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I played return to moria this past two weeks. It's a survival crafting game. Gameplay wise it is fairly standard for the genre. The setting of middle earth is fun. I'm not a massive LOTR nerd, so I'm sure I missed some subtleties.
There are some mechanics that definitely make the game better suited for co-op. I played it alone and felt like I was missing out. Storage sizes always felt too small, there were legendary gear items that you could only carry one of, and you could be picked up upon death by a comrade if you had one. I eventually downloaded a mod to fix the first two issues. It expanded storage and allowed carrying multiple legendary items.
Progression happens entirely through gear. And gear drops on death. Corpse runs were not as brutal as I feared. The game seemed to handle agro and grave placement in a way that helped corpse runs.
Resource collecting was generally pretty standard but sometimes I'd find myself making fun little mining platforms to get higher.
The map is procedurally generated, but it's more like pre-made rooms that are stuck together in an odd assortment rather than fully new terrain each time.
Navigation was tricky with the map not helping much except to provide general directions. I ended memorizing a lot of tunnel layouts in order to get where I needed to go.
Replayability felt low. I didn't want to totally start from scratch after getting used to all my awesome gear. The next update is supposedly adding NPCs for bases, I'll probably replay the game when that comes out.
Funny idea for a Victoria 3 mod:
Change the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence from nonnavigable lakes/rivers to a navigable sea zone. Change the Mississippi and the Illinois from nonnavigable rivers to a navigable sea zone. Add to Chicago a canal connecting the two new sea zones.
Change the Rhine from a nonnavigable river to a navigable sea zone. Change the Danube from a nonnavigable river to a navigable sea zone. Add to Neumarkt a canal connecting the two new sea zones.
Even funnier idea for a Victoria 3 mod:
Problem: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland overshadows the entire game as the world's sole superpower.
Solution: Recreate the empire of Charles V as an ahistorical balancing force. Make Nederland, Spain, Sardinia, and the Two Sicilies into
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