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This genre is new to me (only really got into playing these in the past few years) but I have been gaming since the 1980s so I am aware of many of what consider to "classics" or "must plays".

I am curious, however, what are some of these games that you out there, reading this, have tried and despite everyone heaping praise on the game, you just cannot enjoy? And what about the game kills it for you?

For me right now its "The Longest Journey". I started playing it back in Feb and dropped it, and just came back and ran across a character who repulsed me so hard I am considering just giving up on it. I like the visuals, the music, and the voice acting. But I find the writing, puzzle design, and characters to be kind of just...not my thing (outside of April, she is cool I like her).

So I got a bunch of "new to me" adventure games installed on my machine. My current plan is to finish "The Longest Journey" and then move on to something new but I am having issues figuring out just what to try next! I have mostly played through the Blackwell saga, Unavowed, Old Skies, Rosewater (a bit, I am not a western fan), Lamplight City, and both Kathy Rains.

Here is what I got installed as of right now:

- Gibbous

- Near Mage

- A New Beginning: Final Cut

- Black Mirror 1 (THE Black Mirror)

- Broken Sword 1 Directors Cut (I have the whole series)

- Dark Fall: The Journal

- Gabriel Knight Sins of the Father (20th Anniversary, I also have Gabriel Knight 2 installed)

- Gemini Rue

- Grim Fandango Remastered

- Post Mortem

- Still Life (also have Still Life 2)

- Syberia

I also own all the Longest Journey games as well but they are not installed, just not sure if I should jump to the sequel.

Its one of those situations of too many choices and I am not sure which to try next so any suggestions (with reasons) would be appreciated.

I tend towards Solo play for the games I get into, so I am curious if Malediction has any solo rules, official or otherwise?

So I want to mod GTA 5 Single Player. I found a user on GTA 5 Mods who ports a lot of the online stuff over to single player, but it mostly uses GTA 5 Legacy instead of Enhanced.

I wanted to check and make sure that I could have both an install on Steam of Enhanced AND Legacy setup. Also, if I do that I should be safe to use GTA Online with the Enhanced version, but any time I want to play Single Player I could use Legacy and have mods setup, correct?

Finally, are there are basic guides to getting setup with Script Hook and the like or is it pretty simple?

So I want to mod GTA 5 Single Player. I found a user on GTA 5 Mods who ports a lot of the online stuff over to single player, but it mostly uses GTA 5 Legacy instead of Enhanced.

I wanted to check and make sure that I could have both an install on Steam of Enhanced AND Legacy setup. Also, if I do that I should be safe to use GTA Online with the Enhanced version, but any time I want to play Single Player I could use Legacy and have mods setup, correct?

Finally, are there are basic guides to getting setup with Script Hook and the like or is it pretty simple?

First, I have Enhanced installed and I do play on GTA Online. I wanted however to see if I could safely mod Single Player only to add content. If so, would I need to copy my install and create a "single player" only version that is modded?

Second, what are some fun mods that add content to the single player aspect of the game. Whether its new heists (even copies of the stuff from GTA Online made to work with the "team" in SP), activities, or contacts. Anything like that would work.

I put about 80 hours into MHS2 at its release 5 years ago. I am downloading the demo of 3 right now. I have heard there is no "post game" or anything to do after you beat the final boss of 3 which...I am not sure how I feel about that.

I also heard 3 has less monsters. But 3 also features an adult protag who speaks so that might be better, cause the one thing I really did not like about 2 is how I felt like my MC was basically an NPC who had no agency. Navirou and the gang did all the work and made all the choices and I was just a puppet.

So in your opinion how does 3 overall compare to 2? Do you prefer it? Do you prefer 2? If so why?

Help me decide if I want to pick up 3 after I finish the demo or not.

So I really enjoy doing GTA Online as a solo player. I like just running my businesses, doing jobs, that sort of thing. Thing is, I want to find a way to mod it so I can do things like

- Lower enemy aggression / aim (dear god their aimbot ass selves drive me nuts)
- Access the non soloable heists as solo
- Make other non solo activites into solo ones

I am not looking to really remove the grind for income or anything. I want to earn my progression. I know this is theoretically possible as I already found a list of some mods and one turns heists all into solo ones, but I am curious if there are mods to basically make the enemies more manageable and make the full GTA Online experience into a more "offline solo" one?

I have never looked into this kind of stuff so I am not sure where to start. I am used to modding (I mod bethesda games, cyberpunk, etc) so thats not the issue. Just never really thought about doing this?

So I am aware of the concept of the Skater build, where you use Vires Might to zip around the battlefield.

I am wondering what the best way to get MAXIMUM Zooms there is out there? And how viable it is now, in the new world of FoA?

I want to basically sprint around like a nut job while murdering everything in my path!

I got my stupid tank (Warder) and now I want MAXIMUM ZOOMIES.

So I recently got Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion, and also became aware of Rove.

Both of these games use a sort of map booklet for their dungeons / encounters which I find is really handy for limited playspace as you can kind of gauge exactly how large dungeons can get.

While I own and have been playing Eldfall Chronicles Northern Wind, as well as own Descent 2nd Ed and League of Dungeoneers, the fact that these games all use tile based map layouts that can get QUITE large kind of makes things hard.

So I am wondering outside of Jaws and Rove, what are some other dungeon crawlers that use Map Books?

So I have been playing Eldfall Chronicles Northern Wind lately and enjoying it but some of the tile layouts for the maps get kind of...big. And I am working with a space that is roughly 4ft by 2ft in size. I am curious what are some games out there that can fit within a 2ft by 2ft space that are a lot of fun.

I already have Kinfire Delve and that obviously works. I also own League of Dungoneers and Mage Knight but I have not tried those.

But what are some other fun solo board games that don't take up too much table space?

So I got a table I use to play on, and the surface is painted wood which makes picking things up kind of annoying, and occasionally things just slide around (tiles and the like) really easily.

I want to get a playmat to cover the area, but a lot of the games I play take up basically the whole desk so I need something that is the right size.

I was thinking of a neoprene "desk mat / mouse pad" type item. Does anyone have suggestions on where I can look into getting one? Amazon is always an option and I am browsing there but I am wondering if there are other options.

This is something new to me so I am not sure where to go looking. I would prefer not to spend too much cash on this (so like $30 for a budget) and I need a mat to cover 36 inches by 24inches (roughly, the exact is more like 33in x 23.5 inch but I can deal with a bit of overhang on the sides)

I have always wanted to sit down and play Albrechs Aether Ray but have not really dug into what a good build for it is.

I have 700 hours in GD and to be honest I barely have touched Arcanist anything (I love Oathkeeper, what can I say)

What are some of your favorite builds for an AAR type setup. I just want to stand in place and FIRE MAH LAZER lol

So I got my little office and its got limited space. I am trying to think up ways to store my ever growing collection of board games. Right now I have the big box ones (Stuff like League of Dungeoneers and Mage Knight) literally on my floor stacked up, while other things like the 3 Kinfire Delve sets on a small cube shelf I have.

How do you all store them? Do ya just stack up in your closet or on the floor? Do you have a specific sort of shelf ya use?

I am trying to get some ideas cause as my collection grows its going to become more and more needed to sort this situation out lol