Toucanadian

Sekiro is an all-timer. Enjoy learning and overcoming those final challenges.

Still looking for that perfect fishing game. My favourite so, far has been the fishing mini game in Okami.

I tried Beyond Good & Evil, but ended up dropping it. Gameplay wasn’t strong enough to hold up the story in this day and age. It reminded me of better games like Jak 3 and Stranger’s Wrath.

But now I’m playing Crosscode and this game rocks! Lots of good customization, interesting combat, tonnes of secrets and platforming.

Also wanting to get back into Guilty Gear Strive ahead of the big update!

A couple ideas:

In Other Waters and Scanner Sombre were some cool takes on how to present the player with game information. Mu Cartographer might also fit here but I haven’t played it yet.

Return of the Obra Dinn is another massive success for a unique game.

Maybe not quite weird enough but I found A Highland Song to be a pretty unique take on 2D exploration. Also just a great game.

So the short answer is yes it’s best at a fantasy setting and hard to hack.

BW has a massive collection of skills, traits, and lifepaths that are all tailored for a fantasy medieval setting. These aren’t just lists but each has its own stats, nuance, and connections to other things. You need all of this just to create characters and skills are pretty much how you play the game.

To hack this you would need to make entire new sets of lifepaths and new relevant skills at a minimum. It’s not hard to make a new skill or two to fit a custom setting but if you were trying to do cyberpunk or something the amount of overhaul would be staggering.

I haven’t looked into it but there something called Burning Empires that has done the heavy lifting for you and modified BW for a sci-fi setting. Mouseguard and Torchbearer also re-theme the BW system in specific ways (Mouseguard more so) but also simplify the rule system considerably.

That all said, BW itself has a pretty crazy range of stories you can tell just from the different settings (loosely tied to races) available. Classic fantasy? Stick with humans, maybe with a sprinkle of elf/dwarf if you’re feeling spicy (recommend sticking with humans for your first go though). Want a pastoral setting plagued by cult-crazed terrorists? Roden got you covered. Want to play as giant magic wolves dealing with pack dynamics and protecting the woods? Great Wolves are all set up for you. Want to be giant spiders and…uh…anyway yeah you can do that too.

It’s a wild system that does so much differently but there’s a lot of great stuff packed in there. It’s changed how I play basically everything else.

Interesting, I’ll have to look more into it. Thanks!

So what does it mean to buy a DRM-free game on Steam? Can I download and play it separate from the Steam client?

Thanks for this, a lot of these sound very cool and I love the push to spread creativity. Makes me want to make some of my smaller adventures that I’ve done more publishable. Maybe get something out there n the internet.

Wow the robot is SO much worse

I’m on Island III of Cuphead. Just beat the Bee Boss and it was certainly brutal. Even then once you get better at understanding what you’re supposed to do with each fight it really helps.

Wildly different games though!

If it’s of interest, the Glass Cannon Podcast is running Shadowdark as their main game right now. Worth checking out on youtube if you’re interested to see how it plays. The videos show how the hexcrawl works a bit as well. The system seems like a really strong option if it fits the darker vibe you’re looking for.

Damn, this one slipped off my radar. Hope they pick a good one!