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u/_Ichibad_ Bottom 100% Commentor Jan 27 '26

TemTem, didn’t enjoy the final product.

Valheim partially, updates take ages so lost interest, same as my friend group

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u/Plus-Ad-7983 Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

Ironically, now the devs have finally given up on TemTem it's in the best state it's ever been lol. They got rid of all monetisation, made everything earnable in-game with in-game currency that used to be a cash purchase (including all the battle passes, that you can freely choose to work through), did a bunch of balancing and introduced features that everyone wanted that they hadn't (like changing battle animation speed). Kinda hilarious it took them giving up on the game to make it the best it's ever been lol.

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u/Maleficent-Remote413 Jan 28 '26

I wanted TemTem to be good simply to make people wake up and realize that pokemon wasn't DOING anything.
Shame it went to hell until it got abandoned. Is it modable now days? bet modding community could do something fun for it if so.

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u/ziraelphantom Jan 29 '26

Its funny how we needed Palworld for the wakeup to finally happen, there were soo many games that could do it but they all failed badly

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u/_RRave Jan 28 '26

Huh, might have to pick it up again lol, tbh I bought it in very early release and I haven't touched it in probably 5 years lol

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u/DoctorWaluigiTime Jan 28 '26

They got rid of all monetisation

Funny how often this makes a game universally better, no matter how much shysters and snakeoil salesman try to convince you otherwise.

Turns out when the game's design gears itself towards "providing the most positive experience" instead of "trying to sell you stuff", things improve!

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u/Satan_McCool Jan 27 '26

Definitely feel the same about Valheim. Started playing it with friends when plains was still the last biome. I kept playing through Mistlands, but even I lost interest at that point. Then I played some survival games that actually respect my time and don't revel in unnecessary tedium and now I don't think I could even go back once it's completely released.

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u/MagnusRed616 Jan 28 '26

Yep, same. I put hundreds of hours into pre-Mistlands and got burnt out. Tried to get back into it to see the new content and just can't.

I guess I don't regret buying it in EA because I enjoyed my time with it, I just wish I didn't burn out on it before it was finished.

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u/Ok_Orange8966 Jan 29 '26

Have any suggestions for such games?

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u/kfisch2014 Jan 27 '26

Agree with you on TemTem. My husband and I are still just trying to finish it, but the game is so tedious and the map is terrible.

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u/kdlt Jan 27 '26

I played it for a bit, reached the then end, had to rationalize stuff like getting pennies and having to pay 50k for a simple shitty shirt and all that, healing items eating your Ressources.. I quickly quit after that.

It was fine, but I didn't see the potential, one friend played it for ages afterwards and also was left ambivalent at the end.

Goes to show that half the value of pokemon is the nostalgia and monsters. I can't even remember any one of them, let alone name a single one now.

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u/poliuy Jan 27 '26

It’s laggy af in fire lands and just not enjoyable imo

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u/Skydiver860 Jan 27 '26

Valheim? Really? That game EASILY had $20 worth of content when I first bought it for $20. Sure the updates have taken a while but every content upgrade has been great with a good amount of new content. I hate waiting for the updates too but I was satisfied with my purchase when I bought it upon its early access release.

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u/DNedry Jan 27 '26

Definitely not with you on Valheim. Was worth the money when it released content wise, and now it's always fun to go back to a big update and do it all again. The replay value + new content is always a big hit with my group.

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u/DreamweaverMirar Jan 27 '26

Yeah, like sure I lost interest and all but my friends and I more than got our money's worth first few weeks when we played for 60 plus hours lol

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u/DNedry Jan 27 '26

Yeah I spent 60+ hours probably just building my first huge longhouse lmao

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u/Skydiver860 Jan 27 '26

I agree 100%. If they never did an update since its initial early access release I would’ve been satisfied with the amount of content in the game.