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PaperclipPerfector  2mo ago (text post)   1737 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for August 30, 2024

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Vidya thread? Vidya thread.

I recently tried playing Sunless Skies. It's a really cool concept with intriguing lore (gothic horror/lovecraftian), but getting around the world is so insanely slow that most of your playtime is consumed by mindlessly holding W. Also about 20% of the population used they/them pronouns. I gave it up after a few hours.

I picked up Forgotten City on sale some time ago and finally gave it a try. Great game, highly recommend, don't want to say too much to avoid spoilers. Running around the ancient ruins and learning everyone's plotline is quite engaging.

I picked up Forgotten City on sale some time ago and finally gave it a try. Great game, highly recommend, don't want to say too much to avoid spoilers. Running around the ancient ruins and learning everyone's plotline is quite engaging.

Dunno why everybody liked it. If you already experienced time loop story you can already guess what you would be doing whole game. And aliens plot twist which I think was specifically added in the standalone version of the story is completely retarded. The one thing that is good is the main human villian, i.e. magistrate, achieving immortality through the time loop is an interesting idea, sadly it's underdeveloped like most other things in the game.

Why yes, I did enjoy Outer Wilds and The Lord of Light, how could you tell? 🗿

Just use something like cheat engine to increase game speed.

Forgotten City was great! Just too short imo but very fun.

but getting around the world is so insanely slow that most of your playtime is consumed by mindlessly holding W

Now here's the punchline. Skies is faster than it's predecessor Sunless Seas. I'd still recommend it if you like Skies, just download a mod that increases the game speed if you value your time.

I found Sunless Seas a lot faster. Your ship moves slower, but everything is much closer together and there aren't pointless mazelike structures you have to maneuver around.

Pretty sure you can enable autopilot in Sunless Skies, but maybe it requires you to buy an upgrade first.

It's true, I lied. You don't actually have to hold down W. But you do have to just hurry up and wait while you slowly traverse the heavens (and you still have to steer).

People like podcasts and audiobooks those days, right? Sunless Skies feels like one of those podcast games.

Definitely. I don't think that sort of thing is for me though.

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