I am biased, but an Underground 3 (with no MTX) with a well written storyline but with lots additional open world gameplay would be a return to form for NFS.

I didn’t know there was an Age of Mythology remaster.

I was watching the video and thinking “that’s a really good community HD patch!” :)

Not a discord server, but we have a (moderately active) cozygames community on the Threadiverse:

!cozygames@lemmy.world

I will admit, your recommendation makes me want to play Rimworld with he new DLCs. :)

Sounds like there is a lot of cool new stuff.

Tumblr is still around?

I played the base game a lot (many hundreds of hours, also before it was released on Steam). I think I’ve only tried the royalty DLC.

On one hand I want to get back into Rimworld, on the other hand the mechanics from all the DLCs seem overwhelming.

It’s got a top-down CRPG view (similar to the Fallout 1/2), but Avernum: Escape from the Pit might fit thematically.

You end up in an underground fantasy world where “undesirables” are sent to by a corrupt empire.

Another option would be Underrail. Another top down CRPG, this time based in a post-apocalytic world where everyone lives underground. The world building is top notch and the combat is very well developed with lots of choices (it’s a also IMO a hard game). While the world building is strong, the writing (characters and their motivations) is rather weak.

Worlds of Ultima 1: The Savage Empire OST (MT-32 Archival Edition) cover art:

Advertisement for Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire (DOS): Catalog 1990 - Front:

PC98 screenshots:

Ultima box covers always hit the spot.

I had to read more than once to realise it is not a game about WinRAR.

I had the same issue. I was actually genuinely interested about how a wargame was made about WinRAR.

I can understand a business tycoon game where you have to develop a compression/archive software company. Very, very nerdy, but there is a logic here.

A wargame about WinRAR? That’s a whole different level.

I will add that as per the lore of the game, the Romans discovered steam power and started to colonize the new world. Rather unique I must say.

I see. Well good luck!

For sure, I am just curious. Not to lecture others, for my own knowledge. :)

I see where you are coming from, but as someone who speaks several other languages, I would say there can be benefits to lanagauge rules.

Didn’t mean to imply you can’t, I was just curious about the formal rules for the word.

And it seems “impacted” can be used in the sense of “affected”.

I am confused :)

Just a quick web search; the first few results which linked to dictionary style resources.

Now I am confused. :)

At first I was thinking, why not use “impacted”, it sounds a little bit awkward, but I’ve definitely seen it being used in relatively formal situations (or at least that’s what I remember).

But no, I looked it up and “impacted” should not be used in the sense of affected. TIL.

Cool to see Bazzite open their own FlatPak storefront.

The proc gen maps in Diablo 1 worked pretty well IMO.

Cool stuff!

Gunman Chronicles launched on November 21, 2000, and received mixed reviews from critics, which is still a sore point with Flower. “When you see reviews and they’re like, ‘Oh, this game is too much like Half-Life!’ And you’re like, ‘What, the best game that you ever rated? Too much like that, huh?’” The game sold relatively well, although Flower says he “didn’t get rich” off his cut. “I probably could have made as much money painting cars, as far as take-home money. But royalties are taxed at a lower rate, so it spent pretty good.”

On one hand, it’s already huge success that your game is being compared to HL1, on the other hand, that’s one tough competitor.