• shadowbert
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      32 years ago

      That’s summed up why it sucks so niche much when “that game” is online. Unlike offline ones, eventually they’ll die.

        • shadowbert
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          Online games can die in that way as well, so I don’t really see your argument. If it’s continued updates - then single-player (or self hosted) games can still get those (just as they can be pulled for online-only ones).

          If it’s other players that keep you going - then look to games which support LAN or self-hosted servers. Then at least when the main server gets pulled, the community can take over.

  • liblame
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    52 years ago

    Yeah it’s Europe 1400: the guild for me too. Love that game and can’t get behind the second or third game. I loved to play it over lan with my friends.

    • @aksdb@feddit.de
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      I loved to play it over lan with my friends.

      Or as a true Guild player describes it: “keeping save game backups and doing regular checks to figure out if the game state is still in sync”. “The Guild” was the reason I got a “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature” T-Shirt for LAN parties.

      And don’t get me wrong: I am saying the game is SO GOOD it was totally worth all that trouble. I wish so hard for someone to release/leak the source code some time so someone with enough pain tolerance can try to rework the network stack. Or maybe a remaster of that game. It has a so much better feeling than its successors.

      • liblame
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        12 years ago

        I would buy four copies if they would make a remaster/remake with the possibility to play over the internet. Damn… gonna install it again and I will start looking at creating a vpn server.

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          In my experience the sync issues get much worse over VPN. The implementation seems to be extremely timing sensitive.

          Oh and over the internet you don’t have the chance to quickly look over to your pals monitors to notice that their current court hearing scene looks different from yours (at which point you can alt+f4 and look for the last good savegame).

    • @mainfrog@beehaw.org
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      1400 is a masterpiece. It’s a shame that the sequels went for this 3D sims styled gameplay. I don’t want to control the whole family. I want to control one member of the family.

    • PugJesusOP
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      It has so much atmosphere to it, I don’t think any other game has truly replicated it so far. Haven’t tried the third yet but I heard bad things.

      • liblame
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        The third works but that’s it. It was a buggy mess when it got into early access but the second developer that took it over did good work.

        You are right. The atmosphere and that you did not have to micro manage so much stuff made it into a really great and relaxing game.

  • @Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    32 years ago

    It was the sims 2 but after the sims dlc started getting ridiculous I ended up finding rimworld which I like much better.

    • GolGolarion
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      Huh, rimworld is kind of like sims 2 if you think about it. You control a bunch of hapless goons, build nice houses for them, and orchestrate their tragic demises.

  • MrGerrit
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    42 years ago

    It was Diablo for me, but D4 just doesn’t scratch that right itch for me at the moment. Still play it from time to time but not as religiously as I did with the other entries.

    Enter the gungeon I also play a lot over starting a new game.

    • @VoxAdActa@beehaw.org
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      12 years ago

      but D4 just doesn’t scratch that right itch for me at the moment.

      Try Grim Dawn. The graphics are mildly dated, but it’s my favorite entry in the ARPG genre. Tons of replayability.

  • BudgieMania
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    82 years ago

    For me, it’s any of the Total War games I like, or Battlefield 1, or Left 4 Dead 2, or any From Soulslike.

    I like to call them evergreen games, because I’m a total snob. The kinds of games that you can always go back to no matter how long it’s been, that you always know how to play by instinct at this point, that always entertain, feel weirdly comfy and make for great choices when you don’t know what you wanna do. God bless them.

      • BudgieMania
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        22 years ago

        That’s a decently long list lol, Medieval 2, Rome 1, Rome 2, Attila, Napoleon, Shogun 2 sorta… (I don’t dislike the ones not listed, I just vibe less with them)

        If you count mods and expansions, the list gets much larger, Medieval 2 Kingdoms, Empire Divided, Age of Charlemagne, The Great War, Divide Et Impera, 1212, 1100, The Third Age… And there are even more that have piqued my interest but haven’t had a chance to play.

        Aaaah it’s such a rich series!

    • Eggscellent
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      Me too, finally had to uninstall it to get me to do something else.

    • @Omegamanthethird@beehaw.org
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      52 years ago

      One of my two favorite games of all time. I wish I could unlearn how to play. Some of my best memories are scavenging for anything remotely valuable and finding myself somewhere I shouldn’t be at that level.