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Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before

This might be a slightly unusual attempt at a prompt, but might draw some appealing unusual options.

The way it goes: Suggest games, ideally the kind that you believe would have relatively broad appeal. Don’t feel bad about downvotes, but do downvote any game that’s suggested if you have heard of it before (Perhaps, give some special treatment if it was literally your game of the year). This rule is meant to encourage people to post the indie darlings that took some unusual attention and discovery to be aware of and appreciate.

If possible, link to the Steam pages for the games in question, so that anyone interested can quickly take a look at screenshots and reviews. And, as a general tip, anything with over 1000 steam reviews probably doesn’t belong here. While I’d recommend that you only suggest one game per post, at the very most limit it to three.

If I am incorrect about downvotes being inconsequential account-wide, say so and it might be possible to work out a different system.

ampersandrew ,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Concord is a…nah, I’m just kidding. I’ve never played it, and I don’t intend to. It has fewer than 1000 reviews though.

Sorse ,
@Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I only heard of it because no one played it

Katana314 OP ,

In a way, I do feel sad about that game. Big AAA offerings take a lot of time for a studio, and the reviews say there wasn’t too much wrong with the gameplay. When they first started development, they probably didn’t know how bloated the hero shooter genre would be.

ampersandrew ,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

A large part of what’s wrong with Concord is the development time that it took, and I hope it serves as a cautionary tale to try to make game development leaner and more sustainable.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Evochron Legacy if you want a space game that also lets you fly down onto planet’s atmospheres, with the appropriate air drag limiting your max speed.

I should probably try playing it again sometime, it’s very rough around the edges, but can be fun for people that enjoy ship piloting in space.

superkret ,

Pioneer is a great remake of the original Elite Space Sim.
It simulates the entire galaxy (core systems are hand-built, everything else procedurally generated), allows landing on planets, trading, combat, etc.
It features the original game’s Newtonian physics, so actually arriving safely at your destination is a challenge in itself, similar to flying in Kerbal Space Program. But the HUD gives you all the info you need for that.

Oh, and it’s fully open source and moddable.

Nurse_Robot ,

Minecraft (do your worst)

BombOmOm ,
@BombOmOm@lemmy.world avatar

I see you are doing some downvote farmin’ today!

Is a good game, especially with mods.

Nurse_Robot ,

Gotta try everything once

JackbyDev ,

Literally the only game I’ve heard of on this thread so far lol.

mrvictory1 ,

Tell us some obscure mods

Kaput ,

Achron A RTS with time travel. You can actually send troops and orders in the past to change the outcome of the battle.
youtu.be/b6YYWCW1wVs?si=UfuVQX0j4c8fFIkZ

It’s a shame it never got big. The time travel mechanic is awesome.

Katana314 OP ,

Sadly, downvoting this based on the rule…

It did pop up in my feed when it was in development. I think the time travel is neat in concept but just becomes too hard to wrap one’s head around - and from what I remember, the core RTS elements were a bit lacking.

Kaput ,

The core RTS is very standard like the first command and conquer. The visual were a bit lacking not becaus ugly but hard to differentiate between untis when in the heat of battle. The single player mission is like a large training. And I kept getting destroyed by the AI even on easy.

I might give it a try again to play with my son, now that he is old enough. It’s really the time travel that should be revived by a bigger or more experienced studio. Lots of potential in there.

vasus ,

The Last Sovereign (NSFW) is an 18+ RPGmaker game. The basic premise is this: What if you had a setting with a bunch of hentai tropes lumped together and played straight, with no porn logic or stupid characters?

You play as a middle aged, very competent army veteran who gains the powers of an incubus, and reluctantly uses them with the aim of making the world a better place, slowly developing a harem of well realized, cool characters along the way. There’s sex scenes, obviously, but you very quickly forget all about them as you are plunged into an underdog story where you have to manage your fledgling armies + resources and have to constantly make tough decisions.

tigeruppercut ,

Doom II

…wait don’t downvote yet, you’ve gotta play it with the new ray tracing mod

moosetwin ,
@moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

jokes on you, I’ve heard of the raytracing mod

tigeruppercut ,

Curses! Looks like word got out faster than I anticipated, which makes me happy as a doom fan :)

randint ,
@randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz avatar

AAAAXY. AAAAXY is a nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer taking place in impossible spaces. You can take a walk on a Möbius strip, try to find the platform with your train at the train station, and play a piano that makes the Shepard tone. It will be a bit confusing at first, but I promise it will eventually get fun.

It’s not on Steam, but it’s available for download on the website for free. Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Also on F-Droid and FlatHub. give it a try im begging you

jvw ,

Stellar Escort

Originally for the TRS-80 Model III

ahal ,

Rabbit and Steel - Cross between a bullet hell and roguelite with raid style gameplay. Requires very close co-ordination with your team to survive (up to 4 player co-op). Punishing but rewarding.

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

Grand Theft Auto IV

It’s a little known game from a small publisher originally located in Scotland.

The main premise is that you drive around a city as quickly as possible and go bowling with your cousin. Think Big Lebowski meets Driver. You can also play Pool and Darts in various locations around the town, and earn money doing small side jobs such as being a taxi driver or a paramedic.

tgxn ,
@tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net avatar

I mean, it’s pretty well known 🤣

dwindling7373 ,

I’ve never heard of it but it sounds like an interesting indie game from some rockstar guy. I wish they gave him a bigger budget to build a topdown version set in London.

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