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I've been spending my downtime watching YT vids of my favorite games.

I've been especially hooked on "Cities:Skylines" lately, it's actually been my favorite over the past year since it's given me inspiration on how to play once I'm able to get back home on my regular computer and into it again.

Kinda weird since I used to watch Twitch a lot, and enjoyed live streams of games like "Hearthstone" or "Don't Starve". Now I don't really like Twitch at all. I want the shorter video captures instead of the ongoing live experience.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

As more people make it their jobs, Live-streams increasingly take up waay too much time, and many don't bother to edit them down(to show highlights) afterward for quicker consumption and gratification. It's harder for me to get into them for that reason.

Don't Starve is great as a multiplayer game(Don't Starve Together), so maybe consider that as well.

I read that Skylines is still the best modern city sim available now. I should just get it already instead of forever playing the Frugality Game™ and waiting for a really low price. Have you played any other city sims, like the Simcity series?

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If I'm in the mood to watch a livestream, I actually do tend to watch DST since there's more going on. I don't prefer it when I play though, I'm OG Don't Starve all the way. I started playing DS in early 2013, and they've become different things entirely.

For me, there's too much management involved in gaming as a group - I often end up in the teacher role, and that takes away from the fun and creativity I enjoy with DS. I used to play DST with select experienced people though, and that was really fun! I didn't have to teach anyone anything, and instead could just be like, "hey, I'm gonna explore and make my way to base as I find it, what do you need me to collect along the way?".

I still remember one time I jumped into an official Klei server (beta days, when they were still password-protected) at dusk, and no one spoke a word to or acknowledged me. Dusk quickly turned to night, and I couldn't find resources for a torch, so I survived by jumping between fireflies. As dawn came, I said "thank god for fireflies!", and then chat came alive because they saw I knew how to handle myself. And then we all just sandboxed together, and let the one OCD guy dictate base layout and placement of everything, while we created little offshoots and survival spots all around the world. That was a really neat server to be a part of, coming back in every day or two, and seeing what creative things we all did and/or how we helped each other massively pwn the world in different ways.

I don't have a lot of recent sim game experience, most of what I've played was many many years ago, on consoles as a teen. I have vague memories of playing the hell out of a sim hospital game on Playstation, if that rings any bells. C:S though, discovered it shortly after it launched and had a blast! It can be played simply to get a sense of accomplishment, or it can be played more strategically, or it can be played creatively. PC players have a huge advantage due to the workshop mods, I do hope they implement some of the quality-of-life aspects into the base game.

Anyway, I set it aside in a mission to not only get through some of my Steam game backlog, but also because of getting hooked on Hearthstone. I have all the DLC and content creator packs, and can't wait to get back into it again. I have so many ideas for little towns and districts to create! My laptop just can't handle it though, it's too intense on cores and heats up my GPU, I've gotta get back to my desktop.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, I guess there is a lot of tutoring that has to be done in a group with varying levels of experience. I'm somewhat new to the game so it's still a novelty, though I can see how teaching the same things over and over and needing to continually resurrect less skilled players for your own survival can get old fast.

Dusk quickly turned to night, and I couldn't find resources for a torch, so I survived by jumping between fireflies. As dawn came, I said "thank god for fireflies!"

Oh, that's where you got your username from! And the tumbleweeds they used to drop from, of course.

Glad to hear how you stayed alive and thrived that particular time. It's interesting how gamers can make an outgroup out of newbies who they don't even give the time of day until they have proven themselves through a 'Trial By Fire' like that. I suppose it's an easy way to keep liabilities out of a survival team, but I usually fail that first test in most games. Being a kind of casual, lone-wolf who doesn't really want to talk to anyone anyway doesn't help with the eventual vote kick lol

I have vague memories of playing the hell out of a sim hospital game on Playstation, if that rings any bells.

Theme hospital? I have that on GOG, though I never played it. I heard it's addictive.

I'll never get through playing my own backlog, so I mostly just concentrate on my favorites. Long ago, there was lots of time, but not enough games to fill it. Now, there's lots of games, but not enough time to try out, much less complete them. Anyway, imma take C:S for a run today and maybe it'll end up in the regular rotation. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Oh, that's where you got your username from! And the tumbleweeds they used to drop from, of course.

🤗

I don't judge anyone who uses console commands after gathering all of them naturally. Removing them from the loot pool was such a loss :(

Being a kind of casual, lone-wolf who doesn't really want to talk to anyone anyway doesn't help with the eventual vote kick lol

Ahhh yes, vote kick, I forgot about that. Another way griefers can ruin the experience for people. I eventually stopped playing on dedicated servers at all because of griefers. There was a group of players who followed a well-known Twitch streamer back in the day, and they all made it their mission to ruin dedicated servers as often as possible, even Klei official servers. It was really frustrating, for new players and old-timers, and left a lot of people with a sour view on the game. I went on an internet hunt and managed to get many of their Klei or Steam IDs, and blacklisted them from any public servers I made.

Theme hospital?

That was it! I still remember sick sims vomiting in corners or planters over and over, and frantically trying to hire janitors. I really liked how there were level progressions, making it harder and harder the longer you played.

imma take C:S for a run today and maybe it'll end up in the regular rotation

Even without DLC, I think it's a great game. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have, and are inspired to keep growing with it and the extra content!