Random Dent

Yeah I’m similar, I’m in for about $45 or so from the Kickstarter. I wrote it off and stopped paying attention about 6-7 years ago (it was already pretty far behind then!) but I figure, I’ve wasted more money on dumber stuff before, and if an actual game ever does happen to materialise then I’ll give it a look.

It was originally supposed to come out in about 2016 I think.

When they announced Steam Machines the first time, I thought it was a great idea because it would give PC devs a sort of baseline system to aim for, and then I was surprised when they launched and they were all sorts of different system specs. I’m still convinced that’s at least partly why they failed - if you buy a console like a Playstation or XBOX, part of the appeal is that you know exactly what you’re getting and what will run on it. If it says ‘PS5’, it’ll run on your PS5.

So hopefully if they try again it’ll be something along those lines, kind of like the Steam Deck.

Splitters!

Yeah V and VI (even even IV I think) are still perfectly fine and playable, so I’m happy to wait pretty much indefinitely lol.

Yeah this is me with Civ VII too. Normally I’ll pick up a new Civ game on day one, but since the new one has Denuvo and it’s nearly $170 CAD for the full version, I guess I’ll just be picking it up in a Christmas sale in like 5 years or something.

• Might not play on Deck
• Denuvo on launch day
• $180-ish Canadian for the full version with all the add-ons.

This is gonna be the first Civ as far back as I can remember that I probably won’t bother picking up on launch day TBH, which is sad.

Yeah I really like Zomboid because no matter how established you are, it only takes one fuck-up or unlucky break and you’re done for. So the fear never really lets up.

I actually had an experience in that game that I don’t think I’ve ever had in a game before - I was sneaking around at night looting houses, and I got to one house, perfectly normal looking and some instinct in my brain went “nope, there’s something bad there” and I just walked away and went home lol.

It’s wild, I’m one of those patient gamer types but there are certain games that I’d make an exception for and buy as soon as they came out, and Civ has been one of those games as far back as I can remember. But this is gonna be the first one I’m not going to bother with. Between this and the absolutely bonkers price, I really can’t justify it. Maybe in a few years when the Denuvo is removed and you can get the full thing for like $40 or so, but no way am I paying $167 CAD for the full edition on day one.

Those and Bannerlord are the games I’ve got the most hours with on Steam so that was my basis lol. I thought about including Bannerlord cause its a bit different but less of a time sink I think. Maybe with mods though!

• Civ VI
• Factorio
• Rimworld

I might need an extra 5 years when they come to get me lol

I know this whole thing is probably just an ad, but it’s working on me lol

You know what… if it turned out that they just sent it back to the lab because someone had the idea to try and get all the Sims to run on AI or something I honestly wouldn’t be surprised. It is EA after all.

I think it’s kind of an extreme version of that thing where if you want an answer on reddit you don’t ask for help, you confidently post a wrong answer and someone will immediately correct you.

The need to pedantically correct strangers online knows no bounds, not even the government can prevent it.

The Long Dark came out in 2017 and the story mode still isn’t finished yet, so I dunno if they’re the ones to be pontificating about being slow with the content lol.

I mean it’s a great game, but yeah it’s been a minute.

Oh.

Could they not just image search American manhole covers?

These days, I feel like most MMOs are just like trying to play a single player game but with other people getting in the way and/or breaking your shit while calling you an array of slurs.

Kind of like playing a regular game on extra extra difficult mode.

I think the summer sale starts tomorrow, definitely gonna add a few more to the old backlog lol

One of the things I really hope they learn how to do is launch their games in a straightforward manner. Hitman is a great game but trying to figure out how to just buy the damn thing is so unnecessarily complicated. Someone on reddit made a chart about it and I still don’t understand what I’m supposed to buy on Steam.