I thought Slice & Dice was going to take Steam by storm but it kinda just came and went. Amazing little roguelike dice battler
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Super Puzzle Fighter II: Turbo. Easily the most fun and competent puzzle game I have ever played. It is especially great with 2 players.
So here's a dumb Puzzle Fighter story. When I was 18, many years ago now, my girlfriend at the time, my best friend and his girlfriend at the time went camping near a little lakeside resort town.
It was the last day of our trip, we'd been extremely frugal and so we all still had some spending money left. The girls wanted to go clothes shopping, my buddy and I weren't as interested in that but we're trying to be cool so we tagged along. Except, on a covered section of boardwalk we passed a 2-player Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo machine. The girls just left us behind, laughing that the boardwalk was a straight line and we could catch up.
3 hours later, we were both broke and my buddy had to borrow gas money from his girlfriend to get us home. The girls had ducked into a little café and also lost track of time. That was a 50 cent machine and we must have put over 50 bucks a piece into it. We just stood there, getting better and better in perfect lockstep, trading wins and getting more competitive for an entire afternoon, oblivious to the whole world.
That was a great trip. God, nostalgia like that makes me feel old.
I never got to experience it on an arcade cabinet. My first exposure to it was emulated on my original xbox. My friend and I played that game for many hours every weekend for months, and then some! I believe it was available on PSN for a while as well. Such a great game.
Anything named Turbo must be good
Aotenjo Infinite Hands is like Balatro for mahjong. Strongly recommend it
For tabletop, I loooooove Sentinels of the Multiverse, always hard to find other folks that play it though.
Video game: Remember Me
I love Sentinels! A friend of mine and I actually found an apparent game-breaking combo a few years ago. We defeated one of the harder bosses in I think 2 or 3 turns? It really felt like we were doing something wrong but we couldn't find anything.
Ooh, which one? I remember some of the older foes in particular could be flakey like that
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Cattle Country, a completely unique stardew-esque game set in the wild west. It feels way more in depth and polished than Stardew, and you can be attacked by random wildlife and even outlaws lol
Would chess count?
I mean chess is not not popular by any stretch of the mind, a lot of people around the world are playing it every single day and that won't go away anytime soon, but I'm always surprised to see so much more excitement going on around a new version of This or That video game that people will play for a little while before switching to a newer version than for chess. Despite its apparent simplicity (and lack of visual effects), chess has remained a challenge for the smartest among us, and will keep on being so no matter how much better computers can be playing it.
Yeah but it doesn't have tech trees or fog of war
But it has kings and queens and knights, armies of pawns and thick towers to defend them during merciless battles. It also has bishops, but I much prefer the French name: les fous aka the crazy ones ;)
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Chess has taken over a significant portion of my gaming time since getting into it a couple of years ago.
It's a beautifully deep game, and it's refreshing to be able to pour time into something with staying power that people of every age play all over the world.
It's a beautifully deep game, and it's refreshing to be able to pour time into something with staying power that people of every age play all over the world.
So much this :)
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I could name so many tabletop RPGs for this. Unfortunately, since Hasbro has dominated the space like a generational pile of elephant dung for over 2 decades now, and TSR actually did manage to make a few smart marketing decisions before Dragon Dice and the bankruptcy, I guess I can't be too shocked.
So I guess I'll go with a board game. Tsuro - The Game of the Path. It's super-simple to learn and play, can be interesting for kids and adults alike, and it's just a really solid, fun, game. There's even an iOS version. I don't understand why it's a niche game instead of being front-and-center ahead of Monopoly or Clue(do). It's not even prohibitively expensive, honestly - the wholly valid argument against Carcassonne and other niche games. There's no good reason I can think of why Ticket to Ride is more popular than Tsuro.
I could name so many tabletop RPGs for this.
GURPS has been my obsession for a few years now. It's both the simplest, in terms of base mechanics, and most complex, in terms of optional rules, TTRPG I can imagine. It can handle literally any setting, play style, or crunch level with ease.
I love GURPS, but have since moved to the Cypher System, which is mechanically beautiful and rewarding like nothing I’ve ever seen.
Yeah I looked at Cypher when I was looking for a new home after abandoning D&D5e, but the crunch of GURPS appealed to me. I like having optional play tested mechanics for everything, so my power gamers get consistent rulings but my casual players don't feel too much pressure.
Yes, but are you surprised at SJG not being the top RPG? The media push after GURPS Cyberpunk has faded fully. If they'd stuck with Fallout, maybe it could change.
The top RPG? That's a bit ambitious. But I'm surprised it isn't more popular.
Wow! I still have my Dragon Dice in a box somewhere. A few of my friends had it and we played about 4 games before we got bored. Still something nostalgic about it for me though.
I also agree about Tsuro. Great fun!
The Legend of Alan D'ar, it was for me the first co-op rpg I'd ever played. My brother and I couldn't out our controllers down. Sadly all you ever hear about it IF anything is how much people hated it.
star trek online and champions online. they were pretty reasonable for free to play mmo's and the costuming was amazing.
Me and my girlfriend are big fans of Doomsday Paradise, a rouge like dating sim
Quake Champions is pretty great, surprised it's not at least a little bigger
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Shoot Shoot Mega Pack is extremely underrated imo. It's a really fun 2D shooter +party game, and it only has 13 reviews on steam.
RS isnt really popular outside millennials groups, although it's declining a lot last few years
Ah, yes, Republika Srbska. The most dangerous game.
Wait...
Runescape?