like oh wow ur game about exploring an untouched world where the punchline of every "joke" is that you're being exploited by an unfeeling corporation? man that's so unique that nobody who read that sentence realized I was talking about Journey To The Savage Planet because there's so fucking many of them

You know what I want? Universal jail time for all gamers

But if I'm not gonna get that, I want games that take place in a world we'd want to live in where the objective is to help it remain as such.

If someone pitched to me a GTA game set in a horrible word not worth living in the way they all are, I wouldn't care what city it's set in. It's been done. If someone said, "hey we're gonna make a GTA game except it's set in a nearly post-capitalism world and your objective is to try to protect your city from incursion by the forces of reaction" I'd buy that shit up so fast.

TLDR; why doesn't an inherently reactionary industry just pander to me? :/

  • PurrLure [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Ok, so this game isn't quite what you were asking for, but hear me out. How about a game where:

    • You build houses for homeless people
    • You help a community grow a variety of crops
    • You build bars and entertainment buildings for the working class
    • Build a fortress to protect everyone
    • End a war
    • Find out the monster npcs actually have individual personalities and motivations just like the humans do
    • Nuture strong bonds of friendship
    • NOBODY KNOWS WHAT CURRENCY IS AND EVERYONE'S NEEDS ARE AUTOMATICALLY MET AS THE TOWN IS ABLE TO FILL THEM
    • I'm fucking serious, the closest this game gets to currency is that people drop hearts on the ground when they're happy. You can use these hearts to upgrade the town level and later on trade them for building mat recipes

    If that sounds good to you, check out Dragon Quest Builders 2. Steam has a free demo that will last you 3-6 hours depending on your play style. :cat-vibing:

    • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      NOBODY KNOWS WHAT CURRENCY

      reminds me of the beginning of mother 3

      I dabble in gamedev as a hobby and I wanted to make a game with some of these ideas. Basically stardew valley but communist, but there are sooooo manyyyy SV clones lol

    • deshara218 [any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      OH SHIT that reminded me, that game wasnt up on torrent sites when I read Jim Sterling's review but I haven't checked since. Aaaand... there it is! Thanks for the reminder conrad

      • PurrLure [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        The only downside to torrenting it is that the game has online features where you can check out other people's sick ass paradises and they can check out yours.

        But otherwise if you just want to play the story you should be good to go.

        • deshara218 [any]
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          4 years ago

          two thoughts thus far; 1) holy fuck is this a slow start, i am reminded of why I stopped playing pokemon games -- if you already know what the game is & how to play it (come on its minecraft) having to hold space to skip dialogue for hours just to get to the actual game is agonizing. 2) if u play as the female character, equip a giant stack of kelp and then hold the eat button it sounds like she's getting throated

          • PurrLure [she/her]
            ·
            4 years ago

            Along with being a builder game, it's also a Dragon Quest JRPG game, so yes the story has a lot of dialogue.

            I think the throating thing might be your imagination tho. Why only the female voice actress? :panting: