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   Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 21:33:02 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

   During long and slow cardio workouts, I play turn-based squad tactics games on my #SteamDeck. I loved and finished Marvel's #MidnightSuns, and #Warhammer40k Mechanicus was a fun little squash match. So I thought I'd try #XCom2 next and, while I love the detail, it probably isn't for me. It's great, but the missions only feel playable *after* restarting them 3 times to figure out what they're all about. That's not the kind of flow I find manageable. I'd love to find other titles to try.

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     feezus (feezus@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 22:01:56 JST feezus

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     @roadriverrail I think it's Playable, not Verified, but check out Vigilantes.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 22:01:56 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @feezus Thanks for the rec! Playable is often fine. XCOM 2 isn't Verified but some decent community controller mappings make it workable. I'm just getting weary of level design where the goals aren't shown in time to adapt to them. Playing a mission 2-3 times just to know what it's about is gaming for some people but not for me.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 22:22:36 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @feezus "Unforgiving" doesn't bother me and I don't mind being bad at things. I've just had a few experiences where the standard was "know the script before you start". And that's fine gaming for someone who's after "master the game as a game" kind of stuff. But this is more "keep my mind occupied so I forget I'm doing useless physical labor for an hour" needs. 😅

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     feezus (feezus@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 22:22:37 JST feezus

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     @roadriverrail XCOM is famously unforgiving. It's not for everyone. I like it, but I am very bad at it 😂

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 22:24:41 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Lili (T'lapka?)

     @pasty oh, that's a setting? That would help some. And I think the mission that got me asking this is a story mission and requires you to just happen to know and be ready to go from "keep a defensible position" to "don't die while you run like hell", with only a 1-2 turn zone of opportunity to act.

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     Lili (T'lapka?) (pasty@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 22:24:43 JST Lili (T'lapka?)

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     @roadriverrail XCOM 2 benefits greatly from you using the setting to double level timers

     eventually you figure out that every level is one of a few types and how the enemy packs are predictable in some ways and then you can manage the levels a lot faster

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 23:40:06 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Gina Häußge

     @foosel appreciated! 😊

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     Gina Häußge (foosel@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 23:40:08 JST Gina Häußge

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     @roadriverrail Maybe take a look at Gears Tactics?

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     Michael C. McGreevy (mcmcgreevy@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 01:03:12 JST Michael C. McGreevy

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     @roadriverrail How is your Steam Deck experience overall? I pre-ordered one and have had it since the release but I hardly use it. It's probably the type of games I find myself playing these days (Talisman, Civilization, Catan...)

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 02:02:28 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Michael C. McGreevy

     @mcmcgreevy It's basically everything I could want it to be. I haven't turned my Switch on since I got it. This is doubly-so because I bought the cradle for hooking it up to the TV. On the TV, I've played Dead Cells a ton and just keep loving it. On portable, both Puck and I fell in love with Marvel's Midnight Suns and spent lots of time bonding over it. You might enjoy that one. It's basically a strategy card game, but beautiful and with some well-written character drama.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 11:22:34 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Rob M

     @rrrobbed if you happen to get a feel for its vibe after a couple hours with it, do let me know!

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     Rob M (rrrobbed@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 11:22:35 JST Rob M

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     @roadriverrail I just started Phoenix Point, feels very much like Xcom 2, can’t say yet if it fixes your complaints about that game, which I agree with.