I usually have a pretty bad attention span with games so it’s wild to me that I’ve been playing warframe almost exclusively for nearly 3 months now, and I’m super excited for 1999 later this year.

I also really need to get back into the satisfactory server I’ve been hosting for some friends and finish the turbofuel power plant for them.

Finally, Monomyth came out in early access recently so I’ve been savoring it. Arx Fatalis had the absolute coolest fantasy setting I have ever seen, as well as just being an awesome game. Monomyth is a love letter and I couldn’t be happier.

I guess Google really did just change their motto to ‘be evil’

I believe the things you are calling out are an integral part of the ARPG genre so there isn’t going to be much change to the core without fundamentally changing the game you’re playing. Plenty of people enjoy the wanton clicky destruction and seeing numbers rise, just look how popular stuff like cookie clicker is.

Have you tried monster hunter? (Or god eater or wild hearts) Those games sound a lot like what you’re describing. At its heart the core gameplay is ‘Hunt monsters to gather parts to make better gear to hunt more powerful monsters’

Instead of mowing down tones of small things though, you take down a single large and dangerous foe. As you progress, new and more powerful foes appear, but despite the large roster of monsters, they all feel unique. And while better gear certainly helps, a good deal of skill is also required.

Wait, the three mile island thing wasn’t a joke?

I lived the collectibles in Anacronox, they were little golden taco trophies and their lore was that they used to be highly sought after until it came out that TACO stood for Totally Arbitrary Collectible Object and it tanked the market.

You meet a guy that held on till the bitter end but finally had to sell off his collection because he needed the money, so you give him any you find for trinkets and stuff to help him rebuild his collection.

I don’t know if I’m opposed to store exclusives exactly, but epic was paying out the nose to drive people to their store that didn’t even have a shopping cart.

They launched a store without a feature every online store has had for decades

It was always a matter of when, not if.

Disposable vapes have to be a thousand times worse than k-cups.

I was floored when one of my coworkers was showing off his vape that played games and stuff and said he went through one a week.

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Anecdotally it hasn’t been that hard. I’ve had the best luck with Linux Mint just working straight out of the box. I basically only use my computer to game so your mileage may vary if you need specialized software or something.

Also the benefit of mint is that Ubuntu has a huge user base comparatively so you can find a lot of info online for people who have probably already figured out issues that you might encounter.

While that can be true, it’s also not terribly difficult to farm for things and sell them for plat to other players.

Warframe market is great

Grind and premium currency aside, the story is fantastic and there is a new major story/content update coming out in a few months.

For a 14 year old game, the devs and community are still very much active

It looks like a super novel combination of elements and genres which has me intrigued. If the dev can pull this off I’m going to have to explain to my friends why I’m plying a porn game lol

I hate this lol, the guide is no help because it just says to do the thing and it always turns out I’m just blind and missed a path because I habitually turn left instead of right.

Even Google maps does this! I accidentally drove 45 minutes out of the way because I clicked the first result because of course that should be the closest store. Google can fuck right off with these sponsored results

The thing that really irked me too was his edit after he was banned said something like “I guess valve did have a problem with me playing with my friends” completely ignoring his blatant ‘fuck you valve’ tone of the article

I’ve not played it myself, but I was curious about it before it launched. It ended up releasing to poor reviews as well as being an epic games exclusive.

If I recall, the devs made some curious design choices and left out a lot of quality of life things that are standard to the genre now, so the game just ended up being frustrating to play.

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The older monster hunters were more about being a village protector and the hunter guild actively worked to maintain a natural balance…I saw in a video recently that in the newer games though the developers actively shied away from environmental themes

So far I’ve really only played the Alters. It seems like an interesting blend of base/resource/personnel managment with some exploration and base building, plus the story seems pretty neat so I’m probably gonna pick it up when it releases.