i enjoyed age of decadence, for reasons i can't quite articulate, colony ship i just did not like. the combat is good, i guess i just didn't like the setting, even though i am a sci-fi nerd.

pathfinder: wrath of the righteous can deliver some super satisfying bow and arrow action; hunter is a classic archer with animal companion, ranger is the archer who, after getting the appropriate feats, can volley two to three arrows per attack and when all of them hit it's great.

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the-swarm-that-walks is an unmatched playthrough imho

get a gun. learn to use it, they will come for everyone eventually. people like this never can run out of enemies.

A friend told me a time of doing cocaine before driving to work only to get stuck in a horrendous traffic jam for an hour. I imagine it's something like that lol.

i really don't like ryan reynolds. he gives me the creepin' willies, beyond the things that've been said about him, like trying to sabotage an ex's career after a break-up type of douchey behavior. there's something not right about him and because of that i just cannot stand him.

i liked it 

i enjoyed the fact that you could do the routine trash mobs real time and work the puzzle fights in turn-based.

i might have only finished it once due to having an adhd/altitis thing

isn't this that guy who looks like he can't read that got snitched on by a pizza box?

redesign? it looks like the same model as the previous games they just released. they were excellent! but now she's in the classic outfit

under $0.50 per hour

so a $5 game should net me 10 hours, a $40 game 80 hours and so forth for me to feel like I got my moneys worth.

i plyed crusader kings II and bought all the DLC as it came out, spent well over $100 on that game alone, but got 1500+ hours out of it.

Saints Row IV

it's GTA but they give you a matrix-style world where you get superpowers and it's just fun.

Prototype and its sequel are good, but can be tedious at times.

i actually haven't played that, the pokemon aspect of the game loop isn't appealing to me tbh, sorry.

Dyson Sphere Program

Satisfactory

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

Jagged Alliance 2 which is best with community update mod or part 3

I've been enjoying Quasimorph

Xenonauts 2

the ever classic OpenXcom for which you will absolutely need the original version

if you haven't played the original xcom it is an absolute must, but you should also watch this video about it too.

hope that helps.

they're all  simulation games in one form or another for me, those in the 200 - 400 hour range are crpgs with varied builds and/or branching stories you have to play through more than once to get it all, and i play slowly thoroughly

it ebbs and flows.

twenty years ago, i was a total war nut, and then WoW came out and was stuck on that for many expansions.

ten years ago the only game i played was elite: dangerous

three years ago i began to play through a lot of old DOS rpg games

these days i am locked in a turn-based combat phase

the only mainstays have been crusader kings and path of exile, those two are perpetually installed.

Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2, not cheap, but very much what you are looking for.

Stationeers, and i should preface that this review describes it in excruciating detail but, is complex and needing of spreadsheets.

Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered?

Brigand: Oaxaca

first mission, 18.4% completion 

you only get achievements by playing on hard, and the game is already incredibly difficult as s.t.a.l.k.e.r. was its inspiration.

i find it works great when you feed it and say "critique this" and it gives you a nice report on where you might want to tighten something up

since everyone has pointed out roguelikes, be very aware that most roguelikes use ASCII graphics; i will point to a few that are excellent:

Brogue is a great starter

Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup is great with good tiles (graphics)

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead (free version uses ASCII)

Nethack is classic, the go-to, you can use tiles or not.

Dungeons of Dredmor is another good starter, it has graphics and is usually on sale since it's old.

a good game that you can run in the background and sit for thirty minutes (or forever) is factorio on 'peaceful' settings. it's complex and you can safely sit with your stuff going.

also, roguebasin.com is an excellent repository for all your roguelike needs.

you can get a lot of roguelikes for free. quality is variable.

knights of the chalice or it's sequel.

both will wear out your quickload button and test your knowledge of the D&D OGL 3.5e rules. the ai is utterly fantastic and will cause you much frustration. the second one is much more expensive, but it is worth every penny if you like strategic, difficult combat that will test your tactics from easy all the way to archmage. its absolutely not for everyone but if it is it's absolutely unbeatable. ignore the graphics and the ui, all of that is ancillary to the combat.

ultima vii?

better if you get the exult mod

so wouldn't that renaissance art, being sponsored by wealth, be considered something along the lines of corporate art? designed by committee, put about in public?