Patient Gamers

I've noticed this one seems to be chilling (lobby emptyish), so I would love to pipe it up to people who might not know about it.

I've been obsessed with Spy Party recently. It's this casual-not-casual 1v1 strategy game where one person plays a spy trying to complete innocuous missions at a crowdy cocktail party while the other player is a sniper trying to catch them in the act and shoot them. And the whole game runs just 3-4 minutes. The spy wins if they finish their missions or the sniper kills an innocent, and the sniper wins if the spy fails or they catch them redhanded and fire their ONE bullet.

Dev has basically stopped, but the game is pretty much complete. What a blast. You probably want to make sure you have a friend to play with in case the lobby is sleepy (there's usually one or two people inviting me to a game immediately when I join, but mostly because they're chilling alone waiting for a join). A buddy of mine and I keep going back to it over a bunch of other games because it's so damn addictive.

Smithing, alchemy and enchanting.

I finally got around to playing Fable 3 on my steamdeck and it's brilliant. Fingers crossed for a trílogy remaster when Fable 4 comes out.

Do you miss the days or fixed camera angles, janky combat and bad voice acting? Then this may be the perfect game for you!

Alisa is a love letter to classic survival horror games with a focus fixed camera angles, tank controls and obtuse puzzles. If you like the original Resident Evil or Silent Hill games this what you're looking for.

Alisa has a rather unique setting taking place in a large doll house full of creepy dolls, clowns and more monstrosities that I won't spoil here.

The gameplay has you exploring a large doll house (see: mansion) full of monsters and puzzles where you have to find the right key or item to progress. Ammo is somewhat scarce, however enemies drop currency upon defeat which you can use to buy upgrades and ammo. The upgrades include various dresses which give you different stat boosts such as taking less damage, or faster movement. You have to decide how much ammo you want to use to clear a room and whether it's worth the exchange as enemies don't respawn. After you finish exploring an area you will fight a boss, which upon defeat will give you access to the next area of the game. The combat can be quite difficult however the game has has some options to make the game easier with things like an auto-aim toggle,

The level design is quite good and the different areas of the game all feel unique with different enemy types, visual styles and music, and as you progress you'll find shortcuts linking the areas together for faster travel.

The develooper has continued to add support post launch and the patches have continued to add content including new areas and endings. There won't be any more content updates for the game, so now is the perfect time to jump in and experience everything. It takes about 8 hours to beat on your first playthrough, but there are 3 endings to unlock and New Game+ has additional features, so there's good replay value with bonus costumes and the like.

If you're a fan of old school survival horror pick this up you won't regret it.

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• Dishonored (2012) $2.49 at -75%

• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) $0.99 at -90%

• Portal 1&2 (2007) $1.48 at -93%

• Batman Arkham Collection (2010) $8.99 at -85%

• Skyrim (2011) $9.99 at -75%

• Bioshock Collection (2007) $11.99 at -80%

• Stardew Valley (2016) $9.89 at -34%

• Disco Elysium (2019) $9.99 at -75%

• FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) $2.49 at -75%

• Into The Breach (2018) $7.49 at -50%

• Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (1999) $4.99 at -75%

• Borderlands 2 (2012) $7.99 at -80%

• Tomb Raider (2013) $2.99 at -80%

• GTA V (2013) $14.99 at -63%

• Sleeping Dogs (2014) $2.99 at -85%

• Wolfenstein: The Two Pack (2014) $7.49 at -75%

• Wolfenstein Alt-History Collection (2014) $15.80 at -84%

• Shadow Warrior (2013) $2.99 at -90%

• Max Payne 3 (2012) $5.99 at -70%

• Hitman Absolution (2012) $3.99 at -80%

• Resident Evil 2 (2019) $9.99 at -75%

• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (2016) $4.79 at -84%

• Zombie Army Trilogy (2015) $6.74 at -85%

• Darksiders 2 (2012) $7.49 at -75%

• Super Meat Boy (2010) $1.49 at -90%

• X-COM 2 Collection (2016) $7.74 at -94%

• Alien Isolation (2014) $7.99 at -80%

• The Walking Dead Complete (2012) $19.79 at -72%

• Mass Effect Legendary Edition (2007) $14.99 at -75%

• State of Decay: YOSE (2013) $4.99 at -75%

• State of Decay 2 (2018) $11.99 at -60%

• Metro Saga (2010) $9.76 at -89%

• The Talos Principle (2014) $4.49 at -85%

• The Evil Within Bundle (2014) $6.24 at -75%

• Outlast Trinity Bundle (2014) $7.05 at -88%

• Transistor (2014) $3.99 at -80%

• Hades (2020) $12.49 at -50%

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013) $3.74 at -75%

• Gears 5 (2019) $9.99 at -75%

• Ori and the Blind Forest (2015) $4.99 at -75%

• Sunset Overdrive (2014) $6.59 at -67%

• Dead Cells (2018) $12.49 at -50%

• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (2012) $9.89 at -67%

• Fallout 4: GOTY (2015) $9.99 at -75%

Price of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition in the UK: £17.19

Price of buying the Special Edition and the Anniversary Upgrade separately in the UK: £8.99 + £8.00 = £16.99

The pricing is slightly different but similar on Steam, and in other regions. But, in general, please make sure you know you're paying the right price for you before you buy, to avoid feeling ripped off later. <3

(also, the Special Edition is extremely good without the Anniversary Upgrade, you can always upgrade later if you wish to :) )

1. Can I have a husky without joining the vampire hunters in Dawnstar? Are the husky immortal?

2. How often dragons and vampire attacks in towns? I haven't do the quest in Whiterun where you need to talk to the yarl about the dragon. So I'm safe from the dragon attacks and my character is not yet prepared.

3. Can you survive skyrim without maximizing smithing, alchemy and enchantment?

I know this is a hot take, but hear me out.

I started playing MapleStory on the Reboot server two days ago and I am having so much fun it's crazy. MapleStory is a 2D-MMO that released many moons ago, and back when I was a young kid I was in awe of this game.

As I get older I can't help myself by returning to older titles for that pure nostalgia direct to the vein, and MapleStory has seemingly been feeding me that. First it was FF7, then it was Fire Emblem, then it was some Pokemon games. Then, it turned into Metal Gear Solid. I am having fun playing these titles and that is what gaming should be about, not the current FotM in my opinion.

I know that the grind is absolutely bonkers on the higher end as is most KoreanMMOs, but there is currently an "event" that essentially lets you level up 3x for every level you achieve. This fast-tracks your ability to level up and makes you feel as if the game is a fresh and new experience. I remember being a kid and only being able to level up to like...level 17 or something, and in one sitting yesterday I was able to hit 100+. The best part, is it is free.

If you played MS back as a kid and always get a nostalgia trip when you see or hear the name I highly recommend giving it a spin again. It took me a minute to get use to the controls and UI again but once I did it was fun clearing screens of mobs. There are a ridiculous amount of classes now and it has been a great experience for me so far.

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Back then I played Warcraft 3 ladder games and I hit my skill ceiling quite fast because my micro was simply too bad/slow. I still very much enjoy real time strategy games. Is there any real time strategy game that is played competitively with an active community where micro is not that essential? (Ruling out Star Craft 2.) Besides real time strategy games, what other games are out there being played competitive with an active community and where clicks-per-second are not too important?

Fanatical has some awesome game bundles. The other night I picked up a bundle of 5 games for like $7 and Doom Eternal for around $8.

They're neat because their bundles usually have many games and the discount allows to to select 2, 3, 5, etc. out of the bundle at the discounted priced at your choice.

Thought I'd mention it since many people are aware of Steam sales and Humble Bundle bundles but I don't see much talk about Fanatical.

I know they are remastered on steam but I was wondering if anyone has played the ps2 ones in the last few years. How do they play ?

I was thinking to emulate them on steam deck and I'd be curious to hear your thoughts ?

I was just randomly installing game from my (massive) library and this one is so much fun.

1. Setup kill zones with Arrow Wall + Tar Trap
2. Send orcs back to kill zone with Spring Traps
3. Endless fun

There are a few traps seems pretty much useless tho (what's the point of Steam Trap?). Also I hate the maps that you can't focus on building 1 single kill zone. Just let me kill the orcs!

I recently dusted off my old Guild Wars 2 account after YouTube recommend some videos of it.

I was a huge fan of Guild Wars 1, I especially loved its skill system. You had hundreds of skills available but you could only equip 8 at a time. This forced you to think carefully and craft builds, which was half the fun. There were some skills that were only available once you defeated some hard elite enemies, which was also a fun challenge.

When GW2 released I bought the game on the first week, but the skill system was very underwhelming for me. A huge part of why I loved GW1 was not there in the sequel, so I quickly stopped playing.

Around 10 years later I logged in again and created a new character. I'm aware that there were tons of changes made to the game but the very early game stayed pretty much the same (as far as I remember). However, the way I experienced it was very different.

It no longer bothered me that you only have a fraction of the skills available. I'm 10 years older than I was when I first played it and I have much less time. This means that I appreciate not having to spend days to craft a character, I can just go out and enjoy the game.

The story is also pretty good, I've heard that GW2 is one of the few MMOs where the early game is also as much fun as the late game, and it seems to be true. I don't feel like I have to rush to max level to have fun.

Have you ever had a similar experience?

Really fun game, bought it a while ago on PC and finally getting around to it! It's beautiful and I find it funny how they worship a door

I'm really stunned after playing this game, it's hard to believe that it was made by a somewhat indie development studio (Asobo).

The last time I finished something and felt this emotionally exhausted was when I watched Apocalypse Now for the first time. This game really captures the brutality and despair of the middle ages in a way that more fantasy-oriented games do not.

Of course, this game does have some fantasy elements, but for the most part it takes you on a journey with two children who have to make their way through a ruthless and uncaring world, constantly having their childhood ripped away and their faith in adults and humanity shattered.

At the same time, this game is absolutely beautiful. I would put the visuals up against any game, period. You feel like you're there in medieval France.

I need to go play some happy Mario games after this one.

If you are an adult who handles depressing and dark things okay, and you have even a passing interest in the middle ages, I can't recommend this game enough (play the first one first though--Plague Tale Innocence). The core gameplay is a stealth game, but whether or not you like that style, the game is worth it and transcends the genre IMO.

All Tomb Raider games are on sale on Steam. If you like action/exploration games and you know what else, some of the best ones are on sale for less than a dollar!

Ive never really played Diablo before and there is no way in hell I’m about to drop $70 on a game so I decided to go for 3. I’m really excited as they really are my type of games, I’ve played torchlight before.

Wow, I've just given this game a go for the first time after hearing about it for years. It's quite possibly the intense high speed racer I've ever played.

The game is absolutely brutal compared to something like Mario Kart - you whack into the side of the stage at high speed and you've dropped from 3rd place to 25th. I love how the boost drains your health! All that coupled with the high BPM techno/rock soundtrack as you desperately try to stay in first place on the final lap, draining all of your health to boost to the finish line and praying you don't get wiped out.

It feels like there's so much to learn in this game - tons of customisable vehicles, deciding how to balance speed vs acceleration for each track, and remembering where the most brutal corners and jumps are. The presentation of the game just oozes with that early 2000s colourful futurism style.

I'd be interested to hear what others think of this one. Did you try it when it came out, or more recently?

It's a fast-paced, 1st person 3d platformer, which embraces the spirit of speedrunning. Highly recommend.

I need a potion to increase the percentage of smithing, healing and etc.

Basic idea is to have the community all play the same game and then talk about it and our experiences.

I feel the games should be either very inexpensive or free. Even a demo or "Prologue" would be an easy way to make it free. In regards to selecting games we could use community engagement and vote in some fashion, or have a pool of games which everybody contributes to and one is selected at random.

This is just a random idea I had but wanted to throw it out there.

Thanks for listening!

Hi everyone! Glad to be here on the new Lemmy community ☺️

I've been mostly out of the gaming scene since about 2012 due to grad school, starting a family, etc, but am wanting to get back into it. I love games like Zelda Link to the Past and had a lot of fun recently playing Hyperlight Drifter and Tunic (though I prefer 2D over 3D). I'm not looking for a rogue-like and rogue-lite style game. I'm leaning towards giving Crosscode a try, but am open to suggestions and would love to have a list to work my way through 😁. I'm perfectly happy playing games that came out last year or 30 years ago.

Does anyone have any recommendations for good PC games that scatch that 16bit action RPG Link to the Past itch?

Thank you all in advance and I appreciate your time and input ☺️.

UPDATE: wow! Thank you all so much for all the suggestions! I'll check all these out. Y'all are great 😃

Truly a test of patience - this is an excellent modpack that unifies 3 classics together into the way I dreamed of playing them as a kid.

Found it by accident a week ago, and it's been my short nightly unwind (trying to do a solo run because I always wanted to).

It's only been 2 weeks since starting this community up but I do love how active it has been.

Lemmy was very much a ghost town for me when I first signed up and couldn't find any communities to match the ones that filled my feed on reddit.

Now I see a healthy amount of activity in this and other communities that have sprung up recently.

Really cool to see people starting threads and offering the nuanced discussions on games here--which is really the stuff I was hoping would happen.

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has posted and commented and contributed to making this community alive.

Keep it up!

This game was my first jrpg as a kid. Well after Mario rpg and Pokémon. But I guess it always classified it different as it was a more serious game.

I was really young so it’s cool to play it now and better understand the story.

But I did not remember the battles being so long. It seems that every encounter so far has been a really long experience.

I just graduated seed training, so not to far into the remake. Im not worried about spoilers as I’ve played through this game when it was new, and watched a speed run of it a few years ago.