I’m always wishing there was more interaction and discussion on the niche Lemmy groups. Today I got to wondering if there were some games we could focus on to help foster our small community. But what is everyone playing or interested in playing? Are we all off playing our own obscure indie favorites or are there some games we share?
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Last Epoch, an indie ARPG similar to Diablo or Path of Exile. I have about 450 hours in it (since the early access phase) but hadn’t played it for over a year. Now that I’m boycotting Microsoft/Xbox I recently jumped back in and have been enjoying the impressive amount of stuff that’s been added post-launch.
I play this kind of game “casually”, by which I mean I don’t look up build guides. To me the most fun part of the game is developing a good enough understanding of the mechanics to be able to find success building whatever type of character it is that I want to play. For someone with this type of approach I think LE is great and very flexible! It’s the only game I’ve reviewed on Steam and years later I still recommend it!
I’ve been thinking about finding a Diablo alternative. D4 just feels kind of samey and uninspired, even if they managed to bring the art style back to its roots. Going to look this up! I enjoy doing these things blind too, and figuring it all out on my own, at least for the first playthrough.
Graveyard Keeper. It’s kinda like Stardew Valley but you maintain a graveyard, give sermons, enbalm bodies, make alchemy potions, raise the dead to perform menial, tasks, and grow crops!
My only complaint is that there’s so many recipes and different stuff to do I need to have a couple tabs of the wiki open.
Macabre Stardew Valley is the game I didn’t know I was looking for. Thanks!
Noita. Simple and clever.
And Rimworld.
Most games I’ll play and it’ll be one and done for me, never pick them up again. But I always go back to Noita. Something about it still feels so mysterious. Even though I feel like I have the gist by now there are so many possibilities and things I’m sure I still haven’t uncovered. Such a gem that deserves more attention.
You should check out !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works, I do a post like this every week and it tends to get decent interaction every time.
Nice, just subscribed!
I’ve been playing No Man’s Sky lately. They just put out an update that let’s you build a spaceship that also functions as a base. I’m only just now getting into the game and it came at a perfect time for me because I’m just now getting the point that I need a house to store stuff and I haven’t found a planet that I love. Now I don’t have to because I can live in a ship built just for me!
Just me and my antlered ewok exploring the black.
Me too! Just picked it up again this week after a five year hiatus. I started a new game and I’m at the part where I have to build a base, but I can’t build a ship yet, I think. How did you get around that?
So you can buy a handful of the parts at any of the stations for big numbers, but I managed to make my ship by hunting down the golden buried tech. You get o one part for each module you have to break to mine them so you get a minimum of 3 and the loot it normally has which you can then flip for more parts.
Just to specify, that’s the yellow wifi signal when you’re using your visor. The ordinary and silver ones just give you the usual.
Thanks, I’ll definitely try to mine for the parts then since I’m still completely broke
I found a planet the other day that was tiny and dangerous but had like 4 gold dig sites in every direction. I maxed out my ship limit there so if you can find that I’d you’ll make both the money and the parts
I’m very deep into a full Rimworld playthrough with the new DLC. Being able to build a grav ship and hop around the world has opened it up so much that I’ll probably be on this for a while yet.
Obligatory weird Rimworld storytime: I’m currently super invested in this one character who was a dirt mole kid that some colony guests just left behind. We took her in because why not, and she turned out to be a pretty good melee scrapper with a penchant for losing body parts. No worries, we have bionics, we can rebuild her. So a bionic eye, an arm and a couple of new legs later, she gets her nose shot off by a turret. At the same moment some vampires arrive and want to have a meeting in our spaceship, and offer to make someone a vampire in return. So now I’m pretty sure immortal noseless cyborg vampire girl is going to end up leading the whole colony but I really want to see where this goes. The current leader is the last OG colonist still alive, but she’s currently ruling from hospital because a lancer blew the spine right out of her body so her effectiveness is limited until I can source a new spine.
I think the update that came with the expansion changed body part damage. I’ve got 3 pawns in storage without stomachs. Every social fight seems to cost me a nose.
Yeah I have two without noses now, but I finally got Flesh Shaping unlocked so soon I can start pumping out replacements. Also the leader got a bionic spine, then immediately got both legs blown off in the next fight. She is costing me a lot in advanced components lol.
Infra. You play as a structural analyst sent in to document damages on infrastructure that was being neglected due to a corrupt governor.
Technically a walking sim, but plenty of puzzles to solve and “mazes” to navigate. The game offers no minimap or objective list. No HUD whatsoever. It’s just you and one action button.
Each area is exquisitely detailed for being a 9-year-old game and visually holds up better than I expected. If you ever wanted to know what it was like to explore abandoned infrastructure, this one’s for you.
I tried it a while back and struggled to get into it. I wondered since if it was just not the right time though bc it looks so much like my kind of game. Might be worth dusting it off again to give it another go.
The biggest struggle I had at first was getting out of video game mode. With no objective trackers and maps being static on walls, it forced me to approach it differently. You have to rely far more on intuition than any other game I’ve played. You also have to pay attention to notes and general signage as it’s your only guide through a large portion of the game. Hopefully it clicks on your second go around. I wish there were more games like it.
Huh glad I posted here, never heard of Infra before. Sounds like something I’ve been after for a while. I don’t have a problem with violence in video games but I do wish there were more great games that weren’t based around it.
The concept of Infra sounds really chill. My seldom-gaming partner might even be interested in joining me on the journey.
It’s a great game. The story starts out relatively chill, but as you explore and start to uncover things it gets really intriguing.
The devs are working on another game that takes place in the same universe called Obenseuer. It’s sincerely one of my favorite games. I get absorbed by it while playing because it’s one of the most unique vibes in any game I’ve played. For me, it’s got this melancholic, depressing atmosphere, but is simultaneously funny, quirky, and, somehow, cozy.
INFRA is fantastic!!
Once you’re done, check out the dev’s next game that takes place in the same universe, Obenseuer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/951240/Obenseuer/
It’s one of my favorite games ever.
I finally started playing Stardew Valley more than 15 minutes in the dungeon every once in a blue moon and questioning why the fuck I never actually played it before in all this time (I have had it since first available on Steam). It’s everything I’ve ever wanted in this kind of game since playing the first Harvest Moon.
Plus it has a mod that makes everyone furry. :3
I’ll start - was super into Cult of the Lamb until Nightreign came out and as a Fromsoft addict I haven’t really played anything else since.
Clair Obscura, because I enjoy depression.
On continue.
I main The Witcher 3 at the moment, with Skellige mostly done. It took me 4 separate attempts to finally make it that far. The game has a fantastic narrative and the quests backstories are really engaging, with great music to set the mood. Absolutely everything else, from combat, exploration, traversal to upgrades, economy and even UX, is sub-par and a massive chore. I’ve made it this far this time around only because of some mods.
If I’m in the mood for something lighter I’m playing Super Video Golf. Awesome arcade game emulating the nostalgic feeling of similar games from the 90s.
What mods are you using? If I ever replay it I’ll use an overhaul mod I think as I agree with you about the issues the game has. I know Ghost Mode exists as a “vanilla+” mod, but there are some other overhauls like W3eeRedux that go farther.
Nothing too invasive. Container Glow so I don’t have to walk around the world with a paper weight attached to my right mouse button. Map Quest Objectives so I don’t have to switch quests in the UI just to see that there’s a quest objective 2m from me. And finally Over 9000 so I don’t have to run back to my stash every 10 minutes.
100% agree with your assessment of Witcher 3. It’s gorgeous and well written but yeah the gameplay is so muddy and janky. I did make it through finally too and loved the Blood and Wine expansion dearly in spite of all that.
I’m going to bring Super Video Golf to my crew, that sounds like a nice distraction when we don’t have the energy for another run in Nightreign.
I’m couch surfing rn and only have my laptop, so I can really only play Stardew Valley. I’ve been slowly changing production entirely over to ancient fruit from hops.
I wish could play Satisfactory tho. :{
I finally got my wife hooked on Stardew Valley.
For years I’ve been trying to get her to game with me, never pushing too hard because I didn’t want to put her off the entire thing.
Recently she got laid off and picked up a part time job, so she’s had more free time. I asked her to consider playing Stardew Valley, and she said she would, but kept putting it off.
Finally one Saturday we had some free time and she agreed to give it a shot. I made popcorn, set her up with a Switch on our TV, gave her an hour or so to get started (I was willing to answer questions about controls, but wanted her to learn the game herself because I genuinely believe that’s part of the charm), then joined her with my Steam Deck (not multiplayer, just both of us playing single player).
She enjoyed it, but after that day she didn’t touch it for a while. Then I reminded her the Switch doesn’t need to be on the TV, and suddenly she was playing it every day. She’s fallen deeply into the Stardew Valley rabbit hole and I am so happy. 😁
She broke her foot recently, and when we were at the urgent care center she had the Switch and I had my Steam Deck as we were waiting. The doctor who finally saw us said we were geniuses for being so well prepared for the packed waiting room. 🤣
Kingdom come deliverance 2,while I wait on vintage story mods to update
Recently, Baldur’s gate 3, off world trading company, old school Runescape, timberborn. I’m missing some recent but j forgot it so meh.
Space Station 14! It’s so goofy! I love the idea of a large scale semi cooperative roleplaying experience.
That looks pretty nuts - how many people can be in the station at once?
Different servers have different caps but it’s usually like more than 50.
