As for multiplayer games, I've been playing a lot of Paladins.

For single player, I've been on a bit of a retro binge lately. Currently playing Pikmin 2.

What about you?

Gameplay reveal video for Ubisoft's open-world Star Wars game, Star Wars Outlaws

Two seemingly unrelated Yakuza members, an empty lot, the 80s, and Takoyaki? How are these even related? And why are they so important to my gaming journey? Read the article in the Blisscast Journal to find out!

Basically this. I have just realized that as a guy whos teens where in the 00's, my musical ear has been groomed by awesome videogames with great soundtracks, like Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Gran Turismo, later Need For Speed and some FIFA. But what's the equivalent in today's time?

I've bought a FIFA and a NFS recently, but the soundtracks are... OK-ish, I guess? I enjoyed the some Rocket League's season, though.

What are the most immersive games you have played?

I think mine are:

• The Elder Scrolls
• RDR2
• Deus Ex (all of them)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance
• Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4
• GTA V (to a certain extent)
• The Witcher 3

What recommendations do you have?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/187786

https://captown.capcom.com/en

games here:

https://captown.capcom.com/en/retro_games

Next Fest is upon us and it's a great time to play a ton of demos.

Found any hidden gems or other must try games ? Let us know!

Interested in seeing how other people approach their backlog. I’ve finally made a list of all the games I want to finish, and I’m forcing myself to play one of them a day for at least an hour.

As an added incentive, I’m forcing myself to wait to finish a backlog game before I can buy a new one. I’ve got a lot of playing to do between now and October.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/161693

We’ve been really busy this year so here’s a recap of the best additions since v2.0 was released a year ago.

New in v2.5 are Mirrored Maps!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8BOLf1tskc&list=PLZIQTa_kwZhBksj7UzcahPiRaHk87fWch

• Play through the game with a random mix of mirrored maps, which will keep you on your toes even more than the randomizer has before!

We now have an installer program!

• Helps with getting the game running well on modern computers for you and also handling the mirrored maps download and installation.

New game modes:

• Zero Rando - great for first-time Deus Ex players! Disables all randomization features but keeps all the bug fixes, QoL improvements, and balance tweaks.

• Randomizer Lite - Great for players who haven't played Deus Ex in a long time, or those who are intimidated by the full randomizer, or if you just want to keep the original mood of the game.

• Serious Sam mode - same as the normal Randomizer but with 10x as many enemies with difficulty tweaked to compensate.

• All 3 of these new game modes can also be combined with other mods: Lay D Denton, GMDX, Revision, or Vanilla? Madder.

Enemies Overhaul:

• Randomly spawned enemies can now get randomly generated patrol routes.

• New enemies with slightly different stats and appearances, see the wiki.

• Randomly spawned enemies now appear as the same faction as the enemies near them. (No more Thugs with MJ12 Troopers.)

• Enemies now have a random chance to have a helmet added or removed, and an additional chance for them to get a visor. A helmet slightly reduces damage, while a visor makes them resistant to pepper spray and gas grenades.

We're now at 56 goals with randomized locations, with 228 locations for those goals.

• https://github.com/Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer/wiki/Goal-Randomization

We're up to 177 bingo events for our built-in bingo tracker

• https://i.imgur.com/lreLTx2.png

• https://github.com/Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer/wiki/Bingo-Goals

• And we also have an external Bingo Display program so you can keep your bingo board visible on your 2nd monitor! https://i.imgur.com/niBVyMi.png

Accessibility improvements:

• New spoiler buttons on the Goals screen in case you get lost:

• Show Spoilers: shows where goals are

• Show Nanokeys and Show Datacubes: similarly highlights the locations so you can see them through walls

• Goal Locations: tells you the possible locations for goals without spoilers or cheating

• Entrance Locations: Provides a list of all the possible entrances in your current map (for Entrance Rando only)

• Entrance Spoilers: Provides a list of all the entrances in your current map as well as where they lead (for Entrance Rando only)

• Improved Training mission

Reduced pixel hunting

• Datacubes/nanokeys/medbots/repairbots now glow

• Crates that become emptied out now turn into cardboard boxes so you know from a distance

• Improved visibility for some goals like a new in-game map of the ship and emails referencing the locations of goals.

• Training mission improvements including explanation of some of Randomizer's features

• Map teleporters are now visible and show text of where they will take you, especially useful if you're playing Entrance Randomizer mode or with Mirrored Maps enabled

Music Overhaul

• Random song chosen for each area

• Ability to add music files from Unreal and Unreal Tournament (someone in our Discord also added in music from Red Sun with some easy config file editing!)

• Continuous music which keeps the music playing smoothly even if you die similar to Super Meat Boy

Support for the mod Vanilla? Madder. v1.75

• This mod adds tons of new mechanics and I think when you combine it with Randomizer you get the most in-depth Deus Ex experience possible! We've been working together so when they released their update on April 10th we were ready with support on the same day!

Choose what map to start the game

• If you want to start in Hong Kong or Paris, for example. You’ll start with an appropriate amount of skill points, augs, and equipment. Likewise, the bingo board will be intelligently built and scaled to match your position in the game.

Other Improvements

• We've improved physics with enemies receiving knockback from high damage, and improved physics on gibs.

• We've recently added a leaderboard in-game! Make sure you enable Online Features because it's disabled by default. Also check out our Mastodon bot (Twitter started banning bots, Mastodon is like an open source and community-run version of Twitter) https://botsin.space/@DXRandoActivity

• Left clicking to use items even if you don't have inventory space for them, such as medkits, armor, and food

• Tweaked some numbers to make the rates of enemy types, weapons, and items a bit more varied from run to run.

If you haven’t seen Deus Ex Randomizer before, here’s the trailer from v2.0 to give you a taste of the features already included:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsoIKbn_suE&list=PLZIQTa_kwZhBksj7UzcahPiRaHk87fWch

Download here: https://github.com/Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer/releases

For example V rising used to crash my computer after 10-20min every time without exception until I lowered the graphic quality and disabled unlimited FPS (I set it to 60). Now it works without crashing.

I have a Gigabyte Geforce RTX 4090 that should be able to bear the load of the best graphics settings.

I tried doing the same in Valheim, but it keeps crashing particularly inside my megalomanic castle and the surrounding village (which could be part of the problem). But it also likes to crash while doing mundane stuff like walking through a forrest.

I see many other people having the same issues - they have a high end GPU and some games just keep crashing their computers. And as a counter point, my friend has a low end computer and he never had any crashes with V rising or with Valheim.

So my question is what is causing the issues here? Both games are made in Unity. Is the problem in Unity, developers, the GPU or the combination of all?

I've only gotten through a few, myself. House Flipper 2 seemed like an interesting iteration on the original (from what I played of that). Not necessarily for me, but I think it'll please those that are looking for that. I played quite a bit more Kingdom Eighties than I expected I would. Having just played the first Kingdom for the first time not too long ago, Eighties had a lot of changes that I was pleased with, and the theme is great. I will say that making an army of young children is...a bit iffy, hah. Though playing the "big kids" trying to protect their town is pretty nice.

Still have a The Invincible and Lies of P to check out this weekend, and whatever else seems interesting. Any recommendations for other demos that shouldn't be missed?

I was wondering if any of y'all had favorite games to play on lemuroid, the awesome retro game emulator for android! I've enjoyed playing warioware there in the past but was looking to play more - some games work better than others of course with thephonwe tapping interface

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/18150

In yesterdays article (that wouldn’t cross-post no matter what I tried) I provided some current releases and identified a retroFPS they most closely associated with. I did this because several people asked if there was “anything current like what they used to play.” The answer that article shows is… Yes.

Now I’m going to provide a list of six upcoming titles that are due to be released over the next six months. In some cases the developers have identified a quarter this year that they will release. In some cases they provided a month. If all I have is a quarter, I organize them alphabetically. I have done my best to provide a release schedule so you can know what to save for. As always I will provide a Steam link if you want to add it to your wishlist. For a YouTube demo click the image provided under each title (except for Verge World).

Demonic Supremacy

Quarter 3 2023

"Demonic Supremacy" is a retro-styled 3D shooter from Chillidog Interactive providing intense, old-school FPS gameplay paired with a heavy metal soundtrack. The game's narrative follows the Chosen One, the protagonist Zexus, tasked with combating demonic forces appearing every 3481 years. Zexus battles through a randomly manifested infernal tower, taking down monstrous enemies floor by floor, culminating in a showdown with the Lord of Hell. With 90's inspired graphics and formidable bosses, this game delivers a nostalgically thrilling experience.

Verge World

Quarter 3 2023

Verge World from Badbones is an engaging game that combines racing and shoot'em up dynamics, originally developed for the Amiga computer. The game leverages Voxel technology to create a unique 3D environment, bringing an innovative visual experience to players. The game offers a demo for potential users on its official site. Additionally, adaptations are planned for Atari ST, Macintosh, and Neo-Geo. The PC version offers a demo on the Steam site of a post-apocalyptic racing roguelite experience, mixing intense action, airship customization, retro 3D visuals, and synthwave music.

Sprawl

August 2023

SPRAWL from MAETH corporation is a retro-style FPS game set in a limitless cyberpunk cityscape. Players can utilize the "Icarus" cybernetic implant for gravity-defying acrobatics. The implant is powered by the blood of defeated militarized police, enabling enhanced reaction times and bullet-time capabilities. Despite being a work in progress, the game merges modern and retro features, making it highly anticipated. Hannah Crawford, one of the developers, confirmed plans for Windows and Linux releases, with evidence of the game already running on Linux (Pop!_OS).

Fortunes Run

September 2023

Fortune's Run from Team Fortune is an upcoming shooter game that combines high-speed gameplay and immersive sim elements. The developers recently shared a preview of a large, fully simulated space station level set against the void of space, offering a departure from the initial demo. Gameplay on this level involves navigating hydroponic labs, maintenance shafts, and enemy-infested quarters. Other teasers reveal a fireball-triggering mission, hand-cutting bulkheads to unveil hidden paths, and the creation of 2D sprites from 3D models for a retro aesthetic.

Ad Infernum

2023

Ad Infernum is an upcoming survival-horror immersive sim, developed by Glass Knuckle Games the creators of "Heliophobia". Set in a deserted gas station, it features demonic entities, dark rituals, and a plethora of exploration options. Players can interact with almost any object, avoid or confront demons using an array of weapons, and follow a non-linear story at their own pace. The game introduces an arcane transmutation system for crafting new items and encourages discovery of hidden loot, lore, and secrets. Both main story objectives and optional tasks are available.

Gunhead

2023

Alientrap's "GUNHEAD", a sequel to "CRYPTARK", is a 3D rogue-like FPS slated for a 2023 release. Players assume the role of a space pirate, strategizing entry into alien ships for scavenging. The game employs procedural generation for constructing internal ship structures. The objective is to disable the ship’s shield system before targeting the core system. Enemy generation automation systems can be destroyed too. The game climaxes with a powerful boss fight that also serves as a core system.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/19628

Trepang^2 is an exhilarating first-person shooter that channels the high-octane gameplay of mid-2000s classics, that launched on Steam on June 21. The game offers players the chance to embody a super soldier, utilizing a variety of superhuman abilities and weaponry while navigating a world teeming with dangerous foes. Through the campaign, players will uncover a deadly supernatural conspiracy, master game-changing abilities, and fight relentless waves of spec-ops forces.

In Trepang^2 players are thrust into a world of over-the-top action where combat skills are pushed to their limits. Amid explosive campaigns and horde modes, the game calls on players to navigate a bullet-filled world, fighting thousands of highly trained operatives and otherworldly foes. Unfolding against the backdrop of a devastating heavy metal soundtrack, the game combines brutal melee combat with rapid fire gunfights, enhancing the fast-paced FPS gameplay.

The game's mechanics also showcase a variety of innovative features reminiscent of Monolith's F.E.A.R, such as the ability to dual-wield weapons, use enemies as shields, and toss enemies around the battlefield. Furthermore, its liberal use of bullet-time ability lends an extra dimension to the gameplay, allowing players to visualize the shockwaves of explosions and other effects. Trepang^2’s graphical brilliance and superb execution make the combat seem not only realistic but also exceptionally thrilling.

However, the cornerstone of Trepang^2's gameplay, like F.E.A.R., is its enemy AI. The game aims to deliver opponents that match the intelligence and cunning of F.E.A.R.'s weaponized clones. The ability of Trepang^2's foes to communicate and strategize will significantly determine its success in replicating the immersive FPS experience of its predecessor.

Despite being an indie game developed by a small team, Trepang^2 successfully incorporates many elements from F.E.A.R., cementing its status as a spiritual successor. Its gameplay keeps the focus squarely on high-octane combat, ensuring a fast-paced and gory first-person military-style experience. Even though the game might appeal more to players untroubled by excessive in-game violence, its narrow focus on bloody first-person combat does justice to the genre. Borrowing elements from F.E.A.R. and other classic shooters, Trepang^2 offers an experience that is both familiar and refreshingly novel.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/22114

I get it. You hate “boomer shooter.” Why have people spent years using the term without checking with you, the consumer? Maybe you just hate the idea of remakes. Maybe you prefer to play the standards that boomer shooters are built on. Buying old hardware can get expensive so I offer a way to go retro without breaking the bank.

PCem, a vintage PC emulator, while no longer maintained by its original creator, remains highly usable. As the author is open to delegating maintenance to a new individual, it's possible that updates may occur in the future. For Windows users, backwards compatibility support is robust, suggesting that existing Windows versions of PCem should operate smoothly for the foreseeable future. Despite a lack of recent enhancements, PCem's existing binaries are reliable and accessible, offering an excellent option for those interested in PC emulation.

UniPCemu, another full PC emulator, originally developed for PSP but now available on multiple platforms including Windows, is also an active project. It provides near cycle-accurate emulation of 8086/8088 chips, with only a 4% discrepancy, according to the UniPCemu wiki. This makes it a promising choice for those seeking an accurate emulation experience.

DOSBox, another popular emulator focused on DOS-based games, is still actively maintained, with a significant number of changes accumulating in its development repository. However, new releases have been sparse, as the development team emphasizes ensuring minimal regressions before rolling out new versions. The existing releases, referred to as 0.74-x, are primarily focused on bug fixes and don't incorporate any new features from the development branch. Nonetheless, the developers have plans for a new release in the future.

Contrastingly, DOSBox-X has a distinct focus and is subject to frequent updates. Originally aimed at enhancing fidelity for running demoscene productions, DOSBox-X has now expanded its focus to improving fidelity in general. This active maintenance and the unique value proposition makes DOSBox-X a worthy emulator for those interested in high fidelity PC emulation.

Moreover, MAME is worth exploring for PC emulation. Its developers prioritize accuracy in their emulation, making it another strong choice for enthusiasts. Other options such as WeeCee, an actual miniature PC, could provide an authentic experience within a modern PC environment. Despite its size, WeeCee is capable of running a wide array of speed-sensitive games proficiently, making it another viable option for those interested in vintage PC gaming.

#hardware #emulation #retrofps #boomer_shooter

Pretty fun alternative to Black Mesa for a "modernized" Half-Life experience. The feel of the GoldSource engine is simply impossible to replicate.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/14972

First-person shooter (FPS) games originated from iD Software's Castle Wolfenstein (1992), introducing concepts like weapon usage and complex exploration. However, it was Doom (1993) that solidified the FPS genre with its immersive 3D graphics, multiplayer capabilities, and captivating design. A "boomer shooter" emulates 1990s FPS games like Doom, characterized by fast-paced action, skill-based movement, pixelated graphics, and a plethora of weapons.

Something I miss from Reddit was that just about all my favorite games had their own subreddits. Like I happen to be a huge fan of Snowrunner but I don’t see any communities specifically about Snowrunner on Lemmy. But Elden Ring has a community on 2 instances with less than 100 subs total. I think the one hosted on Lemmy.world has 8 subs and 1 post. Elden Ring was game of the year in 2022!

I guess I just don’t see enough engagement on these dedicated communities to see the value in making my own Snowrunner community or any other game in general really.

Thoughts?

Love you guys!