For me, if I ever hear “card-based” or “soulslike” I have absolutely no desire to play a game, no matter how many people reccomend it.

I’m also not a huge fan of modern “roguelikes” but I’ve sunk days into nethack and games like that.

  • leaky_shower_thoughtEnglish
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    6 months ago

    these combos:

    • survival, crafting, roguelike: imagine building a sandcastle in a beach and watching the waves eat it all up. again. and again. and again.

    • cinematic, puzzle: aka eye-candy for first minutes, stuck/backseat forever.

    • horror, without action: i feel main char is just dumb putting themselves in a compromising situation in the first place.

    • sports, managerial: some ai implementations suck. also these are “babysitter” games. be a professional backseater and all that.

    having any of these:

    • multiplayer: selling a game experience that’s dominantly influenced mostly by other players is not my cup of tea.

    • lifestyle: unless that lifestyle is a detective solving mysterious cases, nope.

    • jump-and-run: walking simulators, let’s goooo

    • “always online”: makes me think it is a phone game. online trackers and data privacy, oh my.

    • “escort mission”: technically not a genre, but i haven’t seen one where i finished a stage and i feel proud of myself.