I’m always wishing there was more interaction and discussion on the niche Lemmy groups. Today I got to wondering if there were some games we could focus on to help foster our small community. But what is everyone playing or interested in playing? Are we all off playing our own obscure indie favorites or are there some games we share?

Comment below and upvote the ones that you have in common!

  • Skua@kbin.earth
    6·
    16 days ago

    Mostly Elden Ring and Automobilista 2. I finally got Shadow of the Erdtree but had to take a bit to git gud git less bad again before diving into the Land of Shadow, not helped at all by the fact that the character I wanted to go in with was not at all well-suited to fight Mohg. Still, I’m enjoying it a great deal. The map design is phenomenal, I keep just stopping to look at the landscape for a bit

    Automobilista is just the go-to for having a game with some other friends who also like racing sims at the moment. It’s not my favourite in terms of driving physics, but it’s good enough, the car classes being relatively balanced is nice for variety in races, and I’m honestly really enjoying trying out all the South American tracks that I’ve never heard of

    • Kühlschrank@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      I consider myself a Souls veteran and more toward the ‘gud’ side of the scale but Shadow of the Erdtree was a real kick in the teeth. I mean I loved it but Fromsoft didn’t hold back on the difficulty. Even with all of the new collectable powerups it’s burly as hell.

      On the driving topic - maybe you can help me. I’ve got a bunch of racing games but am having trouble picking one. It’d be nice to have one that’s easy enough to get into but realistic enough that it takes a while to master.

      • Skua@kbin.earth
        1·
        16 days ago

        Putting the blackgaol knight where he is is a frankly hilarious statement of how the DLC is gonna be. I’m good enough at the games to beat everything without cheese or summons (I do think that summoning is fine, I just don’t personally enjoy it unless it’s an NPC I like), but I find that some Elden Ring bosses push the edge of what I have the reaction speed for. Morgott and Maliketh were particularly troublesome for me. I haven’t gotten to anyone in the DLC that has hit that mark of pace yet, but I assume someone will

        I’m not super knowledgeable on racing games, but I’m happy to try to help! What have you got available and what do you like?

        • Kühlschrank@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          15 days ago

          Ha yeah that knight is a pretty brutal eye opener!

          I got a Humble Bundle with a bunch of racers so I have a bunch but I’d even buy one if it’s the right one. I’d love to relive the glory days of Gran Tourismo with the career mode and collecting cars and modifying them. I’ve done Horizon and that sorta scratches the itch but it’s just soooo arcadey. But it’s the closest I’ve found so far.

          • Skua@kbin.earth
            2·
            15 days ago

            Oh hey, I grew up playing Gran Turismo as well! I actually dug out the old Playstation 1 when I was seeing family last Christmas and we had a splitscreen session racing each other on the 1997 one. It was a blast

            That kind of in-depth career mode is oddly rare in modern sim racers. A lot of them are very online PvP-focussed. And I get that, but still, it’d be nice to have more. Things that come to mind are:

            • The original Assetto Corsa is a bit old now and the Content Manager and Custom Shader Patch mods are basically mandatory, BUT it is extremely flexible to mod and you can make it look exactly like a Gran Turismo game if you want. It has a career mode, but it’s only a series of specific racing challenges and there’s no collecting or modifying of cars
            • Assetto Corsa Evo is in very early access right now, but it might just be exactly what you’re looking for when it does fully come out. It’s due to have a single player career mode, it looks like it’s going to do some kind of car collection mechanic, and it even has honest-to-god Gran Turismo style licence tests
            • Automobilista 2 does not have a career mode (yet? It’s on the main menu but greyed out), but apparently a fan decided they were going to do it themselves. AMS also comes with the advantage of having much better multiplayer than Assetto Corsa if you want to play with friends; AC’s multiplayer is quite limited and does not let you add AI to fill out the grid
            • Grid Legends might be worth a look, but I can’t tell you what it’s actually like to play because I haven’t tried it. I have played Dirt Rally 2 by the same devs and it does have a very GT-esque career mode. It describes itself as simcade, though, so it may just be another Forza for you depending on how it drives
            • Le Mans Ultimate is a more specialised experience, of course, but it’s due to get a proper in-depth career mode soon

            It is a pretty dim time for the single player sim racing experience, but there’s fun to be had!

            • Kühlschrank@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              2·
              14 days ago

              Hey thanks, I’ll look into those options.

              Though maybe ultimately I should just set up an emulator and enjoy the old memories like you did

        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          15 days ago

          I had to skip that knight! I got deaded too many times and just left hahaha. I’m in my third legacy dungeon in Shadow and it’s pretty brutal.

          • Skua@kbin.earth
            2·
            15 days ago

            Which one is the third? I’ve done Belurat and Castle Ensis (if it counts?), only just started poking around in Shadow Keep but it looks absolutely wild so far. I also made it to the putrescent knight’s arena but I’ve not tried actually fighting it yet, just jumped in once to see what was going on at the end of a session

            The knight was pretty brutal, but fortunately this run has been my “learn to parry” one, so I came basically perfectly equipped to fight any player-model enemy that isn’t using colossal weapons

            • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              2·
              15 days ago

              I think it’s Shadow Keep! I’ve found two of the bosses—one insane tree guy with three phases that has killed me 20 times so I went another way, one big fat boss guy, and there has to be more cuz I’m not done yet…

              • Skua@kbin.earth
                2·
                15 days ago

                There’s one with three phases? That is so absolutely going to catch me out with no flasks left whenever I first get to it, god dammit. I can’t wait

                • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  2·
                  15 days ago

                  Oh man… i don’t wanna spoil anything, but uhhhh I think I have to come back to it with full blessing. I can’t get close even with a buddy who’s extremely good.

                  • Skua@kbin.earth
                    2·
                    15 days ago

                    Nothing wrong with that! I hit an absolute brick wall with Margit when I first played the base game because I hadn’t played a Souls game in years. I explored around until I found the secret route to Liurnia and did most of that before I even got into Stormveil