Weekly Game Suggestions Thread - November 01, 2024

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[u/gh05t-]

Any good open world bounty hunter games?

Are there any good titles where you can roam around space and do missions? Prefer on foot combat. Thanks in advance

[u/Mormanades → u/gh05t-]

Mass Effect and KOTOR (knights of the old republic) are the closest you will ever get to #2. Outer wilds if you are looking for something less action based. I think outer worlds/starfield would be the next best options after that.

[u/Harm101]

Are there any strategy games that lets you draw/decide your own borders in the game?

I was playing Victoria 3 the other day and it got me wondering why I'M not the one drawing - or carving up - the borders during the 'Scramble for Africa', or any other colonization effort for that matter. You're always confined to pre-drawn provinces or a grid-based system which depends on how well you can influence an area.

[u/LGNebula → u/Harm101]

Because that how borders were/are drawn and decided IRL.

[u/IlatzimepAho]

Hi all!

I'm looking for some suggestions for games that allow both local and online multi-player simultaneously. My girl and I are currently long distance and are looking for some games that we could play with my kids at the same time.

Fortnite is an option, and recently, we've played Clue/Cluedo using the associated app. That's allowed my kids to play from their devices, while my girl and I are on our PCs.

Any suggestions would be helpful!

[u/IRLSinisteR]

Gamers,

Almost 30 years ago I began my gaming journey on a Playstation, enjoying the likes of Gran Turismo, Crash Bandicoot, Driver [XBOX], Wipeout and Formula One. Over two decades ago, my PC gaming journey began when my mates installed Warcraft III: The Reign of Chaos on my parent's PC and every time the phone rang we lost our 4v4 Random Team game due to a disconnect.

Since then, I have played Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2 and then pretty much WoW non-stop until now with various other games in between.

In February I am becoming a father, in March I'm settling on my first home and getting a promotion in work. I picked up my Switch the other day and started a new save on FFVIII, installed Vampire Survivors on my PC and realised I actually just no longer enjoy logging into WoW. I have no desire to play FFXIV, the only other real "competitor" to it in the genre either, having played ESO and GW2 extensively in the past.

However, even when playing FFVIII (8) on my Switch and having gone to bed way too late playing Vampire Survivors last night, the itch is not fully satisfied like a competitive game with an artificial sense of progression does.

As my free time becomes less and less, I'm reaching out to seek help to try and enjoy these single player games more or to hear from others who have just "fallen" out of love with their preferred genres -- for me MMOs and RTSs (although Age of Mythology is so f*cking good I can't stop watching content for that) -- over time and what they did next. Is the solution just get stuck into a "cosy" game like Stardew Valley, focus on a JRPG or is it more along the lines of Vampire Survivors (DRG: Survivor is fun too).

I do plan on picking up STALKER 2 and the new Dragon Age game eventually. The Steam Deck is releasing in about a month in my local market which I am, of course, looking forward to. But gaming-wise, I am stuck and I need help. Mental stimulation is a huge part of why I turn on my PC everyday I can and, for me, this has been either gaining ranking on ladder (RTS) or getting a kill on a end-tier raid boss in WoW. Ethics aside, WoW and Blizzard games just aren't doing that for me now and with the significant change in personal circumstances coming, I have no intention of picking up a competitive game to start from scratch again. Single player games are the obvious solution but no matter what avenue I go down, I can't seem to find the right fit for me from the 100's of games I have accumulated over the years.

Really interested in hearing my fellow gamer legends thoughts and feedback on this one.

[u/Filipi_7 → u/IRLSinisteR]

So you want a singleplayer game to replicate competitive RTS and MMOs? Is there something specific you're looking for, like perpetual advancement, difficulty, or requiring thought? Or in other words, why the 100s of games you've accumulated aren't the right fit.

[u/IRLSinisteR → u/Filipi_7]

Not anything competitive, no. I've started playing the perpetual difficulty games and beginning to enjoy them. I was more seeking guidance as to how people move away from competitive games as a form of mental stimulation, into more of a relaxed, balanced approach to gaming where being the best just does not matter any more.

[u/Filipi_7 → u/IRLSinisteR]

I think that would be different for everyone. I used to play competitive games (CSGO and Smite), but I haven't really "transitioned" into others. I realised I'm not having much fun and just stopped playing.

Speaking of games as a form of mental simulation though, take a look at city builders or automation/management. Factorio, Rimworld, and Anno 1800 are prime examples, and are fantastic.

You're presented with tasks that are simple at the start, but get more and more complex as you unlock more buildings or features. You're not competing or in a rush, you proceed at your own pace and your success is determined by how well you understand the mechanics. There's no "meta" to follow either, you're not losing anything by not being extremely efficient or optimised, if anything it's motivation to get better.

And obviously there are the explicit puzzle games, where mental stimulation and problem solving are the gameplay. Not jigsaw or point&click, but novel ideas that require you to think of a solution. I recommend The Talos Principle, Opus Magnum, and Return of the Obra Dinn.

Try roguelites too. Like competitive games, they rely fully on an engaging gameplay loop in short intervals rather than a persistent world. Short sessions where losing doesn't mean you go back to an autosave, but restarting with different items, levels, enemies, etc. The genre is very diverse, but some of the good ones are Hades, Roboquest, or Slay the Spire.

[u/IRLSinisteR → u/Filipi_7]

Thank you.