Erenshor will remain a mystery
  • Harrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    7 days ago

    I picked this up the other day and it’s great! The SimPlayers go on their own little adventures, party together, and fill the chat with nonsense. I had this one guy accuse another of being a bot.

    It’s really worth trying if you’re into the traditional mmo gameplay (grinding). But without the fuss of dealing with real people and their own schedules that fight against your own. For anybody who wants to try it out, there’s a demo which covers the first area.

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    I wish I could play single player old school RuneScape on my SteamDeck so bad. Sitting mining rocks while I watch TV in bed would go so hard

  • simonced@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2511·
    5 days ago

    Tldr: Game title is Enshrouded Erenshor. That article (as well as many others nowadays) don’t even bother putting a link to the steam page. And the game name, yet again, not in the title, hence you have to read everything to know what it is about. Internet now is so crappy and click baity. The game looks fun though, so I’ll go out of my way and actively search for Enshrouded Erenshor on steam myself like a peasant.

    Edit: I managed to have the game name wrong, hence the importance to have ready to click links!

    • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eeEnglish
      20·
      6 days ago

      Tldr: Game title is Enshrouded.

      You sure about that? FTA

      The oxymoronic single-player MMO Erenshor, which has slowly been becoming a Steam superstar since 2023

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    I hate it when articles have links that look like they might take you to a relevant page about the linked text, like the game’s steam page, but instead take you to another older article about the same thing on the same site.

    • redhorsejacket@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Meanwhile, I loathe in-article links to the store page which are disguised as links to other, earlier coverage on the subject the article is discussing. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

    • HappyTimeHarry@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      23 hours ago

      Oh wow thats a name i never expected to see again. I knew a guy who blew a ton of money on that game years ago.

    • 3DMVR@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      kingdom of amular or something technically too, it was like an mmo that got turned into a single player game part of the way through development, could be another game from the ps3 im thinking of

  • BaronRivendare@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    This was something that I always dreamed of as a kid growing up playing WoW with shitty internet back in the day, will have to take a look at it

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Yeah, they ripped that concept straight out of Final Fantasy XIV’s playbook… FFXIV implemented a system where you can solo dungeons by taking a group of NPCs with you. The NPCs level up from raids, so players who prefer soloing will be able to grind an entire party.

        …And FFXIV had ripped it straight out of even older games like EverQuest (where it is common practice to multi-box and have control of an entire party at once.)

        That seems to be the lifecycle of feature implementations for MMOs. It’s sort of a given that MMO players tend to be familiar with other MMOs, so word naturally spreads when one MMO creates a cool new system. And other MMO devs are able to basically see that other game implementing it as a feature test, to gauge how popular it may be in their own game. So when one MMO adds a cool new system, the other MMOs typically do the same relatively quickly. They’re all just copying each others’ homework.

        • NostraDavid@programming.devEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          Yeah, they ripped that concept straight out of Final Fantasy XIV’s playbook

          TBF, Blizzard is at their best when they’re stealing shit from others.

  • surph_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    5 days ago

    Best time I ever had playing WoW was the single player project. The bots are fairly convincing most of the time. Even though they may trash talk, you never need to worry about being full on harassed.

  • Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    I saw this the other day and added it to my wishlist…curious to see what it’s like when it breaks early access.

  • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
    96·
    6 days ago

    Literally the only reason to play an MMO is because other people play it; without that it’s just an RPG with a shitty interface.

    • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      5 days ago

      MMOs have a lot of game design quirks and gameplay loops that either don’t exist in singleplayer RPGs or exist in a different way that doesn’t scratch the same itch. But some of us hate the constant money begging MMOs do or the toxic playerbases and would like to avoid that. Or we just don’t have the time to sink into a real MMO.

      • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        This is exactly what I meant when I said “shitty interface”, I just couldn’t find the right words. Can’t stand those design quirks and gameplay loops. They remind me of spreadsheet simulators. The kind of people who like those mechanics remind me of the kind of people who buy scratcher tickets. I prefer games where I can get lost in the world and forget that I’m playing a game.

        Thanks for expanding on what I was trying to express. I can understand how the addiction factor could make a lot of people enjoy these kind of games, but it’s not for me. Cannabis and Kratom are my vices of choice.

    • NostraDavid@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      it’s just an RPG

      I’ve played a few singleplayer MMOs over the years, but none of them are like World of Warcraft. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning came closest, but that’s probably because it was going to BE an MMO, originally. No tab-targeting like WoW though. No jumping either.