anyone know of any lesser known games with long standing dedicated communities? kind of like SS13 was back in 2010 before everyone found out about it
off of the top of my head:>Empiresold-ass Half Life 2 mod from 2008 that's still supported and regularly played to this day. it's an RTS/class-based multiplayer hybrid like Natural Selection except it's set in a sort of retrofuturistic race war with an emphasis on janky source vehicle combat. it probably sounds like a fucking mess from that description but it's actually really fun, and AFAIK it's steam version is technically a standalone title now and doesn't even need HL2 to run itI haven't played it in a couple years myself since I became a nightshift wagie but it still gets 50~ players each Saturday and Sunday and a few of them have been playing since release>NeoTokyoanother HL2 mod from 2009, it's not officially supported (I believe the source code has been lost so the game couldn't be handed off to anybody) but still gets 30~ players on Friday pickup games organised by a steam group. it has an amazing art direction and setting based off of Shirow Masamune and it's gameplay is styled off of Counter Strike except with cloaking nip cyborgs, but unlike actual Counter Strike it struck a good balance between chaotic fun and hardcore, predictable, skill-rewarding gameplay rather than going full-bore into the "hardcore" aspect; meaning it has fun stuff that spreadsheet-brained CS:GO-era autists would screech at such as large team sizes, physics props, friendly fire and so on. also has a standalone steam version.>Quake III Arenadoesn't really need an introduction, it's Quake and I believe the most active Quake title to this day. I haven't actually played any games of it myself but I assume it's heavily gatekept by a small, elite group that have been playing since release 25 years ago and are able to do shit like accurately map long-range airshot trajectories in their head from any angle, and I don't mean this in a "heh heh are you up for the challenge buddy" kind of thing either. also, still sold at $14.99 US despite being a quarter-century old
https://discord.com/channels/244237952199163907/244237952199163907Neocron a mmorpg from the 2000s that's getting remade. I don't know shut about the game but I want to play it
https://discord.com/channels/142775664192389121/203637436453093377Planetside
Dong dong never dies Fighting game from late 2000s with best look in industry.https://discord.gg/VV3aUdEh
>>1644957Like classic games or how long ago is "long standing"
Id argue SS13 still is. The game as a whole has been bleeding players since the ssethrugees settled in and lots of old mainstay servers have either been dwindling in playercounts or shut down. Never had any presense outside of the sseth video and that streamerfaggot who played for a couple months then got bored.
I do but I am not going to share.
>>1644957Blockland. Kinda
>>1675504What do you mean by kinda?
>>1685658It's mostly dead
I was going to say HellMOO but fuck I didnt realize it shut down a few years ago shitRest in peace
Movie Battles 2 mod for Jedi Academy
Halo 1 (the original pc version, not the remasters) still has active multiplayer, shit's fun but don't expect people to talk much
>>1687974HATEmoo is still going I think, ironically set up the last time Crymore shut down HellmooNot sure if Inferno still is though, which was set up at the same time
>>1644957I saw Microsoft Allegiance announce they're celebrating their 25th year the other dayIt's a space fighter game, like Free space, has been community run for agesDoes Ultima Online still have a lot of player ran shards? There used to be a very large role playing community
Theres tons of old source games that still have an active playerbase. These are some I recommend:>Zombie Panic! SourceRemake of an old half life mod, humans vs zombies. Zombies kill humans that turn into more zombies, humans can board up and hunker down in buildings. The current dev team has a stick up their asses and are imbeciles when it comes to balancing. 2.4 and below are pretty unscarred from their faggotry, you should give it a try with friends.>Fistful of FragsWild west shooter, with all the guns and fun from the 19th century. The firearms work accurately to the period, and it makes for really great gameplay. There's no easy automatic shooting, all of the guns take significant time to fire and reload which gives you plenty of opportunity to dodge, maneuver and such. Normally running around with melee weapons wouldn't work out as well or as fun in a more modern theme but here it works excellently because of the awkward guns.>Natural Selection 2Another remake of an old half life mod, humans vs alien scum. Humans get guns to shoot. Aliens get to evolve to higher lifeforms. Each team is given a commander who oversees the battlefield and has special abilities. Pretty fun besides from the community servers always being laggy, but that's probably just on my end.>Obsidian ConflictHalf-Life 2 co-op mod, Sven for Source. Has tons of fun custom maps.
I dont I'm a prime newfag
>>1709137>Does Ultima Online still have a lot of player ran shards?Id argue theres too many. Theres a ton without any reasonable populations.
>>1719163>>Zombie Panic! SourceBest source mod. I can't believe the devs handed their game over to retarded Brazilians.
I've personally got sunken into Rule the Waves 3, its an autistic shipbuilding game with a grand scale and huge amount of control. You go from 1890s ironclads to cold war era corvettes, controlling each detail of the ships armor, armaments, all the sorts. There's a general thread up in /vst/ semi-regularly.
Have you heard about SS14? Much better alternative to SS13
>>1644957SS14
>>1759251>>1759280fuck off shill
>>1644957FOnline2, its essentially ultima online (full loot pvp) mixed with fallout1+2
>>1660706let it rot in piss
>>1644957The other byond games. Unlike ss13 it isn't pozzed and you can say any slur you want in global
>>1775752>you can say any slur you want in globalI can do these things in SS13 servers as well
>>1644957MabinogiUOSecret World LegendsI -think- APB still has players?Dungeons and Dragons onlineLet It Die (remake/sequel never ever)Conan ExilesEVE online (EVE is pretty well known I know but it very much fits the 'small but hyper dedicated autistic community')Dofus/WakfuEverquest still has some very populated/dedicated private servers.Star Wars GalaxiesG>>1687974There is still a Hell shard up with a bunch of legitimate tranny devs, it came up shortly after Hellmoo went down. It's called Samsara, some new content but nothing crazy. I haven't touched it in about a year, maybe there's a lot more stuff now (almost certainly not)
>>1781386Is Wakfu based on some anime/manga? I see its stylized as such but the devs are french.
>>1793138No
>>1709137>Does Ultima Online still have a lot of player ran shards?There is even an UO thread on this board.
>>1793138No but it has a cartoon
>>1781251Do this on TGstation and find out what happens
>>1775752I can vouch for this, a lot of customization and people who have been hanging around a decade
>>1719163>Zombie Panic! Source>Remake of an old half life mod, humans vs zombies.Say The Name!"Zombie Master" AKA "Zombie Master Reborn"https://zombiemaster.dev/dead since 2021 but you gatta mention that one it was such a neat and fun concept that I never saw the like of again.
Clonk RageYsflightInfantry Online
>>1644957EpicMafia (RIP) and its various forks (BeyondMafia (RIP), BeyonderMafia (RIP), /v/illageMafia, UltiMafia)
https://www.boardgame-online.com/I remember playing this with some /b/rothers back in the day.
Neverwinter Nights
>>1845321I remember playing the GMOD version of this. It was pretty awesome and was really fun for both the survivors and master.
>>1847327>Infantry Onlinegod thats a name I havent heard in years, I still talk to people I met through this game all these years later.
>>1644957Does Ace of Spades still have any active groups? that was some good times back on /v/
>>1871811yep found some active playerbases for it. nice
>>1871811I remember playing this game on the holiday get together threads we used to have, whatever happened to those?
>>1644957>PangYahttps://www.pangyareborn.com/Absolutely ancient 20+ year old game with tons of private servers still around. Very dedicated community that never seems to die.
>>1644957EVE online
>>1644957jedi academy/movie battles 2myst online: uru livebasically the MUD scene as a whole. the RP-focused ones especially tend to have admins who have been playing daily for 25 years (and are invariably deeply mentally disturbed)honorary mention to motion twin autists, die2note only died because flash did>>1775752the ACTUALLY good byond games are all dead by nowrip mitadake highrip cowrp>>1847474this is how i found out epicmafia died :( bleak era for browser games
>>1878589>GolfOut of all GAAS that couldve been brought back, why a anime golfing game?
>>1893694This game is as inactive as Neotokyo which is over a decade old and a mod propped up by a community that plays on the weekend. The due process devs had good ideas but couldn't gather a real playerbase. Even old games like Red Orc 2 have more active players daily
>>1644957Unreal Tournament 2004https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V64MJdj01wYhttps://archive.org/details/ut2004-3369
Face of Mankind (RIP)
>>1902601How many releases we up to now? 4? 5?Devs were cunts and dropped the ball at the same time.UBER GEEK.Please for the love of god tell me people still aren't chasing the pipe dream
Land of Lords, I remember playing that during the pandemic with a bunch of other /vst/ tards
Project ZomboidLast I heard it was still chugging along in development hell. Ill really recommend it once it releases in 20 years.>>1645219>I assume it's heavily gatekept by a small, elite group that have been playing since release 25 years agoRight on, fpsclassico has a vice grip on this game. They run all major discussion centers (the discord mainly) for the game and spam the server browsers with proxys that funnel people over to their shit. Heard they even had a client they shilled to new players that only showed their own servers on the serverlists lol.
>>1919410What do you mean project zomboid is "lesser known"? I see youtube videos that get 100k views concerning it
>>1927784I guess I didnt see how popular it got when I wasnt looking, damn.Still in development hell lol
>>1644957define "longstanding"
>>1902601the best game ever. didnt know anyone here even knew
