Submitted 1 day ago by fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org to games@lemmy.world
To clarify, if I was introducing someone to the Diablo series for the first time and told them they'd have to start on the first one. I wouldn't want them playing the bare vanilla version. There is a Bezelbub mod out there that gives the game lots of QoL improvements, you'd be thinking you're playing a build of Diablo 2 before its final version.
So, if I had to tell anyone what the best way to play that game would be, it is the Bezelbub mod. That was how I've beaten the first game anyways.
Quite niche, but sim racing, I will pick Assetto Corsa Rally as an example.
The definitive way to play is with a proper rig. 9nm+ Direct Drive wheel base, round wheel, a sequential shifter, handbrake and decent load cell pedals. Put it up on a nice ultrawide or triple screen and have an amazing time sliding through the forest. You can also do VR, for complete immersion as well.
Buuut that’s also the expensive way, you can also have a load of fun with a controller or cheaper wheel on a desk.
For League of Legends the definitive way to play is to not start. I swear I do not know of any other game that has such addictive properties while being so absolutely fucking awful. You don’t stop playing this game, You take extended breaks.
Friends don’t let friends play League
I found it incredibly easy to walk away from. Whatever it is that is supposed to be addicting about it it just didn’t fire on me at all.
Try Dota while you’re at it. More or less identical game I was glued to for years.
I was the same way. Got about 20 hours in and just couldn’t get into it. I played with friends, bot matches, ranked, a variety of characters, and just never got the appeal. I really don’t have a competitive spirit, so maybe that’s the draw I’m not getting.
Factorio. It doesn’t matter how you are playing it, you are doing something wrong and that invalidates your whole base.
I finally properly started space age 2 days ago and feel like I know nothing again and have been cooking up spaghetti since
Viva New Vegas for Fallout: New Vegas and the Unofficial Patch for VtM: Bloodlines are my go-to examples. Not a mod but Ninja Gaiden Black is the definitive version and much better than both Ninja Gaiden (2004) and Ninja Gaiden Sigma.
Mgs on a ps. With a memory card with konami saves on it. Iykyk
Also with a rumble enabled controller, but you need to wipe your memory of that feature so the magic becomes real.
I prefer xdevilution for D1. If we’re talking about essential patches like this, killapps restoration patch for fallout 2 is also a thing to experience.
Pokemon Red at 10fps on a gateway laptop circa 2004
Should I put the RAM back in?
For Chrono Trigger, definitely don't play the original SNES localization. No disrespect to Ted Woolsey, he was one man working on an unreasonably tight deadline and hard technical limitations, but the retranslation is much better.
First off, here’s a big list of unofficial ports:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_unofficial_ports
Dhewm 3 for Doom 3. Just updates the game engine to run better on modern hardware since id tech 4 is open source. Mod support sort of, not every mod is compatible. They helpfully list those that do here: https://dhewm3.org/mods.html
The Sims 2 High DPI patch, self explanatory: https://github.com/lah7/sims2-4k-ui-patch
VCMI - Heroes of Might and Magic 3 open source engine/game extension. Has a built in mod manager, really handy: https://vcmi.eu/
Coming soon / WIP: I’m excited to play this port of the MS-DOS game Albion when it reaches feature parity with the original:
Does VCMI includes the ability to play the original campaigns with everything they had, on whatever language they were installed? It’s not clear in their FAQ.
I tried installing the original with HD mod through lutris on a PC I am converting to linux, only to discover HD mod just doesn’t support the French version of the game.
Lutris apparently passes down the system language to the installer with no option to change it. I’m sure there is a way to change the install script, but I haven’t really looked into it yet.
If there’s a way to pass down the French version in VCMI and get about the same improvements HD mod provides, and get all that to run natively, maybe I won’t have to.
It’s on a seperate page:
The definitive way to play Skyrim is to take a shot every time someone says “dragon”.
Recommending that might be tantamount to manslaughter. Better check with a lawyer first.
Quick question: Did you get the password and username fields mixed up when you made your Sopuli account?
OK, what about “eat the same things your character eats”?
Headphones
In the time since Quake released, common rendering systems and resolution options on monitors have changed. ID’s solution to put it back on Steam was some gargantuan monolith wrapper that might’ve used Unity or something, and ties to an online ID, so that it could release on consoles. The open source community’s solution was to take the original, open-source engine release, and port it upwards. Playing through the recent Quake Brutalist Jam 3, a map pack using a set of reinvented weapons and altered enemies, they recommend you use the “ironwail” source port, which even has a native Linux build.
I’m playing QBJ3 via Linux version of Ironwail right now, can confirm it works flawlessly. I think it’s something like 70 hours long? According to Vinesauce anyways. I’ve barely begun lol.
I’ve been playing BG3 with a loot randomizer. It really makes you have to think about your builds because you can’t rely on certain gear anymore. Makes it almost feel like a roguelike.
Of course, if you don’t look up any builds a first playthrough of BG3 will be indistinguishable from one with a loot randomizer.
Obligatory, if you do want a roguelike BG3 you can get that with the Trials of Tav mod.
Silent Hill - alone, in the dark.
Alone in the Dark - on a hill, silently
if you’re playing FFXIV, especially on Linux, don’t bother with the official launcher/updater. Use XIVLauncher, hell even use that if you’re playing on Windows. Updates a hell of a lot faster plus you also get the dalamud stuff which adds a few quality of life plugin improvements.
The first Kingdom Come: Deliverance was a great game and I think it should be played first, but I understand it’s old clunky and unoptimized. These days it should be played with certain QoL mods like unlimited saving, instant herb picking (no animation), richer merchants, and trough washing deluxe/clean Henry (honestly I don’t want to spend all my time going to the baths or looking shite). There are others, probably about 7-8 total, that I recommend but you get the idea.
Or you could embrace the vision, play on Hardcore with no map marker or compass, accept that travelling through war-torn lands is dangerous, feel the rush of galloping through the woods knowing a Cuman ambush could set you back 30 minutes, accepting that quests can fail, accepting that people will react to you stinking like blood and horse.
I have been thinking of whether there was a pokemon mod that does something like this.
I’d like something that gets rid of trade evolutions and puts all 151 in a single game.
I’m sure it’s out there. So, I guess that’s my half assed attempt at an answer.
There's probably romhacks out there that do that.
Have a search for “universal pokémon randomiser” (there are apparently loads of different forks of it now), it’s main feature is to randomise which pokémon you encounter, their types, moves, etc, but you could skip that and just set “change trade evolutions” and “catch em all mode” to get exactly what you want. I would recommend playing it randomised though!
A modder named Drayano has pretty much defined this category of ROM hack and I think has his own version of every major game from generations 3-6
There’s one called simply Pokemon Blue - 151.
I swear every time I start looking into a romhack that claims to just be a mostly vanilla QoL update they always add in a bunch of random stuff to “fix” the difficulty.
Like, yes I am aware the games are incredibly easy. They’re for children. I originally played most of them as children. Just let me get high and stomp all through FRLG with a perfect-IV Feraligatr and the Gen 4 physical-special split. If I wanted to do Nuzzlockes I would… Do Nuzzlockes. If I wanted a game with difficult gym leaders and level caps, I would go play one of the thousands of romhacks that have that.
Duke3D - would recommend eduke32 port. The High-Resolution Pack is quite nice, butperhaps some prefer the retro feel of sprites.
Fallout Fixt for anyone wanting to dive into the OG fallout.
I’d like to add a bit to this.
FALLOUT ET TU (Fallout 1in2) - Fallout 1 converted to Fallout 2 engine
Fallout 2 Restoration Project, updated - Bug fixes, QoL and more for Fallout 2
Fallout 2 Unofficial Patch, updated - Bug fixes only
I’d like to add a further bit to this
Fallout Community Edition, a reverse-engineered open-source reimplementation of the original engine. There’s also a version for FO2. It specifically says Fallout Et Tu is unsupported, but there’s no real reason it shouldn’t work, so… best of both worlds!
Huh, haven’t heard of Bezelbub mod, I’ll have to check if its compatible with DevilutionX the open source reimplementation of Diablo 1. I played DevilutionX on my steamdeck, but got stuck in beginning of nightmare as my character wasn’t powerful enough to continue.
Devil May Cry 3 sucks balls without the style switcher mod. Combat and combo routes feel so limited.
They eventually added a style switcher to the last re-release, but that’s stuck on the Switch. My recommendation will be to either play the Switch version or mod it on PC.
I personally don’t like the OG trilogy as much as DMC fans do, so I’d probably recommend DMC4 or 5 as an entry point anyway.
There’s something like 20 versions of Machaarior 2. Dos versions are the best.
I remember that every single edition changed the cheat codes. Titanium Edition was my favorite as a kid for making them all short and easy to remember.
Pyre Light intensifies
Whichever way is most fun
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There are a host of open source remakes of old game engines that fix bugs and update them for modern systems, resolutions, and aspect ratios. Here’s a few off the top of my head:
These are just the ones I know of. There are probably loads more.
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 1 day ago
OpenXcom for the first two X-Com games (UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-Com: Terror From The Deep). This reimplementation is insanely good.
There’s really no reason to play the original DOS versions anymore.
mech@feddit.org 1 day ago
Sounds good, but is it really still X-Com without the bugs?
Kjell@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Really nice list. One can spend many hours on these games.
Peffse@lemmy.world 1 day ago
OpenRCT2 is 100% the definitive way to play Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 & 2.
But I would never recommend a new player try OpenRA. The game has stellar multiplayer support but they just can’t figure out the campaign scripting at all. Go with the remaster collection instead.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Still? I haven’t played OpenRA in several years and assumed they would have fixed it by now.
Then again Red Alert 2 is even less supported than it was the last time I checked, so I’m guessing their focus is mostly on the multiplayer side of things.
DGen@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Speaking of Dark Forces 2 and Not about the Force Engine for the first Game? :0 you barbaric! Joking.
Yeah. Force engine fornthe First Game is top notch.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My bad! Every time I think about replaying Dark Forces I remember the sewer level with the dianogas and change my mind.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Aaaaand saved. Thanks!
Peffse@lemmy.world 1 day ago
osgameclones.com
wax@feddit.nu 1 day ago
Adding two more
OpenJazz (Jazz Jackrabbit)
fheroes2 (Heroes of Might and Magic 2)
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 10 hours ago
OpenJazz is okay, but even after all these years still doesn’t quite feel right
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 day ago
XWVM to play X-Wing and TIE Fighter.