What Video Games Have You Been Playing #15: Computer not on fire yet? Better add more mods!

[Synobun]

Some of us still work, you know.

Is that a kind of video game?

 

[Arakhor]

Bearing in mind the sheer number of simulators available these days, almost certainly, yes.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Papers Please always struck me funny. Here's a chance to simulate having a total drudge job in the endless bureaucracy! You too can experience the misery of being a nameless faceless paper shuffling cog in the grinding machine!

 

[Synobun]

Papers Please always struck me funny. Here's a chance to simulate having a total drudge job in the endless bureaucracy! You too can experience the misery of being a nameless faceless paper shuffling cog in the grinding machine!

Its atmosphere is its draw, IMO. As a game itself it's fairly milquetoast.

I have been playing a game on Kongregate called Incremancer. It melts my laptop and so I can't do anything else while playing it, even switching tabs, but it's a lot of fun. In theory you can idle in it, but I don't see how you can do that productively. Yet, anyways. I've gotten up to level 55. You spawn zombies and eat people. Well balanced, well paced.

On my phone, I'm still playing Seaport, Eggs, Inc., and Dino Park. But I've also started poking at an RPG called Postknight. Not sure what to think of it so far.

Oh, and uh, I've been playing Sims 3 again. Without cheats for the first time ever! And I just randomized a character. After a slew of getting arrested every night for over a week, I finally reached the top of the evil career. I'm now trying to achieve my character's lifetime aspiration of making hella dough with book writing.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Nice exhibit. Shame if one of the fence pieces were to disappear.

 

[Commodore]

Papers Please always struck me funny. Here's a chance to simulate having a total drudge job in the endless bureaucracy! You too can experience the misery of being a nameless faceless paper shuffling cog in the grinding machine!

I think my favorite drudge job game would be Viscera: Cleanup Detail where you literally just play as a janitor. Just like having a job like that in real life, you eventually become numb to tossing a pile of body parts into an incinerator and mopping up all the blood stains. Also that sense of slight annoyance and frustration you feel when you accidentally track bloody footprints over an area you already cleaned so you have to go back and clean it again.

 

[cardgame]

I promoted a character in Deep Rock Galactic

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I played Mario Kart Wii and Angry Birds Wii last night with the Mrs. It was a lot of fun but after a long day of brain-melting work, Angry Birds was too complicated for me to get into it. I know that sounds silly but I have been really deep in the weeds this past week and when I cal it quits for the day I just can't think.

 

[Birdjaguar]

My league goal in POE is to get my character to level 90. I'm at 89 now so I'm close. If I dedicate 2-3 hours today, I can get there. Most likely though, I'll get there tomorrow or Monday. Dying sets one back with a 10% experience loss each time so I have to balance my reckless play style with some caution.

 

[Lexicus]

Nice exhibit. Shame if one of the fence pieces were to disappear.

In Zoo tycoon can you, in theory, suddenly turn the zoo into a playpen for carnivorous animals to kill and eat your human "guests"?

 

[Synobun]

In Zoo tycoon can you, in theory, suddenly turn the zoo into a playpen for carnivorous animals to kill and eat your human "guests"?

Yes.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

In Zoo tycoon can you, in theory, suddenly turn the zoo into a playpen for carnivorous animals to kill and eat your human "guests"?

You can block off the entrance with a fence so guests can't escape and then delete all the exhibit fences.

Make sure to get rid of the zookeepers first or they'll put the animals in boxes.

 

[Akka]

I hate sirens.

Use the crossbow, it has an enormous bonus damage against flying monster and can kill sirens in one or two shots.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Use the crossbow, it has an enormous bonus damage against flying monster and can kill sirens in one or two shots.

I posted about my crossbow issues before, I have difficulty aiming it and the bolt is always slow

 

[Akka]

I posted about my crossbow issues before, I have difficulty aiming it and the bolt is always slow

IIRC the crossbow has some sort of auto-aim when using regular bolts. But if you can't use it... well, I guess you'll really hate sirens then :x

the focus on concentration, patience and repetition is something I really appreciate. most games don't do that anymore, they mostly revolve around instant gratification. this is by far the most rewarding single player game I've ever played. when the choreography really hits and you get into your flow it's like a different state of mind.

Ah, Sekiro. I should maybe one day try to pick it up again and finish it. But I'm afraid it's just too difficult for me

Have you already tried Dark Souls ? It's like the opposite twin of Sekiro (mainly defensive instead of mainly offensive, very deliberate instead of being very aggressive, but it does have this "concentration, patience and repetition", just with a completely different flow), but I think you might like it.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

The auto-aim only seems to work when I'm sitting on the boat. Maybe I accidentally changed a setting somewhere.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Today I discovered that my version of Angry Birds that I paid for has a key that no longer works when I tried to reinstall. I am not impressed when I see that my key is no longer valid.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

Ah, Sekiro. I should maybe one day try to pick it up again and finish it. But I'm afraid it's just too difficult for me

Have you already tried Dark Souls ? It's like the opposite twin of Sekiro (mainly defensive instead of mainly offensive, very deliberate instead of being very aggressive, but it does have this "concentration, patience and repetition", just with a completely different flow), but I think you might like it.

currently playing through DS 1 & DS 2, haven't bought the third one yet. they're great games, I appreciate that they're truer RPGs compared to Sekiro and give you lots of options. still very difficult though.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I dunno, Aimee. The animals look perfectly happy eating the people.