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
Tldr: Game title is
EnshroudedErenshor. 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 forEnshroudedErenshor on steam myself like a peasant.Edit: I managed to have the game name wrong, hence the importance to have ready to click links!
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
Seems like it might have been autocorrect, but thats kinda hilariously ironic.
Agreed, and ambarassing as well hahaha
You’re right, I have bird memory and when I looked on steam the wrong one popped up, adding g to my confusion. Thanks for the heads up, I corrected my comment.
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.
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.
Didn’t Shroud of the Avatar do this first?
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.
No, the .hack series did. I believe the first game came out 23 years 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
And it was great!
Nah you’re right. KoA was exactly that. More recently we have Wayfinder having a similar story.
Dragon Age: Inquisition feels rather like a single-player MMO.
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
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.
I saw this the other day and added it to my wishlist…curious to see what it’s like when it breaks early access.
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.
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.
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.
I have 300+ hours in oldschool RuneScape ironman where I can’t trade/pick up item from other players. It’s fun.
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.
Me when I can’t see what’s in front of me
Eh, ESO is a great RPG IMHO, terrible mmo though
I wonder how it compares to Kenshi … Probably less brutal. Otherwise it seems like similar game mechanics
a 3d thirdperson game with rimworld like emchanics would be fun, waiting on amazing cultivation im 2
One review I just read on steam said “great if you have dad game hours”
I am a dad to one year old twins and I feel this comment in my bones.
God help you and your family.
OMG, fuckin sold! LMAO
Right?
Is it just me or is it impossible to just find a link to the steam page on any gamesradar article ever.
Here you go, suh!
Game is Erenshor.
Thank you. Should be a damn rule you have to link the game in the post
I think there’s actually a rule against it… seen as pandering/advertising? I may be mistaken though.
The entire point of the community is to discuss games. Not labeling the game in the original post is just inevitably going to result in a quarter to half the comments are people just asking the name of the game.
Massively single-player. I like it.
If you’re interested in this sort of thing and like action/adventure rpgs, give Crosscode a shot. it’s excellent
Hi!
Lea!
The people downvoting you have never experienced perfectly regular trees (and don’t understand CrossCode inside jokes).
Respect for the GOG link (gotta reduce Steam’s monopoly-like grip on digital games), but… CrossCode, despite its fantastic presentation, wore me down to the point of not finishing it. I feel like the devs ran out of ideas halfway through because all of the dungeons involve multiple ricochet-angling puzzles, even all the way to the last one. They just got so tedious and boring that I eventually ended up “finishing” by watching someone else’s play-through.
It has an interesting plot, but… yeah. Anyway, that was my personal experience.
Exact same with me. The open-world-ish parts were great, but then I’d have to slog though multi-hour dungeons filled with boring puzzles without even AI companions. That’s not like any MMO I’ve ever played.
I struggled with it as well. My main problem seemed to be that no matter how many side quests I did, I was still underleveled for most enemy encounters. I did read that upgrading gear is worth more than levels, but it was such a grind to go and find all the materials that I eventually got bored. Shame though, because it’s really well made.
I found the opposite, it had very little grinding required. It does assume that you’ll do most of the side quests, but i found that by doing all quests available at my level or under that i was always overleveled for the bosses. It does warn you that its intended to be difficult though, with an option to turn down the difficulty. I also found the side quests to be genuinely interesting and diverse, and not repetitive or grindy at all. Its a long game for sure, but i never spent any time just grinding. I ran past most monsters once i had cleared each area for the first time and they respawned.
Interesting quests ? Not a real MMO
Well, it’s not that well-made if it lost players like us…
I had the exact same thought when I read the premise. One of my favorite indie games of all time.
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