"Winter has come" Edition, and so have I.

>What the heck is this
/indie/ is the general for all indie games, such as Age of Decadence, A Hat in Time, Axiom Verge, Baba Is You, Battle Brothers, Card City Nights 2, Cave Story, Civilization, CrossCode, Cultist Simulator, Darkest Dungeon, Darkwood, DashBored, Dead Cells, The Desolate Hope, Disco Elysium, Environmental Station Alpha, FTL, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Knytt, LISA, Lobotomy Corp, Loop Hero, Machinarium, Middens, Monolith, Monster Train, Noita, OFF, OneShot, Rimworld, Rain World, Slay the Spire, Starsector, Subnautica, Sunless Skies, Underrail, VA-11 HALL-A, Yume Nikki, etc., as well as other games that just don't fit in any other general such as Atelier, Pillars of Eternity, Rayman, and Valkyria Chronicles. /jrpg/ is welcome. Idle, roguelite, shmup, 4x / RTS / city-builders, and RPGMaker games are cool too.

Mobile or consoles, Flash or Unity, freeware or early access. This place is a home for the indie game community and indie and obscure games that don't have a home. So be free to talk and share all your hidden gems, forgotten games and starving devs here.

>Can I talk about games that already have a general?
We mostly discuss games that are not popular enough for their own threads, however, all indie games are allowed. So talk about them if you want, but don't overdo it since you already have other generals for that.

>Recommendations
https://pastebin.com/ZbG0JPSn

>Booru
https://indiegame.booru.org/

>Steam Group
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/indiegamesgeneral

>Dead Thread (RIP) Pastebins:
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>Previous Thread
>>527874072

Reject creole

>can't run blade and sorcery because no vr and can't run beyond citadel because it's optimized like shit
at least I have brutal doom

>>528741974
Brutal Doom is garbage

Currently playing starsector but I have some problems with it mostly regarding pirates and hostile engagements.

1. You should have the option to surrender to hostile fleets, especially pirates, by giving them resources or following some kind of demands they have. You know since that's how real pirates operate, right now they are basically just mass murderers.

2. Pirates attacking your colonies even if you are friendly with them is also stupid but IMO "Pirates" as a whole shouldn't even have a single reputation since they aren't supposed to be a real faction but a loosely associated group of people right? Then there should be a bunch of independent pirate groups with their own reputations and pirates should just be a label for anyone not part of the major factions.
Perhaps some actions can affect your reputation with all the pirate groups and some only with a specific one for example.

I feel like the game right now is difficult to play without save-scumming and I have no idea how anyone does it. You can literally just be traveling around hyperspace and some pirate fleet who's way too fast decides to massacre you for no reason and if you have no story points to escape then you just gotta start over, which I assume no one ever does.

The game is good but I feel like 90% of the fun is the combat and reffing your ships. A lot of things outside of that feels like they are not well though out.

>>528742150
bethusda games with gore mods are better yeah

i'm looking for what to play next
can i get some opinions on either of these games?

from what i've gathered
>slightly less janky skyrim
>single player mmorpg? the magic looks good tho

any opinions?

>>528742425
Bro, those flying scrapyards are basically free supply deliveries.
Your fleet is abject garbage if it can't handle pirates.

You also won't even be seeing large fleets like pirate armadas before you should have the means to deal with them. Whether through combat or outmaneuvering them. Basically, git gud scrub.

>>528740835 (OP)
>"Winter has come" Edition
Expanded to the iron ore so I can get an industrial sector going to import some food.
Can't sustain my economy on charcoal alone and currently that's my only export.

>>528747989
Me being a shitter aside I still think their behavior should be changed to make the game more immersive and reflect how real world pirates act, like how they have so much money if all they do is destroy and loot scraps from destroyed fleets?

Considering pirates are way more ubiquitous than any other faction in the game how can they fund their activities to such an extent if they never do any real pirating and make enemies of everyone by committing random acts of mass murder?

>>528741974
>can't run beyond citadel because it's optimized like shit
Really? Are you playing games on a toaster?
>check the games system requirements
Wait. Why the fuck the system requirements so high for a game that looks like doom?
I retract my statement about your pc.

>>528754046
Unreal Engine 6 / Godot / Unity instead of Build Engine

>>528754316
And while those engines suck, it's still unreasonably high.

>>528742054
>But where's the portal!
I just realized that we haven't had a portal for several threads now.

>>528756948
The /indie/ population has been replaced

>>528753008
Pretty sure you already could pay them to fuck off. But maybe that was from a mod, idk.

>steamworld dig on sale for [nothing]
>decided that i might as well, was bored anyways
>had a surprising amount of fun for what i was actually expecting
>fuck it, 2 is on sale for a dollar
>spend the day playing that, enjoying myself the whole time
>do just about everything (missing exactly one cog that i cant be bothered to hunt down)
>find the cave of trials...
>first one requires a corner jump at the beginning
>fuck that, might as well progress the plot
>only thing left is to break the last device
>that ending
that was like running face first into an invisible brick wall jesus christ.

>>528754316
>Unreal Engine 6
Doesn't exist yet. It's UE4, which isn't always terribly optimized. Picrel is Code Vein, same engine. I've seen people having performance issues even on recommended hardware, so I suppose the Beyond Citadel dev did something silly

>>528757793
Does that mean that we stop getting french screenshots?

>>528758631
non

>>528758624
>Doesn't exist yet.
Congratulations - you found the joke!

Here you go /indie/

Don't stare at it

>>528758910

>>528754046
Buttcoing mining takes a lot of GPU compute

>>528757793
F for /indie/

>>528758846
Not decoding that

>>528759451
Filtered

>>528759743
Yes.

>>528741974
>>528754046
Oh wow wtf, game looks like it'd run on a smart fridge, the dev was probably busy fapping at gore to actually optimize the game though

>>528758772
we got quite the jokester
what if I tickle you till you shit yourself?
what then, huh? huh??

>>528760224
I imagine your scat fetish would be quite pleased.

I have never played a Survivors/Bullet Heaven game.
But I am curious to see why this genre is so popular that we seemingly get like 1 million new titles in this genre every month.
Can I get some recommendations for good games in this genre that aren't Vampire Survivors?
I don't want to play VS because I don't like the artstyle.

>>528760931
Hell Maiden comes out some day
it has anime girls

I wanna play Kingmaker again. I already played through around 70% of it years ago but stopped because of reasons. I might as well start over since I don't remember anything. What difficulty should I pick? Any tips for skill building? That's what annoyed me the most back then.

>>528760931
They're all the same game, pick whatever looks fun to you and there you go, it literally doesn't matter because it's all the same mind numbing shit that will put you to sleep because it requires 0 brain activity to play, all of these shitty "games" have an achievement for completing a run while standing completely still and letting the game finish itself

>>528760931
picayune dreams

>>528760931
Play Daisenka

>>528761516
seconding picayune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_RZdTBX_Dc

>>528758075
Yeah definitely a mod, right now you have three options:
1. Open a comm link where they always tell you to fuck off
2. Attempt to disengage but if they pursue you still have to fight
3. Use a story point to escape

>>528761694
or your fleet is so cucked they'll just kill you for the lulz

>>528761516
>picayune dreams
>>528761671
NTA but looks too schizocore for me.

>>528760931
You need T & A?

>>528761797
it is schizocore.
its fun though

>>528761831
God I hate weebshit

>>528761945
Then play the original with the $2 slot machine graphics

>>528760931
>why this genre is so popular
it's similar to incremental games like cookie clicker, seeing number go up is all it takes for people to get addicted to a game

>>528762101
The "orginal" just ripped off another game btw

>>528762757
No, it "ripped off" a texture pack

>>528762819
I meant the gameplay mechanics, not the graphics.

>>528762941
Which of the countless flash games through out the ages would you like to point at?

>>528763063
Mobile game, Magic Survival.
I played it even before Vampire Survivors was cool.

>>528763313
Ok.
Hey >>528761945 ! play that mobile game if you don't like the graphics

>>528740835 (OP)
Just finished a run through of Exlied Kingdoms, damn had some excellent lore. Kinda bummed the dev never really finished adding the extra cities and stuff but it had some nice old school Fallout vibes

Okay, I got my first raid.
And... it's not that good.

First off, they attacked at night. So my only guard was off duty.

>>528765380
Did Medieval Dynasty have raids?

>>528765570
No clue, never played it.

>>528765570
No. It only added bandits a long time after full release.

And second, they attack from the South.
Aka, from the beach.

>>528766105
Can you have sex with your Spouse?

>>528760931
>But I am curious to see why this genre is so popular that we seemingly get like 1 million new titles in this genre every month.
As an /egg/head e-celeb once put it, they're the type of game that occupy your mind just enough to keep the intrusive thoughts at bay.
Pretty much something your throw up in the background while listening to a podcast or sitting in a voice chan with your friends

>>528769101
Every time i see people treating media like this, it makes me remember a quote from a particular game
>We brush our teeth twice a day, but we don't do anything to clean our minds. Are our teeth more important than our minds?

>>528768083
I have heard that kids are the next characters you play, so I assume yes.

>>528761198
Same dude. The game is really comfy but I got filtered by how much of a slog many of the dungeons are
>What difficulty should I pick?
I think I made myself a custom difficulty somewhere between normal and hard and tinkered around with it on the go until I found something that was fun.
From memory the beginning is super punishing, especially if you don't know what you're doing as a new player and then it can get super easy at parts when you have some strong builds

>>528770848
I assume that you can do that in Medieval Dynasty too? The title of the game literally says it.

>>528771087
I don't know! Again, I never played Medieval Dynasty.

>>528770618
Now that you say it, it's kinda interesting to explore my own views on this.
I'm sometimes fine with playing a game while also consuming some other medium or talking to people, but usually if it's some grindy/monotonous game.
Sometimes I'm also fine with playing a game while listening to a podcast. But I know it's a bad habit. In essence it's not too different from going on a walk while listening to something, except it's less healthy.
Meanwhile I'm absolutely baffled by people who have movies on "in the background" while doing something else. Especially if it's a movie they've never seen before.
I'm okay with people who listen to music while focusing on something else, but I'm also a huge advocate for listening to music consciously" and if possible in albums rather than playlists.

There's a remaster coming. Are we going to replay FFT for a 3rd time? Are there indie Tactics games that come close to FFT? The many I've played are either very underwhelming or lacking in depth.

>>528772894
I tried Symphony of War. It was fun, but apparently it's not liked?

>>528773302
>Symphony of War
Looks like a flash game. And not the good kind like Our Adventurer Guild.

>>528773675
I don't judge appearances.

>>528773302
it's fun but i'm too nervous to keep playing it

>>528775150
Understandable, that's also why I stopped playing it. I'm too stressed with these games where you can win a battle but lose the war beecause an important character died.

>pirate a steam game
>its got a goldberg emu
>even though the game engine has a cli arg to disable steamapi
I miss the scene. These pajeets don't even check what they release.

>>528776554
>boasting of pirating a game on a FBI-monitored basket-weaving Swedish yodeling forum

>>528777149
I have always pirated everything for personal use, just like every sensible person not living under a dystopian regime.

>>528777734
same, feels good man

>>528778805

>>528778952
fun game

>>528779096
Yeah.

>>528779625
>>528779096
>>528779625
name?

>>528779703
Sonic Racers

>>528779792
give me the name

>>528779703
GRIP.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/396900/GRIP_Combat_Racing/

you all SUCK at grip

coming soon to scav!

>>528781282
>le quirky suffering game

>>528779703
wipeout: indie edition

>>528781379
sorry for your loss

>>528781491
That'd be Ballistic NG.

>>528781491
wrong

>>528781846
My nigger.

Hehe

>>528784023
Checking corners and situational awareness is a number one priority during cqc combat

>>528784253
Yes Cloaeker-sama.

>>528781282

>>528736394
it steadily gives tutorials/opens up mechanics over the first couple years so you're more eased into it
otoh i'm pretty sure there's also a mechanic where your rice just gets better automatically later in the game unrelated to how you care for it. kind of annoyed me, honestly, but it's hard to tell

>>528781282
I hope the dev adds run modifiers that can influence how your character reacts, some might be more skittish, others might be completely unbreakable, some might have brittle bones but another might have tough bones, one weak eyes, one stronger eyes, etc, all these can potentially overlap too. It'd definitely be nice to get a character who's mental state just will not go down no matter what happens, perhaps they could be difficultly modifiers too.
>>528781747
>>528780719
Y'know I don't play racing games but these two look pretty cool, might give them a shot

I don't know why I'm spending so much time researching plants, when even you have scanned 200 of them the bonus to yield is barely worth it.

What are some fun open ended games like RPGs, engineering, openworld etc games to which you can sink a lot of hours?

>>528787069
Yeah, but I mean stuff like how space the rice must be planted. You're told to leave it with room to spare, but until you get experience and unlock a visual aid, it's "figure it out".

>>528795912
Don't feel obligated to. Ballistic NG is an old school racing game, meaning that the tracks are small, and you HAVE to learn them all.

FREE
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until tomorrow (26)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/252410/SteamWorld_Dig/

>>528799164
Kenshi if you roleplay it up is easy to sink time into, as you can basically be anything from a merc to a merchant to a slaver, and there are tons of Qol and content mods that add a lot to the game. Ie playing as a cannibal hunter with the expanded cannibals mod can be pretty neat as there are tons of em and killing their leader actually influence their presence on the map of that specific faction. Or you can roleplay as an hive and try to survive recruiting hivers only, iirc there are mods that allow you to build hivers structure.

>>528784356
I don't understand what Lodoss War is

>>528802069
What are the essential QoL mods for Kenshi?

>>528799164
>open ended games
Icarus, Minecraft modded, Vintage Story, Helldivers 1 and 2, Nightingale, 7 Days to Die, High Sees High Profits, Dustland Deliveries, Battle Brothers, Starsector, Delta-v Rings of Saturn, HoloCure, Avorion.

>>528803179
>>528802069
ty!

Are there any games like Starfield but good? I wanna explore a scifi RPG universe both on foot and on spaceships.

>>528804228
No Man's Sky I guess? I wouldn't call it a good game but it's better than Starfield

>>528804228
That's the thing man, not really.
I was ready to accept all of the usual Bethesda bullshit in order to get that experience from Starfield, but the million billion planets bullshit made me reconsider.
Elite Dangerous is a thing, but the on foot part is kinda meh and there is no RPG elements. Star Citizen is the obvious one, but it's a mess. etc

>>528804228
Elite Dangerous if the closest thing. The on foot combat is a bit basic but I do have fun, and makes not bad money. On foot exploration makes a ton of money though.

>>528802534
A definitive one would be the one that allow you to build on inclined surfaces (you can in vanilla but its janky and look dumb with crooked building and the likes), forgot the exact name sorry. Make base building a lot less of an hassle, especially in areas with cliffs where you want your walls not to leave any gaps regardless of the world geometry. Another one would be the faction interaction mod that allow factions to interact with each others, which make the world change over time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVJtiWjK-yY
Next Aska update will have husbandry and more additions to the village building mechanics.

>>528786526
Milky already knows he's fucked.

>>528807249
Is the map in that game handcrafted or generated?

>>528810341
Generated IIRC.

>>528810412
Shame.
I bought Enshrouded for exactly this reason, but unfortunately it turned out to be very unfun

>>528810647
I played pirated Enshrouded and it was meh. Aska is like Medieval Dynasty with better village mechanics, better combat and cute muscled girls.

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>>528812636
>FATE
thanks babe

A small whalehunter.

you dont own your steam games

Finally got rice production on the way in that game I own. My food issues are fixed for a while now.

Mmm, delicious crewsers.
If you ever play with the Forgemaster submod, for the love of god don't go above 15 hull upgrade points. Taking a single hit can cause a potentially run-ending fuckup cascade.

>>528833378
It feels weird not having to drink. Also how are you suppised to get food? I dont see fishes, and animals run fast

>>528840608
What happened anon? Value overflow back to zero kind of deal?

>>528804228
1. Empyrion
2. No Man's Sky
3. (3rd place is still available)

Sorry, Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen don't even make the cut.

>>528781747
>>528781846
That's just Wipeout.
You're not fooling me!

>>528847801
It causes any damage you take to trigger fires, breaches, and system damage across your ship

>>528847801
>overflow back to zero
At 16? You expect any game made in your lifetime to store integers in nibbles (4 bits)?

>>528850913
>Empyrion
Sell me on this. Why are Steam reviews mixed?

>>528855345
How should I know? Probably some pointless drama with the devs being retarded as usual. Happens every now and then.

In any case, it's peak eurojank and the best game out there for galactic scale exploration from on-foot FPS gameplay to massive capital vs capital ship space combat. Tons of unique planetary POIs to explore, plus loads of ships and a bunch of space stations. All vessels are built from lego blocks, but it's not autistic physics sim like Spengies.
The core gameplay loop is entertaining, but the game is hard carried by huge content overhaul mods like Project Eden and Reforged Galaxy.
Explore a galaxy with stuff worth exploring (not like NMS with the same handful of static POIs on literally every planet) on a mothership *you* built and designed, launching smaller vessels off it. Or just use stock/workshop ships if you don't care about lego building. It's a great game.

>>528855345
NTA but it's very, VERY jank. It's cobbled together by devs that were way in over their head and had no clue what they were doing, and it shows with lots of questionable design decisions, glacial update pace, a plethora of free Unity assets, and overall bugginess. On-foot combat in particular is dreadful and borderline nonfunctional.
But, it's the only Space Engineers-like that's an actual game instead of an aimless lego set, with planets to explore and POIs to raid that actually gives meaning to the shit you build, and there is a pretty good amount of stuff to look at and steal. And the existence of energy shields means your ship isn't instantly destroyed by a single missile and one small scuffle won't set you back 30 hours of grinding. Also has better and more expansive mods.

>>528856450
Should I play Vanilla first or with Project Eden/Reforged Galaxy from the start?

>>528856619
Up to you, might be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the simpler vanilla content first and get a taste for the core gameplay and drop it if it's not your thing. Also seeing the vanilla compaign will make you appreciate mods even more.
Then start a long-term game with latest Reforged Eden.

>>528856543
>On-foot combat
>borderline nonfunctional
That's a bit much innit?
It's just got animation jank. People play boomer shooters with literal sprites for animation.

>>528857959
It didn't even have damage feedback until last year. The only way you knew you were getting shot was your health dropping, even Doom had the screen flash. And the AI is still fully capable of shooting through walls, they just don't because they can't target you, so if they bug out and lock onto you, or spawn inside a wall, the hitscanners will gun you down from 3 floors below you.

>>528859274
>hitscanners will gun you down from 3 floors below
Funny how I don't remember that ever happening.

Sorry, but I know you're just trying to enforce your point by lying. That's not how collision works.
Have you really never noclipped around in creative/godmode?

Projectiles and hitscans alike can't hit anything if there's any visible block face between them and their target.
If you clip inside a wall, you can see/shoot what's on the other side. It's just a consequence of basic optimization--don't draw or collide with invisible polygon faces. But you can't see or hit what's 3 walls away, because there would still be 2 visible, colliding surfaces between you and the target.

By the way, countless 3D games including AAA games over the years have had the same bug. Clipping your camera inside a wall, for example with modded FOV or other camera adjustments, allows you to see or shoot through it into adjacent rooms, unless occlusion culling is smart enough not to draw them.

>>528857959
Reminds me of Pathologic.

Is this the shmup general? I have barely played any and never for long. Just tried Devil Blade Reboot, heard it is a good game, but also very approachable for newbies to the genre. The damn graphics an eye sore, though. Makes it very hard to focus on the details when they look like shit. Also I feel like it would be a lot easier to play on a smaller scree, or I guess go further away from my screen.
Am I wrong?

>>528864781
There used to be a shmup general, but it died a horrible death (which it wholeheartedly deserved because for the last few years of it's life it was just non-stop shitposting).
You can try talking about shmups here but don't expect many (You)s

>>528864937
NTA but I have a fear this general will die to some trash anime gactha slop, it's the only general I consistently use, I only use other ones if a game comes out that's relevant to them

ufo 50 was pretty good

>>528754046
>>528755071
>>528759951
The dev is Japanese, they have zero idea how to develop for a PC.

>>528864781
For me, it's Astebreed.

>>528778805
Name? Looks decent.

>>528864781
Try zeroranger, it's also very approachable for newbies and the sprite art is very consistently clean and readable despite (or maybe because of) the limited palette
Blue revolver is also approachable and rather good but not quite as polished imo

>>528870447
lol

This any good?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3088250/Nitro_Express/

>>528871378
Looks like a flash game

>>528871968
Not really

>>528844318
Get eggs from crows nest, gobbos from bushes, leeks and onions from the ground.
And you CAN drink, but it's just considered food for your character.

>>528811406
>I played pirated Enshrouded and it was meh
Yep same, except I was naïve enough about liking it that I just bought it on a discount.
The main draw over something like Valheim was, as I've said, the fact that the world was Handcrafted. But unfortunately I had so many issues with it that it quickly lost its charm.
>Aska is like Medieval Dynasty with better village mechanics
Sounds really cool desu. In general I like when these types of games have NPCs you can invite to your base, because to me it always felt a bit odd to build a giant base and then be it's sole inhabitant

Are awesome sidescrollers dead?

>>528876882
besides metroidvanias and some puzzle games?

It's almost morning, go to shleep already.
https://bippinbits.itch.io/shleep

>>528820235
cute

>>528878539
cute

Is Lies Of P indie?

>>528878539
cute game

>>528884818
Sure
Is it good? It's been on my mind lately. I'm in the mood for a souls clone and sick and tired of the Elden Ring open world that adds little to the game in my opinion

>>528885502
I'm at the fifth boss and it's the best soulclone i've ever played

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2941710/Project_Silverfish/

This is now out on Early Access.

Playing KCD. Any non-spoilery tips for maximum enjoyment?

>>528886151
Exploit the alchemy system so you get unlimited money.
Buy a good horse.
Practice combat with the dude in Ratatay or whatever it was called.

>>528886260
That doesn't sound fun. I wanna roleplay a gruff mercenary just getting by.

>>528886151
Take it slow.
It's a slice of life type RPG that not everyone is going to like but I wish there'd be more of. You're literally just some dude. The only reason you're even a game protagonist is because you are in the right place at the right time. You don't know how to fight and it could be hours of gameplay until you kill your first enemy.
Also don't get frustrated if the combat is janky and unintuitive, especially in the beginning when your skills a low. I personally really love the harmony between Henry being bad at fighting and the player not being good at the combat system yet. It isn't the type of game where you can mow down hordes of enemies and sometimes (often) avoiding a fight might be your best call (As it would be irl)

Also unfortunately some of the RPG parts are jank. There were quite a few times where I wish the story would have been paced differently or you had a couple more choice how to approach an objective.

>>528876882
I just posted one

>>528885989
Another ADACA?

>all the new stuff of Riftbreaker isn't in the beta
I don't know if I should keep playing it or wait for the full release of the terraforming stuff and new outpost searching stuff. I'm kinda tired of killing hordes of local fauna and flora for research points. And my mines are starting to run dry in both, my HQ and my cobalt outpost.

>>528875007
>Get eggs from crows nest, gobbos from bushes, leeks and onions from the ground.
I'm fucking blind, I barely see edible plants or crow nests. Wish you could fish.

>>528888813
I think you can, but you need fishing nets.
Technically, you can do any job. I think, anyway.

>>528884818
>>528885502
>>528885852
Hell yeah. Lies of P is as close to perfect as it gets. Still can't quite believe the fact that I ended up rating it higher than DS3 and BB
>>528885852
>fifth boss
It only gets better from there. Make sure to go to the DLC before going over to NG+, it is best left tuntil after the final boss though, both for story reasons and because it is endgame level. DLC has 3 contenders for best boss boss in the Genre

>>528887103
Aren't there literal timed missions?

>>528753008
I think their presence is perhaps more immersive than you think. In much the same way the story of a lot of Independent polities boils down to "no one can invade them because no one would tolerate the balance of power shifting that way", I've always thought of pirates as filling the niche of plausible deniability and wetwork for the major factions. Want to damage your opponent's economy? Incentivize pirates to run drugs to them. Pay them to harass their trade fleets. They'll do things to people that would get you condemned if you did it yourself. I reckon that's why high-profile leaders like Kanta are allowed to exist; the major factions -want- to have one charismatic warlord to deal with on these matters, instead of like ten petty warlords that shift daily.

That said, use tugs and augmented drive field mods to keep your fleet speed high and remember to right click to view further ahead of your fleet in motion to avoid incoming stuff. Remember you can pause, and remember that emergency burn lets you turn on a dime.

>>528888995
It's good? I thought it was just one of those Souls-like + linear hack and slash games.

>>528889353
Only a handful, though unfortunately it's not always clear which ones those are. For instance very early on there is a mission that starts by a member of the nobility to meet them first thing tomorrow morning. I always complied, because otherwise it would break my immersion, but as far as I know you can let him wait for literal weeks and it's fine.
This is my pet peeve with this (and so many other RPGs) that the pacing of the story rarely accounts for sidequests and if you try to immerse yourself into your character and do missions according to their urgency, there's barely any downtime to go explore or do side content.
I mostly meant taking it slow in terms of mindset, if that makes sense. Accepting that you won't be some cool local hero knight for a long time. And at least to me that made the progression very satisfying when you finally did afford that high level armor and sword

>wow this game looks fu...
>PVP Extraction Shooter
Every time man

>>528898315
Me with Hunt Showdown.

>>528898720
its such a shame, man.

>>528899004
Yeah. The weapons are so much fun, dude. Fire spear, saber, even knuckle duster...

>>528898720
Exactly man, that was my very first experience with that.
Also Tarkov to a lesser extend. I've since found out that actually has a good singleplayer mod, but by then kind of lost interest in the game.
The game I was referring to is called Sand https://store.steampowered.com/app/1431300/Sand/ Looks a bit barebones because Early Access and not even out yet, but it looks like it would be so down my lane if it was Singleplayer/Coop
>>528899271
For me it's just the setting man

>>528899346
>boats
>WWI cannons
MUH DUCK
And yeah, I get you. I tried Hunt Showndown because friend was a fan of it, but he stopped playing when I started, and since I'm very, very nervous, I play alone to not be a dead weight, and... well, it's a horrible game solo.

>>528898315
This is me with rougelikes/lites and boomer shooters, so many of them it's gotten old

Though extraction shooters are mid too, they go out of their way to make single player on them trash

>>528899346
>Extraction shooter

Ew

>>528899346
If you liked the setting, can I recommend you Blood West? I never played the hunt so I couldnt say if the gameplay is similar or comparable, but I liked the aspect of how you're just a mostly normal dude (technically you're immortal in lore since you can respawn, but its very easy to get your shit kicked in), enemy visual design is top notch imo, gunplay is nice and guns feel strong and worth the use even with the consequence in mind (reloading is slow because of 18th century weaponry) and I liked the level design.

>>528905210
Blood West can be brutal, losing streaks can brick your save.

>>528905326
The trick is just not to care about the debuffs from death until you get one that is so delibitating it make the game unfun, then you pop one of those purple potion which are suprisingly plentiful if you check every nook and cranny of cabins and the likes. Most of the debuffs are effectively inconsequential and can be safely ignored, and/or tolerated even when at full strenght. I recall how I had a whole stash of them in my chest and 1 on me at all time for when I died too often.

>>528889790
It's great. Not a hack and slash, proper soulslike combat most reminiscent of Bloodborne but by no means a copy. It is 'linear' like Darksouls 3 where you are mostly going through a series of areas but each one is pretty large and loops back on itself a few times. The variety and complexity of enemies is far beyond what Fromsoft does, barely any reuse of enemy types between levels. Several cases of a unique non-boss enemy appearing just once to make a cool encounter. Same for weapon variety, each weapon has its own unique moveset, plus they are divided into blade & handle which can be mix-and-matched to combine the reach/weight of one weapon with the moveset of another. Defensive options are also more varied, you naturally end up dodging, blocking, and parrying (perfectly timed block) in equal measure.
Lies of P feels like the first time any developer (including Fromsoft) has held a magnifying glass to the genre and put deliberate thought into what works and what could be improved. In most cases (including Fromsoft) things are copied without any thought or changed just for the sake of being different. You can tell just from navigating the menus that the developers put thought into every little detail.

>>528910949
Sounds like trash. Like Lord of the Fallen.
I tried it, it swore me off Souls like forever.

its a good game,sir

>>528911113
Also tried LotF and am in agreement that it is trash. It's one of the games I had in mind when mentioning others which imitate without thought or make changes for no reason. The people who made that game never stopped to ask 'is this enjoyable. Code Vein is almost serviceable but has the same problem. Lies of P on the other hand is a genuine quality game. It can seriously be considered alongside the better Fromsoft games, in a similar vein to how Project Wingman is above all the Ace Combat imitators (and the worse entries in that franchise).

>>528778805
hell yes

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1111930/view/523095184762732960

Underspace milestone update finally

>>528915786
Code Vein could be good, but is too hard. Similar with Mortal Shell, they could be interesting, especially Mortal Shell who has a really interesting world, but I hate parries, so I have a bad time with them.
LotF was the last one I tried, and fuck me, it's just awful.

Steam Summer Sale is here, what are some good indies that are in sale? have one on my wishlist for $3 I'll be grabbing tonight

>Onirism not on sale
Welp. Guess I'm not shilling it then.

>>528921690
I wish she'd get spanked.

>>528921690
There may be no sale, but one can still shill with tits.

Played the Synergy tutorial for 1.5h
it feels like frospunk but in the desert instead.
I don't feel a hook, a unique spin on the genre, other than the art.

/r/ec me some good vidya on sale or else she gets it

>>528926908

>>528926908

>>528926908
https://store.steampowered.com/app/684000/Wooden_Ocean/

>>528926908
do it

Give me games with cute, lovable characters and dark themes.
>inb4 Deltarune/Undertale/Omori
already know all of those any other?

>>528931316
Mario and the Music Box.
Lol.

>>528931382
Are you being unironic with this anon? Because I might actually unironically try it.

>>528931537
I don't know your homosuck slang, but I'm serious. Just laughing at you. Don't trust the Mario name, he's not really part of the story

>>528931316
The one about being an artist and a drug addict and you have to make a good impression on your little sister.
The other one about taking care of your little sister and totally not end up deep in her.
The other one on taking care of your sister and it is like a RPG guild.
That one about not killing a princess.
That one about reviving your dead daughter.

I'm shit at remembering names, sorry.

>>528931897
>The other one about taking care of your little sister and totally not end up deep in her.
Do you know how little that narrows it down?

>>528899346
>For me it's just the setting man
You might like Witch Hunt. It's a dark and gloomy 18th century witch hunter simulator. If you decide to watch the Steam trailer, keep in mind that the game is slower than that. It tries to show you many things at once, so it looks more silly and over-the-top than it actually is.

>>528932956
OH. I got a brief obsession over this game.
Then the dev made "Skinwalker Hunt", that was pretty good. I even streamed it to /indie/ Good fun.

>>528931316
Void Stranger

>>528931316
fran bow

>>528926908
all you need

>>528768083
Here's a fun fact about xiao pai. She's the translator's favorite character by far.

>>528931316
Little Missfortune.

LET
THE GALAXY
BUUUUUUURN

>>528921690
this game is great but it's never going to sell
the devs are wasting their time

GoG
Jupiter Hell
3E7B57 eightthree DC6CD seven BF97
Stray Gods: Orpheus (it's gay)
3SYX1421 threeeighttwo AE2A900

>>528944675
>Jupiter Hell
I forgot I wanted to play this
thanks babe.

gnight

>>528951270
goodnight

>>528951270
Sleep well, fucker.

>>528951270

>>528760931
>Can I get some recommendations for good games in this genre that aren't Vampire Survivors?
If you want a low investment recommendations play holocure. It's the same concept (+ some extra features) and it's free. If you fully hate how it plays, then you'll see it there.
As for people hating the genre, calling it shit and "survivorslop": I mean, yeah. These games aren't made to be the Disco Elysium, Bioshock or Baldurs Gate. These games are made to be "have something that's kinda entertaining for usually under 5 bucks". To use an overused food analogy: It's the fast food burger of video games. Is it the most nourishing game you can get? No, but it'll keep your attention for a few hours, few more hours if you're a completionist kinda guy.
Personally? Yeah, I feel like the runs get boring after a while. But also by that time I got my entertainments worth.
I compare it to doing shit like buying Watch Dogs 2 on sale. Is watchdogs 2 an amazing game? No, it's an okay game, not horrible but also on no ones "must play" list. But is it worth 10 bucks? Fuck yeah. Okayish GTA clone with hacking for a tenner? That's great value!

Any non-mmo non diablo style ARPG games that let you have a pet or summon class/build? I'm a sucker for swarming my enemies with minions but it seems like outside of the afforementioned genres it's fucking illegal. I know Darktide recently added a DLC class with a pet and it's one of the few recent examples I can think of.

>>528971750
Since you mentioned it, Darktides pet class is surprisingly good. But if you like to micro your pets you might be disappointed as the only micro is pinging enemies for it to attack, otherwise it's immortal and attacks enemies near you, saved me from CC before. not OP but far from useless

As for other games, uh. Palworld? ARK? Idk, I'd like some suggestions to this too in fact, can't think of any myself

rec me something gimmick that is on sale

>>528971750
Sacrifice.

>>528972806
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2416050/Cento/

>>528973380
>roguelike deckbuild

really

>>528973970
I'll be real. I havent played it yet. I didnt realize. it just looked like some ddr/rpg game, and its been on my wishlist for a while.
looking at an actual run on yt, I have no idea whats going on.

Which version of Oneshot am I supposed to buy on steam?

Working my way through the Lies of P DLC now. These cheevo numbers confuse me. Apparently, more players killed the left boss than the right boss, but killing the right boss is required to even access the left. How is this possible? Is the right boss skippable somehow?

>>528975862
I swear there's a soulslike general where this would be better asked, not sure what it's called though

>>528974629
I regret to inform you, that you now must do the honorable thing and commit sudoku

>>528972806
Refunct. One of my favorites. Game is worth a lot more than the low price would indicate.
>>528975862
Nope not skippable. Considering that the left one requires killing two bosses two bosses it is probably a flagging issue.
>>528977774
Looks like it's only the Fromsoft cesspits. &misc belongs here.

any comfy indie games like hotel dusk? adventure games basically? or unique experiences like rain world?

>>528972740
Yeah, I heard the Darktide class is really good, but I'm just not wanting to spend any more money on that game. I'm still kinda salty on how shit it was on release, even if it's a lot better now. And for the record: I don't care much if there's not much pet controll if the AI is not mega stupid.
>palworld
yeah I guess all the Pokemon games and their copy cats would count, but not exactly what I'm looking for. Same like, FFX Yuna sommons. That's just you playing a different character, ya know?
I kinda like Guild Wars 1's system of letting you "pet-ify" team members so you can play a dead game without needing to find a 8 man team. It also has a killer pet class in the necromancer summoning dozens of minions. But the game is old as fuck now. So it seems like games with pet / minion classes are pretty fucking rare.

>>528977774
A thread for all the kingsarmoredshadowechotogisoulsbornedéracinédietwicering games? I think there are only individual ones.

>>528932956
>trailer, keep in mind that the game is slower than that
Many such cases.
No matter what kind of game you make, you gotta sell it to ADHD audience. The masses are where the money is.

>this was actually a super secret to make your strength like triple
Are there any more indie simon's quest likes, preferably ones with loads of riddles hiding secrets? I've already played Phoenotopia

>>528974660
World Machine Edition is essentially a console port that also happens to be available on PC because of Steam Deck. It takes away the main gimmick of the game and replaces it with a more boring one, so I don't see why you'd try it if you're on Windows. There's barely any bonus stuff and it's mostly just some collectibles. Play the original

How come nobody has been able to release a game that rivals Bastard Bonds in freedom and fun?

>>528971750
>non diablo style ARPG games
what does this mean

>>528992901
probably something like action-adventure games with rpg elements, ie: slop

page 10? not on my watch

>>529002373
My watch goes to 12. You should return yours.

Bought:
Amnesia The Bunker
Devil Blade Reboot
ZeroRanger
Blue Revolver

>>529004094
Isn't Amnesia has-been, now?

>>528905210
>Blood West
Oh shit, that game piqued my interest once but I haven't gotten around to it yet and it kind of slipped through the cracks of my memory. Thanks for putting it back on my radar.
What's the core gameplay loop in that like? Is it an open world sandbox or do you follow some sort of story level by level or something along those lines?
Also reminds me of how I constantly confuse that and Weird West, which also looks kinda interesting.
>>528932956
Actually saw some ex-/v/-eceleb play that and it kept crashing and borderline bricked their pc, lel.
>>528932956
>>528987868
I'll never stop being a bit of an elitist about slow burn games. Some of my favorite games have a very slow start. Seeing the world in the calm before the storm for a while (as an example) just makes the chaos of a game's climax hit so much harder.

Currently in my cart
>Zeno Clash
>Delta V: Rings of Saturn
>Signal Simulator
>Blood West
>Duskers
>Chants of Sennaar
>Plan B: Terraform
>ASKA
>Star Trucker
>Forever Skies
Gonna watch some gameplay/reviews on these and do a big round of pruning. My backlog is a nightmare at the moment and I don't have much time/energy for playing games after work.
Anyone got any opinions on these games? For instance how is Signal Simualtor compared to Voices of the Void?

>>529009579
>Dusker
Eeeh, I have doubts about it.
Which one is Forever Skies? The top-down one? Or am I mistaking it for Endless Skies.

>>529009657
>Duskers
It looks like something I would be into, I'm just not sure if it would hook me enough, especially when there are so many other games I want to play too
>Froever Skies
fairly recently survivalcraft shit. Wishlisted it while it was still Early Access when I was trying to fill a subnautica shaped hole in my heart. It looked decent enough, but you never know with these kinds of games, definetely will need to watch some reviews.
The premise as far as I know is that your "base" is a mobile airship that you build and the ground is covered in toxic gas so you have limited time to explore before having to return back to your ship
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1641960/Forever_Skies/
One thing I am super skeptical about (before even getting into gameplay) is how shitty the ships look in the screenshots. I get that it has to be modular if the player is supposed to build their own, but it looks a little too "blocky" to me.
I think Subnautica did a great job with ow its bases looked, though of course the setting lends itself well to that.

>>529010134
Oh, I remember now, it's this one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyYit3AkDBM. Apparently not too bad, but sicknesses don't go away when you die, and building IS blocky, but placing furniture seem to be a lot more freeform.

>>529008002
Everyone's been creaming over The Bunker since release and I've yet to hear a single bad thing about it. Not sure why I still haven't played it myself, I loved The Dark Descent and A Machine For Pigs.

>>529010427
It was under my impression that Amnesia was a flavour of the month shit, so I'm surprised people still mention it two weeks after its release.

>That on-station stuff you despise isn't the only thing getting a facelift. There's more world details and some redone stuff across the galaxy; for example we've added over 150 new billboards to the game, to really sell the idea that this isn't just a populated universe, but that it's also one filled with dickheads.
I fucking love Underspace's dev.

Oh that motherfucker.

>>529010542
You're severely underestimating the importance of Amnesia. TDD is considered a cornerstone of survival horror on PC and one of the best horror games ever made. Its easily moddable nature and developer-led annual mod jam (last one was last year) spawns tons of fan-made content to this day. I suppose you got the impression that it's fotm sludge because lots of youtubers played it at the time, but besides that, it's a loved and respected series.

>>529011468
Are stations more populated now?

>>529012805
A bunch of them are

>>529011940
is it really still popular? zoomerslop i guess

imo the dev peaked with penumbra black plague
the first penumbra game failed at evoking horror and the third was a joke
the first amnesia game was okay but they milked the ip dry
soma mite b cool, never played it, got spoiled the plot

also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRogZpOBCt4

>>529011940
>>529014642
I think it's one of those cases where a good game is overshadowed by a) the fact that it spawned a bunch of copycats that retroactively made it less unique and b) the fact that everyone and their mom milked it for getting fake scared on facecam content
>>529004094
Never played the Bunker, but watched someone else play it. It's alright.
I like how the whole game is in once single place centered around your hub. Also apparently there is the option to reshuffle key items for more replayability

>>529015708
i played it before any of that happened
penumbra 2 is the better game
always was

but i admit i liked amnesia even less after everyone started making cringe letsplays of it

>>529015963
Tbh my memory is a bit hazy on both of those. To me it felt like the Penumbra games where trying to go for a different feel compated to Amnesia, but I could be completely wrong. This is based on very dusty memories

>harvester doesn't collect resource efficiently
So that's why they said it only produced 0.1 carbon and iron per second?

>>528981668
Play Of the Devil
its the best ace attorney-like out there. Leagues better than any actual AA game.

What I picked up. lot of puzzle games. I heard good things about copper odyssey.

>>529012805
Like half of them got detailed with NPCs, but there's some gaps. The dev is moving so I think they ran out of time.

>>529019773
Are.

I fucked up

>>529021461
>Stalker 2
Really wanna give that a shot and try some of the freeplay mods for the original games too, but I'm getting filtered by Clear Sky and I really want to play the OG games, especially after loving SoC so much

>>529014642
>is it really still popular?
The modding aspect does surprise me as well. The truth is that in-game AI is actually quite primitive, and once you figure out how it works, it doesn't feel as unnerving ever again. And it's not like the developers don't know it, they purposefully ramped up the difficulty in the Choir Main Hall (the "final boss" section of the game) by adding tons of Brutes that you're expected to avoid using prior knowledge of their behavior. The Justine DLC makes things even more obvious by forcing you to be in very, VERY close proximity with the monsters, something the main game doesn't do. Now because of the main threat of the game being so easy to read, mod devs have to go through some extensive hoops to keep things entertaining, and as you would expect, they usually fail. While I've seen some clever ideas, in most cases it revolves around adding more cheap jumpscares or shifting focus to storybuilding, which wears out its welcome very quickly. And even clever ideas can always fall flat because of the mod developers' inexperience with the engine or its limitations, which is understandable because of Frictional's engine being in-house and not used by anyone else. So I really don't know how the TDD modding scene still exists and if it's still able to impress, you'd expect every trick in the book to be common knowledge at this point.
>the dev peaked with penumbra black plague
Frictional's other titles never interested me, can't say much.
>they milked the ip dry
"Milked" is a harsh word, but it's true that Amnesia could've been handled better. With through-the-roof expectations after TDD, A Machine for Pigs ended up being too short to be called a full-fledged sequel (there wouldn't be anywhere near as much hate if it was a DLC), and Rebirth ended up being painfully mediocre. In my eyes, Rebirth is the only "bad" Amnesia game (without having played The Bunker), so it's more "not living up to expectations" than full-force, soulless milking.

>>529015708
>a) the fact that it spawned a bunch of copycats that retroactively made it less unique
I literally can't name a single Amnesia copycat. Indie horror in general got more popular around that time, yes, but Amnesia doesn't seem to be the inspiration behind them. Interactible inventory system? Barely exists in indie horror. Sanity mechanic? Barely exists in indie horror. Pre-20th century setting? Barely exists in indie horror. Physics-based puzzles? Barely exist in indie horror. I WISH Amnesia had more copycats, but it doesn't seem to be the case. Only thing that comes to mind is the homage to Kaernk in Spooky's House of Jumpscares, but it's just a lovely reference, nothing more than that. Unless I'm oblivious to something you know about, Amnesia had little to do with those cookie-cutter made-in-a-week horror games. Slender: The Eight Pages spawned those, pretty sure, and it came out two years after Amnesia.
>b) the fact that everyone and their mom milked it for getting fake scared on facecam content
Makes sense why one would avoid it, yeah.

>>529011468
>No more cat picture billboards
Shame

>>529024734
Personally, id say just enjoy anomaly stalker standalone mod on pc rather than get stalker 2, its okay I guess but at time it feel like a flanderized version of stalker if that make sense to you. Ie In the old games Bloodsuckers were rare and dangerous, but doable to beat, in the 2nd they basically spawn all over the place, constantly screech with screen shake, more often than not come in groups and are complete bullet sponges.

And you technically can safely skip clear sky, it is the jankiest of the whole series. And the whole lore of the game was effectively retcon by stalker 2 lmao.

>>528992901
Isn't it clear? ARPGs: Diablo, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile, Torchlight, etc.

>>528981668
>any comfy indie games like hotel dusk?
https://x.com/ArcSystemWorksU/status/1938410479740981704
It just so happens that the creator of Hotel Dusk is releasing a new Hotel Dusk-ish game next month.

>>529031610
may god bless you. i have been so busy with work i would have completely missed this but damn its a switch 2 exclusive and apparenly made for women

>>529033113
Sure, just like how Hotel Dusk is made for private eyes and detectives.
The Switch 2 exclusive part is more troublesome, yeah.

>>529033559
any other games like it on pc? i just miss playing my ds and having a comfy vibe

>>529030026
Ah yes, non diablo style games such as Diablo.

>>529033728
Honestly no idea, other than Contradiction: spot the liar. I mostly dislike Detective games and stuff but Jenks gets a big thumbs up from me.

>>529033990
Ah I see the confusion. You read my original post as me wanting ARPGs, but not diablo styles. I guess I should have written it as: "Any non-mmo non diablo style / ARPG"
The ARPG was not what I wanted, it was still part of the list of things I do not want, as ARPGs are the only games that somewhat regularly have pet classes in them and I was growing sick of it.

>>529033728
>i just miss playing my ds
I miss the NDS with the Y2K aesthetics.
I don't know why the design of the Switch became so popular, having 2 screens, one of them tactile was a game changer. A lot better than having one screen like a fucking 90's Game Gear.

>Multiversal Quarantine fight in ftl

Good god its so brutal, legit feel harder than the flagship with the exception that it doesnt have multiple phases, whoch doesnt mean shit when it can obliterate you before you even get its energy shield down.

>>529033728
>>529036972
Oh, and Ghost Trick, if you count that. I'll mention Time Hollow while I'm at it.

The question I have after playing a pirated game that turns out alright. Is it worth it buying it for faster updates and the very remote possibility of playing it with someone else, or do I save up the money for other, more niche and harder to find pirated updates game?
Turns out that Gaben was right, piracy is a service problem.
Also yes, I'm a poorfag and I like being selective with the slop I buy.

FUCK
Magic in runescape kicks ass

>check wishlist
How the fuck is Soldat 2 still in early access?
It looks identical to Soldat 1 - How could it take 5+ years to make!?

>>529043315
That obviously depends on how many free updates or DLC updates there are left and how much craving left you have to still keep playing. Riftbreaker has 16k reviews, so it's safe to say your individual contribution isn't as relevant to keep them afloat. Save the money for games with 2k and below reviews, unless you really love Riftbreaker that much that you just feel like giving back to the devs.

I wonder what they were.

>>529045970
Spoken like a true sage.

>>529043315
If you liked it but not enough to buy it at least shill it to someone who might is my motto

>>529046353
Oops forgot pic.

>>529027824
>And you technically can safely skip clear sky
Hmm, I might, though it feels wrong.
I'm mainly put off by how it's just more of the second half of SoC (ie big fuckoff battles). My favorite parts of that game were the quiet and tense walks through the Zone, everything north of Army Warehouses felt like a drop in quality and the main reason it didn't bother me was probably because I was riding the high of the game so far and also because I really liked the ending.
>Personally, id say just enjoy anomaly stalker standalone mod on pc rather than get stalker 2
Shame. I did give one of those modpacks a very quick try before deciding to play the OG games first. And I had a great time, but the disjointed level design kind of took away from it. If the world isn't one big open map it makes the individual levels feel a lot smaller than they actually are, I can't quite put it into words. So I was putting some hopes on S2s open map

Release HiT 2 to the West or else!

>>529047350
hat in time?

>>529049681
Heroes of Incredible Tales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SnAl3J3ZI4

>>529050045
Lord I do miss my big fat ass Elins dancing.

>>529050542
Same.

>>529050045
looks like Tera

>>529011908
What am I supposed to be seeing?

>>529056880
Scornharbors.
Space station mimics.

>>529057016
Neat

>>529061023
Wulfram remake?

>>529038497
Which fight is the quarantine again? The obelisks?

Anyone got any experience with Supermarket together as a solo game? How does it hold up vs Supermarket Sim?

>>529061696
Wulfram?

RAVENSBURG got an update that includes a new romance for the game's co-protagonist vampire girl. Honestly I'm kinda baffled the dev took so long and added romance to other less important girls first but better later than never.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314710/RAVENSBURG/

>>529067771
https://files.catbox.moe/30xja1.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1l4X2P6OHM

https://files.catbox.moe/lz4dbc.mp4

I had to find an old installer, extract and convert the flv to find relive this one video, part of the Wulfram II installer, of the game's dev "Slurpy".

i think perfect parrying in Lies Of P gave me tendonitis

>>529073187
Dafuq is that guy doing? What is in the jar?

>>529073281
probably very clean distilled water in subfreezing temperatures
ice needs a starting point for crystallization

>>529073281
"Hot ice, or sodium acetate, is made by dissolving baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) in vinegar, then heating the solution to evaporate most of the water and create a supersaturated solution"

You probably won't find these anywhere else now: https://files.catbox.moe/7r86i2.zip Hypnospace got a lot right.
Apparently, Johnathan Blow had a hand in the first version with Bernt Habermeier in '96.

>>529071876
Ooooh. I definitely see the ressemblance.

>>529062339
I believe its the final possible contract for the "???", the collector slug I think, whence instead of facing the anomaly you're tasked with you instead face a big ass ship which is on par with first phase flagship.

>>529073187
You can get by with dodging and blocking just fine. Even the special attacks for which the game encourages deflections can be dodged with careful positioning.

Alright bought Riftbreaker. I have access now to the workshop mods and I can play multiplayer with people. Plus the polski devs are good eggs.
Also started again from zero just because.

Says before the kill count reaches the hundred thousands.

>Find new incredible weapon in ftl
>Get to use it once or twice
>Next ship afterward get a lucky strike on my guns and proceed to curbstomp me as everything go fubar in literal seconds

God damn it, it was so stupidly strong too, 1 power for 60 crew damage and 10 shield piercing, all on a 8 sec cooldown... Im starting to remember why I had dropped FTL all those years ago.

>>529083881
It's good fun. Like Factorio, but good.
Can't vouch for DLCs though.

>>528761831
I've now played this game, and fuck me this might be the worst survivor clone I've seen yet. I like the coomer concept, but god damn, this should have been free to play at best.

>>529088136
Play VS, it looks like shit but it quickly becomes charming.
The guy made a point of preserving all of the graphical quirks with the engine switch from a browser game

Almost done...

Don't see a separate general for it, so I'll write it here: I am not a fan of the final boss of the Lies of P DLC. It does everything I don't like
>Phase 1 is so easy, and phase 2 is so hard, that the experience of fighting phase 1 is ruined: you're not having fun, it's a time wasting chore, you're just paying the tax to see the super moves later on that keep killing you.
>Wow, that super move is so cool. It looks cool, it sounds cool, it is cool, it's cool in every way. How can we make sure that the player will be completely fucking sick of it, with 100% certainty? Make him need to spend at least an hour labbing that one fucking move out to dodge it perfectly, since he'll do it again at 10% HP when you're out of healing.
>Difficulty based around halty jerky baity attack animations that you have to unlearn muscle memory to avoid or parry, and AoEs that are carefully calibrated to look like there's safe zones but aren't, iframing is required.
>Claptrap dialogue that won't shut the fuck up the whole time.
Really not a fun fight to learn. IMO one of the prime examples of a boss that's more fun to watch Ongbal nohit than to lab out yourself.

>there's a goddamn fishing minigame submod for ftl multiverse
One step closer to FTL becoming a true sandbox RPG.

Don't see a separate general for it, so I'll write it here: I am not a fan of the axe of Medievil. It does everything I don't like
>looks fucking cool
>range sucks on the primary attack, and no combo, with long recovery
>on secondary attack, the missile is slow, and doesn't come back right away in your hand
>primary attack forces you to be very aggressive to get the demons in range, but Daniel swings slower than he can walk, so you end up taking contact damage from just touching the demons
>secondary attack forces you to run around the map which makes you look like a prancing lala homo

>>529051338
Can't be, no animal ears.

>>529097309
That is a terrible animation. Half a notch above GMod-tier and that's pushing it.

>>529091946
>Phase 1 is so easy
I struggled with it so much that I was not expecting a phase 2. But after getting it down enjoyed the contrast between mastering the first phase to barely surviving in the second. That's probably what the devs were going for.
>he'll do it again
Liked that, ended up grinning the first time I died to it because of course the devs would repeat it to ensure the first time wasn't a fluke. Barely making it through with no healing left was an adrenaline rush games hadn't evoked in years. Porbably would have soured on it if it had taken another dozen attempts though.
>halty jerky baity attack animations
I was parrying as soon as I saw the hit coming same as with most other attacks. Was also tricked by how the AoE looks, but didn't notice baity animations, maybe they were too fast for me see? Aside from the grab which was initially frustrating. The delay is long and clearly meant to cause panic, but consistent. Wasn't so bad after learning to take a breath and wait. Problem was that it did over a full healthbar of damage. Had to level up for the first time in thee DLC because a 1-hit kill is too much.
>dialogue
Yeah that wore thin, had to turn it (and the music) down to better hear audio cues, the sound effects of his attacks seemed quieter than before. Overall it was certainly a step down from the other bosses. Not as creative as the puppeteer or enjoyable as the giant monster. But still impressive how much care and effort went into it, even if it didn't all pay off.

>>529097795
Yup. But I stopped doing animations a while ago, so the few skills I had rusted.

>>529098003
I feel that phase 1 is pretty easy because you don't practically die in one hit for missing a block. If you fuck up the timing and imperfect block, the chip damage is recoverable and he gives you openings to do it. His combos are flashy but it's actually pretty forgiving. A lot of people tend to forget that in Lies of P you actually can just block damage. Whereas in phase 2, when you fuck up, boom there goes almost all your life bar every time.

>>529094054
Is multiverse an open world? Just a linear sector rush like the vanilla game?

>>529103031
Still a linear sector rush, it was just a joke. But there is a console command to effectively turn off the Rebel fleet so you can freely explore the sector
It is (slightly) more of an RPG than vanilla though, so all it really needs it the open world.

>>529103741
What a shame.
I remember back when FTL was new, there was a mod that turned it into endless open world.
The idea was excellent, far better than vanilla FTL, but it was rather hastily made and poorly balanced.

>>529103994
Supposedly Multiverse will be getting an endless-mode addon come 6.0, but considering development is almost as glacial as Project Zomboid, that's still years away.

>>529104676
That doesn't sound like much.
If all the content bloat it has had been designed for an open-ended but somewhat structured world rather than a linear sector corridor, it could be an amazing game.

>>528740835 (OP)
niko...

Just finished Beyond Citadel. I don't really understand what the lore was; I've seen posts on things like Tycho and Martyr fucking at some point between games and Martyr getting pregnant, but I didn't run across anything suggesting that in the game. I thought Martyr fucked her brother and was punished (by the machine angels?) for it, but Elulu took the bullet for her. I have no clue how he would have done that either.
In the end, I wish there were more games like this. It reminds me of a cross between Marathon, Blame!, and NGE.

I'm so fucking torn on these /indie/, they all look good, I got the cash, hell cash isn't an issue for these or upcoming games I want, but my backlog man.
I'm even tempted to try before I buy if you know what I mean, but I'd rather not go through the hassle of trying all 3 first.

Thoughts, Anons? Someone mentioned Ravenfield last thread and there's a few GRIP clips, not sure on Severed Steel. If I had to get one I'd get GRIP.

>>529073281
It's one of those chemistry tricks

>>529098003
Question on the game: How open is it?
Is it fully linear, or more Souls-esque, with closed of levels that still have some openness to them (I'm shit at describing these things)

>>529117273
There's more lore in the dev's twitter posts
Tycho and Martyr fucked in Citadel but then they died at the end of the game when Martyt set off the purifying nuke. Esqua (their child) somehow survived as an embryo (because he had no sin) and was picked off by a starship (???).

Both Elulu and Martyr ended up paying for their sin of incest, Elulu was ripped apart and Martyr had their incest babies ripped off from her.

>>529115959
a...

>>529119538
Always try before buying if you can.

>>529096575
>weapon so slow it ends up with you taking contact damage half the time
Hate this shit.

>>529119538
Severed Steel is a pretty neat game, but if you just want to beat the game to fill up your checklist, then I'd say skip it and just buy Echo Point Nova (or wait for a deeper discount) by the same dev.

>>529138127
It's even more of an issue in old games where just touching the enemy is enough to kill you. And since it's an old game, enemies are fast.

>>529139538
pic unrelated?

>>529145108
Yes. I wanted to comment on the priory having lava caves underneath it but then someone commented and I forgot I had the picture linked.

>>529126798
It's not very open. Each level is basically a straight line from beginning to boss. It's a lot like the middle part of DS3 between Undead Settlement and Irithyll in that regard. It's more of a combat game like Sekiro. Personally, I think Lies of P's combat is the pinnacle of the genre.

>>529119538
Buy GRIP Anon, it's good, and cheap

Not sure on the other two, like >>529138523 said might be best to just wait til the other devs game gets a bigger discount, looks really good. And that Ravenfield one looks a little pricy, if you're gonna pirate before you buy do it with the most expensive one

>>529126798
>>529146780
Openness of each area varies between DS3 and Bloodborne levels. 'straight line' isn't quite right though, the path frequently loops back on itself with unlocked shortcuts, and there are plenty of diversionary side paths. But it's just never enough to get lost exploring like in DS1. The DLC does large, more open areas with more complex layouts. I got lost a few times in the underground facility.

>>529091946
Remind me of ghost of tsushima dlc final boss

FUCK that spear wombo combo she spam. I could deal with her every other weapon style no hit but her spear attacks come to freaking quickly its nigh impossible to dodge or parry them reliably. It feel like having a duel in elden ring/dark soul against a guy who genuinely excel at the game, but randomly switch to the most cancerous meta shit possible every few combos.

>>529162693
I still haven't finished Gohst of Tsushima, but fuck, it's good.

>almost out of ammo
>out of health
>stuck in the police station's basement
I'm fucked.

shameless recc post but there's a lot of good shit on sale that i would like to take advantage of
i'm new to roguelikes/roguelites but i'm the type of guy who gets hooked and runs a game until the wheels fall off
i have 550hrs in balatro, 1220hrs in ror2, 400hrs (and counting) in sts
other games i've tried but bounced off of are isaac, hades, and peglin
pic not related

>>529168856
if you want more deckbuilders you can always go for Monster Train 1&2, Wildfrost or Vault of the Void

>surprise bossfight that requires preparation
>after a really fucking long unskippable dialog
Great game design

>>529119538
>>529151496
I will vouch for speed freeks which is also fun and in a bundle with grip

>>529168856
>Ninja
What does that camera show?

but what are some good porn games i can buy on the steam sales

I've just played Ender Lilies for 105 minutes and there's a lot to like so far except that I fucking HATE cooldown timers as a central mechanic in an action game.

>>528740835 (OP)
slugcat..

heh

>>529173161
Summer Memories

>>529180235
hah

so, i reached slay the princess ending of me and her becoming gods and me ultimately killing her in the cabin and creating a painless world but how do i go for the other endings/chapter ramifications?
like, is the hero and the princess always chapter one and depeding on minimal choices i get the extra cgs from it? i'm very confused

>>529173161
Don't buy porn games, use kemono or F95, might be able to find some Anons with links on lewd boards

>>529182435
ryuugames is also useful for jap stuff.

>>529173161
Generally the only porn games I recommend are Race (especially Sengoku) and Monster Girl Quest. They're the best games that happen to also be porn.
Other than that, just find whatever you're into and get that.

>>529182869
>Race
Rance*

I bought Aska the other day. I like it, but man, I cannot seem to get a decent start going at all.

>>529182435
>>529173161
I'm looking to get https://store.steampowered.com/app/2529520/Magical_Girl_Konoha/ at least it has been in my backlog since it came out.
Anyone knows how good the combat is? Does it need +18 patch?

>>529182869
>Sengoku Rance
Man, that game's combat is fucking addictive. I wish someone made a game with that combat and expanded map and units. Came for the lewds, stayed for the combat.

>>529184608
I love the village building in that game, is like Medieval Dynasty but with better combat and village mechanics.

I remember I tried Assassin’s creed 1 a long time ago but the weird machine that reads genetic memory was kinda a derpy concept for me, and the gameplay didn't really click. Should I give it another go?

>you can scan some plants to increase their research levels so they give more resources
>but you can get a chance for a random drop of research if you destroy the plant too
>same for animals, but they give damage bonus
I like how the game incentives destroying the local fauna and flora

Also dafuq is happening with 4chan? I'm getting errors loading the captcha and sending posts.

>>529189979
One of my gripes with the game is how much it talks about preserving and coexisting with nature, but literally every single mechanic pushes you towards being an engine of ecological devastation that would make a Captain Planet villain think you're a goddamn nutcase. If there was anything at all that made 'going green' even possible, even just a Factorio-esque pollution mechanic for the base attacks, that'd be one thing, but the narrative just falls flat on its face from how entirely disconnected it is from the gameplay.

>>529189469
No.

>>529191302
Why not? The game has a like a bazillion continuations. Something must be fun.

>>529189469
Better off watching a "movie" of AssCreed 1 and start with 2 instead.
1 is just clunky and I can't find myself replaying it, but 2 feels more fluid and welcoming even.

>>529189469
If you're only in it for the gameplay, starting with 2 might be better because 1 was pretty damn rough.

>>529193248
Yeah, but... not the first games.

>>529127158
It was originally supposed to be an h-game, wasn't it?
Also, how does sin and punishment work? A bunch of angels inexplicably show up and tear off your limbs?
I feel like there must have been some translation errors that made things more difficult to understand: angels, true angels, fake angels, machine angels, angel ships, etc.
Were there ever any actual angels? I initially thought that the angels were cybernetic life or cyborgs, but there's that one artifact text saying that the angels kept replacing body parts with cybernetics.
I wish doekuramori would just make a manga.

I just reached the Vault and beat the last boss of Halls of Torment.

Turns out the last/extra boss is the merchant npc that becomes the lord of greed and there is even a ending cutscene, Diablo 1-2 style, with a hook for a sequel.

This is so kino for a surviorslop game.

Remember to always love yourself. It's the best revenge against those that have wronged you.

I'm disgusted.

>>529196520
>interactive fiction
...so what, just games?

>>529196594
>Explore Interactive Fiction games for Web on itch.io. Blending narrative storytelling with player choice, often text-based experiences where readers shape the story through t · Upload your games for Web to itch.io to have them show up here.
the description just cuts off
But, VNs. Not games.

>>529196790
I should write one of these.

bro went all in on their dream world and forgot to make it playable

>>529201909
That game is obtuse and lacks information on purpose, as per the dev's "vision".
I don't recommend it.

>>529146780
>DS3 between Undead Settlement and Irithyll
Assuming you're excluding Undead Cathedral from that, since that is probably one of my favorite Dark Souls levels in terms of how it loops back on itself

>>528870160
I doubt the solo dev considered that making literally everything a physics object, from bullets to ejected rounds (empty or screwed up because you suck at cycling), then multiplying that by 15 enemies at once with automatic weapons might tax systems.

>>529090859
How was this anyway? Heard it got repetitive too early

>>529194850
Originally the Martyr was actually supposed to be the "Medium" of Delirium, the angel of lust. Her armor was supposed to represent that, and act as a sort of psi-op for dudes with their head in their groin for her to kill them easier. there's some argument for the soldiers you kill in the game being nothing more than mindless clones, made entirely female to PTSD guys so bad they'd refuse to fight because they can't accept pretty things can be dangerous. Similar to how and why the Martyr is cloned so much. It's also why Delirium looks suspiciously like her and her brother fused at the groin.

She instead became an "animal" of sorts. Because they are so simple, they can't actually sin, it's just nature. They only have the power to punish the sinful. Because Elulu took the full blame, she was absolved. They tried to go back and punish her once they realized he was taking the blame, she had forced herself on him, but having committed the purification for that sin already, they had blown their mandate. She was equivalent to an animal at that point. So they treated her like one. This is where she was taken and made into a Martyr. This is also why she can kill demons, and angels, and can't directly suffer their punishment like why Charity didn't just do that same thing to you in the intermission you fight him in. There is no inherent sinful intent in her acts; she is a programmed animal. All she has is the mandate.

>>529168040
Is this cultic? Has there been any news on chapter 2?

>>529205914
Yes. No.

>>529190967
>>529189979
>Not being big brained enough to understand how since you are on the planet, you also now part of that planet ecosystem and thus any action you do is technically also part of that ecosystem, thus is entirely natural and ecofriendly to wipe out competing lifeforms.

>>529205097
From reading the cg tips in Beyond Citadel, Ilulu sacrifying hinself for martyr sake feel like a coping mechanism by her, as its implied in the wording that the life of their unborn child is what was taken instead of her own. I should redownload the game to verify, I think its the cg for full conpletion of the 5th or 6th chapter

>>529201909
The setting of this game reminds me of muv luv(unlimited?).

>>529205097
I don't think I've ever seen a thinner veil for someone's fetish. Like why even try to hide it at that point.

>>529206324
Man is of nature, thus all man's creations and actions are natural.

>>529186636
It's nice, yeah. My main issue with it so far is that I keep misjudging how much space I'll need so everything ends up being rather haphazard in its placement and that just triggers me something fierce. I'm super particular with that stuff when it comes to games like this.

Also, I haven't quite figured out how the whole logistics thing works yet. I never seem to have enough of what I need with tons of excess of other stuff just laying around.

>no shields
>every room is a system
>rooms tightly bunched together
>only 15 hp
The one thing a beam ship could actually kill.

>>529205097
Hard to answer, but I think it's... not very good. Not enough weapon variety, always ammo shortages, and enemies are raelly annoying to deal with. Very hard, too.

if I wanted to be a good goy and buy say Hades 2, but I've been playing a torrent of it, can I pull the save file and put it through the game on steam? Or should I just continue pirating it

>>529213403
That's what I thought. Selaco is the same way in every regard, just sci-fi'd. Glad I spent that on Turbo Overkill.

>>529215550
Honestly up to you, I might buy just because they always increase the price on release and Hades 1 was pretty fun and I think you can use your save if you pirated a steam version

>>529215723
I mean, I got a LOT of artefacts, so maybe I'm not playing properly, but an artefact that let me recover health when I kill enemies is useless if I'm out of ammos for the pistol and the shotgun and I'm stuck using slow-missiles weapons to kill a fast, flying enemy.

Boltgun is a lot more to my taste.

>>529210990
Its actually aint that bad of a ship, but the lack of shield basically mean you're fucked if you didnt cripple the enemy means of damaging you during the stealth. So in turn if you dont get a lucky hacking system early on you hit a wall during late game because the ships have so much shields you cant damage their sys enough to save yourself. Or you get wep with shield piercing, but then you get fucked the moment they have a defende drone.

>>529215550
Pretty sure saves are kept apart from the gamefile for 99% of games, just make a backup incase there is a conflict or it corrupt your save due to incompatibility between versions.

>>529216015
sounds like forgive me father in a way. You use the infinite ammo talisman, it lasts for like 5 seconds, 2 of which are you putting the talisman away.

>>529215918
I went back to Hades 1 last week and wow, made me realize just how much more 2 has
>>529216440
cool, good to know
it wouldn't be the *worst* thing to start from scratch, but its nice to get past the mandatory "erm, can't do X because you gotta play more arbitrarily"

>>529216916
Nah, more like... Artefacts are semi-rare, I got 9 of the basic vampire one, but I tend to play very slowly since my aim is shit and maps are big.
There's one that reflect all missiles but I never use it.

>>529205097
How does punishment work though? Or purification, absolution, and [insert Christian buzzword here]? So Martyr and Elulu fugged, and some angels swooped down to judge him, but Martyr tanked the punishment? But nugget Elulu went through that whole body deterioration phase, so do the angels only metaphorically tear people apart through disease/viruses and so on?
What's the mechanism for all of these things?

>>529216943
turns out I didn't need to do anything, it auto loaded the save despite being in a totally different file

>>529220632
there's a lot of stuff that's detailed lore that would go into explaining this completely, but the jist is that these angels and demons have power and protection against you if you've truly committed their opposite. If you haven't, they have to go after you physically. However, if they're going after you physically, it means they have no protection against you, either. It's why the war between angels and humans was an actual war for quite some time, instead of just an immediate starry night. It's also why the Martyr only has the soulless mandate. No maliciousness nor virtue in the intent. Only a goal. She's starting to malfunction and is an unreliable narrator for all the nugget scenes, by the way, meaning you can't trust those entirely. The images she sees of Elulu are also extremely suspect, considering that the fragments you're carrying around and where you find them all seem to be in places the Martyr would want to visit, with things she'd want to hear. The idea that 10 billion humans were harvested to form these fragments, and his personality would be the dominant one, is... Well, the devil shows you what you like to see, and considering how the script was flipped it on what was holy or not, you weren't making "God."

>>529146250
>these physics
It's certainly inspired by Plazma Burst 2

>>529151496
>>529170187
ended up getting GRIP thanks to the clips in this thread few hours after I posted >>529119538, looks hype af

Now all I need is to make sure these two don't rot in my backlog

>>529119538
severed steel is great but short. Might be able to single-session it if you get good at it. But it opens up in a way afterwards that as you get better, you start seeing the levels in different ways so might want to try and re-do them in increasingly crazy ways. Then it has the roguelike mode and level editor.

>>529229260
last time I checked on ravenfield they had a Total Conversion that was Guardsmen vs. Necrons. Not sure how that mod's doing.

>>529227973
also, Elulu tanked for martyr, not the other way around. She forced herself on him, he was innocent. He felt like such dead weight to her he thought he'd free her by being dead well before this on top of it. He still loved her regardless, so took the punishment instead. Once the sin had been cleansed, they realized it hadn't been his, and turned on the Martyr physically to "right their mistake."
There's some other speculations, but none of it is crystal clear, so don't get too deep into a "clear system". Like how Elulu had a cyber-spine in one of the fragment scenes, meaning this was a thing for humans before the apocalypse and may have been related to his nugget-ism. Or how Martyr is classified as a divine object, which is for human made objects that are kept like museum pieces, meaning she was made by humans and never activated in time to actually save anyone.

>>529227973
>power and protection
Is this like the Sleeping God's Enlightenment wave? A cogitohazard sort of thing?
>truly committed their opposite
So angels and demons can only affect you like this if you're diametrically opposed to them in thought and action? Or can they only affect you a certain degree? Like let's say you're not particularly proud, gluttonous, envious, wrathful, or greedy, but you're really slothful and lustful, the angels would be able to get to you but not as much as someone who was more sinful?

It's really hard to see where the science fiction ends and the metaphysics begin in this setting.

>>529228097
The multiplayer of that was so much fun.

>>529234517
>join server
>get raped
>leave server
I was really bad at it. Co-op maps were cool though.

>>528970909
I agree with this guy. It can be fun too just kill a thousand or so guys sometimes.
>>529073281
https://youtu.be/xy56zzVAaJc?si=Pu6vvvad3jkH0pZa
>>529119538
>I got the cash, hell cash isn't an issue for these or upcoming games I want, but my backlog man.
I know that feel. But got Marathon 2 out. Finally beat that final room. I want Slay the spire but will i have time, will he give a 100 % discount for 2?

>>529024734
What are you getting filtered by?
>>529027824
>2 is flanderized
>anomaly isn't

I'm thrown off by the yellow paint thing stalker 2 does
it sucked that boltgun did it too

>>529202194
>lacks information on purpose
I think that's just being used as an excuse for his poor language skills.
>"When no 100% value people are injured."
The GUI will gladly tell you the formula used in training (4 different places!) or a long winded explanation of the algorithm used to place enemies on the map (on almost ever page of the bestiary) instead of something more thematic like "new recruits are trained faster" and "the swarm tends to migrate laterally."

it only took 3 hours of reading and tinkering to get to the first mission -.-

Finally got all the relics and opened the portal.

>>529243227
Nah.

The final boss of Wrath.

After 4 tries, she dies. And I'm teleported to another map.

>>529245515
Yellow paint is the devs butchering the visual design of their game for the sake of game journalists and other hopeless retards.

>>529247249
Okay but you're wrong.

>>529242159
I'm playing on hardest difficulty, because that's what was most fun in SoC, but I'm in the early game (still in Cordon) so I die a lot.
And in addition to that the game so far has mostly just been constant shootouts, which was my least favorite part of SoC

>>529247249
Yellow paint is the devs butchering the visual design as a bandaid fucking up the visual design in the first place by making the intended path and the background decor visually identical.

>>529247779
>WAAA WAAA I NEED MY WORLD SHITBROWN
>IS THAT... COLOUR? AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIE I'M MALDING DEVS FIX THIS, NOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!

Sometimes I just scroll through steam hoping to find some hidden gems

>>529248052
What's the last one you found and enjoyed?

>>529247835
>what do you mean the neon yellow stains on everything conflict with the visual design and make no sense?
>but how will you, retard that you are, ever figure out the way to go?
Take a mario level and cover the optimal path with bright yellow splotches, tell me how that contributes to the visuals.

>>529248530
>AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE I AM LOSING MY MIND TO YELLOW
>I AM SO INSANE I AM COMPARING A 3D FPS WITH A PLATFORMING GAME
>THAT'S HOW LE INSANE I AM, I AM TEH PENGUIN OF DOOOOOOOOOOOM

>bossfight
>it's scripted and you're supposed to lose
>find a way to slow down the instant defeat mechanic
>once you get the boss health low your attacks can't deal more damage than 50% of its remainig hp
Don't you just hate games that pretend to have gameplay but are just telling a linear story without any real player agency

AIIIIIIIIIE YELLOW!!!!

>>529257214
Could get worse. I'm still pissed at how Neptunia handled it.
>boss start normally
>you buff (which is pretty expensive btw)
>then you attack
>your attacks deal 3 damage (starting attack go in the hudred)
>cutscene "oh no we're getting rekt"
>boss fight restart
>you know have already lost one third of your MP buffing

AIIIIIIIIIE YELLOW!!

Took me a while to find out how to only keep the yellow

YELLOW! MY ONE WEAKNESS!!

What even is this schizo screaming about now.

>>529243227
Wait, stalker 2 actually does that? I didn't expect nu-GSC to be that stupid and blindly follow terrible AAA slop trends.

OH NO NO NO YELLOW REEEEEEE SLOP TREND HOW DARE DEVS HELP PLAYERS FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO, NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY WILL ADD COLOURS TO DOOR TO TELL YOU WHAT KEYCARD YOU NEED TO OPEN IT!!!!!
OR WORSE, THEY'LL GIVE DIFFERENT COLOURS TO PICK UP TO HELP US DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THEM!!!

>>529258013
unrelated but fuck that one warp maze portal level

I didn't expect nu-US to be that stupid and blindling follow that terrible Euro slop trends of having colored lights in their streets.

I didn't expect nu-Nature to be that stupid and blindly follow that terrible extraterrestrial slop trend of painting stuff in vivid colours to attract attention to it.

Wait, what the fuck did I just stumble into?
Either way, yellow paint is stupid in most cases, especially if you're trying to go for a realistic look. I think Far Cry 3(?) had a better solution, where climbable ledges had some ropes strewn on them. Also kinda silly when you think about it, but a little less intrusive.
I think a big culprit is visuals getting more and more realistic looking. In a low poly PS1 game it's easy to suspend disbelief and accept that only some doors have handles and comically large keyholes and only those are operable. In a realistic looking game that might look silly.
Either way, using yellow paint as your marker feels like admitting defeat that you couldn't come up with anything more creative

>/indie/ having a meltdown because of the color yellow
What the fuck is this shit. Out of all the modern trend, y'all decide to cry about the one that makes platforming less of a chore? You fuckers need to touch grass once in a while...

Reminder that scav will get new playable characters soon

>>529258964
Why include a "chore" section to begin with?

>>529259094
Not now sweetie, we're busy malding at video games for daring to be helpful.

>>529259131
Because sadly, a corridor makes for a bad FPS level. You need depth, corners, cover, to go up on down.
And ramps are for enemies, not players. It can also be used for ludonarrative purpose, if that's the right word: having your character climb up wreckage can serve to show how destroyed a facility is, rather than saying it. Show, don't tell.

>>529259296
But unnatural yellow paint placement is immersive?

>>529259372
Define "unnatural", without sounding like you have a personal grudge against yellow paint.

indie used to have some of the most sensible posters on this site
now it has the worst menhera

what happened?

General Horse and the Package of Doom
I beat it, it's pretty good and there's still quite some stuff I haven't seen

>>529259936
its one guy

Is it ok if I pretend I finished a game because I unlocked every map and beat their objectives even though credits roll only happens if I do the overarching game objectives?

>>529257416
That reminds me I should continue playing all the Nep games. I left at the sister gen or so.

HOW DO I HEAL

>>529262154
Breathe the yellow
it will guide you

>>529262274
IT'S SULFUR ASSHOLE

>>529262154
Bug planets are such cancer.

>>529262650
>get in first game
>host just stands around and do literally nothing until the carrier has landed
>get in second game
>host keep starting new campaigns, depriving me from bonus medals
>get in third game
>get kicked just as the ship lands
Now I remember why I uninstalled this game, the community is cancer.

>>529265458
just host your own games

>>529266008
But I don't wanna be alone, I am kind of a sneaky git, so I play slowly.
I need meatshields.

>>529262154
Haven't you played the tutorial?

>>529266483
That was months, if not years ago.
Also THEY TOOK THE BIKE
I'm dead sure there was a bike with a sidecar thingy.

>>529266073
Just use a SOS beacon, it will give more priority to your game. And randoms will join eventually and most tend to stick for several games.
You can also go their general and join/create a game to play with anons.

HD2 didn't click for me, I keep trying it because of all the shilling on Tiktok, but between it runs like shit on my potato and that the gameplay loop doesn't rally appeal to me, I just force my self to play it every now and then. Mostly because I don't want to feel like I wasted money(I did).

>>529266640
Oh, there's a general, sorry.
It doesn't fully click for me, but I really liked the idea of having upgrades that weren't just firepower boosts like sentries and such, but it seems the devs cut back on these big times. No more transports, not sure the ballistic shield is still interesting...

>>529267498
I want the tank and IFV back. It seems it is the same engine of HD1 but tweaked, which explains why the reticence in adding a bigger vehicle and bigger maps like in HD1. Now Arrowhead(the devs) are the only company that works with that engine, now that Autodesk(the maker of said enghine) discontinued the development and sale of the engine. Which explains why it runs like shit.
I should upgrade my ageing PC, but 80 to 90% of the games I play run perfectly fine, and if you ignore random BSDs I get every now and then, it works fine, so I really prefer to spend the money on more indies or other hobbies. /blog

Same with Darktide btw. I bought it because I loved L4D2, and I told it was similar but 40k, which I love dearly too. But it also just doesn't click for me.
Both Darktide and HD2 have been my worst purchases in the last couple of years. Which overall isn't that bad, given that I know people with an endless Steam library full of games that they never played.

>>529268475
I like Darktides, but at the same time, I prefer Warhammer Fantasy to Warhammer 40000, so I still prefer Vermintides 2 to it. But what made me drop Darktides was that the game is poorly optimized, run like crap, AND the Arbites that was announced a while ago... is a paid DLC.

>my worst purchases in the last couple of years
I got you beaten. Mine were Starforge, Clockwork Empire, and EYE Divine Cybermancy. One of these isn't as shitty as the others, but still a big regret.

>>529268728
>I still prefer Vermintides 2
I tried Vermintide 2, but I don't really fancy Fantasy. And the free weekend I played put me with a lot of people that didn't know what they were doing, so the general experience was kinda bad. So I just gave up on it.

With Darktide I also hated, how randoms would aggro the daemons and get everyone killed. How difficult is not aggroing what will if not wipe, at least severely injure all the party, with one or two losses?

>>529266640
The only co-op game that I really kept playing for a long time was DRG, everything else I fell for due to friends wanting to play it only to end up the only one to still be playing after 20 or so hours. But DRG? It's great with randoms I didn't tire of it until 700+ hours.

i am thinking about speedrunning this

>>529269192
Maybe at launch it was this bad, but nowadays people actively avoid Deamonhosts, and on average randoms tend to be pretty competent, even before the DLC I'd clear the 2nd hardest mission diff with only moderate effort. Perhaps it's time to give Darktide another try? New DLC revitalized the playerbase as well

def go to /coopg/ if you got more questions, more active then us

>>529271778
When they release a DLC class that looks more fun than arbiter.
Or give more weapons/powers to psyker. That class felt very mild given what they can do on fluff and tabletop.
I also had problems running out of ammo with the veteran. The game is very melee-based.

I don't remember G-String being this fucking long

>>529272780
What are you talking about? Psyker is awesome.

>>529179743
a...

>>529247249
Huh, never realized that was a thing but in turn I havent played AAA slop in years. Alao that made me ubderstand whats up with the yellow paint in abiotic factor lmao.

>>529247535
The reason it feel different is because the devs got lazy and instead of reworking the alife (?) thingie that made the enemies wander the world independently from you, they just make them spawn nearby.

>>529201909
There goes the neighborhood.
The game autosaves after every battle, with unwinnable death spiral should you fall behind enemy evolution.
Don't start in the ocean, it's not safer than land.

>>529285248
Looks like Factorio but somehow even WORSE

Did someone say Factorio?

>>529259423
Provide a reasonable explanation as to why some lunatic has traveled literally the entire game world, carrying with him tens of gallons of luminescent yellow paint and splashing on every ledge he can find.
Are you defending it so vehemently because you're genuinely one of those "people" that can't complete a platforming section made before the invention of yellow paint training wheels?

>529292817
>personal attack
>answer a question with a question
>ah hominem
Okay.

the game shows you stuff like this and then forces you to go through stinky sewers for half the game

>>529270737
Fun game, x ranked everything other than the tutorial level because fuck that shitty obstacle course to get back
Shame the dev abandoned development to make gooey (also really liked it), and then abandoned that game also to make scav game, and probably will abandon that too
Also i saw crystal level in gooey trailer does anyone known if it was a deleted/incomplete map or what?

>>529293432
Dev is a sissy bitch and doesn't post betas of his other projects publicly except scavgame. Both gooey and gunsaw are in a much better states of completion, but only his friends have the builds.

observe my engineering genius

Back to the indie mines, lets see if I can find something interesting.

>>529303935
I misread that bottom one as 'annihilate the france' and almost got excited

>>529303935
if it's on steam, it ain't indie enough

>>529304548
Does that make Scav a true indie, then?

But honestly Steams got a lot of problems Gabens dick riders are unable to see, but it's excellent for getting a game out there rather then rotting on Itch in a pile of terrible VN's and porno.

>>529258964
Its literally a single dude itt who decided to latch onto that because he saw another anon react negatively to it, and because he is a lazy unoriginal fuck is idea of a great trolling is just overreacting and misrepresenting the other anon opinion via disingenuous criticism.

Like honestly im pretty sure this dude in peculiar lurk the thread solely to shitpost, because I definitely read his posts before and its always super low effort bait posting that barely anyone answer to. Very formulaic.

>>529262154
>How do I heal
>4/6 medkit in inventory

>>529312502
Right, right. Take your meds.

>>529313184
Anon, it aint like this was anything new, crossposting shitposters are very common on /vg/ because its easy to bait reactions and jump to other threads if one in peculiar is too slow or dont garner as much (you)'s. I know for fact that they are a thing because they shat up /gsg/ all the time trying to start a flamewar with /4xg/, and I've seen numerous times the shitposter fuckup and post bait meant for another general because they lost track of where they were shitposting.

>>529314097
Meds. Now.

>>529228097
sovl overload, I remember these games

>>529312739
Exactly. How to use them?
You'd figure that question out if you had a brain.

I died during a perma-death save while playing Subnautica (went toward the ship after getting the rad suit, not knowing Levantines hang out there) Now I don't have the drive to start over. The game was honestly kinda boring and sloppy. If there was no perma-death the game would be piss easy and wouldn't be scary or interesting at all. Survival crafting as a genre was a mistake.

>>529316728
it is a game about exploration
past about half an hour in you should be entirely unthreatened by food or water and nothing will kill you by surprise unless you're blind and deaf

time for another adventure /indie/!

>>529316728
>play perma death
>drop after dying
many such cases. For the future: Don't enable perma death in games where it's optional, unless you are the kind of mega autist who enjoys doing the same boring shit over and over again.
Perma death is good in games that are designed for it: Roguelikes, Xcom, that kinda stuff. Every other game that I've ever played with optional hardcore / perma death mode just involved boringly starting over again and being repetitive as shit.
Best example: Diablo / PoE. I truly do not see what people enjoy about the hardcore mode in these games. All the fun is in the end-game, the high level dungeons/rifts/maps/ubers or whatever. You make one mistake, take on more than you can handle, or hell, your internet or the server lags? It's bag to hours and hours of fucking grind for you. Where is the fun in being forced to do the non-threatening, un-interesting boring level grind again when you fuck up? Granted, you certainly care more about not dying, and might have a huge emotional response if you die, but is that truly worth all that fucking grind again? Who the fuck enjoys dying in The Last of Us and then playing through all that story again? Permadeath was already annoying in coinmunchers, but a game like Metal Slug could be beat in about an hour, so starting fresh was not that big a deal when you had to come back another day with more coins. But games where you spend like 10 hours grinding, base building and collecting shit only to lose it to some nonsense? Fuck me. I truly do not get why people enjoy that shit. "Hey congratz you died, you get to do the worst part of the game again!"

>>529258964
>>529312502
nta, but like many other "help" options, yellow paint should be a toggle. Because giving players who need help, help is always a good thing. But you need to do it in a way that doesn't ruin it for everyone else. There's nothing worse, than playing a game like God of War that has light puzzle elements, being just about to figure out the puzzle, and then hearing boy go: "I wonder if you can use your axe on that thing over there" or whatever. Even worse in games that don't have a pet boy, where your character just starts fucking talking to themselves.
Yellow paint is the same thing: It robs you of the abilitly of finding out naturally where to go, by plastering a big bright "CHECK THIS OUT".
And while there's nothing wrong with a game organically leading you towards stuff (this has existed basically forever, prime example is Mario 64 and Banjo using coins / notes to lead you to places of interest) Yellow paint does it in such an intrusive way that it becomes annoying.
I actually complained about this when playing the Tomb Raider reboot. All the valid targets for rope arrows had rope tied around it to create a white surface, even in places where it made no sense for rope to be tied up. Like, why the fuck is there a bunch of rope tied around these Japanese style gates? Why is there tons of rope on part of a random door? Why is there rope around a random tree? Environmentally, it made no sense.
But I get that some players get fucking lost as all hell, that not everyone has a thousand fucking games on steam and thus is adept in figuring this shit out, so some people need help in knowing where to shoot a rope, where they can climb, what is breakable, and how to figure out the puzzle they're stuck on without asking online. So to me the most sensible solution is: Make it an optional toggle. You wouldn't put on a color blind filter by default with no option to turn it off, so why do it with this kind of help?

>>529323684
I played a demo that had it as a toggle during next fest, felt good.

Also I agree completely, games are always guiding the player, but if it's done well, you'll never notice you're being guided. Yellow paint is so obvious that it absolutely becomes annoying.

>>529329625
Yeah. Having a toggle, or having a "give me a hint" button is I think a great solution. Because I don't want to be one of these "git gud" assholes, who just expects every player to have same level of expertise as them. I played vidya for decades, so I don't need that shit. But I also want to be able to sit someone in front of a game who has never gamed in their life, and let them have a chance of getting through it.
People often don't realize how much "video game training" they have had, and how shit that comes naturally to people like us, is rocket science to outsiders.

>>529330693
I mean when I was a child, shadow of the colossus was one of the first third person adventure games I played and I didn't really need gigantic GO HERE hints on every little ledge to figure it out.
It's a fine accessibility option but I think the overwhelming majority of people should be able to find their way through a game if the devs paid a little attention to their level design.

>>529331129
The reason you didn't need such help in the era of PS2 games, was because these games were much more limited in the options they give you, so when something was interactable, it was much more obvious. You didn't have as many ways to go (in most cases), and even then Shadow of Colossus literally had a sword that would beam a ray of light to where you need to go. So your example of "we don't need that kinda help" literally has that kinda help. Ocarina of Time as well, noticed that it's easy to get lost on where to go, so Navi annoys you every 30 minutes.
And I'm not so sure about overwhelming majority. I think this is exactly what I was talking about: You see how easy it is for you, you probably don't consider yourself the greatest gamer of all time, so you think it probably must be pretty easy for most people. But trust me: Video game skill goes LOW. I've seen people struggle to run straight on a controller. But still all that being said: I still think a toggle is the best option. There for the ones who need it, able to be turned off for the people who played games before.

i am really starting to get tired of these shitty anime aesthetic games with female protagonists

>>529332220
The sword didn't really tell you how to get there, it just pointed you in a general direction. Finer navigation than that was up to you. The trip to every colossus was sort of a short adventure rather than following a waypoint on a compass.
If we compared it to modern direction it would have just had a big line of some kind of paint lead you to the region and cover the ledges you needed to use in paint.
I was a borderline toddler at the time so I doubt my gaming skill and intuition was incredible.

>>529332673
Welcome to 4ch, it's not as bad on other sites where you can filter out the weeb crap but it's literally baked into this sites DNA

>>529335532
why are you here

>>529323684
Its a level design issue, because there so much visual clutter due to over emphasis on graphical design, it would be easy to dismiss a potential avenue as part of the decor, so they compensate by making the way to go contrast with said decor. That in turn create a dissonance because you're effectively being railroaded toward a specific point, so the level end up feeling like a fancy corridor where the path forward is beyond obvious, which often clash with the implications caused by the realistic visual style, that insinuate you could go wherever like irl whennyou obviously cant due to engine limitations.

Basically, its a crutch to compensate bad level design. Not an inherently bad thing, but its used way too often and tend to turn the game from a puzzle solving pov (ie how do I cross this hazard?) to purely mechanical reflex and pattern recognition (oh rope is there, so I shoot it with rope arrow then I can climb), which severely hamper immersion and replayability.

>>529321181
i don't recognize that planet
it's not part of brittle hollow's surface, is it?

Had no idea they came in a color other than blue

>>529330693
>People often don't realize how much "video game training" they have had, and how shit that comes naturally to people like us, is rocket science to outsiders.
Playing Rampage knights multiplayer with my dad and had to keep telling him not to hit the coloured barrels.
When i think i've got the game down i blow up within seven jumps.

Is this any good? Can I marry the chibi tribal girl?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2993780/FANTASY_LIFE_i_The_Girl_Who_Steals_Time/

>>529337595
I mean, I wouldn't always call it "bad level design". It is a fact that games these days have a shitton more detail than games did 20 years ago. You are correct that these days it is much easier to mistake something as part of the decor. Almost every game puts a white dot on interactables that are on tables and such, because while 20 years ago, you would have had one table in a room, with maybe 1 lamp, and one big obvious item on it that would make you want to go check it out, these days you can have a photorealistic table, and the fact that there is something on the table that is relevant to the story, is not so obvious because it might be hard to distinuish it from all the other photorealistic clutter. And there is very little in terms of level design that can change that, unless we go back to mostly empty rooms
>>529343181
>Playing Rampage knights multiplayer with my dad and had to keep telling him not to hit the coloured barrels.
Exactly what I'm talking about. There was also this youtuber making his non-gaming GF play games, and if I recall correctly there was stuff like her not realizing she could look around with the mouse. Something that you and I just do instinctively, without even thinking about it. And sometimes, because this now comes as natural to us as breathing, we forget that this is skill we learned, and not an inate, natural knowledge.

>>529332220
Not the guy you're talking to but I actually got stuck on SotC and I was probably like 17 or 18 at the time, more specifically I got to the third colossus and couldn't figure out what to do to beat it and had to look it up.
The idea that you could use the environment to break the colossus's club by baiting him to attack you on the concrete circle in the middle blew my mind, an entire lifetime of gaming up to that point without things of that nature being possible meant I'd never have even considered it and I would have been stuck forever unless I randomly got lucky. Some of us are just stuck in our own way of thinking.

What's the best metroidvania?

>>529354915
>SotC
Sucking on the Cock?

>>529357123
Check out this little hidden gem.

>>529360887
Reddit

>>529361949
You asked for the best. Hollow Knight and derivative slop like that is infinitely more reddit.

>>529362545
That wasn't me.

>>529341309
anon is at the entrance of the dlc

>>529357245
Shadow of the Colossus, look at the post I was quoting, anon.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3545200/Space_Dingus/
>death road to canada 2 by the same devs
>0 (zero) posts
wtf?

Redpill me on Dead Cells.

Just finished Ender Magnolia and it was great
I know it's formulaic but it feels so good for a metroidvania to feel like a metroidvania. The devs know level designs and it just feels incredible when you find new areas.

These guys don't get enough attention.
I like this game.

You know what I hate, anons? minmaxxing
for example, I'm playing 9 kings right now, and fuck, I want to just play it normally and have fun, and I do, but as I do that shit, I feel like I'm not doing enough
like base placement, for example
I don't really follow a guide, I follow my heart
but then I feel like I'm doing it wrong when I enter endless mode

>>529371329
also, I hate how unbalanced some of the unique decrees are (unbalanced as in shit)
the king of spells one that gives your mage 100 ATK but 1 HP is alright when you're just trying to win the game, but if you're doing an endless, it's instaloss against the evolution guy
or the king of blood and his... turn all your guys into imps thing
unique decrees should be BETTER than regular ones
they should have passives that are relevant at any point in the game instead of basiacally just bonuses that work RIGHT NOW, like 'double your enchantments' - which IS pretty good lategame but idk feels bad to pick it

>was interested in finally getting into Risk of Rain
>check out ROR Returns on Steam
>it's 25% off
>check out review consensus
>it's "mixed"
>scroll down to skim through reviews
>first result is pic related.

So should I get the original Risk of Rain or play Risk of Rain 2?

>>529366295

>What genre is it?
It's an action platformer.

>What is a run like?
A run is basically going through levels looking for level up scrolls that provide one of three stat boosts. You're still incentivized to kill enemies because your enemies give you: (1) money for purchasing better equipment from merchants, (2) potential cell blueprints for gear to be added to your seed generation and (3) because you get an improved gear reward at the end of a biome for killing a set number of enemies.
After every 2 biomes, you get a boss. The run ends after a 4th boss (or a fifth on the highest difficulty).
All gear has randomized Diablo-like affixes, though unlike Diablo you have way more control over your affixes. Over the course of the run, you make a build that can melt through bosses and content.

>Endgame goal?
Getting all the hundreds of cell blueprints (they all give you weapons with very diverse ways of playing).
Unlocking all the dozens and dozens of costumes, most of which are hidden behind challenge restrictions (like beating bosses on the hardest difficulty without taking damage).
Leveling up and maxing out a forge that adds permanent buffs to your weapons.
Beating all five "boss cell" difficulty levels (technically, it's six if you count your initial starting difficulty)

>Why is it special?
The sheer amount of difficulty tuning and quality of life.
The difficulty can be as accessible or as insanely hard as you want it to be.
It has a training mode that allows you to practice against any enemy or boss you have already encountered at least once.
You can lock generated seeds to practice on them.
You can roll back your game to earlier balance patches.
And a ton of other amazing things, like the utterly amazing animation work and satisfying gamefeel.

>>529366295
>>529373314

Cont'd....

The game has accumulated a ton of content updates over the years. As a result, you now have a shit ton of options for how you can map your run. Pic related.

Important note: The game advertises itself as a "Souls-lite". Not a Souls-Like, but a Souls-lite. This is a very deliberate choice of words from the developers, because other than some thematic resemblances (dying kingdom, undead hero), the combat plays nothing like a Souls game. Which is good because I hate Souls games but love Dead Cells.
Unlike a Souls game, Dead Cells is all about speed and crowd control. Mastery of the game involves being able to blaze through biomes to find level up scrolls while also carefully kiting, killing and managing the crowds of enemies coming your way, all while not getting hit and being able to make do with whatever weapons and tools the game gives you over the course of a run.
On the highest difficulty, enemies can hound you almost forever because they can teleport to you and sense you if you're in an adjacent room.

>>529373314
>>529373614
Thanks for the long and detailed redpill, senpai. Maybe I'll buy that shit on sale.

>>529373948
The complete collection (base game + all DLC content) is on sale right now. 22 bucks for all of it.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/30317/Dead_Cells_Medley_of_Pain_Bundle/
Or you can just get the base game for 13 bucks.

>>529366295
It's mid.

>>529374965
How important is the DLC?
Base game is a little over $4 in Vietnam

>>529378004
You still get a hefty amount of content just from the base game, but the DLC has so many fun weapons, cool biomes and tough boss fights.
The DLC package is on sale often, so just get the base game and try it out. The base game alone have more than enough content and replayability to keep you satisfied until the next major DLC package sale.

been a while since I played into the breach. What was the island order? You leave desert for last, right? Because of all the environmental shit that can kill vek
what about snow and poison areas

>>529372191
I recall hearing a lot of drama about how the game went to shit back when Gearbox brought out the original dev, and it seem a recent update to the EULA by take-two is the source of the most recent reason for outrage. And from what I'm reading, its pure bullshit that seem outright illegal in many countries.

>>529382036
Should I get the original ROR or ROR2? Or are the ROR games bad and I should avoid them?

>>529382119
Just pirate them, original dev doesn't exist anymore so its just Gearbox and Taketwo, both of whom you shouldn't give money to because they're greedy and shitty companies. In term of gameplay they're fine, never played 1 but the 2nd is an allright roguelike albeit the rng from the roguelike mechanics piss me off, since buffs comes from random item which may not work with your current character when they aren't outright detrimental.

Only annoying thing from pirating it is you can't play multi which is fun, but its entirely doable to play the game alone.

Nowhere Prophet is so fucking hard, jesus.
I'm getting massively filtered on the second difficulty setting

>>529344168
I'm interested in if it is good or not too. For 60€$ it must be damn good.

So many games in my cart and I can't seem to pull the trigger on them, because my next few weekends are all full and this god damn heat discourages me from laying games anyways

>>529398547
Do it faggot.

>>529398547
the longer you wait, the more the cards you would get for your buy lose value. Meaning you're actually losing money right now

Ah, Earth Dancer! Your dance has brought me joy and happiness. In gratitude, allow me to bestow upon you this recipe.

This game looks interesting.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1754460/QUESTER/

Dafuq is this https://store.steampowered.com/app/2120250/War_Tortoise/

>>529414868
CUTE

sure

>Compadres Combatientes but weeb version
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3038710/Ashigaru_Tactics/
Ngl, I'm interested in the idea. Hope the dev gets better art though.

>>529421591
Can't be as bad as Warlord Brittania. I want to like this game, but Unity + bad art...

>>529414868
>>529415194
For some reason im getting advance wars on the gamecube vibes from the trailer.

>>529423804
Battalion Wars? It was oddly good, until the missions got really too hard.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQKeD5kQSI

>>529420636
Am I crazy or is that game on the source engine? I'd recognize that type of loading bar anywhere.

Anyone have a playdate? Looking for recs, interested in games that are high quality and aren't warioware

>>529433920
New album fucking when

Imma give another chance to Incremental Factory, because I like numbers go up.

>>529435208
it is

>>529398547
I also have so many games to play and I keep finding more, reinstalling old games, trying phone games and so on.

Brother, you should put me in front of a firing squad. I have no word for how I failed you.

>>529461035
I have no games to play and am perpetually searching for more.

>>529407957
I got scammed by it. The fights are too basic, if not 100% auto-attack, at least 95%. I don't even remember if there was some proper boss, that's how disappointing it was to me. The exploration and managing the fuel was comfy fun, but then again I'm easily pleased on that front. Having said all that, if you liked Etrian Odyssey, you may like this one I disliked it too

>>529474702
Shame, did you go over the two hour limit?

Call me a normie, but The Talos Principle 2 did "philosophy quotes" thing much, much better than The Witness. In The Witness, it's just meaningless babble. In Talos Principle 2, it's actually an interesting debate that's plot-relevant.

>>529480512
Well, yes? I don't think anyone seriously argues against Talos Principle 2 doing philosophizing better than The Witness.
Even if you didn't like TS you have to admit that it's hard to do worse than googling deep quotes and making voice actors read the search results.
Only actual retards think that The Witness is deep.

>>529270737
Game?

>>529480512
>>529486389
Jonathan Blow is an insufferable midwit. Everyone knows this already.

>>529488231
"Scav".
I think.

>>529461035
>I keep finding more, reinstalling old games
This and also playing "unfinishable" games, like city builders or management games or what have you. Which don't really have a win condition.
Last weekend I was really hyped to get something new from my wishlist or backlog and then a buddy recommended me a play a game I haven't heard of before. And it's a great time but man was I also looking forward to clean out my backlog

Game uh... sale... Good? Any good?

>>529506508
No.

>>529475250
I did beat it. Realistically it's hard to properly judge a turn-based game within 2 hours. I just endured through to validate the money spent. Both games are on GOG by the way, so you can easily pirate if you want to give it a try without a time limit. The sequel apparently improves on some of the flaws of the 1st game, but from what I've read it didn't seem like enough.

>>529480512
>>529488931
I remember thinking the Witness dev was just shitposting with the philosophical quotes for some of the few first ones, before realizing he actually thought that was smart and insightful. Several months later I learned about the lore of Mr. Jonathan Blow through /v/ and it all made sense.

>>529507940
qrd?

>>529506508
Gonna copypaste my list from spiderfag's general:
>Call to Arms: Gates of Hell. Anno 1800, Medieval Legacy, Space Architec, Thriving City: Song, Star Traders Frontier, Pax Augusta, Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder, High Seas High Profits, Iron Village, Settlements Risings, Chaos Galaxy, Exogate Initiative, Memoria Polis, The Lost Village.

Is there a thread for FPS games?

>>529508546
There was /&tg/ for tactical shooters but it died

>>529488231
Gunsaw, though it's not being updated anymore, Dev's working on Scav Prototype/Casualties Unknown now.

>>529499931
This is gunsaw
Scav Prototype is a bit of a different breed

>>529517025
hello scavgamer

>we must devolve into gachaposters

>>529517828
>shizobabble
What

>>529517041
Oh shit, sorry!

>>529506508
Wooden Ocean and Of the Devil

Couldn't sleep.
Must mech more.

>>529372191
I have 1500hrs in ror2 and I think you should just get 2. Ror1/returns are fine if you love side scrollers but 2 is a different beast. It's the best. I could write an essay about it.
What you want to do is just buy either the base game, or base + survivors. I actively do not recommend getting the full bundle with seekers for a new player. Seekers adds a fuck ton of new shit that will feel impenetrable and overwhelming for someone who hasn't exhausted the base game. Survivors adds very little in comparison but some of the new items make the game much easier and more fun. But if money is a thing then the base game is still good too it's just more challenging.

>>529373314
>>529373614
Dunno if you're still in the thread but this game is dope, bro. Played for like 3-4 hours last night and was hooked. I want to check out the Castlevania DLC.

>playing Noita
>Nightmare Mode
>two portals down
>found a ton of Add Mana and a wand with Always Cast Chaotic Transmutation
>game crashes so hard the computer bluescreens
h-haha
that's noita I guess...

>>529517828
never

Anyone here play Signal Simulator?
How does it stack up to Voices of the Void?

>>529538648
VotV has a lot more going for it, Signal Simulator starts and ends at getting signals, some weird shit happens but otherwise it's pretty straight forward.

>>529538648
Haven't played it yet, but I assume it's less memey than votv

Eh, gottem

What's the universal /indie/ hivemind opinion of Blasphemous?

>>529552592
game fun

>>529552592
I like it so it's a good game

>>529508546
This is indie and misc so FPS's fall under both of those

There's a lot to choose from even in this space, EYE Divine Cybermancy is a good one, I just bought Ravenfield a few posts up but I've yet to play it
Ask around and see what you find

>>529508546
There was one IIRC, but I think it died to the gacha horde.

Finally tried Palworld. Surprisingly fun, but damn, I NEED MORE SLAVES

>>529558591
/vm/ has a Palworld general and even their own server for the thread

Also, if you like the tame - craft - battle loop of Palworld, you might like ARK too, just know you gotta do a bit of tweaking to ARK's settings to make it work for single player.

>>529524968
Glad you enjoyed it.
Feel free to ask me anything, and I'll answer to the best of my abilities.
Since you just started, your goal should be to unlock all permanent runes first so that you can get the abilities (like slamming on the ground so that you can break cracked floors or climbing vines) that actually allow you to access any biome you want.
You should also focus on getting flask upgrades and other beneficial permanent upgrades you can get at the Collector in exchange for your cells. See: https://deadcells.wiki.gg/wiki/Runes_and_upgrades
Finally, in terms of permanent upgrades, you should also focus on maxing out your blacksmith's forge. Pic related. Doing so will help immensely in your runs, as they will guarantee that your gear will be always be the best possible quality.

Don't worry too much about pushing through with higher boss cells right now.
You need to make sure you have good gameplay fundamentals, like understanding how to dodge enemies, how to crowd control, how to use each weapon (you don't have to master each weapon, you just have to make sure you understand how to use them so that you don't get fucked up in a run if you get a weapon you are unfamiliar with how to use).
Also take the time to really learn what every enemy is capable of doing. Don't be one of those scrubby retards who always run past specific tougher enemies because they can't be bothered to learn how to fight them. You have a training room you can unlock. If there is a tough enemy, take the time to lab out that enemy and learn everything it can do.

>>529559084
I tried it. Despite being years older, it runs even worse than Palworld, and I'm not sure how feeding works. I'd rather play Conan Exiles than ARK.

Been playing Into the Breach, bros. Is spending 1 hour per island normal, or too slow? Am I just dumb? If it is slow, how do I speed up?
I just think a lot to minmax - end up getting grid damage, anyway

>>529560793
It's fine, it just shows you don't rush and actually bother to think your options through. The more you think the better you get, your brain is a muscle like any other and it gets stronger through exercize the same way.

>>529552592
good game
play in spanish

>>52956804
>>529552592
>play in spanish
This. There's a lot of names that really shine in Spanish.

I'm playing Sengoku Dynasty and trying to not die. You too try not to die Anon.

What the royal fuck. I have like 500Gbs of data from old games.
I really haven't cleaned up my Steam folder since 2015.

>>529560024
Nta but dont play ark, its super grindy

>>529560793
Into the breach can be surprisingly complex at time, especially if you always try to complete every objectives because depending on the map layout and type of enemies its easy to get screwed over.

Better safe than sorry

>developer adds himself to the game

>>529578419
Wasn't this an /agdg/ game?

>>529578647
Yes

>>529577306
how the FUCK do farms work in
that game

>>529578647
it's trainwiz's game

>>529579912
>how the FUCK do farms work in
With poop. Industrial quantities of poop.
Also now I want to play Palworld, but it doesn't have much content, and the new one is meh. So gonna play more Riftbreaker while the latest version of pirated Sengoku Dynasty installs.

>>529580739
I meant, the roof. I'm sorry, I had a beer. I am tipsy.
Go try Chinese Frontiers it's getting a patch that'll hopefully be good.

>>529577306
>its super grindy
The grind entirely depends on the settings. Enabling small tribes and difficulty level to 5 (meaning: levels come in increments of 5) is a good start.

Beyond that, I removed the need to breed for mutations in mine by setting wild dino levels higher using a mod, saving time for boss prep. Adjusted harvesting rates to still have a little grind but not make it a slog, XP rates were boosted and stat gains per player level were boosted too. I also modified stack sizes so wood and stone etc holds 200.

The .ini's in the game are powerful tools once you read up on what adjusts what, I haven't played ARK in a hot minute but I'd be willing to give some more pointers if you wanna give it another shot.

I need more space games :(

>>529580839
>I meant, the roof. I'm sorry, I had a beer. I am tipsy.
Ah you mean on Palworld? Then you need a pokemon that has the water gun ability.

>Go try Chinese Frontiers it's getting a patch that'll hopefully be good.
It has mixed review right now, and I read some that quests are buggy. Did you find any bugs in your play time?

>>529581286
No, how to put on the rofo o the the roof in plworld
i can put roof on ground but not on roof or on wall

>>529581286
yeah i has ahd gobug but sh ahd it th eit runs like shit so i put it on wait while i plow woman in sengoku dynasty
shae i can't have a twink in seogoku and plow astolfo's ass

>>529581461
>>529581703
You are drunk spiderfag. Go to sleep.

>>529581802
No, I'm fine
I'm okay
I'm trying to understand how roof worked in palworld
I can make a house in dragonwilds, it's 2xwhatever or 4xWhatever, just have even numbers of walls so that roff tiles can cross

but palworld no let you pur roof on wall, only on side of triangle ramp thinkg

At long last, I have finally acquired
The Hat

9 kings new update dropped
what do you think? I think it's straight up worse than it was
you could have several of the same skill before, now... idk, maybe you still get that shit?
doesn't seem the case for now, no duplicates

>>529584291
oh yeah, and now you can't even fucking start your runs with you know, expanded tiles - you'll have to randomly earn that shit - PAINFUL
also, I loved getting two pagodas as blood king - now it's gone, just random fucking perks

>>529581018
Mods help too, there's enough mods to improve vanilla without taking away from the base game, Super Structures or one of it's offshoots and a Super Spyglass help a ton.

Napalm the furries

Anyone here tried ATLYSS? It's half off, has great reviews, but also looks like a furry coomer game.

>>529597114
its an actual game and the gameplay is fun at its core, the coomer parts are just a bonus if you like fatties or furtrash.

>>529597114
> furry coomer game
its not, it just has boobs and butt sliders, thats it.
the furries make it a coomer game.

but also the game is just boring. maybe once its finished it'll be worth playing more.

>>529597540
>>529597589
On a scale from Zelda to Morrowind, is the gameplay focused more on the action or RPG aspects?

>>529597825
its a barebones single player mmo
.hack with less content.

>>529597825
little bit of both.
stats are important, but so is your actual skill. if you play like shit not even the best gear will help you.

>>529304548
the only barrier to selling your game is an initial $100 fee.

when is siege
maybe ill play. i'm burned out on my vanilla guild and don't have any other raiding going on in my life.

>>529321181
Why the fuck does the sun look like it gets bigger every time I look away

I'm playing Soulstone Survivors and I feel like I'm more busy unlocking shit than actually getting to do runs.

>>529597114
The gameplay is actually fun, only wish I could play with someone else as the multi seem fun due to synergies between the classes. Brought it on a whim, imo worth it, butt, boobs and hips slider are a thing but whatever, a little fanservice never killed anybody.

>>529558591
>>529559084
Man, I tried Palworld, and it fucking sucked. It's boring as all hell, catching mons gets hella annoying, specially since the "can't kill mons" ring doesn't apply to all forms of damage, so I hope you don't deal poison or fire damage! I believe it also doesn't count for the mons you have out, so that fucks the entire concept because you have to unequip the fuckers and not bring them with you, aaaaaah.
The whole thing is also unbalanced as all shit. Everyone on the internet tells you "crank up the multiplier options!!" and boy, they weren't kidding. I've played Idle games with less pointless waiting around. Why design your game like this? What is the point in making shit arbitrarily slow? Just fucking balance the game in a way that people don't NEED to crank up the multipliers. Why do you need to catch FUCKING TWELVE of every god damn monster??? What's the god forsaken fucking point of that??? Even Pokemon only made you catch 1 of every mon. There's 187 mons in there now, that's 2244 captures. Talk about fucking stretching your content out.
Honestly, everything in this fucking game is like a 4/10 execution of a pretty cool Idea.

Anons, I've never played Medieval / Sengoku Dynasty, which game would you recommend more to a newfag and why? Or which game is just straight up better? Sengoku is cheaper at least, without any DLC but then again, you know, no DLC to play.

>>529604451
The fuck is a "limited game" in this context. Early access?

>>529010134
Duskers is a good game, but it's a smaller scale one, and a little niche. The claim to fame is you mostly interact with the world from a remote place, basically using command line commands on an aliens aesthetic tech.
It's a fun gimmick, but it's not the hours and hours that something like subnautica is -- more of a one and done for a few hours kind of thing. Its a nice way to blow a weekend.

>>529559429
Yeah I've got the vines and I have upgraded my health flask to two chugs and I got the random starting melee weapon. I'm still often dying embarrassingly early but it's all part of the fun.

>>529584291
well bros? why does it feel like I'm the only one playing this damn game

How do boars work in 9 kings? Do your units mount them if they're on adjacent plots, or adjacent in battle? I think if they were mountable in battle, they'd just say near them, so adjacent likely refers to the plots
That makes their placement so fucky. Because they need HP, and I always place my HP+ forest things in a + pattern so that four units gain from it at the same time

>>529634684
What the fuck is nine kings.

>>529634684
you can't expect everyone to know your game in a general which, quite possibly, encompasses the most games out of all of them

>>529635691
Wrong. That's be the Mario general.

>>529634749
>>529635691
Not that guy, but I figured most here would know 9 kings since seemingly ever indietuber's been playing the demo and now release to death.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2784470/9_Kings/