Lens flare doesn’t bother me, but its “Depth of Field” that drives me bonkers. I always turn motion blur and depth of field off.

Some of my first memories were of watching my parents play Ultima 4. :D

Sometimes I wonder if the Ultima games were some of the first open-world games.

Gross. Maybe Steam will start listing “In Game Advertising” along with the AI warning on the store pages.

My bad. What is FG?

Good thing he’s anonymous I guess!

Is that the final one? I didn’t want to buy it until it was all done. Although I’ll probably wait for a discount regardless…

Thats wild. You’d think it would be easy for companies to sue or shutdown those, but I guess not!

Dwarf Fortress is linux compatible, although I haven’t played it in years its a colony builder that can get super in-depth. Its interface is a learning hurdle though.

You might like Conan Exiles, its a sandboxy survival game that just got updated recently with better graphics. I kind of feel its more a exploration game than a builder though. Hrm…

I didn’t even know cheat “services” was a thing. Its kinda hard to feel bad for the victims though if they were cheaters.

A bunch i really liked were:

• Hades (and Hades 2) (action roguelike)
• Dead Cells (side scroller roguelike)
• Celeste (Precision Platformer)
• HexCells (puzzle game)
• Shadow Tactics: Blade of the Shogun (Stealth Strategy, the other games by the same dev are great too)
• Prey (well, maybe its not an indie, but its great)
• Vampire Survivors (Bullet Heaven, great to zone out too, lots of things to collect)
• BugSnax (Not sure if Indie, but a lot more fun than it looks)
• Cave Story (Side Scroller)
• Creeper World 4 (Strategy game, I think 4 is the most recent. No need to play older ones unless you want more of the same)
• Earth Defence force 6 (janky, but fun multiplayer with friends)
• Heros Hour (strategy)
• Oxygen Not Included (colony builder)
• Rim World (colony builder)
• Satisfactory (Automation game)
• Pit People (strategy game)
• Supraland (puzzle game, sequel is fun too)
• The Talos Principle (Puzzle game, I think its indie?)
• Undertale (RPG, its fantastic)
• You must build a boat (Match 3)

That is kinda my view too. I feel a trackball would have worked better than a touchpad, but maybe I just haven’t used touch pads enough.

Thanks! Looks like it has good reviews too.

I played a bunch yesterday, its fun. :)

I guess love really can bloom on the battlefield.

Convince more people to start using more adblocks. I use ublock origin and sponsorblock(for youtube) on my PC. Not as sure what is available for phones. Adverts are a cancer on society! :D

I thought Neverway looked pretty good. Also Lost Railway, even though I’m not much into multiplayer.

Somebody should make some single player ones. The concept sounds fun, but I have little interest in live service stuff.

Mostly for the fun of having a grudge at this point, haha. A long time ago when I was a kid they made a name for themselves with the “Gamers Bill of Rights”. It earned them a bunch of goodwill, and then they immediately released a game in a completely broken state missing half the features they advertised. At which point they dropped their “gamers bill of rights” and refused to give refunds like it stated.

Not particularly heinous by todays standards though I guess.

Thanks, I didn’t know that. I can maintain my silly decades old grudge vs Stardock now, haha.

Ah, my mistake. Nobody should have that much money.