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Hey everyone! I have no power in here, have not checked if anyone has started one of these but I feel like being the change I want to see in the world.

So! What are you playing this week?

I just started off Claire Obscure Expedition 33, and at the same time, have been getting my girlfriend to slowly wean off of Guilty Gear Strive and try out older fighter games like Guilty Gear XX and a more recent one, BlazBlueCrossTag (both to great success)

Also still haven't beat the first major boss of Nightreign, not looking forward to the trashtalk from friends after the nerf because they did it first

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

just started journey to Savage planet, which is a lot of fun.

the humor reminds me a lot of outer worlds and the exploration feels a lot like outer wilds, coincidentally.

I'm having a really good time playing it and will probably check out the sequel when I finish.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I just finished Dark Souls 1/2/3 100%, so as a pallet cleanser, I'm back to metroidvanias with Dust.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I have been playing a lot of Vintage Story. It's been drawing me away from "finishing" Blue Prince and really digging into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. They're all so good, I just don't have enough hours in the day to actually play everything. Stupid having a job and adult responsibilities.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm playing Death Stranding. I've been waiting some years and I'm finally giving it a go.

It have many similarities with MGSV which is good. It feels like a well made game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

It's very particular in its style and pacing. I liked it at first, but wasn't able to stick to it. I'll have to give it another go at some point.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Clair Obscur whenever I actually feel like playing anything. Though I can only take so much of it at once. The story and music? Amazing. The old-school turn based JRPG combat? Even with the dodge and parry mechanics it's just as thrilling as an older FF game; and I hated the combat in those, too, because it's kinda boring. It's a bit more tolerable here, given that I have some skill-based things involved; but it's still fairly boring. I just wanna know what the fuck is up with the everything about this messed up world.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Planet side 2

Still a decent number of people at peak hours.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Suicide Squad. Completed the main story. In order to 100% you only need to grind the original post-game, but I'm playing each season now for the tiny droplet of story each has.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

DOOM Dark Ages. I'm about halfway through.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Finally started playing Kingdom Come Deliverance 1. A lot of the design decisions in the game are antithetic to my idea of fun. But there's a healthy mod community and a handfull of QOL mods later I'm having an absolute blast

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I am close to finishing my latest Skyrim mod list, so hopefully I can start playing Skyrim soon.

Until then I play Lunar Silver Star Remake on my Switch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Abiotic Factor, Nightreign a little, Outlast Trials, Monster Train 2, Across the Obelisk

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (15 children)

I've been playing Blue Prince. It's fun.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Finally installed Doom 2016. It's nice, but the gameplay is not clicking with me.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Deliver At All Costs - fun game, but I swear the plot is just an excuse to feature those wonderful destruction mechanics.

Robocop - Actually not bad! I haven"t seen or played anything Robocop related in 30ish years, but I'll be damned if this game doesn't make you feel exactly like him ( for better or worse )

Pacific Drive - finally managed to finish this one after starting and abandoning it twice because it's just terrifying to me. ( I just had to start it again after reading Roadside Picnic and thinking "hey, this reads familiar" ). It's still terrifying, but absolutely great game.

Now I'm playing Kingdoms&Castles and Starbound again to calm the fuck down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Deliver at all costs is pretty hilarious all round, really. I'm enjoying it on the Deck.

Robocop was a cool game, as a fan of the first film (AND ONLY THE FIRST FILM). I played that earlier in the year. I need to try it again in VR now I've upgraded my hardware. It choked hard on my old graphics card.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've been addicted to Balatro. And Balatro is addicted to me.

🃏

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Same, been trying for gold stake on all decks. I'm up to purple stake green deck right now, wish me luck!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I'm playing through Black Mesa lately!
Picked it up on the recent discount and now I'm going through it, gonna do all of HL2 next, time to check out the 20th anniversary update.

Also Lumines Remastered just went on sale so you bet I'm gonna be playing the hell out of that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

I actually try to play less, phone less and focus more on drawing, journaling and touching grass

But I finished expedition 33 recently and before that I played some crusader kings 3 lotr mod

E33 turned out to be really long game and I wanted to finish it asap to see what happens. That resulted in a few days or so of a marathon that has physically and mentally exhausted me

I could not sleep at the last day after I went through the ending at all because I was tortured by crying fits

Now I remember that hugging moment even now I get sad immediately and it all just leaks out of my eyes so yeah. I am resting

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Just getting into FF7 Rebirth. Was a huge fan of the original, but these remakes are just so silly it’s kind of hard. And I really don’t like the active combat system in modern FF games, but I’ll get through it.

Always playing a little Rust here and there, can’t help myself.

Was about to resub to RuneScape after a yearlong break but then I saw Mod Jack got canned. Jagex getting darker every year…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I just started Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga. It's a weird one and I love it! The atmosphere is incredible and the systems are really fun right out of the gate.

I also have a playthrough of Trails in the Sky SC going on and it's so charming. Great turn based combat too.

Aaaand I also tried out Slay the Spire for the first time to kill some time here and there and I have to say this thing should be regulated. So adictive!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Games I'm currently playing:

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

I think I like it, but I don't love it yet. It's undeniably well made. The story is told well, the acting, music, and graphics are all top notch. Really well done.

But the story isn't really hooking me yet. Something about that kind of fantasy story irks me. Like, the premise seems so outlandish and arbitrary that I can't tell if it's actually good or if it's just manipulative. I've seen so much praise for the intro, but to me it's like: "Every year on this day, something emotional and devastating happens!" Then it happens, apropos of nothing, and everyone is like, "Oh my god this intro is so emotional and devastating."

Just doesn't feel organic to me.

It's also not my type of game. I'm slightly less than neutral towards turn-based RPGs, and I'm firmly against parrying. Still, the execution is good enough that I'm going to stick it out a while longer.

  • Oblivion Character Creation Screen

I just can't seem to get past this no matter how hard I try.

  • Minecraft

Getting back into my 6 year old realm. Building a big stables near a cherry grove.

  • Split Fiction

I've been playing this with my wife, and it's fantastic. Never boring, always clever and inventive. Just went through a whole pinball sequence that is just a master class in game design.

  • Ravenswatch

One of the best multiplayer games I've ever played. Also one of the best roguelikes. The gameplay is ridiculously tight, and the new characters are awesome. I wouldn't personally describe it as a coop Hades, but I wouldn't outright disagree with someone who did.

Shit, I just realized I've been playing a lot of games lately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Don't know how far into Clair Obscur you are, but I recommend sticking with it. I can't really say anything else without spoilers but I found the story very good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Picked up Star of Providence this past weekend and I'm hooked, the pause menu music has been looping in my head nonstop since

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Remnant 2. I have no idea what's going on, but I'm having a good time. The systems are pretty complex and unexplained so I just equip things that seem cool. So far so good! Thanks to other players joining my game I've been able to solve the puzzles, which honestly I would have had to lookup solutions for if I were only playing solo.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Chapter Master: Adeptus Dominus

Essentially a free, fan-made 40k game originally made like 20 years ago by one guy who has since moved on. Now it's a small team who drop semi-regular updates on github. Also, it runs on Linux

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Finished playing through Atomic Heart, and because of that wanted to play a game that was, you know, actually fun instead of a miserable slog, so I've been playing Crab Champions and playing the original BioShock again for the millionth time. Sometimes Sea of Thieves.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

If you get any kind of consistency, you should reach out to the mods and get it added to the sidebar. I like having a thread like this in a gaming community.

I've been playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance in anticipation of the sequel, which I already bought. I feel like I never know when the next opportunity to do side quests will be, so I found a good break in the story around main story quest 8-ish, and I'm just doing those for a while. The first couple of missions set some false expectations for what this game is and what you'll have to put up with, but it becomes much more straight forward after that.

I've also been going through the Borderlands games ahead of that series' sequel, and I just got to Borderlands 3. Man, that game feels great to play. It's been interesting to play through these games so rapid fire, because whatever my criticism was of the previous game, the developers also knew about it and addressed it in the next game. I hear the writing takes a turn for the worst in this game, but the first few hours are more than tolerable so far.

And for quicker sessions, I've also been playing through Devil May Cry 4. I started playing through these games back when Hi-Fi Rush completely floored me, and then some other games came out, and I put DMC4 down for a while. Now that I picked it up again, it's still great, but I'm not really sure what to do with Nero's revving mechanic.

Why are you trying to wean your girlfriend off of Strive? I love me some +R too, but both of those games are great!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Halls of Torment is nice

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Been playing Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Just completed Blind Forest and this seems like a great sequel so far. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Shotgun Cop Man. Short sweet and simple from the people that made My Friend Pedro. The movement system and level design feels pretty sublime when you get in a good flow. And I just discovered there's Steam Workshop levels!

THERE'S SO MUCH GAMES!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I've played some old Silver Box Dungeons and Dragons games (Heroes of the Lance, Dragons of Flame and Shadow Sorcerer) I got from a GOG promotion who knows how long ago. Stuff from 1988-1990. My god, those games suck HARD. Granted, PCs didn't have much in terms of "good real time action games", but those just feel awful from start to finish. The fact that increasing cycles or adding frameskips in DOSBox doesn't speed up the games doesn't help, either.

Shadow Sorcerer isn't as bad as the previous 2, no longer being a side scroller and being real time tactics, but it doesn't quite cut it.

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