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With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?

Personally i would go for advance wars 1 and 2 on the gba (there is no remake and never will be)

the artstyle, the music, the game-play is just simple, yet effective, a sublime experience of very fun times.

Whats yours?

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[–] buhala@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Which diablo game would you recommend for someone trying to get into it? Sounds up my alley from how you describe it

[–] Pistachio@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can try Diablo 3 for free and see if that style of gameplay is fun to you.

Diablo 4 is certainly a better game (so far) in my opinion though. Micro txn bullshit aside it's a good balance between mindless demon slaying and some story.

[–] Kilazur@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get the mtx hate, it's purely cosmetic, just ignore it?

[–] Pistachio@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I wasn't saying I have a problem with it. Others do though.

[–] CountMonte@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The new diablo 4 just released and it's perfectly fine to skip the others and go straight to 4!

[–] Celediel 1 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna be the oddball here and recommend D2R. Although I haven't yet played 4 ($70 wtf no thx), I've played the rest, and while I certainly have the nostalgia goggles on a bit, I'd say it's one of the best examples of the genre. The remaster did a great job of adding some desperately needed QOL features that have come about in the genre since its release, and updating the graphics, without detracting from the atmosphere of the game.

As for 3, personally, I feel like it removed too much of the thought, i.e. skills and stats, and put the focus solely on luck, i.e. gear and loot, while also removing some deeper loot customization options; as well as the graphics and general atmosphere being more cartoon-ish and much less bleak, as much better fits the series, imo. But as someone else has said, 3 can be tried for free, and the general gameplay loop is pretty ubiquitous throughout the series: Kill monsters, level up, get better gear, rinse and repeat. So you can really get a feel for if that kinda thing is for you or not.

I've definitely heard that 4 is much more of a return to the "series' roots" if you will, so that might be worth checking out as well.

The OG is great, but it definitely hasn't aged as well, and it's very clunky and a bit slow, but is definitely worth playing at some point. And there are cool mods too add new classes and such!