Arcanum. (with Drog’s patch)
Somehow I’ve never played it. As a 90s cRPG veteran it is interesting to go fresh into a cRPG and be smacked with a lot of confusion about mechanics and stats that I don’t have from games I’m used to playing. It took me a frustratingly long amount of time to figure out how to use the world map travel.
As seems to be a trend with Tim Cain games, the combat isn’t very good but the game is carried by the social detail, world, and variety in how to approach quests. I’m going for a social build with a lean towards magic in order to get the most out of social interactions.
curious if you are on !crpg@lemmy.world
I am now.
Arcanum, is it that one that starts with a blimp crash?
If so, what’s Drogs patch?
Looking for something along those lines…
Cheers
Yes it is. Drog’s patch is the universally recommended patch that fixes bugs and has a lot of optional changes like adding new playable races, removing annoying sound effects, and more evenly distributing party experience instead of a per-hit system.
Is Drog’s patch the Multiverse Edition? That’s what I played back in like January when I played Arcanum for the first time. Fixes a lot of things but still can’t polish the turd that is Arcanum combat sadly.
Thanks! I might have a go at it again then. Or if you have any better recommendations 😊!
Better recommendations for… what? For Arcanum or for RPGs in general? 😄Multiverse Edition was pretty good as far as Arcanum goes and I’m glad to have played it, but there are certainly better CRPGs out there.
I’d love a good old rpg 😊! Especially a non group one, or like a side kick or small group but when you start out with 7 it’s too much for me.
I will begin by pushing my personal agenda: Jade Empire is a super underrated older Bioware game and I think could fit your description. While you do amass a large set of followers over the course of the story, they mainly reside at camp. While out and adventuring you’re only ever bringing with you one at a time: exactly the sidekick you’re looking for!
If you want to stay isometric I hold Baldur’s Gate 2 very highly as far as retro RPGs go. You do have a party of six there however. You only have 3 companions for the first few hours though, so at least you get eased into it. And you could just choose to not have a full party if you want. Will make the game a bit harder, mind.
Fallout 1&2 are also retro RPGs and pretty much just better than Arcanum in every way. Not really a party focused experience, you can have companions but they’re more like the sidekicks you mentioned.
Neverwinter Nights 2 just recently got an enhanced edition and that’s also a smaller party experience. The main campaign is decent, but the expansion Mask of the Betrayer is often brought up as one of the best CRPG stories of all time and heralded for its stellar writing.
No, it’s from here:
Ah I see. It’s included in Multiverse (plus a lot more). I can recommend it if you’re ever doing a second playthrough, I thought it was pretty good!
Getting back into Schedule 1 after a few months, it’s still fun and decently chill to just be a drug dealer for wacky cartoon drug addicts.
I have almost all the properties - all I’m missing is the docks warehouse - I have all possible customers, I’m almost done taking out the rival drug cartel in the game, and I’m still only based out of the barn. I also finally got around to hiring my first few employees so I don’t have to constantly be mixing up new shit to sell or give to my dealers. I’m excited to see what else they add to the game (it’s still in EA).
After I’m done with that, I’ll probably jump back into Abiotic Factor and try to finish the story of that one.
Finally playing through Cyberpunk 2077. It still has some bugs but nothing that prevents me from enjoying it. I picked up the game and dlc like 40% off recently.
Seems like it was worth waiting for, it’s actually really fun!
Doom 3 on the Steam deck. 20 hours so over the average playtime but I keep getting lost 🧭
Great game. I’ve played it through several times and now am struggling to finish it on nightmare. It’s just so hard when you get down to like 2 health and have to creep around until you can find enough health to be bold again
😰 I’m just on normal difficulty and it’s hard enough!
Jump Space
Playing with a mate and it’s a lot of fun. It’s a new game so not quite “patient gamer” but it’s cheap enough that I’m fine with it and looking forward to updates.
Football Manager
It got a hold of me these past couple days. I wanted something chill to do while I drink my coffee but then time just flies by… and it’s suddenly 3 hours later :/
Football Manager
God, I don’t miss sinking time into this monstrosity. Biggest time drain in existence.
just kicked off borderlands 3 over the weekend (it was a freebie on epic a while back).
i can see where they were trying to take the series, but i think they need a “back-to-basics” moment; there were a few decisions that really detract from the ability to be immersed.
(ux)the skill tree system has changed in a way that makes upgrading confusing to the point that i dont even use my special ability (it spawns a mech)
(ui)there are multiple advertisements for DLC that are always on your minimap and block your view of POIs - they look like questgivers
(bug)sometimes fast travel works and sometimes it doesnt (and sometimes it does but doesnt let you travel unless you close and reopen the map)
these 3 issues make it really difficult to enjoy a gaming session without being reminded that i need to spend more money so this convoluted system wont be fixed.
3 days in and i give it a meh 5/10; it seems like the budget was too big.
Trying to mod/ROM hack !pokemon@sopuli.xyz Soul Silver, so that also necessitates playtesting that. Never actually fully finished playing the first time around.
You might want to edit the title to Recommendations instead of Recommendstions
Fixed the title, thanks.
I’m back in skyrim VR but i’m using VRocker that let’s me walk or run in place to move in game. It’s been pretty fun. :)
I just got back into modding Skyrim again. It’s my first time modding on Linux, it’s been far smoother than I was told it would be. I’m using ModOrganizer2, it’s been great for the most part. It’s a little iffy to start up, sometimes it forgets I’ve used it before and I need to reboot a couple times which is pretty annoying, but as long as I don’t fully close MO2 it works as expected.
For The King 2
It’s definitely got some issues, especially with camera angles, but my friends and I have been having a good time with it. The campaigns are shockingly short, but that makes it way more doable with friends. We all know coordinating time is difficult
Going back to Spider-Man one because I remembered I have a lot of DLC I hadn’t done.
I’m getting to the time of year I do my superhero binge. Right now is my Bethesda binge and then I’ll do the Batman Arkham games followed by the Spider-Man games.
space engineers on pc, path of exile2 on ps5
I’m currently playing through Mass Effect Legendary Edition. I’m done with 1 and am now working through 2. Great games so far!
Enjoy! I’ve been wanting to get back into the ME series again, but the stupid EA launcher requirements have halted me. I know you can modify some files to get around it, and I did do that and it worked, but the next time I tried to open the game steam verified the files and corrected them. I haven’t gotten around to removing the launcher requirements again yet.
Does No Man’s Sky count? I just got it a few weeks ago on sale and have been having a blast!
I’ve seen it mentioned a lot on lemmy recently, I’m pleasantly surprised. I haven’t played it in a few years but really enjoyed my time with it. It had a really rough launch but even after they fixed it I felt it was quite under-appreciated. I’m glad it’s getting more attention now.
Just picked up Ark Survival: Evolve and No Man’s Sky
Been playing a lot of survival craft games with my son in law lately which has been great fun
If you’re enjoying ARK, that’s the game palworld was inspired by, they’re extremely similar. Personally I found that palworld was much more respectful of my time, whereas ARK wanted me to play it like a full time job if I wanted to have any dinosaurs.
final fantasy 12
