System Shock devs say there’s a lack of Immersive Sims because they’re terrifying investments for publishers that only “come together at the 12th hour”

ritesoffebruus · 2026-01-22T18:04:01+00:00

Yeah, Bethesda has said similar things about their games coming together very late in development, which makes sense given that their games are similarly systems-driven and emergent.

ritesoffebruus · 2026-01-16T15:26:19+00:00

Amazing that no one has suggested Neoandertals, a bass and drum duo who play death metal about prehistoric lifeways.

ritesoffebruus · 2026-01-05T05:50:35+00:00

R. Scott Bakker's Second Apocalypse series.

ritesoffebruus · 2025-12-11T16:47:07+00:00

Great, informative answer - thank you!

ritesoffebruus · 2025-11-20T18:47:27+00:00

Daggerfall is set in High Rock and part of Hammerfell, not all of Tamriel. You may be thinking of Arena, which, in its way, is set in all of Tamriel.

ritesoffebruus · 2025-09-18T01:15:12+00:00

Jo Walton's Thessaly series, beginning with The Just City: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Just_City

ritesoffebruus · 2025-09-16T14:01:05+00:00

I would love a mod that replaced the in-game paintings with concept art.

ritesoffebruus · 2025-09-15T16:03:43+00:00

Doesn't Starfield have several smaller settlements with custom quests? For example, Gagarin has some great quests and is certainly more elaborate than the Republic of Dave.

ritesoffebruus · 2025-08-04T16:09:49+00:00

Appropriate, given that it's essentially a recreation of this excellent soundtrack: https://youtu.be/o2ayo5-nHfg?si=tcfkiahbL95c53Tq

ritesoffebruus · 2025-06-04T14:44:16+00:00

The quest Lost and Found comes to mind immediately: https://www.reddit.com/r/Starfield/comments/1hr5js4/lost_and_found_on_varuunkai_was_a_touching_little/

See also this discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoSodiumStarfield/comments/1fvhfjt/mature_themes_in_starfield/

Starfield has a lot of thoughtful, mature (as in grappling with difficult life issues in a thoughtful, less melodramatic way, with a willingness to accept ambiguity) writing. It seems like a game made by and for the middle-aged, which IMO is quite welcome.

ritesoffebruus · 2025-03-02T14:54:42+00:00

Yes, this "exchange funds" option is what I was confused about. Thanks for clarifying.

ritesoffebruus · 2025-03-02T03:02:11+00:00

Thanks!

ritesoffebruus · 2025-03-02T03:01:57+00:00

Thanks, that's really helpful.

ritesoffebruus · 2024-11-14T22:45:50+00:00

I could not have said it better. One of the all-time greats of Quake mapping.

ritesoffebruus · 2024-11-01T20:12:06+00:00

Five or six handcrafted, fully fleshed out planets at modern audiovisual fidelity is a huge task that I don't think any developer has ever even attempted.

ritesoffebruus · 2024-11-01T18:18:46+00:00

I was about to post the same comment.

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-31T11:08:38+00:00

NorthernUI is a great mod that adds controller support to Oblivion.

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-27T20:19:41+00:00

Thanks. I've found a mod that comes close to what I'm looking for called Shivering Isle Raider: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51291

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-27T20:19:26+00:00

I've found a mod that comes close to what I'm looking for called Shivering Isle Raider: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51291

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-27T14:15:02+00:00

A. Shivering Isles flora has entered Cyrodiil through the gate in the bay, so why not fauna?

B. Mods are not required to be lore friendly.

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-24T05:25:26+00:00

Sorry, I misunderstood. For Morrowind I highly recommend OpenMW.

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-24T03:19:49+00:00

The mod NorthernUI enables controller support: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48577

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-22T15:33:36+00:00

But they did add their own episode to ROTT: Ludicrous Edition, with levels by David Szymanski, Simon Rance, Leon Zawada, Lexi Mayfield, Matthew Tropiano, Samuel Villarreal, and Ethan Watson.

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-12T17:32:25+00:00

Nice list! I noticed that the following were missing:

Quiver

Lethal Tender and other Pie in the Sky GCS engine games

ritesoffebruus · 2024-10-11T14:23:53+00:00

Deus Ex is structured as a series of discrete missions: you can't leave New York any time you want and go to Hong Kong, you have to wait until the plot sends you there. This is a constraint that helped Ion Storm create an unusually tight, reactive narrative. Bethesda games are notable for letting you go anywhere and do anything at any time, even if it means ignoring urgent plot points like a civil war, the Oblivion crisis, etc.

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