• WonderRin@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        11 days ago

        “Damn, Conversations suck since the latest update, they changed the entire gameplay”, except they were just playing it wrong the entire time and the update just patched a bug.

      • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        RimWorld is great, but it’s a shadow of what Dwarf Fortress offers. DF is the gold standard for depth and mechanics.

          • MrFinnbean@lemmy.world
            3·
            11 days ago

            I always default to answering with this when somebody asks questions like that.

            Darwen childcare:

            It’s like regular childcare, except with more dogs, and less care. The idea is simple, but will take some finesse to perform.

            1. Construct a box. It should be 3x3, leaving a 1 tile center free. The walls should be wall grates and the corners should be actual wall. Alternatively, perhaps ideally, the center tile could be a floor grate (not a hatch). The roof should be either a floor grate or a hatch.
            2. Place a child into the box. Creative abuse of levers, wall deconstructions, and hatches can be used.
            3. Place 12 years worth of ☼Dwarven Syrup Roast☼ and assorted booze into the box, by “dumping” it onto the roof and then opening the roof via lever, causing the items to fall down. For this reason, the floor would need to be solid to accommodate a food stockpile.
            4. Place a female dog in the box.
            5. Wait 12 years to unleash disaster.

            The premise is fairly simple. Animals enclosed in a tight space will lash out randomly, often attacking a dwarf in the same tile. This extends over time to create a biological danger room, where the dwarven children are subjected to 12 years of consistent dog biting, scratching, and watching the dogs kill each other, quickly leveling up the child to legendary dodger, perhaps wrestler/kicker/biter/etc if the dwarf manages to counterattack. Not sure if a dwarf will counterattack an animal. The child will eat the food from the floor that he’s been staring at for the past 12 years, and will ideally be comforted by some lovely mist falling right beside him. Once the years have passed, and the child grows into a scarred, hardened, tough-as-steel dwarf (don’t forget agility, endurance, etc) who doesn’t care about anything. Or, keep the lid closed, and throw in a weapon and shield, and replace the dogs with goblins.

            The only issue is trying to get the child to survive without going berzerk. But then again, that might just turn into training for the other caged children, right?

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      KSP Realism Overhaul players:

      …Amateurs!

      lol I kid, I kid.

      Lets also not forget the various autism powered map painting simulator games.

    • 50MYT@lemmy.world
      1·
      12 days ago

      This one is missing “captain of industry”

      Anyone who ticks the factorio/satisfactory/Dyson box should check it out. Free demo.

      Don’t blame me if you time skip a few days after.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    14·
    12 days ago

    “Oh yeah, I’m a big gamer. I play FIFA and COD. And next year I’ll play next year’s FIFA and COD.”

    • FatVegan@leminal.space
      6·
      12 days ago

      That’s literally my barber. Every time i sit there he asks: you play video games, right. And i’m like :yeah. Then he asks what i’m playing, and i just name the games i play right now. Just four or five games. Over the span of almost 10 years now, he hasn’t heard of any game I’ve played. When i ask him back, the answer is always either fifa or cod or both.

      • FatVegan@leminal.space
        2·
        11 days ago

        The thing that i don’t get is that they always seem to hate the games the most, but are always excited to get the new one.

  • BlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    11 days ago

    I enjoy trying a lot of new games, but I do tend to gravitate to rpg and exploration, or tbs. And yea a couple favs from childhood make constant reappearances

    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      I’m really hoping the new expansion for d4 is to d4 as reaper of souls was to d3. But I have a sneaking suspicion that Blizzard is actually done.

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          8 days ago

          Yes d4=Diablo 4

          Diablo 3, post its expansion, specifically, was actually really good. Probably peak Diablo. And they still do regular updates and additions. It’s actually an extremely polished and fleshed out and fun game right now.

          D2 resurrected is fun too, but it’s EXTREMELY punishing in comparison. I loved Diablo 2 and still so, but also really love Diablo 3.

          A lot of people do NOT love d3, and sort of for good reason. They played it at launch and not after the expansion. It was an incredibly fucked up, mid even at it’s best, at launch. It was a hot mess, with constant server issues, no progression, very little content, the item generation was actually terrible, and they were pushing an in game player to player auction house. The items you’d get dropped were just… Actually all shit.

          And it wasn’t until after the expansion that they basically gutted the loot and the loot tables and redid the entire game. It was blindingly new after that, not even comparable. And if i remember correctly, they did that again at least once, making it even better each time, constantly adding in new major features, etc. And each season, they add in a bunch of new sets and builds and legendary powers and do the power creep thing that is so addicting and fun.

          I haven’t played d3 in at something like 8 years, but I’d confidently bet that it’s even better than ever.

          Uh, on the other side of this, is Diablo 4. A hot mess of blandness. The game is, in every thinkable way, brown. Brown being the color of nothing.

          The world is brown. Reddish brown, greyish brown, VERY red brown, etc. The fx aren’t really that colorful. The story is brown and boring. Even the gameplay is brown.

          I have no idea how they fucked up THAT bad. How do you go from D3 with it’s colors and demons and scaling and unique builds and depth of features, to … Whatever happened in D4?

          Sure, D3 was kinda cartoony. It could have looked better, yeah. But it was fine enough. D4 looks like somebody smashed their face into a slab of clay a hundred times, and dropped it on the wet ground outside to pick up some dirt.

          I played through the campaign and don’t remember literally anything about it other than the end had a red tree and something about souls on it.

          They released an expansion for it, but it doesn’t sound like it’s made any real change. So, I’m hoping they can realize how much they fucked up and the coming soon expansion they can pull their heads from their rectums and fix the game like Reaper of Souls (d3’s expansion) did for D3.

          Rant over. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

  • goodboyjojo@lemmy.world
    6·
    11 days ago

    i know it can be hard sometimes to have a deep conversation about videos games. but in defense of these people gaming is very vast and the freedom of choice and variety of stuff to play can be to much for some. i thinks thats why many people don’t explore what gaming all got to offer.

    • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      Absolutely. If you’re able to get that many hours into a game, it probably makes it an autistic game.

      Though as I typed that, I realised my mom has an ungodly number of hours in Candy Crush, and she definitely doesn’t play that in an autistic manner (she’s just depressed and doesn’t have any friends)

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
        2·
        11 days ago

        (she’s just depressed and doesn’t have any friends)

        Fucking relatable. I got 3 friends, barely see any of them because of adult life :/

      • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        First off I have both of the addon packs with all the robotics parts. I didn’t buy them. They just appeared in my downloads one day on the KSP site. I’m pretty sure I was one of the first people to buy it. I know I bought it early on the first day it went on sale. I have KSP 2 and its fun but the original is the one I really like.

        I’ve built some really crazy shit. Did ultra low orbits on moons in just a suit. Parked multiple asteroids at KSC. I like it and when it gets boring these days I just don’t play for several months. I’m currently going for a base on every possible orbital body. I also have this mid sized rover made up of five by five x200-32 tanks welded together with large rover wheels and those are really fun jumping around on the mun. I added the realistic atmosphere pack to make flying kerbin more visually appealing with the realistic sky. I haven’t found a single game in the last ten years that I can stand for more than a few months. They seem to be all play to win these days and like many others they have lost me as a customers

      • Tonava@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        11 days ago

        Ah, shit, I thought I was safe for it being a main stream game, but I guess not. The Sims 2 for me

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
      1·
      12 days ago

      I never use RCS to dock in orbit. I can do it with reaction wheels and main engine alone. I don’t even bother to put RCS on my ships.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
    5·
    11 days ago

    Yes the same with sport. There’s too many damn sports there should only be one sport at a time.

    All sports players should be required to play in all sports. I want to see baseball players doing ice hockey, but that would probably lead to a blood bath. So we’ll do that one at the end.

  • Delphia@lemmy.world
    4·
    12 days ago

    Yeah I’m a sim racer, and I suck.

    Today I’m playing GT7, tomorrow I’m probably play some GT7 and if I’m getting really frisky next week I might play some GT7.

    Gotta git gud.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      0·
      12 days ago

      VR or non?

      GT7 is one of the games where the immersion is both great (you’re just in a car that is moving, so it’s normal to just sit in one place while doing this) but also dissapointing (would be awesome to feel those Gs).

      • Delphia@lemmy.world
        2·
        12 days ago

        Non.

        I have that lovely ADHD trait of getting excited about a new hobby, spending too much money on gear and then getting bored. So when I decided to give sim racing a go I started with a cheap second hand wheel, pedals and seat from marketplace, my old ps4, GT7 and the TV i already have in the spare room. I promised my wife “No significant spending on this until my birthday or fathers day”.

        • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          11 days ago

          If you have a semi-decent PC keep an eye out for Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition on sale. Then get Content Manager and Custom Shaders Patch. Then start exploring mods. It’ll change your life.

          • Delphia@lemmy.world
            2·
            11 days ago

            I do and I know the whole PC world is there but I decided “I need to finish gt7” as an exercise in skill development.

            • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
              1·
              11 days ago

              Fair enough. I’m not sure how transferable your Gran Turismo skills will be over to other sims, but if you’re having fun that’s the main thing.

              I started my simracing journey with a Logitech Momo wheel and the original rFactor around 2006/7, and then a lot of GTR Evolution after years of playing NFS and the original Dirt (Dirt is the one that had me craving more realism and prompted getting rFactor). I did get a PS3 and GT5 and GT6 when it came out in 2013, but didn’t find the gameplay compelling - it seemed to be mostly ‘pass a bunch of grandma drivers from the back of the field in 3 laps to progress’, which isn’t what I call racing and got old fast.

              After progressing through a couple of G27s and a G29, I finally plumped for a direct drive wheel la couple of years ago (Moza R5) and have recently added a Moza shifter and handbrake. I’ve also got a car seat from the wreckers, and built myself a table around 2011 that I still use. I picked up a Quest 2 in 2022 because VR simracing is amazing. So I’ve spent maybe 3 or 4 thousand dollars on my simracing setup, but spread out over 20 or so years, that’s not too bad.

              My current rig

              • Delphia@lemmy.world
                1·
                11 days ago

                I got a seat, Thrustmaster t300rs wheel and pedals for $400 aud, then someone was selling the same wheel but with the upgraded pedals and the addon shifter for $300 so I bought it because the load cell brake is so much better. Ive put the other wheel and pedals away because my daughter is 6 and keeps wanting a turn so when I jump to ps5 Ill build her a little rig with the ps4

                I settled on GT7 for 2 reasons. I already had a PS4 and bought GT7 years ago but playing it on controler just wasnt fun so there was no financial outlay outside of the setup and it was also the game that some people I watch on YT did some videos with. I do agree that the non online racing isnt exactly inspired.

                Im also working on a rig that I can pack down to small enough to slot into a gap next to the couch when Im not using it but without a huge pile of ball ache to set up.

                Still very much in prototype stage but loosten off the wheel, loosten off the stand and concertina the whole thing down to about a 50cm x50cm footprint.

                • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
                  1·
                  11 days ago

                  That’s brilliant!

                  I switched to a loadcell brake last year as well (Moza SR-P), and 100% agree about the improvement, but what surprised me the most with that pedal set was how much of a difference the extra resolution in the throttle pedal made after using the G25/7/9 pedals for years.

                  And yeah, playing any racing game on controller just feels so disconnected compared to a wheel. Even mouse steering is better than that. (Ah, the fun I had on Midtown Madness)

  • DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip
    4·
    12 days ago

    I feel like the rise of live service games and rogue-likes that are based around incremental progression definitely shifted the status quo to everyone having like 1 game, maybe 2, where they spend most of their time. Every game seems to demand you commit more and more time.

    The only exception I can think of is Paradox Grand Strategy type games (which is my secondary “main” game)

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 days ago

      Every game seems to demand you commit more and more time.

      Yeah, I have really gotten turned off by any game with “Daily Quests” in it. My compulsive need to collect ever zig makes me feel like an addict trying squeeze 30 minutes a day in for a full week.

      It’s like I’m waterboarding myself. When I come up for air, I hate the game and myself for playing it

      • October1@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 days ago

        This is me when I buy a pubg pass. It essentially means I have to play daily when I’d rather just play every could of days

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      12 days ago

      Its so crazy to me. They’ll play only the newest game and nothing else. I regularly play n64, genesis, ps1 ps2, xbox, dreamcast, game arcade, pc games from 99 to now… like these people have no idea about gaming history. Theyre missing out.

      But I’ve never cared much for new games. When it became about fifa being able to see a nostril hair, gaming was dead to me (outside of the few good new ones and indie games). That and these games that are purely server driven and will be shut down within 2 years of their release. Trash.

    • Sektor@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 days ago

      It’s by design. They want to lock you in, with the progression tailored specially for you. It’s not that you want to play that way, you are directed.

    • -☆-@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      It’s funny because Victoria 3 is basically all I play now

      But I also consider it a secondary game, since I just put it on to relax so I might as well be meditating or something. Those games are so oddly peaceful.

    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
      0·
      12 days ago

      i have four newphews. they only play minecraft, robolox, and fortnite. they very rarely try other games but have 1000s of hours in those.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
        3·
        11 days ago

        The power of social pressure.

        Roblox being free was its main attraction back when it was new. It was super easy for a kid to get their school friends to join in and play, so growth was very organic. Having the variety of player made games experiences ensured they wouldn’t feel the need to leave to play something different.

      • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
        1·
        12 days ago

        Roblox is like a YouTube-style gaming platform with its own game engine. There are some really cool projects on there if you know what to look for!

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          11 days ago

          Me: in a pile of sixteen different LEGO sets, mixing and matching to create an unholy abomination

          My Dad: “It’s all he does all day, doesn’t want to try anything new.”

        • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
          1·
          12 days ago

          i played it for like a few months in 2009 and never touched it again. it was a novelty but the novelty wore off really fast and i was bored once i got diamonds.

          never understood why people like it so much.

          but my nephews all think my rpg/strategy games are ‘boring and weird’.

          I feel like the rise of live service games and rogue-likes that are based around incremental progression definitely shifted the status quo to everyone having like 1 game, maybe 2, where they spend most of their time. Every game seems to demand you commit more and more time.

          • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            12 days ago

            Oh boy. You have not seen what its become. There’s literally chemistry involved now. It can be as complex or simple as you make it!

            And im old, but I still enjoy it. Its more fun with a friend’s server. I dont enjoy the grind, but I like to play to level up and build some bases and try to kill the hard mobs. Eventually it becomes a grind and we drop it for a year and then come back and start it up again.

            There’s farming, mining, building, enchanting, fjghtng…it really has it all. Circuits too if youre into that, im not. I enjoy exploring all the cool caves and adventuring out to the far lands via boat. Hoping we dont die and lose all our diamond armor etc. The risk is what makes it fun then

  • IngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    51·
    12 days ago

    I’m the worst type of gamer.

    I think gaming is bad and think gamers have bad opinions.

    My perfect game is Civilizaris Skypico 4X for the PS1.

    Mostly.

    If it’s not a magnificent 4x experience that makes me forget to blink for hours at a time, I want punishingly difficult quarter muncher style arcadey titles.

    I have too much time in the Vlambeer games, and have way too much time in splatformers.

    Jrpgs are OK too, but I only like them on handheld. I’m working through the PSX release of FF7 on my RGxx35sp right now and having a blast with it.

    My tiny claim to fame is that I once beat After Burner Climax at Gameworks in Newport, Kentucky circa 2011