d2clon sounds to me like you enjoy adventure games/ point n click games (or whatever they're called these days). have you tried any of the stuff telltale made before it went under? those are like modernized versions of that genre.

fire7side I have the opposite problem. how am I supposed to make games when stuff I want to play keeps getting released? for a while there I was relatively safe, but then that retro shooter boom happened and a bunch of indie studios made up of old pros popped up like the guys who made grim dawn and my wishlist expanded by three sizes!

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      I have very weird tastes in gaming depending on my mood, like if I'm a foul mood, I'll load up a violent fighting game and beat virtual people up (better than that a real one), I also enjoy immersive story driven games.

      Back when I was a big PC gamer in the mid to late 90s, I used to play FMV interactive movies a lot.

      And FPS games, just to run around and shoot stuff, one of the best I played was the original PC version of Soldier of Fortune, shooting the baddies in the head was a right laugh!

      These days, I find myself appreciating almost any game genre. But the last games I finished were Metroid Dread and, before that, Breath of the Wild. I'm saving Tears of the Kingdom for later this year. I've also enjoyed Mario Oddysey ( I didn't get my Nintendo Switch until a couple of years back, so I'm a bit late to the party).

      Other than that, I also really loved Ori (and the last entry is on my to play list)...

      In contrast to the games above, I'm a huge Halo fan (or I used to be until they made the story a Frankenstein mess by basically rebooting the game every new installment after 343 took over ) and a Metal Gear Solid saga fan. And I've also spent a lot of hours playing Apex Legends.

      Sadly, I don't have as much time to play games these days. I'm lucky if I can manage to complete 2-3 games per year. And my Steam library just keeps growing  ðŸ˜…

      There are only two niches I'm still interested in actually playing when I have time:

      • From Software titles, because they look like modern games but gameplay feels totally 80s
      • Driving/racing, because, well, real life driving is extremely pleasurable, and doing it virtually adds a benefit of wrecking stuff without consequences 🙂

      That said, I'd love to see From's take at some sort of driving game. Now, that would be interesting.

        xyz From Software titles

        does this include the just-released Armored Core?

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            LoipesMas Nope, it's too new 🙂. I've put it on the wishlist though. Will probably receive it as a gift at the next sale. No rush.
            Have you tried it? How is it?

                xyz I can't afford it right now (both in terms of money and time), so I'm also patiently waiting for a sale ;]
                I haven't played any of the previous ones, but from what I've seen it's something that I would enjoy

                  5 months later

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                  I usually enjoy open world/coop games where you can explore and discover things and maybe build some things, like Valheim, Generation Zero or Enshrouded. And Zelda when I want to play solo.
                  But sometimes I want something without combat or crafting and with more interesting characters. Then I try new things that might give me this such as Oxenfree or just recently A night in the woods which I really liked a lot. Today I started with Fall of Porcupine.
                  And from time to time some open world racing like forza horizon, the crew or test drive unlimited.
                  I guess I always need some exploration aspect.
                  Now waiting for light no fire and hoping it doesn't suck. 😃

                  At the moment? BG3. Only BG3. I'm 170 hrs into the game and there is still so much more to do and to see, I can't imagine myself playing anything else for at least a few more months. Except maybe for the occasional round of Carcassonne when I need a quick fix.

                  I have so many good games on my SteamDeck I haven't even played yet ... I bought a few HumbleBundles and indulged in the Steam sales when I first got the deck (I did not really own a gaming pc or console for many years before that, so I have quite a few really good games to catch up on). The Witcher 3, Skyrim, Protal 1 and 2, Firewatch, Forgotten City, Divinity: OriginalSin 1 and 2, ShadowTactics ... all waiting for me to finally get through Baldur's Gate 3.

                  2 months later

                  Imo the best FOSSFPS https://xonotic.org/
                  Has active playerbase, not many but on evening can catch people playing on feris.

                  And from non-opensource games, helldivers2, DRG. As i dont have time in day to play much games but few hours per day i spend with buddies in coop games like that. I saw yesterday the new "FINAL" update drop on Grounded. First play-through was awsome, untill they added swear filter to local games too. Im an adult, and the devs tell me what i can an cannot say in game is just awfull.. Game is beautiful visually and with character animations and in general. Gameplay was fun, exploring new areas was fun too

                    The older i get, the more i find myself in strategy games. When i was younger i was immersed in open world exploration. I find that arcade style games are the most enjoyment per time spend. Crossy road, when waiting for an appointment, typically is my go to. It's quite enjoyable, a good dopamine release, and seems to assist with maintaining focus with tasks after playing.

                    a month later

                    i havent played helldivers 2 ever since SNOY incident.... I guess there is nothing to play atm.. so im guess waiting 1 week until DRG season update and in mean time xonotic..

                    I haven't really gamed competitively for the past... decade(?) now but other than that, I'm not particularly beholden to a genre. If I find something well made and thus fun I play. Well, if I find the time.

                    • xyz replied to this.

                      kuligs2 Imo the best FOSSFPS https://xonotic.org/
                      Has active playerbase, not many but on evening can catch people playing on feris.

                      Back when I still did game competitively a fun twitch shooter was tremulous. Could play either on the side of h(m)oomins or aliens.

                        xyz Have attended WCG back in the day - even participated in NFS MW(so must have been WCG 2006) competition, but I didn't mean on a pro level. Just that I don't really play any kind of pvp anymore.

                            Megalomaniak why not?... i found myself as i got older lacking the reaction time to get them perfect shots in FPS games.. and sometimes things happen so fast (in Xonotic) that i just mostly rely on muscle memory to get "some" frags..

                            I used to play not publicly competitive but team v team, used to lurk in the IRC for people/teams to play against with our team... games was cs1.6, bootlegged, then we moved to css, bootlegged 😃. and then as we grew older the other things happened in life and so we split..

                                kuligs2 The adrenaline is too much for my heart. This is 100% cope. But I genuinely have electrocuted myself in childhood and the heart isn't great. So I can at least use it as an excuse. Truth is the interest in it just kinda waned over time. Probably reaction time too tho.