This thread made me want to confess. I played Numenera a few days ago, it was my third playthrough. To me, it's so great I wanted to make a codex thread about Numenera deserving love after finishing it again, but I have no idea when I'll finish it. It's hard to explain, because it's not actually that good if we're being objective, but it still is good to me, because it gets my brain working. Everything in it, from you, to the followers, to the towns, to the prose, to the dialogue system, to combat is flawed in just the right way to make me think: "this would've been perfect if I changed this here, and this here, and that thing there, and some stuff over here". It pushes me into this state where I feel like I'm playing two games at once - the actual Numenera, and the Numenera I would've made if I was on that team. In every aspect, it's *this* close to becoming my favorite modern RPG, very haunting. I also love the idea behind the setting, and it constantly keeps my mind racing. A world that went through not one, not two, but eight apocalyptic events, but still they persist, crawling on the planet's face, some insects called the human race. Lost in time, and lost in space and meaning. ANYTHING could be possible in this setting and still be feasible, it could've been HUGE! It could've been the chosen one! A glorious blend of fantasy and sci-fi rarely seen after the Mandate of Heaven! If only the game did more with it, delved deeper, had more development time, a few DLCs, a modkit that is easy to use. I made up dozens of game plots and even settings while playing Numenera, some of which might with time just turn into actual games, and that's not something I experienced even after playing objectively better games. So there might just be something to it! I dunno, I'm not a doctor. But I think it doesn't deserve being buried in obscurity like it is now. It should be dug up!
Same feels with Caves of Qud I also recently played again. I stopped fangirling over it for what it is some time ago, due to overexposure via 450+ hours of playtime, but I still love it for the stories it paints in my head. It can be great!
I really want to play the tons of RPGs released this autumn.
Salt and Sanctuary. It's awesome.
I love it! Very happy they are making a sequel. I got it years ago, thinking it was nothing but a rip-off, but it's really distinct, I hope more people learn about it!