Years / Decades:
70s , 80s , 90s , 00s , 10s , 8th Generation, 2020
Genres:
2D Platformers, Board Games, Bullet Hell / 2D Shooters, First Person Shooters, Flash, Horror, Indie, Metroidvania, MMOs, MOBA, Point and Click , Puzzle, Racing, Real Time Strategy, Roguelikes, RPGs (Turn Based), Simulation, Sports, Stealth, Tabletop RPGs, Visual Novels, Walking Simulators
Welcome back. This part of the series will be primarily focusing on genres. So far I have [Action RPG, Arcade Game, Third person shooter, Action, 4X (Civilization-like), 3D Platformer, Card Game, Text dungeon, Souls-like, Rhythm, Survival, Sandbox, Shoot/beat 'em up, City Builder, Adventure, Fighting, Turn Based Strategy, Real Time Tactics, Grand Strategy, Handheld, Tower Defense, Miscellaneous, and Casual] as available genres. Let me know if I missed something, and I will try to get it added.
This is eventually all going to get compiled into one megathread for people who want gaming recommendations from Chapos specifically. Other consoles and genres will come in sporadic subsequent threads. Please contribute to previous threads if you missed them. This is meant to be an exhaustive list.
Expanding on your choice(s) is definitely a plus. Not everyone knows about or has played non-mainstream titles.
Does Diablo Count? If yes, I also recommend Victor Vran, it is such a fun game.
I am once again recommending you try Exanima https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM8QEW4MR90
The campaign is a pretty brutal trek through dungeons, you start by picking up whatever tools you can to bash zombies but end up fighting monsters in full plate like the above video. The physics based combat can often look a little weird but once you master it you can do a lot of cool stuff.
Grim Dawn is the best out now if we’re talking about arpgs. It has offline capabilities, mod support, two expansions, great character customization with the devotion tree and two masteries, monster infrequents, probably the best drop rates in these types of games, and multiple modes. It has some performance problems since it shares its foundation with Titan Quest but it is definitely playable and enjoyable.
D2 is my second best. Its age is showing a bit but it is being remastered this year. D3 is pretty much an action game now with no meaningful character customization but very good combat.
Poe is a bloated mess that is online only and has gone through a lot of bad decisions. They’ve been making new leagues nonstop for a long while now and they are generally littered with bugs and other issues. I’ve assumed that they’re heavily overworked and the community manager had a breakdown at one point I think. If it wasn’t for D3’s mistakes, I don’t think Poe would be nearly as popular as it is. The game also pushes you to trading which, for the longest time, took place on a 3rd party site. The trading is garbage and shoehorned tbh. You can still have fun with the game though but I’d just recommend Grim Dawn or D2 over it.
Last Epoch is in early access but looks very promising, definitely recommend pirating it.
Stonekeep
I keep hearing good things about Arx Fatalis but never played it
paper sorcerer has a cute artstyle
