I'm excited for all the disposable AAA gaming income that can now go to indie developers.....
You guys are going to monetarily support indie developers right?
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There are so many new games coming out that even if you don't want 99% of them you could never play everything you want.
What's really going on here is that most of us are getting old and busy enough to where we genuinely prefer something familiar regardless of the quality of new games.
Dwarf Fortress is 20 years old and still only has half the planned features. Tarn will be working on it until he croaks. Bless that man.
It's kind of blown my mind to learn about the development of that game. UnReal World's similar how it started development in like the 90's and the guys still just keep working on it like a group hobby. Love that for them
My ADHD would never. I'd love to have a forever project, but the unending crave for novelty would never allow me.
The amount of simulations is still looking for its match. Hell, it reminds me of the possible best simulation: Dwarfes are having a party. Someone spills their beer. A cat walks through the beer puddle. The cat cleans its paws. The cat becomes drunk from the beer on its paws.
The graphic is rather old, even the steam version or with "Lazy Newb Pack", but it is still !!FUN!!.
yet another shout out for Space Station 14, a fully open source almost-massively multiplayer game with tons of forks being actively developed with lots of cross pollination of ideas and mechanics between them.
outrageously fun gameplay, totally free, easily modified, decently easy to set up ones own server
also totally cross platform between linux, mac, and windows
Right now is the best time to play old games. Retro gaming handhelds have never been better, and honestly there's little to improve in them at this point.
Get yourself a retro handheld for as little as $100, that will feel more premium than a Steam Deck, and start playing games that came out before you were born.
I've genuinely forgotten how bad the current video game industry is, because I'm so busy having a blast with older/retro titles.
Highly recommend to all gamers.
You can check out what handheld console would fit you best here: https://retrocatalog.com/
And see what people's experience is in various games here: https://www.emuready.com/
games that came out before you were born
how old do you think i am
I play open source games
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I'm still playing Rimworld
Regardless, I never spend more than $20 on a game, wait for the "Game of the Year Platinum Super Edition" to go on sale. It works every time!
Same. Got the base Cyberpunk 2077 game for $18. And then got the dlc for $18. Best $36 I've spent on a game in a long time.
I normally do that, but I got Baldur's Gate I think within it's first year, and the thing that sold me is they put it DRM free on GOG super early. Normally you have to wait 15 years to get a AAA game on GOG, so I wanted to support that decision to put it there early.
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Indie devs are fucking killing it, though. A lot of bangers have been coming out.
I’m currently obsessed with How Many Dudes? That game is so much fun.
All hail the ability to emulate console games up to a certain generation well enough on even lower end hardware.
Ain't no other way to officially enjoy classics like Tony Hawk Pro Skater ( best on Dreamcast IMO ). Probably one of the greatest skater games, just behind a game like Skate 2. But maybe that's the nostalgia talking...
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Flashpoint Archive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashpoint_Archive
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that sounds like an amazing project. i have literally been thinking just yesterday whether i could ever get back the nostalgic (and often crappily made xD) flash games of my youth.
xD and the video on the project website is so iconic xD literally uses music from redacted (guess the game yourself :)).
question: does anyone have a backup of the flashpoint archive itself? in case that one goes down (so, double backup)
Flashpoint is amazing!
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I mean Warcraft II is still the shit. As is classic doom, carmageddon, Aoe,... you name it.
I still play Warcraft III - Frozzen Throne. So many custom maps. I've got enough gaming content for another 10 years.
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I'd still miss the culturally/socially relevant and intellectual games like Life is strange and Silent Hill.
Do I actually have time and energy to play them? No.
Skyrim, Fallout NV, Diablo II, modded to fuck Dungeon Keeper, Age Of Empires II, so many more. I’m set for life
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Gaming industry collapse doesn't sound good, I've been liking indie games a lot.
Anyone has some runescape-like game to recommend?
Retro game prices have been skyrocketing too. Everything's kinda fucked.
Just soft mod your console or get a flash cart and sail the high seas.
Cyberpunk 2077 is 6 years old. May pirate and try out before realizing my pc can't run it.
You could, or gog have a much better refund policy than steam. You could even refund it and keep the offline installer if you really wanted to, of course you won't get updates and it isn't really the idea of it. I think they do block you eventually if you keep abusing it for everything.
Morrowind, Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim, Saints Row 2, GTA San Andreas, Ultima, beside few indies, Pragmata and Fallout London, this and retro console games are my main playthroughs
Any old mmo enjoyers with a game with an active community to link a fella? Was a fiend for RF online back in the day it was sci-fantasy before I knew what sci fantasy was haha!
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I mostly play minecraft and indies, i am relatively safe lmao, what can happen? Mojang stop to update the game? Great now everyone will make mods on the same version lol
????? so i have some bad news about minecraft...
That there's an open source alternative which is gaining momentum?
Edit: oh bad news the Microsoft
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Everyone about that GTAVI life while I'm in the Fire Emblem and Yakuza mines trying to make a dent in the 50 million games each of those series have, because every time I finish one they release three more
Japan...please...stop...I beg you. I feel as overworked as the devs working for you.
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Still got Dosbox and a bunch of classics like Wing Commander, The Incredible Machine and Space/King's Quest.
Dwarf fortress is around 20 years old so that checks
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