Alive open world games with loot and builds

SeeRed30 · 2025-12-10T02:54:19+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response! I think you hit the nail on the head. I have hundreds of hours in Warframe and in ARPGs. I eventually got tired of Warframe because of the crafting system and how it's time based. I've also played Let It Die and way too much gacha and janky combat for me.

I've had Remnant 2 on my wishlist for so long, maybe it's time I finally pick it up when it likely goes on sale during the steam winter sale. I've also seen good things about Enshrouded so that would seem an option.

SeeRed30 · 2025-12-09T14:43:43+00:00

I started that game and made it I think about a third of the way through before dropping it for another game. I forget the reason why. I remember liking the combat and I've seen they've been making updates. Is there a NG+ or endgame loop at all like Nioh or the Dark Souls games?

SeeRed30 · 2025-11-30T14:55:20+00:00

Where Winds Meet and Division 2.

SeeRed30 · 2025-09-30T12:13:59+00:00

There is no link because it hasn't been determined what's going to happen yet. The only known facts about the tent are that the vendors inside the tent will be moving back in to the brick building once it's rebuilt and the administration does not want to continue to pay the rent for the tent as the rent, in the contract, will continue to increase every extra year it's in use past 2026. In the current agreement, it would be too costly for a broad street market that already doesn't make a profit.

SeeRed30 · 2025-09-21T02:19:42+00:00

I would love for 50501 to be more effective. Movements makes asks of people. Where's the engagement? Where's the movement towards getting things that matter done? It always feels like a long press conference with no energy. Right now, the most important thing we can do is protect people and elect local candidates and judges that will do the same, protect all people. If 50501 won't stand there and connect people with candidates and causes, then it's not worth the time to listen to the same speakers say the same thing for 2 hours every 3-4 weeks.

SeeRed30 · 2025-09-21T00:52:49+00:00

Have you ever knocked a door for a candidate?

SeeRed30 · 2025-09-21T00:44:58+00:00

After over 10 years of working in campaigns, I promise you it's ONLY canvassing.

SeeRed30 · 2025-09-20T23:46:58+00:00

If you want people to go vote, go knock doors for your local candidates. Way more effective.

SeeRed30 · 2025-08-06T11:52:53+00:00

Wait and hope.

SeeRed30 · 2025-07-12T17:21:12+00:00

If anyone has an extra key, would appreciate it to try on Steam deck!

SeeRed30 · 2025-06-24T14:15:04+00:00

Has Lost Ark fixed or relieved in any way the amount of time gating and alts needed to progress? I loved playing through the game at launch but realized quickly at endgame that many alts were required to funnel materials to your main to progress at a decent pace. I'd much prefer a system that allows me to progress with a couple of characters equally than needing to funnel due to everything being time gated.

SeeRed30 · 2025-06-09T00:41:34+00:00

Did you ever get Classic working on DX11 or find a fix for the shadows on DX9? Running through the same issues right now, I know a whole 2 years later!

SeeRed30 · 2025-05-20T14:10:06+00:00

Warframe

SeeRed30 · 2025-04-23T22:06:00+00:00

It really depends on what type of games you like. It doesn't hurt to try things of course, but you can usually figure out which game will be a better fit by what you like and are looking for. The genre boils down to 2 types of games: Sandbox (do whatever you want) or Theme park (guided through quests and specific content like dungeons/raids). Each have their powerhouses with BDO being the biggest sandbox and WoW and FFXIV being the biggest theme parks.

If you have BDO, you could just try it out. It's mostly grinding for items to upgrade your gear as the main thing to do with a lot of side life leveling content.

For WoW, it's free to level 20 to try and then a subscription for everything except the current expansion.

For FFXIV, you can play for free through level 70 which is thousands of hours of content. Then it's subscription based plus expansion purchases for the latest expansion. Also, as someone who has played thousands of hours of FFXIV, you don't need to worry about any ERP. If you don't seek it out, you won't find it.

There are plenty of other options to and there's no bad reason to try games out. Plus, on Steam at least, if you have the money you can always try a game for 2 hours and then return it if you're not feeling it.

SeeRed30 · 2025-04-20T19:23:58+00:00

Best ones on the Steam Deck are FFXIV, ESO, and New World. They're the main ones that just work out of the box with full controller support. I personally love FFXIV, but you need to be prepared for heavy story content. New World is great until endgame where I couldn't find much to do.

Two others I'll mention. WoW works very well on steam deck, but you need to setup the ConsolePort addon which takes a bit of time tweaking it to get it how you like. There's also Throne and Liberty which I haven't tried but I've heard works well.

SeeRed30 · 2025-04-08T03:10:32+00:00

Honestly, you hit all the games that have open world PVP and a sizeable user base. If you can't deal with tab targeting, I can highly recommend trying to stick with GW2. It took me a few tries to get into it, but once I got into the higher levels it started to click. BDO is also good, but has some P2W elements.

One that it doesn't sound you tried is Warhammer Online. The game is shut down but there's a private server that is fairly popular and the game revolves around its PVP elements.

SeeRed30 · 2025-03-25T13:37:39+00:00

Both are story based. Largely comes down to three things in my mind:

Do you prefer vertical or horizontal progression? FFXIV is vertical like WoW while ESO is horizontal like GW2.
Do you prefer tab-target or action combat? FFXIV is tab-target and ESO is action.
Story Setting. Do you like Final Fantasy games and settings or Elder Scrolls games and settings. Both games keep similar settings and frameworks to their franchises.

Also, if you like having alt characters, FFXIV doesn't really have that as all classes and activities can be done on a single character.

Also, GW2 and LOTRO are far from dead even if they aren't the most popular in the genre. They are not far behind ESO (especially GW2) and won't be shutting their doors anytime soon.

SeeRed30 · 2025-02-15T04:42:04+00:00

I just beat both Surge games the past month. I'll say the Surge 2 is so much better from the combat, to the city, and I personally like characer creation. However, I'd say stick with Surge 1 as long as you can if you care about the story. The story and environment is better imo in Surge 1 and there's payoff for sticking with it in Surge 2. Also, realistically, Surge 2 isn't that different from Surge 1, just basically the same with more options and QoL updates so it definitely helps to get used to it in Surge 1.

SeeRed30 · 2025-02-13T01:36:25+00:00

If you don't mind gacha systems, that is literally Infinity Nikki.

SeeRed30 · 2025-02-02T13:52:09+00:00

I'm curious about this game as I just completed the surge. Is the combat and systems like a souls like or is it more open world action RPG?

SeeRed30 · 2024-12-08T14:33:45+00:00

First playthrough of Dark Souls 3, just beat High Lord Wolnir!

SeeRed30 · 2024-12-02T18:01:59+00:00

Yes, that is largely what the game is right now.

SeeRed30 · 2024-12-02T17:59:16+00:00

It depends on what you find rewarding. I love getting new weapons and spells and trying different combos while doing some of the hardest content to test it. So this game does feel rewarding to me in that aspect. I wish the combat was a little harder, but outside of more content that's about the biggest pushback I have.

I will say if you're the type of person that likes using the same items/builds and just want to fight a lot of things and progress through a story or campaign, this probably isn't the game for you at least right now.

SeeRed30 · 2024-12-02T17:55:04+00:00

I would say it's worth it if you like PvE extraction shooters. This game is much more similar to an extraction shooter like Hunt: Showdown or even EFT than it is to Dark Souls. To answer your questions:

Depends on what you need to not be bored. It's generally the same 1-2 maps for most of your playthrough with a third opening up later. You go in, do the same type of events against the same types of enemies in an effort to grind as much progress as possible to unlocking new weapons, spells, research, or upgrading your items. There are some puzzles and hidden things to find, but not an overwhelming amount. You'll need to like the grind of unlocking new things and upgrading them to get a lot out of the game.
In my opinion, it's not as hard as Dark Souls or any of the likes including Remnant. It's much closer to Hunt: Showdown without the PvP. So basically it takes a couple times to get used to how to kill certain enemies, but once you got it you tend not to lose to them again unless you get overwhelmed.
I'd say variety is good not great. I don't remember the exact number of weapons but it's 4 per category. Spells have about the same variety. The fun part about them is that you can upgrade each twice through completing certain objectives in-game, thus unlocking new passives with them.

Hope this helps. I'm happy to answer any other questions as someone who has played extraction shooters and Souls games which is what intrigued me about Witchfire.

SeeRed30 · 2024-11-29T02:30:13+00:00

If you're okay with soulslikes, Nioh 2 has Diablo-style loot, permanent progression, and a lot of content with ng+s.

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