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What are your games to get into the season for its vibe? (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20175694

I mean games you played / you are going to play.

My list looks like this for example:

What are yours?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Eh, the only "seasons" I play special games for are Halloween (something spooky) and Christmas:

  • Halloween - last year it was Darkside Detective and Return of the Obra Dinn - usually something spooky, but not into horror itself
  • Christmas - last year it was Arida: Backland's Awakening and Opus Magnum; usually puzzles and heavier stories

This year, it'll probably be:

  • Halloween - finally finish Metro 2033 series
  • Christmas - probably some long game I've been sitting on, like The Witcher series or RDR II

Other than that, I don't really games based on the season, but based on time I have available and whatever interests me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The summer thread: https://sh.itjust.works/post/22414971

not linux but you can find something

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't get seasons where I live. It's just hell year-round.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hokkaido somewhere?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I would do unspeakable things to be able to get a remote job and live in Sapporo though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I wish. It's currently 45 where I am, and it's barely past noon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The Long Dark for winter, of course.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't play games to get in the mood for a season, but I've noticed the last couple of years that I'm likely to play some games a lot more in certain seasons!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I tend to associate stardew valley with winter. I like the decorations the most and the music is very nice. Reminds you of all the work during the other seasons and let’s you breath in and plan for next year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's exactly what I meant! Not only "fitting in-game". Nice list.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

spring: mario sunshine

summer: Journey, Witcher 3

fall: Majora's Mask, everything is dying and decaying after a golden age

winter: 1080 snowboarding!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Replace Sunshine with Super Mario Eclipse. It has the original shine sprites, huge quality of life improvements, and an insane amount of new content.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Have Eclipse on my list up next after I finish up Astro Bot. Happy to see it getting good reviews!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

never heard of eclipse, thanks

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Against the storm has been on my radar for ages. How is it, and how's the replayability?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's very good if you like city builders with RTS elements. There's no combat in it at all, it's just you and your villagers against the storm, hence the title. It has a lot of challenge missions and an overall story so the replayability is quite good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Oh wow, I thought there was combat.

What are the RTS elements if not combat? Is it more "macro" level stuff like resource collection/ building/ tech?

I'll definitely pick it up if that's more what it's about. I love RTS formats, but going back to starcraft style micro is way too much for me nowadays.

I dig city builders regardless though, and the roguelike aspect seems neat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess it's not so much RTS. It's like making hard decisions. It's a lot like Frostpunk in that way if you've played that game. There's an element of danger and your villagers can easily die, and sometimes you have to make hard decisions or sacrifices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah, sounds great. I haven't played frostpunk (also on my wishlist), but I can't really go wrong with city builders, and I love the theme. I appreciate the info!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldn't really call Against the Storm an RTS. It's worker placement game and a short-session city builder. You place down buildings, and assign your people to do specific things. You get modifiers, new buildings, and events as the run goes on. You have to produce specific resources to earn points to win the run. Events work where you have to assign people+resources to it before the generous timer runs out, or you get debuffs. You can plan and do things while time is paused.

Very fun and strategic, but more in a puzzley sense, not an RTS way. DotAge is another game - very similar, but turn based.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Honestly sounds awesome. I've found that I love top down city builders (shout out to timberborn) and I really like the theme and setting of Against the storm. Love me some grim vibes in games. Thanks for the info!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
  • Costume Quest 2 for Halloween
  • Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage for Christmas
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Autumn is always Diablo-season in my family. We'll play a modded Diablo 1 or 2 together. It's tradition!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

The sanctity of this latte has been fowled.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Satisfactory 1.0 just dropped.

Coffe Stain literally does straight up ASMR trailers sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  1. Stardew Valley
  2. RimWorld
  3. Starbound
  4. TTW (FO3 + FNV)
  5. Skyrim LE (I know it's old, but my laptops suck so much)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You got five seasons???

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah...just play every games every 8 hr
My country only 3 seasons:

  1. Summer
  2. Raining
  3. Somewhere in between
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're in the UK? Lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nope, from somewhere in asia

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Some parts of south Asia actually do use a six season model. You've got the four you're familiar with plus monsoon season between summer and autumn and one other one either at the start or end of winter depending on the specific system

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I wonder how would that look like. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pillars of Eternity and Factorio

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Great ones!