Man i really need to dig up SMAC or something like it.
Because I don’t have any friends
Taking the edge off.
Missing a 95% chance shot in Xcom and subsequently having your whole party wiped out by aliens
Pick one
Ayyyyy, if a missed 95% shot fucks things over that bad then you probably weren’t handling the situation that well in the first place!
He says, as his entire squad gets eggs laid in them
Hah, you can try to stay on top of it. But no matter how hard you try, there’s always a chance of that one little mistake that turns into a cock-up cascade and leaves most of your squad dead and one remaining soldier trying to crawl to evac.
I love that game, but I’m probably a masochist.
Look, it’s alien invasion simulator not friendly fun-time simulator, sometimes everything goes to shit and you need to roll with that!
A plan is just a list of stuff to go wrong.
Loading last save isn’t that stressful.
Sometimes you gotta play XCOM on Ironman Mode just to punish yourself.
i exclusively play xcom on ironman because i tend to reload on the tiniest misstep - and then i get annoyed about myself, because i cant accept anything else than perfect. ironman fixes that for me :-)
I’m about to be 40 and I’m a married, hetro-cis woman; I still do this. Though lately I’ve been leaning more heavily toward city builders
If you like both genres (and rogue likes) I would recommend Against The Storm. The game is crack. It’s all about getting settlements to the point where they’re successful enough and then you start a new one as you build a caravan of settlements further from the safe haven city in the middle of the map. Then a storm comes through and wipes everything out, but you can extend and extend the length it takes a storm to strike by sealing the gateways that the storm monsters used to enter the world the game takes place in. I don’t know if I’ve sold you on it but I am addicted myself lol
I played like 2 levels and it was sooo boring.
It’s more of a puzzle game under the stylization of a city builder. Very little difficulty and no real opportunity for creative city building on small maps you dont spend long on before moving to the next.
There’s far better roguelites and city builders out there.
I’d suggest checking out the demo for Metropolis 1998, it’s kinda Sims 1 style building with Sim City 2000 graphics, but you’re building a whole town/city.
I opened this thread to suggest this one as well. It’s a nice come home from work and burn off steam for an hour game.
Doesn’t exactly match up but I use Factorio for this. Or more accurately it uses me.
Factorio is so good.
For those not interested in in the age of empires and command and conquers of the world, you always have a crusader kings to just murder all those who wrong you and then seduce their widows.
Damn it, this made me realize I need to set my computer’s logon sound to be the “Welcome back Commander” voice line from the Command & Conquer series.
If you have never played the original C&C Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert, you need to do so, and it is free and easy!
Just grab the stable installer from https://openra.net and install it, it works on Windows, Mac and Linux and is free.
I know I already replied once, but on a serious note: I would love a new IP that was like Tiberium Sun. That was my first love with RTS and nothing since has been quite as awesome. Not even StarCraft.
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Hell yeah, brother. I liked being NOD so I could make invisible bases all over the map and you could never really be sure where I was building up even if you had radar and the entire map uncovered. Then I hit ya with a swarm of mammoth tanks.
I never owned it, but I remember playing it at a friend’s house many times as a kid. I love RTS games and hope they’re not out of the mainstream for good.
I play cozy games instead. Can’t wait for the next Animal Crossing.
Nothing more cozy than vanquishing your foes and burning their lands
How do I make the wololo dude en passant
I’ve got you covered:
Holy hell
Learning curves and time management don’t mix
Civ 5 here. I’ll be 39 this year and play the least out of my friends group (probably 1 or 2 sessions a month where I quit 3 or 4 hours in, and once a month or less playing for 6 or more hours to almost actually finish a game). The friends I play with are all mid 40s and do a full game at least weekly. We all have wives and kids and stuff but are huge nerds i guess.
I have launched Civ 6 once, launched a quick game with bots, blinked and realized 2.5 hours have passed. I’m scared to reopen the game. Next time I might wake up with a gray head and wrinkles on my face
The map needs to slowly change to the color of my faction for my life to have any meaning.
That’s the good shit
Turns out it’s just the man’s equivalent of a coloring book
And like all coloring books, it would feel hollow without some light genocide
That is such a good way of looking at it. You’re spot on
Paradox games are all about painting the map your own colour 👨🎨
Most of us use drugs or alcohol.
The kids these days self-medicate with neurotransmitters in the privacy of their own home like God intended. Regular do-it-yourselfers, they are.
Hell yeah, drugs and alcohol enhance map games so much. Great combination, would recommend.
Ever try drugs and VR?
Red Alert 2 is cozy gaming
Red Alert 2 is one of my all time favorites! I think it was my first online gaming experience too.
I still play the hell out of it
Civilization 4 is cozy gaming.
Absolutely true
