Dwarf Fortress is 20 years old and still only has half the planned features. Tarn will be working on it until he croaks. Bless that man.
It’s kind of blown my mind to learn about the development of that game. UnReal World’s similar how it started development in like the 90’s and the guys still just keep working on it like a group hobby. Love that for them
My ADHD would never. I’d love to have a forever project, but the unending crave for novelty would never allow me.
Did you see the /NoClip documentary?
I have not. My exposure to it was through Frederick Knudson DownTheRabbithole.
I’ll go look that up though if there’s more to be heard
The amount of simulations is still looking for its match. Hell, it reminds me of the possible best simulation: Dwarfes are having a party. Someone spills their beer. A cat walks through the beer puddle. The cat cleans its paws. The cat becomes drunk from the beer on its paws.
The graphic is rather old, even the steam version or with “Lazy Newb Pack”, but it is still !!FUN!!.
Right now is the best time to play old games. Retro gaming handhelds have never been better, and honestly there’s little to improve in them at this point.
Get yourself a retro handheld for as little as $100, that will feel more premium than a Steam Deck, and start playing games that came out before you were born.
I’ve genuinely forgotten how bad the current video game industry is, because I’m so busy having a blast with older/retro titles.
Highly recommend to all gamers.
You can check out what handheld console would fit you best here: https://retrocatalog.com/
And see what people’s experience is in various games here: https://www.emuready.com/
games that came out before you were born
how old do you think i am
About to say, I’m older than Pac-Man :D
my cool SIL is way too into Ms. Pacman because that was her game at the arcade.
i can’t solder for shit, but i could code a mame console to run that for her 50th
I’m still playing Rimworld
Regardless, I never spend more than $20 on a game, wait for the “Game of the Year Platinum Super Edition” to go on sale. It works every time!
Same. Got the base Cyberpunk 2077 game for $18. And then got the dlc for $18. Best $36 I’ve spent on a game in a long time.
Isn’t each rimworld DLC more than 20USD? Though I play it enough to easily be worth it.
I normally do that, but I got Baldur’s Gate I think within it’s first year, and the thing that sold me is they put it DRM free on GOG super early. Normally you have to wait 15 years to get a AAA game on GOG, so I wanted to support that decision to put it there early.
yet another shout out for Space Station 14, a fully open source almost-massively multiplayer game with tons of forks being actively developed with lots of cross pollination of ideas and mechanics between them.
outrageously fun gameplay, totally free, easily modified, decently easy to set up ones own server
also totally cross platform between linux, mac, and windows
I play open source games
🙇🏻
Indie devs are fucking killing it, though. A lot of bangers have been coming out.
I’m currently obsessed with How Many Dudes? That game is so much fun.
All hail the ability to emulate console games up to a certain generation well enough on even lower end hardware.
Ain’t no other way to officially enjoy classics like Tony Hawk Pro Skater ( best on Dreamcast IMO ). Probably one of the greatest skater games, just behind a game like Skate 2. But maybe that’s the nostalgia talking…
What about playing them on the original consoles? I’ve got a Game Cube and PS3 I still use occasionally, and a PS2 that I haven’t tried in a long time but would give it 50/50 for just booting up if I hooked it up, plus some portion of the failure 50% includes the possibility of repairing it.
my opinion is that as time marches on, fewer and fewer of these original consoles will be around, assuming that they don’t get manufactured anymore. so eventually, we’ll all be forced to use emulators anyways.
on top of that, i guess emulators are cheaper. you already have the computing device, you only need a new controller to attach to it.
Original console, in most cases, is probably gonna be the better option IMO. But due to the rising cost of everything, games/consoles included, emulation is better from a purely price saving standpoint. I am lucky enough to have so many consoles, but I still emulate or use console softmods because I can’t afford every game I want.
I also love how emulators make 40 year old games much more playable with features like state save.
Fast forwarding through slow unskippable cutscenes and slow walking parts.
Hey! That’s cheating! (I do it too)
I knowwww but I need to get good at it without spending thousands of hours per game. I have kids and only maybe 30 years left to live lol
No disagreement there, I only responded because of the “ain’t no other way” in your OP.
All hail the ability to emulate console games up to a certain generation well enough on even lower end hardware.
A little wordy as a catch phrase, but I like the sentiment.
I remember spending hours watching my friends play that game.
I remembered my family having the ps1 version, but my brother said I was wrong because we apparently had the n64 version.
Either way, was definitely a defining game of my early childhood. Such a fun game. I was lucky enough to find it at a game store where I live. It was for some reason tucked away with the ps1 games and somehow just barely under $20USD before tax! A steal, if you ask me.
I’m excited for all the disposable AAA gaming income that can now go to indie developers…
You guys are going to monetarily support indie developers right?
There are so many new games coming out that even if you don’t want 99% of them you could never play everything you want.
What’s really going on here is that most of us are getting old and busy enough to where we genuinely prefer something familiar regardless of the quality of new games.
I mean Warcraft II is still the shit. As is classic doom, carmageddon, Aoe,… you name it.
I still play Warcraft III - Frozzen Throne. So many custom maps. I’ve got enough gaming content for another 10 years.
I have this urge to revisit Dune 2000 but my life is a bit hectic. Boys+Sports…
Flashpoint Archive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashpoint_Archive
Flashpoint is amazing!
:o
that sounds like an amazing project. i have literally been thinking just yesterday whether i could ever get back the nostalgic (and often crappily made xD) flash games of my youth.
xD and the video on the project website is so iconic xD literally uses music from redacted (guess the game yourself :)).
question: does anyone have a backup of the flashpoint archive itself? in case that one goes down (so, double backup)
Fuck yes I’m so happy people did this. This is art preservation
It’s so fun!
Skyrim, Fallout NV, Diablo II, modded to fuck Dungeon Keeper, Age Of Empires II, so many more. I’m set for life
Modded to What?
Sounds dope, though. Enjoy your peace, king
I know nothing of the Diablo 2 modding scene but there better be a sex mod.
There’s sex mods for Rimworld so I wouldn’t be surprised.
That’s incredibly expected from Rimworld. Hell the base mechanics encourage colonists pairing up.
Technically vanilla RimWorld already has “Lovin’”, which colonists sharing a bed can do, and the DLC has colonist pregnancy, IUDs, babies, and I think even artificial insemination (though it’s been a long time since I played without mods, so I could be mixing something up)
But really, given sufficient time, any sufficiently moddable game will have a horny mod made.
Yeah, nothing the Rimworld mod scene could do would surprise me.
How do you mod dungeon keeper
KeeperFX is a modern port of the game that makes it run on modern pcs. It needs the base game of course but it comes with mod support so after you install keeperfx, mods are basically plug&play
Awesome thank you so much. I used to play dungeon keeper a ton as a kid
Retro game prices have been skyrocketing too. Everything’s kinda fucked.
Just soft mod your console or get a flash cart and sail the high seas.
Morrowind, Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim, Saints Row 2, GTA San Andreas, Ultima, beside few indies, Pragmata and Fallout London, this and retro console games are my main playthroughs
Fallout New Vegas
You had me worried. Surely Fallout New Vegas isn’t a 20 year old game? But no, it only came out 16 years ago. Crisis averted.
Good news! Bethesda is surely about to release a patch that fixes nothing you need and breaks all your mods, just like Skyrim the other day again!
Well, thank God than my copy is from GoG and only update if i choose it
I got annoyed with Skyrim on ps3 because of annoying save/load times and broken quests that I couldn’t patch or fix.
If I try Fallout NV on ps3 will I have a better time?
Any old mmo enjoyers with a game with an active community to link a fella? Was a fiend for RF online back in the day it was sci-fantasy before I knew what sci fantasy was haha!
Clan Lord
I played it during the beta way back in ‘97(?) but couldn’t continue when it went to a monthly subscription due to being a teen. I found out it was still going 3 years ago and became re-addicted.
Now a character is $15USD and no money is asked for after that. No micro-transactions or nuthin’.
The graphics maintain the ‘97 2D top-down style with chat bubbles, but the game still gets monthly updates.
Get an account here: http://deltatao.com/
Use this client: https://github.com/MrNice/trowllord-releases/releases
You can log in for free but no progress will be saved and you don’t get to choose your name or anything cool.
The community is super friendly and helpful and some players have been playing since the start. It’s deceptively deep and there’s wikis to help you figure out what’s going on, but I don’t want to overload you with links right now.
There’s a discord too, but I’d rather you ask for it in-game to avoid and non-clanners causing trouble
Thanks for the response! I’ll look into it :)
The original Guild Wars trilogy is going strong still. One of the better communities for old mmos still active in my opinion.
If a new take on an old MMO is interesting, maybe look up Everquest Legends. It’s basically an oldschool MMO combined with a massive power fantasy. It has problems (many, many problems), but it’s still a pretty good time.
Its been a hot minute since I played, but city of heros is a fun one.
Star Reach is a new one that came out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1925650/Stars_Reach/
Monsters & Memories: https://monstersandmemories.com/
Thanks for these! Mnm sounds sounds like it has promise I’ll have to check out star reach see if it scratches that sci fi itch haha!
I have about 1,000 hours in the MnM beta and its development is keeping great momentum. Long road map for ideas and plans as well. If you join in on EA in August send me a DM and I can get you up to speed or answer any questions.
