Nice article, they become rarer these days, as they take time and knowledge and experience, not only copy/paste editor’s publication.

One huge miss from the list IMO would be Sacred 1&2. They are both excellent games. The first one was largely flawed, but also terribly audacious and refreshing. Open world, secrets to find, lots of easter eggs, nice classes to play...

Grim Dawn, Last Epoch, Sacred, Torchlight, Titan Quest, Diablo, Path of Exile, Drox Operative, ... We’ve had some amazing games in the genre, just... not enough ! Also +1 Chronicon. And i have to mention SilverFall, really loved it back in... 2007 ? And some others i forget, and some others before, but that’s "too old" to be played nowadays maybe.

Not to mention games similar but different enough not be be on the list, such as Hellgate London.

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And... no key rebinding options...

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1432380/discussions/0/3826413307980651269/

Planned, thankfully

QuoteHello, I've planned to add keyboard rebinding latest by the end of the week. I'll inform you here as soon as its added.

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It’s such an amazing survival crafting game ! Playing since 2018 i think, from time to time. About 40 hours ago (of gameplay) i started a long-term new world with 1.18, one that i might keep exploring until i’m fully down, but with everything AND the modding community, it’s not going to happen soon...

If it was on Steam, even in its current state, it could be a great hit, but... I also think Vintage Story would be bashed by stupidity, like "nahnahnah, Minecraft, nohnohnoh, asset flip, nihnihnih, cube..."

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From what i read, it seems to be a very high and somewhat unfair difficult game, with huge amount of resists and/or dodges, and many deadly effects such as poison or bleed. Also, too many complexification for the sake of complexification ? A mod only for the hardcore DD fanatics ? A miss for everyone just looking for a fun balanced tactical turn based experience ?

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It’s nice this game exists i guess, but it’s trying too much to be a "open Minecraft", IMO.

I much prefer Vintage Story approach, being a deep unique game by itself, with only some distant links to it’s cousin.

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I played it first when it was a hidden weird stuff from Whales, yeaaaaaars ago.

Since then, i played it i think at least a few times every year with the unstable branch, and it’s so full of everything sometime you may think it’s too much, but it’s simply not too much, only too full of possibilities..

Playing even great games like Project Zomboids now is feeling... empty ? A few months ago, i was walking around in Zomboid, trying to find again the greatness i felt with the first alpha i played years ago (with the wife dying upstairs and the bandit coming), and i could NOT grab a rock or a stick on the ground, haaaaaaaa ! Heresy !!!

However, i don’t like the mony from the Steam version is going into the pocket on one guy. Sure he is working a lot, and taking on its shoulders the Steam weight, but CDDA is a "open large team" project, and taking money from it, for me, it feels off. At the same time, i don’t see how any system could reward fairly all the people doing "something" for CDDA to be alive.

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I think the sales are pretty bad, compared to what it was. My wishlist is more than 500 items, and i’m close to 24000 "discovered games". Only a few are 50% price, many 30%, and a great amount are 10%. I remember sales being rarer, but 75 to 95%. Not sure about the devs cut etc, but as a egoist consumer point of view, it certainly is worst. Now every few weeks or months, prices are cut "a little".

If i had a Steam Deck, i would not know what to play. I almost never play with a pad, and last time i played console, it was on the very first Nintendo DS, some Mario games and something with brain training stuff, i think. Maybe i would play 2D Fighting games however ? I like quite complex games with plenty of buttons to click... Also when i play, i often stop for a few minutes, check emails, write notes, look at some news, etc. It feels it would be very unconfortable to do so on a Deck.

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Quoting: StalePopcornI'm thinking of getting Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, because I need reason to purchase a new monitor… after I toss my controller thru it.

Maybe buy calming herbal tea instead ?

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These, and all the non-Steam events, Warhammer stuff, publisher weekends, country days and all.

Our wallet were never, and will never be, ready.

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I’ve lost interest in Civ games long ago. Civ4 i think ? I play a huge amount of Civ1+2 back in time too... I’d much prefer a new IP, based on no licencing at all, a fully new universe.

As for the Firaxis XCOM games, i don’t care, i consider OpenXCOM (+mods like XFiles) and Xenonauts (+ mods like XDivision) vastely superior, complex and entertaining. Just the "Time Units" vs "move and shot" kills me in so many "modern games".

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