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Patient Gamers

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A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

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[–] anti@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm enjoying Control. It's pretty good fun to play, but the story has really grabbed me.

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

I finished Nine Sols last month and I can't recommend it enough. Aside from being a great metroidvania all around: great art, great music, great combat... I was most surprised by how good the story is. The world they built is really cool. Also, it's currently on sale. Would recommend.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

forgotten city! a masterpiece of storytelling

[–] filister@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Indeed the game is very good.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I LOOOOVED that game.

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[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Started playing Factorio again with a friend, been fun so far. Just today I played Tooth and Tail again which is really cool, as well as Skullgirls Second Encore which I'm not great at but is still fun.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

Been playing for the first time Disco Elysium, but also have Kingdom Come:Deliverance and Titanfall 2 (Although I played it already 6 years ago) installed on my PC after getting them on deep sale recently.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

On the Deck, Skyrim with mods and specifically beyond Skyrim Bruma. I have figured out how to install mods and you can sink a lot of hours in good ol' Skyrim.

I also play Life is Strange: True Colours on the Deck.

Additionally the farmer was replaced is a fun little Python like game where you need to write Python like code to automate the manual labor on your farm. But this I play on the desktop.

[–] LeanSock@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Battlefield Bad Company 2 (from 2010)

It's still very much playable in multiplayer! If you happen to have a copy - via "Project Rome" you litterally just have to drop one file from them into the game folder and boom - you got a working server browser again! I forgot how incredible the sound design in this game is.

[–] xfc@lemdro.id 2 points 1 month ago

Aw man I forgot about the sound design. I am tempted to try this.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People are still playing? That's tempting, I still haven't found something that hits the spot this game did.

[–] LeanSock@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah I was surprised as well. There is not an overwhelming amount of players, but the last few days there were consistently 2-4 servers with close to 32 people online.

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[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

BattleBit Remastered

I'm not sure if it counts for patient gaming but it's super lightweight and so damn fun.

[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

I just soft modded my old PS2 so I could boot game backups from a network share. So I'm playing Gran Turismo 3, NFS underground 2, Tony hawk's Pro skater 4, NBA street vol. 2, and GTA: San Andreas. Basically everything and anything my teenage self loved at the time.

[–] dirtySourdough@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

DOOM (2016). I originally got it when it came out, I wasn't very patient then, but largely played multiplayer. I've been playing the campaign this time around and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Pokémon Emerald, and PixelJunk monsters.

[–] alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just installed Word of Goo 2

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[–] Fallen@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Hitman 3 freelancer mode. The ultimate James Bond simulator.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's incredible, feels like such a perfect addition to an already excellent game.

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[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

I've been enjoying Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. It's got just the right level of compulsivity to keep me playing without destroying my life. Pretty relaxing, to be honest, although I don't think "easy" mode is actually easy!

[–] hopefull_cottonball@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Persona 5 Royale. Its my first time playing a persona game and also my first JRPG. Currently 20 hours in. The lawyer woman is really funny.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Replaying Kingdom Come: Deliverance, but this time no save scumming and on the Steam Deck. It's really good, but the slight vibe of sexism bugs me.

Also playing the excellent Tactical Breach Wizards.

[–] caut_R@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Stardew, trying to get that 100% thingy

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I've been playing Pokemon Go, started back when it came out after niantic killed their other game I was playing to make pokemon go. (Not bitter at all)

Played a few weeks gave up.

Now I'm 30 and was out running and thought hey why not do this at the same time.

[–] durfenstein@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm playing Pacific Drive right now. Its pretty fun and spooky

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oxygen Not Included. it's taken over my brain.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

HyperRogue. The lack of statted items means less time thinking andore time playing. Same complaint as many rogue likes though, it lacks a save and quit. I don't care if it makes save scumming possible, it's shitty to force people to finish a game in one sitting.

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TerraFirmaGreg mod pack for Microsoft Minecraft Java Edition.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Based and gregpilled. TerraFirmaCraft and Gregtech in one pack sounds rather sadistic. I'll have to keep my eye on that one.

[–] AsimovIV@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Divinity original sin 2. It is not as good as I was expecting it to be. I keep getting bored and fustrated even if I really want to like it.

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[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

🤣 it's a 20 year old MMO called Wurm Online. The pacing and skill depth is pretty amazing for an older more patient audience.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I've started on X4, and love it!

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Getting back into ACC after taking the summer off. Still my favorite racing game.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ps. I just recently discovered Wreckfest, which is a racing game but not a simulator game. Still it's very fun game to play haha. (also works with multiplayer)

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wreckfest is a fun one. I had a lot of fun with it a couple years ago. I'm looking forward to Wreckfest 2.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 month ago

yeah, even today Wreckfest is still very much alive and an active online community till this day.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got myself mildly addicted to Mindustry. Wiping out enemy bases can be pretty satisfying.

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[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just got a surface duo i will use for nintendo ds emulation, so when i get my new gamepad and stylus in the mail later this week i will pick up and start an old ds game i have never played. But i havent decided yet so im not really answering your question.....

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[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Just got the this new game called Knack. Heard of it?

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Atomicrops. It's a solid rogue-lite farming game that is a lot of fun to just pop into and make a run.

[–] limeaide@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Oddly enough I've been playing High on Life on the Steamdeck. I give it a solid 6/10.

The art style is cool and the characters aren't as annoying as I thought they would be, but damn is it shallow.

All levels are basically the same but the gunplay and movement are nice enough to keep me around. I just play it while watching TV with my girlfriend. Nice mix of a wave shooter and platforming. It really reminds me of Doom in a way

[–] arni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

High on life. Terrible, boring gameplay. I think I'll drop it.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Returned to my 3DS and playing Etrian Odyssey 4. That series is great for party based dungeon crawls, with a good amount of choices for how you want to build your party.

[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I tried playing Bahamut Lagoon, a Japan only SNES TRPG, but had to stop due to some technical issues with the unofficial translation. The little bit I did manage to play (prologue and the first scene after that) was interesting enough so I'll definitely try again, I just need to get back to my PC so I can research what's wrong with it.

To keep with the theme I started Jeanne d'Arc, the PSP TRPG, instead. I like the art style, animated cutscenes and gameplay. Not a huge fan of the fantastical elements but they're not a dealbreaker either. I'm not sure what to think about the story just yet - I like it for the most part but there are some things that make me a bit wary since they might potentially turn into tropes I'm not going to be happy with. It's a "wait and see" for now since I'm still pretty early on. It's good so far.

[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 points 1 month ago

Anyone who owned doom 1 and doom 2 got a new item in their steam or gog library with damn near everything included including stuff like sigil and a new episode they just made.

There's a new doom 2 RTX mod that clips into that version and it combines ray tracing with voxel art to give the most impressive raycast doom 2 I've imagined so far. Well worth a look especially since it's free for a lot of gamers.

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