The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Barrister]

Just having a Steam Deck wasn't enough for me so I now have a Switch so I can play Nintendo exclusives.

Been playing the shit out of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Mario Kart.

Suddenly my kids are playing a ton of Mario Kart and Smash Bros.  We've had a Switch for years which they've played the heck out of, but not recently.

Dammit - when my kids were little I'd clean up at least in Mario Kart - now they beat me handily.

[Maladict]

A bit over two weeks and plenty of me time.

Jealous

[Syt]

The guy who made A Legionary's Life (a kind of life sim of a Roman Legionaire during the Second Punic War https://store.steampowered.com/app/1058430/A_Legionarys_Life/ ) is working on his next game:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3169580/Never_Second_in_Rome/

Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements. You take the role of a Roman centurion in the army of Julius Caesar.

In a Republic dominating the Mediterranean World and yet shaken by internal strife, still traumatized by the horrors of the civil war that marked the previous generation, the arrival of a new governor in your province will initiate a succession of events that will ultimately define the future of Rome and its empire.

Starting right before the beginning of the Gallic War, you will assume command of a century in a newly raised legion.

Key features

• In addition to the main character, you will control the small army unit in your charge, your century.
• Train yourself and your century, appoint your staff and discover the most remarkable individuals at your service.
• Fight and lead your legionaries in real historical battles relying on a complex system of intertwined stats.
• Turn-based individual combat involving not only your main character, but also the soldiers under your command.
• Text-based events and narrative sections with many Attribute and Skill checks.
• Great care and attention to historical detail and accuracy.

A demo of 0.5.0 is available, but haven't tried it yet.

[Caliga]

Suddenly my kids are playing a ton of Mario Kart and Smash Bros.  We've had a Switch for years which they've played the heck out of, but not recently.

Dammit - when my kids were little I'd clean up at least in Mario Kart - now they beat me handily.

I cut the tip of my left index finger off so it's kind of hard to play 'action' type Switch games lately, so I have gotten into the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney series.  Since they are courtroom drama games, you might like them if you've never tried Beeb.

[celedhring]

OBJECTION!

Those games are so deliciously over the top.

[Barrister]

Suddenly my kids are playing a ton of Mario Kart and Smash Bros.  We've had a Switch for years which they've played the heck out of, but not recently.

Dammit - when my kids were little I'd clean up at least in Mario Kart - now they beat me handily.

I cut the tip of my left index finger off so it's kind of hard to play 'action' type Switch games lately, so I have gotten into the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney series.  Since they are courtroom drama games, you might like them if you've never tried Beeb.

I am vaguely familiar with them - but I'm afraid 25 years litigation has ruined legal dramas for me, and I suspect legal video games.

(Except for My Cousin Vinny - the only legal drama/comedy that is actually really, really accurate)

[Syt]

Yeah, the Ace Attorney games are definitely NOT an accurate representation of ... any legal system, from what I understand.