• SomGye@dormi.zone
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    2 months ago

    Me being in love with Hellgate: London, Fate (WildTangent), and Warframe be like

    • Fixxelious@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Hellgate London was such fun, unique hybrid twist on ARPG and looter shooter, I was sad when I heard it was shutdown.

      I woulda played it more if I had known it was about to be shutdown. There were some crash bugs and sudden difficulty spikes that made me quit, thinking Id come back to it later. That later never happened.

      • SomGye@dormi.zone
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        2 months ago

        Yeah it’s a shame the official multiplayer didn’t last long. There’s some fan projects with that but none of them scratched the same itch for me. There were a few patches for the game and they’re still available, but the difficulty spikes are still there, it gets grindy in the last couple sections of the game.

          • SomGye@dormi.zone
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            2 months ago

            I have the collectors edition on DVD, you put in a retail key and boom, installs super quick on modern machines

            • Draces@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              All I remember from that was the insanely cool art/concept and memory leaks. Did they fix the memory leaks or do we all just have enough RAM for it to not matter?

              • SomGye@dormi.zone
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                2 months ago

                I never had the memory leak issue, but it can use a bit over 1 GB of RAM for me at peak, which nowadays isn’t that much.

      • VeryInterestingTable@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Well thanks for sharing! I actually found the Dvd and installed it again thanks to your comment. What a blast! I love it.

  • jimmux@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    I kind of miss when No Man’s Sky was an endless, empty expanse. That sense of loneliness and futility was an emotional experience that it doesn’t have now. It’s become a much better game, no doubt, but putting time and careful planning into that long crawl towards the galactic centre felt right.

  • KuroiKaze@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I remember when I stumbled into the serious world of 100% Orange Juice players on steam/twitch

      • Zen@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        How many leaks were there ? War Thunder forums are next level military security and intel threat … weapons grade autism

        • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          2 months ago

          There’s been enough that “Do you play War Thunder” is a security risk question that the US military asks during job interviews.

          And they just keep happening…

    • TheDarkestShark@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Currently playing World of Warships. I play in 1-3 month stints and don’t touch it for months at a time. I always enjoy coming back to it because they just keep adding more stuff.

      • GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I love the game (and hate it), but it’s my friend who has the autistic fascination. He got me into the game, and then started quoting all the ships’ descriptions as I was looking around. I have no idea how some people can just memorize every armor layout for every ship. That’s next-level insanity.

      • flamingos-cant@feddit.ukEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I haven’t actually played WoT since they added tier 8-10 light tanks, but god did I sink a lot of my teenage years into it. I have been really craving it lately, but I know better than to go back to it.

        • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I found with WOT tier 5 and 6 have the best matches. As long as the match maker doesn’t dump you in a game with a few tier 7’s that you can’t even scratch.

    • cyphear@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Give Songs of Syx a try. One guy, who developed the game in a shed in Poland so he could get away from his family. You can try the “demo” which is the full game just one version behind. Once he gets tired of developing it he said he’ll make it open source. Think dwarf fortress but you’re capable of having a population of thousands. Oh, and nevermind the race riots or cannibalism.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Everything Hidetake Miyazaki makes. It’s basically the same game, but it’s spread across 7 games. (Well I guess technically 6 since he didn’t direct DS2).

    These are the worst games when it comes to sucking up my time and energy. The games themselves are actually bomb ASF.

    • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Depends if you have the executive function that permits such ambition.

      If you don’t, yes. It you aren’t sure, try your best. It you do, I am pretty sure you won’t, and that should be your guiding star to go.

  • rtxn@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I have the most hours in Warframe, but Factorio is on a different level. If you’re anywhere on the spectrum, it is pure crack cocaine. The only reason I haven’t bought the DLC is because I know it’ll consume a month of my free time.

    By the way, Warframe 1999’s soundtrack fucking slaps.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        When they say a month of free time, the really mean a month of neglecting the laundry, dishes, vacuuming, showering, and cooking at home. And probably also a month of being late to work too.

        • rtxn@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I’ve had Friday evening sessions that were ended by the morning sun. I wasn’t kidding about the crack simile. Time is just a suggestion when you have an assembly line to complete.

    • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      How are the micro transactions on warframe? Do they shove them down your throat or do you need to pay them to play? Was considered trying it out but free to play games tend to be shitty.

      • rtxn@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Pretty good, and somehow getting better with time; especially considering how much you can get out of the game for completely free.

        The game’s main premium currency is platinum. There’s no way to get it through in-game activities. You can buy it directly, it is included in most cash-only purchases, or you can trade it freely with other players. Most of the trading is organized on the third-party market board warframe.market, and the in-game trading chat… exists, I guess.

        Most of the game’s items (weapons, warframes, companions, upgrades) can be farmed through regular gameplay from random drops, from specific missions or boss fights, crafted from gathered resources, or bought using in-game currencies. You can buy most of them for platinum, but don’t have to. The only payment-exclusive items are cosmetics (skins, helmets, color palettes), but not all of them, and inventory slots. There are also many late-game items that are impossible to buy and have to be earned. Some items are also sold in discounted packs. As of the latest major update (released literally a few hours ago), you get an additional discount for items of a pack that you already own.

        The worst limiting factor for a new player is warframe and weapon slots. Your account can only hold a limited number of certain items, and slots are almost exclusively purchased with platinum (a small number can be earned through Nightwave, a free battle pass-like system). A new account starts with 50 non-tradable platinum – my recommendation is to buy 2 weapon slot packs (12p for two slots, 24p total) and a warframe slot (20p for one).

    • jef@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      After playing with trains in factorio, then just staring at them go in pure ecstasy for 10s of minutes. I am now convinced I’m much further on the spectrum than I thought.