Games like Wolvden/Lioden?
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Posted 2021-10-27 18:30:39
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 Coyotea #9978 |
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Posted 2021-10-27 18:49:10
I'm also super peeved that everytime I try to look into it again, Niche is the first thing that pops up. I refuse. I think we're just in for waiting until someone finally makes something. It's hard to imagine a breeding sim without browser play, because the community is what really drives the breeding, trends, selling, etc, but I want someone to figure it out and make the damn game already! |
 Honey Bear #5906 |
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Posted 2021-10-27 20:29:21
@Coyotea #9978 "I'm going to take your advice on rival stars horse racing, I've played the app a lot and I've been interested in the PC version and never really knew where to get an opinion I guess?" It's fun, even if it eventually does get a bit dull later on. But apparently they're working to add more to it and bring that stuff to the PC version, so I am glad to own it outright (rather than dealing with the microtransactions on mobile) and see how it goes. :D The Mane Quest also has a nice article on the PC version here if you want to read it. |
 Msasi #204 |
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Posted 2021-10-27 20:47:06
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Coyotea #9978 |
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Posted 2021-10-29 08:43:06
that sounds like pokemon pets but i lost interest in it, i don't know if it worth it |
 kila #49603 |
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Posted 2021-10-29 11:00:37
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Jack #3935 |
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Posted 2021-11-03 23:58:09 (edited)
If you're alright with playing with human genetics (not advisable in real life, haha), Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines is a must play. . You play as a clan whose members have been cursed to live only a few years (complete with rapid aging) and you play over multiple generations by marrying gods and other clans, and each member of your clan will be completely unique in terms of appearance, personality, and stats. You can do everything at your own pace, no waiting necessary. ...tragically it's only on Playstation Vita and Playstation TV and was never ported anywhere else, so I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to play it. There's also Monster Rancher, a classic series about breeding monsters. There's no advanced genetics regarding appearance but you can make crossbreeds and they will inherit the traits and abilities of the parents. An enhanced port of the first two games is coming to Steam in December, so look out for it. And of course The Sims lets you breed pets if you have the pets expansions. |
Meruru #51109 |
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Posted 2021-11-04 00:51:41
Another one is Creatures, which is a pretty old PC game that you can download for free. I had the simplified version of it on PS1 when it came out and it enthralled me as a child, haha. Apparently it was a very sophisticated simulation for the time. It involves hatching and teaching your "Norns" how to fend for themselves across generations, gently encouraging them to eat, breed, find medicinal plants, explore, and even learn to talk, through the use of a praise/scold system. There are a handful of different mutations and breeds/colour morphs. There's also a storyline you can follow and a few different games in the series, but you don't have to complete it if you don't want to. The only downside is that for me, personally, I found the PC version incredibly hard. The interface isn't user too user friendly, and my Norns kept eating poisonous plants or refusing to sleep lol. |
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Posted 2021-11-04 11:34:44 (edited)
The good: There's no limit on getting things done. Stuff like gestation has a relatively short time period (1-20 minutes depending on horse level) that can be skipped with money. You can collect and breed horses with increasingly better stats and racing preferences. You can hire a jockey to do races for you so you're not sitting doing races for hours. There are quests that lead you down a storyline toward a goal. The graphics are pretty nice. There is a nod to diversity with a gay or bi character and there are POC. You can name horses from a huge pool of AI recognized words and hear the announcer say it during races. Or you can put in a completely custom one. The bad: You can't interact with the horses in any meaningful way. The only thing you can do with them outside of racing is meaningless running around your own land. It's clearly designed for mobile and to make you watch ads and spend real money. Those things do not exist in the PC version, but the model is still there. You can earn all the money you need to bypass this stuff by racing, but it still stands out. It gets annoying having to level up horses each time you buy or breed one. It takes a lot of time and money, just like you'd expect from a mobile game. The coats through breeding seem to be a little better than random. It's weirdly simplified and I have gotten weird face markings due to how the blaze overlaps with the overlay for no blaze. It gets repetitive and no new mechanics are introduced to you after the first couple of levels. After that it's just repeating the same stuff over and over. It's expensive. It should be around $20 for it to be a reasonable value. Verdict: I enjoy it and will continue to play it. It can definitely be better, but I'm not sure if you can expect it to improve. I would recommend grabbing it when it's on sale, if the price tag isn't too painful for you. |
Jack #3935 |
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Posted 2021-11-04 13:29:00
I kind of wish there was a game out that was pretty much agriculture simulator. Breeding and managing livestock, handling economics, etc sounds like fun to me, but that might just be because I'm a farmer kid. |
Coyotea #9978 |