• embit@feddit.orgEnglish
    21·
    6 days ago

    Shoutout to Caves of Qud, because it wasn’t mentioned yet. I’ve been looking for a game that comes close to ZAngband which I played in the 90s. COQ has a tileset, so it’s not ASCII and I didn’t like the looks at first but it’s fun when you see how deep it is. Complex character creation, quests, factions, ‘bosses’… I think the world map is not randomly generated, the rest is afaik (ruins, multi-levelled lairs, most villages…).

  • germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    281·
    7 days ago

    You think games have to be fun?

    You will play pathologic and fear and hunger until the situation improves

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      12·
      6 days ago

      …and then there’s the second Fear and Hunger, where my first run ended with the Woodsman because I chopped off the arm holding the giant axe instead of killing his dick, and then the dick detached and went all Alien face hugger and stunned me while he beat me up with his remaining arm.

      Of course I like explaining Pathologic to people as “the game that looks at a glance like it’s an FPS adjacent RPG but in which when you first get a gun you will probably immediately sell it to buy some bread”. Fucking plague caused by an infected wound in a very unusual location.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Ice Pick are amazing. I’m a huge fan of The Void, where you are a soul in purgatory trying to survive, while appeasing the two other factions: brutish mutant Brothers that roam around taking all the resources, and docile naked Sisters that need your help to survive. The art style is utterly unique and the music/atmosphere is darkly beautiful. But it’s a stressful resource management sim at its core.

  • Zanathos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    7 days ago

    Growing up, one of my best friends parents set us up with a terminal MUD connection. Basically an old school, text based only MMO. You had to type in your commands, “look north”, “walk east”, “attack <enemy name>”. I was able to make a Sayian character, walk around town and Kamehameha my foes. I recall finding Smurf village and getting killed many times by Papa Smurf.

    I wish I remembered what server it was or if any even exist any more.

    • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      I remember on igorMUD we had inter Igor ballistic aardvarks

      MUDs and MOOs were quite fun. I played at University as I didn’t have internet at home then, only BBSes

    • whelk@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      I’ve been running one of these since 2009, it’s a ton of fun. No saiyans or smurfs though

        • whelk@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          6 days ago

          Mine is self written, but there are engines out there you can get and customize. I hear good things about Evennia

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    263·
    7 days ago

    I see both sides of the argument and generally lean on the older games are fun side, but my God, just let people enjoy what they want. Gaming eletism is so annoying and doesn’t even stop people from playing new games anyways.

    Get them knowledge that duenvo is an issue, not that they should be still playing super mario bros 1 or snake on a Nokia if they want to own their games.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      7 days ago

      Valheim is also a game that’s low pixel count but due to sweeping landscapes and amazing lighting is gorgeous.

      • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        Cannot recommend valhiem enough. Don’t let anyone convince you to do a no portal run though. Traveling is a big component to the game but doing no portal runs just makes traveling such a burden and I feel takes the magic out of it.

        I wish I could get my friends to do another run but they are all waiting for the deep north update (the final one AFAIK).

  • regdog@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    I have some great memories playing dwarf fortress. It was a lot of effort but the payoff was fantastic. I don’t know if I can bring myself to spent that much energy on a game again.

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    First, I can’t afford a new computer or even a new graphics card. All these “gaming on a budget” type things are all priced in USD, and I’m in Canada after conversion and the Canada tax, local shops are selling it for a lot more… I can only imagine that going up with the tariffs.

    Second, graphics ain’t shit. Look at some of the most popular games around and some of them have the “worst” graphics. I don’t mean to pick on any game in specific, but I’ll mention two notable examples: the first is Minecraft. Square voxels and pretty basic visuals all around. Easily one of the most popular titles of all time. I don’t play it, but I get it. The other example I want to point to is schedule I. Honestly the graphics in the game, when compared to the nearly realistic content that games like assassin’s Creed has, and it’s basically trash by comparison. The game is huge and hugely popular. The graphics, or lack thereof, is not a detractor from how fun the game is.

    Don’t get me wrong. High graphics can contribute to a good game; and therein lies the problem. You need to have a good game that you can apply the graphics to, in order for it to be valuable. If you take away the graphics and replace the visuals with something far more basic, and the game loses its appeal, your game sucks. Fix that first, then try again.

    I have a pretty massive collection of steam titles that I’m planning to play as things start to devolve into higher and higher specs for basically no gains. Like ray tracing, it’s cool, looks good… But I don’t need it to have fun in a game. I usually turn it off because it compromises performance for basically no real gain. Sure, shadows look a bit more shit, and lights aren’t as glowy, but I don’t care about that. I just want to play. Why is RT a requirement for some games now? The hell?

    Anyways. High graphics are better in more cinematic games, but publishers have gotten so obsessed with making cinematic content that they forgot to include a game with it.

    Give me more substance, more character development, more scenes, not just action.

    • Yaky@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      I never understood the point of realistic (or heavily stylized) graphics. Maybe it’s just me, but after about 5 minutes of “wow” my brain’s visual processor starts treating it as anything else, whether it’s Doom 2, Borderlands 2, or Stalker 2.

  • decipher_jeanne@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    82·
    7 days ago

    Graphism allows to convey story and emotion much clearer. Imagine playing baldurs gate 3 with gta4 stiff low poly faces. The character would be much less expressive and thus emotions become harder to convey.

    • superniceperson@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      121·
      7 days ago

      My person in Chrysler, BG 2 existed and was just as expressive with just voice and still pictures. And half the lines weren’t even voiced.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      I think that had more to do with the whole eastern-bloc trope.

      San Andreas is even older and the story comes across great thanks to voice acting and good story telling.

  • thickertoofan@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    it is a mix, i won’t play minecraft with fortnite like graphics, i love to play vampire survivors because its a dopamine bomb. it really depends on the situation. But id play the GTA games for the open world mechanics and graphics. you can’t really make a great point out of this.