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vasus

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  • What are some hidden indie gems nobody knows about?

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  • Ouroboros - an RPGmaker game where the protagonist is trapped in a looping simulation and tries to escape without alerting his captors. Short and sweet, perfectly executes the power fantasy of being a hyper competent rational character who's gone completely emotionally numb after living for thousands of years. It's an adult game and features some sex scenes but they're not important and I think they can even be turned off. It goes on an 80% discount every steam sale.

  • Dark and Darker dev says Nexon's "trade secret and copyright" lawsuit against it has been dismissed

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  • The title feels misleading, this isn't the actual main lawsuit, the case is far from over. I doubt Steam will want to display the game again given that they are still in hot water legally

    Kira has been covering the situation from the start and he has a great video talking about this development

  • Which games do you dislike, but the rest of the world loves them?

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  • Can't stand media that thrusts you into a zany, fantastical world where completely insane shit happens constantly, nothing makes sense, there's no consistency and you're supposed to somehow keep going through the fever dream of a setting for however many hours before you can piece together what's actually going on and become invested

    Needless to say I bounced off Nier: Automata really hard

  • My last post was a lot more intresting then I thought, so here I am again asking in a diffrent flavor. Whats your personal favorite mmorpg of all time?

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  • Bless Unleashed has a really long history of being a failure, I think the current iteration is the fifth or sixth version? The publisher has been relaunching this same game for ages, sometimes even changing the platform, usually with few changes if any at all. When the game inevitably fails again, they take whatever money it made, change the name a little and launch it again a few months later. I haven't seen the current reviews but I'm guessing it's people warning potential players about the history of this company. In any case, the game in all it's iterations never seemed more than a thoroughly bland, inoffensive take on an MMORPG that will leave you thinking "Why aren't I playing X instead?". That's my view on it anyway, though it seems consistent with some of the critical reviews it's gotten over the years

    Tera has shut down a while ago, used to be a fun game. I think it has a few private servers out there

  • My last post was a lot more intresting then I thought, so here I am again asking in a diffrent flavor. Whats your personal favorite mmorpg of all time?

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  • Already mentioned my favourite in the last thread, so I'm gonna talk about the worst: Metin2. I played it back during it's peak years circa 2011 or so? Here in Czechia it was incredibly popular, as well as in some other EU countries - no surprise given that basically no MMOs bothered to offer translations to the local languages so it was almost entirely without competition.

    I have two problems with the game - first, it was incredibly pay to win (obviously, being a korean title) and second, it's bland as can be - it didn't even try to differentiate itself from the other grindfest korean games out at the time. It has a place in the cultural zeitgeist now and a lot of people are nostalgic for it but I really don't see why, it's one of the few MMOs I barely remember playing since nothing about it stands out

    The OST is a banger though, that's for sure.

  • Mmorpg reccomendations?

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  • I'm a huge fan of Project:Gorgon, I try not to recommend it too much but I have to mention it since you've said you used to play Runescape. The game's only slightly similiar but I've heard some Runescape players say it scratches the same itch. I'd classify it as a sort of mix between Runescape and a more usual MMORPG - you have a ton of skills that interact and build off of each other on one character, and you also have classes, builds and some group content.

    Since you mentioned character expression - have you considered Path of exile? That game is well known for it's massive skill tree and build variety. Alternatively you could check out the Ascension private WoW server - it's based on being able to pick skills and passives from any class when you level up.

    If you've enjoyed Albion, why not try EVE online too? Those two games are in a league of their own honestly, nothing else had got my hands shaking and heart pounding quite like sitting on my ass in the comfort of my home playing a spaceship game hahaha.

    If you want something with nice graphics like Black Desert, that's going to be tough, generally newer MMOs on modern engines are few and far between. Maybe New World is your best bet.

  • Recommendations for non-combat MMO's?

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  • Wurm online kinda fits if you can stomach a game this dated. Other old games like Old school runescape or Star wars galaxies (playable on a private server) might also scratch that itch? All three of these titles have combat but allow you to ignore it completely AFAIK.

    I also want to mention Book of travels just because it puts so little focus on combat, however it doesn't have much in common with Palia and I have no idea how the population is currently.

    In your position I would unironically look at some Minecraft servers first, those can give you a very similiar experience.

  • What's a philosophical (not overtly political) position that you hold?

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  • If you don't directly pay for a product but engage with it, you are still supporting it. You are driving up user metrics, generating ad revenue, creating content for others (videogames, social media). It's complete nonsense to claim you are against something but then continue to use it

    This does apply to the current Reddit situation but I formulated this view a while back after quitting Gacha games, people playing those titles looooooove talking about how they would never pay a penny due to the evil monetization but they have no qualms about recruiting friends, writing positive reviews, being content for paying players to lord over, creating guilds etc.

  • Any titles to look out for during the Steam sale?

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  • Huh? "titles" absolutely is interchangeable with "games" in this context. You can see it on steam too, they write "popular titles" in some places.

  • Any titles to look out for during the Steam sale?

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  • Cool! I enjoy Unarmed due to the animations, I've been trying to pair it with Ice magic because I like playing with skills that few people use. Still not sure if the combo is any good but I like the fantasy of it!

  • Any titles to look out for during the Steam sale?

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  • Good to see a fellow Gorgonite on here! How long have you been playing?