• @[email protected]
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    22 months ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      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.

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      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 months ago

        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.

        • @[email protected]
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          22 months ago

          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.

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        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.

    • Xerodin
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      42 months ago

      I had the exact same thought when I read the premise. One of my favorite indie games of all time.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      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.

  • @[email protected]
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    62 months ago

    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

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    Tldr: Game title is Enshrouded Erenshor. 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 for Enshrouded Erenshor on steam myself like a peasant.

    Edit: I managed to have the game name wrong, hence the importance to have ready to click links!

    • @[email protected]
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      182 months ago

      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

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        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.

  • @[email protected]
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    102 months ago

    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.

    • Banana
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      82 months ago

      I feel like it could be a really clever way of making a horror game

  • Gmr Leon
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    @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.

  • @[email protected]
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    262 months ago

    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.

  • @[email protected]
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    422 months ago

    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.

  • SharkAttak
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    But will they play like idiots and then offend my mom when I complain? Otherwise I’m not buying.