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[–] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Planet crafter - Holy shit is that game janky, ugly, badly designed etc.

Conan Exiles - I did enjoy it for a while, but it quickly becamse such a chore since so little is explained so you spend so much time having to look things up, and even then it's often not obvious what to do. I payed solo, and there is a point where doing that just feels impossible, I ended up wanting to cheat to do some things and that's a point I never cross so I just stopped playing.

I really want to play some game like those; survival with base building, exploration etc, But I think I've exhausted the list of ones that are good enough for me. I've played Minecraft, Terraria, Star Bound, Enshrouded, Subnautica, Grounded, Valheim, Satisfactory, Factorio, The Forest and more that I'm not remembering right now. There are some that are in early access that I'm interested in but I've stopped playing EA games, I now always wait till full release.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd be very happy, I'm craving something to dive deep into. I'm only interested in Single player games through, at least ones that can be played as such.

They are all centered around being the person executing the task. Have you tried Dwarf Fortress or alike games?

[–] 9bananas@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

similar suggestion to BlackAngels: RimWorld?

sounds like you'd enjoy top-down gameplay more than 1st person, so might be something to try!

pro tip: try the base game first. the DLC are all good, but none are required!

edit: RimWorlds' mod scene is also just incredible (some would probably call it non-credible too XD); there's Project RimFactory if you want a more factorio-like playthrough! (although, fair warning, RimFactory is pretty damn OP, up to you how much you abuse it...)

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[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (9 children)

The Outer Worlds was so bad I had to put the controller down and abandon it. A fan made song got the feeling of "dystopian capitalism in space" better than the actual game did.

And an older one that'll get me burned at the stake: Fallout New Vegas is the worst of the first person fallout games.

[–] Garbagio@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

With 2 out I thought I'd give the original one more chance. I wish I hadn't. The story is just as bad as I remember, and the gameplay is somehow worse.

I mean the only way to talk about the story is that you're better off just running through without thinking about it, because at every level it just fails at its messaging. It simply is what it is. What compounds that suck is that the game isn't even that well designed of a shooter, or implemented well. The controls are gummy, your character feels weightless, and as someone almost 7 feet tall IRL I still feel like the POV is a foot too high. Guns feel boring, the skill system is unimpactful, dialog is stilted, characters are flat as cardboard, and overall the entire game just feels like you're meant to squint at it until you forget what you're doing and just reminisce about playing fallout. All I feel when I play is a distinct fear that I will see the seeds of Outer Worlds in games I loved as a kid before I knew to look for such flaws.

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[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago

Oh really? I did have fun with the Outer Worlds. Nothing too amazing, but it was fun enough to keep me invested. Parvati was also a large reason for that, I loved her character.

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[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Luigi's Mansion 3. At least if you consider 6 years ago recent. It got some really good reviews at the time, and it honestly makes me wonder if we were playing the same game. I loved the first one, by the way - I got an A rank while also getting golden frames on all the portraits (on the PAL version where you need more money).

I only persisted with the game because it was a birthday gift (and due to the sunk cost fallacy, I suppose), but I think it might be the game I've completed that I enjoyed the least. It looks nice, and some of the boss ghost encounters were charming, but the gameplay itself was fairly monotonous since they simplified the ghost catching mechanics from LM1 (I didn't really play LM2, since it was on 3DS). Gooigi would have been a decent addition, but his puzzles generally just didn't feel very fleshed out. It felt like they were either "I need two vacuums" or "I can't fit through this grate".

Also, I think Nintendo took the criticism that the first game was too short well and truly to heart, because LM3 might be the most filler-stuffed game I've ever played. Half the time when you get an elevator button, you get screwed over in some way and have to find it again. And don't get me started on fucking Poulterkitty, when that little bastard showed up for the second time I legitimately thought about quitting the game there and then. The final boss was awful, too, which left an even more bitter taste in my mouth.

Luigi's Mansion 3 might be the only game I've ever played where I thought "Thank god I don't have to play that anymore" once I finished it.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Expedition 33 has good gameplay. However, the whole game feels like generic Unreal Engine 5 assets taken from a fromsoftware fan's portfolio were mashed together.

Also it looks like crap (from a technical standpoint) on steam deck and I can't change the settings how I like.

[–] balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh I think the reverse - it's a pretty game with a nice story but the gameplay itself made me want to quit the moment I won the main story.

For those unaware you can basically win by being really really good at Simon says (except you can't beat Simon that way)

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