this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I really like the new art styles on the titles, it's not Steam right?

Mini Metro is my daily brainteaser. Subnautica is truly original wonderful exploration game. Portal goes without saying. Prey was fantastic, such a broad scope... survival horror, puzzle, exploration (many rave about Dishonored by the same team, but that never grabbed me).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Believe it or not steam allows you to provide your own box art for games

So naturally, there's a site where people share custom artwork https://www.steamgriddb.com/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Well, now I've seen it I all!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That looks to be Steam, going by the bottom right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thank you! I spent way too much time trying to get cool looking art work. The other person is correct, I used steamgriddb for them.

Mini metro is fun, starts out casual and always ends frantic.
I've been playing Subnautica on and off for years. Still haven't beat it. I love just swimming around and getting caught up in whatever I decide to try and build.
Prey, Dishonored, BioShock, System Shock, DeusEx etc are all great games in thier genre

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't see how you can possibly play Stellaris outside of turbo speed setting.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I literally only play on slow, and I can barely keep up with my notifications. How do you people live?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

And it's seemingly random which notifications pause the game

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

It wouldn't be a Paradox game without an event popping up at the absolute wrong time with no way to know if it will pause the game. It's just part of the RN... ahem fun of the game. :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't understand the planet growth mechanics in Stellaris. So the game speed is never an issue for me. I always just get confused eventually and stop playing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

What about it don't you understand? Maybe I can help explain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In my last game, the Ilhome cluster event with those fanatic purifiers happened, and I was playing some militarist, communist space cacti. I had refugees welcome as the fanatical purifiers captured a quarter of the galaxy. Then I declared war on them and quickly overwhelmed them, since they had overextended. During the 10 years of peace after the war, I was constantly busy ordering new districts and buildings build, so much that I regularly ran out of minerals, despite buying 1000 minerals each month.

So basically, late game there's too much paperwork for the turbo setting.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Frostpunk! That game is sooo good. One of my top games. Took me a sec to get into the first time I played it and then didn't touch it for a long time. I went back and played it again and got sucked into it. I have hundreds of hours in it now. Love it so much I even got the boardgame.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Check out thier other game, "This war of mine" if you haven't already. It's a 2D survival game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Project Wingman really surprised me. I thought it'd be a sad knockoff, but I think I actually prefer it over the original now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Agreed. It's an excellent example of what indie devs can do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn’t AM2R one that being patient actively hindered access to?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Other people took it up and have been updating it since it was released. It has a launcher now, and is super simple to find online.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh that’s good. I kept my copy from like the week between release and takedown partly out of preservation sake, but I’m glad it’s more accessible. I remember slipping a copy to friends when it was unavailable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah just search for 'AM2R launcher' and you'll be playing in no time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Pretty damn patient if you're just playing Ocarina of Time and FF VII now haha

Actually, that's the original Perfect Dark isn't it...

And certainly have to praise some of those lesser known gems like Rain World, Mini Metro, and Starbound

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh I've got every NES and SNES games. And 20-30 games each for GBA, Genesis, GameCube, Wii, PSX, PS2, PSP, Switch. That Zelda and FF7 are "enhanced" versions of the originals with better graphics, widescreen support, QoL patches, etc.

I love rain world. Absolutely one of the best games ever, imo (but the chimney canapes can eat my shit)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Rain World is one of the coolest games I never want to play again~

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Looks a lot like my list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you play all those games or are you planning to?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing The Long Dark.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Best game evar if you like survival games and walking simulators. :P