General Video Game Thread

Pavel

Let me choose when to get an update. Looking at you every game I have on Steam.

Solstice

So, in full transparency, I didn’t care for Alan Wake II because the plot didn’t grab me and the gameplay loop wasn’t quite my jam.

But holy hell it’s a gorgeous game. The dingy interiors, the oppressive way that the woods close in on what should be ‘wide open’ levels make it feel claustrophobic in a way that really works for a horror setting. I didn’t feel relieved to be outdoors, I felt uneasy. It’s got such a cohesive art design that I really need to give kudos.

And that one level (I’ll just be vague here since spoiler tags are being a butt, but you know. The one with lots of video.) was just so out there and different that I was giggling throughout. Such a fun idea, and brings to mind similarly freaking weird portions of the Max Payne franchise.

A lot here to like.

Cobalt

@Solstice said in General Video Game Thread:

Considering detoxing from the internet for this week to avoid the inevitable gleeful spoiling of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

I’ve been really enjoying the reimagining of the series, and I swear, if some random clickbait article throws a spoiler in the title (or a “clever” nonspoiler attempt, which is somehow worse), I am going to be so very grouchy.

Same. Also I had a fight with my spouse about who got to play it first, because he got to play ff16 first and there was no point in playing such a linear game after watching it played.

Duke Whisky

Realised haven’t done a round-up for a while.

Manor Lords - I’ll keep mentioning this game, 15 days away from Early Access being released. It’ll be the perfect medieval-themed city builder.

Norland - Kind of medieval-themed Rimworld, saw the trailer for this game yesterday. Looks fun, looks like a good colony-builder game.

Song of Silence - So the graphics are a bit mobile-game, but it had an interesting mesh of genres. I’d put it closer to old Might and Magic style games than anything else. The voice acting though was pretty poor.

Rimworld Anomaly DLC - Releases later today. It is Rimworld the daddy of colony games.

Supermarket Simulator - Sounds stupid but running a supermarket is really chill. I can tell customers that giving $100 for a bottle of water is awful.

Snackness

@Duke-Whisky Anomaly comes out TODAY!? Be back in a week…

Duke Whisky

@Snackness - Right?! I swear that just snuck out suddenly. What happened to a fortnight?!

dvoraen

I’ve been eyeing Manor Lords, myself. My city-builder game for now has been Farthest Frontier, which is close to 1.0 launch and just had a major update for its combat system that I haven’t explored yet.

Lightyear Frontier - Early Access. This is a life sim type game for 1-4 players with a little alien civilization mystery attached. I spent about 30-40h on just the basics before I put it down for the next update, having done virtually everything the EA launch had to offer. I have not found all the secrets, though, so I may go back to that.

Soulmask - Early Access in June; open limited-time beta on May 1. This is kind of like Conan Exiles, in that it’s a survival-tribal type of game with PVE elements. I’m not sure how to fully explain it. I wanted to like it, but I had a hard time getting into it alone, so I feel like it’s meant for multiplayer. There are PVP elements to it as well (PVE and PVP servers, for example).

somasatori

I picked up Broken Roads, which is a new Dingo Elysium game (dialogue 'em up set in Australia). It’s all right so far! Still figuring out if I’m enjoying the philosophical system as it sort of seems like the usual RPG choices but with a reference to Hume or Machiavelli. Like, should I save the raider chief’s life because all human life has inherent good and I’m a staunch Kantian? Or should I kill him for the utilitarian greater good? OR should I kill him because he might come after me and I’m a nihilist and therefore must maximize my own chances to survive?

I mean, it’s cool so far. The controls and pathfinding are a little clunky. It has an isometric fallout feel, as it’s post apocalyptic.

Edit: It has terrible reviews, seemingly because of the clunky controls and bugs, but they haven’t really bothered me yet. Maybe it’s like a YMMV situation.

Pavel

@somasatori said in General Video Game Thread:

I’m a staunch Kantian

That phrase has a very different meaning in Australia.

somasatori

@Pavel said in General Video Game Thread:

@somasatori said in General Video Game Thread:

I’m a staunch Kantian

That phrase has a very different meaning in Australia.

Both meanings fit me, I think.

Cobalt

@dvoraen PLAY LIGHTYEAR FRONTIER WITH ME PLEASE

Cobalt

I spent 100+ in Enshrouded and now I have nothing left to do in the game and my life is meaningless.

Solstice

@Cobalt

You must start to build one voxel at a time!

dvoraen

@Cobalt OKAY. WILL WE START FROM SCRATCH? Also I have Enshrouded too.

dvoraen

RISE FROM THE ASHES SO THAT I MAY POST.

It’s rare that a trailer presentation will get me instantly interested in something, but Sandfall Interactive did it with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. They are even releasing tracks from the score (on YouTube and Spotify) before release, as they give out information. And, um, I really like everything I’m seeing so far. But I’d rather the content speak for itself.

It’s a turn-based RPG inspired by a number of titles.

Reveal Trailer - Why you should care.
First Look Gameplay - 6m gameplay trailer with a couple (edited?) cutscenes
Cast Reveal Trailer - Was not expecting one of those names.

BGM Tracks Living Rent Free in my Head
(These all link to YouTube.)

GF

Silent Hill 2.1 doesn’t suck. Not great, but it doesn’t suck. It’s fine. It’s probably even better than okay. That’s more than I expected going in.

Roz

@dvoraen I’m really looking forward to this one.

dvoraen

I finished Final Fantasy XVI last night (without DLC) after waiting for the PC port to drop. I have feelings.

ten

for @Babs because I am always and actively procrastinating on my librarian –

I have started playing Syberia.

wow cat

hellfrog

@GF I think it is great, actually. Really only have 2 complaints: a couple of locations had about 1 too many explorable areas/wings to complete puzzles. Just a BIT too long. The other is that getting the icon to actually grab the interactables is finicky as fuck, and it can be real annoying.

I might have preferred the way some things were performed in the original - but only a couple. I got to see someone unfamiliar with the original play this for the first time, and everything landed. All in all, a really pleasant surprise.