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I'm getting annoyed with StoneBlock 4, the Minecraft modpack I've been playing. I finally reached tier 8 of my magic chickens, but it's become obvious that the late game for all of the mods is a lot less integrated than the early game. The problem is that each mod uses common Minecraft...

Have a nice Christmas everybody! We already did our Christmas eve. I got my kid Scribblenauts and Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2 for the Switch and I'll get her Switch Sports tomorrow, as I'm hoping it'll go on sale then since it did last year.

I'm most excited about the upcoming DLC for Barotrauma: Home & Harbor, which will add base-building to the game. I'm also optimistic for Subnautica 2 and I'm curious about the Fable reboot. The first Fable game especially was quite innovate, but I'm not sure I'd enjoy a similar game nowadays...

The new freebie is available for the next 22 hours: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/bloodstained-f3f575 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a gothic horror action side-scrolling RPG set in 18th century England. A paranormal force has summoned a demon-infested castle, revealing crystal...

Yeah, the old Assassin's Creed games had pigeons with some hay on ledges where you could jump off to land in a hay bale, which worked great. I think it's fine to make it obvious where a player can or cannot climb, but do that by making the climbable surface stand out overall, instead of making...

ARPGs are pretty good for watching numbers go up too. @Colif 's thread about Slormancer is a good example.

I've continued with the StoneBlock 4 modpack for Minecraft. I can now burn diamonds for power and I got a big battery, which allowed me to make an item that automatically repairs all of my equipment. Now I can focus on getting the best equipment without worrying about it breaking eventually. I...

The next Epic freebie, available for another 5 hours: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/sorry-were-closed-724c86

I think that's true for most people, but for me there is no real difference between first person and third person in how immersive a game can be. I also dream in third person and still feel like those things are happening to me.

Another tier of magic chickens has been achieved in the StoneBlock 4 modpack for Minecraft. Ironically, I achieved it by killing about a 100 chickens to build a digital data model that then simulates more chicken deaths, which somehow gives me the ability to get ghast tears. I also upgraded my...

It doesn't even have to be a shooter. It's a first person action game that relies on players using the rules of simulated systems to solve their problems instead of only/mostly relying on specific scripted interactions. But I feel like we've gotten slightly off topic. Maybe one of the mods can...

I reached the next tier of magic chickens in the StoneBlock 4 Minecraft mod and immediately started work on the tier after that. I'm not entirely sure why I've decided that making the ultimate magic chicken was my main goal, but it's turning out to be a great way to sample a bunch of other mods...

Neither have I, but it does feel like a lot of games labelled as "immersive sim" are just games that are similar to Deus Ex and System Shock. Whereas the definition given in that article makes me think more of Dwarf Fortress or even finding unintended solutions in The Incredible Machine.

Relevant article: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/nobody-can-agree-what-an-immersive-sim-is-but-og-fallout-lead-tim-cain-has-his-own-definition-the-very-elements-that-make-something-an-immsim-are-the-ones-that-i-also-think-make-good-rpgs/

I haven't played any of the games and don't have particularly strong opinions on the list. KC:D2 winning makes sense considering PCGamer staff is generally really fond of RPGs. Apparently Abiotic Factor is listed as an immersive sim as well, it could've gotten two awards! Other than that it's...