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I think it's super cool that it got stardew and binding of isaac. The controls worked super well for Stardew and I assume the same for Isaac

CaptainHammer posted...

ave any of you played Darkest Dungeon

I haven't but i've heard great things

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

I've seen Besieged, and it looks awesome, but there's no chance my laptop can run it. Battle Brothers sounds amazing, and Rimworld/Don't Starve sound great as well.

I do have Kerbal Space Program, but I don't know if my laptop runs it.

Besieged does take some processing power, but I don't think it's optimized very well. One of the disadvantages of not having a big studio make it.

But yeah, Battle Bros is $30 regular price, which is overpriced for most people. For how much playtime I've gotten out of it, it would be worth it at full price for me personally, but I got it on sale at 66% off, which turned out to be a hell of a deal. Might not be a bad idea to toss those games on your wishlist and wait for them to go on sale again (which they do pretty often) and wait it out.
Battle Brothers was one of those games I got on a whim after reading a few reviews, and it's a fantastic game. They could make tons of money if they ported it to the Switch/consoles. It could maybe even work on android/iOS

I remember back in the old days of PotD/Gamefaqs, social media and the internet in general (for gaming) wasn't as nearly as developed as it is now. On consoles and steam nowadays, if you're looking to talk about a certain game, you can press pause and find an online community composed of direct players of the games. Plus sites like youtube and reddit have exploded. Plus, games have kind of changed. I remember how FF7 was in the top 50 games for years and years, because back in the day this site had the best FAQs. And now, way less people need step by step guides to games that gamefaqs could offer.

I was wrong about the wild a couple months ago when I said this team is done for the year. They've been playing really well lately. The Eric Staal signing has turned out to be amazing.

Ok here's my highly anticipated list of favorite indie games on steam. No particular order:

Rimworld - In this game, you control 3 space travelers whose ship crashes on an isolated (randomly generated) planet with no means of escape. You build a base and try to keep your colonists alive as long as you can. Throughout the game, the AI throws random events at you, both good and bad, that you have to deal with. Stuff like tribesman raiding, wild animal attacks, all kinds of stuff. There's a a ton of potential events that happen and each colony you make will be a lot different than the others. You control the colonists with this task system. When you assign an action, like planting crops, it adds it to the task list. You prioritize types of tasks for your colonists based on their skills, so if Colonist A has a high priority for woodcutting, he'll drop everything and go chop wood. Most of the time you will lose and your colonists will die tragic, horrifying deaths.

Don't Starve - It's kind of like Rimworld in the sense that you're stranded in the wilderness and the goal is to not die, but you control a single character and the gameplay is quite a bit different. official description: Dont Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Battle Brothers - like Fire Emblem/FF Tactics combat where you lead a mercenary company, take on contracts, and try to last as long as you can. Official description (I'm going to use these from here on out):
Battle Brothers is a turn based tactical RPG which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Mount and Blade: Warband - In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

Kerbal Space Program: it's like the Kingdom Hearts gummi ship system except on meth. The games physics and huge variety of parts allows you to get insanely creative. Some of the shit people have built on youtube is insane.

In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesnt) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics. Launch your Kerbal crew into orbit and beyond (while keeping them alive) to explore moons and planets in the Kerbol solar system, constructing bases and space stations to expand the reach of your expedition.

Besiege - kind of like Kerbal, but with medieval siege engines. This is the most demanding of your computer out of this list, depending on how big/intricate your death machine is.
Besiege is a physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines and lay waste to immense fortresses and peaceful hamlets. Build a machine which can crush windmills, wipe out battalions of brave soldiers and transport valuable resources, defending your creation against cannons, archers and whatever else the desperate enemies have at their disposal. Create a trundling behemoth, or take clumsily to the skies, and cause carnage in fully destructible environments. Ultimately, you must conquer every Kingdom by crippling their castles and killing their men and livestock, in as creative or clinical a manner as possible!

Cities: Skylines - like sim city, but I like it a lot more

Games that I'm not going to write about because they don't really need an introduction:
Stardew Valley (obv)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Terraria

STLCards1991 posted...

Life is Strange (broken record there)

I didn't know Square enix is an indie company. Learn something new everyday

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

I'll always take some cheap indie suggestions from Steam.

I will make a great list later today

CaptainHammer posted...

We definitely played some RE6 together and we definitely had some snow misadventures. I don't think we played any full campaigns or anything though. Besides the snowmobiles the main thing i remember is running around punching zombies and occasionally messaging you that I didn't know what I was supposed to do and eventually the level was over because you completed the objectives. Maybe that's when we stopped playing together

Was this the demo co-op? I think it might have been, and then we both got the full game. I honestly can't remember tho....we've been going to this site for a very long time

Wasn't a level of the RE6 demo multiplayer? I might be wrong but I think Squall7491 and I played it on ps3 a couple times and we snowboarded and knifed some zombies and had a hilariously awful time

SteamedHams posted...

Should I play any of the older RE games? They seem like they might really suck for somebody whose first (and still only) one is 4. I have no interest in 5 and 6, but 7 seems interesting enough if I end up getting a PS4 or Xbone

My first was RE4, and I played 5 and 6. 5 and 6 seemed cool on paper but they sucked, in my humble opinion. 4 is a classic

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

I don't even know what games I want to play going forward. I'm kind of satisfied.

if you like cheap indie steam games and are truly bored, I can give you some recommendations.

yeah it's definitely do-able. They've ported that game to like 18 systems at this point, might as well do the switch. Especially if it's only $5. If I had a car trip and I was bored, I'd play $5 for a few hours of portable RE4

I recently got RE4 on steam for like $3. God that game is good

I did play it back in the day, but it was such a bargain for such a classic that I had to get it again

Let me know how RE7 is. I've lost all faith in the series, but if it's good I'd prob be interested

Ultima_Dragoon posted...

s is why I don't usually play any of my 100+ Steam games, although I do feel like I'm missing out a little by not playing things like FTL.

I've really got the best of both worlds. I have a ps4 and switch that I never play, and 200+ steam games and I've only played maybe 25% of them

CaptainHammer posted...

I spend 40 hours a week looking at one

I do too and then come home and do the same thing

hey Slurpee, I've seen you play FTL on steam a lot. Are you going to get Into The Breach? I'm gonna soon

I heard somewhere that the NBA was also looking at adding MLB style 1 game play-ins for a real playoff slot. I guess the idea behind is that the more teams that are potentially in contention the less tanking there will be. I don't love this idea but I like it better than the one slurpee brought up

I guess one good thing about that plan would be that it would eliminate the lottery (which nobody likes), but if has the potential to make really bad teams stay really bad, or if a team's star player gets hurt, can put them in a really bad spot

If I won the lottery I would keep all of it for myself

Oh I haven't heard of this meme

I thought Rockies was a pretty cool name

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

I'm assuming you aren't including Favre in that?

No, was mainly thinking of QBs who played with the team at least 3 seasons. "Franchise" type guys

All signs are pointing to the Vikings making a run at Cousins. It's pretty sad that he would instantly be the 3rd best QB in franchise history

Remember when they were historically bad last year and they got #3 or 4 in the lottery? That's why I don't like the draft lottery

It would take a long shot for the Aves to make the playoffs, but if they did, the would play vegas more than likely.
I love Vegas' jerseys, but I hate their team name...Golden Knights. It's so stupid.

The NHL's seeding is stupid. Say what you will about the NFL, but their current conferences/divisions and playoff system is perfect.

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

jesus are the Avalanche the best of the Sports Topic hockey teams?

No, extremely sadly, the Wild might be. Which is really sad because they are the ultimate "just okay enough" team, even in the Central division.

SkynyrdRocker posted...

No. The Boston Bruins are. Don't hit me.

I thought you don't like Boston teams anymore because Boston is racist or something

After like 5 years of wasting picks on absolutely garbage rental players, the Wild finally didn't trade for any rentals and instead made a blockbuster trade, sending Mike Reilly to Montreal for a 5th rounder

CaptainHammer posted...

The Blues traded Stastny. What does this mean, you ask? I would explain it to you if I thought your feeble hockey minds could understand it on my level.

You'd think it means they have another big trade cooking

The twins signed some homophobic dude to carry on the legacy of Torii Hunter, who is also back with the team as some kind of coach or something

I'm sure there are plenty of other people that play them

I'd play Gilligan's Island: The Game

I'm playing Xcom 2. This game is great but it can be frustrating like no other game

Rockies posted...

That's stupid, but it's the kind of thing where these alt-right dorks might finally draw the line

I sincerely doubt that

I'm on reddit 3+ hours a day at work

I like to think I'm a good citizen

I haven't been on that many forums in my time, but the mods on this site have always seemed to be on a power trip (small dick syndrome)

There's a guy on the US curling team named Joe Polo. That's the most curling (and football) name ever

Our Father Jimmy G Buckets is hurt and the wolves season is over. This state is cursed

RCtheWSBC posted...

I mean, so long as you remember that you aren't alone in your feelings and don't deride yourself for them.

Sorry but we don't talk about this kind of stuff. This is the SPORTS topic

That's an easy one, just get a stipend

I'd rather drink my own bath water than go to work, yet here I am, every day

I'm out. I appreciate the offer though. I tried fantasy basketball and hockey for the first time and it was way more effort than I was willing to put in

Are you asking if we want to play fantasy baseball?

CaptainHammer posted...

Yeah but that's also the problem, a shootout is like the antithesis to regular soccer. It's like if extra innings in baseball became a home run derby

Yes, that's why it's so awful having a shootout decide a gold medal. Shootout is fine for deciding who gets the extra point in regular season games after OT, but not the gold medal match at the Olympics. Imagine if game 7 of the world series or Stanley cup finals was decided by a home run derby/shootout

But soccer actually needs the shootout because some games would last for literally days if there was no shootout

A shoot out to end a gold medal hockey game... That might be the worst rule in the history of any sport

I havent seen 3. Seeing 2 was one of the biggest regrets of my life.

I'd rather see The hangover 4 than that movie

I'd be more angry about the rules

CaptainHammer posted...

The best thing in the Olympics this year was that dumbass half pipe skiier lady who sucks

Did you read about how she got to the Olympics? I thought it was pretty interesting. She was eligible to compete for Hungary, where there apparently isn't any competition to make the team. She also found this loophole... You have to make the top 30 enough times in a certain kind of events, so she traveled around for 2 years going to events with 30 or less competitors