October 2025 General Games discussion thread

[Colif]

Windows 11 25H2 is out... but it doesn't do much. All it does is changes the version number to 25H2 and installs any updates you haven't got in the last few months. Looking at changes, I have them already

Microsoft's Windows 11 25H2 Update Is Here—But Don't Expect Too Much

The latest version of Windows 11 merely catches everyone up with interim features from the past year and extends its support time frame. At least it installs in a jiffy.

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Probably a good thing really.

 

[Pifanjr]

I played some more Nightingale and was pleasantly surprised to see that the new realm had some actual story elements, complete with main quests. It's not anything groundbreaking, but I really appreciate having a clear goal to work towards and having something to immerse me into the world.

The monsters in the second realm are also a lot more deadly, which is good because the ones in the first realm were complete pushovers.

The design of the second realm is also better. The first realm was quite empty, this one feels more alive.

The biggest downside right now is the crafting. Crafting isn't instantaneous, each item takes a couple of seconds before it's done. You can walk away from the workshop while it crafts, but you can't chain orders using the output of earlier orders and advanced items need several steps (i.e. ore to ingot, ingot to metal plate, metal plate to blade). Then there are a couple of things that take 30-50 seconds to craft, like enchantments or, worse of all, lumber, which you need a ton of but takes forever to make.
It's not too bad if you just keep a stack of most crafting materials on hand, but it can be annoying when you just want to quickly build something and have to wait 3 minutes just for the lumber to be done because you ran out.

 

[Frindis]

Nah, that's not getting greedy, that's getting profitable. They put the product out there for super low cost, lose money, get lots of customers to start paying, make the product good, lose more money while draining away customers from any competition (essentially dumping on the market) and/or preventing new competition, then finally raising prices. Ideally, they don't do that until they think they are pretty much a monopoly, but they'll also do it if they just can't afford to lose so much money anymore.

IMHO, there's simply no way they could have kept that price point, at least with new games. It might work with older games, though, if you could somehow get people out of the "I must play what just came out" habit.

Agree with the sentiment, it's just that with 99,99% of these MUCH larger companies that use a similar strategy end up giving you a worse and steadily increasing product price in the end. They do it because it is basically boiling the frog alive and I don't approve of that as I'd like to be kept at 37 degrees. So it's not so much about the business strategy per se, it is who does it and their reasoning behind it.

 

[CreepyCanuck]

As I lost access to my original account (yay me for an expiring domain with an email that no longer exists), figured I’d start here as new. Some of you may or may not know me as Crazy or CreepyCanuck from the Discord server, even though I’m rarely on it now and not really active as a moderator any longer.

My son (6) has recently discovered a love of horror games on Roblox, and as a horror fanatic, I couldn’t be happier by this. I’ve been playing some with him, and he also likes to watch me as I play, which is naturally Silent Hill f this month.

Hinako just finished up in the school and my son loved the giant plant monster. Oh, to be so innocent.

I’ve also been playing Cronos: New Dawn, and I’m excited to continue and finish both.

 

[Colif]

its possible admin could help with the username thing...

Discord and forums are two different worlds mostly. I been here long enough to notice. I used to be a mod too but I was rarely in the discord channel... my name was but I rarely looked there.

I don't speak for anyone apart from myself but you totally welcome to hang around. Not like we have enough people to say otherwise

 

[CreepyCanuck]

its possible admin could help with the username thing...

Discord and forums are two different worlds mostly. I been here long enough to notice. I used to be a mod too but I was rarely in the discord channel... my name was but I rarely looked there.

I don't speak for anyone apart from myself but you totally welcome to hang around. Not like we have enough people to say otherwise

I’m not overly worried about it. Not like I had much on it lol, just the age and all that. I took a hiatus from gaming and Discord (still have to an extent, though finally coming back) and figured I’d check back into the world and see what’s going on!