Hi gamers, what did you play this year? What was your favourite game?

bonus question - Are you going to grab anything at the Steam winter sale?

  • barrbaric [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    BG3 is probably GOTY, not on its own merits, but because it made for really good conversation with friends.

    AC6 slaps and is a close second, though it is definitely marred by balance issues (which have largely since been fixed).

    I picked up some vampire survivors ripoffs and Yakuza: Like a Dragon plus some DLC.

    • moonlake [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      What is your favourite Vampire Survivors ripoff? Mine is Halls of Torment. I think I like it even more than VS

      • barrbaric [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        So far it's still VS, lol. The main three elements I'm looking for are a long list of things to unlock (preferably in interesting ways rather than just with currency), auto-aim over manual aim, and that it escalates into an absolute clusterfuck in the endgame. I'd rank the ripoffs I've played as follows:

        • Holocure: most characters require manual aiming for the starter ability but at least everything is is automatic. Upgrade system is okay, character unlock system is bad but item unlocks are generally good, the farming and fishing minigames absolutely fucked the economy. Not a fan of vtubers but hey, it's free. By far the worst thing is the vtuber fan culture on display, like the two weapons that scale with (or inversely with) bust size.
        • Soulstone Survivors: seems grindy, very bad at showing things relevant to gameplay (the curse system, what subtypes the weapons you already have are, etc). Gets sufficiently crazy but ends up a bit of a mess.
        • Brotato: not enough meta-progression, weak theme, doesn't get crazy enough (from what I've seen), but a surprising amount of variety in characters and weapons.
        • Halls of Torment: requires manual aiming and powers were boring with very little escalation. Still very obviously in early access, didn't feel like there was enough meta-progression. For all the theme was obviously trying to invoke Diablo 1/2 it fell flat for me. Refunded this one.