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The Elder Scrolls V꞉ Skyrim - (2011 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1814884/
https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/skyrim10

A somewhat open world semi-rpg action adventure game.

I can see the appeal from back in the day, but it’s pretty awkward now. Figuring out a fuckload of mods is mandatory, and even though that community has been going very very strong for a long time it’s fucking hard to do so.

  • aka Skyrim


Stargunner - (1996 game) box art

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
(on Steam)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/922/stargunner/
was https://3drealms.com/catalog/stargunner_45/

A side-scrolling ship-shooter with upgrades.

While pretty neat, it’s unforgiving and a bit annoying.

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Mr. Shifty - (2017 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(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

Entertainment > Games >

(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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Beautiful Mystic Survivors - (2023 game) logo

Entertainment > Games >

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1930600/Beautiful_Mystic_Survivors/
https://archmagegames.com/en/beautiful-mystic-survivors-1512.html

A top-down bullet hell roguelike RPG thing.

Meh, it’s a derivative of Vampire Survivors – (2022 game)

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

Entertainment > Games >

(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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(on Wikipedia)
(FullLite)
(on the Edge Add-ons Store)
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

An ad blocker.