March 2025 General Game Discussion Thread

[neogunhero]

@neogunhero Two Point Museum comes out on Tuesday, and the people who paid for early access have rated the game "Overwhelmingly Positive" with 97 percent positive reviews. People are claiming it's the best Two Point game.

Very excited for it, but too busy with Yakuza at the moment... You know how rare it is that I buy a new game around launch, so I may just wait for Two Point Museum to get its first sale before picking it up. Really love that series though, and I'm so happy to hear people think it's the best one so far.

 

[BeardyHat]

One thing I forgot to mention about Expeditions: Mudrunner: The first area takes place in what they call "Little Colorado" and having lived in Colorado my entire life, I see absolutely nothing that resembles my State. Now, I grant I haven't been everywhere in this enormous State, but I'm almost certain we don't have Saguaro cacti here, as well as the mesa style, red terrain (Red Rocks not withstanding) typically associated with New Mexico or Arizona.

Again, I could be wrong, but it just feels weird.

 

[February's Ghost]

One thing I forgot to mention about Expeditions: Mudrunner: The first area takes place in what they call "Little Colorado" and having lived in Colorado my entire life, I see absolutely nothing that resembles my State. Now, I grant I haven't been everywhere in this enormous State, but I'm almost certain we don't have Saguaro cacti here, as well as the mesa style, red terrain (Red Rocks not withstanding) typically associated with New Mexico or Arizona.

Again, I could be wrong, but it just feels weird.

Little Colorado is a river in Arizona.

 

[BeardyHat]

Little Colorado is a river in Arizona.

Well see, I stand corrected. Now it all makes way more sense.

This explains why it looks like Arizona...

 

[Frindis]

Been playing some POE2 with my nephew doing hardcore solo self found (cannot trade with other people and you only have one life). We stream and watch each others progress and then we "bully" each other when one of us die It is a lot of fun and quite challenging, so the big carrot is when you get that nice upgrade making you get a bit further in the game.

 

[February's Ghost]

Well see, I stand corrected.

Not really. You were correct that it didn't look like Colorado.

 

[ZedClampet]

Well see, I stand corrected. Now it all makes way more sense.

This explains why it looks like Arizona...

You know they are coming out with a new one in May call RoadCraft? It's got a demo, too. All the Snowrunner fans have been disappointed in the games after Snowrunner because they have streamlined/mainstreamed the games just a little, which doesn't actually bother me at all.

 

[neogunhero]

Split Fiction from Hazelight Studios comes out Thursday and is looking like another knockout hit from them. My girlfriend and I absolutely loved A Way Out and It Takes Two, and this looks to be just as good if not better than those. We may not pick it up right away, but sometime in the future once it starts going on sale. With their games, I'm always afraid they will end too quickly, but they have very decent lengths, usually around 10-12 hours each game. Looking forward to checking it out whenever we can.

 

[BeardyHat]

Not really. You were correct that it didn't look like Colorado.

Well, definitely, but I just feel silly for not doing a quick Google search!

You know they are coming out with a new one in May call RoadCraft? It's got a demo, too. All the Snowrunner fans have been disappointed in the games after Snowrunner because they have streamlined/mainstreamed the games just a little, which doesn't actually bother me at all.

I did see that, but I didn't realize they didn't have a demo.

Again, I can only speak from my 71 minutes of Expeditions, but I think it makes perfect sense and it seems to have actually upped the complexity, rather than steamlining things. Now you need to think about tire pressure (I think it's a pretty cool addition) and you can pick various specialists to bring out with you on various runs.

But the exploring and doing the little tasks is my favorite part of Snowrunner anyway. Running logs and equipment can be fun and I like picking the right truck and choosing the most efficient way to take stuff, but it's also a slow, meditative experience versus the exploration, which feels much more active. Expeditions seems like they kind of dumped that meditation in favor of the active exploration, which is mostly ok with me. Sometimes I like that slow experience of hauling stuff to different places, but I have to be in the correct mood, where generally I always like running my Scout around and picking different ways to get to an objective.

Roadcraft I know nothing about, other than the fact that I'll keep my eye on it and investigate it more when it eventually releases. I surmise I'll probably like it, given I've liked all this companies games so far and people can be upset if they want, screw em. People would moan and groan if they just released Snowrunner 2, whining that it's so samey, but they'll do the same if they try something different. Snowrunner itself isn't terribly different from the original Spintires, aside from finally having some good objectives and general stuff to do, which again, I think they've kind of fully explored that concept. And Snowrunner has so much content to play through, do we really need more? People seem to always want particular games to be their "forever games" and are upset when stuff isn't basically a live-service grind-a-thon.

 

[Johnway]

not much on my front, still playing AC:Valhalla and plodding around the country and its slow and steady progress. Nothing significant or outstanding.

Doom 2 news, another set of maps finished. So castle wolfenstein station completed. For a station called castle wolfenstein, there is very little wolfenstein content except for one map. Another set of competent, playable maps nothing stood out as outstanding or absolutely horrible. But we're done, so onto next station: Warehouse One.