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Are you holding off on any game in particular right now? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by glau@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I suppose Baldur's Gate 3 could be an example for a lot of people. Any recent or just "recent" release you are waiting for to get at the moment?

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tears of the Kingdom - I thought BoTW was fun, but not as fun as older Zelda games; I'll probably get it eventually, but I want to pay $40 or less
The Great War: Western Front - still seems pretty buggy, so I'll wait a bit for patches
Victoria 3 - I love Paradox games, but they seem to need a few years to get good
Mount & Blade: Bannerlord - still getting patches and some new content, so I'll keep waiting
Starfield - undoubtedly going to be buggy, so I'll be waiting at least a few months, if not years, after launch to get it

I'm actually considering getting BG3 soon, once I get a few days to play a lot of it. It looks like a solid launch, so I'm happy to pay a bit more for something high quality. I hope they continue to work on it and maybe provide content heavy DLC at some point.

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mount & Blade II is frustrating for me. I'm just not good enough at the combat to play on the front lines and I'm a shit commander trying to organize my troops in battle.

Basically i just play the exploration and management side and auto-resolve the combats :/

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doing the tournaments is a good way to practice combat.

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually I'm half decent at one on one and the small melees. But once it's a 'real' fight I get so sweaty palmed lol

Maybe I should try a console controller instead of mouse & kb?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never tried it with a controller it seems like that would make it harder to manage your army. As for the bigger fights I usually try to get my army positioned first with my archers on a hill or across a river or something from them and then put my infantry in front of the archers to block them. Then I lead my Calvary to go provoke the enemy to come at them. Usually that works pretty well or at least lets me put a big dent in their calvary which gives you a decent advantage when they don't have one because you can get behind them and wreck their archers.

This strategy works most of the time with minimal casualties

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Okay I'll give a shot! Thanks

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Your comment is why Im still waiting.

[–] manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 points 1 year ago

I bought Victoria 3 shortly after release and it’s frustrating how long it’s taking. It clearly has the potential to be a great game, but there’s still so much to be done.

On the other hand, a buddy and I got into Victoria 2 a few months ago and it’s been a blast. A bit clunky at first but it’s so easy to map paint with a friend in vanilla