Apeman42

I tried Hardcore22v2 and it was definitely not for me. Made even the first mission with Jackie kind of a shitshow when added to everything else. Also had to turn off reinforcements during quests from ENC, at least in act 1.

I removed that trio, and am instead trying Gunsensical and a handful of additional mods recommended by the author. It looks like this accomplishes a similar goal of making combat more lethal on both sides without being as extreme about it.

Also discovered Flashback Fixer, to make you as invincible as you wanna be during Johnny’s memories, scripted car shootouts, and other such scenes where you’re so gimped by the story that it could be impossible to continue with mods beefing up combat.

Not at all content or game balance related like most of these, but I also have to shout out Arasaka Cyberarms. You can make one or both arms cyber in several different styles, and then pick one of like 2 dozen colors too. Also has options for flashier mantis blades and monowire.

In case anyone checks back on this, I’ll list a few I’ve found that I’m trying out.

Dark Future, as cecilkorik mentioned, is a survival/basic needs mod, that gives a reason to eat, drink, shower, chill and sleep regularly. It can integrate with Lizzie’s Braindances to restore Nerve (a new DF stat) when you watch a recreational BD.

I’m trying Night City Alive together with They Will Remember for more dynamic random world encounters. Still hoping to find something that adds more of a set of scripted random event scenes, but this should be a start to a less dead/empty Night City.

I’m going to try a combination of Hardcore22v2, Enemies of Night City, and Guns Redone for more exciting combat, and Trauma Team International for when that inevitably kills me. It seems TTI can integrate with 1st Night City Bank and its debt collectors, which sounds like it also provides a way to stash eddies for if you die with lapsed TT coverage.

smh, I already installed like a quarter of the ones in that first pack because I didn’t read the link to the pack on any of the individual pages.

I’ve definitely got the others. Dark Future was nice on my last playthrough for some immersion. Makes it feel like less of a rush from one gig to the next.

I rediscovered Tales of Maj’eyal and have been burning through so many dead characters trying to remember how to play and catch up with the changes since I last played like 7 years ago.

While there is a certain degree of resource management, there are very few true consumables you have to worry about saving for later. Most abilities and items are more based around cooldowns. That and the detailed talent trees give it a delightfully tactical edge over a lot of other traditional grid roguelikes to me.

Update: I know there aren’t romances at all until Deadfire, but I’m already mourning the fact that I can’t romance Eder. He already seduced me, Obsdian, let him have me.

For all its flaws, one thing I absolutely loved in that game was flinging people and goblins off cliffs and walls. So satisfying.

Abelard, upvote this man for his excellent taste.

I just started Pillars of Eternity again last night.

I’d played before up to like the big port city where you can find paladin girl, but the RTWP just wasn’t clicking with me.

Now that they added turn based, I’m giving it another go with my Moon Godling Chanter. Reny Daret’s ghost is a fucking beast.

So I picked up a couple of suggested ones since making this post and have given them all about an hour or two of play.

Mechanicus is the absolute tits. Love my squad of weird little tech priests that I’ve started naming Rush references. I’ll probably grab Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters when I finish, for a different take on “XCOM 40k”.

Inquisitor - Martyr: Diablo-style 40k is great so far, even if it could explain some things in-game better. I started with a tech-priest here too, I think the AdMech are my favorite dudes in this universe. But then I found out tech priest skips Martyr and goes straight into Prophecy, apparently? So I rolled up a Sister of Battle to go through the original campaign first.

Boltgun: One review tagline I saw called it the best 1994 shooter in 2023, and that’s pretty much accurate. Good soundtrack on this one too. It’s as nostalgic as playing Doom 2, yet buttery smooth.

Space Marine 1 is the one I’ve played least so far. It seems very solid, I’ll probably be more excited about it when I get a chainsword to replace this big weird knife. I might need to get a helmet mod, it’s killing me to see this dude running around in full armor with his meat head exposed.

Thanks, I had no idea there were such a nice collection of action/shooters. Looks like I had good timing asking this, a bunch of them are on sale.

Are Space Marine 1/2 a continuous story?

Abelard, read this poster the title of the thread.

:P

Ooh, Wildermyth looks pretty tempting too…

I haven’t bought anything yet, but I’ve been compiling a short list of mostly DRPG games like the old Might and Magics that I’ve been playing, specifically ones that’ll work on the Deck nicely. It’s a genre I loved when I was younger that’s been rather missing from my modern collection.

• Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord and/or
• Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls
• Legends of Amberland II
• Operencia: The Stolen Sun
• Songs of Conquest (not a DRPG, but a great-looking spiritual successor to Heroes of Might and Magic 3.)

And then on GoG, I might pick up a few real old ones, like Lands of Lore and/or Wizards & Warriors, but I don’t think those will be good for steam deck even through Heroic.