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[IonMatrix]

Well, that's quite a diverse list there.

[Frumple]

... is it? It's mostly varieties of RPG with a couple action-y things and some builder/survival stuff, one or two other things but that's most of it. It's a list but it's not particularly diverse as games go, heh.

Any case, might check out Dredgers for something small, action-y rpg/roguelite style, or Moonlighter for something similar with a dash of recetter style shop management. Either might fit with that list well enough.

[Ulfarr]

My computer is too old for the new Mount and Blade. StarSector looks decent.

A bit late to the party, but there is a mod for warband that's supposed to "add features from bannerlord to it". I don't know how much of it is true but it does seem to add a lot of stuff. It's called Bannerpage and it had a big release a few weeks ago.

[Iduno]

Here's a challenge for the collective hive-mind here: recommend me a game based on my current desktop game icon list!

In no particular order:
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Fallout 4
Shadow of War
Final Fantasy X/X-2
The Long Dark
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Master of Orion II
Far Cry 5
Subnautica
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Graveyard Keeper
Divinity Original Sin II
Skyrim
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Pathfinder Kingmaker
The Outer Worlds
Control
Stardew Valley
Atelier Lulua
Stranded Deep
Green Hell
My Time at Portia
Rimworld
Sunless Sea
Factorio
Help Will Come Tomorrow
Thimbleweed Park

So probably complex RPG with nice graphics?

I've got Caves of Qud and DoomRl for semi-complex RPGs, although Qud might be on the repetitive side for you (DoomRl games are less than 1 hour long, so repetition and trying to improve are much more reasonable). I've also got Hitman 2 for nice-looking and somewhat complex. The third game in that series has been announced, so everything might go on sale whenever that hits, and there are some free (early/easier) levels available for you to try if you want to get an idea what to expect.

Final Fantasy 14 is an MMO you might like, but it wasn't my style.

[feelotraveller]

Here's a challenge for the collective hive-mind here: recommend me a game based on my current desktop game icon list!
[snip]

Horizon Zero Dawn (windows port) was released a couple of days ago.

[Chiefwaffles]

Here's a challenge for the collective hive-mind here: recommend me a game based on my current desktop game icon list!
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Rimworld
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Factorio

The Rimworld & Factorio mentions make me think of Oxygen Not Included. Which is... like a physics & thermodynamics-based game about managing a colony on an asteroid in an ant farm-type perspective. It really is like Factorio + Rimworld in a lot of ways. There's a thread for the game on the forums, but most of it is really outdated. Thread was made when it was very first released in early access and OP hasn't been updated since then.

Find and make oxygen, find water, farm food, freak out since the water for your farm is actually 95 degrees celsius and it turns out the plants really don't like that, build a metal refinery that dumps massive amounts of heat used to smelt metal into a coolant fluid, make a steam turbine to extract the heat from that fluid preventing everything from melting and recovering some of the power spent, breach the surface of your asteroid, build an automatic meteor shower and regolith clearing system, send rockets into space to explore and gather rare materials. And so on. Complex, and it's unlikely you'll be able to easily master the game without some sort of external reference, but extremely fun.

[Jimmy]

Any case, might check out Dredgers for something small, action-y rpg/roguelite style, or Moonlighter for something similar with a dash of recetter style shop management. Either might fit with that list well enough.

Thanks for the recommendations! I tried Moonlighter awhile ago, though it has far less "Captalism, ho!" than Recettear and is mainly about dungeon running with a side of light trade. Still a decent enough story, and fun in its own special way.

Not that keen on Roguelikes, the only real one I ever got into was ADOM back a few decades ago. I tried it again after Biskup added more polish, and it was a fun nostalgia trip, but also served to remind me why I prefer more modern game entries. There's fun to be had and great challenge in the system, but the repetitiveness of rerolling characters and the basic RNG procedural levels quickly lost their appeal over more bespoke handcrafted gameplay such as Fallout, Syrim or Tomb Raider when playing an adventure game.

I've got Caves of Qud and DoomRl for semi-complex RPGs, although Qud might be on the repetitive side for you (DoomRl games are less than 1 hour long, so repetition and trying to improve are much more reasonable). I've also got Hitman 2 for nice-looking and somewhat complex. The third game in that series has been announced, so everything might go on sale whenever that hits, and there are some free (early/easier) levels available for you to try if you want to get an idea what to expect.

Final Fantasy 14 is an MMO you might like, but it wasn't my style.

I gave DoomRl a try just now, but got splattered at 2nd level and didn't see any appeal in restarting a new game. Didn't really feel like downloading Caves of Qud for more of the same. My feelings about roguelikes were reinforced yet again.

I loved the Hitman games, especially their stealth and variety of mission success conditions. Always enjoyed a good stealth game, such as Dishonored, Hitman or Splinter Cell. Great suggestion! I might have to revisit those gems soon.

I don't do MMO games, both for their grind and their time-sink nature. I work full time and have two kids, so gaming's a hobby I pursue on the PC after work, cooking dinner, helping with homework, doing housework and cleaning chores. I used to play a few before I had kids and ran a top guild on the server, but those days are long gone. I got FFX as a nostalgia trip, remembering my youth when it first came out.

Horizon Zero Dawn (windows port) was released a couple of days ago.

Definitely on my radar. Didn't know it finally came to PC though, which is all kinds of awesome. Probably a great choice to fill the gap between now and Cyberpunk 2077.

The Rimworld & Factorio mentions make me think of Oxygen Not Included. Which is... like a physics & thermodynamics-based game about managing a colony on an asteroid in an ant farm-type perspective. It really is like Factorio + Rimworld in a lot of ways. There's a thread for the game on the forums, but most of it is really outdated. Thread was made when it was very first released in early access and OP hasn't been updated since then.

Find and make oxygen, find water, farm food, freak out since the water for your farm is actually 95 degrees celsius and it turns out the plants really don't like that, build a metal refinery that dumps massive amounts of heat used to smelt metal into a coolant fluid, make a steam turbine to extract the heat from that fluid preventing everything from melting and recovering some of the power spent, breach the surface of your asteroid, build an automatic meteor shower and regolith clearing system, send rockets into space to explore and gather rare materials. And so on. Complex, and it's unlikely you'll be able to easily master the game without some sort of external reference, but extremely fun.

I got this a while ago, though a lot has definitely changed since I played. I used to like using the water sieves that deleted heat and always output clean water at 40°C. I miss that feature, since it was central to my base heat management designs. That, along with the changes to the dupe job system made at the same time, kind of turned me off the game. Now steam turbines and ice makers are the only real heat reducing systems, with the other methods based on extremely limited resources. I had fun with the earlier builds though.

[EuchreJack]

Check out Heat Signature: SuperHotline Space Miami

[Stench Guzman]

And lesser known or obscure JRPGs I should know about?  Not the obvious popular series.  Preferably from 5+ years ago or with low system requirements.

[Iduno]

Unlosing Ranger on PSP was great, and had a (spiritual) sequel in Guided Fate Paradox on PS3.

They've got grinding and weird humor and pathos. Great JRPGs, though not a series that gets mentioned much.


Edit: Anyone looking for Tabletop Simulator games? I could use 1-2 more for a restart of a Gloomhaven game while quarantine is still here.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Looking for more directional combat games! If you know of one, please let me know! So far I have played or know of...

M&B
M&B II
Chivalry
Mordhau
Gloria Victis
Mortal Online
Last Oasis

I am curious as to what else is out there, if anything.

[Virtz]

Kingdom Come is a good one. 5 directions + stabbing and some more advanced moves, if I remember right. Pretty tough to figure out at first, but pretty satisfying and realistic-feeling once you get it right. No multiplayer, though, if that's a factor.

Holdfast: Nations at War is basically Mount & Blade: Napoleonic Wars redone from the ground up (with some additions the M&B engine didn't really support, like naval combat), and the melee combat is largely similar. I've read the hit reg is not as good, but then I guess Napoleonic Wars itself is still an option (assuming the servers are still populated)

[Yoink]

Here's a challenge for the collective hive-mind here: recommend me a game based on my current desktop game icon list!

Ohhh, at first I thought you wanted us to tell you which of those to play. Dang, this is trickier.   

Well uh, have you played Dragon's Dogma? It's kinda old in game terms but there's no other like it.   
Kind of like your typical fantasy setting mixed with a goofy kung-fu adventure flick, complete with a wide variety of themes and a delightful lack of internal logic. Also, it's very deep - not just because I didn't finish it, but the amount of different playstyles one can use is quite impressive. You can just sword and/or board the heck out of everything and bring a healer pawn along to keep you battle-ready, or you can hire a bunch of mooks and do the sorcerous backup yourself.   
Magicians also get to hover at higher levels, which is pretty neat.

It was re-released on PC a couple years or so back, so maybe they improved some stuff like companion AI. They bloody better not have touched the voice-acting, though: it ran the gamut from really dang good to ridiculously hammy, but it was all entertaining and went towards the overall sum of this wonderfully weird game.   
I should really dig out my PS3 sometime (well, turn it on - it's right there next to the PS4) and play this again. But then again, I've only just recently managed to clear my mind of the various earworms such as the greetings from the goddamn blacksmith or that ridiculous travelling merchant... come to think of it, I can still hear the words "you'll never hit them swinging blindly!" if I put my mind to it.   

It's great, though. Much recommend.   
Also I can honestly recommend Hunt: Showdown. As I've said before, it's not really the sort of thing I'd usually play and I almost didn't look twice at it, but it is actually fantastic. It's nothing like a battle royale in my opinion, even if different teams or solo players compete for overlapping objectives.
The metagame is pretty cool, too, with you recruiting, equipping and levelling hunters that can die permanently if things go south. Don't worry though, they can retire.   

[delphonso]

Second recommend of Dragon's Dogma. Climb all over a cyclops and cut its tusks off. Make a hydra swallow an explosive barrel. Rush a bandit, knock him over, pick him up, throw him into his ally near a cliff and send both to a plummeting death.

God I love that game. The Devil May Cry guy (Hideaki Itsuno) was involved and you can feel it in some of the insane combat moves you can pull off.

[IonMatrix]

Speaking of Devil May Cry, I need somebodys opinion on DMC5.