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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 145 points 2 months ago (2 children)

One review I just read on steam said "great if you have dad game hours"

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am a dad to one year old twins and I feel this comment in my bones.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

God help you and your family.

[–] RicoBerto@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is it just me or is it impossible to just find a link to the steam page on any gamesradar article ever.

[–] Boxscape 63 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thank you. Should be a damn rule you have to link the game in the post

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 months ago

Massively single-player. I like it.

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 51 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

If you're interested in this sort of thing and like action/adventure rpgs, give Crosscode a shot. it's excellent

[–] FancyLad@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 9 points 2 months ago

The people downvoting you have never experienced perfectly regular trees (and don't understand CrossCode inside jokes).

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Respect for the GOG link (gotta reduce Steam's monopoly-like grip on digital games), but... CrossCode, despite its fantastic presentation, wore me down to the point of not finishing it. I feel like the devs ran out of ideas halfway through because all of the dungeons involve multiple ricochet-angling puzzles, even all the way to the last one. They just got so tedious and boring that I eventually ended up "finishing" by watching someone else's play-through.

It has an interesting plot, but... yeah. Anyway, that was my personal experience.

[–] havocpants@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I struggled with it as well. My main problem seemed to be that no matter how many side quests I did, I was still underleveled for most enemy encounters. I did read that upgrading gear is worth more than levels, but it was such a grind to go and find all the materials that I eventually got bored. Shame though, because it's really well made.

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[–] Harrk@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I picked this up the other day and it’s great! The SimPlayers go on their own little adventures, party together, and fill the chat with nonsense. I had this one guy accuse another of being a bot.

It’s really worth trying if you’re into the traditional mmo gameplay (grinding). But without the fuss of dealing with real people and their own schedules that fight against your own. For anybody who wants to try it out, there’s a demo which covers the first area.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

No one talks in real mmos anymore so this would be welcome

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

When did .Hack//Sign come out, again? 🤔

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 16 points 2 months ago

.Hack//Infection did a great job simulating an MMO for its time

[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago

I've been playing through the first one. It's definitely a good time.

It's so fucking weird that this game/anime is all I've been thinking about for the last week and now to see it mentioned in the wild, unprompted.

Guys, quit mind reading/algorithming me. This and the ghibli shit. No one should have to vibe this much with the internet.

[–] gmr_leon@mstdn.social 28 points 2 months ago

@cm0002 This puts me in the mind of the old .hack// series of single-player JRPGs, but from a Western perspective.

If they take some creative liberties with it to give it its own distinct feel and narrative, as the .hack// games did in their day, it could be a pretty charming game once it's out of Early Access.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Goat simulator had an mmo simulator.

There was also an achievement for licking a friend, if you played at the same time as one of your friends, they may pop up as one of the ingame NPCs.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's actually pretty fun especially if you're watching something on another screen and just like to grind for items/levels. They have a free demo as well so I'd suggest anyone that finds this concept interesting to try it out!

They even have simulated global chat where people are assholes to each other lol very true to life.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But will they play like idiots and then offend my mom when I complain? Otherwise I'm not buying.

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

Ill offend your mom right now.

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[–] simonced@lemmy.one 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Tldr: Game title is ~~Enshrouded~~ Erenshor. That article (as well as many others nowadays) don't even bother putting a link to the steam page. And the game name, yet again, not in the title, hence you have to read everything to know what it is about. Internet now is so crappy and click baity. The game looks fun though, so I'll go out of my way and actively search for ~~Enshrouded~~ Erenshor on steam myself like a peasant.

Edit: I managed to have the game name wrong, hence the importance to have ready to click links!

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Tldr: Game title is Enshrouded.

You sure about that? FTA

The oxymoronic single-player MMO Erenshor, which has slowly been becoming a Steam superstar since 2023

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seems like it might have been autocorrect, but thats kinda hilariously ironic.

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 2 months ago
[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a great idea, sadly the EQ gameplay does not interest me at all, but I'm all in for the idea of fake players in a single player/small coop only "FMMORPG". I'd love it if people tried to do this with every multiplayer game before sunsetting them.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

I feel like it could be a really clever way of making a horror game

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

I wish I could play single player old school RuneScape on my SteamDeck so bad. Sitting mining rocks while I watch TV in bed would go so hard

[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't go for early access games but hot damn am I tempted. But if I lose a roll for a good bit of loot to a bot I'm gonna be pissed.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

Just part of the mmo experience lol. Other player is a warrior and selected "need" on a wizard staff

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to play WoW with this.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You can do basic 5 man content with AI players nowadays.

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[–] Kobek@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Didn't Shroud of the Avatar do this first?

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

kingdom of amular or something technically too, it was like an mmo that got turned into a single player game part of the way through development, could be another game from the ps3 im thinking of

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[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I'll be buying this. This is the game I've had in my head for the last 5 years

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[–] shani66@ani.social 4 points 2 months ago

It certainly sounds interesting

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago

Sword Art Offline

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