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I'm like 8 hours in and all I've been doing is climbing things, skirting little ledges around buildings to see if I can get higher, and constantly using ping/distract on things on the ground.

I don't know why. I've only found 2 places where I could break a window with a bat and sneak into a building, most floors and buildings seem only for show with no real interior. But... since I know breakable windows and secret entrances and shit exists I can't stop looking for it.

I'm only level 7, but climbing high and lighting everyone on fire with technomagic is my kind of great combat. I was really surprised to find out that actually lighting people on fire until they run out of health somehow doesn't count as killing them and they just go "downed"... so I can get the bonus from some quests for not killing, then go back with a katana and dice them up. <3

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[–] techt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Peaks of yore

White knuckles

Etc

[–] idogoodjob@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Surprisingly satisfactory too

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Satisfactory is the hello neighbour of climbing games.

(As in How you actually climb using an abundant resource in a kinda very awkward way temporarily without ever knowing whether it was indeed the intended way to get this kinda important resource or if you've just turned the game into a subsidiary of edelweiss, not Quality)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

My favorite one so far has been Idols of Ash, however it's pretty short and more of a tech demo than anything else. Also, you're climbing down instead of up, but it works very well with the grapple hook mechanic. Really fun. It's also very cheap, currently on sale for like $2.50. I would love to see them add Workshop support so people can make custom maps.

White Knuckles is good too, but I feel like I'm getting carpal tunnel while playing it. It's fucking hard imo. The way the inventory works is a little jank, and the fact that you need to swap items in and out of your hands quickly has been really difficult for me. I might have to go back and give it another go though.

Cairn is a third person mountain climbing game that has some simple crafting mechanics as well. Cool game, also tough at times.

I got Peaks of Yore during the current sale, but haven't tried it out yet.

There are others that I can't think of right now, but I'll edit the comment to add them if I remember.

Edit: I forgot about Lorne's Lore! That was the first one I played, I think.

I just love games about exploring impossibly massive megastructures.

There's also Jusant, but I think Cairn is better in pretty much every way.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jusant was really fun and relaxing.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you like Jusant, check out Cairn. I feel like it did everything better.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I think I played the Cairn demo. I found it to be pretty clunky and complicated compared to Jusant but I guess I'll check it out one more time.

[–] techt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool, thanks! Idols of Ash looked very interesting but the short playtime gave me pause. Good call on the current sale, I'll take another gander

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, I really hope the dev goes on to make a full game with the mechanics. Game gave me sweaty palms while playing, and something about the way the camera moves while you fall a long distance is very immersive. I don't want to spoil anything, but the game does a good job giving you a sense of dread and urgency.

I imagine its insane in VR.