I hate it when articles have links that look like they might take you to a relevant page about the linked text, like the game’s steam page, but instead take you to another older article about the same thing on the same site.
Meanwhile, I loathe in-article links to the store page which are disguised as links to other, earlier coverage on the subject the article is discussing. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
If you’re interested in this sort of thing and like action/adventure rpgs, give Crosscode a shot. it’s excellent
Respect for the GOG link (gotta reduce Steam’s monopoly-like grip on digital games), but… CrossCode, despite its fantastic presentation, wore me down to the point of not finishing it. I feel like the devs ran out of ideas halfway through because all of the dungeons involve multiple ricochet-angling puzzles, even all the way to the last one. They just got so tedious and boring that I eventually ended up “finishing” by watching someone else’s play-through.
It has an interesting plot, but… yeah. Anyway, that was my personal experience.
I struggled with it as well. My main problem seemed to be that no matter how many side quests I did, I was still underleveled for most enemy encounters. I did read that upgrading gear is worth more than levels, but it was such a grind to go and find all the materials that I eventually got bored. Shame though, because it’s really well made.
Well, it’s not that well-made if it lost players like us…
I found the opposite, it had very little grinding required. It does assume that you’ll do most of the side quests, but i found that by doing all quests available at my level or under that i was always overleveled for the bosses. It does warn you that its intended to be difficult though, with an option to turn down the difficulty. I also found the side quests to be genuinely interesting and diverse, and not repetitive or grindy at all. Its a long game for sure, but i never spent any time just grinding. I ran past most monsters once i had cleared each area for the first time and they respawned.
Interesting quests ? Not a real MMO
Exact same with me. The open-world-ish parts were great, but then I’d have to slog though multi-hour dungeons filled with boring puzzles without even AI companions. That’s not like any MMO I’ve ever played.
I had the exact same thought when I read the premise. One of my favorite indie games of all time.
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Lea!
The people downvoting you have never experienced perfectly regular trees (and don’t understand CrossCode inside jokes).
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Massively single-player. I like it.
When did .Hack//Sign come out, again? 🤔
It’s so fucking weird that this game/anime is all I’ve been thinking about for the last week and now to see it mentioned in the wild, unprompted.
Guys, quit mind reading/algorithming me. This and the ghibli shit. No one should have to vibe this much with the internet.
.Hack//Infection did a great job simulating an MMO for its time
I’ve been playing through the first one. It’s definitely a good time.
I wish I could play single player old school RuneScape on my SteamDeck so bad. Sitting mining rocks while I watch TV in bed would go so hard
Tldr: Game title is
EnshroudedErenshor. That article (as well as many others nowadays) don’t even bother putting a link to the steam page. And the game name, yet again, not in the title, hence you have to read everything to know what it is about. Internet now is so crappy and click baity. The game looks fun though, so I’ll go out of my way and actively search forEnshroudedErenshor on steam myself like a peasant.Edit: I managed to have the game name wrong, hence the importance to have ready to click links!
Tldr: Game title is Enshrouded.
You sure about that? FTA
The oxymoronic single-player MMO Erenshor, which has slowly been becoming a Steam superstar since 2023
You’re right, I have bird memory and when I looked on steam the wrong one popped up, adding g to my confusion. Thanks for the heads up, I corrected my comment.
Seems like it might have been autocorrect, but thats kinda hilariously ironic.
Agreed, and ambarassing as well hahaha
It’s a great idea, sadly the EQ gameplay does not interest me at all, but I’m all in for the idea of fake players in a single player/small coop only “FMMORPG”. I’d love it if people tried to do this with every multiplayer game before sunsetting them.
I feel like it could be a really clever way of making a horror game
Yeah I’ll be buying this. This is the game I’ve had in my head for the last 5 years
I have not played either of these, but the premise of a dead post-MMO world, PAGAN: Autogeny, seems personally more interesting to me.
@cm0002 This puts me in the mind of the old .hack// series of single-player JRPGs, but from a Western perspective.
If they take some creative liberties with it to give it its own distinct feel and narrative, as the .hack// games did in their day, it could be a pretty charming game once it’s out of Early Access.
Goat simulator had an mmo simulator.
There was also an achievement for licking a friend, if you played at the same time as one of your friends, they may pop up as one of the ingame NPCs.
One review I just read on steam said “great if you have dad game hours”
I am a dad to one year old twins and I feel this comment in my bones.
God help you and your family.
OMG, fuckin sold! LMAO
Right?
I picked this up the other day and it’s great! The SimPlayers go on their own little adventures, party together, and fill the chat with nonsense. I had this one guy accuse another of being a bot.
It’s really worth trying if you’re into the traditional mmo gameplay (grinding). But without the fuss of dealing with real people and their own schedules that fight against your own. For anybody who wants to try it out, there’s a demo which covers the first area.
No one talks in real mmos anymore so this would be welcome
Unless you go on an ERP server
I don’t think Runescape has those
Bro, let me Rimmington your Falador while you Edgeville, and then I’ll Karamja my Wizard’s Tower in your Waterfall Dungeon.
If my boyfriend talked to me like that, he’d already be pregnant.
Hell yeah, Slayer!
But will they play like idiots and then offend my mom when I complain? Otherwise I’m not buying.
Ill offend your mom right now.
It certainly sounds interesting
