? call of doody?

[olive elbow]

hahah

[azure vector]

Doody Howser MD?

[solemn forge]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2878892164

@quartz pike

[full acorn]

@languid wolf #the-tavern message Not a self promo but how could you not get into a game with let's you stomp around with a pet turtle 😆

[languid wolf]

Haha, hm, that's a good question. I think it is not that the game was bad. But I think I was distracted by other games, that it didn't have enough to pull me away haha

I played a few times with a friend who was very much into it

[full acorn]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ4bgkj8/

One thing you'll find is I am very biased to portal knights I love it 😀 I can't wait for their next game

[languid wolf]

Haha, that tiktok is cute though

Does that mean you becom ethe turtle?

Or is that the pet

[golden forge]

Any fans of Outward in here? I never got very far in it, but it does have similar vibes in some aspects

I just hope Enshrouded will be less jank, because boy is Outward some jank

[sweet heron]

Outward was good. Combat kind of clunky, but it was a nice overall experience. Nice to see it get a definitive addition also. 🙂

[golden forge]

I love Outward on a theoretical level, let's say

It doesn't quite live up to the promise, but it does have that pinch of that just right in it

[lost jasper]

it does! i hadnt realized

[golden forge]

The spellcasting, while punishing at times, is really innovative

Also we modded in bigger multiplayer for Outward, so it was really interesting when we had like a proper frontline-backline split

We just uhh, never got back to it because we kinda just forgor

And we play like two dozen games so it just got cycled out

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I agree with the sentiment of liking it in theory. I did enjoy my time with it, but once you figured it out it got kind of thin

[azure vector]

Any fellow For The King players?

[golden forge]

Played it, but like other games, it fizzled out

It was pretty fun honestly tho

[azure vector]

It was for sure. I never beat it either. Those krakens would usually end me before I could get to the final castle.
Figured I’d ask here, cuz I’m a small YouTuber looking for fellow gamers to stream with. And this was one of the games on my list.

[keen pilot]

gods i love that game, super stoked for the new game. I played the beta test they had and it was punishing but fun compared to the origirnal

It's the perfect "pick it up and go for a round with your friends" kinda game.

especially hildebrandt cellar where there's really no major commitment

[azure vector]

Agreed. When it came to Xbox, I got my friend hooked, and we’d play all night til we passed out lol
Haven’t played it in a year or so. Figured since 2 is around the corner, I’d start streaming 1 for fun.
I had the beta invite for 2 as well 😃 but forgot to get on steam while it was going on and missed it by a day 😞.
So now I’m just LFG for peeps to game 1 with until 2 drops.

And this Dave The Diver game looks pretty amazeballs too.

[keen pilot]

I'd hop into a game or two with ya, but my time schedule is weird. pop me a DM and i can tell you about it there. I do have a bit of an itch to beat the king of the sea

[sweet heron]

Heck yeah! 100% FTK, and had a great time with the beta they had for FTK 2! A lot to look forward to with the sequal! 😁

[azure vector]

Yes!
I had the beta access and forgot about it for the time it was open 😞

[sweet heron]

Yeah, it was super brief during the period it was open beta too.

Had been lucky to get in sooner during the closed beta period ofc. 👌

[azure vector]

There was an open beta? 🤦🏻

[near vine]

Definitely looking forward to FTK2

another upcoming game I'm looking forward to is Hammerwatch 2

[sweet heron]

for a very short period right after the closed beta yeah. I think it was only like two weeks.

[azure vector]

https://tenor.com/view/no-noo-gif-12572306

[keen pilot]

FTK2, Enshrouded, Star field, Palia... The list goes on. This is the year of the RPG lol

[tepid wadi]

BG3 full release, remnant, nightingale, armored core...

So many good games this year

[keen pilot]

Oh God I forgot armored core

My wallet

[tepid wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/money-wallet-broke-gif-7855913

[keen pilot]

Pain

Oh yeah, Lost Skies too

New spiritual succession for Worlds Adrift

By the same guys

[tepid wadi]

oh yeah, I loved Worlds Adrift, so I'm looking forward to that

Their island builder was super fun

[keen pilot]

I still have the island builder downloaded and pop in from time to time just for the nostalgia

Such an awesome community it was

[tepid wadi]

It was a cool game concept too, I'm glad it's going to mostly see the light of day again.

It really didn't need the PvP aspect, the storm and stuff was scary enough

[keen pilot]

Once you got past a storm wall, and the red tornado thing, PvP was really where the challenge was, who had the best crew and most useful ship

Plus hopping on and taking out the crew of another ship was sweet, just sucks that gankers would beat on newbies who ha barely built a ship capable of making it through stormwalls

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, the standard PvP problem 😝

[keen pilot]

Stealing their 4 wood

Lmao

[real wadi]

You guys over in the general area are killing me with the Valheim talk... I've never played that one either, might have to grab that while waiting for beta to start here... assuming I even get in the next Enshrouded beta

[trim yoke]

Valheim was great, but so much better in multi-player

[lunar flame]

For sure.

I'll probably run a new server myself, after I move.

[tepid wadi]

Yep, we're just waiting for them to do their difficulty settings update so we can do a hardcore playthrough.

[lunar flame]

Lol

[keen pilot]

I miss slingshotting my ship into the heavens with the wonky ocean physics in Valheim before they patched it

[tepid wadi]

I love all the videos of people sailing their ships down the side of mountains

[trim yoke]

Oh yeah that's fun as heck

[azure vector]

You listed my list lol - Add PaxDei, and Dave the Diver (which I'm grabbing tonight), and new Valheim update...you got a match!

[azure vector]

Do it! You won't regret it. There are so many unspoken inspirations that Valheim has that Enshrouded incorporated in their game, which has drawn so many of us Valheim players here!

Right now I'm hype for Palia, Enshrouded, Valheim update, PaxDei, and Starfield

[trim yoke]

Hyped for Enshrouded, rest of the time I'm playing 7 Days to Die with my wife or RimWorld on my lonesome

[near vine]

For folks who liked FTK, they might like Stolen Realm

[azure vector]

Yall see this one yet? I'm a HUGE fan of HORROR games. But TBH too much of a wuss to play them on my own, so I prefer co-op horror, but am too much of an unlcuky person to find people to game with (the conundrum). And this looks pretty dope https://youtu.be/-szE7xyE3NY

[keen pilot]

Siiick

Victorian era animatronic dolls

[timid dagger]

This game called vintage story just looks, feels and plays so damn good even with 50+ mods loads in seconds 😁

[molten nacelle]

I think that's called minecraft haha

[timid dagger]

Nope 2 different games they both are just voxel style

Mc will never look this great without using shaders and hundreds of mods

https://youtu.be/NJjifFq1NGY

https://youtu.be/zD_Ui1dq-FU

One could say its minecraft for grownups

[lost jasper]

god this is so hot

[quick mortar]

Thanks for sharing about this, never heard of it before

[timid dagger]

Its a really neat game to play from time to time, have jumpt into it especially while waiting for enshrouded

Tho it might not be everyones cup of tea as survival side is bit more complex and challange is there as well

[shrewd talon]

Ashes of creation

[simple topaz]

Kind of reminds me of this game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/382310/Eco/

Steam

Eco

Enter the world of Eco, a fully simulated ecosystem bustling with thousands of growing plants and animals living their lives. Build, harvest, and take resources from an environment where your every action affects the world around you. An imminent meteor strike threatens global destruction. Can you save the world without destroying it in the pro...

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

8867

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[timid dagger]

yep, but not that deep tho

[zenith saffron]

soon there will also be the game Return to Moria

[timid dagger]

if that was the LOTR game is it made by a AA companie or indie?

[amber lagoon]

Im not that interested in moria tbh

[golden forge]

By 2028 we'll just have an entire genre called 'dwarfgames'

[timid dagger]

cause if its made by AAA i would not get excited or anything to be fair

[timid dagger]

tbf there should be one already 😄

but yeah in my opinion AAA companies are not doing great in survival genre

[simple topaz]

already have one on steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Steam

Dwarf Fortress

Prepare for the deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that has ever been created. Not just generated geometry -- a whole simulated world. Generated rise and fall of civilizations, personalities, creatures, cultures, etc. Infinite hours of gameplay. Now with beautiful pixel graphics! Learn the basics with in-game tutorials A lifetime “l...

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

19298

Metacritic

93

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[golden forge]

That's just DF, I didn't see a tag for it

[quick mortar]

songs of syx is pretty nice, you can play the demo which is an old version

[keen pilot]

im coped up on their new video, but idk if it'll actually feel finished in 2023

[golden forge]

Talking of starfield in general, okay. Place your bets, what will be the "Skyrim Horses" equivalent. "Starfield ___"

[simple topaz]

VASCO

[rocky crater]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2465830/Robin_Hood__Sherwood_Builders__Bandits_Trail/

Steam

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders - Bandit's Trail

Add the full game to your wishlist!https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159420/Robin_Hood__Sherwood_Builders/Bandit's Trail is a FREE prologue version of Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders. Become the legendary outlaw of folk tales, explore Barnsdale, the first region of the game's world, and face its challenges.Robin Hood: Sherwood Builders is an ac...

Release Date

Aug 9, 2023

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[tribal saffron]

Isn't minecraft already for grownups? Just listen to the cave noises, those are too scary for children

[timid dagger]

well minecraft with its graphics meaning super simple creature designs and also super simple mechanics as well what in my opinion makes it more appealing for children

[reef bobcat]

Buying that

looks interesting

[rocky crater]

bandit's trail is free when it comes out, like a demo sorta i guess

[reef bobcat]

that is fine

[reef bobcat]

Yea i just checked again... was not aware of that is free :S haaha

oke i like the game but as i can see building has pre sets

but worth of trying for sure

[rocky crater]

not to really lose, so might as well try it

[reef bobcat]

Have to kill time somewhere

[winged valley]

i know 6 yr olds that regularly play minecraft, dont know a single person under 20 that appreciates the complexity and difficulty of vintage story. It's definitely more hardcore. even modded minecraft (which i still really enjoy) is just an alchemy game. X + Y + Z = Product. NEI gives you every solution. Vanilla minecraft, or even non java is just so mind-numbingly simple it would be hard to argue against it marketed towards children.

[stable saffron]

unmodded minecraft is getting better, but modded is so much better. Just the blockiness gets old after a while

[last grove]

Well it got me* and im 29

[winged valley]

im over 30 and still play MC< but its for sure marketed towards younger crowds

vintage story is the opposite

[stable saffron]

I doble that and still play MC

right now in looking for next game mode.

[last grove]

Realistic textures that are low-bit be kinda weird huh

[winged valley]

def a bit yeah. high hopes for enshrouded

the gameplay got me for vintage story, its different enough to not feel like MC at all, but still scratch the itch.

Play both games xD

[last grove]

How y'all feel about Sons of the Forest?

[thin sand]

Sons was good. A little empty. You have to really be into just building stuff because there's not much else to do after a while

Definitely better with a group of friends

[tribal saffron]

There are also 6 year olds who play call of duty

[winged valley]

I blame the parents.

[molten nacelle]

Their favorite word starts with N and I hear it everyday in DMZ

[honest valley]

they must have enjoyed morrowind if they keep saying N'wah

[winged valley]

Best ive seen all day mate

[zenith saffron]

I have to many replayable games.... Minecraft, RimWorld, Stellaris, TW: Warhammer III, 7 Days to Die, and more I think.

[zenith sun]

I run a minecraft server (Modified SMP - but we don't run mods, only plugins and stuff I script) for my wife (26), our 6yo son, several friends I've met over the years playing MC and I'm 39. Minecraft will probably always be on my list of actively played games primarily because despite the fact that some games have it beat in terms of potential (Vintage Story, for example) of block mechanics their story, expansion, and overall playability just isn't there yet.

[gentle void]

thanks yall for tlaking about Vintage Story, looked into it, defintely getting it tomorrow lol

[gentle void]

i lied, i got it today

[honest valley]

ahead of schedule

[timid dagger]

make sure to join their offcial discord as that comunity is quite friendly and helpful 🙂

[gentle void]

i did, though at this current time, the game isnt doing anything. I BLAME ENSHROUDED ITS ALL I WANT TO PLAY

[timid dagger]

VS is not working or something or yust not in a mood to play anything but enshrouded? 😄 (when i first found out about enshrouded and twhen they posted the NDA testing I could not get myself to play anything for 2 weeks i think XD

[gentle void]

not in a mood to play anything else

[quick mortar]

It s good to have off screen time after all

Says someone who almost live in front of his computer

[kindred olive]

The gaming content drought is real

[tepid wadi]

It's the calm before the storm though. In about a week, the floodgates are gonna open

[quick mortar]

i have so many games to play already tbh

dying light 2, outer worlds, divinity 1 to finish, divinity 2, remnant 1 to finish (i'm at final boss, what a pain), hardspace shipbreaker, a factorio run, and so many others

[opaque pebble]

I've been playing Project Zomboid a lot because I like to rage and break everything on my computer desk and yell, and throw things and feel like poop because I can't last more than 3 minutes in a silly game that I keep playing over and over.

[timid dagger]

original sin or the OG divinity 1 and divinity 2 dragon knight saga?

[timid dagger]

PZ is a great game really but i suggest looking into must have mods and also to be patient as its a survival game if compared to 7 days to die and how much more its an arcade of anything really

[tepid wadi]

7d2d for me is more about coming up with fun build ideas and seeing if i can make them work.

[timid dagger]

If I play 7d2d I cannot enjoy it without UL mod anymore really... vanilla just makes me think of how many good features they have removed and how arcady the game is instead of survival

[tepid wadi]

Not quite sure what you mean by arcady in this context?

[opaque pebble]

I like 7d2d but haven't played it ina long while. Are they still developing it?

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, they just did a major update that changed progression a lot

[timid dagger]

arcade part is that you can go guns blazing on hardest diff without waking up half of a city

in my mind it makes no sense

thats just one example

but no worries on one of next updates we will also have less of character customization as well (regarting armor/clothing slots)

but again i would guess im not target audience for majority of anything that came past a16

I like survival aspects, need to be stealthy from time to time, having to manage what i take with me when i go looting and so on

I am sad to what direction they have gone but that is their game and their decissions they make, I had my fair share of fun and I still do each time Undead Legacy mod gets an update

[sweet coral]

My buddy and I decided to start up a new duo server while we wait 🙂

[turbid schooner]

@lost jasper these casinos were as close to real as they come. had roulette, blackjack, craps and slots

[quick mortar]

OS, divine divinity did not click for me

[timid dagger]

You confused me even more, so divinity 2 original sin or divinity 2 dks?

[quick mortar]

both OS (Original Sin)

I forgot about dragon knight saga, I did play it a bit but I prefered divine divinity to it tho

[timid dagger]

Ah for me dks and its expansion is best of divinity period but again thats just for me at least

[neon sleet]

I've been wasting a lot of time lately on EDF 4.1

[prime scarab]

Not me just killing the electro worm, OVER AND OVER AND OVER again. Stupid acid rain II

[simple topaz]

well there goes that game lol -
7 Days to Die Official
@7DaystoDie
·
Jul 16
Hey Survivors,
Since going Stable in June, Alpha 21 has anchored itself in the top 15 Most Played Games on Steam, is currently number 10, and has hit a concurrent record peak of 96,827 players. It keeps getting better folks and is coming to console soon!

[tepid wadi]

Hey that's good for them.

I've been playing A21 and it feels pretty good. The progression style of magazines is an interesting change that makes progression feel a little better

[gentle void]

i prefer the old progression myself, but i do enjoy the premise of the magazines

[golden forge]

I like the new one better, even though it has completely screwed me over

Stun batons my love...

Why do you take years to upgrade...

[gentle void]

im a spear fanatic myself

i just hope i can use Spears in Enshrouded

[tepid wadi]

I've been using stun batons for the first time, and I regretted it for the first half of the game. They SUCK until you get the repulsor mod + the quick charge book

[golden forge]

Also int doesn't have any guns so that sucks

Repulsor is absolute win

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, it's super good

[gentle void]

repulsor is fun

but charge attack the spear knocks them down

[golden forge]

I'm just going Int/Fort so I can double dip to masheen gun

[tepid wadi]

I feel like the game pushes you into the Strength tree, and the sledge is so much stronger than the other melee weapons

[golden forge]

I am happy that lockpicking was put to Int

I love messing with electricity

[gentle void]

i miss the old days where you could make a zombie proof base with just a few wooden poles

well it wasnt crawler proof

or cop proof

[tepid wadi]

I get them making the zombies stronger with pathing and stuff. It makes defense more interesting

[gentle void]

ive turned off horde nights for noiw

[tepid wadi]

Irradiated cops do too much damage to traps though. They kill a whole area of blade traps with one spit

[golden forge]

Well, it still makes them easily cheesable

[gentle void]

until i can find a good way to zombie proof my base

[golden forge]

Horde nights are pretty meh, they're good for getting levels

[gentle void]

i need to play again

[golden forge]

But I don't find them very fun once we started cheesing them

But if we don't cheese, they're a nightmare

[gentle void]

i like cheesing

if i want to fight a bunch of zombies ill go to a trader

or setup a heat source and let ole Aboleth scream a bunch

[golden forge]

When I get all turrets it'd all ogre for them

[gentle void]

in case youre wondering why i call screamers Aboleth, that's Aboleth

[golden forge]

Turrets And electric traps

[gentle void]

the more you talk it up, the more i think maybe it can scratch my desire to game itch, time to try

AWWW YEAH MY CHARACTER IN MY SINGLE PLAYER WORLD HAS A LEVEL 4 MAGNUM, i forgot about that lol

[golden forge]

noic

[tepid wadi]

I don't really cheese them, I just use some mild tower defense features, then kill them as they get up to my safety box

[golden forge]

Do you have ramps?

Does it look like a warcraft 3 TD map from above?

😂

Somehow I just trust that people gere know what I'm talking about...

I guess Mazing to me is the difference between cheesing it and not

[clever orbit]

This looks really good! I can't find it on steam tho 😮

[gentle void]

gotta go to its website

[clever orbit]

Yea I just figured. Imma buy it and check it out!

[gentle void]

https://www.vintagestory.at/

[clever orbit]

Ty for the tip

[gentle void]

yee yee, its interesting so far, unfortunately doesnt scratch the itch, im scared nothing will except Enshrouded

i hope that site doesnt break the rules, i dont think it does

[clever orbit]

You mean Vintage story? How would it?

[clever orbit]

Ikr. I don't know much about Enshrouded yet. I found out about the game last night, through a random article. Watched the video that was attatched and nearly started to cry and scream once figuring I couldn't play right away. It looks so freaking good

[gentle void]

IKR

[gentle void]

im just overly paranoid at times lol

[clever orbit]

I feel you. I am overly paranoid at times as well xD

[gentle void]

Vintage Story is an absolutely beautiful world, i dont like the limited storage you get to start though

[clever orbit]

Oeh it's installed. Imma check it out. I wonder what mods to install lmao

hahahaha the voices. I love this

[rocky crater]

palia gameplay stream tomorrow

gonna have to play palia if enshrouded doesn't launch soon enough /cough /cough

[clever orbit]

Wait is Palia already available!?

[clever orbit]

I've been waiting forever!!

[tepid wadi]

It's not, it comes out Aug 2 for people who get into the closed beta. Aug 10 for people who didn't

[clever orbit]

heavy breathing AAAAAAAH i can't wait. I think I got into the closed beta if im correct

[tepid wadi]

If you've been in any of the alphas or server slams or whatever, you should get closed beta access I htink

[clever orbit]

Aww no that I have not. Never got a message/email unfortunately

[rocky crater]

it's open beta on august 10th

for anyone, and you get to keep your progress

[gentle void]

Have any of yall played Rising World?

[honest valley]

oh that game looks interesting

[gentle void]

i ahve it, just havent played it, so am hoping i can hear how it is lol

[rocky crater]

man 2014, looks like it was ahead of its time

[last grove]

It definitely looks like a game you could get lost in, but also looks like it would get boring pretty quick.

Those reviews are definitely solid O.O

[honest valley]

well it doesnt scratch the same itch enshouded probably would

[gentle void]

once weve enjoyed Enshrouded, i pray to all the gods we can finally start enjoying other games

[prime scarab]

God I need enshrouded. It's been Rocket League holding our community together for too long now lol. Awaiting something big to steal our attention. The big wait is gta 6. 😳 Hoping this can get us through until then.

[gentle void]

same

[turbid schooner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOtzXfGNIVU NEW YEARS 2021 in Conan at the Greybush Casino lol I was home way to long 😆

[azure vector]

Fear not! For Baldur’s Gate 3 is right around the bend!

[rocky crater]

palia stream in less than 5 hours

if everyone has the same house plot i'm going to be real disappointed

[rocky crater]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663850/REPLACED/

Steam

REPLACED

REPLACED is a 2.5D sci-fi retro-futuristic action platformer set in an alternate 1980s America, with free-flow action combat and a deep, dystopian story.You play as R.E.A.C.H. - an artificial intelligence trapped in a human body against its own will, striving to adjust to human life, in and around Phoenix-City. Outlaws are rife in a society that...

Release Date

Coming soon

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artistic style in this looks awesome

[untold lynx]

oh wow!!

[merry moat]

I’m playing fallout 4 and had a quest take me to a school, the one with the pink paste… fallout lore keeps getting weirder

[rocky crater]

i did a quest in that game, was so disappointed by it that I quit and never played it again.

[simple topaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPPIeYqraZg

[fierce ivy]

Might play some "The Long Dark" here soon, very good survival game, do recommend

[fierce ivy]

https://youtube.com/shorts/9oQJunz-YWY?feature=share

[last grove]

single player survival? I'd lose track of time without the homies and probably never return to civilization. The risks are too great

[wicked remnant]

Any Path of Exile players around?

[vapid mirage]

Yarp

[azure vector]

How’s everyone liking Dave The Diver so far?

[rocky crater]

heard it was real good

i went for punch club 2 though

[rocky crater]

"under a rock" has optional pvp for those seeking pvp

[quick mortar]

I did refund it, the fishing gameplay was annoying to me, some things are fun in the game, but the gaming part offers nothing fresh, the mix is original but that's it. It's a rat race, an occasionally funny one, but still.

[warm sinew]

It was fun in the first few hours, but got boring quickly after that

[azure vector]

Huh 🤔. I can see your point. The grind gets old here and there, but I’ve been enjoying it for the most part. I think I’ve gotten as far as beating the squid and discovering the sea people.
It’s a definite change of pace for me as an rpg nerd

[quick mortar]

If you people missed it, definitely not a fantasy-vibed game, but Genesis Alpha One is an interesting game for space fans

[untold lynx]

wait what's Dave the Diver? I've heard the name a few times but I haven't looked into it

[simple topaz]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/

Steam

DAVE THE DIVER

・An adventure, RPG, management hybridExplore and unravel the mysteries in the depths of the Blue Hole by day and run a successful exotic sushi restaurant by night.It’s easy to get hooked on the satisfying gameplay loop!・Casual combat and gathering gameplay with rogue-like elementsDive into the ever-changing Blue Hole and use a harpoon and other ...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

38080

Metacritic

89

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[reef bobcat]

.>

[untold lynx]

I've watched the whole thing and I don't think I've got a clearer understanding of what the heck it's all about!!

[simple topaz]

lol me either, even after watching the 2 hours+ of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2YhggAYDg

to me and IMO only, looks like a couple of guys got together to do their thesis on minecraft mods and just kept going with it lol

[untold lynx]

it looks so wildly varied that it feels like a game from the 90s

back before genres were so defined

[golden forge]

In the times of jank

[untold lynx]

(my best example of this is stuff like Cryo's Dune, which has adventure game elements, real time strategy, management, all the while loosely following the plot of the book)

jank = best!!

[simple topaz]

yeah thats what it reminds me of...remember that "RPGmaker" program lol

[golden forge]

Jank is great!!

I'll definitely take a janky game that's neat and innovative than a polished game that does nothing new

[simple topaz]

then climb aboard the "Ubisoft" train 😛

[untold lynx]

yeah show me something that falls just short of greatness, rather than a polished copy I've already forgotten the contents of before the game is done uninstalling

[golden forge]

Ubisoft games are neither polished nor innovative in my mind 😂

[untold lynx]

don't make me tap the sign

the sign > #the-tavern message

[simple topaz]

hey now...we're in #other-games not #the-tavern 😛

[untold lynx]

should I make it a sticky here too

[full acorn]

cough breakpoint cough

[lunar flame]

Breakpoint is an enjoyable game, but definitely shows it's console roots.

[golden forge]

Ah, my bad

Okay but I'm now trying to think about some really good but jank game

Like Gravity Rush and Gravity Rush 2 are absolutely my favorite games ever but they're just so janky and goofy

But it adds to the charm, almost

Because the games just tried to do something almost impossible and managed to do it for the most part, and the most part that works is amazing

[waxen sparrow]

Really good but jank? 7 Days to Die comes to mind for me.

[golden forge]

The last parts that don't are just a sad casualty

7 Days to Die is the king of jank, yeh

But not in a bad way, they're obviously trying to break a lot of ground with all that

Like, some games are jank because the devs were either underequipped to handle the challenge or some other issue happened, and some games are jank because they push the envelope

[quick mortar]

not if you have enjoyed wildlands and expected something as good tbh, except for a small set of features they downgraded from there

I mean wildlands kinda had a realistic vibe, and some features they added with breakpoint seemed like they wanted to go further on some of the realistic aspects, but only to crush em entirely with the rest of the game sigh

[lunar flame]

I thought Wildlands was quite weak by comparison.

The AI is dumber than toffee on both games. 😛

[quick mortar]

where did it lack compared to breakpoint in your opinion ?

also, which one have you played the earliest ?

(We could be biased by our first experience)

[lunar flame]

Mostly in how the enemies work.

The random spawning during combat... Like, I just killed the first squad that arrived in cars, but now there's another 10 guys who appear as if by magic.

[quick mortar]

Well I used to play wildlands without UI and the AI felt challenging enough.
I dont think they spawned in wildlands, but yeah they drove to your place.

maybe spawned further down the road though

[lunar flame]

It's like a less extreme version of Payday.. lol

Gawd, those games are terribad.

[quick mortar]

but there could be situation with seemingly endless flux yes

I dislike payday, not realistic enough. I never attacked a vault but the whole game feels super arcade

[lunar flame]

Sneak in, obtain objectives, sneak out... 300 COPS MF!

[simple topaz]

PAYDAY 😛

[lunar flame]

https://tenor.com/view/indeed-tealc-stargate-gif-4496552

[quick mortar]

red dead redemption 2 also feels like that tho

[lunar flame]

RDR2 was far too over-hyped for me.

[quick mortar]

well, it really shines alot on the story telling/ cinematic side

[lunar flame]

Played it on my nephew's PC and it so badly feels like Yet Another Console Port.

[quick mortar]

mmmh, I think it's alright

I play with kb&m and in FPS view

[lunar flame]

It's not a bad game... but that console legacy makes it feel wrong.

Same with Breakpoint.

[quick mortar]

Maybe I got used to that port feeling

[lunar flame]

Movement feels janky.

[quick mortar]

I remember being really pissed at that in the past

[quick mortar]

there's inertia, I like inertia

[lunar flame]

Not like that...

Inertia I get, totally... It feels more like hard lag.

[quick mortar]

well, it's not perfect but it accounts for body movement, maybe a bit too rigid, but still realistic in a way

It still coincides with the animations, the char has a mass he's trying to move. but yeah he's no gymnast or dancer lol

feels too heavy

[lunar flame]

To me, it's more like putting a skateboard on a roundabout.

Then trying to dance on it, while it spins.

[quick mortar]

I'm trying hard to picture the metaphore

[lunar flame]

lol

Another annoyance is cover.

[quick mortar]

agreed

even in gta 5 it was far from intuitive

[lunar flame]

I'm approaching to keep the cover on my left, to lean against.... So my character looks the other way, for reasons.

[quick mortar]

that's one thing ubisoft did good in division

and it was good already in R6 vegas

R6 vegas 2 ❤️

[simple topaz]

until they removed "blind fire"

[quick mortar]

man if only they had implemented it in R6 siege

did they ?

didnt stick around for long on division 2, but the first one still has it no ?

[simple topaz]

yeah think it's still in Div1...haven't played that in forever

[quick mortar]

survival dlc was >

what a loss

If only it had been promoted smartly, at the time BRs were topping charts

[azure vector]

Late to this convo chain - but since I brought it up - I figured I’d reply.
Pixel art m, super ambitious and fun mix of life sim, mini-games, good story, retro-vibes, crazy story about a diver who helps run a sushi restaurant, meanwhile the go to village hero for everyone in the Blue Hole. A must play fosho

[humble onyx]

Eny One plays portal knights?

[untold lynx]

only the og

[azure vector]

https://tenor.com/view/teachers-pet-teachers-pet-be-like-gif-12215625

[simple topaz]

i want to play it, but not going to until "After" i've seen "Enshrouded". Want to see how far they've come development wise before seeing the previous game.

[azure vector]

Same. Anytime a dev hits a home run with a game (EldenRing for example), I’ll start checking out their previous titles to get my fix 🥸

[simple topaz]

yeah i did that for 'spacebourne 2', was amazing to see how much he improved over spacebourne1....so now do all games like that...play the curent first then see how much improvement the team had made by playing the previous releases.

[prime scarab]

Playing Portal Knights right now

[azure vector]

You mean when gamers had attention spans and patience to give a game more than an hour of play - before they raced off to the refund line or posted some whiny uneducated YouTube “review”? 😜
This and Merge & Blade have been my go to’s lately. For that creative spin on old nostalgia mix vibes.
Watch IGN’s review on Dave The Diver if you want a clearer picture of what it’s about.
Not to be beating a dead horse into a voxel sandbox, but it’s soooo worth the time investing in the story and watching it slowly peel itself open to the crazy game it truly is.

[simple topaz]

hey now...lol....just did that for "Way of the hunter" myself.....bad plagarism of "Call of the wild" lol

[azure vector]

Did what?

[simple topaz]

refunded and whined 😛

with the money i got back i bought Survival: fountain of youth instead lol

[azure vector]

Oh. I’m referring to the people that don’t even give a game a chance. And the good ol’ days when you asked your parents to drive you to the video store and prayed nobody beat you to the copy of the game you wanted to rent. And you played it wether you liked it or not - cuz you just rented it for the weekend. Or you saved up your allowance to buy a game you were excited for…and maybe you got powned for the first hour and threw your controller.
You kept playing because your inner pride was at stake! And you wanted to know how the rest of the game was 🥸

[quick mortar]

Well, I consider myself part of the low attention given to games, but it can be easily justified imho. I've been playing games for maybe 30 years now, including most of the big titles of any genre, and many lesser known too, one of the consequences of that is that because there is such a wide experience and choice of games nowadays I don t see why I should spend time on a game I am enjoying less than another ? I mean back then it was nice to have a single game okay, but even then I started getting LARGE amounts of games as early as 2001, when... well internet allowed for that.
My time on earth is getting shorter and the hours of new experience on games is growing exponentially, so I'd rather invest that time wisely, playing a game is not a charity ?!

[true roost]

Its late to the convo but Dave the Diver is an amazingly fun and relaxing game and actually has a lot more depth to it than people give it credit for at first glance...

[quick mortar]

It is ok to be entertained by mini games.

[azure vector]

💯 agree!
At first I loved it. Then got worried about the loop. Then more and more crazy stuff and people came along and now it’s insane!
And I have such a hard time putting it down - “just one more dive. Maybe just one more sushi night” Long live Bancho 🍣

15 days til Baldur’s Gate 3
and then this 🥳

[simple topaz]

3 days to Remnant 2
14 days to Baldur's gate 3
48 days to Starfield
84 days to AC: Mirage
140 days to Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

[worn jewel]

Lol I'm more excited to see if The Day Before actually releases.

[azure vector]

Take one down …
pass it around…

[azure vector]

You didn’t see them post the release date?

[worn jewel]

I'm really in a nice spot where I don't have any of those big games I'm excited for.

[worn jewel]

November I believe

[azure vector]

Actually…the day before…that 🥸

[simple topaz]

114 days to "the day before"

[worn jewel]

Lol did they "push" it back again

[simple topaz]

November 10th

[worn jewel]

Yep. I thought it was the 10th or the 11th

[azure vector]

Force Gaming has been putting some coverage/updates on occasion via YouTube.
The game looks ambitious and like a dream come true for survival zombie fans. But there is so much oddball stuff going on around the game. The licensing of their game title alone is super sketch.

[worn jewel]

Yep, my discord has been following it since the beginning. If it comes out, I'll be playing it. If they push it back... lol well they might as well cancel the game

[tepid wadi]

You forgot 37 days until Armored Core 6

[simple topaz]

nah, i didn't lol

not interested 😛

[tepid wadi]

😝 What about 22 days until Palia?

[simple topaz]

yeah looking at that one also, haven't decided yet...

even though i'm in the test lmao

[tepid wadi]

I have a couple friends who did the alpha, they said it was pretty fun

Seems like a pretty chill stardew-esque game

[simple topaz]

chill is the word, no combat at all lol

not even PvE

[tepid wadi]

Yeah

[honest valley]

waiting for starfield, balders gate 3, some other games like luminary and showa american story

im glad balders gate 3 moved its pc release ahead so i dont have to choose between it and starfield

oh and dragons dogma 2

half these are soon™️ tho

[simple topaz]

thats a whole year still...

[honest valley]

or more

[worn jewel]

I enjoyed playing the beta for Palia.

[simple topaz]

beta? the beta hasn't started yet...

[worn jewel]

The testing

[simple topaz]

Palia is Heading into Beta
Get ready to join the adventure with our Beta Roadmap:

7/25Stress Test #2
8/2Closed Beta
8/10Open Beta

[worn jewel]

I've been in the Alpha testing.

[simple topaz]

ahh ok

[worn jewel]

It's come along ways. It's nice and relaxing.

[simple topaz]

yeah looks fun....albeit kind of boring....stress relief i guess lol

[ashen garden]

balders gate is doing some weird stuff

[simple topaz]

like?

[worn jewel]

It's one of those games I would enjoy as a background game. When your waiting for something new to play.

Which I've been doing until Diablo released

[honest valley]

what the

[worn jewel]

I think I just regurgitated

Not a Asmond fan

[honest valley]

idk who

[simple topaz]

if thats even true...no telling with Asmongold, could be click bait

[true roost]

I can't stand asmongold

[ashen garden]

I almost purchased the game today, then I saw that

[worn jewel]

Lions, Asmon and bears, oh my!

[honest valley]

i already bought and played the EA a few months ago so 💀

[true roost]

annnnnd thats why I hate that guy.....he just runs his mouth and shits all over stuff which tends to move people away from potentially good games.

[simple topaz]

Baldur's gate III - Last played Oct. 27th 2020 .....been awhile

[honest valley]

may 2nd 2023 for me

[true roost]

You want a good DnD game that isn't Baulders Gate - Play Solasta - REALLY good translation of the 5e rules set to CRPG

[ashen garden]

I play WoW, so I was looking for a game like WoW

[true roost]

AAAANNNNND it has a dungeon creator too....

[ashen garden]

and there are different classes, like Bards and interesting subclasses

[true roost]

MMO or just RPG?

[simple topaz]

Solasta - last played Aug 17th, 2021 lol

[ashen garden]

MMO

[true roost]

Guild Wars 2 is fun and has a great living world.

[ashen garden]

isn't that all pvp?

[true roost]

No, not at all...The first one was but the second one plays very much like wow. It doesn't subsribe to the holy trinity though for its party makeup

New World isn't bad either....its got a really bad rap but if you have people to play with it can be a hoot. The class progress is based on the weapons you use so you can be tank or healer or dps based on the weapons you level up

[ashen garden]

I did not like New World at all.

[true roost]

Do you prefer the traditional role based class stuff?

[ashen garden]

I like Wow... that kind of game. I did like Valheim also

I tired final fantasy and quit after 20 min

[true roost]

Elder Scrolls Online, GW 2, WOW, City of Heroes all mmo's I have played on and off

yeah, hard to go from years of wow to FF....I couldn't get into FF

[simple topaz]

me either....none of them lol

[true roost]

There are some other non fantasy MMO's I enjoyed Like the Division and Division 2 just for change of pace but fantasy is usually the MMO genre I prefer

[ashen garden]

I think WoW is King of all games.

[worn jewel]

I actually want to try the WoW HC server. Lol

[ashen garden]

HC server?

[true roost]

Hard core

single death, once you die, YOU DIE!

[ashen garden]

I play on Area 52 horde

oh that, yeah I heard about that

[worn jewel]

Yep, I like punishment lol

[true roost]

Im on SOE horde....

[worn jewel]

I can't remember the server I was on. Too long ago

[ashen garden]

whats SOE?

[simple topaz]

Sony online entertainment, SWG killers 😛

[true roost]

Sisters Of Elune

LOL

Did you ever play Everquest or EQ2 Cherry?

I think EQ2 is as close to wow that you can get really

[tepid wadi]

I played a shaman up to ~35 on the unofficial HC server. It definitely makes the game feel new and dangerous. which is pretty cool

[worn jewel]

Ptsd man, c'on

[full acorn]

https://youtu.be/YOEKlXY-SYc

THIS is PTSD 😅

[azure vector]

That’s because it’s legit D&D. Have you ever played?

[ashen garden]

I never played D&D

just wow and valheim

[azure vector]

Oof 😥. Real D&D is better than any video game you’ll ever play.
Kudos on Valheim though 😃

[ashen garden]

I dont see how playing with paper is more fun that a digital character running around exploring

[azure vector]

Anyone that’s ever played more than one session would agree that you’d find out fast if you tried it.
But I’m not here to push my dice bible into your home lol
Watch some Critical Role highlights or something similar.
Creating your own character to live vicariously through in a world of story, improv, and chance quickly feels like reality with the right DM and players by your side.
Especially if you can get a group of friends together IRL and play together at a table. The fun, lols, food, drinks, and memories made there can never be replaced by a digital character running around exploring .
End of rant.
Thanks for coming to my NERD talk 🤓

[wide monolith]

lmfao

[tepid wadi]

I'll agree that TTRPGs can be better than video games, if you have a good group. One of the big things is that you can go totally off the rails. As a DM I've invented entire sidequests because players get fixated on something weird and want to investigate it. Tackling that freedom in a video game is much harder.

[simple topaz]

Until someone rolls a 1 😛

[ashen garden]

I'll never know because I probably never will have the opertunity to play one

[azure vector]

There’s magic in failure though. Lol
😜
I used to run and play in a dnd show on Twitch and some of our best moments were the most unexpected ones lol

[azure vector]

It’s like The Field of Dreams. “If you build it, they will come” 😜
If you look in the right places you’ll find it.
There’s countless dnd communities online everywhere with tons of fun nerds looking to befriend new fellow dice nerds

[simple topaz]

these guys 😛 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fEt4yUMG8A

[azure vector]

YESSS! I’ve been watching them since they started on YouTube! Epic NPC man is the best! I used to comment on their videos for years “Do a D&D campaign” lol

[simple topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-npc-man-hu-ha-nice-day-for-fishing-morning-mornin-gif-17883323

[azure vector]

This is from a Jasper’s Game Day fundraiser OneShot we did. I’m Nozy 🥸
Our actual campaign The Guise of Untamed Beasts was the best campaign we had on Twitch. But this is still one of my fav moments https://youtu.be/2CHxlyK3qtc

[golden forge]

(I'm slightly peeved about TTRPGs being equated to D&D as always but I digress)

TTRPGs are a different paradigm of fun to video games to me

They just allow for self-expression in a way that digital games simply cannot because you cannot code and play the game at the same time

It's not a thing for everyone but if you have any interest in trying stuff like improv acting I cannot recommend it enough

[tepid wadi]

"D&D" is the "Kleenex" or "Band-aid" of TTRPGs

I haven't actually played D&D for a long time, but I still often refer to our Pathfinder game as D&D night

[golden forge]

Yeah I know, it's just annoying, kinda like your parents calling your PS5 a Nintendo or whatever

Because the difference is relatively much larger than in other colloquialisms

[azure vector]

I can only speak on my own behalf.
Neverwinter nudged me into finding Force Grey on YouTube, which led me to Matt Mercer, which led me to Critical Role in 2016. I saw the level of fun they were having and learned they were all voice actors. So some friends and I started playing. I was hooked ever since. Met Mercer in 2017. Went to their first live show in GenCon, and their first NYCC.
Sorry, my adhd is trailing off to my own backstory lol.
But it was what nudged me to get into voice acting in 2020.
My point is I agree it’s not to be categorized in Video Games (obviously), but should be experienced by anyone that enjoys RPG’s. The amount of amazing theatre kids, improv masters, famous voice actors, and fellow dice nerds I met and befriended in my brief journey as a voice actor was incredible.
Improv was my favorite part of VA. And I always would preach that D&D was such a great form of practicing improv.
When I started L.O.R.E. I never imagined it would from from a handful of fellow voice actors and dice nerds to a community of 125+ peeps - coming and going within one shots, other TTRPGs, long dnd campaigns, charities, fundraisers, celebrity guests, interviews etc…
I’m glad to see fellow dice nerds in here 😃
TBH, if I hadn’t dipped my toes in the dice pool, I would have never had the stories I can tell today 😄

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, we met Marisha and Talesin at Disneyland by happenstance, and have seen the crew a couple other times. They seem to be pretty cool people.

[tall nymph]

I'm a huge ttrpg fan. Call of Cthulu is my current fav system, but I've played dnd through 3.5 and 5e. For our honeymoon this year in November my husband and I are actually attending the DND in a Castle event. 4 solid days of playing dnd with a professional dm at Lumley Castle in New Castle UK. I'm super excited.

[azure vector]

Whaaa?!?
You lucky ducks!!
I know some people that went to that and said it was absolutely one of the most amazing experiences ever!
Plus all the guest celebs that go…
Dream come true!
Man! All this D&D gab is making me get the itch to start my stream team back up - but alas, I’ve lost contact of the majority 😞.
Tbh, I just wanna play dnd again!!
I miss IRL games more than anything, but even online can be just as fun with the right gang.

[simple topaz]

count me in

[tall nymph]

I'm in a twitched streamed Scarredlands Campaign that's been going on for about 3 years, and My husbands a gm and two of our other friends are gms. I'm currently in a pathfinder 2 e campaign , a Curse of Stradh 5e campaign a homebrew 5e campaign and a City of Myst campaign. Earlier this year I got a sampling of the DND vacation life by going to Mike Tinney's Gaming at the Lake weekend. Me my hubby and our friend along with a few other guests stayed at a lakehouse and got DM by Mark Meer, voice of commander shepard from mass effect.

Here's us all together. I 10000x recommend for those who are able and into ttrpgs to give a dnd vacation a tryout.

[azure vector]

https://tenor.com/view/count-count-von-count-seasame-street-gif-22336212

[azure vector]

Are you in this pic too?

That’s really cool!!!
Are you familiar with Grant Howitt? And Orion Acaba?

[tall nymph]

Familiar in the sense of I know of them but have never interacted or anything.

[tall nymph]

I am I resemble my pfp lol

[full acorn]

Just going to but in... Oh, oh the updated for The Witcher 3 came out on switch. It's taking forever to download. I can't wait to play it again though 😁

[tall nymph]

Witcher 3 is my fav of the series.

[azure vector]

I got to interview Orion Acaba (got lucky with befriending him when I was getting into voice acting.
And was fortunate enough to get Grant Howitt to join us in a charity one shot to play his skeleton game.

[tall nymph]

Thats So COOOL!

[untold lynx]

that sounds incredible

[azure vector]

I won’t spam this channel with a bunch of long ass youtube videos 😂 but I’ll post the highlights cuz Grant was on fire the whole game 🤣 https://youtu.be/4CguBE0xOGU

[golden forge]

That castle event sounds pretty neat I must admit

[tall nymph]

https://dndinacastle.com/

[azure vector]

That’s the one!!
It’s on my Bucketlist

[tall nymph]

We booked james introcaso as our DM for our round.

Its just beautiful and wild to me how gaming/nerdy culture has these cool leisure elements. I'm in my 30's and never thought that I'd see things like gaming hotels and ttrpg vacation packages you know.

[golden forge]

That's some Hasbro money right there. At least it's going to something worth

Like sheesh that is cool, even though I'm not big for public events

[untold lynx]

to be honest, it's been a while since the geeks inherited the earth. It feels that with the LotR movies and since the success of the first Spider-Man movies, corporations went "oh wait the nerds have money??" and offerings have never been more plentiful

[golden forge]

True

[tall nymph]

When we bought our first house our Realtor thought it was the funniest thing in the world that we would tape measure the rooms because we had to make sure they could fit our dnd/boardgame table in them.

Our first question was always where is the dnd table going to go.

[untold lynx]

I'd love to buy one of these nice wooden ones but 1: they're mostly US companies so shipping hahahahaha 🥲 2: I've never wanted to be the DM and it feels like with this kind of setup you're committing to being the nerd-in-charge

[golden forge]

We just have a decent-sized kitchen table for it, though I do worry a little about how well it will fit in our new house...

(We mostly play online)

God I wish I had regular table games

Playing on a table is so much better

[simple topaz]

knock your monitor over, problem solved

[golden forge]

Harhar

[tall nymph]

one benefit of having it as that everyone comes to our house usually to dm their games so we don't have to travel

[golden forge]

That is definitely a bonus

Our player group is just a tiny bit scattered

Like we're trapped in a situation where we can't get a full group to play unless someone drives 4 hours at least

[tall nymph]

Dang I'm so sorry.

[golden forge]

I mean we have dang good online games though

[tall nymph]

thats a WIN at least you're still getting to game !

[golden forge]

We have two pathfinder campaigns and one genesys campaign going on right now, mostly the same players

Yeah!

[tall nymph]

Ohhhh whats Genesys ???

[golden forge]

It's one of my favorite games! You've probably heard of the new Star Wars games? With the weird dice?

It's the same system, except, GENEric SYStem

[tall nymph]

Ahhhh okay got it

[golden forge]

It's really good

Like I'm planning on running an The Elder Scrolls game with it in the future, because I can translate some of the mechanics from the games very directly and that makes me happy

Genesys is a kind of weird game in that the GM usually needs to jump through some hoops to get stuff working but when it's at its best, amazing gameplay

[tall nymph]

I've played the fallout co-op boardgame but I'm super interested in playing the Fallout RPG.

and its nice to experience different systems

[golden forge]

Modiphius one?

The 2d20?

I haven't read it actually

[tall nymph]

Yea the Modiphius one .

[golden forge]

I'm mostly just daydreaming about playing Fabula Ultima (a Final Fantasy-esque game) or getting to finally play(test) my own games again 😂

[tall nymph]

If you're ever running an online one shot play test after Nov I'd check out one of your games.

[golden forge]

I'll try to keep that in mind

I'm a very forgetful person so don't take any offence if I do forget

[tall nymph]

I won't no worries. I have the brain of a walnut.

[golden forge]

I'm currently trying to develop a diceless game and trying to refine my weird narrative game

[tall nymph]

Alice is Missing is diceless and probably the weirdest roleplaying game I've ever tried. Might be a good inspiration source.

[golden forge]

It's funny, I make games that are like half the length of the equipment chapter on your usual game but they're still difficult for people to wrap their head around

I know about AiM

Haven't played it myself, but it's very interesting design-wise

I have the blocks laid down pretty well for my games, but I could definitely take a peek at Alice is Missing because the diceless game is actually modular with very different modes of gameplay, so that might be interesting to adapt or take inspiration from

[tall nymph]

in the 3 years of owning htis place you'd think I'd have a decent photo of the gaming room

[golden forge]

Nice lighting and decor

[tall nymph]

Heads up do not use 3d brick texture wall stickers. It has been almost impossible to remove and we need our old house market ready by end of this month

[golden forge]

My SO plays TTRPGs but they would never let me make a game room like this even if we had the space and money 😂

Sadge

[tall nymph]

The white table panels can be removed from the top and inserted into the sides to create player desk space.

[azure vector]

I made (but never finished) a mini TTRPG ages ago. Was too busy to ever finish it, but it was similar Grant Howitt’s Honey Heist, rolls create your character, not as many dice needed, and the rest leaned heavy on improv.
The concept was you’re cats in NYC during the Great Depression. The twist - you’re catnip smugglers in a city full of rival gangs of different breeds/races etc 🙀

[tall nymph]

HONEY HEIST IS SO GOOD

[keen pilot]

Solid setup

[azure vector]

Right?!?
Playing with the legend himself was pretty amazeballs too

[tall nymph]

Its gonna be even better at our new place. Bigger room and Danny gave me permission to carve foam to stone texture the walls.

[golden forge]

yeah that's pretty solid

Niiiice

[tall nymph]

Its amazing so many of you are game designers

[azure vector]

https://youtu.be/7XqGlOx2j3w

[golden forge]

I mean there's quite a bit of people here and I think TTRPGs probably have the highest ratio of enjoyer-creator in almost any style of media, I think?

[tall nymph]

Have you ever created a character in a video game and then recreated them in a ttrpg ?

[golden forge]

All the time

[azure vector]

https://tenor.com/view/yep-yup-gif-25738845

[golden forge]

I make my nerdy necromancer Selena to every game almost

It's my 'character builder test' at this point

[tall nymph]

Gonna start doing that it never crossed my mind to look at it that way

[azure vector]

Made my first campaign character based off my Neverwinter cleric. Mr. Butters.
A small angry little halfling

[ashen garden]

love that room

[reef bobcat]

I've been play 7 days to die.

[azure vector]

And my first DM made a lot of his NPC’s based off of some MMORPG game he played for years.

[tall nymph]

you recommend ?

[golden forge]

Selena is an excellent test because making her usually requires 4 things:

1. Healing
2. Magic / Necromancy
3. Heavy Armor + 2hander
4. Big hat (This is so rare!)
5. if possible, horrible dexterity

7DTD is pretty good

It got a big update recently

Actually I'm going to play 7DTD tonight after I grab some Taco Bell (Don't worry I live in Europe we have safety standards 😂)

I completely forgot about that

[simple topaz]

free on the epic launcher https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-elder-scrolls-online

[keen pilot]

I played ESO when it came out and tried again recently

It's just too convoluted and doesn't really feel good to play for some reason to me

[red ibex]

yup, downloading now....lol

[keen pilot]

Good luck dude.

[azure vector]

I have ESO. Love it but never have peeps to play it with cuz adulting.
Thanks for the reminder to post this in my discord for my fellow gamer fam

[true roost]

Hasent ESO been free for awhile now?

[simple topaz]

dunno, was still buy and then sub at this time ^

[quick mortar]

ESO had the best community on an MMO as of 2016

[azure vector]

Not that I’m aware of 🤔.
I always see it for sale - but never free.

[glossy granite]

It is free on Epic Games atm

[honest valley]

but thats on epic

[azure vector]

Right. That’s what @simple topaz shared with the link, earlier 🙂

[simple topaz]

still $20 on steam

[glossy granite]

Jepp... saw only the picture, didn't read the text of the link^^

[azure vector]

What’s wrong with Epic?
I think it’s the best thing out there.
Free games all year round, great sales, great library of games, and when you buy, the game is yours, worry free. Unlike Steam, where if they wanted to, could shut everyone down from playing their games at any time, or if Steam is down, or decided to close its doors, there goes access to your entire library.

[honest valley]

my entire library is on steam so

im staying on steam

[azure vector]

https://tenor.com/view/its-all-good-moon-gif-13252119

[trim yoke]

I've got a few epic games, have even played them, doesn't seem bad, not sure why it gets so much hate.

[simple topaz]

just wish they'd get a better Front-end lol

they had Fallout New vegas on there couple weeks ago for free.

[azure vector]

Indeed they did. I nabbed it.
I try to remember to login every week to see what’s new in the free giveaway spots.
75% of my library is from the giveaways, and 75% of those I haven’t played yet 😂

[tepid wadi]

This is why they get the hate. Their interface sucks and it feels like theyre more of a storefront than a library.

[simple topaz]

yep...

[simple topaz]

got so many free assets for UE it's "Unreal" lol and have never opened them 😛

[honest valley]

and it apparently snooping on your entire system and the epic exclusivity deals

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, epic exclusive deals are understandable from a capitalism standpoint, but shitty for the consumers. Maybe make your system a place where your customers want to be, not force the products to only be sold there.

[simple topaz]

yeah i don't know about snooping they'd of been ratted out by now by those that snoop lol

[honest valley]

https://old.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/comments/wakewr/epic_games_spyware_vs_steam_vs_as_comparision_ea/ someone compared the storefronts and what files on a pc they check

[simple topaz]

heh good read...thanks...good reason to turn off all front-ends when not perusing them. lol

[silent sentinel]

anyone doing Remnant 2 until beta invites happen?

[simple topaz]

yeah i'm just down the road from Epic also, so only a 2 hour drive if they mess up my system lol but that article indicates they only snooping not actually harming anything.

[iron sonnet]

preloading the ultimate edition right now

[silent sentinel]

same

[iron sonnet]

I hear it goes live 4pm PDT tomorrow?

[silent sentinel]

that is what I am seeing though I am EST so 1900

[honest valley]

i guess it depends on how much people care about their privacy ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[pliant bone]

I can't wait to test out the building system. I just built a Korean Traditional house in 7 Days to Die.

[azure vector]

https://tenor.com/view/right-dr-evil-austin-powers-sarcastic-sure-gif-5615650

[tepid wadi]

Ayy nice. My 7d2d bases always just look like concrete/steel monstrocities.

[azure vector]

Exactly…

[pliant bone]

Lol. My bases are basic and ugly. Bases are simple to build once you understand the pathing AI. They don't need to be big or complicated. I combine my crafting and horde base so that it is a Screamer farm as well.

I build other buildings for fun. How do feel about Alpha 21?

[tepid wadi]

Its fine. I kinda like the magazine progression. No real complaints really.

[pliant bone]

The magazines just slowed down the progress a bit. I like the better graphics and the better POI Story telling.

[tepid wadi]

Some of the new POIs kind of annoy me because I like to sneak through them and stealth archer the zeds. Seems like there are a lot more rooms where things just insta aggro you.

[pliant bone]

Yup they have triggerpoints that don't even spawn the Zs until you cross the threshhold.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I dont like that very much, but I can deal.

[pliant bone]

it can be funny if you don't follow the predefined POI Path.

[tepid wadi]

Like before, I found that I got high tier gear waaay before I had the magazines to craft it.

So not much change there.

[pliant bone]

They always had issues with loot progression.

[tepid wadi]

The magazines are good though, because they give them a clear progression speed that they can tweak

[pliant bone]

If your a skilled player hit the teir 5 new appartment building and you will get soooooo many magazines.

The Spear is now OP

I'm wondering if the building system will be like Valhiem.

[tepid wadi]

I didnt try it, I tried to start out using batons, which was a mistake.

[pliant bone]

As spear is a lower level item the Mags come quick.

[tepid wadi]

Batons suck until you get the repulsor and insta-charge book

[tepid wadi]

Its more like Minecraft. Imaging ark/conan building, but each "foundation" piece is a collection of tiny minecraft blocks in that shape.

[pliant bone]

lol. and batons send your friends flying lol

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, we turned PvP off because I yeeted one if my friends into a horde night.

[pliant bone]

It looked like a upgrade of ARK and The Forest.

I like the sniper build with improved Sneak attack ability. but now with the Spear so op.

[pliant bone]

LOL. I got bounced of the top the the Crackabook Tower by my friend.

[tepid wadi]

Oof.

I like 7d2d but it never holds me super long. Once I have a solid base design that works and I get to full t6 gear, I kinda peter out.

I'd love a game that combines the raid mechanics of 7d2d with a mission system kind of like Icarus.

[simple topaz]

who said "The expanse" earlier...don't know how true this is...release date :The Expanse: A Telltale Series - Episode 1 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC) - July 27

[tepid wadi]

I've never been much for telltale games.

[pliant bone]

It is an issue that most Survival games have. There is a tipping point where the Survival changes to thriving. The NPC village building is what interests me for this game.

I hope that by 50 hours of play there are still Challenges.

[gentle void]

looks really good

[pliant bone]

By the end 10 to 15 hours (60 min days) in 7 days you can be in the end game.

[pliant bone]

Thank you.

[gentle void]

yee yee

[pliant bone]

I hope they get this game out soon. As Nightingale is looking really good as well.

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I'm excited for nightingale too

[simple topaz]

yeah i expect mid fall for Nightingale though...they still going through last playtest feedback, and added third person view.

[pliant bone]

3rd person is great. If there was some good settings for wide screens i'm okay with that as well. Not the warped view like 7days.

[honest valley]

Hopefully 1st person at least for building in enshrouded then

[azure vector]

After watching all of this last night, I am so excited and worried at the same time for this game, but knowing Bethesda’s reputation with games within their baby days of release lol

https://youtu.be/uMOPoAq5vIA

I think I might knock the dust off Star Citizen and see if my 3060 can handle it.

Knowing Bethesda’s commitment to making their games better and better to have a long life with the gaming community, I can definitely see a multiplayer option down the road.

The fact that this is their newest “world” in a LONG time, I could see Starfield getting something like ESO in a few years as well.

[prime scarab]

You can still shock your friends with friendly fire turned off 😉 One of my favorite things to do. Batons are not horrible at day 1 anymore either. They are defo better with the insta kill perk and repulsor, yes.

[azure vector]

Me. Yeah. There’s a TellTale game you can pre-purchase now, coming soon. But I’ve never played a telltale game before.
My assumption is it’s just an interactive story? Like you just watch it like a tv show and maybe make decisions here and there 🤷🏻‍♂️

[simple topaz]

yeah thats what it looked like in the preview they showed at xbox showcase..

[golden forge]

Insta kill perk?

But yeah all my friends hate me because I use turrets and batons which are the only weapons with FF

[azure vector]

I’ve never understood the desire for games that aren’t really games lol

[azure vector]

But that’s just my uneducated opinion.
This one might be one I have to try

[obtuse scroll]

So, who thinks the beta invites might go out on Monday? Or hopes?

[quick mortar]

unlikely

more likely to pop the monday after that one

[obtuse scroll]

Well, the invites are a week before the actual beta, it could maybe sorta hopefully happen O.O

[quick mortar]

It's okay to have hope 🙂

I'm not very optimistic by nature 😛

[obtuse scroll]

I was in Alpha, so I don't know how many of us will be picked for Beta, but that's the second hope lol

[quick mortar]

1-2K

check the pinned texts in general

you'll get some good infos

[obtuse scroll]

Well, I mean how many of us Alpha people will be picked, not how many people total lol

[quick mortar]

btw that's totally a #the-tavern discussion

[obtuse scroll]

Crap, I clicked the wrong channel. I thought I was in General. On mobile lol

[quick mortar]

oh ok, dunno

[full acorn]

Not long left!

[obtuse scroll]

Wait, what are you downloading? O.O

[full acorn]

A 3GB update for the witcher 3?

Did it on my xbox in about half an hour, idk why my switch sucks

[obtuse scroll]

There's an update for it? Anything good?

Cause Switch is super limited in some of its hardware capabilities lol

[full acorn]

Yes I've been waiting for it since it came out on consoles! It's adding the Netflix witcher items, some quests. I'll get a link.

[obtuse scroll]

Sweet. I'll let my husband know. I mostly watch him play Witcher cause my hands don't like controller. I should give it a shot again on my PC.

I've been trying Elden Ring lately. It's going slow but since it mostly uses mouse for stuff, I'm a little better off with it. It's my first Souls game though and holy crap the learning curve lol

[full acorn]

https://www.thewitcher.com/us/en/news/48535/patch-4-04-is-live-on-all-platforms-including-nintendo-switch

[merry moat]

I never really got into the Witcher for some reason, I played the 3rd one for a bit but got bored quickly

[full acorn]

Elden ring was amazing. I played Dark Souls 3, that was my first souls, took me an hour or two to do the tutorial boss. After finishing the game and a few months later I tried a new character and obliterated him first try.

Elden ring was intense and seems a lot faster than DS3 but wow when I got into elden I could not stop!

[full acorn]

It's questy, like skyrim, which does sometimes bore me so I have to take a break from them every once in a while

[quick mortar]

I liked the first one alot back in the days; I liked the third much less. Nice graphics, nice cinematics, nice worldbuilding, but dull gameplay/boring loot simulator/way too long travel distances.

[obtuse scroll]

I have been playing on the weekends. It's been fun

[quick mortar]

Discovering Elden Ring's world is S tier...

[full acorn]

It was the first time, the second time not so much.

[quick mortar]

yeah I have trouble replaying it too

[merry moat]

I think the problem for me is it is just too open, don’t get me wrong that’s good but I like a big of guidance

[full acorn]

Dark souls 3 gets me every time though, it's dark but really, a sad world^ and the sound track. Even the main title is incredible!

[quick mortar]

I get stuck in dark souls, I enjoy the trip very much until that point where I cannot go past some boss

[full acorn]

Try watching the show. Season one. That might get you into it a bit. But I completely get the lack of any structured story. I've played it 4 or 5 times because I get bored, forget what I was doing and start all over again

[quick mortar]

same happened with elden ring actually

[full acorn]

🥲

[obtuse scroll]

LOL Elden Ring I had trouble figuring out the classes. I wish they gave a bit more info on which was what. I went Astrologer so I could be mage

[merry moat]

Oh yea the show is amazing, not watched the most recent season yet though

[full acorn]

Yeah, eventually it doesn't matter how good your weapon is if you can't get the right timings with everything you just get pulverised

[quick mortar]

for a sec I thought you were describing TW3, not souls

[full acorn]

😬 not missing too much, unfortunately. I loved the first two. The one with the golden dragon, stregobor's tower in the first season and things that were actually in the book it was so good.

[merry moat]

Apparently they are replacing Henry as well

[full acorn]

Oh yeah no. I play the witcher on deathmarch and it doesn't even come close to DS3, you can just infinity dodge everything in W3

[full acorn]

Yeah, that's like replacing Geralt in the books. Just doesn't work

[quick mortar]

from next season they will yes, I'm not expecting much from the next witcher, Cavill was nice

[obtuse scroll]

Cavill made them do more like the series, the writers have admitted they haven't read or played the source materials

[quick mortar]

yeah, also playing it max diff, and timing do matter alot sometimes but that's dance dance dance the rest of the time 😛

[quick mortar]

yes apparently the filmmakers grew tired of his exigences to respect the original character and spirit of the universe; more reasons to expect less of S4 ..

[obtuse scroll]

Yeah, I don't expect the show to be good next season. I expect it to go sidesways real quick

[full acorn]

Yeah it's crazy. Who tf makes and produces a show they aren't even passionate about

[quick mortar]

netflix produces so many things ...

[obtuse scroll]

People who want money and hope it's their way to get on a multi season show

[full acorn]

Netflix doesn't produce exclusively bad things but they sure make poor decisions

[quick mortar]

I don't understand why you'd give in to look more like any other show instead of building something unique

it kinda is the asset flip mentality of scenarists/filmmakers; well not really

I mean it's risk aversion more than anything

[obtuse scroll]

They've been making a lot of crazy decisions. I mean they are choosing writers they don't have to pay as much too, so why should they care about making a quality series

[trim yoke]

Dammit, Neebs Gaming have started another Conan Exiles series, making me want to play CE again.

Why did I start watching it?

[silent sentinel]

I feel ya

I am starting remnant 2 in a few hours and I know it wont work out to try to do both

[trim yoke]

I'm wondering if I'd be able to get my wife into it, we recently played 7 Days to Die together, she liked looting and zombie slaying

[lunar flame]

Heading home for a quiet weekend of STO and beer. 😁👍

[silent sentinel]

I am waiting on the next chapter since it will bring more impactful changes to weapons and raids.

[azure vector]

Yup!
Fantastic shows. But they typically keep the bland nonsense and cancel the good stuff (Dark Crystal, Cowboy Beebop, etc)

[red ibex]

hey, check out Noble Fates on Steam....I'm looking at that one.

[ashen garden]

ok I played balder gate 3 today for 1 hour and hated it. Got a refund back on steam/

[lunar flame]

Have you tried Elder Scrolls Online?

[ashen garden]

I think I spent 30 min in that game also

I thought the game was like WoW

It was a D&D game. The people I grouped with got mad because I didnt like the game, but I wanted to keep my gameplay under 2 hours to get a refund

I like wow play style and Valheim... I like building

[lunar flame]

I don't even recall the gameplay. Lol

[ashen garden]

yeah you spent too long inthe game though

[lunar flame]

I've got over 900 hours on SWTOR and 450 on STO.

I was considering playing ESO, but I really need a group for these games now.

[ashen garden]

I am bored today. I worked, got my car washed, went out to lunch. it's hot today and i just wanted to play a game... but nothing to play

https://tenor.com/view/abbott-elementary-bored-boring-not-interesting-uninteresting-gif-25749872

[glossy granite]

ESO: 4506,1 h 😂

[lunar flame]

I've already got STO fired up. 🖖😁

I'll try ESO tomorrow.. might as well.

[ashen garden]

I'll play bum simulator

[lunar flame]

I prefer the IRL version, when I'm off work. 🤪

[ashen garden]

lol

[red ibex]

ok, that Noble Fates is awesome and totally addictive, perfect game to play while waiting for this

[ashen garden]

it looks cute

mixed reviews

playing town of salem II

[lunar flame]

Le sigh

I need 4 people to create a Fleet on STO. 😔