There’s some good ones, aye, but each one comes with caveats, so it’s best to be honest going in.

Neverwinter nights - these games are fun, but story light. They’re more old-school in their DnD sensibilities, and also suffer a bit from both base games being a bit undercooked. There’s some good expansions that are a lot of fun, but if you’re expecting the story and mechanical freedom of Divinity, then you’ll be disappointed.

Planescape Torment - great game, fantastic dialogue, very story heavy. However, like games of that era it’s based on the D&D 3.5 rule set (I think) which is dense, confusing and utterly impenetrable for someone who doesn’t know their historical D&D mechanics...time has not been kind. However, planescape puts combat into the back seat and there’s some incredible characters. So, if its the story you’re looking for, Planescape is one of the best. Be warned, though, it’s very...unguided and the first few hours can be a bit confusing and frustrating. Also, the conversations and text boxes are loooooong. I love it, but you should know what you’re getting in to.

Pillars of Eternity is good (as is the sequel). Mechanically less confusing than the old infinity engine games (for modern players) however it’s been accused of being overly earnest, po-faced and dry (which is true, tbh). I really like Pillars of Eternity but it absolutely doesn’t have a sense of humour. It’s dialogue and combat heavy, and some quests do have multiple solutions, but there’s nothing as free form as Divinity’s teleportation.

That’s the problem - I don’t know many games that give as much mechanical freedom as Divinity, so I’m reluctant to say “get game X next” if that’s what you’re looking for.

But, if it’s the story and dialogue choices you like - Planescape followed by Pillars.

Another very left field choice is Battlechasers. It’s a western RPG done with turn-based JRPG combat. Story wise it’s far more limited than the above games and there’s few areas to actively explore. Also, random battles, but it has a deceptively good combat system and it’s quite short so it’s not a huge commitment. I wouldn’t say you have to try it, but if you see it at a good price it might be worth a punt.

Sorry I couldn’t be more help.

And excellent reply it was too
I can only play on switch and many of the old d&ds are coming out over the next few months.
Would like to play the first dos but it’s unlikely to come out on switch
Pillars of Eternity sounds like the best option, will watch it in the sales.

I loved what I played of PoE, until I inexplicably stopped playing in the winter area which I believe is quite near the end?

I bounced right off DoS1. Keep meaning to go back, but it started off a bit turgid.

It’s really not doing it for me as much as last time. Early hours are too brutal

Oh Hello Bloodstained appearing on gamepass!

Pleased to report that Sayonara Wild Hearts is absolutely delightful so far. Its a Blade Runner meets Chvrches meets Ouendan fever dream of a game. Bravo.

afgavinstan wrote:

Pleased to report that Sayonara Wild Hearts is absolutely delightful so far. Its a Blade Runner meets Chvrches meets Ouendan fever dream of a game. Bravo.

I think I'll have to get this. From what I've read, it seems like it's best played in a single session, and it's only an hour and a bit.

I thought Sayonara Wild Hearts was next week.  I'd better get a move on with Creature in the Well.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I thought Sayonara Wild Hearts was next week.  I'd better get a move on with Creature in the Well.

You'll be fine. Probably only about another 30 hours to go.

From Nintendo Life:

Sayonara Wild Hearts is the video game equivalent of Prince: it’s extremely short and its journey maybe ends a little sooner than you’d hoped, but it packs so many varied and beautiful ideas into its brief life and masters so many different styles that even though there’s a real disappointment it’s over so quickly, what it did give you will remain with you for an extremely long time..

I'm still playing through classic Doom atm (Ultra Violence), at the end of ep1 of Doom 2 after going through all of Doom 1 + Thy Flesh Consumed. Fuck me it really is an astounding series, classic Doom that is (I've no interest in Doom 3 onwards). Great fast paced action, great sound design and iconic weapons. I love everything about it tbh, definitely top 3 games ever, I wouldn't argue with anyone who listed it as the GOAT. Doesn't hurt that Romero seems like such a great guy, or that ID back then were so user-friendly and basically invented modding via releasing the source.

I paid £8 and legally bought every piece of official classic Doom, well worth it.

Have you tried Brutal Doom?

I’ve been tempted to give that a whirl myself.

Just obscures shit.

There's a lot of nice general VFX improvements that you can play with tho in stuff like GZDoom.

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Tempy wrote:

I’m at City of Tears now, just best Dung Defender End of Greenpath and Fungal Wastes just have some bench placement and challenges with potential for multiple health loss before you’ve made a dent that are just a bit miserly. Now i’ve got the wall jump and dash at least movement is enjoyable again.

Yeah ok you're ahead of me, and yeah those problems do resonate. I need me a wall jump...

Soul Master down (only one hit against me at the second attempt #leet), but now I'm not quite sure where to head cos I hate the diamond mines and can't work out how to get into the sewers yet so :shrug:

Not found benches a problem but tube stops are slightly too spread, tedious wanting to go and buy something only to have to walk five minutes to get there. Got the lamp and a mask and three bonus knotches kind, so sall good really.

I haven't played it, but it doesn't look my cup of tea, or coffee. But I can just about believe it plays better than a vid suggests so :shrug: