May 2025 General Game Discussion Thread

[Zed Clampet]

We finished the early access content of Runescape Dragonwild. It's pretty mediocre as far as survival games go.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Borderlands 4 rumored to be $80. Anyone who pays $80 for any base game is out of their mind. But we gamers will be stupid enough to buy it and complain about it at the same time. CLUE: If you buy it, you need to shut up.

 

[neogunhero]

CLUE: you need to shut up.

Good advice for Randy Pitchford

 

[Zed Clampet]

Good advice for Randy Pitchford

We're quickly approaching the time when you'll need to start a thread requesting that publishers please make games with lower end wallets in mind.

 

[Colif]

If I buy Boredlands 4 I must have gone mad, someone please put me out of mysery.

The price isn't the thing stopping me buying it.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I have purchased a Flash game. You might suppose that means I've secured the digital rights to a Flash game since they are all free, but, alas, I've just purchased a license on Steam. I wasn't happy with my blacksmithing game I got the other day, so I got Jacksmith: Weapons and Warriors, and I'm much happier with it.

I did play the free online version, but the Steam version was only $4.99 and is the (slightly) superior version.

It's actually free in multiple locations, but here's one place if anyone hasn't played it before and wants to give it a whirl:

Jacksmith - Play online at Coolmath Games

In Jacksmith, players must follow the instructions to craft awesome weapons and armor. Work carefully and find secret recipes to make the best gear.

www.coolmathgames.com

 

[neogunhero]

I tried a bit of Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl last night and I will say, the graphics do look a bit weird. Character models look smoothed out, proportions seems a bit off since I feel I'm way shorter than everyone, and everything just has a slightly wide effect to it. However, besides that, it's all the exact same as the originals. World textures look the same, guns look nicer and high res, most everything remains the same. Not enough to bombard the game with negative reviews. You absolutely should turn of FSR, motion blur and depth of field though before playing, they are all turned on by default.

 

[Johnway]

We're quickly approaching the time when you'll need to start a thread requesting that publishers please make games with lower end wallets in mind.

honestly i'm just going to vote with my wallet. I'm not going to buy any game thats at £80. i'll spend it on indie games, cheaper games or better yet, go through my massive backlog of games. i might go backwards and play the classics that i missed from my childhood or my younger self. Like the Dos, console gaming etc.

 

[Zed Clampet]

NEWS from my end of the gaming spectrum:

Warframe is the #2 grossing Steam game thanks to the release of an $80 "microtransaction"* that includes a souped up "Prime" version of a regular Warframe and improved versions of her two weapons.

As is Warframe tradition, all of this can be crafted for free in-game, but apparently a lot of people would rather just spend the $80 and have it immediately. I suppose that's a good thing since the game itself is free

*a microtransaction is bought within the game and counts on Steam as game sales while DLC is bought outside of the game and counts separately

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RoadCraft, by the people who made Snowrunner, has released to the expected "mixed" results. As it turns out, it's a very good game, but people weren't paying attention and were expecting "Super Snowrunner" even though the developer repeatedly said in community updates that this was not the case, that this was a different type of game. Meanwhile, almost every negative review that I read laments that this is not like Snowrunner.

 

[BeardyHat]

NEWS from my end of the gaming spectrum:

Warframe is the #2 grossing Steam game thanks to the release of an $80 "microtransaction"* that includes a souped up "Prime" version of a regular Warframe and improved versions of her two weapons.

As is Warframe tradition, all of this can be crafted for free in-game, but apparently a lot of people would rather just spend the $80 and have it immediately. I suppose that's a good thing since the game itself is free

*a microtransaction is bought within the game and counts on Steam as game sales while DLC is bought outside of the game and counts separately

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RoadCraft, by the people who made Snowrunner, has released to the expected "mixed" results. As it turns out, it's a very good game, but people weren't paying attention and were expecting "Super Snowrunner" even though the developer repeatedly said in community updates that this was not the case, that this was a different type of game. Meanwhile, almost every negative review that I read laments that this is not like Snowrunner.

My buddy is the type to spend $80 on a game without thinking about it. Everytime there's a new release of something, I see he's bought it and played it for a few hours and then never goes back to it. He is the sucker Publishers hope for.

I'll probably pick up Roadcraft, just because I love Snowrunner. The reviews for Expeditions scared me off for the same reason you mention and after trying it over the free weekend a few months ago, I discovered people are dumb and it's actually a pretty great game that has Snowrunner DNA, even if it's a bit different, which is fine. Snowrunner was the culmination of the Spintires series and I'm not sure where else they really could have gone with it.

Anyway, people are dumb. Though I still haven't bought Expeditions yet, but that's because I still have so much Snowrunner to play and it really scratches the itch. When I eventually finish it years from now, I'll move on to the next game...

 

[Zed Clampet]

Anyway, people are dumb. Though I still haven't bought Expeditions yet

Just to be the devil on your shoulder, Expeditions is 40% off right now.