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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 23 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Factorio.

Everything—the gameplay, the music, the art style—feels like I hand selected it. There’s not a single decision the devs made that I wouldn’t have made too.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago

Not sure why they bothered including a quit game button, that’s my biggest gripe

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

Dude I'm actively avoiding it.
Cause like, my favourite is anno 1404 and recently I have been caught up with factory town idle.
Both games are about optimising production and trade routes.

You can see my apprehension now I'm sure.

[–] Moc@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Factorio never goes on sale, and will never go on sale. I'd recommend just picking a time and buying it

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I've been watching for a sale, if that ever happens. I just picked up Satisfactory on sale and had a similar conversation with a friend. I said I'm definitely the target demographic for it and Factorio is the other on radar.

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I don’t think Factorio ever goes on sale but imo it’s worth full price.

If you like Satisfactory, there’s an extremely high chance you’ll like Factorio. The main differences are the obvious 2D top-down vs 3D 1st person and Factorio has a robust military/combat system with base defense while Satisfactory is mostly peaceful unless you’re exploring.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Oh I don't doubt that I'd enjoy it, I just rarely pay full price for games anymore. It gives me StarCraft vibes.

Perhaps when I've tired myself of Satisfactory, I'll pick it up, if it still hasn't gone on sale by then.

In the meantime though, I also have Mindustry.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was going to suggest mindustry if you didn't.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Definitely. I got back into it recently too, but when I first found it, I lost many, many hours to it.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

It literally never goes on sale lol

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

You can turn off combat in both games if you just want factory building. Shapez and Shapez2 are all solid entries in the factory game genre.

[–] pixelscript@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Factorio never ever goes on sale, out of principle. The devs have stated on multiple occasions. They know what their game is worth and they're upfront about asking every player to pay the same price for it.

If you're interested in Factorio at full price, no harm in buying now. If you will never buy it at full price, you will never buy it.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's fair, though if it never goes on sale, then there's no rush either. I'll get my fill of Satisfactory first and then probably reconsider it then.

[–] pixelscript@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sure, sure. Just don't want you to wait forever for a bus that won't come. :)

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

No worries. Knowing that it virtually never goes on sale is still useful information and helpful in my decision making. Thanks!

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Project Zomboid, even though I'm not into zombie lore.

  • Isometric perspective graphics, one of my favorite game perspectives
  • Open world, open-ended, sandbox play with enough of a game objective to not be boring
  • Hardcore survival with deep, often surprising mechanics
  • Amazing multiplayer experiences
  • Loads of suspense and tension
  • Constant development from a small, totally independent team
  • Incredible array of community mods

I would love to see other games in the same vein using other scenarios besides zombies, like maybe warzone survival, etc.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You say “open ended” but it’s not. Project Zomboid has one ending.

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Haha, true. Infinite paths to reach the one ending, but still one ending. ;)

[–] AwakenedAce@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago

Outer Wilds, it has exactly everything I love. I wish I could play it again for the first time, though being unable to do that is one of the reasons I love it

I highly recommend it, it's great, just don't spoil yourself by watching things, even the trailers honestly

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 10 points 6 days ago

Thief: The Dark Project.

It's everything I could ever want.

  • Excellent story perfectly meshed with the gameplay.
  • A strange high-technology medieval world.
  • Incredible level design combined with realistic roughly drawn maps, forcing you to take in your surroundings and build your own map.
  • Variety of gameplay, ranging from infiltrating a rich baron's mansion to rob them blind, to delving into ancient crypts filled with odd creatures and an alien culture for some adventurous tomb raiding, to some of the most terrifying pants filling survival horror I've yet encountered.

It is, in my opinion, perfection.

[–] JoeKis@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Noita right now ⚗️

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago
[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

The first Deus Ex

[–] mEEGal@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you haven't, you should try Split Second. Racing game but with wild destructive world traps (you can trigger stuff like a commercial aircraft crashing into the track and stiff like that.

[–] mEEGal@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

yup I tried but only a demo

[–] buedi@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

Sounds like a good Chili aftermath.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] mEEGal@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

never played it

[–] pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] 50_centavos@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Hey I play that every time I eat Taco Bell

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The Dark Mod since a lot of years

Trailer

Mission lists (New ones in work, can be downloaded and added from the Game menu)

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

DiRT Rally 2 was this for me

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago
[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Right now? The remaster of Soul Reaver 1/2. Now i just need someone to do the rest of the series.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 6 days ago

En Garde! and Slay the Princess

Both scratch very specific itches for me

The quest for glory series was my favorite in its time. I still replay it every now and then

[–] SleepyPie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Siralim Ultimate. It’s like Pokémon but your party is essentially a machine built from passive effect interactions and the gameplay is like Diablo.

Absolute hidden gem.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Recently started playing and it reminded me of when I used to play MtG and tried to build decks with broken combos.

[–] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Monster Hunter in general has me like this

[–] mcpoops@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Currently playing Shadow Man Remastered and I'm feeling this way about it. I always wanted to try it as a kid but never had the chance and it's better than I ever expected.

[–] Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Kerbal space program.

The one game I consistently keep coming back to... For over a decade.

[–] Missmuffet@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Final fantasy 14

aaaaxy. non-euclidean madness.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Strange Flesh, but in a more literal sense, to a subby bottom bear.

https://www.greatestbear.com/strangeflesh/app/index.html

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 6 days ago

Descenders

Idk why. Well, I do know why: I grew up in an era where Flash games started to do physics-based gameplay, and something about that just made them endlessly replayable and easy to do while focusing on something else like a lecture or whatever.

So many games these days demand your full attention. And that’s great, when you have time for it. But if I just have 45 minutes to derp around while I catch up with friends on Discord, I can’t dive into an epic boss fight that I was prepping for a month ago.

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