This makes me want to hear the “Quad City DJs - Space Jam” theme sung by Eddie Vedder

No, I think you’re all good. That part scared me too.

Remember to check the instruction manual for clues.

It’s starting to look like Facebook comments out here

No new games

It’s still unclear to me if you are always a trio.

Is “solo” you + 2 bots?

Can you play as 2 friends + 1 bot or 1 random player?

“I’m interested in one thing. Dark. You haven’t the gift.”

• Felkin the Outcast, Dark Souls 2

He’s such a weirdo just sitting in a dark corner, but sells some good spells.

Blade of Darkness looks up my alley

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That sounds awesome. I’m imagining it in the style of Dark Souls, but a reskin would be fun.

Obligatory Bloodborne mention.

Not sure if it’s been done already, but Zelda LttP would be cool. I haven’t played Echoes of Wisdom though I like the art style and could see it working well.

Goldeneye + Perfect Dark.

PLAY GWENT. The minigame became somewhat notorious because it’s really good - you can spend dozens of hours travelling the world and just playing cards.

There’s a turn-based RPG sale/event happening on Steam right now. I can’t vouch for any of those games, but new ones do exist.

As for why they seem to have declined in popularity I can only guess - smartphones happened, removing the need for a home computer from many would-be RTS gamers.

It’s free to play, there’s a huge market for skins, and some gambling addiction to go with it. The perfect storm.

If they remaster it there’s a chance they’ll release it on PC and then I won’t have to buy an entire PlayStation just for one game.

My mistake. It seems like every time I check if a beloved game from that era is on PC it’s always “no”.

Time Splitters, Dark Cloud, ICO, Twisted Metal Black, Shinobi, FFX…

So many games I would gladly pay them for (again) on PC.

I was hoping to see something about multiplayer connection. When it works it’s great, but half the time I’ll get “failed to connect”, or the game will just crash when I get summoned / my summoned co-op player is spawned in. Is it just me? Playing on Steam

Lambert: “Hurry up Keira, or we’ll never get to town before the Nightwraiths come out!”

Keira: “Well maybe if we took the actual ROAD and not walked through this field I wouldn’t have stepped in a massive cow pie!”

Lambert: “Uh, Keira? That’s way too big to be made by a cow…”

roar of a nearby Chort

Keira and Lambert look at each other

in unison, “RUUUUUN!”

Ah, that makes my decision easier. Thanks for the info!

What the deal with EA Play? I see their subscription prices and I’m not doing that. Then below that I see the game for $3.99 CAD. Can I just get the game that way and not deal with any extra EA stuff?

Mine is pretty useless. I have 4 hours of playtime on CSGO from 10 years ago and it thinks I want more FPS.

Manually checking out the similar games section of the ones I do play has been a lot better personally.

Edit: not to say discovery queue isn’t good, just that the similar section is another good option

Are you trying to redeem the freebie through the Epic Games launcher? I don’t remember ever having to complete a captcha that way.

I’m dabbling in game development myself, and that’s part of why I asked the question originally- I’d be terrified to put something out there for the public if I wasn’t already confident it was ready. Early access seems like a double-edged sword. But you list some good points about the benefits of doing so.

By the way, I am interested to hear about your game project if you would like to share some details.

That makes sense and I hadn’t considered the feedback aspect. I can see how that must be helpful, especially for a solo developer. Thanks!

I’m kind of confused about the whole early access thing and why devs do it. Is it to get support and funding to finish the project?

It wasn’t on my radar. Now it’s on my wishlist It looks great, thanks!

Grabbed about half of my wishlist. Disappointed that Dark Souls Remastered isn’t on sale at all, but it can wait.

Frogun

Mail Mole + Xpress Deliveries

Toree 3D

Toree2

Pseudoregalia

Heckabomb

Alwa’s Awakening

GRIS

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Macbat 64

A Hat in Time - Nyakuza Metro DLC

Cavern of Dreams

Tails of Iron

Super Kiwi 64

Lunistice

Now begins the summer of platforming

Very worth it at that price. I thought the DLCs were great too. 180+ hours