Amazing Cultivation Simulator and Dyson Sphere Program are great. Of course, Path of Exile is also owned by Tencent but they don't really exert control over the Western version of the game, so it's more of a technicality.
It's one of those games you have to play with the mindset of enjoying the emergent gameplay instead of trying to win, at least at first. I had a lot of fun that way as I learned the systems. Once I understood how most of the basic mechanics worked I started over and actually got pretty far, used some guides for certain things like Agencies and the really weird adventure system.
Is tencent even that much of a meddling company? Every time I hear a story of them asking something of a company they invested in (and getting rebuked), they find someone else to do what they want.
Seems better than most western games conglomerate.
I can only speak about PoE and they really haven't exerted much influence over the Western version at all. The Chinese version does have some bad monetization though, like premium pets that can auto-loot (which doesn't exist otherwise in any version of the game). They're mostly fine.
Amazing Cultivation Simulator and Dyson Sphere Program are great. Of course, Path of Exile is also owned by Tencent but they don't really exert control over the Western version of the game, so it's more of a technicality.
I tried getting into Amazing Cultivation Simulator but there's just so much to know it was a little daunting.
It's one of those games you have to play with the mindset of enjoying the emergent gameplay instead of trying to win, at least at first. I had a lot of fun that way as I learned the systems. Once I understood how most of the basic mechanics worked I started over and actually got pretty far, used some guides for certain things like Agencies and the really weird adventure system.
Is tencent even that much of a meddling company? Every time I hear a story of them asking something of a company they invested in (and getting rebuked), they find someone else to do what they want.
Seems better than most western games conglomerate.
I can only speak about PoE and they really haven't exerted much influence over the Western version at all. The Chinese version does have some bad monetization though, like premium pets that can auto-loot (which doesn't exist otherwise in any version of the game). They're mostly fine.
The emblematic case for me is how much they wanted Riot to do a mobile version of LoL and ended up making their own with another company.