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What's a game you love but can't actually recommend? (hexbear.net)
submitted 9 months ago by GinAndJuche@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net
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Alternate title: what’s your favorite obscure jank?

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[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Easy answer is E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy.

It's a janky mess built on the source engine. The plot is downright incomprehensible. Gameplay mechanics aren't properly taught to the player, leaving you to work out how everything works (my legs are ok). The maps vary massively in terms of quality (the tutorial area for example has an optional side path that is just an incredibly long empty corridor that takes, like, twice as long to cross than the path you're railroaded towards to reach the same destination). It's basically an unlicensed WH40K game so it's got my dislike of Warhammer to work against to win me over.

Despite this, I have a huge soft spot for the game. It's one of the comfort games I boot up and play when I'm sick and sad.

[–] sloth@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

best 99 cents I ever spent

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[–] BlueMagaChud@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

gameplay is excellent, probably still the best fps/rpg hybrid, especially if you love kicking enemies off of/into things, but the story is extremely generic

[–] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

god i loved that game. did you do the pvp servers when it first came out? so much fun

[–] BlueMagaChud@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

hell yeah, it was amazing, but so short lived

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Probably Everquest. It set the tone for what mmoprgs were to become but now it's nothing more than an antiquated time sink.

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[–] magi@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Dwarf Fortress, I'd recommend it but only to someone I know had some interest, especially if they want to play the ascii version. Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead would be another. They're pretty hardcore, Aurora 4x and Dominions would also be hard to get people into unless they had some interest

[–] NailBunny@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think Dwarf Fortress's Steam release, for all its issues, has made it a lot more accessible to a casual audience, especially in the wake of the great success of games like Rimworld. That said, it's still quite an undertaking to pick up and learn. Cataclysm has definitely always been a hard sell to others, though. Usually, their interest wanes as soon as they look up a screenshot. On the rare occasions that I've convinced someone to boot it up, they've just walked into the sight range of a mi-go or something and immediately died and lost interest. There's so much to talk about when it comes to both of them, but no one to talk about them with :(

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are archery militias fully-working again in DF? I think that was going to be part of the adventure mode patch changes, but don't remember the specifics.

[–] NailBunny@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

If you mean the thing about them refusing to pick up ammo, yeah, it was fixed a bit ago. They can still be a little fiddly, but it isn't a nightmare getting an archery squad working like it was before.

[–] vertexarray@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

dominions is great. I've been tempted to write a MA Asphodel AAR about a carrion dragon making the world into its grave, and what a lively grave!

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Black and White and Black and White 2 (The Lionhead god simulator games, not the Pokemon games)

They were extremely cutting edge for their time but are VERY jank and cheesy and I'm not sure modern gamers would like them.

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[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

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[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dragon's Dogma isn't obscure but it fits enough.

One of the very best RPG combat systems with a god tier magic system put in a paper-thin world. The leveling up is shitty and requires playing as different classes because your own class has such shit stats that leveling up is useless. Getting any real enjoyment out of the game is a 20 hour slog to get to the end-game stuff.

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I remember everyone losing their shit when they revealed you could climb the monsters. It felt the like future of action rpgs.

[–] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

It is honestly still one of the best in terms of fantasy action combat. And the sequel is coming out soon!

[–] Gosplan14_the_Third@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The Movies (2004) is an incredible concept, with a lot of jank

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[–] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ITT: a bunch of games that are fucking awesome and i'd absolutely recommend them to others

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe hexbear filters towards personalities that are fine with jank?

[–] magi@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I know jank wouldn't put me off and some of my favourite games are like playing with spreadsheets lol

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

Real talk I like some big shiny AAA games once in a while. Like I really enjoyed Baldurs Gate 3 but If I had to chose between something like Baldurs Gate 3 and Dominions I would take Dominions every time.

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