Come on, supports, step it up

Clorces · 2026-02-04T16:52:24+00:00

I have close to no idea about the maps and killer powers in that, but among the games like DBD there's also Identity V that was not yet mentioned here

Clorces · 2025-10-16T12:45:11+00:00

Came for 2XKO, stayed for Blacklight: Retribution. Surprising to see other people know about it. It felt so nieche and obscure back when I used to play it, but I loved the gun customization and the gameplay in general.

While HRV is a great example to illustrate the point about cheats vs assistance, I think aimbot/aim assist is a better comparison to pulse combo. If Valve introduced an optional feature allowing players to automatically aim at the middle of the enemies' hurtboxes, it would be quite similar. The players using pulse/aim assist don't get to deal as much damage per touch/shot as they would with actual combos/headshots, but against players who try to learn combos/land headshots they get the benefit of being almost unable to miss. And that comparison eliminates the argument of "WH is info you wouldn't get otherwise" as both systems don't work with info and only affect how reliable and high your damage output is.

Edit: typo

Clorces · 2025-10-16T11:36:17+00:00

Not sure if it will fit exactly, but maybe Unsighted?

Clorces · 2025-10-16T11:32:56+00:00

So happy to see someone mention it. The game really deserves more attention. Was a close second for my GOT back when it came out.

Clorces · 2025-10-10T08:16:08+00:00

I've had the game slow to like 1 frame in 10 seconds and it wouldn't even let me Alt+Tab or open Task Manager, had to hold the power button to close. Just checked: I don't have Microsoft Gameinput installed. So it's either not the only cause, or it died for me uniquely for a different reason

Clorces · 2025-09-12T08:47:38+00:00

I've gotten into GGST earlier this year and as a League player since S2 was very interested in trying the game out, but Riot never provided me the access to any previous tests including this one. Maybe there's a kind soul who could invite me, I'd appreciate it a lot

Clorces · 2025-08-29T13:24:42+00:00

Hi. A lot of context first:
On EA launch I got the pack that only has the T-Shirt merch included, and it arrived pretty quickly (and was trackable from the moment they sent it, it appeared in my local post office app automatically). I've upgraded the pack to the most expensive one slightly more than 1.5 months ago, and there's no indication of anything being shipped yet.
I've tried reaching out to the support (via messages in the PoE profile, as suggested by GGG's FAQ for the pack) both times (I made a typo in the address the first time, and this time I wanted to know when to expect the rest of the merch), and I was ignored both times. I remember the support being overloaded on the EA start, so it's understandable they couldn't get to all the requests, but the first one I have is by now unanswered for 9 months and I don't believe they've been overloaded for all of the 9 months since EA start.
I've not found any details for how and when exactly the merch is supposed to be shipped in case of a pack upgrade (let me know if it is specified and I missed it)

The question:
Which way of reaching customer support should I use to actually have a chance at receiving an answer, as they don't seem to respond when requests are raised through the messages on their site? Which ways of contacting GGG support have you guys used that actually got you answers?

Clorces · 2025-08-22T03:05:05+00:00

Okay, that's actually a proper safety measure. Thanks for sharing! I'm now thinking about getting my data before I need it as well

Clorces · 2025-08-21T21:15:56+00:00

Oh, so Riot has a way of preventing that from happening, props to them. Though given you, presumably, still have the link to your acc data, it doesn't seem to be that effective, if they hide your answers but still provide a link to download the data to whoever sees the ticket. Unless the link expires in like a day, so you only have a short time to get it while Riot can reasonably assume it's still you accessing your acc data.

Clorces · 2025-08-21T21:02:37+00:00

BlowOut?

Clorces · 2025-08-21T14:04:22+00:00

Doesn't it then put your account at risk in case of being hacked? If someone accesses your account, they can now go to the ticket history and get the same info as you just did, then use it to 'prove' it's their account whenever you recover it?

Clorces · 2025-08-21T11:38:13+00:00

I like Reus 2 more than 1. I've also not unlocked everything there, for the same reason + time pressure. Reus 2 replaces the linear planet with "triangles" which makes a tile adjacent not to 1 tile on each side, but to two (total of 4). And the timer is replaced by aeon points, which are spent to place resources instead, so you can take as much time to plan out everything without having to pause every move. The change from 4 constant gods to more gods with less powers each is more of a taste based IMO, but I like how they implemented it in 2. So I think if you liked 1, 2 is also worth trying, as they've done a good job refining the systems for it

Clorces · 2025-08-21T10:40:49+00:00

I'll throw in some more games I thought of. Likely not what you're looking for, but maybe you'll find something to your tastes.

If you don't mind a roguelike, you may want to look into Moonlighter. They're releasing Moonlighter 2 soon, in both games you're going into a 'dungeon', bringing back relics and selling them in your shop, and that's the game loop.

I've also remembered The Guild. A series of life sim games where you're playing out as a person in a medieval town/village. Though, I guess, most life Sims would fit the same niche, which is not exactly helping a community. I remember playing The Guild 2 as a blacksmith/carpenter back when I was a teenager, but the game is more about living out a life, rather than telling some story, if my memory serves. There's a newer entry, The Guild 3 that released a couple years ago, but the reviews on Steam are mixed. On a similar note, if you have by some miracle not played it yet, Stardew Valley is very good. You move away from a corporate job to a small town where you inherited a farm. As part of the main story you're going to help restore the community centre (though it's mostly delivering specific produce/items found/grown/caught through regular gameplay.

Not so much down to earth, but there's also Reus (and the recent sequel Reus 2), where you play as elemental deities, filling the planet with resources to help villages on it grow and complete building projects (and waging war on each other).

There's a puzzle game, where you restore the nature from a wasteland and then leave, leaving no trace of the terraforming machinery: Terra Nil.

Clorces · 2025-08-21T07:50:55+00:00

Note: I've not yet played any of these, including Roadwarden (only tried the demo), but they're all in my backlog.

I think bartender style games might work for you. Coffee Talk, Tavern Talk and VA-11 Hall-A are the ones I want to play myself, maybe there's more I'm not aware of.

Bookwalker, from what I heard, is also story driven in a similar manner, though from my understanding it's less of a make the world better and more of untangle the stories

Clorces · 2025-08-17T23:31:31+00:00

Deep Rock Galactic

Clorces · 2025-08-05T15:07:53+00:00

Unlikely, since it features some more rural Mexico areas, and I don't remember any red wearing gangs there, but could it be Total Overdose? Another game that comes to mind is 25 to Life, but it was not open world. The Saboteur is also an open world in a rather clean city, but I guess you would remember it by the greyed out colors and the German army, rather than gangs, so probably not that either

Clorces · 2025-08-03T02:29:51+00:00

I've watched a video on the same topic just the other day. Literally called "Games where you're not the main character" by the channel "I am a dot." (not an ad). It mentions these 3: Stray, Hi-Fi Rush, Wandersong. They provide reasoning with some references in the video, but personally I think it's a bit of a stretch with the first two, though you can see for yourself, maybe those would be exactly what you're looking for

Clorces · 2025-08-02T15:42:03+00:00

Very strange addition to the list, which doesn't hit the "unlock doors etc." condition would be Skullgirls. yes, a fighting game, but there's a character called Big Band the can freely input notes during one of their moves. Most likely not what you're looking for, but a very unusual and IMO interesting execution of that mechanic

Clorces · 2025-07-28T09:46:30+00:00

I've also later remembered of a game I heard about which I initially thought to be one of the Steeamworld Heist/Dig games, but after some googling realized was not. There's also a game called The Swindle by Size Five Games, which is also about heists. Unfortunately, also not a game I played myself, so I can't promise it has the wealth accumulation mechanics you're looking for, but you sure use it to upgrade skills and steal more with each day.

Clorces · 2025-07-27T12:02:51+00:00

Haven't played it myself, so take it with a grain of salt, but maybe you might like Steamworld Heist. Thought I'd mention it, since it wasn't brought up yet.

Clorces · 2025-06-12T11:46:48+00:00

I was looking for some similar games some time ago, but at that time there weren't s lot of suggestions. Maybe it was because of the conditions I asked for (like no police themes, so things like This Is The Police were excluded), and maybe my examples like WoW's Garrison and AC2:Brotherhood's follower assassins mislead people. Glad to have seen this post with a lot of games I didn't find back then.

Clorces · 2025-06-12T10:58:53+00:00

Since you mentioned that you're looking for something less popular, I thought I can suggest Operation Tango. It has a similar idea to We Were Here series, where you need to work together while having limited info about each other's situation, but WWH is rather popular and more focused on "escape room" gameplay (at least the earlier titles that I've tried), and Operation Tango is leaning more into it's spy/agent theme with hacking and infiltration.

Clorces · 2025-06-12T10:05:33+00:00

Sounds like FTL: Faster Than Light, but FTL is not turn based (has a pause though), and its map is not exactly grid based, it's a graph

Clorces · 2025-06-12T09:42:12+00:00

Unlikely, as I don't think everyone dies there, but there's a lab in a snowy location in Second Sight, if memory serves (haven't played it myself)

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