The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Syt]

Well, that's going to be a chunk of money down the drain, I guess. Wasn't it supposed to go into Early Access this month?

But I'd rather they pull the plug now than have another Cities: Skylines II.

[garbon]

After two delays, they had indefinitely delayed it ahead of this announcement.

[Syt]

Gotcha. Again, rather this than a disappointing release (again). I feel they're trying to build up good will again after a few not so great releases (though Foundry seems to be doing well in early access?).

[garbon]

It is better but it also shows continual mistakes on the part of Pdox.

[Syt]

That for sure.

[Josquius]

I see Paradox has cancelled another experiment. They shutdown studio and closed troubled Life By You.

I'd thought they'd cancelled it already a while ago... but then just a few days ago I saw an article with updates about  great features it would offer. Surprised then to see this.

[garbon]

Once it went to indefinitely delayed, I think anything suggesting it would come out wad delusional.

Their weekly developmental videos were always a mix of pitiful and hilarious.

[Josquius]

The timing is weird though with promotional articles being pushed recently after silence for so long.

[Syt]

American Truck Sim has released Nebraska, and they're working on Missouri/Arkansas.

Summary of their progress:



They posted a teaser for their next, unannounced expansion:



 

Based on their map progress it's probably one of the Dakotas or Iowa, but honestly - if I got this image on GeoGuessr I'd randomly place it somewhere in the Midwest.

(Posters on Steam have identified it as a rest stop on the I-80 in Iowa, with a wind turbine blade on display.)

[Josquius]

Just a little further and they'll be making maps with stuff!

[Valmy]

You know video game players, if your fantasy is to drive across Nebraska that is a pretty cheap vacation.

[Syt]

Soviet Republic: Workers & Resources has left Early Access. Apparently it's still very good:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/workers-resources-soviet-republic-review

Also, Elden Ring's DLC is coming out soon, over 2 years after the game came out. Consensus so far seems to be that it's very, very big, very hard, and also very, very good, adding tons and tons of contents. I guess it's time to tackle ER again. I dropped off after 50 hours during which I didn't make it even out of the starting area (which is like 15-20% of the game, at most) because I got bogged down exploring every nook and cranny of the map. (See also - BG3, which took me 250 hours to finish )

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-review/

[garbon]

I think I fall in the group who can see Soviet Republic is not for me (as reviewer describes). I don't want to devote that much time to that level of detail.

[Josquius]

I gave the workers and resources demo a go and it does seem great. But yeah, just so much learning, I can't do it.
It's the same as "A-train" , I actually bought one of those games as it seemed so perfect for me. But I failed.

[The Minsky Moment]

Atari 50: Anniversary Celebration

So I have a 10 year old who has discovered my Steam Deck and now regularly asks if he can play with the "game console"

I figured he would go for Hades or Animal Well or Jedi Fallen Order o something like that with decent graphics.

Nope.  His favorite is to load up the Atari 50 collection and play Centipede, Lunar Lander and Asteroids.

It's not just jet fueled nostalgia - those old games really had something.