File: Folk Emerging.jpg (637.8 KB)

637.8 KB JPG

I've been playing this game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2275300/Folk_Emerging/
And in a nutshell it's Civilization set in the stone age up to the early bronze era. Staring as hunter-gathering tribe and advancing into either settled down farmers or nomadic pastorals. This said it's quite different from Civilization, most apparent it has a smaller scale. Not just in term of eras but also size of your "civilization". Each person of your population has name and stats, each can get sick, wounded, participate in events or get assigned higher role. When you're foraging you get to choose specific species to hunt/gather and you might even fuck up ecosystem by taking too much. Buildings actually stay on the map and you can abandon them. Pretty fun game. Although I'm not quite the fan of auto-battler combat.

File: Vultures - Scavengers of Death.png (830 KB)

830 KB PNG

Might as well post it here as well, since it's Resident Evil if Resident Evil was turn-based tatical game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2537470/Vultures__Scavengers_of_Death/
Pistol is the most useful in fighting zombies for obvious reasons but you get barely any ammo. You can do headshots that cost more AP but do more damage or aim at the legs for a chance to immobilize zombie for a turn. Get pretty heat up when you stumble on a cluster of zombies.

>>2349843
That sounds neat

>>2349843
I remember trying it last year, it was pretty barebone and very easy
I'll play it again to see what they've done

File: tabletop.jpg (129 KB)

129 KB JPG

Playing Tabletop Tavern at the moment. Pretty fun if you like total war (in particular Warhammer TW) and roguelikes. Basically just the same as SOVL but real time rather than turn based. I could see it being fun for a while.

File: YAiEP1.gif (3 MB)

3 MB GIF

>>2349750
Down with the Ship
It's a backpack battles style autobattler, but with a space theme instead of gay tranime girls.
Here's some fag on youtube reviewing it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmzPeqtRO0U

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3987310/Demiurgos_Demo/
>Demiurgos is a strategic god game where you wield divine powers to convert followers, outmaneuver rival deities, and reshape the world. Choose Good or Evil, Chaos or Order, and forge your path to dominance. Inspire devotion or instill fear, the choice is yours.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4164710/King_of_the_Dwarves_Demo/
>Build an epic kingdom inside a mountain in this underground city builder. Mine and build in a vast procedurally generated 3D world. Gather resources, research technology, train warriors and engineers, forge weapons, fight monsters and manage hundreds of units. Become the King of the Dwarves!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4210690/EverSiege_Untold_Ages_Demo/
>Retreating ends here. Defend Bastion against evil hordes, reclaim lost powers, rebuild ancient ruins, and adapt your tactics to reverse the siege. Shape your playstyle in this hero-strategy rogue-lite solo or co-op up to 3 players.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743140/Battleplan/
>Battleplan is a historical, WW2 real-time strategy game of unparalleled realism and simulation. Fight across massive battlefields created from real-world geographic data. Create your army by customizing your order of battle and chain of command. Draw directly on the map to create elaborate plans.

File: battleplan.jpg (91 KB)

91 KB JPG

>>2350062
I might be too much of a casual for Battleplan.

File: .png (384.5 KB)

384.5 KB PNG

>>2350062
Quality reccos

>>2350062
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743140/Battleplan/
too much autism for me

>>2350062
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743140/Battleplan/
is this the game where you can move your reefle companies

>>2349750
Pretty poor showing so far. I've played about 8, and they've all felt really simple and copy something popular poorly without really adding much. Nothing else is really jumping out to me. I'll wait to see if other people can unearth some gems.

>>2349985
>Tabletop Tavern
It overheat my GPU

>>2350146
how? it looks like ass at worst and passable at best. poorly optimised or very old rig?

>>2350148
Game doesn't need to look good to cook your PC. Didn't have that problem on mine though.

>>2350149
yeah that's why i asked if it was poorly optimised. i guess there could be a lot going on too, but it seemed like the maps and unit sizes were small-ish

File: pc 2026 feb.jpg (30 KB)

30 KB JPG

>>2350148
>>2350148
>poorly optimised or very old rig?
tell me
GPU goes up to over 80 in one skirmish, heck it goes up even in menus

File: overat 2.jpg (202.3 KB)

202.3 KB JPG

>>2350148
that is after 2nd skirmish(fought only one battle 5 units vs 4)

>>2350160
>>2350152
nah i think this is the game's problem, it's not an amazing rig but i don't see why it wouldn't be enough to run it without problem

File: overheat.jpg (844.9 KB)

844.9 KB JPG

>>2350169
compare it to the TW 3k
there is like 7k+ troops on the battlefield and its getting choopy but temp is like 60C+ on high(70C on ultra)

I've had a very bad track record with demos recently
The Scouring - dull
Project 37 - meh
Outlive 25 - lame
One King Is Enough - bad graphics, especially fonts
Rebellion Princess - doesn't work

>>2350146
happens with indie jank

File: ss_c47fe5ad4b49b07ac6aa3622d405a36e89762714.1920x1080.jpg (559.7 KB)

559.7 KB JPG

Wild West pioneers
looks like just another colony Sim but with a wild western skin (and it is, but it's been fun so far)

>>2350129
based reeflehs

File: header.jpg (50.4 KB)

50.4 KB JPG

>try Twilight Imperium digital demo
>100+fps
>90% GPU
>86°C
>in the main menu
>no vsync/frame limit
christ

>>2350703
I've always wanted to play the boardgame, but it feels kind of pointless in digital format. I always wanted to play it because it seemed like a space 4x in physical form, but as a video game, why wouldn't I just play a space 4x.

File: file.png (1.8 MB)

1.8 MB PNG

Only /vst/ related demo i tried is Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes https://store.steampowered.com/app/4268760/Battlestar_Galactica_Scattered_Hopes_Demo/
It's a refined version of the devs' previous game (Crying Suns) with better combat, lot of subsystems, various factions aboard your ships that you have to content without giving them too much power
It seems nice

>>2350752
imo digital only makes sense for needlessly fiddly board games like Through the Ages that benefit massively from automating all the pieces. GMT's Mr. President will probably be the same, once it leaves early access.

>>2350806
It does make a lot of sense for board games to be digital, I agree. It's just the unique situation with TI for me is that I wanted to play it because it looked like video games I like. So just doesn't feel like much reason to try play it instead of those games.

>>2350828
Even as a fan of TI4, I really don't see the point of digital for it. So much of the game is about constant above the table negotiation, which gets gay and drawn out and awkward in online multiplayer.

>>2350787
Yeah haven't bothered with this one because I'll be getting it at some point anyway. I liked Crying Suns, even though the gameplay was pretty mediocre. The story, music and atmosphere carried it.

>>2350787
the best part about crying suns was the setting and the soundtrack, the atmosphere in general. the gameplay was meh and easily broken. by comparison this looks fairly bland in terms of presentation, but the gimmick about surviving for a couple of minutes and then jumping away has potential. idk if i trust them to deliver good enough gameplay though. i might check it out when i'm home.

File: 1771972786666918.webm (3.2 MB)

3.2 MB WEBM

>>2350062
So eversiege is basically they are billions but warcraft 3 DOTA
What's the catch?

File: ss5.jpg (39.6 KB)

39.6 KB JPG

>>2350703
tried sudden strike 5, seems interesting but once again insane GPU usage, performance seems to a common issue with other people
how are the other games in the series? might give them a try

>>2351509
brah just fucking clean your fans or get a new card

>>2351403
the catch is glory to goo is better.

>>2351518
fans are clean, its with recommend specs and no issues running other stuff

>>2351403
>webm
uhhh what am I looking at here

>>2350062
Demiurgos should have been tile based, it would make power use and distance guessing easier and be much more quicker to develop. I would still buy it thoughveit.

>>2351403
just seems like a wc3 custom map to me, I think the genre was called custom hero defense. crazy how much unmined content there still is from wc3 modding after all these years

>>2351570
but the question is, can i play something like this game in warcraft 3 in singleplayer with bots?

>>2351550
just a sneaky ayy/ghost/entity from a random woman who lives in a haunted house

Spacefleet heatdeath seems neat

>>2349750
Ashes of the Singularity II
The game is still very early, but I liked the demo. You need to capture sectors with your units; the more sectors you have, more resources you hace and therefore bigger is your army, the usual stuff.
What I liked about the game is that guerrilla warfare works. You can infiltrate a group of scouts into an unprotected sector and capture it. You won't be able to use it because you're surrounded and you won't have energy, but when you capture it, all the enemy buildings are destroyed.
This forces you to divide your armies and decide where to deploy them. A massive army is powerful but would allow several guerrilla groups to sneak into your rear. Several small combat groups give you a lot of flexibility but are easily wiped out.
You can try to rush the enemy base with a massive army or play guerrilla warfare while trying to wear down your enemy, in general it's a bit of both .

The bad thing is that it's a beta version, and it shows. Sometimes the AI seems to have a crystal ball, other times it sends waves of troops to certain death. It needs optimization, especially when you have large armies, and the demo doesn't have online, so you can only play against the AI, but it's still a game to keep in mind.

File: ss_0fc102d31356308b203cff175718cf3733a97f1e.1920x1080.jpg (595.4 KB)

595.4 KB JPG

>>2351711
I forgot to add the image.

>>2351570
>>2351571
It was X Hero Siege and yeah you coulda done maps like that solo
It's because it felt just like a Warcraft III custom map that i'm extremely fascinated in this game
It's being marketed as inspired from MOBAs and stuff but i know exactly what that shit was inspired by

>>2350218
Is that motherfucking FRAPS!?

>>2350169
Make sure you're frame capped and your gpu isn't trying to run it at 300fps.

>>2351711
>>2351714
The first game was so awful. I have no hope that one will be any better.

>>2352157
yes, I needed something to show fps

>>2352157
>Is that motherfucking FRAPS!?
Let me guess, you think you need more?

>>2352157
Fraps AND Speccy

>>2350062
Not completely sold on the movement and how you can't quickly hit and run in Eversiege, but i'm really digging the warcraft 3 mod feel

Starvester is a good braindead game for people who want number to go up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ1ZkFjvS80

>>2352940
idlers/clickers are not strategy.

>>2352983
RTS are just clickers with esports teams.

no