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glau

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  • Games that my non-gamer girlfriend can watch me playing?

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  • I'd say you can try the Witcher 3. It's story rich so could be interesting to just watch too. Lots of violence though, but most of it is quite cartoonish imho so maybe it's still okay.

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  • I think Diablo 1 is much more punishing than Diablo 2. I don't think you can get away with not chugging potions. The sorceror is even worse than the warrior because he's completely dependent on mana. So until you get the mana shield spell you'll need to have both mana and healing potions ready on him.

    The best you can do is try to get as high resistance and armour values as you can so you don't take as much damage when you get hit.

    For example, if you find a high lightning res ring that you don't have much use for now you might want to keep it and put it on when on a later level has enemies dealing lightning damage. Stuff like that.

  • What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

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  • For ARPGs if you feel burnt by Diablo IV, I can recommend Path of Exile. Arguably the king of the genre today.

    Others mentioned Grim Dawn, which has a bit slower gameplay, but a good choice nonetheless.

    If you're looking for indie ARPG, then there's Chronicon. Nice little game that I really want to go back to again.

  • What are your favorite single player games to go back to?

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  • Morrowind and FTL. Both I revisit every couple of years.

    I suspect Stardew Valley might become something like that too, but I only had one cycle of stopping and coming back with it so far.

  • Are you holding off on any game in particular right now?

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  • Are you holding off on any game in particular right now?

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  • For me there are a couple.

    Hades (2020) - I'm not in any hurry with this one. I'd get it if GOG starts to sell it, otherwise I'll wait a bit more.

    Outer Wilds (2020) - I'm getting impatient with this. I'd like this more on GOG too, but I think I'll just buy it when Steam winter sale comes.

    The Guild III (2022) - quirky trade/life sim game and I have some fond memories of the second one. But that had quite a few bugs even long after release and I hear the third game still looks unfinished so I'm patient.

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
    glau @lemmy.world

    Are you holding off on any game in particular right now?

  • What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations?

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  • Exactly true with it not being a primary hobby for most people who game.

    When I was a kid gaming wasn't as widely considered as an acceptable hobby in general, but as a kid you just didn't care what grown ups thought (games make people violent anybody?). By the time I hit university, people got shamed for it by non-gamer peers and I did a computer science degree too so it wasn't a group of non-tech people who did the shaming either. By my early twenties I learned not to talk about it and just mention gaming as a hobby if asked and never elaborate further...

  • Sites for game discovery?

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  • I'm afraid I'm a victim of algorithms because I pretty much only look at stuff from GOG and Steam front pages or games that are recommended as 'similar' over there. And of course youtube.

    As a side note. I should even stop checking those because I just keep playing the same games nowadays instead of chipping away at my backlog.

  • Have you ever met someone who is able to deeply engage in conversation in a wholesome and detailed way?

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  • Good for you if that's your experience, but I cannot say the same. The difference I found is with the way those people ignore arguments and insult you.

    I can talk to a person from a technical field and come out of that conversation feeling like shit because I was called all kinds of stupid indirectly.

  • Fortnightly Recommendations Thread: What is worth a try?

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  • I had this too. I decided that I'll get the max rating from Grampa and the everything will calm down, but after reaching that point in game I was sort of burnt out and stopped playing.

    Also I never could get into the island part of the game. I felt like I abandoned what I worked for all that time!

  • Fortnightly Recommendations Thread: What is worth a try?

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  • Papers, Please just turned ten recently. It's a simple concept (just check the papers!) getting progressively more difficult as you get further. The bleak setting with the colours and music gives that very "nice" 50's soviet vibes. Definitely recommended.

  • What is your all time favourite movie?

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  • "Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day..." Definitely a good watch.

  • What is your all time favourite movie?

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  • And that's the way it should be.

  • What is your all time favourite movie?

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  • I'm actually tempted to say Snatch too. City of God (Cidade de Deus 2002) is up there with it. Some time ago I probably would've said Donnie Darko, but I've grown out of it over the years.

  • Q: What are the five (5) video games from the 20th Century that you want to be able to play again today? And why?

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  • I guess I should mention 4 more. Most of these are playable in some form or other too, but still.

  • PC Game Recommendation for a Broken Arm?

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  • I second XCOM, if we are talking about the original two, Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep. I heard good things about the more recent ones, but I never played those.

  • PC Game Recommendation for a Broken Arm?

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  • Might I recommend the timeless classic Heroes of Might and Magic III? Most of the campaigns are not too difficult after you get the hang of things, if I remember correctly. And you can get a hundred hours out of it even if you only play the official campaigns.

  • Q: What are the five (5) video games from the 20th Century that you want to be able to play again today? And why?

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  • Quake III Arena. It came out in the 20th century, which sounds crazy to me. It was about 10 years ago I last played it or its remakes.

    I got into Q3 a few years late, but there was still a fairly healthy local community for it back then. Quake 4 came out and then Quake Live, which I played for a while, but the local community was missing by then.

    Sure I could still play it, but I'm guessing there aren't even enough people to fill a 5v5 capture the flag match anymore, Q3 or QL... a shame. But at least I have good memories of it.

  • The ECB plans to redesign the EURO banknotes. It carries out a survey till end of August 2023 for EU citizens to express their opinions.

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  • I don't even remember when was the last time I used banknotes. Not since COVID. I probably wouldn't be able to recognize the banknotes anyway so go right ahead, I guess.

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
    glau @lemmy.world

    What was the game you were the most patient for?