Comment on US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas

spudwart@spudwart.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• grue@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Here are some good Free Software games that cost nothing at all:

  • Hedgewars
  • Mindustry
  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon
  • Minetest (with MineClone2 mod)
  • 0 A.D.
  • SuperTuxKart
  • Freeciv
  • FlightGear
  • Battle for Wesnoth

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  • OswaldBuzzbald@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What about Veloren?!

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  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wish more people helped fund the development of open source games, if wesnoth had a real budget then it could be huge

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• at_an_angle@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But I want FortNite V-Buck’s!

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  • pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly! This is more about the social aspect of these games. Kids are playing Fortnite/Roblox/Minecraft because that’s where their friends are hanging out after school.

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• RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  • Death’s Door
  • Celeste
  • Party Animals (you can buy a bunch of skins, but you don’t need to)

  - The Outer Wilds

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• Cornucopiaofplenty@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why not skywalker saga, out of interest? Recently 100%ed it and thought it was a fun game.

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  • spudwart@spudwart.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s relatively more expensive, and requires a bit more modern hardware to run it.

    Most every game on this list can run on some 2011 bestbuy/walmart unbranded pc.

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    • Cornucopiaofplenty@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s fair, I see what you mean. It is pretty hardware intensive relatively

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• Neato@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would like to add Outer Wilds to this. No combat, virtually no violence, and adult themes are aimed at mild existentialism. Great exploration game with fun physics and puzzles.

  For older kids I'd suggest: Satisfactory. Essentially first person Factorio with mild combat vs fauna.
  Astroneer: exploration and advancement.

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  • idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Outer Wilds is kinda spooky though. I guess it depends on how old the kid is.

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    • Neato@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The DLC, definitely. The thorny planet is in the OG game a little bit. For the DLC I turned off scares because I don't really play horror games and it was still very fun.

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• MycoBro@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Shovel knight rules

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  • steeznson@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I never played the DLCs or the Shovel Knight adjacent games they made (think there was a puzzler?) but I loved the original when it came out. Might be time to dive back in to that world.

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    • MycoBro@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I only played the original. I had a super shitty laptop that I loved back in the day when I was working the ambulance. Would play it between calls. As well as a special LoL account that would occasionally go afk dying matches. (Sorry guys. Not my fault. Kind of my fault. I’m sorry.

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• jacktherippah@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Minecraft was probably among the best 25$ I’ve ever spent. So many fun hours just messing around with friends.

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• sour@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  geometry dash

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• Astaroth@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Not the Skywalker Saga)

  Clone Wars is also really good, plus it has a lot better split screen which is great for 2p coop playing with your kid/nephew/niece or just being able to have 2 children play together instead of fighting over who gets to play and who has to wait for their turn that never comes

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