March 2025 General Game Discussion Thread

[Colif]

Only thing I don't like about this game where you fight on a Bullet Train and also have to ride a motorcycle on its back as well, is that there are no save points. Everytime you die you get taken back to start of the level

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so video is very repetitive. I guess the other game made with same character in it this year probably has save points. But does it have machine guns and Bicycles?

 

[ZedClampet]

@Colif @Zloth That was a rhetorical question. I don't want to get rid of them. I read user reviews probably every day, especially before I buy it. I've said many times before on here that if you know how to ignore the BS then user reviews (as a group) are better than professional reviews.

 

[Colif]

@Colif @Zloth That was a rhetorical question. I don't want to get rid of them. I read user reviews probably every day, especially before I buy it. I've said many times before on here that if you know how to ignore the BS then user reviews (as a group) are better than professional reviews.

its the same with any search, you need to know which results to filter out

Google search front page might be all AI results soon. Make it harder for websites to get noticed at all. Talk about abusing a monopoly.

 

[February's Ghost]

did they fix the bug where you can't play the base game unless you owned a DLC?'

I have no idea, I bought the whole package last month on sale.

Or sneakingly enable micro transactions in patches after release. Some problems like the above one about Avatar only happen years after release as well.

I don't care about MTX if it's not P@W or random loot box type things. I took a quick look at Avatar's store it appears it's all cosmetic stuff so that's whatever.

 

[BeardyHat]

So, my computer is supposed to be delivered tomorrow, but UPS just gave me an update that there's a "Severe Weather Delay", which is interesting. Interesting, given the fact that my package arrived in my city at 1am today and it's currently 63*F and Sunny.

Was hoping to get it early and receive it today, but now hopefully UPS will be able to trudge through the 72* and Sunshine tomorrow and get it here.

 

[ZedClampet]

It must be absolutely killing PC Gamer not to be trashing Inzoi constantly for all the AI involved in the game. Not counting little trash games made by randoms, I'm pretty sure Inzoi uses AI more than any other game preceding it.

 

[February's Ghost]

it's currently 63*F and Sunny.

UPS must have delivered the weather to the wrong place.

 

[ZedClampet]

UPS must have delivered the weather to the wrong place.

Least shocking news ever. If I have something important that's supposed to be delivered by UPS, I spend the day fasting, praying and self-flagellating. If it's really important, I may donate to the Pope and that guy on TV with the big hair. Some say there's no God, but I can't risk it. Not with a computer in transit.

 

[BeardyHat]

Least shocking news ever. If I have something important that's supposed to be delivered by UPS, I spend the day fasting, praying and self-flagellating. If it's really important, I may donate to the Pope and that guy on TV with the big hair. Some say there's no God, but I can't risk it. Not with a computer in transit.

They really are the worst.

I'm not experienced enough to say, but I've sold a ton of stuff on eBay and USPS has always been significantly cheaper and more reliable. Not sure why any sellers use UPS; even if my package arrives tomorrow, it was shipped at the same time as something else I bought, but that one went with USPS and will be here this afternoon.

Not that I don't have better things to be doing than setting up a new computer, but still.

 

[neogunhero]

This has been obvious for forever now, but Steam reviews are some of the worst ways to figure out if a game is good or not. Either there are tons of negative reviews for things like simple bugs or inconveniences, all the reviews are positive because they're memeing the game without real critical well thought out reviews, or what have you, they are all over the place.

I was looking at reviews for Crysis remastered, one review was positive and said "buttery smooth gameplay, works perfectly at 144hz 1440p, no issues whatsoever". That's fantastic, love a game that runs well.

Directly below it was a negative review that said "buggy as hell, total crashfest. avoid at all costs". You're messing with my head here!

We talked about this recently, but don't review something just because you yourself had hyper-specific issues with it. When the majority of reviews praise how well the game runs, and you run into some issues, to me that seems to be an end-user issue, perhaps something with their system not working properly. If you meet system requirements, have you checked to see if drivers are updated? Of course most of these reviews have comments turned off which is the default setting so there is no way to reply to let them know.

 

[ZedClampet]

This has been obvious for forever now, but Steam reviews are some of the worst ways to figure out if a game is good or not. Either there are tons of negative reviews for things like simple bugs or inconveniences, all the reviews are positive because they're memeing the game without real critical well thought out reviews, or what have you, they are all over the place.

I was looking at reviews for Crysis remastered, one review was positive and said "buttery smooth gameplay, works perfectly at 144hz 1440p, no issues whatsoever". That's fantastic, love a game that runs well.

Directly below it was a negative review that said "buggy as hell, total crashfest. avoid at all costs". You're messing with my head here!

We talked about this recently, but don't review something just because you yourself had hyper-specific issues with it. When the majority of reviews praise how well the game runs, and you run into some issues, to me that seems to be an end-user issue, perhaps something with their system not working properly. If you meet system requirements, have you checked to see if drivers are updated? Of course most of these reviews have comments turned off which is the default setting so there is no way to reply to let them know.

The main thing that I like about user reviews is that the good ones provide a level of detail that professional reviews don't. Personally I try to skip any review that's two paragraphs or less and only read the longer ones (unless the two paragraphs are huge). That helps you avoid the people on crack. Sometimes if I'm bored I'll read the short ones, but I usually regret it.

 

[ZedClampet]

Well crap. I found a game that would be perfect for @BeardyHat and @Pifanjr . It was an RPG that looked like it was accidentally made by chimpanzees hitting an Apple IIc with sticks. Unfortunately I've lost it in Steam's nightmare of clutter.

 

[BeardyHat]

Well crap. I found a game that would be perfect for @BeardyHat and @Pifanjr . It was an RPG that looked like it was accidentally made by chimpanzees hitting an Apple IIc with sticks. Unfortunately I've lost it in Steam's nightmare of clutter.

Something like

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss on Steam

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.

store.steampowered.com

Or this?

An Eye for Optical Theory 1666 on Steam

An Eye for Optical Theory 1666 is a short point & click horror adventure game with a focus on atmosphere and narrative. It is the plague year of 1666 and Isaac Newton, in lockdown at his home, has been thinking on the topic of Optics, and planning a series of experiments. Will you help him?

store.steampowered.com

 

[ZedClampet]

Something like

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss on Steam

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.

store.steampowered.com

Or this?

An Eye for Optical Theory 1666 on Steam

An Eye for Optical Theory 1666 is a short point & click horror adventure game with a focus on atmosphere and narrative. It is the plague year of 1666 and Isaac Newton, in lockdown at his home, has been thinking on the topic of Optics, and planning a series of experiments. Will you help him?

store.steampowered.com

No, Cyclopean is on my wishlist. But this was more like Dwarf Fortress on a bad day.

 

[February's Ghost]

Just came across this:

Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam

Cronos: The New Dawn is a pulse-pounding, third-person survival horror game that throws you into the heart of a deadly struggle against overwhelming foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of a twisted time travel story.

store.steampowered.com

Bloober Team's new survival horror game has a Steam page. Not a Bloober Team fan, but they did alright with the Silent Hill 2 remake.

 

[ZedClampet]

Just came across this:

Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam

Cronos: The New Dawn is a pulse-pounding, third-person survival horror game that throws you into the heart of a deadly struggle against overwhelming foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of a twisted time travel story.

store.steampowered.com

Bloober Team's new survival horror game has a Steam page. Not a Bloober Team fan, but they did alright with the Silent Hill 2 remake.

I like them well enough. People seemed to get mad at them originally because Layers of Fear was a walking simulator.

 

[February's Ghost]

I like them well enough. People seemed to get mad at them originally because Layers of Fear was a walking simulator.

Walking Sims are fine by me if where you're walking is interesting to look at. I got mad at them because they were a one trick pony. They've gotten better, but we'll see. The Medium was a pretty good step in the right direction.

 

[neogunhero]

Walking Sims are fine by me if where you're walking is interesting to look at. I got mad at them because they were a one trick pony. They've gotten better, but we'll see. The Medium was a pretty good step in the right direction.

I don't know, Observer is still one hell of an experience. Haven't played any of their other games though, but I highly recommend that to anyone who likes cyberpunk and horror.

 

[ZedClampet]

Walking Sims are fine by me if where you're walking is interesting to look at. I got mad at them because they were a one trick pony. They've gotten better, but we'll see. The Medium was a pretty good step in the right direction.

one trick pony?

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2010	History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire	iOS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows	Bloober Team	[33]
2010	Hospital Havoc	Nintendo DS	Bloober Team	[34]
2010	Music Master: Chopin	iOS, macOS, Windows	Bloober Team	[35]
2010	Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder	Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch	Bloober Team	[36]
2011	Double Bloob	Nintendo DSi	Bloober Team	[37]
2012	A-Men	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows	Bloober Team	[38]
2013	Deathmatch Village	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita	Bloober Team	[39]
2013	A-Men 2	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows	Bloober Team	[40]
2014	Basement Crawl	PlayStation 4	Bloober Team	[41]
2015	Brawl	Android, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows	Bloober Team	[12]
2016	Layers of Fear	Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One	Aspyr	[42][43]
2017	Observer	Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S	Aspyr	[44][45]
2019	Layers of Fear 2	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One	Gun Media	[15]
2019	Blair Witch	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One	Lionsgate Games	[46]
2021	The Medium	macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S	Bloober Team	[47]
2023	Layers of Fear	macOS, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S	Bloober Team	[48]
2024	Silent Hill 2	PlayStation 5, Windows	Konami	[49]
2025	Cronos: The New Dawn	PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S	Bloober Team	[31]
2025	I Hate This Place	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S	Skybound Games	[50]
TBA	Project M	TBA	Broken Mirror Games	[28]

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

This has been obvious for forever now, but Steam reviews are some of the worst ways to figure out if a game is good or not. Either there are tons of negative reviews for things like simple bugs or inconveniences, all the reviews are positive because they're memeing the game without real critical well thought out reviews, or what have you, they are all over the place.

I was looking at reviews for Crysis remastered, one review was positive and said "buttery smooth gameplay, works perfectly at 144hz 1440p, no issues whatsoever". That's fantastic, love a game that runs well.

Directly below it was a negative review that said "buggy as hell, total crashfest. avoid at all costs". You're messing with my head here!

We talked about this recently, but don't review something just because you yourself had hyper-specific issues with it. When the majority of reviews praise how well the game runs, and you run into some issues, to me that seems to be an end-user issue, perhaps something with their system not working properly. If you meet system requirements, have you checked to see if drivers are updated? Of course most of these reviews have comments turned off which is the default setting so there is no way to reply to let them know.

You activated me I tried to play Crysis in about 2017, I couldnt get past the first hour of the game without it crashing to desktop, so to this day Ive only played Crysis 3 from the series, unless we include Far Cry 1.

Didnt leave a review though.

 

[Pifanjr]

Well crap. I found a game that would be perfect for @BeardyHat and @Pifanjr . It was an RPG that looked like it was accidentally made by chimpanzees hitting an Apple IIc with sticks. Unfortunately I've lost it in Steam's nightmare of clutter.

I appreciate the thought nonetheless and there's a chance it's already on my backlog.

 

[Colif]

Seems the demo for Titan Quest 2 was on Epic and Steam 2 weeks ago, it was only a playtest and it doesn't seem to show on Epic now. Quick search shows its listed as unavailable.
Wish I had noticed...

I need to sleep for about a year so the game might actually release. No idea how far they are from actual release. Demo being available with only 3 classes and the first zone makes me wonder, how much more is there? How many years to go? Zed mentioning 20 hours might mean its mostly complete.

20 hours is about 3 days play (unless you crazy and don't sleep). 4 classes limits the number of multi classes you can have. Just like Grim Dawn, this game needs either expansions or DLC to flesh out the combo choices and make it longer.
2 mage type characters
1 warrior
1 rogue
Expansions can add new regions and classes. They sure make Grim Dawn bigger. Originally the game was really hard as there was a gap between certain areas where the difficulty spikes and makes game painful since your gear isn't likely to have matched the spike.
They added an expansion that is available at end of chapter 1, meaning you can avoid the power spike that came with original game.

 

[Frindis]

20 hours is about 3 days play (unless you crazy and don't sleep).

Guess I am crazy then. Had at least 10 hours played each day for some time when Path of Exile 2 EA released.

 

[ZedClampet]

Seems the demo for Titan Quest 2 was on Epic and Steam 2 weeks ago, it was only a playtest and it doesn't seem to show on Epic now. Quick search shows its listed as unavailable.
Wish I had noticed...

I need to sleep for about a year so the game might actually release. No idea how far they are from actual release. Demo being available with only 3 classes and the first zone makes me wonder, how much more is there? How many years to go? Zed mentioning 20 hours might mean its mostly complete.

20 hours is about 3 days play (unless you crazy and don't sleep). 4 classes limits the number of multi classes you can have. Just like Grim Dawn, this game needs either expansions or DLC to flesh out the combo choices and make it longer.
2 mage type characters
1 warrior
1 rogue
Expansions can add new regions and classes. They sure make Grim Dawn bigger. Originally the game was really hard as there was a gap between certain areas where the difficulty spikes and makes game painful since your gear isn't likely to have matched the spike.
They added an expansion that is available at end of chapter 1, meaning you can avoid the power spike that came with original game.

Supposedly it could launch into early access any moment now with 12 - 14 hours of playtime while in early access with more to be added as they go. This thread might be interesting to you:


Titan Quest 2 What we Know so Far

 

[ZedClampet]

Unfortunately for Kaiserpunk, people have decided to be ridiculously critical. I think it's because the trailers were so good that people had unreasonable expectations. But I've played every aspect of it, including the wars and RTS combat, and it's actually a very good game.

If you've already got 40 hours in the game and your only complaint is that it could use a few more tool tips, I feel like you are just being an a-hole if you downvote the game for that.