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    A little out of left field, Miasmata from back in like the 2010’s. It is pretty rough around the edges, and the special antagonist AI system was over-promised and under-delivered… But for a literal two-brothers dev team, the cartography system is solid, and the art is passable at worst and when the light hits the island just right, it’s downright picturesque. I’d say it’s worth your time if it’s still available on steam.

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      Here’s the thing. Dark Souls 2 is the worst Dark Souls game, but the worst Dark Souls game is still miles ahead of 95% of the other day-one-dlc-riddled, mtx-infested triple-a trash released since.

      Dark Souls 2 is great. I’ve beat it 10+ times.

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        the worst Dark Souls game is still miles ahead of 95% of the other day-one-dlc-riddled, mtx-infested triple-a trash released since

        Looking at you Dragon’s Dogma 2, absolute disappointment.

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    The original release of No Man’s Sky, and Starfield.

    I myself don’t see them as bad games, but acknowledge the false promises, shortcomings, bugs, etc.

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      Speaking of No Man’s Sky, I got it for VR and never played it flatscreen, but I have over 100 hours even though the VR mode is ridiculously terrible and mods go only so far to fix some of the annoyances.

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      I prefer launch no man sky to what it is now. Sometimes you don’t need a hundred features and multiplayer in a game. Sometimes you just want to calmly explore the universe and feel alone for a bit. Not have a million things to do and pop ups . I have enough of that in my life and other games

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        Yes the feeling of being alone in a whole solar system was / is awesome. And launching into space for the first time.

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      Personally I’d classify Starfield as solidly mediocre. Not anywhere near the revolution that Bethesda promised, but not awful as some people say either.

      5/6 out of 10 is still good enough to play, just not worth AAA prices.

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      I’m at level 125 or so in Starfield, NG+7 or 8.

      They told me it was gonna be fallout in space. I love fallout, a lot. I love space.

      I am into Starfield.

      The only thing I have grown to hate, absolutely despise and if there is not a zero day console mod for this I’m making one; the damn temple mini game where you have to touch the little balls. Omfg what a pain in the ass.

      Everything else I like. I look forward to dlc and mods.

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    Castlevania II - Simon’s Quest

    I know all the secrets by heart from playing it as a kid, and while clunky, it is a fun challenge to beat within the time limit to unlock the best ending.

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      I always thought the game was really good. I played it for days as a kid. I never got far because some puzzles are pretty much impossible to solve without a guide as far as i remember. I loved the day night cycle, even tho they went kinda crazy with it.

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      Simon’s Quest doesn’t deserve to be called a bad game. The music and graphics are quite good for the NES and the open structure of the game was quite novel and many elements like the leveling system became staples of the series from SotN onward. The thing that really holds it back is the terrible english translation which makes the puzzles way harder than they need to be.

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    I play a really old build of minecraft, and am intimately familiar with how bad of a game that version really is. It has many, many flaws.

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        alot of the rebuttles are arguments that i would classify as attribution spoofing.

        technically anything that anyone has ever, said, done, or wrote, has happened before. after experiencing a novel concept… you can search back through history and claim it to be “not a new idea” and claim it for yourself. no?

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    Wanted Dead

    But I don’t agree with the general perception that it is “bad”, because in all the aspects that actually matter for making an action game fun, it was actually really good. It just got blasted for being lacking (admittedly, very lacking) in production value because somehow we are still giving importance to that in the 2020s…

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    Victoria 3 on launch. First game I turned Finland into the richest country on earth by capita is 30 years.

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      Victoria 3 is the game I keep tabs on the news feed for - it’s getting better (mostly - slowing down economic growth is just far less fun) but not there yet… and the potential is amazing.

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    Raid: Shadow Legends. The commercialization is ridiculous, the constant attempts to grab money are downright pathetic, but hey, it looks good on my tablet.

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    Alpha Protocol - rereleased on GOG now! Get it while it’s hot with only a slight discount!
    Still as buggy as ever! And it will probably work on your modern PC!
    Support the revival of old games!

    This is not an ad! It’s a series of exclamations!