other-games

[vague galleon]

juist a no skill scrub.

[timber prism]

😭

[vague galleon]

i heard the gaiden games were HAAAAAAAAAAARD

[timber prism]

Sometimes

[vague galleon]

i did play a bit of Shinobi back in the day.

[timber prism]

There can be hard moments

[tranquil cove]

if there was a debating game, i would probably play it

[timber prism]

I wanna play the new Shinobi

But on sale

[tepid wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/ace-attorney-phoenix-wright-objection-capcom-gif-20965907

[timber prism]

It looks really good

[vague galleon]

i have the old PS2 one

[tepid wadi]

Ninja Gaiden 2 was an incredible game

[tranquil cove]

is there a lawyer game

[timber prism]

Like NES NG2?

But yes

[tranquil cove]

that could potentially be cool a lawyer game

[timber prism]

I also liked NG2 the 3D one haha

[vague galleon]

ya, it's called Phoenix Wright.

there's a ton of them

[timber prism]

Yeah. Phoenix Wright is a huge franchise

Tons of fans

[tepid wadi]

Yeah it's a big one

[tranquil cove]

yeah but it looks less simulation. i was thinking you actually investigate cases

and hire people to investigate

and then put the files together, and you do more in the court room

[tepid wadi]

I don't know the details of them, tbh I've never played one. I just know the memes

[tranquil cove]

there are ways to make it immersive imo. i think phoenix wright is old and game mechanics were limited at the time

[tepid wadi]

Well, the latest one came out 2 years ago, so...

[vague galleon]

they still make new ones.

[tranquil cove]

its just a quiz game lol

[tepid wadi]

Most of them have really positive receptions, so they know their audience

[tepid wadi]

There may be other lawyer games out there, I know there are some detective ones that are decent

[tranquil cove]

this is not the game mechanics or graphics i would do

i wouldnt quiz people about the case. you'd actually be trying to win the case

[tepid wadi]

Heavy Rain comes to mind

Decently old at this point, but it's got some really cool investigation mechanics

[timber prism]

There are already hacks to bypass it. You can verify yourself now before it's even been rolled out since it comes out in March

The likelihood of being banned is very low since its getting so much hate

[tranquil cove]

i still dont get why game companies use social media

if i had a company i wouldnt use twitter, or facebook, or tiktok

[vague galleon]

bruh. seriously?

[tranquil cove]

discord basically overrides most of them

[vague galleon]

it's called advertising.

[tranquil cove]

yeah i would lose the potential revenue

i dont want to support them

[vague galleon]

🤷‍♂️

[tranquil cove]

and i am not even sure how effective facebook would be anyway

that platform has went down hill

you're better off on instagram

[gritty rivet]

Hi i just want to know if its possible to get the game for free ?

Im a kinda broke

[tranquil cove]

anything is possible if you believe in santa claus

[gritty rivet]

Ty bro

I wish santa will come 🥀

Are there no versions available to test the game?

Or just the free game?

[vague galleon]

nope, sorry. 🙁

[misty arch]

the issue isnt about having to do this. its about the program itself thats being used and who controls that.

[timber prism]

sure. Im just stating you can keep that from happening

[tranquil cove]

these are the sewers in hytale

[summer osprey]

oh, ok, i havent seen them yet, ill have to look around for another blasted island.

[tranquil cove]

yeah if i find them again ill take more pics how to get to it

thats where i found my white crystals though

[timber prism]

https://youtu.be/2MtgIoToa7I?si=k5paIFemox4gUwPF

[frank sonnet]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

[vague galleon]

that looks pretty neat, I was about to say something until that last 5 seconds.

[tepid wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/pod-racing-pod-race-anakin-star-wars-gif-14869284

Good, we need more unique racing games

[timber prism]

it looks like the perfect combination of wipeout and burnout

the kill cam is glorious

and you really get the sense of speed visually imo

[frank sonnet]

the games industry seams allergic to uniqueness unfortunately

[ornate fractal]

Nightmare Kart is still lovely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYv0Ce4Be2I

[frank sonnet]

at least indy devs know how to be creative

[vague galleon]

i need a pod racing game where i can actually customize my own and not just use the premades from the movies.

[short sail]

Still better graphics wise than Valheim! 😛 /funny

[white verge]

What other sort of errors exist for HDD?

[limpid quarry]

https://youtu.be/0R9F4NLPI_U

[timber prism]

hopefully it comes to steam at some point

trailer looked fun but aint no way ima kickstart a game in 2026 XD

[limpid quarry]

it's actually not my cup of tea, but the song is a bop :P

[pulsar kite]

Little fan-made project (work in progress, assets from. You mine elixir for power-ups. The shroud grows faster the more you mine. You also slowly lose flame (unless you collect it to stay alive). Still very much a wip

[ornate fractal]

How cute and rad!

[pulsar kite]

and it has a glider now, hahaha

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/UcjZq9RWAH8?si=7cbe_duIJ2KBCSzt

Single player right now but will be getting co-op
https://youtu.be/wxORwGtp_ko?si=cFE8-aw3BYvuc5BP

[vague galleon]

NOT ANOTHER ONE

[tepid wadi]

Big wildstar visual vibes from that

[timber prism]

i see that too

very bright colors haha

[frank sonnet]

this how i feel when i see modern post gulf war realistic military game number infinite be made you'd think people would be sick of that crap already

[misty arch]

yep, a new .hack game. i know its been a long while and rightfully so to get excited for 🙂

[vague galleon]

what.

[vague galleon]

like. i enjoy crafting games. but how many do we need?

also i wiiiish resistance fall of man was on pc!!!

[misty arch]

I was referring to the video above the astrobotanica and making a joke since I knew exactly what you were talking about.

[vague galleon]

OH SHIT MORE DOT HACK

i recently bought the original game

but i wont let myself play it until i finish okami and megaman legends 2

[stray coral]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4291770/Windrose_Demo/

Steam

Windrose Demo

Windrose is a survival adventure set in an alternative Age of Piracy. It features the classic “build, craft, survive” formula, unfolding across both land and sea.

• On land, the game offers a refined and comprehensive survival experience focused on building, crafting, exploration, and gradual progression. Establish footholds in diverse biome…

[vague galleon]

[frank sonnet]

downloading now

[misty arch]

you and everyone else as they find out about it. its exploding on twitch

[frank sonnet]

and...... the damn thing refuses to launch

[frank sonnet]

tried to reinstall it still didn't work guess I'm not playing it 🤷‍♂️

[tepid wadi]

<sad yarr>

[frank sonnet]

sucks because it actually looks fun

[daring wave]

Ohhh, Pirates. gunna check that one out.

[frank sonnet]

good news its also on the epic games store going to try it that way

and it doesn't to run on there either

[daring wave]

I'm still downloading. 😒 stupid Australian internet

[frank sonnet]

is it dial up modem playing land down under as it downloads?

[daring wave]

Not quite. but we have garbage speeds here compared to the rest of the world

It's criminal. Should be a crime against humanity for being this slow.

[daring wave]

Well, it finally finished and it seems to be working for me.

[misty arch]

time to start looking at the hardware specs or make sure all your drivers are up to date.

[tepid wadi]

The LAN down under 👍

[daring wave]

lol, so true.

[frank sonnet]

seams i'm not the only one

[tepid wadi]

I'm sure they'll get it figured out

[frank sonnet]

i hope so

[daring wave]

It's ........ interesting. I've died about 100 times already 🤣 I could get used to it tho.

[frank sonnet]

Found out they have a discord someone suggested it might be a issue with my firewall and have to whitelist it to make work going to try this tomorrow

[tranquil cove]

what game is that

oh windrose?

[twin solar]

anyone else play mhwilds? the egg quest was really fun

[misty arch]

from original creators of diablo 1 and 2 demo is out now
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3571870/Darkhaven/

Steam

Darkhaven

Darkhaven is a dark-fantasy isometric ARPG set in the aftermath of a total collapse of civilization. You are a survivor in a world where the wild lands and monsters have reclaimed the ruins of long-dead empires. To survive, you must venture beyond the safety of your meager stronghold to hunt the remnants of evil and become the hero this world a…

Release Date

Coming soon

[vague galleon]

this sounds too good to be true.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/3MUHtkI5ux8?si=xmPiiw4gtjy24dmz

[misty arch]

https://media.tenor.com/IPtwjE7Jfa4AAAAM/kurt-angle-its-true.gif

[frank sonnet]

fantasy apocalypse is quite the popular trope

[misty arch]

yes, yes it is
https://youtu.be/j24MCFnLuBQ?si=K9-LrB0VxprAlrpV

[frank sonnet]

interesting you can jump in this game and climb over stuff in this game would have liked to been able to chose my class.

[misty arch]

just a demo, dont want to go giving people everything now before the game is even out

[frank sonnet]

true

[vague galleon]

HOW THE HECK IS DARKHAVEN MORE DEMANDING THAN ENSHROUDED?!

i guess im not playing the demo.

RIP! GG

[frank sonnet]

you mean in hardware requirements or gameplay wise?

[vague galleon]

minimum hardware requirements.

gane looks great though.

[frank sonnet]

sounds like its poorly optimized

[vague galleon]

🤷‍♂️

it needs a 20 series min for the g-card while enshrouded asked for a 10 series.

i might still try out the demo.

[frank sonnet]

and the player character is hot to

[vague galleon]

lol, i never cared too much about that in an ARPG but it's a plus.

[frank sonnet]

neither do i tbh it just sticks out to me because she's the only playable class

[vague galleon]

only one playable class right now?!

okay those negative reviews were right. this game needed more time in the oven before releasing a demo

and as cool as the game sounds, why would I want minecraft elements in an ARPG? I want to dungeon crawl not build bases.
what TL3 did was enough for that.

Like destructable dungeons, cool. but like, the rest feels gimmicky.

but hey, it might be fun. who knows.

[frank sonnet]

hopefully there will another demo in the future with other classes

[vague galleon]

yes

[twin solar]

i started a valheim run and im already fighting with the inventory

[short sail]

In Valheim the inventory gets u

[fathom scroll]

Anyone played Grounded? You just stand close to your chests, press N, and all the stuff from you inventory stacks in the chests. I may have done that more than one time in enshrouded and wondered why my inventory is still full. 😆

btw, Grounded 2 is in early access right now, but has a good portion of playable content, reasonably bugfree. Might be worth checking out.

[tranquil cove]

inventory isnt the issue in valheim

in valheim it's literally that it was a game made by trolls

the big issue is storm design, interval, duration, frequency, intensity etc. wolves are annoying, walk all over, go places they shouldn't, block your path, howl incessantly, food duration is too short, and annoying to upkeep/manage.

also they likely have that tiny snap issue nobody ever fixed

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/e2erEulZF9Q?si=H-e3SAkO5lX2y_87

[twin solar]

nah inventory is definitely a big issue in valheim. Too little weight capacity, too few slots, armor and everything on item bar takes slots, its a pain, pure pain.

[vague galleon]

sounds awful.

[limpid quarry]

if only Enshrouded had horses...

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/PW22jwFNxU8?si=p9TngFjoturEDgaR

[frank sonnet]

someone posted this in the windrose server lol

[misty arch]

Windrose does seem to take inspiration from those original first surivivals like Conan Exiles, Ark, and Enshrouded.

[tepid wadi]

Does Windrose have terrain deformation or anything? I feel like that's kind of a key point for Enshrouded

[frank sonnet]

can't tell yah unfortunately still can't get the game to work but according the dev Thiers a hardware compatibly problem that their going to try and fix at some point in the near future

[twin solar]

you all got me interested in that one, downloading

[misty arch]

it doesnt look like it for terrain but im watching some people break down wrecks for the resources.

https://youtu.be/qc9w9LiNcB4?si=BW3f40ByvisHQAIF

[tranquil cove]

wasnt as much a pain for me as the other things i mentioned. you only need a bow and 1 weapon, maybe a shield. enshrouded also has inventory management as part of the gameplay, i dont see much difference between the games. in enshrouded having to switch between 2 toolbars annoys me. but i don't really mind at the same time.

sure, you can be overweight in valheim, but it depends how much it bothers you. when you play with more players it's sort of a none issue as you can all pitch in to carry things, while the other things i listed are issues still.

overweight and alone, = put things in a cart, i find it kind of fun, it's actually less annoying than the raids, and the other crap i listed.

you would also need to be farming the hell out of something to have inventory issues. fix it so you can travel through portals with ore, and then multiple trips isn't a problem. place your portal right where you grab the stuff etc.

im 1000 hours in valheim

i think i'm an expert on what is actually annoying

vs what is similar to other games and maybe annoying if you're 100 hours in, and not used to inventory management.

even in titan quest 2, i have to portal up and make a drop off, if i want to pick up more items on the floor.

what was the game i was playing recently maybe se2, or enshrouded?

oh no HYTALE

haha i forgot about hytale

been playing it for 2 weeks

Hytale, same inventory management as valheim

and i consistently just drop things, to pick up better/more needed things as i go.

and eventually portal home to drop off when i get tired of that.

the point is singleing out valheim for this, when it has actual mechanics that suck that are different from other games isn't fair comparison.

i actually trashed the shitty mechanics that other games don't have as common.

when you have 100 wolves at your base you will understand why the howling is a problem and why the wolf movement sucks.

when you build for 1000 hours you will understand why the raids and storms are a problem. and feel trollish.

and why 20-40 minute food durations aren't good... like i want to spend my time playing not farming, cooking, grabbing food, and in betwen building, and inventory management, that 40 minutes flies by.

[twin solar]

enshrouded doesnt have weight, thats a humongous difference

imagine if stardew valley had weight on items, ugh

[tranquil cove]

the weight mostly applies to ores anyway

ingots or whatever

[twin solar]

and please, dont throw the hours you played at me. I can have an opinion wether i played 100 or 1000 hours.

[tranquil cove]

the weight is annoying, its why everyone makes the belt pretty much

[tranquil cove]

your opinion wasn't incorrect. it's just you brought up weight later on. also come to think of it i wanted them to have a paper doll with armor slots for many years and they never listened to me.

i forget what terraria does i think its weapons that stay in inventory, and armor has slots?

we're just weighing things differently imo, nobody is incorrect really.

[twin solar]

i mean, i was making the crappiest bow and i was trying to setup a table to craft it and upgrade it and my character stopped picking up wood, and i had like 1.5 stacks of it

[tranquil cove]

valheim isn't a qol game sadly, they could improve a lot of things you're right

enshrouded has qol built into it's design

even hytales inventory struggles are better because there is no weight factored into it

[twin solar]

i mean i played nightingale, wich is a game that pmuch stopped developing, and didnt have weight issues there. Inventory should never take much time to manage

[tranquil cove]

both are based on stamina combat

[twin solar]

i dont know if they ever added crafting from chests in Valheim?

havent played since mistlands

[tranquil cove]

i think they did

maybe not?

my memory is very bad despite 1000 hours

[frank sonnet]

what's your ideal storage system for a game?

[tranquil cove]

i might have played with a mod, that allowed crafting from chests

modded valheim way better, because you can add some qol in

which is still pretty much vanilla, just designed the way it should be

[tranquil cove]

i dont know it kind of depends on the game

[twin solar]

yeh i think i might mod it to play it in the future

[frank sonnet]

for this instance a survival game

[tranquil cove]

you can see the chest wall i made here

i like chest walls. if i can fit 32 chests on a wall, and that can hold every item in the game? and i can craft from any bench within a 20 block radius?

then i would say that's my ideal

hytale has all of that except it's 14-16 block radius

modular system could be nice, where all the chests connect into 1 massive inventory.

i mostly meant on a character i don't mind inventory management. but i think armor should not take up backpack space. that's just silly. im used to rpg format where armor is in it's own slots.

i've played BG2 where scrolls potions, and... arrows, had their own bags.

i liked that system

BG2 also had bags of holding... which fit tons of items... could be okay? so my guess is a system where inventory management can be improved over time is probably more fun?

dedicated potions slots, also nice

[twin solar]

Fallout 4 had a workshop where u dropped all mats and it was all useable within the bsae area, and u can even connect these storages and use the materials in a base in the other side of the map

like 10 years ago

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/hEWwuPZ2yM0?si=wJbqcmdt-KIZEZAb

https://youtu.be/bxNZ85YIesU?si=JEIzKcN8keg9sLnw

[frank sonnet]

everwind will be coming to early access in the near future

[tranquil cove]

hytale beat it

it's a forgotten memory now

nobody will care about everwind

hytale is also planning to have air ships etc.

everwind going to come out and be second place with every feature?

all they can do really is differentiate their game lore/world building wise. or perhaps with a more in depth combat system.

its possible they can add more qol than hytale and overtake them, but that would require hytale devs dropping the ball.

[tepid wadi]

Does hytale habe a timeline for adding buildable airships?

[timber prism]

Nice!!!

Everwind looks way better than Hytale

Airship looks hella cool. Will def pick it up

Very curious how far along it will be when it hits early access. Hytale is very bare bones but also was cheap entry

[tepid wadi]

The depth of everwind's airships definitely looks cool

[ornate fractal]

My brain always pronounces it Slavic/Finnish style, "Hootilly." XD

[timber prism]

Even the videos for combat and npcs/mobs seems much more aesthetically pleasing to me

[frank sonnet]

sounds like you want them to fail

[tranquil cove]

i played the demo it was missing a lot of content then. why would i want them to fail? i want only businesses with immoral practices to fail.

[tranquil cove]

sounds like you want hytale to fail according to trainguy 🤣

jk

i dont see one as better than the other, everwind had an interesting combat feel to it.

nothing i stated earlier was about 'better' or 'worse'

it was about timing and one game doing all the same planned features as the other. and hype etc. people who spent money on one game, can be less inclined to buy the same themed game 2 months later.

once i already owned space engineers, i didn't go and buy empyrion, even if it was "better".

some people might of course, in part depending on their personality, or finances.

the thing that could win me over with everwind is
a) update cycle length not being PZ length.
b) better combat feel/systems
c) better building freedom? though how to beat hytale on that unclear.

[frank sonnet]

tbh everwind being less creative sandbox and more adventure focused gives it a niche that no other voxel minecraft like has currently

[tranquil cove]

everwind already has airships and hytale doesn't. but everwind not released yet. and hytale is. i think hytale was saying airships are a possibility, but no firm date. my guess is 1 year later.

[tranquil cove]

i need some playable iteration of the game to judge that really

the demo was just alpha, here is the world, you can walk around, fly, kill a skeleton etc. felt pretty sandbox.

[timber prism]

So essentially you were just talking out your ass about Everwind being second for every feature because there is essentially no road map for said feature in Hytale while its a thing for Everwind already?

[tranquil cove]

on a technicality or semantics, everwind is first with airships between the two. but hytale already won a massive amount of people who could have been their playerbase.

for example i tried the everwind demo before i owned hytale, and before i was even considering buying hytale. once hytale dropped and i got it, i forgot entirely that everwind existed. once everwind releases, they are second because the players are already in hytale, and the players know airships are coming.

now if that changes, and hytale never delivers airships, then everwind has some real mechanistically different things that can entice people who even own hytale to buy it.

my guess is there is a window of release before or a after a really hype game. probably similar with movies? everwind releasing next year could probably be better for them than releasing 2 months after hytale does for example.

but i guess with games it matters less, and early access.. once a game is out, it's out, and you can continue to build hype over time.

[timber prism]

You make the assumption thst people are unwilling to try other games which is completely false. If that was the case people wouldn't even be posting sandbox/survival games because there are plenty of them that already exist

[tranquil cove]

i dont think i made that assumption. i think i assume there is an effect, we can debate how significant the effect is, but i think the assumption of there being an effect is fair still.

i didn't generalize everyone into the same box. i speficially wrote.

some people might of course, in part depending on their personality, or finances

for example i know grounded is a real good game, but i still never bought it.

why? because i bought hytale

and before that i bought enshrouded

and before that valheim, or space engineers 2

i can't buy every game that i hear is good. so this one passed me by.

and maybe i'm planning to buy everwind if it really looks good or different from hytale in the long run so maybe my plan to buy grounded 1, and 2 is delayed again.

[timber prism]

Me who owns hytale, grounded 2, and will own everwind

[tranquil cove]

but you dont own titan quest 2

or space engineers 2

[timber prism]

I do

[tranquil cove]

space engineers 2 also?

lol

[timber prism]

Nah. The game doesnt interest me

[tranquil cove]

you also come across as rich, not everyone is like you buddy lol

you buy a ton of games

im surprised you have time to play them

[timber prism]

Two similar games can exist and not kill eachother

[tranquil cove]

can two similar games exist and equally take off with 25million copies sold?

[timber prism]

This whole Hytale beat it when its in early access is kinda ridiculous imo

Yes

[tranquil cove]

or will 1 more likely do that, than the other, if one were going to

[tranquil cove]

depends how you're defining similar now, same genre sure

[timber prism]

You literally wrote Hytale beat is when Trainguy posted about Everwind which I just find odd and false to say the least when time and time again similar games have dropped

[tranquil cove]

the closer two games are on, genre, art style, gameplay loop, target audience, and release window. the more direct the competition becomes.

[timber prism]

I think Everwinds success depends on its starting pricing point. It could very well sell a lot of copies

Sure but Hytale already released into EA a while ago

[tranquil cove]

and a game that releases second can feel like 'the other one' and that alone can affect sales even if the quality is similar or even better imo.

it depends on a lot, i wasn't saying it's destiny

[timber prism]

You literally wrote no one cares about Everwind

[tranquil cove]

text on here is stream of consciousness, you can't cherry pick the first line as the core of the idea i was representing, and ignore the other 10 things i wrote after that.

here is the stream of consciousness

[timber prism]

Right... because if I wrote that game is DOA that doesnt have meaning

[tranquil cove]

the stream of consciousness begins with the first line... and ends with...

the last line. what does the last line say.

that it's not destiny.

also "everwind going to come out and be second place with every feature?", was a question, rhetorical.

[finite saffron]

How Valourant cites his sources

[timber prism]

Source: Trust me Bro vibes

[tranquil cove]

i think it's more important where a person ends up or clarifies there meaning than the original statement too. like if you push back, and the guy explains, no i actually mean it like this, either originally or in retrospect, then that's a win too.

[finite saffron]

Yeah I got what you meant, the "stream of consciousness" argument just made me think of that image lol

[frank sonnet]

tbh i just prefer having mobile base i can deck out and teleport back to if i get lost

[tepid wadi]

Oh yeah, airships are an Excellent addition to builder games.

inb4 airships and shroud islands the first expansion for enshrouded 🤔

Now I made myself sad/excited. Imagining procedurally generated shroud islands that you visit using custom crafted airships. The further you get from Embervale, the stranger and more challenging the enemies become. It requires stronger engines and ships to travel further out and discover more.

Lore notes are populated on the proc-gen shroud islands that lead players to new locations, ala Raft, where key locations are only partially proc-gen and have hand-crafted dungeons and POIs on them...

[frank sonnet]

i think my profile illustrates my opinion on airships

[timber prism]

Not sure if you ever played but last Oasis but I really enjoyed that one haha

[timber prism]

So much of this reminds me of worlds adrift with the wind walls

[frank sonnet]

lol true

[tepid wadi]

I should dive into Lost Skies sometime

Worlds Adrift, but co-op instead of always online pvp 😝

[timber prism]

Lost skies is alright but I think prefer WA

But I also loved pvp haha

[frank sonnet]

reminds me of sand

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1431300/SAND_Raiders_of_Sophie/

Steam

SAND: Raiders of Sophie

SAND: Raiders of Sophie is a unique first-person shooter where players build and operate giant walkers across the post-apocalyptic dunes of a fallen planet. Battle rival players, explore, loot and extract valuable resources in a hostile, procedurally generated world.

In order to effectively traverse this harsh and dangerous planet, you will…

Release Date

March 2026

[tepid wadi]

ohh Last Oasis, that just makes me sad

Yet another game with potential

[tepid wadi]

But also, if they're planning to add logic gates with 1.0 like their latest video suggested, the next place to go is.... up!

[frank sonnet]

Jesus Christ I've never seen a game lose the plot of its own universe more than ark https://store.steampowered.com/app/2881150/ARK_Bobs_Tall_Tales/ lmao

Steam

ARK: Bob's Tall Tales

Gather 'round the campfire, Survivors! Everyone has a story about the first Bob they encountered on an ARK… Now the legendary ARK veteran Bob -- voiced by Karl Urban -- is ready to share his own incredibly true adventures with you for the first time! Nothing can prepare you for the wonder, hijinks, and sheer two-fisted action of Bob's Tall…

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

1278

[tepid wadi]

Dude, I know. I miss the days when it was "Dinosaur island survival". They really lost me when they started adding the tech stuff.

[vague galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/sabin-phantom-train-suplex-baronduki-cyan-gif-15271154236652633458

[frank sonnet]

final fantasy is a strange universe

[vague galleon]

i love ff6.

dont care for any of the ones that get more hitech than that one.

love me some good ol sword and magic settings.

[frank sonnet]

is it like kind of steampunky?

[limpid quarry]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776090/Lay_of_the_Land/

Steam

Lay of the Land

Embark on a journey through a dangerous and mysterious world where fires spread and burn, sand collapses, water flows, and pockets of gas suffocate. Get a Lay of the Land, explore the world and use the environment to your advantage.

How will you survive? Will you use powerful melee weapons and armor to charge into combat? Maybe you like to keep…

Release Date

Apr 8, 2026

[vague galleon]

its VERY steampunky.

the magitek armor in the game is super cool

it has an AMAZING theme.

the villian actually wins!

and it's got a bunch of insanely weird moments.

[frank sonnet]

ah so it goes full on steam punk instead of having just having some steam punky elements like a lot of fantasy

[vague galleon]

uhm, maybe? maybe im wrong. but it's definitely steampunk adjacent. im not sure if there's a lot of steam tech. it is an old game from the 90s.

it's got the vibe though.

[tepid wadi]

Steampunk/magitek is one of my favorite genres

[vague galleon]

it's cool.

to be fair I like nearly all genres aside from too realistic sci-fi and modern slice of life unless it's heavy on comedy.

but i dont get enough medieval fantasy in my life.

[tepid wadi]

For me it kinda depends on context. For MMOs I vastly prefer medieval fantasy, but for RPGs and stuff I could really take any setting

Though I don't think we've gotten any good steampunk survival or MMO games that really hit it for me, so who knows

RIP Nightingale's potential

[frank sonnet]

i've never understood slice of life i live that shit every day why would i want to watch it/play it?

[tepid wadi]

So you can experience things that you'd never get to in your real life, like "having friends" and "forming relationships" and "getting good grades" ? lol (not you specifically, obviously)

[ornate fractal]

Now listen here, buddy!

[vague galleon]

it depends on the gimmick

[tepid wadi]

[vague galleon]

a lot of slice of life animes are cute girls doing cute things. like driving around on mopeds

one of my favorite slice of life animes is Azumanga Daioh.

[ornate fractal]

YO that's the best manga and the anime is also very good.

[vague galleon]

i own both.

[ornate fractal]

u a real 1

[vague galleon]

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

[ornate fractal]

Now the theme song is playing in my head

[vague galleon]

:D

[tepid wadi]

I don't know what that is, anime is just easy to dunk on sometimes 😝

[ornate fractal]

https://youtu.be/kWsxg3uNMt4

[vague galleon]

I will however trash on Love Hina the manga. dont get me started on that pile of trash that somehow won an award.

the anime gets a pass though.

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

the full scene is sooo funny.

[ornate fractal]

The Chiyo dreams still haunt me as some of the best dream writing ever haha

[frank sonnet]

eh i got good grades in highschool and my life went nowhere after that

[vague galleon]

relatable.

[tepid wadi]

I did my senior thesis on how primary education doesn't do a good job preparing people for the real world. I could talk for hours about that 😝

[vague galleon]

yup

[undone cliff]

I could as well

at least the talking about it for hours

[tranquil cove]

i never saw a good survival game with trains

unfortunately

core keeper was supposed to add them, didn't

foundry is working on trains, but it's not really survival builder, it's factor sim.

some of us are pushing space engineers 2 hard to add rail mechanical blocks, so we can get vertical/horiztonal elevators, doors, launch systems, and trains.

minecraft had some mods probably, but meh mods

stormworks too much realism/mechanics

devs always focus on water, and miss air ships (guns of icarus style combat) and trains..

[tranquil cove]

yeah but also education shouldnt solely exist to prepare people for jobs. by real world not sure what you mean? like street smarts? empathy? gratitude? morality? loving kindness? lots of things education could teach that would be invaluable, like how to love well, how to practice love... and also parents for that matter.

[tranquil cove]

it's because you didn't take the midnight train. https://youtu.be/Pze8Dyqiky8 🤔

[tranquil cove]

"We have tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving. And that is what the world needs most." – Thich Nhat Hanh.

[tepid wadi]

Thats what I mean. Primary school should prepare you to be a member of society and college/secondary education is targeted at specific vocations.

[tepid wadi]

Void Train was kinda fun, and Volcanoids is also supposed to be very good, but I havent played that one.

[tranquil cove]

yeah but the idea i was getting at is not to center the survival builder around trains. just to have trains.. the same way when you add water you dont center the survival builder around boats... in some games. unless the game is raft.

[undone cliff]

The only public high school I went to had a " Life Skills Class" that was used to teach all of of the special education students/ failing freshmen how to survive before they got flunked out

the only reason why i knew about it was because i was supposed to take it and didn't because there wasn't a seat for me

The Arizona education system was bad during the late 1990's and th early 2000's

[tepid wadi]

Thats fair. I wish Satisfactory had more of an "adventure" to it so you could have some people focus on factory and others focus on exploration. I know Star Rupture kinda has that, but not QUITE what I'm after.

[frank sonnet]

not to sound pedantic but your mobile base in that game isn't a train

[tepid wadi]

Idk that looks like a train to me, but I'm not a trainologist

[timber prism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB_uMG4tC4A

[misty arch]

new one
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2340970/Railborn/

Steam

Railborn

Railborn is a survival game where you build your train piece by piece. Navigate a world entangled by branching tracks. Find rare plants to cultivate on your farms. Upgrade your train - manage its power systems, direct resource flow, and distribute water. Designed for 1 to 4 players.

Construct your train piece by piece, floor by floor, rail…

Release Date

To be announced

[tepid wadi]

Sounds like Valourant wants a game where trains are a feature, but they aren't the main focus

[frank sonnet]

Can you give any specific examples of them not being good?

[vague galleon]

that looks amazing.

[slender raptor]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1685310/The_Wayward_Realms/

Steam

The Wayward Realms

Under the direction of Ted Peterson & Julian LeFay — lead developers of the team behind the Elder Scrolls Arena and Daggerfall—Once Lost Games is creating a new open-world fantasy RPG where choice, consequence, scope and role-playing will be experienced like never before in a realistically-scaled open world in a new class of game: The Grand…

Release Date

Coming soon

[vague galleon]

am i crazy or did I see a switch to left handed with a sword?

[worldly thunder]

y

[tranquil cove]

i think the wording fooled you

im saying, 50 good survival games

no trains in them

as in they are good... but have no trains

of course they would be better with trains in them 😄

[tranquil cove]

imagine if it was the year 2000 and this game released

i wonder if anyone could even run it on their pc

[tepid wadi]

Definitely not. Dx11-12 support wasnt great in 2000 😝

[timber prism]

Yup! Will also give it a try!

[tranquil cove]

yeah, but i often think what would happen if this game was released in 2000, how would i view it differently

i remember being so impressed when i played ultima ascension 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuyxqB6b0oc&list=PLU7mS7KPWwCF5vGg6ktEOVijm6Krxe4GI

so i can imagine how some modern games would have blown me away back then

and ascension was buggy as hell

the guy doing the playthrough starts off with "the greatest worst game ever made" lol

[frank sonnet]

wind rose's server is good even met some fellow enshrouded sever people there

[slender raptor]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1685310/The_Wayward_Realms/

Steam

The Wayward Realms

Under the direction of Ted Peterson & Julian LeFay — lead developers of the team behind the Elder Scrolls Arena and Daggerfall—Once Lost Games is creating a new open-world fantasy RPG where choice, consequence, scope and role-playing will be experienced like never before in a realistically-scaled open world in a new class of game: The Grand…

Release Date

Coming soon

[timber prism]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2871520/Deep_Dish_Dungeon/

Steam

Deep Dish Dungeon

Deep Dish Dungeon is a dungeon crawler and exploration game that rewards curiosity and resourcefulness. In an atmospheric environment, explore corridors, rooms and passageways solo or with up to two friends, and gather resources to improve your camping site. Craft tools and cook nourishing meals to bolster strength throughout the journey, and u…

Release Date

To be announced

[frank sonnet]

great now i want pizza

[frank sonnet]

truly a master piece of survival gaming

turn down your volume you'll thank me later

[feral lily]

I lost it at the Ghost Arms lmao

[wind pasture]

Compared to dune awakening is this game fun solo?

[finite saffron]

Enshrouded? I would say Enshrouded is more built for solo than Dune Awakening is, yes. You can play Enshrouded offline on your own private world, which isn't really possible in Dune Awakening to my knowledge.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/1dCJn7aIO94?si=Ic7pup4AfUJzk774

[vague galleon]

what a crestive name.

[frank sonnet]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3819240/Far_Far_West_Demo/

Steam

Far Far West Demo

Guns, Gears & Giddy-up!

Form a crew of bounty-hunting robot cowboys to take on dangerous contracts from the Town Sheriff. Team up with friends in 1-4 player co-op to track down dangerous targets, take them out, and bring home the bounty. It’s a dusty job, but someone’s gotta do it!…

[misty arch]

its begun, get your demo on
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

[limpid quarry]

I'm typing "sick em" too slowly... moderators are getting to them too fast

[frank sonnet]

was not expecting this high level of polish for a demo

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/OGix7n_B__I?si=-7COtInFFrjTAkAP

[frank sonnet]

gravitino works on space walks now they need to add something that takes advantage of both those things

perhaps space station maintaince or satellite repair

[tepid wadi]

Freighter wreck repair 👍

Would be a super cool system

[tranquil cove]

i kinda dislike games with the corporation angle

be more creative please

not sure how i feel about their ship building

it's giving me no mans sky trauma vibes, where i had no freedom, and hated every art asset the devs designed.

prefer block building games 🙁

it's pretty similar in core keeper too, or other games, for some reason i dislike art assets people do.

even in space engineers, they give you prefab hallways, and i dislike them - and space engineers is a block builder, so obviously i like the block building just dislike the prefab look.

that game needs a video solely on their ship building though so i can tell more

yeah i mean their ship building comes across as NMS with more modern system maybe better art. it's more of a ship upgrader than a real builder imo. more like part combinations.

not my thing

[frank sonnet]

sounds like you would want something more like spores building system

[tranquil cove]

i liked spore, but mostly the cell stage

maybe early animal stage

i liked the old SNES game called E.V.O

[frank sonnet]

as a example this is some of the ships i made in it. full on creative freedom we don't get any other game

[tranquil cove]

i dont really like part builders

as in ready made ship assets

prefer block building

the only time i saw part builders as worthwhile was in kerbal space program, where it makes sense to provide a finished part for a rocket, because its also mechanically functional.. aerodynamic... actually does things that help you make it to space, and would work in a real world setting, not just fictional.

so it made sense to build your rockets out of provided parts

[tranquil cove]

those ships are nice though

[frank sonnet]

yeah the creators were the best part of the game everything else is mediocre and was done better in other games

to the earlier point unfortunately what you want doesn't really exist at the moment the closet thing i can think of are Minecraft mods

[vague galleon]

https://youtu.be/vcCspdsVSBg?si=jiPHOz---zN-3Alp

[misty arch]

saw a video a few weeks about this game

[tepid wadi]

I'm sure that's going to do well. All the recent hero shooters have been huge hits.

right guys?

[frank sonnet]

yeah right there with mmos

[tepid wadi]

I'd argue with MMOs we haven't had any super successful releases in more like 15 years though 😝

[frank sonnet]

is it just me or is indy and small studios becoming more of a dominate force in the gaming industry?

[misty arch]

dominant, no, not even close. more notice-able, yes and expect more to pop up. All the people laid off have to do something with themselves.

[frank sonnet]

It’s really a double edged sword isn’t it?

[tepid wadi]

We're definitely going to see a shift in the way games are developed. A lot of people saying that Western game dev teams are dying because it's so expensive to employ a full studio in the US/EU, but I think it's really just that AAA development is crazy bloated.

And there's going to be a shift away from AAA to AA and indie development because those studios are actually sustainable. We'll probably also see some upsets in how publishers work because the way the megacorps work right now isn't functioning very well. Late stage capitalism has trouble with game development because of the "line go up" mentality

[frank sonnet]

what’s the line go up mentality?

[tepid wadi]

TL:DR Every year you have to make more money. But that's not enough, you need to make EVEN MORE more money than you did last year. Infinite growth, faster every year.

It's more complex than that, but that's kind of the core behavior of publicly traded corporations. That's one reason why we see these rounds of layoffs, so they can cut "costs" (people) to ensure they meet their arbitrarily set fiscal goals of making the right amount of money for the shareholders.

That supports a few behaviors we see in AAA development:
-Focus on live service games, because they have steady, constant returns (but must continually grow!)
-Cancellation of long-running projects before they get released, even if feedback is good (Project Blackbird, Ghost, etc)
-Chasing the biggest releases EVER every single time
-Reducing risk and focusing on their live service big bets, not investing in new IPs or games, etc

Meanwhile, we see AA projects being massively profitable because they can make a game that they want to that is smaller scope but is super fun and more risky. (Silksong, Arc Raiders, Expedition 33). MMOs are specifically tough because they are classically the biggest projects that require the longest development times and have the most risk to them. That's why we see so few attempts other than by intrepid small indie teams.

[vague galleon]

i kind of hope it does. I love me some capture the flag.

[tepid wadi]

I'm generally rooting for games to do well, though for this one specifically I can't stand the animations. Both the walk and run animations look horribly uncomfortable, like watching a drunk person try to run.

[feral lily]

Thats usually a fun watch tho

[vague galleon]

it looks funny

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/XSpBmATCcxs?si=yXAyEe_kzq15UbIf

[stray coral]

Windrose is really fun , enjoyed the Demo!

[bright marlin]

Well….. I just got back into Eldegarde… it seems like it’s kind of a dying game that doesn’t get talked about enough. It was formerly Legacy: Steel and Sorcery. It’s a fantasy extraction game. It started as PvP only. They now have the zones in rotation between PVE and PvP.

They have 6 classes to choose from.
Priest, Warrior, rogue, hunter, wizard, and now paladin. Progression feels good QoL is good. Just needs more players. Available up to 3 man parties.

[frank sonnet]

i tried the demo for that during a next fest. it didn't want to work so i just moved on

[bright marlin]

It’s been fully released now. It’s a great game. I’d give it another chance.

[frank sonnet]

perhaps

[bright marlin]

The PVE element is really nice. Having the option to go into the extraction with a level of safety is nice and when you want to draw some blood then you have that option. They also have arenas now.

[frank sonnet]

all bloat zero substance

[timber prism]

Nice! One of my fav games of 2025

[ornate fractal]

Hub surprised me with a date to see the orchestral music tour, it was very cool! :D

[timber prism]

😮

JEALOUS!

[ornate fractal]

He's a good boy. 😊

[frank sonnet]

DREADNOUGHT!

[ornate fractal]

Molly! Over here!

[agile edge]

https://tenor.com/view/seven-of-nine-star-trek-voyager-picmix-star-trek-picmix-gif-15264759187245496564

[restive perch]

That must've been a dreadful day for you

[tranquil cove]

good game, i want to get it, i love 7

one of the few characters where i like the actor as well

[agile edge]

Its fun so far the caretaker just died so Im free to explore ish

a whole tec tree for borg stuff cant wait

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/xOIwC2WML1M?si=DrxjNXo6V_kCwdpW

[rain osprey]

Im just gonma say it cause not enough people have said it in the world

Alan Wake 2

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/JN7VeNtXRM8?si=EHpPwX29mQGeomuf

https://youtu.be/RF8xK4_jW2Y?si=txScqyMoDXfsS0lV

[misty arch]

Barotrama Devs new one
https://youtu.be/IYPOCVS9jEM?si=gHdY2PMrtYy2X-Mp

https://youtu.be/jD7aStUVwWU?si=9zmu91uOA5pCcn39

[frank sonnet]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2321780/Starship_Troopers_Ultimate_Bug_War/

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/D4I3iia76NA?si=rMIBytcXXX4tYPQc

[frank sonnet]

leave no drilldozer behind

[frank sonnet]

honse

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/Iy5ZeI5PLIU?si=S2Y6djek1VibvCzr

[tepid wadi]

Another sky island game?

They're all the rage

[frank sonnet]

Certainly looks better then this other one I saw can’t seam to find it but it looked looked liked the character models were all made in hero forge which no offence to hero forge but that’s just lazy

[finite saffron]

Is this a satisfactory build?

[round beacon]

yep

[finite saffron]

damn nice, cool looking build

[round beacon]

gives slight warhammer 40k vibes here and there ngl 😅

[tepid wadi]

IDK, not quite... gothic enough?

[round beacon]

i mean yeah... but its gettin the vibes. sure theres alot of spikes and gore missing. but with whats avaialable... npt to shabby

[tepid wadi]

Needs more skulls for the golden throne

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/t-QRrb9QEFM?si=O9rGeTiE1Z3hwM1v

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/D37CMwPC6iE?si=tRgvA_A3qAYTssn1

https://youtu.be/jylioADWJVM?si=d1No4CCSKe2VaRGT

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/yJNRLUvEMH4?si=PpmPGKa4jlTcp-rd

[vague galleon]

looks awesome.
i wish i didnt suck at side scrolling beat em ups.

[misty arch]

if you updated today to GeForce Game Ready Driver 595.59 on your NVIDIA gpu that is a 30 or higher model, you need to roll it back as there is a problem and NVIDIA has already removed the update from their sites.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/nvidia-rolls-back-its-latest-driver-update-game-ready-driver-595-59-reportedly-causes-fan-issues-on-rtx-3000-4000-and-5000-series-gpus

[vague galleon]

i thibk my new pc is going to have an amd since nvidia is abandoning gamers or something.

[misty arch]

your new pc is going to be a rental if the pc companies have anything to say about it

[vague galleon]

I REFUSE

[misty arch]

good luck. consumer options are going away quickly. need to pull the trigger sooner rather than later.

[vague galleon]

ill have something by may for sure.

[timber prism]

Def will pick this up. I hope the creator gets money. I read recently he has an advanced case of dementia and cant afford medical care anymore

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/lEruovfOaKY?si=e-w5aoV9JePzODC6

[normal walrus]

Anybody know any other games similar and fun like enshrouded. I pretty much finished the game and don’t know what else to play as fun.

[tepid wadi]

Valheim is an easy recommend. It's still in early access but it has plenty of content

[storm kite]

windrose demo is pretty fun

[vague galleon]

valheim is a test of patience.

[misty arch]

Windrose and Guardians of the Wild Sky are 2 upcoming survival builders out with demos on steam right now that would fit the bill of Enshrouded like.

https://youtu.be/wBILV9GXCS0?si=9pFSjQkX4OiddF-w

[tranquil cove]

i just played windrose demo

combat could use work, in fact i was never a fan of animated combat, wish they went more with chivalry type to some extent. stamina based is good though.

everything else looks good

building is good, simply because they have grid placement

and snap to object

like the very basic thing that you need in a building game. not sure if you can snap to grid furniture. but it's not that important.

im gonna try transfer the demo save to the windrose save when i get the game, and hope it works

repeating all that grindy crap would be annoying

it's fun, but a tad grindy

the teleport system definitely welcome

stat and talent system is nice, like using guns etc.

clothing and upgrades are nice

their hair models suck, why do people do hair like it's 2008 game?

unreal engine, and you cant get better hair?

is that normal?

someone good with game design can answer that? @tepid wadi

oh yeah BG3 has better hair

https://www.thegamer.com/best-video-game-hair-customization-ranked/

yeah i dont understand the hair, in a modern game? is it just to save performance?

if they fixed the character models/hair, the game would be better

[misty arch]

yes, anything that moves, flickers, or glows in an online game causes performance issues for the servers.

[tranquil cove]

hopefully they add mods

community can make me a body mods to improve the textures, and hair models

sucks we need to rely on modders to optimize the game and make good hair/body assets

was the same in skyrim

[tepid wadi]

Cost benefit analysis. Mediocre/bad hair styles are going to cause VERY few people to drop the game, and better hair either takes a ton of work or has performance and/or clipping problems.

So it can be costly to fix AND it doesnt really sell more copies. Unless your game is BIG on dress up / heavy roleplaying, its an easy feature to cut.

[tranquil cove]

i mean its a pirate game...

potentially mp servers? and pvp?

[tepid wadi]

Clipping with all the pirate hats is probably a big concern.

[tranquil cove]

tbh i'd rather have clipping than bad hair

i did pirate RP for years on ultima online

so survival/multiplayer game? if they add pvp, then yeah character creator is important.

[tepid wadi]

I played that game when the demo came out last time, it was quite fun and silly

[frank sonnet]

not surprisingly it plays well on controller

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, that makes sense for sure

[abstract ingot]

🎲 D&D 5e Players Wanted! 🐉

We’re a party of four adventurers looking to recruit a few more heroes for our campaign! Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or brand new to the game, you’re welcome to join the fun.

Interested in rolling some dice and telling an epic story together?
Send me a DM and let’s get you in the party! ⚔️✨

[tranquil cove]

if you have a friend this is a good game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4187140/Dont_Panic_It_is_Just_Turbulence/

Steam

Don't Panic! It is Just Turbulence

Don’t Panic, It’s Just a Turbulence is a fast-paced co-op puzzle game where two players must work together to save a failing aircraft. One player sits in the cockpit as the Pilot, surrounded by chaotic instruments and malfunctioning systems. The other acts as the Air Traffic Controller, reading cryptic manuals, deciphering clues, and guidin…

Release Date

Coming soon

[frank sonnet]

idk i don't want to make the friendship ||TURBULANT||

[ornate fractal]

https://youtu.be/UHKJQsbOaDk

[misty arch]

Gloria Victis got saved and is coming back as F2P
https://youtu.be/i5wN7RyAKWc?si=FdJLGw2NHUeBEdKk

[tepid wadi]

That just makes me miss Chivalry 2

[misty arch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geiTg6Z7w3A

[tranquil cove]

im pretty excited for windrose

ive thoroughly enjoyed it

i think i havent had this much fun since like skyrim

i typically do female characters, because i have more names for them

but i also do male chars

but december 31st, killer wait

i wish they sat on the demo until summer lol

[burnt spear]

Windrose is definitely fun. Can't wait until EA.

[tranquil cove]

since i was budgeting game spending this year, i guess december EA release works for me, it means i can buy the game in jan, and the cost will apply to next years budget.

[burnt spear]

Oh we don't know when the EA release will be. It could be December, it could be before.

[tranquil cove]

last year i spent $160

i want to get that down to 120 or less or even $100 this year max

that will lower the $160 to 130

so i have to choose my games wisely

[timber prism]

Chiv was a lot more condensed fun that didn't require so much like Gloria Victus which i liked

im curious what they're going to do to actually help GV be successful this time around

[tranquil cove]

i never bought chivalry 2

i played 1, and then sort of was like meh torn banner. they sort of dropped the ball on no more room in hell 2.

might be the first EA title where buying the game basically was worth the cost of the game and thats it, for me.

whereas most EA games i get, end up being worth 1000 times more than what i paid for it, and are hours of fun.

i had PZ for like 7 years and hated it

tried it again in 2022 or something, loved it

[vague galleon]

shame mordhau died off but i didnt play it that much. i am less and less interested in deathmatch games as the years go on.

but that combat system........... 🤤

[tranquil cove]

hytale has been pissing me off

why is this company being lame and updating their patch notes only on twitter, and not even their own website? wish i could get a refund just for this.

game is quickly entering my shit list for this

[round beacon]

kinda weird to judge a game by the approach of its social media department.

not sayin its a good approach of the company.

but doesnt realy have anything to do with the games quality in generall.

[tranquil cove]

yeah, i can still boycott good games

for their business decisions or marketing choices or how they handle customer service or whatever this would fall into.

they have a website, and discord, and they upload all pre-release patch notes to twitter? just screams of 'use twitter', how about no and f you

[round beacon]

you do you.

[tranquil cove]

if the planet was going to explode, and a spacex rocket was available to take me away. i would choose to die. so yeah i will do what i want to do.

i got my principles.

[timber prism]

Yeah, I really enjoyed Mordhau of what i played

I honestly thought it was better than Chiv

[vague galleon]

ya

[tepid wadi]

I never got into Mordhau, but I had a couple friends who really liked it.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/oFo4TNKJ0V4?si=vi3hGoQxTVKdCZ11

[tranquil cove]

too adventure action, overproduction

still think windrose is 100 times better

also fantasy elements, not into fantasy much

i wouldn't really call it a pirate game, maybe pirate folktale/fantasy or something

i just find fantasy weird, im all into simulation/realism

fantasy is like imposing someones imagination on me, feels overbearing, overwhelming to me.

okay the turn based makes it a japanese game now

turn based + weird fantasy is basically chrono trigger/crono cross, final fantasy lol

especially if you throw steampunk in

that changes the dynamic, those games can be fun

those games are also story based more

[timber prism]

dont' you play NMS?

isn't that fantasy?

or is it specific to certain content?

like Enshrouded is purely fantasy.. Valheim

XD

[tranquil cove]

eh, it's more like i am just slow to get into it the more fantasy it is, the more it takes for me to adjust

[timber prism]

gotcha

[tranquil cove]

there is fantasy based in realism, and then bat shii fantasy that is surrealism or the world is more made up.

i dunno, there is levels

i like norse mythology etc, so i dont really consider it too fantasy in valheim

[timber prism]

so if you like the fantasy theme, you dont mind it

[tranquil cove]

but once i saw that game is turn based combat, and probably more story based, it changes the whole dynamic

[timber prism]

which norse mythology is right? fantasy

[tranquil cove]

like i enjoyed final fantasy, chrono cross, crono trigger etc.

[tranquil cove]

yeah

[timber prism]

i also enjoy norse stuff a lot as well

[tranquil cove]

i am not sure how i would feel about a heavy realism game though

i was looking at this game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771300/Kingdom_Come_Deliverance_II/

Steam

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

125370

Metacritic

89

how would i feel about a game, that exists just to be reality of that time period?

literally a game made for people who do war re-enactments lol

[timber prism]

fantastic game

[tranquil cove]

or for people who are historians

[timber prism]

i dont like it though haha

i tried multiple times now at this point to get into it but I can't

[tranquil cove]

oh you have it?!

haha yeah

i wonder if that is how i would feel, or if i would like it

[timber prism]

yeah i bought it to support the devs

bc its very well made

I also played the first one which was way more janky

[tranquil cove]

nice

[timber prism]

watching this video, the game looks alright

its as piratey as One Piece is haha

[tranquil cove]

yeah i think it could be fun too, i was only in the beginning of the video giving first impressions

i think im probably gonna get windrose this year, maybe deliverance 2, and vintage story

i do want that voyager game

does that voyager game have a demo

no demo 🙁

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2643390/Star_Trek_Voyager__Across_the_Unknown/

Steam

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?“What if?” Scenarios

Did you ever wonder what would have happened had C…

Price

$31.49

Recommendations

2373

[timber prism]

Voyager looks fun

Too many games atm to play though

Going through RE9 atm

and then Crimson Desert is coming up

as well as Raccoin

[tranquil cove]

i didnt mind xcom, or fallout shelter

and voyager game has similar mechanics with building/upgrading ship i think

[timber prism]

Xcom is fantastic

been playing them for years at this point

Terror from the Deep was my first one back in 95 or something

it was way long ago XD

[frank sonnet]

imo of all the time periods to do a historically accurate game with no fantasy/sci fi elements renaissance era and middle ages is a no for me

[frank sonnet]

you seam more like a low fantasy guy

[tranquil cove]

i'm just a contradiction of moods

i like fantasy if i think about it

initially i thought LOTR was mediocre lets say 7/10 to put a visual to my feeling, but in later years it grew on me a lot, so i think it's closer to 8/9 out of 10. Meanwhile i always liked chronicles of Prydain, which is basically LOTR but Welsh mythology based. Always liked DND. I liked movies like never ending story (high fantasy) and Princess Bride. But then I really disliked Stardust.

i'm probably into fantasy but just can't express well what i dislike about specific things in fantasy that sometimes arise.

starwars is fantasy, i always liked starwars, even before i liked star trek probably.

i think conan the barbarian is fantasy, like that.

red sonja etc.

[tranquil cove]

one of my favourite cartoons is fantasy

https://youtu.be/SZfBU03nZqc

[frank sonnet]

i'm very familiar with the snowman i try to watch it every decemeber

[tranquil cove]

my feeling is

i think i dont like fantasy that is illogical, or just imaginative to the extreme. like sort of childrens make believe type? you shot me, and suddenly i just have a forcefield, and now a giant dinosaur is coming to eat you. and like what the hell slow down.

yet they had something exactly like this in toy story and it fit well

but i think stardust is more of that type of fantasy, which is why i didn't like it

it might also be different with games compared to movies? but hell zelda is pretty fantasy, and i always loved zelda. or pokemon.

hell if i know 🤣

it's hard to know myself lol

all these movies or games i listed, are probably the best of the best though

like considered very good, popular

have deeper themes and meanings

(Except conan maybe)

conan tragically 6/10 on imdb

[frank sonnet]

and don't i know it i gave up trying to fit in box ages and came to the conclusion i just don't

[tranquil cove]

i like a lot of horror films, and they are fantasy basically

just a type of fantasy

[frank sonnet]

imo ratings are always full of shit

[tranquil cove]

interesting, i was looking at another pirate MMO, with tons of negative reviews about it being P2W and some ships costing $8000

windrose was smart to get away from the MMO genre, i think i like it precisely because it's not an mmo and so that changed the style and feel of the game. but they should probably try and support 200 player servers or something.

[light escarp]

Yeah a few people I know have been playing it and really seem to be enjoying it

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/zpKHkYrjXQM?si=HXcUbPQMwzHnqu_I

[stray coral]

It has been fun playing the Demo of Windrose

[untold lynx]

but does that help at all in combat?

[ornate fractal]

Well if Enshrouded taught me anything, "don't get hit" is a pretty potent playstyle. XD

[untold lynx]

I mean if you spend every other round with your hands on your knees, bent over and gasping for air, it's not a very sustainable strategy I guess

[ornate fractal]

Pfft, make that your teammates' problem. If you're a proper rogue-analogue you snatching the McGuffin may be worth their troubles. 😸

[untold lynx]

can you outrun the acid spray from the trap though?

[ornate fractal]

Half the time! 😹

Now I want to make a character with the same traits but yanged to the yin. Strategically Slow.

[vague galleon]

you can still fight. you just cant use your movement speed. 😉

[short sail]

Not gonna lie that sounds like a interesting concept for a Anime.

[timber prism]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2640950/Scott_Pilgrim_EX/

Steam

Scott Pilgrim EX

Toronto, 20XX. The city has been taken over by 3 rival gangs - the VEGANS, the ROBOTS, and the DEMONS. But who’s behind this madness? When Scott Pilgrim’s bandmates are abducted by shadowy forces, a brand-new adventure begins!

Scott Pilgrim EX is an action-adventure game where players can fight as Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers and more…

Release Date

Mar 3, 2026

[frank sonnet]

https://giphy.com/gifs/spongebob-season-3-spongebob-squarepants-3ofSB4RyHNvk5fJhXa

Vegans?

[timber prism]

Yup! Just played the demo and had a great time beating them up XD

[tranquil cove]

i dont understand

why would they let his character be a roadrunner from buggs bunny?

maybe i should play DND as the flash then from dc?

everything else legally obtained through dnd rules doesn't matter if you can base your character on overpowered things already?

or is it just that a tabaxi monk is overpowered? sounds like the game sucks at balancing then?

if i was that monk moving 450 feet, id just move out of every battle range. and not come back.

[tepid wadi]

Thats the point of the post. The character is technically "rules as written".

[tranquil cove]

thats if we take their word for it

but im not about to double check their interpretation of the rules

5E dnd sucks anyway

[misty arch]

Guardians of the Wild Sky is keeping their demo live a little longer due to popularity.

we’re going to keep the demo live for an extra two weeks, wrapping up on March 16th at 10AM EST

[tranquil cove]

i tried that space craft demo

it was really bad lol

[misty arch]

hopefuly they can adjust before launch

[tranquil cove]

spacecraft?

there is no fixing that

[misty arch]

that bad huh

[tranquil cove]

it would need a complete overhaul, redesign, scope change... and even graphic style rework.

as the graphic style itself puts you to sleep

extremely empty feeling all around

ship customization pretty terrible

of course they have a challenge with a space game. how to make a space game fun and not feel empty.

but it felt like mass effect 1 resource gathering

that empty.

their demo was a fetch quest to add a sensor to your ship

horrible idea for a demo

rofl what are these game devs thinking i swear

they start you at a space station, and you run down a long hallway, by the time you get to the end, you are bored.

rofl it's just not good

better start should have been you start on your damaged ship and need to repair it or something. and you immediately start ship building.

but even with that, i think they have nothing there. nothing interesting. they based their whole premise on corporation debt. and doing things for a corporation.

factory sims typically have that

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/bF7bTBahJxY?si=a9AaVA0oX5R1tP4o

[neon aurora]

Built this with my friends in No Man’s Sky. Don’t know if you know you could do stuff like this in that game lol

https://youtu.be/4LsVXarV0qs?si=hwlSYRWX2BrIAnvK

[tranquil cove]

looks like it could be good, it has a demo

ill give it a go

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/S7Rn-ueIdfI?si=-LxV_D5Fs-3n4gBi

[tepid wadi]

I'll have to play that eventually. I have it I just haven't ever put the time in.

[tranquil cove]

i played it

it's okay

but it's one of those games that doesn't really have any motivation

unless your motivation is building, there is no reason to play it

like it falls flat somehow, but hard to pin down how, and hard to say if it will be good when released. or if the demo is representative very well.

[tepid wadi]

"Vibes are off" is a perfectly fine reason to not enjoy a game, for sure.

[tranquil cove]

i don't really think its a feeling thing though

i think most people will have same conclusion about the demo

i wonder if it's just a lack of music lol i can't recall if it had music

usually you play a demo for a good game, and you can see the vision or the potential, and you can list off ways it will be amazing.

could just be the premise of the game is boring.

you're on a sky island. the only thing to do is cut trees, mine, research, make a house, build things. and maybe go to the next island. but what for? is it ANNO where you are going to other islands to unlock new types of resources? to build new things?

this in itself is very boring without a purpose.

unless your main draw to a game is building, basically.

and i am a builder, just i don't think a game that has only that can hook me for long.

small sky islands = no exploration potential. flying to other islands doesn't interest me much when they all look the same.

i like the idea of clean energy systems, but thats not a motivation to play

seeing 1 chicken, that i can potentially tame later and get eggs from? yeah maybe that's nice. but i can just close the game and go play hytale. and get all of that too.

like hytale is offering a game, not just a building sandbox

the game/demo has no faults, like nothing was terrible. it was okay.

One of Steam’s most wishlisted upcoming games (with almost 1 million Wishlists and counting!), Solarpunk is a calm, open-world crafting experience set among floating islands and gentle technology. Since its reveal, the game has captured the hearts of cozy and survival gamers worldwide, building a passionate community and rising to the top of Steam’s most-wishlisted charts, all created by a small, dedicated two-person team

hey maybe im wrong, but yeah cozy is correct lol

[tepid wadi]

Some people specifically want cozy games, yeah

[tranquil cove]

i guess my whole critique just described a whole genre

like that tiny game

i was thinking its probably like that tiny glade game

[tepid wadi]

I mean, "Tiny glade, but a 3rd person game with sky islands" is a pretty reasonable pitch

[tranquil cove]

i was also getting slight house flipper vibes from the trailer

[misty arch]

and then there is this one
https://youtu.be/vtw5BDpKgJM?si=zG-1Y6xK-b88zaxz

[tranquil cove]

my friend is playing marathon

[misty arch]

he like it?

[tranquil cove]

oh yeah

not for me, so i wont comment on it

[tepid wadi]

My general opinion is that it's not as genre advancing as Arc Raiders is, and it feels more like a "Standard" extraction game. If Arc Raiders had never come out, I might be excited for it, but the bar has been raised.

[tranquil cove]

solarpunk devs "man we spent hours on this game to realize it's boring... what do we do?"
marketing "no not boring, PEACEFUL"

[misty arch]

do get a lot of Arc Raiders type vibes from it

[tranquil cove]

Peaceful Farming & Crafting - Grow food, craft gadgets, and automate gentle systems at your own pace.

Fans looking to experience the peaceful world of Solarpunk can download the PC demo on Steam now. During the demo, players can explore Solarpunk at their own pace, crafting cozy structures in the clouds, experimenting with solar panels, windmills, and cable connectors, and gently progressing through the game’s tech trees to unlock new building options and decorative touches. Whether you’re farming, decorating, or drifting between islands in your airship, everything is designed to be calm, welcoming, and refreshingly unhurried.

i should have read this before i tried the demo lol

gentle systems lol

[tepid wadi]

The only thing I actively dislike about Marathon is the art style. It's just not for me.

Not that it's BAD. I just don't like it

[tranquil cove]

they just need collaboration with mr rogers (if he were still alive) or bob ross.

[timber prism]

Marathon feels like just another extraction but it has very little similarities that I would ever find it giving me arc raiders feels

Its not nearly as casual and is way more pvevp

You 95% of the time you find another player, you are going to fight them

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, I don't think it FEELS like Arc Raiders, but I think Arc Raiders did things in a unique/interesting way and that raised the bar from what I want from an extraction game.

[timber prism]

It was a response to Tobruk's "I get a lot of arc Raiders vibes from it"

I would honestly put them on opposite sides in terms of extraction games

[tepid wadi]

I mean, extraction is a pretty narrow genre in general

[tranquil cove]

i think i actually hate extraction games

glad i could get that off my chest

i also dislike pubg type games

and mobas

basically slop gaming to me 😄

EA releases, no triple A titles. all the way.

the only exception to extraction games is maybe zombie coop extractions.

but even those can be trash.. it really depends.

only a specific thing works for me in that genre

[misty arch]

and it is official
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/highguard-shut-down/

[tepid wadi]

Yeah, we all saw that coming with the big layoff.

[timber prism]

I agree but arc raiders is extremely different than tarkov

I would put marathon between but closer to tarkov

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/Lr_PBtJAzIE?si=6AQRf1NbmIPX6VJT

https://youtu.be/U4mTFGs8jEk?si=92xTaJRHV-x01maT

[tranquil cove]

i played guardians of the wild sky

800 square km world, lots of content, the demo only lets you play for 8 hours, then you reset. looks like it was a pokemon/palworld/zelda concept.

i want to like the game, but it's just immediately frustrating. the UI is garbage and everything is not that intuitive.

the building system is horrible.

the snapping and rotation system is trash

everything else was good, but without a good UI/intuitive control system or building system, it really makes anything else that's good harder to enjoy.

for example took awhile to learn how to use glider and up drafts, took most of the playthrough to realize i need to slot guardians into my base. took most of the play through to learn how to feed animals not at your base etc. took awhile to learn how to work the job board.

took a bit to understand fibre comes from bushes, still no clue why arrow regenerate when i never crafted any.

im not sure i would play the game even if it was free. like i still have 3 more hours of a demo on the same playthrough, and im not interested in continuing. despite there still being demo content to explore.

[tepid wadi]

"Guardians of the Wild Sky" is a super cool name, too bad it doesn't hold up

[tranquil cove]

it can be a good game. i just dont see them putting in 8 months of work to redo the ui, and overhaul building entirely.

[tranquil cove]

btw this is my unbias opinion of the demo. meaning i didn't see the store page even, beyond the pressing install the demo button. i didnt have time to look at the trailer, or even scroll to the reviews or read any. i didnt even glance at the game rating, which is mostly positive (which i saw after i played the demo).

basically my friend said lets try guardians of the wild sky, so i went there quick and downloaded it. and we hopped in. within 5 minutes i was complaining 🤣 my poor friend lol

and then 1 hour later, my friend was like. I think you are right. the UI is very bad.

took me like 5 minutes to clock the game

and its problems

then this morning i read some reviews, and the negative comments basically say the same thing. i actually didn't expect there to be any reviews? i guess it's out in EA already?

oh no it's not

but they have reviews enabled? most games don't

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4359380/Guardians_of_the_Wild_Sky_Demo/

Steam

Guardians of the Wild Sky Demo

The demo opens up a curated portion of the world, giving you access to several islands within a defined boundary. While the full game spans 800+ square kilometers, this slice is designed to showcase exploration, building, and progression without holding the experience back. Once you build a ship, you’re free to set sail in any direction, disco…

[timber prism]

@tepid wadi Checked this out yet? Possible sleeper hit rpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057760/Esoteric_Ebb/

Steam

Esoteric Ebb

Esoteric Ebb is an isometric, Disco-like, TTRPG-turned-CRPG set in a bizarre post-Arcanepunk fantasy setting. You are The Cleric, an expert in esoteric events, and a glorified government goon. Inspired by classic CRPG games, Esoteric Ebb features deep and branching dialogs with a staggering amount of choices.

Create the world’s worst cl…

Price

$22.49

Recommendations

301

[tranquil cove]

spiderman roleplaying as a knight?

[tranquil cove]

did you try it?

[tepid wadi]

Disco Elysium is actually really not my type of game

[timber prism]

Not yet. Bought it because I enjoyed Disco Elysium

But Im finishing up Resident Evil 9 atm

[tranquil cove]

i got disco elysium too, and it was okay, but i basically stopped playing.

You wake up in a morgue with half the river in your boots, surrounded by ten thousand rotting apples, several corpses, and one zombie. Out of your depth and with no official backup, you delve into your beloved city to investigate the impossible mystery no one wants you to solve. Juggle factions and play them against each other. Explore the streets and tunnels of a fantasy metropolis. Debate devils, drunk sphinxes, and all manner of fantastical fools in a world where mythological creatures sell newspapers at corner shops and ideologies overtake the ramblings of dead gods.
where have i heard this before?

game start, you wake up in a morgue...

PLANESCAPE TORMENT

definitely a more unique game start, usually it's beach or prison

[timber prism]

Damn. I figured you would be all about it!

Too many games to play. I was gonna also pick up Pokopia before Crimson Desert

[tranquil cove]

is it coop?

if this was coop it might have been a bit more interesting to me

[timber prism]

No. Single-player

I have to say I enjoyed my single player campaigns of BG3 over playing with friends all the time

[tepid wadi]

I think it'd be hard to do that sort of immersiveness with multiplayer

[timber prism]

Yeah. Choices matter but you aren't making them XD

[tranquil cove]

i also played BG3 2-3 times and quit before act 3 each time 🤣

i dont know if i like rpg games anymore lol, hasnt been 1 i completed since BG2.

[timber prism]

Yeah. I remember you complaining about BG3 a lot

[tranquil cove]

even witcher, i never finished

oh i completed skyrim, probably

[timber prism]

We dont need to rehash that convo

[tranquil cove]

but also that took 4 playthroughs

my problem is i play a game, quit, and then instead of reloading save and having to figure out where i left off which is disorienting. i decide to restart

so i have often 6 restarts, and no finishes

im trying to force myself to load saves i already have and go through the pain of 1 hour of getting my bearings again

so this way i can complete games more

[timber prism]

Makes sense. Losing 1 hour of time versus a 40 hour save

[tranquil cove]

yeah exactly

part of it was i dont remember what happened sometimes. or i just wanted a none disconnected experience of the game. which might work if i actually didn't stop playing halfway through.

but given that my pattern is always that i stop playing, it wont work to get a none disconnected playthrough, so i might as well load the save and do a disconnected playthrough.

and i am talking like disconnected, sometimes, where i stopped playing for 1 year. like BG3.

so ideally if i play BG3 again, i'd start right at act 3.

but i sort of remember the story at least.

[misty arch]

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/google-settles-with-epic-games-drops-its-play-store-commissions-to-20/

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/q-Nn1B52Mx8?si=WPB6iPaFRRmGvnQo

[misty arch]

and another one is done
https://massivelyop.com/2026/03/04/mini-mmo-eldegarde-is-sunsetting-just-six-weeks-after-launch-with-whispers-of-an-offline-port/

[vagrant kelp]

(WoW Midnight)
My time in Enshrouded has taught me I shouldn't go down there.....

[daring wave]

I'm sure you'll be fine......

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/QnyFQhgfs8c?si=NxFela2KhR35-vWc

[misty arch]

is out
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868840/Slay_the_Spire_2/

Steam

Slay the Spire 2

THE SPIRE AWAKENS
The ultimate roguelike deckbuilder returns!

For 1,000 years, the Spire lay dormant, its secrets buried and its horrors forgotten. Now, it has reopened, hungrier and more dangerous than ever, devouring all who dare to ascend.…

Price

$24.99

Recommendations

141

[misty arch]

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-confirms-project-helix-its-next-gen-console-that-will-also-play-pc-games

ok this could be fun and worth getting back into diablo 4
https://youtu.be/TnMH3ig3PRY?si=Z1dNcUR96I8EYr4s

[tepid wadi]

"Can also play PC games" My dude, casting your PC to your TV has existed for a LONG time. That's just a prebuilt PC

[misty arch]

pretty much what i was thinking as well

I mean at least they are sticking with PC games compared to Sony pulling back from PC releases. Which makes no sense.

[tepid wadi]

yeah'

[obtuse scroll]

That area is like a weird ocean. Some of the pillars are like little reefs in some of the void areas

[timber prism]

Makes sense to me tbh. All that dev time and money to port to PC to have extremely lackluster sales compared to their console ecosystem. Probably tryna prevent people from just using that new Xbox to play Sony games.

[vague galleon]

In case anyone here played ARC Raiders, if you connected it to your Discord account, break that connection and change your password, and then find the file here and nuke it. Not only are they storing (and possibly transmitting) all your discord messages including private DMs, but they are storing a token that lets basically anyone get in and read everything you do and change your settings.
https://timothymeadows.com/arc-raiders-discord-sdk-data-exposure/

[misty arch]

it was patched as well

[vague galleon]

well i just heard about it so i thought i'd share. ive never played arc.

[misty arch]

yeah, it is very concerning.

[tranquil cove]

hytale wants you to link accounts too

they stripped their discord to 1 channel non linked can use and the idiot simon keeps posting pre patch notes on twitter

[vague galleon]

[tranquil cove]

i'm getting elitist rich person vibes from this game dev lol

oh okay they finally put patch notes in the launcher

oh okay account linking is different from 'integration' in arc raiders case, they had full integration with discord.

[misty arch]

https://youtu.be/0w3qSyPkHh8?si=HvZ1oSJcGKkivXsL

[tranquil cove]

does anyone know why this is in my library

and also why it's downloaded?

someone thought it was a good idea for steam to just do whatever the f it wants on my pc?

?

i never downloaded this

what a stupid world we live in

if i downloaded it, it would be in recents

[misty arch]

its the demo to this game
https://youtu.be/oncaa_fMsyw?si=gv7lamQfPP5-YVV-

https://youtu.be/gvoEJqCfUX0?si=taGypaJSbLaMrb6f

https://youtu.be/_Ol8A5H0pXw?si=upR7Ny-x2ZZjYDC2

[tranquil cove]

i just dont get why steam downloaded without my consent lol

[daring wave]

This looks interesting. Has anyone played it? Is it any good??

[tepid wadi]

I haven't played it since it released, it may have improved since then but I wasn't terribly impressed at the time.

[daring wave]

Thanks for the honest review, good to know. I'll save my pennies.

[vague galleon]

i played it. it's alright?

i want to play it more, but ya I lost interest fast. XD I need someone to play it with me.

[daring wave]

It looked kinda interesting. I dunno, it's only 20 bucks, but if people here say it aint that great ...... probably not worth it.

[vague galleon]

Ya, i dunno. wishlist it and wait for a bigger sale maybe.

why is there dlc..........

[daring wave]

It would only be something to keep my occupied until we got more content here lol. Although I'm building at the moment and that's kinda keeping me busy.

[vague galleon]

in that case

https://store.steampowered.com/app/237870/Planet_Explorers/

Steam

Planet Explorers

In Planet Explorers, it is the year 2287, one of the first colony ships sent out by Earth arrives at the planet Maria, in the Epsilon Indi Star System. During its landing sequence, something appears in front of the massive ship that causes it to lose control and crash into the planet. Some of the colonists survive in lifeboats, but what they find…

Recommendations

5120

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh...............

i need to give this game one last play.

this one was going to be sooooooooooo cool.
I dont know how playable it is, but it's free. and has a lot of neat ideas.

[daring wave]

Yea, free. I'll defo try that. got nothing to lose if it costs nothing lol.

[vague galleon]

yup.

[daring wave]

Thx for the suggestion🍻

[vague galleon]

it has this really cool vehicle building thing that i never figured out cause it's complicated. like 3D modeling type of quality level.

and laying down blocks has a really nice system.

plut the aesthetics are nice.

[daring wave]

It's 10 years old soooo hopefully any bug's would be ironed out by now.

[vague galleon]

well, some stuff went down during development, something with the engine or something, so the game was kind of abandoned.

i paid like 20 bucks for it hoping it would be amazing like enshrouded is.

now it's free.......

[daring wave]

I'll download it tonight and boot it up tomorro. I'll let you know what I think after I've given it a run

[vague galleon]

speaking of spending 20 bucks on a game that is no longer 20 bucks....

https://store.steampowered.com/app/268670/The_Memory_of_Eldurim/

Steam

The Memory of Eldurim

Follow the Indie RPG Spirit in Search of The Memory of EldurimYou know the feeling of setting sail beyond the edge of the map, beyond the boundaries of knowledge? So do we. One reason we love video games is that they offer fresh lands to discover.

Discover a new world, its adventures, and its haunting story as you play The Memory of Eldurim. A…

Price

$0.99

Recommendations

195

[vague galleon]

definitely let me know!

[daring wave]

👍

[vague galleon]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/581630/Sword_With_Sauce/

Steam

Sword With Sauce

Sword With Sauce is a fast-paced stealth/action sandbox that puts you in control of how every mission plays out. With an arsenal of weapons and gadgets at your disposal, you can take on enemies however you see fit—go in loud, leave no witnesses, or strike from the shadows, eliminating foes without a sound.

Choose from a variety of weapons s…

Price

$4.99

Recommendations

5781

this is another really fun game.

not a lot to it but you can try lots of different load outs.

i paid 3 bucks for it back in the day and have nearly 30 hours in it.

[daring wave]

I do love me a good FPS.

[vague galleon]

the shield was nerfed and is still OP, you can throw your sword (no reload for the guns) and you can customize your game modes.

you can also download player made maps from the workshop.

there's very little to the core of the game but tons of customization.

[daring wave]

Sounds like a but of fun for a few minutes. just get in there and 'Blow shit up" lol.

[vague galleon]

ya, or stealth runs, endless mode.

good for blowing off some steam once in a while.

there's a lot of games I only play for maybe 30 minutes at a time. which i nice that I can.

[tranquil cove]

wtf its free?

i bought this game few years ago

rip off lol

[vague galleon]

hard to disagree with you lol