2.5D games

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Path of Exile 2 - (2024 game) logo

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Path of Exile – (2013 game) >

(on Wikipedia)
https://pathofexile2.com/

Path of Exile – (2013 game) reworked.

It’s souls-like but with muddy graphics and no telegraphing for one-hit mechanics, so it’s all luck. No skill variety.
Not recommended.

  • aka POE2



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Lost Castle - (2016 game) loading screen

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https://www.neondoctrine.com/games/lost-castle/

A basic side-scrolling beat ’em up.

Fair.



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Mr. Shifty - (2017 game) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/489140/Mr_Shifty/
https://www.tinybuild.com/mrshifty

Run around, teleport, punch stuff, get shot, uninstall.

Mr. Shitty.



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Deathtrap - (2015 game) logo

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/310510/Deathtrap/
https://neocoregames.com/en/games/deathtrap

A combination Diablo 2 – (2000 game) and tower defence game.

Basically meh.



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Baldur's Gate 3 - (2023 game) logo 2

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(on Wikipedia)
(on Steamon GoG)
https://baldursgate3.game/

Roam around harassing NPCs and accidentally-clicking in combat.

It has some really obvious and fundamental flaws that make it just terrible to cope with. I feel like I have to struggle against its design. The abilities are buckshot across the interface, the inventory is a hot mess, and combat is awkward and unforgiving. The dialog trees are kind of stupid most of the time, and player customization isn’t particularly present, which is strange for a roleplaying game. I can only see that this has appeal because there have been no decent AAA games lately, and their variety is absolute shit.



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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk꞉ The Amulet Of Chaos logo

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/970830/The_Dungeon_Of_Naheulbeuk_The_Amulet_Of_Chaos/
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-dungeon-of-naheulbeuk
https://amuletofchaos.com/

A top-down strategy game.

I dunno, it’s slow and awkward and has more talking than playing. Maybe I’d just have to wade through for much more time before the real game happens, but I’m not going to give it that chance. A game should be fun immediately.



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X-COM꞉ UFO Defense image

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(XCOM > on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/XCOM_UFO_Defense/
was on microprose.com
was on mythosgames.com

Aliens drop by Earth and evil Humans shoot them down and mug them.

Nothing about the interface makes enough sense, and there are no hints as to how things work. It could have been made much better, even back in the day. I’m not going to forgive how bad it is, especially since there was zero effort by Steam to actually fix basic things like aspect ratio.

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