r/pcgaming • u/AutoModerator • Dec 29 '23

Weekly Game Suggestions Thread - December 29, 2023

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u/Nicolamos13 Dec 30 '23

Good day everyone!

Looking for a non-fight (or small amount would be ok) RTS. I want to play the same game as my girlfriend and she is really into strategy games, but she does not like fight aspect of those game. We are looking for something competitive ish and with like game length of 15 min to an hour against other players.

Any suggestions?

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u/Filipi_7 Tech Specialist Dec 31 '23

RTS always involve "fight", like AoE or Starcraft, and go on for far longer than 15 minutes. Maye you mean a different genre? What's an example of the kind of game you mean?

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u/Nicolamos13 Jan 03 '24

This is a genre I did not really know about actually, but when my girlfriend described what she wanted I directly thought about Starcraft and saw it was a RTS. As soon as I suggested that, she basically told me that it would be perfect, but non-fighting.

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I looked at Offworld Trading company that kind of fit this, but it seemed not really played anymore.

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u/Filipi_7 Tech Specialist Jan 03 '24 edited Jan 03 '24

I see, I played Offworld Trading Company and while it definitely isn't a typical RTS, I'm not sure what genre I'd call it. Economic strategy, maybe.

I can't think of anything that even comes close to this type of gameplay, and is multiplayer. I'm sure there are plenty of board games, but not video games.

There are a couple economics based strategy games that almost fit the bill, but the typical game length is several hours. You'd have to save and load in the next session.

Anno 1404 and probably 1800, for example. They are city builders with multiplayer, you compete for islands and resources on them to fuel your cities. There is technically combat but it is very light and can be ignored, although booting another player from your island becomes a lot more tricky. Not impossible though.

The Guild 2 is an excellent economic strategy if you can look past a little bugs and the dated graphics. It has a good amount of depth, which also applies to the competitive aspect. Sell lower, places your shops in better places, bribe city officials, become a city official yourself and harass the competition, etc. But again it is not limited to short session, it's an ongoing game until you get bored or the other player's dynasty dies off.

OpenTTD as well. It looks very dated and is not very beginner friendly, but it's still one of the best in its genre. Modern titles look better but don't surpass it in terms of gameplay IMO (and they aren't multiplayer). It is very limited in terms of competitiveness, as in what you can do to make the other player fail. It's like playing OTC in co-op but with separate budgets and buildings.

Have you considered short co-op games like PlateUp!, or Overcooked (it has a competitive mode too, IIRC)?

In the future maybe keep an eye out on Trades of Natac.