That’s what EU is for (in Europe), but honestly, even as an avid gamer, there are other priorities, even in the IT/digital department (european alternatives, open source, research, …), so as of now I keep voting with my wallet

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I’d suggest Helldivers 2, Darktide or Vermintide 2, World War Z

I haven’t played Space Marines 2 (yet) but it’s definitely on our backlog with some friends

Dying Light is good fun too in coop

The first Witcher game is quite old but you could like the gameplay (it’s not action oriented, unlike the 2 following Witcher games)

It’s honestly not great looking but the story is great, and who knows, you might fall in love with a great franchise :)

I’ll second Dragon Age since it’s less action oriented than Mass Effect (which is great but OP seems more interested in strategy/management than shooting)

Mass Effect has a “tactical pause” feature though, but it feels less Baldur-like :)

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Prey 2 : https://youtu.be/BPkHZfjK5z4

Some friends and I were so hooked on the gameplay demo (we’re big fans of the Mass Effect trilogy), then it was cancelled and replaced by Prey, which was very different (more horror centric and less space opera)

Less than 1000€ for dozens of games I’ve played, I think the average price I payed is 15€, so I don’t feel robbed

I mostly buy on GOG whenever possible though, even if it means I have to wait a year or two

Woops, typo

Odyssey is more recent but Black Flag definitely has better storms

I played stealth games like Hitman like a mass murderer.

I also play the “infiltrator” class in Mass Effect without tactical cloak. I mean it’s a mix of soldier and engineer, why should it be focused on stealth ?

Maybe with a gamepad it’s fine, but with keyboard and mouse, moving on foot in GTA IV and V feels really bad, as if you’re pulling a trailer

The Witcher, I hope the remake we’ll be good

The Witcher 2 is more than fine

I didn’t know that, thanks for the tip : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich

Have they tried narrative games like the ones from Telltale, Dontnod, … ?

The Witcher 3, followed by the Mass Effect trilogy (I consider it as a whole)

And honestly, Cyberpunk 2077 could complete the top 3

But if I have to consider multiplayer games, with 3000+ hours on Warframe (considering I haven’t touched it for years), I guess it could also be considered my favorite (I think I also spent 1000h on ME3 multi)

If your kill things before they can hit you, defence is worthless

And that comes from a guy who almost always plays as a tank

Too few games now (from all I’ve been playing) care about tanking, one of the few exception I’ve seen is Warframe, because they crank up everything to 11 (DPS, crowd control, tanking, …)

I also shelved it 2 years ago after about 15h, but right now it feels fine with these mods (the pacing is still a bit slow but not annoyingly slow)

• https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/5316
• https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/1857
• https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/4724
• https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/4727
• https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/3783
• https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/1882
• https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/306
• https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/361

I gave another chance to Red Dead Redemption 2, it still feels like a chore simulator to me, but thanks to the mods to improve QoL, I can enjoy the main missions (which already take quite some time) without worrying about the rest

I don’t like how the game forces me to do missions in a certain way though

I’d need to replay it (which I might this year) to point out specific parts, but I remember some dialogues/characters being a bit “childish”. I’m not talking “butt stallion” childish but different from the Fallout humour (and yes Fallout can be funny too)

I mean they could sell me this as a trailer for a Borderlands game : https://youtu.be/zNmjNA6dtEA