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If you want to scratch a similar itch, and have not already, try Guild Wars 2.

It does have microtransactions, but only because they have no subscription fee and they are mostly cosmetic with a few rare exceptions.

It also has no FOMO except cosmetics from certain festivals, which you can also buy in the next year.

It is still the best MMO on the market IMHO, because it values your time and money compared to other games in the genre.

Guild wars 2 has so much variety i would not know where to start. Would just search it on youtube and find the fitting mood i guess.

Read a sentence about immortality in a shadowrun book decades ago.

Was something like: “Immortality would be hell for most people, since they dont even know what to do with themselves on a boring sunday afternoon.”

Maybe not so similar but more like Xcom is The last Spell.

Can highly recommend that and it is weird not many people are covering it.

Always reminds me of this classic: Total biscuit of the heart

Thank you for the very informative link.

Did not know that.

I always try to avoid it but thanks to this list i at least know which company to trust about it a bit. Scorecard

Still wont buy anything from danone, mars or nestle tho.

It also has alot of palm-oil in it so it is another reason to avoid it.

Try guild wars 2.

You can play without completly downloading it.

Its f2p and you can explore all together, since every starting map gets unlocked no matter what race you pick at the start.

It is also very easy to learn and you can even outlevel each other if anyone wanna keep playing in private, since you get levelcapped depending what map you are in.

Brilliant game design all around and still one of the best multiplayer games out there IMHO.

Guess im a satanist now… *shrugs

Found mine in gw2 without spending money for a subscription.

Please try guild wars 2 with your wife if you have not already. It is brilliant with a partner.

If you want something really special. Try Inscryption and dont look up too much about it. It is an experience for fans of card games.

Oh please let her fuck up the Mandalorian cultists…

Guild wars 2 has one of the best artstyles of any game IMO. Also very nice to just explore the world and the core game is free 2 play with a generous way to buy and keep forever without sub or mtx.

If i think about card games i have to mention “Inscryption” but it is very weird in a good way.

Then there are great positioning games like “Into the Breach” which has a very tight and simple gameplay loop and the Last Spell which is more complex with RPG elements.

Had fun with all 3 for very different reasons.

The Trine series is a fun 1-3 player game with a nice story and a few puzzles to play trough.

If you want to explore and do story on the side i can also always recommend Guild Wars 2. Base game is f2p so worthy of a look IMO.

Especially when they got so much hate from it. Logged in once i heard it was back up and getting those comments as a mod i would have just left and let it die tbh.

I am happy here but i wish more people would leave. As with twitter i will miss the artposts the most…

Coreborn was very nice. Cannot wait for it to be released next month.

It is a bit like Valheim and Rust but more chilled. Especially at the start. Very unique world based on a german Pen and Paper series.