• Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Did you know Need For Speed: World is alive and kicking? Not officially, obviously, but through the power of fan servers and the wonderful project that is Soapbox Race World. It’s not the best NFS in the series and can be pretty tough if you play it without power ups but it’s fun.

    For those who never heard of NFS:W - it’s a live service, online only entry in the series. It consists of maps from Most Wanted and Carbon combined into one and brings some additional gameplay changes specific for the live service model (power ups, performance parts with incremental stats upgrades etc). It also has a pretty good visual editor - can be a bit cumbersome at times but you can do some great stuff with it.

    Fan servers are surprisingly active and provide A LOT of new cars, parts etc do play with. They also have different rules so if you want a place where getting everything you want is easy, you can do that as well.

    My second game is Wagahime or Waga Himegimi ni Eikan o, a comedy visual novel by Minato Soft. Unlike their other work (that I read anyway) it’s set in a medieval fantasy world with magic, beast races and all the usual stuff. It has three main routes, each expanding the world and providing details for the other ones, and each filled with fun characters and events.

    I won’t be spending much time on it since all that’s left is finishing the final route but it’s a great read and I really wanted to mention it. Minato Soft seriously reignited my love for VNs lately.

    Last but not least, Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery - a sci-fi strategy RPG. It came out this year so I’m not going to go too much into it but it’s a great and at times challenging title. Worth looking into if you’re interested in this genre.

    • lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Absolutely loved that game. Was so stoked for its release (i watched one of the trailers oh so many times in anticipation) and got it at launch (not very patient of me…) and was not let down at all.

  • MudMan@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    They put Reatroachievements on Gamecube games so apparently I’m now balls deep into OG Animal Crossing. Don’t even know how it happened, but Tom Nook is saying my kneecaps are at risk if I don’t come up with 150K bells by the end of the month.

    • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Holy shit, by bringing this site to my attention I think you may have ruined my life, but fuck it. I’m going in.

      • MudMan@fedia.io
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        3 months ago

        It is really cool. I don’t always love the achievement design some of the volunteer coders land on, but it’s still a wonderful way to revitalize old games. And the recently added completion tracking stats, where you don’t just get an award for 100% every achievement, but also for beating the main campaign, is incredibly fun and useful to track which games you’ve playted through. Sony and Microsoft should steal that immediately.

  • Malix@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    does Fallout:London count for patient gamers? Fallout 4 is old, but the mod itself is new. That mod has consumed all my gaming hours so far.

      • Malix@sopuli.xyz
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        3 months ago

        Took quite a bit of tinkering to stop crashing tho. But it’s great once it does work!

          • Malix@sopuli.xyz
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            3 months ago

            I guess patient with documentation. Out-of-the-box experience is very crashy, and recommended stability mods require some ini-tweaking to make them stable. But the how-to guides keep evolving, I started my trip through the stability-minefield when the mod was released x)

    • mcforest@feddit.org
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      3 months ago

      I guess we play old games partially because we wait for mods to release? So we shouldn’t have to wait for the mods to be old?

    • simple@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      I’ve been wanting to try it, how is it? Is it closer to Fallout 4 or Fallout 3/New Vegas?

      • Malix@sopuli.xyz
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        3 months ago

        it’s been multiple eternities since I’ve played 3 or NV. 4 I’ve played more recently, but that was … basically when the last dlc dropped? So… memory of those games not really the sharpest.

        London is mechanically almost identical to 4 (duh? because mod, duh.). The parts of the main-story I’ve done has been great. I recall preferring side and dlc missions over main-plot in 4, but I was pretty into the main stuff (dlc or not) in NV.

        some thoughts about it in no specific order:

        • I’m around 20 hours in, and it feels like I’ve only started. Plenty of map markers opened, but VERY little of actual land area explored.
        • there seems to be less emphasis on settlements, haven’t had a permanent residence (storage, bed) so far, been storing my junk in some friendly town crafting stations which don’t seem to de-spawn stored stuff (as tipped in the mod’s discord).
        • but settlements are apparently still a thing (not sure how I feel about it, they were the worst part in 4, imo) - haven’t aquired a settlement yet.
        • it’s bit more difficult than 4, ammo is a bit scarce and some enemies are ridiculously tanky, even at normal difficulty.
        • the early game can be a bit brutal, but eases off as you get levels (ref: at ~10-15h or so in, I was finally able to take enemies down with confidence)
        • The city is HUGE and dense (requires some more grunt from the computer than base-game), there’s things to do and see in every corner, a lot more buildings to enter.
        • “level design” is mostly great, but there have been places where the route forward/mission critical progression item was hidden by all the clutter and generally darker lighting.
        • the level design also contains surprisingly deep puddles here and there on the streets, and those build up radiation QUICKLY. Bodies of water in this game are dangerous.
        • Food and other non-stimpacks seem to be in quite a big role, at least in early game. IIRC fallout 3/nv/4 basically showered the player with stimpacks.
        • Voice acting is pretty good, if a bit hammy at times.

        I recall enjoying all fallout games, some more than others. I mostly mod for convinience (eg. busywork, carryweight) so I’m not really playing the game(s) as intended. And this one is great… if a bit buggy here and there - but not any more so than actual Fallout games. :D

        I totally recommend London, but it comes with an asterisk: the mod requires tweaking, and depending on your computer-skills it can be either “man, this is obvious” to “wtf am I doing”. Config-file editing and extra mods are required to get it actually working. Def recommending Mod Organizer 2 as well. Also, if your base fallout 4 (and dlc) are from steam, you need to downgrade from the “Next gen update”. I’m fairly sure there’s good step-by-step how-to’s to get it set up at this point.

        • simple@lemm.ee
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          3 months ago

          but settlements are apparently still a thing

          Bizarre choice lol, but everything else sounds good. Thanks for the rundown.

  • OmegaMouse@pawb.social
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    3 months ago

    Ghost of Tsushima - Took a while to click, but now I’m really enjoying it. Pulling off some of the sword moves perfectly feels so satisfying. And it’s gorgeous to look at.

    And also Dave the Diver. Very charming game and it keeps adding more and more layers to the gameplay. The gameplay loop is really fun so far.

    • Alex@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      I really enjoyed Ghost of Tsushima when it premiered on the PS5. As you say the satisfaction of pulling off the sword moves is really nice. The story isn’t bad either and some of the fight bosses certainly keep you on your toes. I brought the DLC expansion the day it came out just so I could spend some more time slashing away ;-)

  • Beemo Dachboden@feddit.orgDeutsch
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    3 months ago

    I just started playing Sekiro.

    I started once before, but life happened and I kinda just stopped.
    It is a lot of fun though and I think I will stick with it this time.

  • Aristoxene@feddit.nlFrançais
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    3 months ago

    Minetest with mineclonia ; Dead Cells ; 0A.D. with my childrens ; Grim Dawn with Reign of Terror mod and Zombasite

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      If you’re playing on PC and end up wanting more content, I can’t reccomend the Stardew Valley Expanded modpack enough.

      Adds a ton of new townsfolk, and an entire second neighboring town, all as fully fleshed out as the OG townies and all woven in with base game content to the point that they don’t stand out as mod added.