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Trying to get into MUDs - any suggestions? - Lemmy.World
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/60915972 [https://lemmy.ca/post/60915972] > Hey folks, > > just in the last few days Iâve really become very interested (probably one of those ADHD micro-obsessions) with trying to play a MUD or MUSH. Iâm a long-time tabletop RPG GM, and Iâve been diving into retro games lately. It feels like it should be right up my alley! > > That said, I havenât had a great experience with my first little foray. Iâve had some software issues accessing some of them, and others are simply dead. It sounds like Gemstone IV is super popular, but I donât want to jump into a neutered experience (and I certainly donât want to pay to play from the outset!). > > Iâm hoping to try a few more, but it would be great if anyone has: > (a) specific ones that they think are still great, so that I can feel more sure that itâs worth the trouble of getting set up on and used to a specific MUD. > (b) advice about getting started! > > Thanks for any input! =)
August will mark 10 years of playing Rimworld for me.
Obv its not the only thing I play, but I come back to it every 3-4 months after little breaks. Was the same for Mount and Blade till the sequel came out. The sequel was both such an upgrade and such a downgrade it made it hard to keep interest. Itâs been probably 2 years since I booted that up. Maybe I should give it another try.
Downgrade? Iâm curious what you didnât like about the sequel. Was it the family/diplomacy/story being too in your face? I think that was my only real gripe, but not a big one because it was interesting and easily removed if I wanted with mods.
That was an aspect, but I think it was how much dumber the AI became. I remember the âconquer everythingâ objective being doable in the first base game, but your allies act so poorly in the sequel that its basically in doable.
Oh, aye, I can see that. I personally hated the whole, âlet a noble go and he suddenly respawns with an armyâ thing, so I just started executing everyone once I had a good army and the skills to maintain it myself. I didnât have to worry about allies once everyone hated me.
The sequel was both such an upgrade and such a downgrade
How is the sequel a downgrade? (I donât know basically anything except playing one of the games for half an hour-ish)
Graphics was in DIRE need of an update on original Mount And Blade. Game came out in ~2010, but the graphics felt like they were early 2000âs.
Sequel did an 8/10 job on bringing those up to the late 2010âs (despite its ~2022 release).
That said, the base game became unwinnable with how impossibly stupid the game AI became. They also tried to build in a âmain storyâ which was busted in multiple fronts and virtually impossible if you ever experienced a party wipe (very common occurrence in the early game).
Even with cheats enabled, my best run at the sequelâs primary objective (conquer the map), I only ever got ~25% of the way there after over 200 hours of game play.