this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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Patient Gamers

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A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I really like the new art styles on the titles, it's not Steam right?

Mini Metro is my daily brainteaser. Subnautica is truly original wonderful exploration game. Portal goes without saying. Prey was fantastic, such a broad scope... survival horror, puzzle, exploration (many rave about Dishonored by the same team, but that never grabbed me).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Believe it or not steam allows you to provide your own box art for games

So naturally, there's a site where people share custom artwork https://www.steamgriddb.com/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well, now I've seen it I all!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

That looks to be Steam, going by the bottom right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thank you! I spent way too much time trying to get cool looking art work. The other person is correct, I used steamgriddb for them.

Mini metro is fun, starts out casual and always ends frantic.
I've been playing Subnautica on and off for years. Still haven't beat it. I love just swimming around and getting caught up in whatever I decide to try and build.
Prey, Dishonored, BioShock, System Shock, DeusEx etc are all great games in thier genre

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Project Wingman really surprised me. I thought it'd be a sad knockoff, but I think I actually prefer it over the original now.

And Prez is <3!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Agreed. It's an excellent example of what indie devs can do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Frostpunk! That game is sooo good. One of my top games. Took me a sec to get into the first time I played it and then didn't touch it for a long time. I went back and played it again and got sucked into it. I have hundreds of hours in it now. Love it so much I even got the boardgame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Check out thier other game, "This war of mine" if you haven't already. It's a 2D survival game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I played the hell out of that game for a long time. It’s definitely one of a kind in the best way possible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t AM2R one that being patient actively hindered access to?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Other people took it up and have been updating it since it was released. It has a launcher now, and is super simple to find online.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh that’s good. I kept my copy from like the week between release and takedown partly out of preservation sake, but I’m glad it’s more accessible. I remember slipping a copy to friends when it was unavailable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah just search for 'AM2R launcher' and you'll be playing in no time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty damn patient if you're just playing Ocarina of Time and FF VII now haha

Actually, that's the original Perfect Dark isn't it...

And certainly have to praise some of those lesser known gems like Rain World, Mini Metro, and Starbound

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh I've got every NES and SNES games. And 20-30 games each for GBA, Genesis, GameCube, Wii, PSX, PS2, PSP, Switch. That Zelda and FF7 are "enhanced" versions of the originals with better graphics, widescreen support, QoL patches, etc.

I love rain world. Absolutely one of the best games ever, imo (but the chimney canapes can eat my shit)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Rain World is one of the coolest games I never want to play again~

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you play all those games or are you planning to?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Agreed. I've got like 100 hours in that so far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Looks a lot like my list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Does it count as being patient with Baldur's Gate 3 if I ignored everything about it during Early Access and bought it a day after the official, finalized, release? 🤔

I remember seeing nothing but hate when it first came out in EA and thought it was just another reboot flop. 3 years later, and it's the best fucking RPG in over a decade. Not sure if those initial players were overzealous, or if 3 years development time made the difference. Possibly a bit of both.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Patient usually means years after release. Generally, the benefit is getting it with a heavy discount or having hardware better suited to run it (again for the reduced price). Also tends to weed out bad games that get hyped up and gives you the benefit of others' hindsight with reviews.

Considering "release day" to be patient just normalizes incomplete games being the typical product.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, considering they're not even done with all the post launch patches yet it's not a patient gamer game.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing The Long Dark.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Best game evar if you like survival games and walking simulators. :P