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[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] zzx@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Hello brother of the merchant's guild

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 16 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Wooo. Really glad it won and mad props to Bucklew (who is a great bsky follow)

And ignoring the long chain from someone who never even looked at the grpahics of this or old windows games:

Honestly? Qud might be one of the best Steam Deck experiences out there. No, I don't know how that happened either. But the UI and graphics scale perfectly (after a lot of work by the devs) and the game is shockingly gamepad friendly. And with it being one of the weirdest AND most approachable roguelikes out there (come at me Berlin), it maps perfectly towards quick sessions.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago

:D

Live and Drink

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 37 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Well deserved!

It's one of the few games where I truly felt I was in an alien/different (sci-fi) world.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Seth's Comment section on this vid specifically is an absolute cesspool

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

What video are you referring to? All I could find searching on YouTube was a single stream with comments disabled followed by pages of videos complaining about how "woke" the awards are.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Nah his videos are fine enough, it's Max0r's that you should avoid

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 28 points 23 hours ago

Well deserved. Live and drink, friend.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 points 22 hours ago

I like the game but I never finished it. I got pretty far when setting it to checkpoint mode, but lost interest near the end.

I don't really understand the game in detail so I don't know all the good builds. Extra legs and guns seemed strong.

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 5 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

The graphics are too primitive for me, which is a shame. I don't consider myself a graphics snob, but this looks like something that came out 35 years ago.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 28 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

okay i hadn't played it yet. you had me worried it was

kinda lookin bullshit. i'm not a graphics snob but i can't go back to that. here's caves of qud


it's fucking gorgeous if you ask me, but i've just seen screenshots and art is subjective

[–] brunoqc@piefed.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

It also have great effects for explosions and, iirc, mind attacks thingy.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I also think it's a nice-looking game. The graphics help convey the setting really well, IMO. I really enjoyed it.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Right? The graphic choice tells me what I'm getting, and they somehow made it pretty. There could be more signs telling me to play it, but I don't really need them.

[–] Zorcron@lemmy.zip 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Well Rogue did come out 45 years ago. 35 years ago was around the end of the NES/start of SNES generation.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

shut up shut up shut up i am still 27

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Half-Life is as old as you are.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

yesss the game i played in college yesss i was born that year i feel better now jesus fuck.

[–] homoludens@feddit.org 7 points 15 hours ago

For me, "primitive" is not the main problem (though I'm getting a bit sick of pixel art), it's more blue-green hue is off-putting. It might match the theme of an alien planet, but it lokks like it would give me headache or something.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

First screen is much more readable at a glance.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

i haven't played it. I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for. all i see is pretty.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The game was in development from 2007 to December 2024 so not that far off...

It's surprising how quick you can get used to the graphics with the amazing world building. I wasn't sure at first, but now I love the visual style.

Obviously not for everyone though.

[–] False@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

It's a traditional roguelike with tiles...

Honestly yeah, graphics snob. I agree that if you played it for a few hours you'd get used to it.