Between Armored Core 6 and Balders Gate 3 there's even well made AAA games (Larian might still be considered AA but likely not after this.)
But I'll get back to Dave the Diver someday.
Heck Zelda TOTK is also pretty good.
We also had sonic frontiers and Super Mario Oddyssey.
Probably an unpopular opinion here but I just finished my first playthrough of starfield (which multiple playthroughs are part of the story), and it’s absolutely polished. I was genuinely surprised at the lack of standard Bethesda jank, especially because of their use of a super old engine they just keep improving. It’s by no means perfect, but neither are armored core or bg3. It’s a solid title with good shooting mechanics, a decent storyline, and it kept me playing through at launch to finish, which is very uncommon in today’s AAA landscape
Haha I was just about to recommend Dave the Diver. Such an amazing game.
Larian's quality is clear in Divinity: Original Sin 2, which they made when they were a lot smaller team. They also started BG3 as a smaller studio. The key is not the size of the team but the commitment to release a finished, even if not yet perfect, game. The state in which the big AAA studios release games should be an unbearable source of embarrassment. Nope. As long as they make all the money, they don't care about the quality.
It's also possible that you're just over video games and need something more to keep yourself stimulated
Tbh I find myself playing games that have high skill ceilings and beating levels/bosses feel like real achievements, such as Celeste, nethack, and dark souls.
Im opposite. I used to be very "Hardcore" in terms of difficulty and nowadays I'm just...
Laid back.
I beat Celeste 100% in the past (5000+ deaths in Farewell, pure suffering) and nowadays when I replay it I enjoy it much more with assist mode turned on (90% speed and the double dash from the start)
pretty sure I died 7000+ times in farewell haha
I enjoyed it though
nethack
now that’s a name i wasn’t expecting to see, and i’m curious: any clue how large the fanbase is these days?
From what I can tell, it's not something with a player base like fortnite, but it's not underground enough to not have a wiki.
I can’t complain about new games being shit it 90% of the time I replay fallout new vegas
I've never played a Fallout game, but am familiar with the basic premise and setting due to ~~being trans~~ existing on the internet. Where should I begin, and are there any important QOL or graphical mods I really should be playing with?
If you want to start with fallout new Vegas there’s a guide called Viva New Vegas which is split into two sections, the first being vanilla but patched (it’s a Bethesda game, so bugs are present and patched by the community) and the second being the “Extended” section which offers some QoL mods on top of the first section and offers things like better inventory management, sprint etc.
It also serves as a good base if you want any additional mods such as upgraded textures etc.
VNV also covers which mods to avoid due to the trouble they bring and it’s in a single playthrough (which can range 20-40 hours for me) I only crash 2-3 which is very good for Bethesda games.
If you’re on Linux, use this script to download MO2 into your prefix:
https://github.com/rockerbacon/modorganizer2-linux-installer/releases
(The script is slightly outdated and installs an older version of xNVSE, the easiest way to solve this is to download latest xNVSE and apply on top)
Enjoy the wasteland, courier.
But my 9th gen console/RTX5000 card I spent all this money on! It's being wasted!!
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