Horror/action: Dead Space.
FPS/time manipulation: Singularity.
Factory/combat(optional): Dyson Sphere Project

Singularity still stands up as it’s graphics are decent. Super cheap on GoG. Dead Space if you get the original would be cheap. HD remaster would be more. If you love factory games but have never played DSP god damn do I wish I was you. Recommend playing without combat enabled on first run to just enjoy how gorgeous the game is and to help with learning everything before throwing in combat management

Nice post man! Played this when it was originally released and had a bit of fun both by myself and playing coop. Definitely a solid game.

Ubisoft has really been screwing the pooch recently though. Like overall as a company. Their CEO has been repeatedly shooting himself in the foot saying dumb shit about being okay about not owning your games, etc. Idk, guess I’m just pessimistic.

Thank you! I know you’ve been told plenty of times by others, but it should always be said: I greatly enjoy these and appreciate the time you put into them!

As for what I’ve been playing: Pacific Drive released an update for ‘Endlesd Expeditions’. It wasn’t exactly what I was hoping, but I actually ended up greatly enjoying it. I believe the additional Story for it may be bugged as I’ve done close to 15 runs with no voice likes from Francis, but been a blast anyway.

I also tried the play test for a game called Little Rocket Lab. If you’re a fan of Stardew Valley and factory type games I highly recommend giving it a go!

I’d actually never heard this angle but sounds legit. Cutting corners sounds pretty typical of talking head yltyoes that want to try to cut costs no matter what.

I’ll be honest I find the ray tracing shit s gimmick that eats up too much resource. I’d much rather just have some awesome games to play, with good looks or not. PC gaming for me has always been about variety anyway. The console looking better never meant anything.

Recently made a super profitable cocaine mix called ‘Slimy Dick’ and I have laughed every time and order comes in via text. ‘Yo dawg I’m looking for x1 Slimy Dick.’

That effect is called ‘Tropic Thunder’ which is a reference to RDJs role in the movie by the same name.

I feel like mods should be protected like ‘right to repair’. I know that seems a bit extreme but seriously, these people devote their time to create insane content, more often than not for free. I played Oblivion for hundreds of hours just because there were sooooo many mods for it. ARK is another example.

They have Halloween and other seasonals as well usually with an award attached of some sort

You mean when they redid home base and the shopping interface was confusing as hell? Yeah they’ve changed it and made it easier to understand. They’ve also done several overhauls on several maps and introduced a new map called Lighthouse which is a bit of fun as well.

Ugh, actually upset by this news. Been pretty tired of the duopoly that’s been going on and was excited to try something new. Don’t get me wrong AMD is decent but more competition in the market would have been great.

What is a-life???

I mean, the game has been out for over a year. They probably kept it the previous way for more challenge / engagement for streamers or something. I’m glad they’re introducing it, and will probably reinstall and start playing it again. I’m also glad they’re actually trying to release some actual content, even though it’s just a variation of the same gameplay. The customization options they offered for runs was good as well, but just wasn’t enough to get me hooked again. Hoping this will.

Cool dude. Super useful article. /s

Idk, the games used to take the GTA theme and crank it up to 11. They profited off of being as ridiculous and over the top as possible. By what I saw of the newest installment it seemed to take itself too seriously? I got the game for free when I got my last graphics card, installed it, and it just didn’t hook me at all. It’s like they were trying to appeal to too wide of an audience instead of keeping to its roots and making it obscene and over the top. Maybe I’m just nostalgic and those games arent going to happen anymore.

Yeah this is probably it. Getting my titles mixed up or something.

They may not have lived up to the hype when initially released, which was understandable as there were a lot of promises that weren’t keeps, but they are undoubtedly still absolutely amazing games.

That’s…weird. When I checked the price yesterday Fallen Order was 18.99? Did they do a deeper discount?

Dude the ads on menu shit is horrific. I loaded up DOOM 2016 the other day and literally the menu, in the fucking game, is a selector between the game I installed and a selector for DOOM Dark Ages that I don’t own. What the fuck. This is why I hate games being always online even if strictly multiplayer. That game is damn near a decade old and theyre shoving updates to it just in hopes of sales. /rant

It’s already been getting pretty unbearable over the last few years anyway, but I’m probably being a grumpy bitch.

Yeah it was pretty much an instanced version of Monster Hunter, but without lore, more grind, and without really anything to look forward to but learning the new monsters move repertoire. Idk, got super stale super fast for me.

So anything specific? I’m not familiar with the title or it’s predecessor so some listed feedback would be great.

Ohhh I misunderstood. I thought you meant actual applications but you just meant vr apps in general. Well, thank you for the recommendations either way!

Hey I’m picking up VR currently. Can I get some recommended apps from you?

What is non-TPM? My main resistance to 11 is just enshittification / advert bullshit plus whatever the screenshotting privacy nightmare garbage was as well.

Okay thanks! Happy gaming!

Always appreciate your posts man! Thanks for taking time out of your day to add content to Lemmy! I have a question: I’ve played Control which references Alan Wake and the story definitely piqued my interest. I do own the first but haven’t played it. At this point should I play the first before the second? Or just go with the second one?

Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 1/2/3 or however many there are. Granted they’re zombies, but still solid

Honestly it would have to be something this extreme because our current system is never going to give more than a slap to the wrist to the rich.

Sure, masturbate to the thought. It’ll never happen. Ever.

I think the disconnect has to do with old gamers vs new. Old gamers were used to getting one game every 6mo to a year. New gamers are looking for a variety of that or short bangers. Idk I somehow fall between. I can play a long game as long as it comes in digestible amounts where I can easily drop it and pick it back up. All I know is ‘AAA’ type studios are out of touch as fuck. Only game I can think of in recent memory that was long and checked all the boxes would be God Of War. Horizon Zero Dawn as well. Coincidentally both ports from PS but I’m PC.

Amen. I’ll trust that until Gabe dies and of course some shithead takes his place and ruins the company

Get fucked. After all the shit I’ve seen them pulling with Windows 11 they’ll never get a dime out of me again. I’ll ride my win 10 until it’s out of support then switch to Linux. Fuck monopolies, and fuck enshittification for profit.

I recommend it. It’s a nice little time waster that you can pick up and put down with relative ease. There are modes without timers and such as well so you aren’t stressing out while playing. This game has been out for a while and over the years I’ve picked it back up several times.

Heck yeah man! Enjoy! All of it is good, especially if you enjoy the lore.

Honestly this game was/is pretty close to a 10/10 for me. If you have any interest in SCPs Control is probably the best ‘triple A’ title to associate various SCPs into it’s lore and story. Even if you’ve never heard of SCPs the storyline in Control is unique and very, very well done. It’s obviously a gorgeous game as well, if you can’t tell from OPs screenshots. It’s been out long enough at this point you can usually grab it for cheap on sale, or as another poster mentioned it’s free on Epic currently? Haven’t verified that though

Gotcha. Thanks for the recommend / type up! I’ve definitely spent more time than I’d admit just replaying levels. The engine is beautiful and the levels and scenery are super immersive

Holy shit a hitman fan! I’ve played all the games in the series since the original. Only one I haven’t purchased is 3 since they got really shitty with DLCs and garbage. Amazing games for replayability though.

STARBOUND!!! Dude you’re the only ever person I’ve run into. That was one for the first games I supported in Early Access and hold a special place in my heart. I somehow lost my original save on that game and was utterly devastated. At some point I’ll go do another run bit damn did that hit me hard. I had countless bases, my shop was so decked out. Ugh.