/games/ - Video Games

OSRS is great! The game has way more mechanical depth than you would think once you get into it. It's about as anti-modern game design as you can get and it has its audience because of that.

If any wizzies wanna add me Scum Idiot can't promise to be social but who knows

>>63483 This guy is just flat out wrong and overly reductive on most all accounts. It can be the most single player multiplayer game. It did get its start by being accessible.

>>63499
>The game has way more mechanical depth than you would think once you get into it
Click the bad guy and wait
>If any wizzies wanna add me
Yuck.

>>63500
They recently added a bunch of entry level bosses to get newer players out of the click and wait mind set for combat. But there's more to game than the combat systems.

>>63501
>there's more to game than the combat systems.
Mining?
>click the rock, click the bank
Fishing?
>click one of the few bubbling spots, click the bank
Runecrafting?
>Click the ore, click the bank, click the altar, click the bank
Wow much diverse, such gameplay

There is NO gameplay that goes beyond being one of those "idle" games but with some extra clicking to move between what you want to click on. There is no cool story, cute succubi, scary stuff, funny things that can happen, crazy people to meet, ways to use your particular skills to help people, ways to grief people, events to take part in, or anything that makes Ruenscape a more enjoyable game than any other MMO.

I feel the pull of woodcutting and chatting with people like in the old days, but I'd have to start over again instead of my account on RS3. And it's unlikely I'd have that experience unless people on Wiz suddenly decided to start playing.

Has anyone else played the old 1.7.10 LOTR mod? It's one of my favorites, and I play it over any version of vanilla at this point.

>>63466
Oh man this brings me back. I would spend hours on this mod roleplaying with all the fictional scenarios I'd come up with whilst daydreaming about Tolkienist literature. I remember using the conquest feature and raising massive armies to conquer foreign lands and fortresses which was was arguably the most fun part about the mod. I haven't taken a look at it in years but from I remember the community was relatively active so I can only imagine that it's still receiving updates.

>>63467
Unfortunately I don't believe it's updated anymore and the developer seems to have gone AWOL. There appear to be a few attempts at resurrecting it or adding onto the original mod but it's just not the same. The conquest feature is really good, and there is a submod that adds onto it a bit that allows enemy factions to gain conquest as well which can make things a bit more interesting as well as adding a few other features/bugfixes, MiddleEarth Tweaks I believe it's called.

I also like playing it along with a few other mods like Astikoor's Carts for horse-drawn carts and plows and Cuchaz ships for actual boats. You were probably already aware but there is also an excellent submod that uses the original mod as a base and replaces the map/factions with First Age Beleirand.

>Unfortunately I don't believe it's updated anymore and the developer seems to have gone AWOL.
That's a bit disheartening to hear but thankfully the mod has so much content that even if it never updated again there is enough replay value to sustain it for years. And as you said I'm sure that there will be others willing to continue the project.
>there is a submod that adds onto it a bit that allows enemy factions to gain conquest as well which can make things a bit more interesting
It would be interesting if the conquest system could somehow alternate from merely having the player attack (and conquer) foreign lands to having the player defend some of their already established territory. I understand that minecraft's limitations don't really help with this but maybe the submod you mentioned could somewhat create that feeling.

>there is also an excellent submod that uses the original mod as a base and replaces the map/factions with First Age Beleirand.
I am aware of its existence but I haven't tried it. Do you think it's as good as the original? I feel as if Beleriand might be too restrictive due to its comparatively small size but that could potentially be remedied if the map scale was smaller. Using the Valar (or just Morgoth if you join one of the evil factions) as a sort of game mechanic might be a good way to create an original system to differentiate it from the original mod.

>>63466
I got introduced to this by some minecraft anons I know. They had a server up but I didnt play too much of it sadly, pretty comfy though I never got out of bag end

>>63446
>layed new Assassins Creed and realized all video games are shit
Ubisoft video games are shit*

>>63447
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>>60983
just emulate old nintoddler games from before 2015 and you'll be set for years

>>63490
Nintendo games are crap

I just play l4d, yume nikki, etc. older games or newer games that recreate that feel like cruelty squad. Battlefield is from around then but I never enjoyed it. Things sucked then too, just filter them out. Modern games are different, just like modern internet is different. There are good ones still, but they'll be indie most likely. I let a game release then wait about 5 years to play it if it still looks interesting. Yandere Simulator is good, just gotta find a good version that'll actually run.

Big Game prioritizes sterility and micro transactions.

The free demo for Half Sword is available on steam. I downloaded it today and it's actually pretty fun. It's a medieval tourney simulator more or less, with a lot of weapons, armor, and different match variants. The demo has both a 'gauntlet mode' where you progress through the ranks, or a free play mode where you pick what rank of armor/weapons you want to play with and just enter matches freely. There are no horses or ranged weapons (unless you want to throw your weapon) and there's no online in the demo in case you were curious about that. As far as the gameplay goes it's a bit chaotic and whacky at times, but I that's part of the fun for me personally. Controlling your weapon can be tricky, so I would recommend turning down the mouse sensitivity, pretty much at minimum. Also, depending on your hardware you may need to run 'Low' graphics but it's still decently optimized for what it is I guess. Certainly worth a try if your into medieval combat.

House Flipper 1 is free to keep if you claim it on Steam before the 6th

https://autobioarchitech.itch.io/headsrest

Played only a bit, but it was good.

It's a surreal rug maker game sorta, like Gingivia.

Also, it is obscure as hell. Practically no one knows about it.

>>63474
Dude thank you!

>>63476
no problem

>>62022
where to find the indie japanese games anyway? I want to see what kind of game they do make

>>62024
I haven't looked too much into the Japanese indie scene but for example here's a Japanese website for "free games" https://www.freem.ne.jp/
Admittedly most of it seems to be more like RPG Maker kind of stuff though.

>>62025
indeed. thnk you

>>59447
>western games, which I found dull and ugly
Japanese studios are often allowed more creative freedom than their western counterparts. Western devs for whatever reason care about public perception and what groups like PEGI thinks.
>we can't have attractive npcs in our games, the PEGI will raise the age rating!
>we can't make a game about the battle of Fallujah, war vets feel offended by it!
They gave a childish game like Skyrim an age rating of 18+. war vets don't give a flying fuck if they offend you, so you shouldn't give a flying fuck if you offend them.
Freedom of expression is a thing, what are they going to do? Sue you for making attractive 3d-models and basing a game on a recent war?

My favorite real game, SMT IV (I don't like Apocalypse) is indeed Japanese.
Katawa Shoujo is also my favorite game , if you count VN's as real games, but it is unclear where it is from if development was even concentrated in one country.
I feel like Japan is unmatched in gaming compared to every other country, so many genres, innovations and cultural aspects.

>>63424
holy shit they were so fucking better without aislop

beat this

>>63453
Best shmups for new players:
>Crimzon Clover - Novice Difficulty
>Mushihimesama - Novice Difficulty
>DoDonPachi Resurrection (DaiFukkatsu) - Novice Difficulty

https://youtu.be/956XrCwP3RU?si=Q4ynI_NtlQ9Swl05

They are pretty wizfriendly, and there's the sense of growth too when you start getting better and your scores go up and up. Or you start 1ccing harder games.

>>63357
There are worse things than being dead but yeah, time flies away at lightning speed especially if you are a NEET.

I see you people talking about Umineko. What you say is your own theory and it makes sense when you consider how unreliable the narration in Umineko is. Still, I think do we have to spoiler???Not like it's a new vn or anything or that this chan is sooo popular but whatever, I think Battler forgetting his promise came about AFTER the letter incident. The letter was just to stay in touch with everyone so Shannon didn't get hers and the communication stopped between the two completely, ending up with Battler forgetting the promise.
George is pedo? That would have actually made his character somewhat interesting…Unfortunately he is just simply boring as hell. Same goes for Shannon and so when these two get together on screen and the vn just goes on and on about their shitty, unexciting romance I never gave a fuck. Most boring parts of the vn probably. Don't get me wrong, I hated the romance parts generally (especially those that concerned the teenagers) but at least JessicaxKanon or BattlerxBea (from Ep2-Ep4, after that it got boring as hell too) were somewhat fun and entertaining. But more on George, yeah he is the stereotypical bitter crab, can't get a gf and so he hates his own cousin who is more successful with succubi, he also tries to overcompensate with his academics achievements. I kind of understand why normalfags hate him but yeah he is kind of relatable too to people like us I guess. But he is still one of the most boring characters.

Another thing about Umineko is that it would have been more fun if the focus was rather on the adults than on the kids and their shitty romantic experiences. All the teenager drama, whining and whatnot about love got old fast. I wanted the 2d MILFs to run the show but unfortunately it was mostly about Battler and gang, I only liked Maria, Ange and Kanon from the younger generation.
Also, I rank the episodes as
1 > 3=5 > 7 (because of the Tea Party mainly)>>>>>>>>2>4>>>>>>>6=8
Legend of the Golden Witch was the best and nothing beat the creepy atmosphere of that episode. After that the whole series went off in a direction I didn't care about with the whole meta-stuff and fantasy fights aPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>63358
>time flies away at lightning speed especially if you are a NEET.
I should have used the time to learn skills and stuff, I could have learnt Japanese by now :P

>I think Battler forgetting his promise came about AFTER the letter incident. The letter was just to stay in touch with everyone so Shannon didn't get hers and the communication stopped between the two completely, ending up with Battler forgetting the promise.
I don't really buy it tbh, George would have had to hide that letter in broad daylight of his entire family, and if Battler had wrote such a letter, I feel like it would have at least come up at some point or been implied (Knox's 8th). Also, Will seems to think that Battler had forgotten by that point too, and he's supposed to be a "perfect reader". And if George did do that, Battler loses alot of agency in the situation, it mitigates the weight of his 'sin'.
Yeah, George is super fucking boring because he doesn't really have a personality. His entire thing is just being obsessed with Shannon.

>Another thing about Umineko is that it would have been more fun if the focus was rather on the adults than on the kids…
True, most of the adult characters feel completely irrelevant which sucks because they're all way more interesting than the kids, sans Maria, Battler and Ange. The male adults especially just get completely shafted. Krauss/Rudolf/Gohda feel so irrelevant. And you can sorta analyse the story on a meta level of "Well, the kids are the only characters getting focus, so clearly one of them is the culprit" which just makes the mystery less interesting. It doesn't take long before you realize that Shannon and maybe Jessica are the only real suspects.
I agree with Legend of the golden witch being the best episode, it's not even close in my mind. The insane part though is that the consensus amongst Umineko fans is the complete opposite, i've seen people say that Umineko only gets better after episode 1 -_-

>>63359
Jap knowledge is actually useful because only a tiny minority of vns get translated and even for those that get translated you have to wait for quite a while. Shame. You'd think that such a cool art form like VNs would get more attention.

>George and letter
Could be just simply bad writing which I suspect it is.
>he doesn't really have a personality. His entire thing is just being obsessed with Shannon.
Don't forget that he is also good with kids. And umm he knows karate. Did I mention that he is good with kids? Yeah, this is George in a nutshell. And SAYO!!

>characters
Yeah and the root of this problem is that there are too many fucking characters in the umiverse. There was a meme pic somewhere where all the characters appearing in the vn were present and it said something like "It's getting a little crowded around here" So true. Krauss and Rudolf were both cool characters and I expected them to play some bigger role in the story eventually, especially Rudolf. But I ended up disappointed.
About the mystery, I will be honest I stopped trying to figure it out rather quickly. I don't like mystery novels, currently reading Father Brown collection by Chesterton and it's classic mystery stories but the problem with these, be they Umineko or Father Brown or anything else is that the solution 9 out of 10 times ends up as fucking retarded and feeling forced. I get that it's supposed to be a "game" between author and reader but I just don't like the unrealistic and stupid solutions most mystery writers present to the reader. Like, it's ruining the story completely usually. So I don't even try to solve these mystery stories while reading them, I make some theories like everyone else but I don't get too engaged in them.

>I agree with Legend of the golden witch being the best episode, it's not even close in my mind. The insane part though is that the consensus amongst Umineko fans is the complete opposite, i've seen people say that Umineko only gets better after episode 1 -_-
Yeah, I know. Fans try to pretend that all the meta-shit from ep2 on and all the fantasy scenes are sooo epic or what the hell, I just found them goofy most of the times. When I mentioned this to fans on 4chan once they told me Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

ive always played the original steins;gate VN but i never bothered to finish it, never getting past chapter 4. as for me i would love to play the original phantom of inferno, but i don't know how to and there's not much incentive to since they released the updated PRFTP, shame its only in nippon and not english though.

>>63359
>I should have used the time to learn skills and stuff, I could have learnt Japanese by now :P

Can't do that when cliques keep gatekeeping all the basic info on that and spamming demoralization propaganda to shit up the search engines.

Its all rigged anyway. If some chickenshit janitor just doesn't like you, there goes all your translation work with a ban as "thanks" for all your effort. So I dont understand where this doomfaggotry is coming from.

>>63261
It's an incredibly simple gameplay loop that appeals to the lowest IQ, and it promises colorful skins and rap music clips if you keep playing.

>>63260
>Looks like some wizards in this thread lost all of their pesos in the skin scam too
bump for the extra kekking

Great thread, I was laughing my ass off when this happened, fuck retarded steamies who play and invest money in shitty multiplayer games only.

This is very funny.

I'll never understand people who get mad when an investment fails. You should find something where you can enjoy your investment whilst it gains value (ideally). If it loses value or all value, atleast you enjoyed it while it lasts? I spent about 5k into rares on my obscure MMO, made some amazing trades and profits, up to around 15k, and lost a lot more too. kind of evened out and maybe got most of my money back. Had the time of my life playing too