Cool looking games

[BadMrBox]

I felt this thread was worthy of resurrection.

Dark Fracture. It looks very weird and H.R Giger inspired (partly at least).

[Sirocco]

Looks like a cross between Dark Seed and Silent Hill. I'm totally okay with that!

[Sonrisu]

I’ve been playing some Valheim. It’s quite fun:

https://www.valheimgame.com/

Early access, but quite fleshed out with lots of stuff to do.

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[Gered]

Ditto on Valheim. Apparently I've put in 26.8 hours over the last 3 days. I guess I shouldn't be surprised as I was also a big Minecraft fan. But this game has (in my opinion anyway) absolutely nailed the exploration stuff in a way that Minecraft never could, plus added more RPG-like elements. Which makes me very happy.

[Sonrisu]

Indeed it is quite good and really beautiful looking for the low-res style.

I really like the bow mechanics. It’s super satisfying to land a hit from far away. :]

[Sirocco]

The System Shock remake is... starting to look good. Still not 100% sold on it, but this is a massive improvement from the last few trailers.

[BadMrBox]

Agreed. It looks like they've made quite a bit of progress.

[Sirocco]

The cyber space stuff is closely resembling it's original form, too. Pretty excited, given how bare-bones the presentation was in the original game. That's one of the few points where I felt it was lacking. It was still fun, but all the open space was hard to navigate at times given how few visual references you had.

[Sonrisu]

I have never played this. Worth trying the original? :]

[Sirocco]

I have never played this. Worth trying the original? :]

Well, yes... but you have to keep in mind the era it came from. It still plays well today, but was borderline revolutionary when it arrived. There's an "enhanced version" that takes the base game and cleans it up so it supports modern features (mouse look, widescreen, etc). It's a sprawling adventure set across a 10 floor space station, each floor having a distinct purpose and theme (medic, hangar, storage, executive, maintenance, reactor, etc). Fully exploring a floor takes quite a while, with a few exceptions.

It also has some nice Deus Ex elements, although not every puzzle has an alternate solution if memory serves. Then you have mod chips you can implant to give you new abilities, different weapon types that work better on various enemies, alternate ammo types for several weapons, hidden areas...

Well shit. Now I want to play the game again.