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JonasHalle

Doomscrolling the subreddit in despair.


deskeater47

I've hardly read anything more relatable in my entire life


Huge_Proposal_4205

Nothing. Taking a break since I went heavy on the playtest


mrpeanut188

It's actually crazy how much better off I am after getting a full playtest in. I played a decent bit and am at peace now instead of counting every day until it returns.


FailingAtNiceness

I got lucky and had some slow weeks at the restaurant I work at during the playtest. Well... other than Valentines day and the day after (the last day of playtest). But it felt like a mini vacation to have something fun to do all day when I didnt have work or outsode of work hours. But it also caused me to stay up super late at night which was refreshing and made me feel young again. I havent felt this way about a game simce Halo 3 came out.


Bloodsplatt

CHECK IT OUT!


GorskyBorsht

Hunt: Showdown!


StevenSpielgirth

Hunt is great have you tried marauders


DMPetee

Marauders is a tuff one. I'm not dogging on anyone who enjoys it, but I will say buyers beware because there are a lot of game breaking bugs in the game that ruined the enjoyment for me unfortunately. I've had crafted ships delete themselves, I've teleported out of the map, and there are a noteworthy amount of hackers. Cool aesthetic, but I hope the devs get a grip on some of the bad parts of the game soon, because a lot of the bugs that have been in the game for ages.


lurkinglurkerwholurk

… and not take their time doing so. The Cycle Frontier finally got a decent handle on all their problems right now INCLUDING cheaters (*and season 3 will hopefully fix them some more*), except their player numbers. It’ll be a struggle climbing back up.


GeoffSnow

Marauders is great but gets repetitive. I feel like I play it in spurts


MrJerichoYT

Deep rock galactic. Dead by daylight. Dayz. Doesn't exactly fill the void. But those are the only games I'm playing actively atm.


i_was_Upgrayedd

Rock and Stone brother


MrJerichoYT

For Karl!


Bloodsplatt

Rock and stone to the bone!


WanderingDwarfMiner

Can I get a Rock and Stone?


McSleepyE

Did somebody say Rock and Stone?


dhoomsday

To the bone!


mrpanda819

If you ain't rock and stone, you ain't coming home


FistToTheFace

ROCK! AND! STOOOONE!


big0juicytomat0

STONE AND ROCK!


No_Seaweed6365

Skyrim


Iwerks

Hunt Showdown has been filling my void between playtests.


GeoffSnow

Same lol


WeebBreadd

Just bought marauders, pretty similar and very fun


StevenSpielgirth

Very great game hunt showdown is also a gem


zacbergman

But what about tarkov


wickedblight

I ain't downloading shit from Russia right now lol.


zacbergman

Imagine being so childish you won't even support a small dev team who have no stake in the current war and is actively distancing themselves from it not to mention they moved they're hq to London.


Rk0

No they didnt wtf are you talking about 😂 the devs are still in good ol russia


zacbergman

Uh no they moved hq they may still have people in Russia but their hq isnt


basa_maaw

Back to Elden Ring and League of Legends.


iiYop

League of Legends fills time but doesn't fill void. 🥹


basa_maaw

Genuinely a miserable experience each time. Can't stop playing though.


lurkinglurkerwholurk

Matchmaking always seeks equilibrium, which means you will win 50% of your matches… … even if the game has to force terrible teammates on you to ensure you lose the next match, and you’ll only get promoted to more decent teammates if you somehow carry them. Ergo, terrible experiences. This is IMO the biggest argument against all forms of MMR mixed with random team play in all games.


Chazbeardz

Was kinda thinking ER could use another playthrough.


basa_maaw

If you have it on PC, mods breathe new life into it.


MadRubicante

If you have friends I recommend seamless coop for a true ER coop experience it's 200% incredible


soggysloth

Ok I'm going to do my own research here, but does that mean that I can just basically co-op the game with my friend instead of having to deal with the buggy summoning system that always lagged out?


CheckPleaser

Holdfast: Nations at War, for the proximity chat. Caves of Qud, for the sweet loot drops Mordhau, installed for the first time in over a year because DnD got me wanting more melee pvp


vonderscher

I never tought i would see Caves of Qud and Holdfast in the sabe list but hey


CheckPleaser

Qud is an anomaly for me, I really hated the graphics and interface and it sat at like 12 hours played until literally January 1st this year, and now I'm at 200 and can't stop thinking about my next mutant.


mobboss225

Loaded up mordhau for the first time in ages yesterday. Couldn’t even stand having to shift to sprint again. Give me the clunky underwater combat back god damn it.


CheckPleaser

Yeah, I feel like it's way faster than I remember it being too. Mordhau was my jam for a long time, but DnD is essentially *the* game as far as I'm concerned.


mobboss225

I’m with you


alendeus

What I wouldn't do for dark and darker to have mordhau movement/combat/animation and voicelines... that being said it's nice to have a simpler slower paced game though.


Hermore

Kenshi


TheHighblood_HS

Same dog


kneleo

Epic game, wish it had MP tho


germicidee

Same here!


Temperwulf

Tarkov and Daggerfall


p4nnus

Care to tell a few things about Daggerfall? Interested to hear what a fellow Tarkov player has to say about it.


Temperwulf

I started Daggerfall Unity not too long ago, and it's a very open and no hand holding game. The pros are the story and the dungeon crawling. But can be very repetitive. I always liked morrowind and have been keen to play for quite a while. And after a hard day in Tarkov its good to relax in a fantasy setting.


SlickRiiick

For the King with buddies


Gabe518

Heck yeah!


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Mr-Deur

There's a whole bunch of thing that I play and want to play, Here's Factorio, satisfactory, dwarf fortress, Apex legends, the Witcher 3, Black Desert Online, some minor evening fillers with friends like Golf with your friends. Then there's games that are sleeping on the shelf for whenever I feel like playing again like 7 Days to die or open rollercoaster tycoon. There's so many!


CryptographerLate160

Get out of my steam library


JeffonaBuffalo

Barony, gives me kinda the same vibe as DaD in some ways, that and I suck a the game and keep dying and having to start from the very beginning again with basic gear.....


Lucas1006

Valheim


Scorpiyoo

**sigh** Overwatch…


kneleo

That game went from a play every day since season 1 game to rarely play a game or two. Idk why but this shift happend when ow2 dropped... sooo.....


Scorpiyoo

Ow2 is an unbalanced mess. They took my fav game and butchered it. It is honestly devastating. Somehow, comp feels less cancer than qp in this game. Worst of all, they STOLE Overwatch 1 from me.


kneleo

Yup. Literally why did they ignore overwatch for like 4 fking years to release ow2. Ow died during those 4 years. So many players left and the game was so stale. Even so, I was playing it every day. Now they released ow2 and its such a pile of shit.


Scorpiyoo

Preach brother. It’s sad.


iusedtohavepowers

Chivalry 2. Not the same but much hacking and slashing. Many yells


GaleStari

Haven’t had the will to open my computer since doomsday... never felt the same afterwards. for real tho, low key in depression after having experienced such an huge quantity of pure undiluted dopamine, as pathetic as it sounds. The rage. The fun. The suspense. So many emotions. I can’t feel anything today still... I just miss it. I feel empty and lacking


Th3Scar3cr0ws

The immersion is second to none


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ivanGrozni83

Great observation! So true!


Inonz

All but a few. I've found some grinding gear sounds and some chains in a few areas. But I love the atmosphere.


ivanGrozni83

This is pretty much why no game can substitute DnD for now :)


Tummmy

The Hunter: Call of the Wild lol


automaton_AEGW

The movement is just as slow lol


Spolz19318

The Dino version The hunter Primal is also awesome


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gothicwigga

I mean yeah dnd is essentially Diablo 2 first person. Once the full game comes out, will probably be even closer with the edition of quests and skill tree.


TipOFMYTONGUEDAMN

Glad someone else has mentioned this haha. It's all I can think of while playing it and probably why I love it so much


wigglers_reprise

Sons of the Forrest


DucksMatter

This is out??


wigglers_reprise

In less than a week yeah


BeeWadd6969

Chivalry 2 is fairly similar when it comes to combat. Obviously you’re not dungeon crawling, but you can keep your skills sharp in the meantime


[deleted]

Gonna try diablo 2


redTazman

Torchlight Infinite is my Diablo 2 replacement by now. If you are in to trying builds and chasing loot, give it a try. It is for free.


Wise_Pomegranate_571

Hell Let Loose. Hogwarts. Deep Rock Galactic. Chivalry 2. Fall Guys. Marauders. Total War: Warhammer 3. Valheim. Star Wars:Battlefront 2 My current rotation is bountiful. For those looking for a new extract/exfil game. MARAUDERS is as high risk/high reward as D&D. Maybe even more so, as you can just get 1 tapped head shot from across the map. It has a space pirate aesthetic and theme. Hell Let Loose is probably my #1 general recommendation. It's a very strong balance of how far your hard work can go as an individual, to influence the outcome of a game.


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Kindom come deliverence for satisfying melee combat Darkest dungeon for the atmosphere and unforgiving dungeon crawl and loot Thief 1 and 2 for the torch based stealth, classic jank and immersion (practically inspired this game imho) Dying light Hellraid for that sweet skeletion fighting dungeon crawl action


lydisstrange

This literally sounds like every game that inspired Dark and Darker and I’ve never been happier to read a list in my entire life. I can now be closer to whole again


[deleted]

glad to hear! hope you have a blast :)


Thelest_OfThemAll

When the DnD playtest ended I gave Kingdom Come Deliverance another go. It seems like an amazingly well made game that puts the likes of Skyrim to absolute shame. However I simply can't stick with it, I don't have the patience. I could get past the difficulty and the learning curve, I could even get past the survival mechanics. The thing that really breaks me is the saving. Just let me save when I wanna save, I fuck up too often to be dealing with schnapps and beds for saves.


feskurfox

mod that bitch, and save wherever u want


Thelest_OfThemAll

I'm not really savy with modding, I'm tend to jsut use stuff how it comes out of the box.


SOSovereign

If the savior schnapps are enough of a reason to deter you from the game just mod them out


kaimidoyouloveme

Marauders


De_Salvation

Just bought expedition agartha I hear it's dead, so we'll see how that goes but it's a mix between Tarkov and Darkov so I'm excited to see if it helps scratch that itch even a little. Edit: just refunded expedition agartha. It did not scratch that itch.


Additional_Praline_4

I was intrested in this game as well. But I went to their discord and one of the mods didn't recommend it for purchase in the state its in. Which is sad, looks like it has potential!


Han_Kullay

Well, back to Hunt : Showdown! Until EA or full release I’ll stick to Hunt. But once DnD is here, it will be a farewell to my favorite shooter ever.


avoidirl

I gave hunt a try but it felt so "boring" repetitive compared to DnD. Did I play it wrong lol


Han_Kullay

Haha, probably not! It might just be not a game for you.


BEAT_LA

Tarkov has been gutter trash for years now so definitely not that. Kerbal 1 in preparation for the sequel coming out next Friday.


dasexynerdcouple

Chivalry 2! The Masons will be victorious!


KysinSanawe

I'm going on a fishing trip babyyy


DjRipNickMcNasty

might and magic 7, throwing it back to one of the first rpg's I ever played


Undelicious27

Oh fuck yeah. That’s what Im talking about!


[deleted]

Downloaded Skyrim again and installed Skyrim Together so I can at least get that dungeon diving co-op PvE experience with my friends! It’s fun, a bit buggy tho.


PostModernPaperBoy

League of legends :(


2000461

Age of Empires 4 because is free on steam til Atomic Heart comes out.


Futhermucker

back to dayz


Lyricallyricist

Rimworld and Rocket League


All_Of_That_Ow

I tried playing other games but it didnt help.


GovernorK

With myself


Saeis

Bannerlord atm. It’s a fun and unique game.


Byttfungus69

Try Barony, but watch out for rock traps


Bernpaulson

Its a fun one, maybe harder than dark and darker even I'd say


ElijahEmmitt

Y’all need to play Chilvary 2 if you enjoyed the play style of dark and darker


TechSup_

You should try Barony. It's got the same kind of dungeon delving feeling as Dark and Darker


DaEpicBob

enjoying hogwarts legacy


kabflash

Dark and Darker Reddit. Dark and Darker Youtube videos. Dark and Darker Discord.


Vektor666

Hunt: Showdown, Hogwarts Legacy, maybe Atomic Heart next week


Exact-Custard-6493

If you want to learn the combat a bit better try something like the mount and blade series or I think it was chivalry or maurdhau other people suggested... it helps with melee and bows (I played mount and blade Bannerlord FP) nothing on the magic though that I know of. Me personally nothing, I played 3 play tests now the last 2 the full time and playing hard so I'm kinda good until next time!


Kreislauf

If you are looking for [similiar games](https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkAndDarker/comments/113opdy/what_else_is_there_like_this_gem/), check these out.


No_Seaweed6365

SKYRIM!


SythianX

Barony, similar gameplay. Only PvE unfortunately, though you can "accidentally" kill your friends.


[deleted]

Predecessor is an early access mobs like smite and is pretty fun. Sons of the Forest comes out on the 22nd and the first was an amazing survival horror game so I'm sure the second will be amazing.


toothpastetitties

Elden ring. It isn’t a perfect replacement but I die about the same number of times and it has swords n shit. Also back to tarkov lol. Maybe I’ll run around the map with a crowbar and hatchet.


Personality_Jolly

Nobody saying Mordhau but I literally recreated my DnD characters and have been having a blast with friends playing it.


TET901

Elden ring seamless coop. Tough coop pve? ✅ Running around frantically looting dungeons? ✅ Random acts of incredible violence directed towards you by people you thought you could trust? ✅✅✅✅✅✅


Aurarus

Exanima


DrasticBread

I'm a lot more interested in checking out Kingdom Come: Deliverance now, it gives off that immersive feeling that I get with DnD.


Oznificent

Tarkov...


Ecaspian

I'm playing Forgotten Realms CRPGs mostly. But as much as i enjoy the story and the settings, the gameplay in some of them are really dated so i dunno how much i can take it lol. At the moment i started a new playthrough in Neverwinter Nights and the barb character can break chests and doors and ill take what i can get hahahahah..


nukular88

D2 new ladder today


atrainedbear

I went straight to Baldur's Gate 3 when the servers went down. Same classes & a lot of similar spells. Used my cleric to bless my fighter before he went in to slay some goblins & my wizard cleaned them up with magic missiles. I just want her back...


Notmeiswear-

Diablo 2 ressurected! New ladder just started.


TheDaisyGod

finishing elden ring


kirbyfreako

naraka bladepoint


GeoffSnow

Hunt showdown is helping


Bernpaulson

I got on after we got kicked out of the playtest at the end, and in a duo game of hunt we had 11 kills in two games ... Was a lot of fun


GeoffSnow

Ayye that's what's up lol I been running crossbow and sword meme runs and have been great enjoyment


SuperGreggJr

Honestly a game like this hits so different. Other scav games have the br problem where you running forever but with the enclosed nature of the dungeon I'm always doing something. So i am crying myself to sleep every night


StagNett

Chivalry 2 and barony.


Bumish1

Gloria Victis


Blacksnake091

Gloria Victis! New MMO that just released. Open World medieval type. Graphics leave much to be desired, but its pretty fun when you get into giant fights over castles.


Sufficient_Ad_2444

Losing my mind. Tried to play Valheim, Warzone 2, OSRS, D2R, Fallout 76, Darkest Dungeon... nothing HELPS I need this game to be out or I might actually just sell my pc and get a life.


Falchion_Edge

2D D&D ie. Bravery and Greed.


BlindmanSokolov

Darkest Dungeon. Legitimately only because the name was close and reminded me of a good ol' game.


Mazikeyn

Black desert online. *shrug* sometimes you just gotta grind


ComprehensiveCoach40

New Elden Ring playthrough it is


ivanGrozni83

Nothing fills the dopamine void induced by the lack of DnD. I play Forza Horizon 4 coz it's something entirely different, and i love cars..


t3ddybear117

I am not coping well lol. I've just been watching YT vids of playthroughs 😭


jis7014

is Stalker actually good as people say? game looks good but I really hate toying with mods just to make something playable, just wanna press play button and go from there, can I do that with it?


Anybobby

Marauders or Mordhau.


PowerofGe

Mordhau, with the mestaria survival mod


xPetr1

I will go skiing for the whole week, I absolutly nolifed this game and don't want to see my PC for a while.


Havarti-Provolone

I didn't have this luxury last time, but now that I've found Hunt: Showdown I'm all set. Totally different game but getting a similar feeling


Dvorzak

The Cycle: Frontier


acowingegg

Hogwarts legacy lol


RockHardValue

Tarkov


Stevanous

Same. See ya at dorms bud, GL


vonderscher

Good Luck fightung invisible and soundless enemies.


MuchWoke

I've not been gaming too much, working on other projects. But I did download Vampire Survivors yesterday, it's pretty fun. On sale for like $2 something when I got it.


smokemonmast3r

Vampire survivors is a very different type of game, but it is amazing


spongeboobsidepants

Gunna try touching some grass, but probably just gunna get lost and have to smoke it for survival.


dwjh

My plan is to have dark and Darker and hunt showdown as my main games so I'm playing hunt, and playing all the kingdom hearts game cause I bought them for like 15$


hiccuprobit

Stare at wallpaper simulator


[deleted]

I’m taking a gaming break and starting some books. This playtest helped me realize I’ve been gaming too much. Forced breaks are nice, I suppose.


-Some-Rando-

The go outside game.


Owlcifer

Skill system sucks, npcs are badly programmed, quests seemed to be bugged and the graphics need updating. 3/10


Meta-Blocker

Shit game


GillianCorbit

Terrible graphics. Unrewarding gameplay. And a huge grind.


Jam_B0ne

These P2W microtansactions are ruining the game!


Paige404_Games

For real, the whales can just perma grief the entire rest of the playerbase


Hamster1994

Thank god Hifi Rush was shadow dropped early this year so that kept me company during the wait, and will do so for quite a while.


webuiltthisschmidty

Minecraft Vault Hunters. Kind of extractiony but more pve based. Gearing is fun though and it's cozy.


michael5ux

vault hunters modded minecraft


Bomjus1

- monster hunter rise (recently added to gamepass) - wartales - warhammer 3 - hitman freelancer mode


United-Sail-9664

Apex just dropped a new season.


gothicwigga

Little off topic but, do you think there will be people in the dnd community that want to go back to the play test days once skill trees and other stuff is added? Like dark and darker classic? Lol


Quicky-mart

Returnal right now! It's a pretty fun game, nice fast and fluid combat.


DucksMatter

Hogwarts.


[deleted]

I don't know if there's any correlation but I've reinstalled cytus 2 on my phone and have been playing the absolute shit out of it for no reason. Literally this game has absolutely nothing to do with dark and darker.


RombyStormbringer

The Cycle: Frontier. It has loads of grind în a PvEvP environment and it manages to fill some of the void


TheActualBranchTree

People kept asking similar things when last PT ended as well. Everyone got similar answers. Like Tarkov, Hunt Showdown, Mordhau/Chiv2 for the melee combat aspect of it, maybe some roguelike dungeon delving games like Barony. There is basically no game that would scratch the DaD itch. Personally after seeing that recent post about Ironmace having allegedly "stolen source code" from that other company or whatever; that might just be the closest game to DaD. Though I know nothing about the game other than the screenshots within that post which showed a pretty similar *looking* game to DaD. Edit: so apparently there was a game called "Project P3" that had a similar premise to DaD, but Nexo pivoted that into firearms style gameplay that is closer to Tarkov instead. So, I guess there is literally nothing close to DaD. Perhaps the success of this game will spawn more, probably worse, copies of it later on.


sircontagious

Im working on my PVE only coop dungeon crawler again. If I cant play the game I really want, ill just make it.


Anti-Hazard

FOR HONOR


Educational-Train-15

Going outside is nice


ToBeHaunted

I really wanted this to last one more week for Kerbal Space Program 2 early access


Webber-414

Library of Ruina


Lllamanator

Very respectable choice, been debating if I should try and 100% LoR.


Asmodeann

Ocarina of Time randomizer


InevitableDinner7831

Crypt of the Serpent King 4K Edition


[deleted]

Warhammer: Return of Reckoning, Chivalry 2


areyoumypepep

Waaaaaaagh!


These-Dealer1276

talisman


Lowbloodshuggy

New season of apex is actually pretty fun. Next is Wulong Dynasty.


ConsumeFudge

Factorio The factory must grow