The details they’re laying out aren’t even reassuring, it reads like your typical f2p economic model :

• Free Battle Pass Rewards
• In-Game Challenges, both Daily and Weekly
• Ubisoft Connect Challenges
• Weapon Mastery (with regular updates)
• Community Participation Rewards like Twitch Drops, giveaways, and in-game events.
• Premium Battle Pass
• Character cosmetics
• Weapon cosmetics
• Faction unlocks
• Player Card Backgrounds
• Player animations
• Emoji packs

I played and loved many games that were taken down or abandoned (Gigantic, Dawngate, Strife, Destiny 2…) to the point where I instinctively prepare myself mentally to ‘lose’ a game if I’m enjoying it too much. This is the case with The Finals, it just feels so good to play, but past trauma has made me wiser and reminds me that it will not last, so I’m enjoying every second of it.

This game will not succeed with the bare bones marketing they’re giving it, that, and Nexon is the publisher, and also the FPS market is oversaturated so how could it take off when the other options have cemented their position. But wow, what an experience it’s been while it lasted, probably the best shooter I’ve ever played.

I just tried Manor Lords, very promising, will keep an eye on it, but in the meantime, does anyone have recommendations for more gridless city builders ? I don’t know how common this type of game is, but I’m itching for something chill (sandbox-y?) and creative, Townscaper was super sweet, I think I’ll try Foundation next, maybe Laysara too

I think you’re right, I was about to “leave” the early parts of the game, I had already unlocked some powers but not leveled them up too much, I should really try to get back to it though, despite feeling a little bored when playing, I just can’t forget the aesthetics

You may enjoy Control, I personally couldn’t get past the rather uninteresting gameplay and mechanics, but the lore and snippets of story you find scattered around are something else

Okay thanks! Keep up the good work!

What’s the difference between Citra (now removed) and Citra-core ?

Inscription was great too, played it on PC first, then the Kaycee mod on the deck, super satisfying controls

I remember the weekly threads and the prediction tool, good times

This wouldn’t fit with the gdpr, right?

Or maybe it’s completely unrelated idk

It died around 2015/2016 if I remember correctly, there was a small discord community that managed to maintain their own online server, but otherwise you wouldn’t be able to play, the Steam version had already been removed from listings

I don’t know how they’re hoping to find success with a reportedly 19.99 price point for a repackaged f2p game, my nostalgia is not strong enough to justify this in a landscape with an overabundance of hero based multiplayer competitive games

Protondb.com is a much better resource than the Deck Verified system, when you want to see if a game runs on the Steam Deck ; not saying the article is wrong, but it seems to be a common misconception to see the Deck Verified badge as a must have for a game to run well.

2D game yeah ! It’s on PC (mac, linux too) ; Switch ; PS4 ; Xbox One ; and I believe they’re working on an Android port. If you decide to buy it on Steam it’s also “Steam Deck verified” and is rated Platinum (works natively “out of the box”) on ProtonDB ; seeing how other, more ressource-demanding games run on Switch emulators, I think Dead Cells won’t be an issue, it’s very well optimized in my experience !

Have you played Dead Cells? It’s a great metroidvania

Uh oh wonder if Retro Deck will do the same

Edit: yeah 🥲

https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/blog/2024/03/04/march-2024-tiny-update---yuzu-removal/

Yeah I’m at a point where I’m excited to know the latest twist on “100 cats in…” and see how many they can put out

Citizen Sleeper is really good if you’re into its kind of gameplay

Slowly trying to finish A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build (https://store.steampowered.com/app/316610/A_Good_Snowman_Is_Hard_To_Build/), I’ve always been bad at puzzle games but I still love torturing myself

I’m making progress on DRG Survivor (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2321470/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Survivor/) but I’m scared of finishing it too fast and burning out before it officially releases out of early access

Whenever I have time I really enjoy exploring the world of Sable (https://store.steampowered.com/app/757310/Sable/), it runs really really well, love the art direction

How does tumblr keep jumping into bad decisions don’t they know their audience lmao