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I'd love to spend money on games. Most games seem to be optimized for younger audience (==dumbed down) or monetized in really dumb ways. So no buy.

by llukas 8y ago

0xcde4c3db 8y ago
Yeah, I'm feeling that. It's creeping into more traditional genres and publishers as well. I was kinda hyped for BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle until it was revealed that the base $50 game is a "starter pack"; only half the roster is included. For this kind of game it might be defensible to use DLC to negotiate the addition of more franchises contingent on initial sales, but they actually sliced characters from every included franchise, probably in an attempt to jack up the DLC attach rate. So it goes on the hypothetical "maybe I'll buy a discounted 'Complete Edition' someday" pile.
Reedx 8y ago
Here are some worth your time and money. Look to indie games, mostly. Lots of great stuff in that space. - Spelunky - Don't Starve - Factorio - Oxygen Not Included - All Zachtronic's games - Stephen's Sausage Roll - Stardew Valley - Faster than Light - Kerbal Space Program - Dungeon Warfare (if you're a TD fan) - Return of Obra Dinn - Prison Architect - Mini Metro - Cities: Skylines - Frostpunk - RimWorld - Darkest Dungeon - Monument Valley - Portal - Journey - Paper's Please - This War of Mine - The Witness
- bleezy 8y ago
  There is really not much there with Monument Valley.
- llukas 8y ago
  Thanks for recommendation! (I already ticked off several titles from the list, will check out the rest)
- alexgmcm 8y ago
  +1 for Obra Dinn I'd also add strategy games like Civilisation VI etc.
- checkyoursudo 8y ago
  Oxygen Not Included, probably my favorite game of all time, and it's not even finished yet. Quite amazing, I think.
freehunter 8y ago
There are plenty of games I find that aren't dumbed down or geared for younger audiences but then I find the opposite problem: they're way too in-depth and require way too much time commitment. I picked up The Witcher 3, and that's certainly not a kids game or monetized in stupid ways, but it's also not a game I can play for 10 minutes and then set aside for a few weeks and come back and play again. RDR2 is like that as well. Most of the open world games are, in fact. And games for adults that aren't open world game, I'm finding them to be super difficult. I assume I'm just getting worse at gaming, but it really sucks to be locked down to only a handful of games that are single player, casual friendly, made for adults, not so difficult that I'm throwing my controller across the room, and not nickel-and-dime me to death. We need a "dad's games" genre.

I'd love to spend money on games. Most games seem to be optimized for younger audience (==dumbed down) or monetized in really dumb ways. So no buy.

by llukas 8y ago

I'd love to spend money on games. Most games seem to be optimized for younger audience (==dumbed down) or monetized in really dumb ways. So no buy.

0xcde4c3db 8y ago

Yeah, I'm feeling that. It's creeping into more traditional genres and publishers as well. I was kinda hyped for BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle until it was revealed that the base $50 game is a "starter pack"; only half the roster is included. For this kind of game it might be defensible to use DLC to negotiate the addition of more franchises contingent on initial sales, but they actually sliced characters from every included franchise, probably in an attempt to jack up the DLC attach rate. So it goes on the hypothetical "maybe I'll buy a discounted 'Complete Edition' someday" pile.

Reedx 8y ago

Here are some worth your time and money. Look to indie games, mostly. Lots of great stuff in that space. - Spelunky - Don't Starve - Factorio - Oxygen Not Included - All Zachtronic's games - Stephen's Sausage Roll - Stardew Valley - Faster than Light - Kerbal Space Program - Dungeon Warfare (if you're a TD fan) - Return of Obra Dinn - Prison Architect - Mini Metro - Cities: Skylines - Frostpunk - RimWorld - Darkest Dungeon - Monument Valley - Portal - Journey - Paper's Please - This War of Mine - The Witness

bleezy 8y ago
There is really not much there with Monument Valley.
llukas 8y ago
Thanks for recommendation! (I already ticked off several titles from the list, will check out the rest)
alexgmcm 8y ago
+1 for Obra Dinn I'd also add strategy games like Civilisation VI etc.
checkyoursudo 8y ago
Oxygen Not Included, probably my favorite game of all time, and it's not even finished yet. Quite amazing, I think.

freehunter 8y ago

There are plenty of games I find that aren't dumbed down or geared for younger audiences but then I find the opposite problem: they're way too in-depth and require way too much time commitment. I picked up The Witcher 3, and that's certainly not a kids game or monetized in stupid ways, but it's also not a game I can play for 10 minutes and then set aside for a few weeks and come back and play again. RDR2 is like that as well. Most of the open world games are, in fact. And games for adults that aren't open world game, I'm finding them to be super difficult. I assume I'm just getting worse at gaming, but it really sucks to be locked down to only a handful of games that are single player, casual friendly, made for adults, not so difficult that I'm throwing my controller across the room, and not nickel-and-dime me to death. We need a "dad's games" genre.