Stupid DICE, BF now delayed into November. More time with AoE4! Played the COD Vanguard Beta. Meh. Too run and gun for me. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands look fun in March.
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Pckfn23
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Palmy - "Very few have the ability to truly excel regardless of system. For many the system is the difference between being just a guy or an NFL starter. Fact is, everyone is talented at this level."
AoE4 looks just like #2… which is a great thing!
Minecraft is in the category of games I'd have zero problems with my kid (or since I have none, nieces) playing. And it's also a game I'd love to play with them, or spectate them playing it and to be there to answer questions. Minecraft is such a canvas for creativity and excitement. Virtual LEGOs but with so much more you can do, but you kinda have to earn your LEGOs by getting good at the game.
There are a few more games I know would be great for a kid and their parent to experience together:
Ori and The Blind Forest (and the sequel Ori and The Will of the Wisps) - A modern platformer with a golden heart. Kinda where the evolution of Super Mario has led to. A game with a real, heart-wrenching and -warming story. Kids will rule at the fast-paced gameplay, but adults may be needed for the emotional cutscenes.
Stardew Valley / My Time in Portia - Both are rather peaceful games, with optional lighthearted combat, where you build a farm, fish, forage, explore, care for your pets and foster relationships, have adventures and do silly things in a small town setting. Both manage to be the opposite of stress, while somehow keeping your attention and rewarding about anything you do. Safe and great for relaxing. Retro graphics leave room for imagination.
Microsoft Flight Simulator - Needs a kick ass computer, but it's a marvel. The entire world to experience in the air. Especially in COVID times, let your kids fly. Or fly 'em to where they wanna go. Over Lambeau Field? OK. Around Mt. Everest? Doable. To Finland? You can literally see my house in Finland if you fly to the right spot. Here's some of Helsinki, and it sure is a good representation (from a distance). There's no grid, the city was built over time on islands and stuff.
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For best experience, mute the annoying mosquito engine sound, and play Sibelius' Finlandia on Spotify instead. If you get it aligned right, it's very sweet!:
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Madden - Even if it's a shame that the game isn't a good simulation of the sport of football, it can still teach things like formations, terminology and the importance of down and distance.
Among Us - It's a game about catching a traitor, the Impostor among y'all. Doing so requires vocal co-operation. Learning co-operation is great. Learning to be a good Impostor when it's your turn to be it.... Gotta teach kids about lying at some point...
Great breakdown! Be wary of Ori with little ones. I was choking up a bit when Ru died 
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Among Us community is a bit toxic.
Palmy - "Very few have the ability to truly excel regardless of system. For many the system is the difference between being just a guy or an NFL starter. Fact is, everyone is talented at this level."
Can say that about any online community really.
Us reads viewers a fur. Thats guys a weeks shared reds.
Never forget where you came from....
Never forget where you came from....
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Idk if anyone knows who videogamedunkey is but hes a youtube personality but here is his reaction to the new Mario Movie cast. This &%$@ kills me every time.
Cancelled by the forum elites.
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Pckfn23
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If the game gets out of hand I am headed to AoE4. I hope not!
Palmy - "Very few have the ability to truly excel regardless of system. For many the system is the difference between being just a guy or an NFL starter. Fact is, everyone is talented at this level."
For those interested and maybe didn't want to give EA more money for crap games (that would be me). You can get Madden 22 free if you have Prime. Have to claim by end of March.
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
RIP JustJeff
Looks like only for PCpaco wrote: ↑05 Mar 2022 07:23For those interested and maybe didn't want to give EA more money for crap games (that would be me). You can get Madden 22 free if you have Prime. Have to claim by end of March.
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
Thanks for the tip. The game's been at a state of stasis for a while now. I hate that they have the monopoly. Soccer games have become proper simulations due to the competition, but Madden is more of a business model than a well-made game.paco wrote: ↑05 Mar 2022 07:23For those interested and maybe didn't want to give EA more money for crap games (that would be me). You can get Madden 22 free if you have Prime. Have to claim by end of March.
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
Blue Prince came outta left field to quickly become perhaps Game of the Year for me.
It's a first person adventure puzzler with roguelite elements that manages to tickle the senses of adventure, curiosity and accomplishment in a way very few games ever have. I've rarely celebrated my own big brain - or keen eyes - eurekas as wildly as with this game.
You enter an ever-changing mansion with 45 rooms in a 5*9 grid, with the goal of finding the elusive 46th one. But it quickly becomes apparent that's not all. Not nearly all. There's secrets galore, the mystery of your family to solve, and a lore-filled world to uncover. Each day you start from scratch, and upon going through a door, you draw from a pool of rooms 3 options and choose what the next room will be. Some have resources, in some you find new knowledge or get to spend resources for progression or metaprogression, some have many doorways, helping you not get boxed in. The rooms have devious synergies and can form chains that are a puzzle in themselves.
It's far from a linear "solve a puzzle to get to next puzzle" -experience, instead it's a delicious onion of mysteries, puzzles and story. 25 hours in, I'm pretty sure there's a 100 more, at least. Every run is a new adventure. My list of things to solve and mysteries to figure out just keeps growing, which helps with the RNG elements of it. On a given run, I may not be able to solve the exact puzzle or lore piece I have on top of my mind, but I WILL find something else instead. Often an "aHA!" -moment that solves some other loose thread, or even makes me look at everything previous in a different light. It's truly masterful game design.
"Just one more run" is strong with this one.
It's a first person adventure puzzler with roguelite elements that manages to tickle the senses of adventure, curiosity and accomplishment in a way very few games ever have. I've rarely celebrated my own big brain - or keen eyes - eurekas as wildly as with this game.
You enter an ever-changing mansion with 45 rooms in a 5*9 grid, with the goal of finding the elusive 46th one. But it quickly becomes apparent that's not all. Not nearly all. There's secrets galore, the mystery of your family to solve, and a lore-filled world to uncover. Each day you start from scratch, and upon going through a door, you draw from a pool of rooms 3 options and choose what the next room will be. Some have resources, in some you find new knowledge or get to spend resources for progression or metaprogression, some have many doorways, helping you not get boxed in. The rooms have devious synergies and can form chains that are a puzzle in themselves.
It's far from a linear "solve a puzzle to get to next puzzle" -experience, instead it's a delicious onion of mysteries, puzzles and story. 25 hours in, I'm pretty sure there's a 100 more, at least. Every run is a new adventure. My list of things to solve and mysteries to figure out just keeps growing, which helps with the RNG elements of it. On a given run, I may not be able to solve the exact puzzle or lore piece I have on top of my mind, but I WILL find something else instead. Often an "aHA!" -moment that solves some other loose thread, or even makes me look at everything previous in a different light. It's truly masterful game design.
"Just one more run" is strong with this one.