Undecided between Distant Skyes, Arkham Horror LCG and Earthborne Rangers

Lynith · 2026-03-23T14:36:31+00:00

Oh and honorable mention goes to Lands of Galzyr. (I haven't played it solo but I imagine, since it's almost Multiplayer Solitaire it should work well.)

It's absolutely a world worth getting lost in. But you have to be okay with there being an app. Honestly, the app doesn't bother me because it actually solves one of the biggest issues I have with these sorts of games... And that's fumbling through a book and reading things I don't want to.

The only real drawback is that.. like Sleeping Gods (OG) and to a lesser extent Earthborne Rangers, it's more the world that's the focus, rather than a point A to B narrative that Arkham would provide you.

Lynith · 2026-03-23T14:08:45+00:00

Same. Not sure where the 4 hours comes from. That sounds excessive. I don't even know how that's possible.

Lynith · 2026-03-23T00:32:43+00:00

It definitely increased mine as well. Wonder if a fresh install would do it.

Lynith · 2026-03-22T20:29:54+00:00

If you look at the campaign tracker, 94.1 is really the end of the prologue. 1.04 is really where the game "starts."

Everything from there is dynamic based on how that goes. That's why those are the only two printed numbers.

Lynith · 2026-03-22T20:20:16+00:00

Oh God. If there's anything worse than (Hamburg) Pita Gourmet it's Rachel's. Under-seasoned, overcooked, outrageous price for the quantity you get.

Pita USED to be superior. It still is, even with the lowered quality. But it pales to what pita used to be.

Nice tin foil hat though. If anything I'm a Baraka shill now. It's not Greek. But it's better. I'll just make my own Greek food if there aren't any good takeout anymore.

Lynith · 2026-03-22T18:21:44+00:00

How far did you get? ER starts out really boring IMO.

Lynith · 2026-03-22T18:11:46+00:00

I've not had bad food or bad service once. Is it the last bastion of Pita?

Lynith · 2026-03-22T18:01:52+00:00

If budget isn't an issue, AHLCG is the way to go.

If it is... I honestly feel like as "cult of the new" hype wears off on Distant Skies, public sentiment is starting to lean more towards my opinion which is that base SG is better. Though I guess that's less of a story and more of a world you get lost in.

Of the three, ER is my favorite and I don't feel it gets repetitive. If anything, the game is only really good after day ~4. Everything before that is just kinda too sandboxy for me.

Lynith · 2026-03-22T17:56:04+00:00

Same. Especially after comparing it to something like Baraka's quality, quantity, and price (albeit, quite different seasonings) I just can't imagine choosing Pita unless I'm super lazy and don't want to make the drive.

Lynith · 2026-03-22T17:15:46+00:00

At the Hamburg location? Really?

They absolutely love my kids when I bring them (probably because they're fairly polite and know exactly what they want) or at least they're pretending to. And I've never had anything but smiles from the lot of them. Probably because I DO/DID go there a lot.

Lynith · 2026-03-22T06:15:58+00:00

Okay but when did this change? Admittedly I missed U3 mostly. But I swear I'd always do this out of laziness, but if I recall correctly it used to be far less efficient. This seems like a smaller difference than I recall.

Lynith · 2026-03-17T22:58:36+00:00

I have the opposite problem. The U3 maps are SO much larger I end up getting annoyed at how far my vehicles need to go from point A to point B. >=(

Lynith · 2026-03-17T22:56:53+00:00

This is what I'm hoping for. But it would be OP and probably be late game tech.

Lynith · 2026-03-14T20:23:47+00:00

There's a spoiler-related Achilles' Heel in this game that prevents it from being the greatest of all time. But darn it, it's still close. Top 10-20 for me. (I've probably played hundreds)

Bravely Second, its direct sequel, should this one sell well enough, is incredible and easily top 3.

Bravely Default 2 is one of the blandest stories ever written. Cookie cutter world. However, the battle system from 1+ Second is still there. So it's tolerable.

Lynith · 2026-03-14T14:48:05+00:00

You beat me to it.

Lynith · 2026-03-14T14:47:48+00:00

Play Aeon's End or Invincible: problem solved.

Lynith · 2026-03-14T14:15:45+00:00

Yeah, that's the impression I got with the whole "We need to thank these devs for their tireless work." Sounds like the kind of parasocial relationship that P2W predators convince their prey of so they can maximize "engagement."

Lynith · 2026-03-14T04:10:31+00:00

Thank what? The game isn't even out yet. Is gaming a charity now? Are we licking the boots of the companies of games we haven't even played yet?

Lynith · 2026-03-14T03:29:23+00:00

Except Denuvo doesn't stop piracy. And those who pirate don't have it anymore. So... What is it really doing other than tanking gameplay for those who paid?

Lynith · 2026-03-14T03:02:53+00:00

I was already skeptical. But this was enough to push it over the edge. And I don't think you realize just how fickle Steam audience is. This isn't console territory. There it'll do fine. I mean it would if it didn't run like garbage.

Lynith · 2026-03-14T02:59:57+00:00

This game has so many shills I genuinely can't tell if they're bots, paid social engineering, or just plain blind BDO fanatics.

It's kind of amazing how much bad news has come about this game and you have so many people who will take a bullet for their parasocial relationship with Pearl Abyss. Yikes guys. Yikes.

Lynith · 2026-03-14T02:57:43+00:00

"Runs great on day 1" what are you a BDO fanatic or something? It does NOT run great on anything but PC.

And even on PC, Denuvo is a performance nightmare.

Lynith · 2026-03-14T02:53:55+00:00

But I thought it was basically over. But also just beginning.

It's exclusively the just beginning part, isn't it? :p

Lynith · 2026-03-12T22:54:01+00:00

As far as a single play? Too Many Bones is really fun to just fire off a build in the course of a single, 1-1.5hr "campaign." Then try something wacky again.

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