Isn’t the whole point of the federation exercise to avoid a central all powerful hub?
Yes, it definitely increases friction for the user. On the other hand the concept is not THAT hard to grasp. I’d rather that the clients make account/instance switching easier and avoid recreating monolithic structures.
The ads. Jesus. The ads that are dark design pattern close to normal posts. Ugh.
SWAG fand ich immer gut.
Squad always got me with its sound design. Nothing too fancy, just guns and explosions. But they DO sound amazing.
I love Factorio, but my brain is to smooth for 3D production hell. It’s really funny to me how fast I get to „what the hell was I thinking“ in Satisfactory.
Textbook example from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_Convention
„…forcibly transferring children out of the group…“
I got burned with the Stardew Valley board game - it's very cute, but also not a great game. And for my non-designer brain it's way easier to translate Stardew into a boardgame than Terraria. I will definitely wait out some reviews and the BGG forums...
It’s a bit „old man yells at cloud.jpg“, but I don’t like that we as the target audience have accepted MT in full price titles like we did. I remember a time where a fancy cosmetic was rewarded in game for some feat and not outright bought. I remember when your initial purchase got you the whole nine yards.
And I feel that „its only cosmetics“ misses the point - looking cool IS a major part of fun gameplay for (some/many/most) people.
But yeah, that train has sailed a long time ago. I know…
Ready or Not and Ground Branch are the obvious choices.
The Stalker: Anomaly mod pack is also quite hard, less so because of tactics and more so because of bullshit. But its free.
Wildcard: Ghost Recon: Wildlands. On default difficulty its a stupid popcorn shooter, but if you crank all the difficulty settings up (they call it „advanced mode“ IIRC) it becomes really fun. Most people like to shit on the typical Ubisoft formula in Breakpoint and Wildlands, but I enjoyed my time with both.
If you are not married to 1st person, Zero Sievert and Doorkickers are worth a look too.
And maybe also something like ARMA3?
Ich bin bei eBay Kleinanzeigen ja immer skeptisch…
I should really buy a GBA.