casualgamer
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Asking here, because I respect some of the opinions here. Don't mind if I get flamed. No, this is not an anti-DOS2 troll.
I've gamed on and off for a while, nothing recently. I finally got a computer with a decent graphics card and decided to try something modern. I bought DOS2 and couldn't last more than 3 hours. I just found it boring and tedious, or really, NOT FUN.
Are there any better gems that I should play instead? Realized I don't need graphics. DOS2 didn't even look that good.
I've included RPG cousins as well as straight up RPG games to give an idea of my tastes over time.
Long time ago
Adventure. Didn't get far. Remember some maze I died in.
Trek. (star trek unix game). Damn I loved this game.
Nethack. Didn't get far either, but lots of fun quaffing potions as a kid.
Legend of Zelda. Probably the only console RPG-ish game I beat. Parents wouldn't let me play video games much.
Tradewars 2002, fun times
Syndicate. Loved this. Tried playing it a couple years ago, had to download some DOS compatibility mods that were a bit finicky.
Beat Final Fantasy 1-6, never finished 7-X, don't think I'd enjoy the grind these days
Played Fire Emblems, Advance Wars, these were fun
sleepless nights on Diablo II, of course
Baldur's Gate 1/2, Icewind Dale all finished
Neverwinter Nights 1 - got bored halfway through
Warcraft 2, Starcraft 1, fun times, but not really into that anymore. Well, maybe Starcraft is alright.
Morrowind, got bored after becoming overpowered
Oblivion, got bored
World of Warcraft, maybe for 6 months. Eh. Never returned.
Guild Wars 1, my favorite PvP ever. Loved the skill-speccing and meta-game. Reinstalled a year ago, but hard to get random groups.
Guild Wars 2, eh okay, but didn't play more than 10 hours or so
Discovered ADOM, maybe my favorite game of all time. Tried playing with modern tiles. Can't stand it. Went back to ASCII.
Crawl, another variant I've played on/off over the years
Arcananum, kept dying, couldn't figure out what the hell was going on. Not much effort. Possibly go back and try it properly.
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance on an old PS1 with a friend. Only co-op I've ever finished, other than Diablo 2.
Fallout New Vegas, spent a bunch of time, then got bored. Retried it recently. Bored.
Torchlight 1, beat it, but felt empty/guilty about it afterwards
Torchlight 2, played a bit, then got bored
Dragon Age, recall thinking it was pretty fun, accessible, but for whatever reason stopped after 10 hours or so
ToEE, loved it
Knights of the Chalice, loved it
ToME, okay, stopped playing a game halfway, maybe go back to it at some point
Pixel Dungeon, was alright, played a bunch.
Bought Magic 2014 on Steam for the hell of it. Entertaining, some solid 20 hours or so of casual gaming.
Speaking of card games, have Androminion on my phone. Unfortunately, they got shut down. Pretty much the only game I ever play on my phone. Have that .apk file backed up in 3 places so I don't lose it.
Terraria, lot of hours, but kinda petered out
Binding of Isaac, still love it
FTL, loved it
Don't Starve, loved it, but gets tedious after too much
Darkest Dungeons, okay for a bit, but got bored
DOS2, hated it.
I'm sad. Will I hate most/all modern AAA titles? Has anything worth playing been made recently? Any small indie games I've missed?
I will probably end up going back to ADOM/Crawl or maybe explore ToME a bit more. If I feel like something casual, maybe FTL.
Unless I can get some better recommendations?
Muchos gracias.
I've gamed on and off for a while, nothing recently. I finally got a computer with a decent graphics card and decided to try something modern. I bought DOS2 and couldn't last more than 3 hours. I just found it boring and tedious, or really, NOT FUN.
Are there any better gems that I should play instead? Realized I don't need graphics. DOS2 didn't even look that good.
I've included RPG cousins as well as straight up RPG games to give an idea of my tastes over time.
Long time ago
Adventure. Didn't get far. Remember some maze I died in.
Trek. (star trek unix game). Damn I loved this game.
Nethack. Didn't get far either, but lots of fun quaffing potions as a kid.
Legend of Zelda. Probably the only console RPG-ish game I beat. Parents wouldn't let me play video games much.
Tradewars 2002, fun times
Syndicate. Loved this. Tried playing it a couple years ago, had to download some DOS compatibility mods that were a bit finicky.
Beat Final Fantasy 1-6, never finished 7-X, don't think I'd enjoy the grind these days
Played Fire Emblems, Advance Wars, these were fun
sleepless nights on Diablo II, of course
Baldur's Gate 1/2, Icewind Dale all finished
Neverwinter Nights 1 - got bored halfway through
Warcraft 2, Starcraft 1, fun times, but not really into that anymore. Well, maybe Starcraft is alright.
Morrowind, got bored after becoming overpowered
Oblivion, got bored
World of Warcraft, maybe for 6 months. Eh. Never returned.
Guild Wars 1, my favorite PvP ever. Loved the skill-speccing and meta-game. Reinstalled a year ago, but hard to get random groups.
Guild Wars 2, eh okay, but didn't play more than 10 hours or so
Discovered ADOM, maybe my favorite game of all time. Tried playing with modern tiles. Can't stand it. Went back to ASCII.
Crawl, another variant I've played on/off over the years
Arcananum, kept dying, couldn't figure out what the hell was going on. Not much effort. Possibly go back and try it properly.
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance on an old PS1 with a friend. Only co-op I've ever finished, other than Diablo 2.
Fallout New Vegas, spent a bunch of time, then got bored. Retried it recently. Bored.
Torchlight 1, beat it, but felt empty/guilty about it afterwards
Torchlight 2, played a bit, then got bored
Dragon Age, recall thinking it was pretty fun, accessible, but for whatever reason stopped after 10 hours or so
ToEE, loved it
Knights of the Chalice, loved it
ToME, okay, stopped playing a game halfway, maybe go back to it at some point
Pixel Dungeon, was alright, played a bunch.
Bought Magic 2014 on Steam for the hell of it. Entertaining, some solid 20 hours or so of casual gaming.
Speaking of card games, have Androminion on my phone. Unfortunately, they got shut down. Pretty much the only game I ever play on my phone. Have that .apk file backed up in 3 places so I don't lose it.
Terraria, lot of hours, but kinda petered out
Binding of Isaac, still love it
FTL, loved it
Don't Starve, loved it, but gets tedious after too much
Darkest Dungeons, okay for a bit, but got bored
DOS2, hated it.
I'm sad. Will I hate most/all modern AAA titles? Has anything worth playing been made recently? Any small indie games I've missed?
I will probably end up going back to ADOM/Crawl or maybe explore ToME a bit more. If I feel like something casual, maybe FTL.
Unless I can get some better recommendations?
Muchos gracias.