We recommend V Rising. It’s an ARPG (Diablo-like), but with big focus on base building.
You mine, you craft, you build a cool looking goth castle, and then you hunt enemies or bosses using your upgraded weapon and new skills. It’s very fun. You can spin up a local server and modify your own server/game rules to increase progress speed (as some features are designed for a 24/7 server, and your game only advances when it’s running, so some speedups are necessary)
I did not expect to see Mumbo in my feed one day, wild
The gameplay preview really gave me that feeling, at least in terms of gameplay. We’ll have to see if Basim is as charming as Ezio, though, I think that may be tough :D
I played Asylum last year for the first time (and haven’t played other games yet). It honestly aged well. Yeah, the graphics look like crap; but the core gameplay, UI, and especially writing/dialogues all hold up. And it’s linearity is great.
It has all the info about the CPU in the name, that’s kinda cool
Personally really excited for a denser, hopefully more handcrafted world.
Also, very surprised how few people heard of Ubisoft doing a classic AC/modern AC split. There’s a ton of folks who are only hearing about it now.
Skyrim with mods, honestly. I feel like there’s a lot of potential there
I’m generally not a fan of survival or horror games. Even Outer Wilds (especially so its DLC) were too “heavy” for me; stuff like Amnesia or Resident Evil I don’t touch at all. So Alyx was a very bad hit for me.
I think generally, Alyx is liked. But not a lot of people played it.
I previously commented about Dragon Age and Borderlands but screw that. THIS is the answer I’m going with. Half-Life: Alyx.
I played it under best possible conditions - with a Valve Index, in a full room VR - and absolutely hated it. Cumbersome, slow, and survival horror instead of running around killing stuff feeling like a badass. It doesn’t feel like a Half-Life game at all. HL1, HL1:BS, HL1:OF, HL2, HL2:E1, HL2:E2, HL2:LC, Black mesa all were same and all were fun. HL:A? Not so much.
Borderlands 3. The writing just murders it, and the combat doesn’t carry it for me. 1, 2, TPS, Wonderlands all have better stories, so I enjoy them more.
EDIT: aw, shit, you said favorite franchise… hm… Dragon Age: Origins then? I enjoyed DA2/DAI way more, because of the story/quests.
EDIT 2: you know what, Half-Life: Alyx. I actively hated that game despite playing it in best possible conditions. It’s cumbersome, slow, and too much “survival-horror” instead of an FPS.
Personally don’t pirate stuff, but gotta support folks who are leaving Reddit. So… here I am I guess?
Same thing on mastodon, you can actually have conversations there
Mini Metro and Mini Motorways, for sure!