What videogames are you playing in 2025?

[Reynard]

It's great! MT has a higher drive toward "escape velocity" than StS. It gives you ample opportunities to exceed the obvious design tolerances, lots of doubling and potential infinites, and unlike StS it intentionally scales such that you're required to use those tricks.

That being said, it is completely obsoleted by MT2, which simply has twice the content.

Is there a continuity of "story" in MT2? That is, should I beat MT before I play MT2?

 

[Pedantic]

Is there a continuity of "story" in MT2? That is, should I beat MT before I play MT2?

Technically yes, but the story in that game fits in a postage stamp and is well beside the point. From a gameplay perspective, you are missing literally nothing.

Spoiler: MT 2 Content Spoiler

All the clans from the first game are added to MT 2 after about your first 10-15 runs.

 

[Gradine]

Welp, Clair Obscur is officially both the funniest and the saddest video game I've played in a long time

 

[Gradine]

 

[Ruin Explorer]

On just one playthrough, it is fun. it feels a little more complex than StS, but not by a terrible amount. I am interested to see what its replayability is like.

The initial complexity is higher, but in the longer-term MT1 is less complex/thoughtful than StS, I would suggest, primarily because it's a lot easier to just slot into certain multiplicative strats and steamroll (and as @Pedantic notes, the game is designed assuming you will do this), whereas StS tends to be more about finesse over a sustained period.

Which you enjoy more is a rather different question of course - I liked both but I can't help but note my MT1 playtime is a fraction of my StS playtime. EDIT - Still, it's dozens of hours, so you, good value for money! I had plenty of fun!

Definitely want to try MT2 at some point though, and StS2 seems like it's a long way out.

 

[Reynard]

I just picked up both Dune Imperium and As We Descend. I may have a problem.

"My name is Reynard and I am addicted to deckbuilders."

 

[Ruin Explorer]

As We Descend

Very interested to hear how this is - it looks extremely cool.