What are you playing?

yukarihinata · 2023-04-13T14:11:52+00:00

Simple thread to share games you are playing. Octopath Traveler II Such a cozy little jrpg. I never got the chance to play the first game, but I have found...

music liker

I just bought Iron Lung for the Switch. It's an exercise in navigation and coordinates disguised as a horror game. The sound design is pretty good, and I like the low-poly graphics.

Lumeinshin

The Buckshot Roulette multiplayer is in beta now, you can access it in steam via the Beta's tab in the game properties in Steam
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It's very good so i've been playing it with a few friends.
The new SonicXShadow game came out but I havent bought it yet, I'm thinking about the Romancing Saga 2 remake as well... if this months pay permits lol

Lumeinshin

Lumeinshin I ended up getting the sonicXshadow game, its quite good for sure, although its no adventure 1.
It's been nice to see so much shadow love recently

buckshot multiplayer also came out of beta and has been a good laugh

Colgatto

Lies of P was on sale a few weeks ago so I bough and finished it (100% in about 60h).

This is definitely one of the greatest Soulslike I played as of late. Maybe the best?
The combat feels great and rewarding, and the weapon customization is probably the best in any soulslike game I played. Almost all weapon arts are actually useful (depending on your playstyle of course). The atmosphere is really well done, story and characters are a bit basic but serviceable (though Venigni's fake italian accent pierces my eardrums).
The game is really lacking in the exploration side though, the areas are extremely linear, what with the game being narratively focused. There aren't any side areas and only a few secrets here and there which is a bummer.
The best thing about the game are the bosses, a couple of which I would put somewhere on my favorite boss pantheon : Black Rabbit Brotherhood for being an actually fun gank squad and Laxasia for the contrast between her two phases, and for being so damn cool.
After finishing the game I realized there's a DLC released soon-ish, so I guess I'll be playing this more of this in a few months.

Other than that, there's a game I've been playing a few hours here and there for the past few months: Reus 2

I loved the first Reus to death and I was extatic when a followup was announced. I'm happy to say that I'm really happy with the finished game! As of now I have more playtime on Reus 2 than on the first one, which is saying a lot.
Trying to get the best synergies between animals, minerals and plants is really fun and challenging, and there's no time limit anymore so it's very comfy.
Well, finished game is not the right word, at release a few elements were lacking, but the devs are actively working on it and there are new biotica and features released every month.
I don't see anyone talking about this game online, and I think it deserves recognition. If you like puzzle games and god games, give it a try!

LOWnHA

a ton of slay the spire and radiant silvergun.

Olifromsolly

Curse Crackers for whom the Belle Toils
Silent Hill 4
Dino Crisis 2
Shadow of the Erdtree

celery

osrs when i have time

frijole del alta

been playing some madden for the past couple weeks. not the new madden though.

Ross_R

Iron Brigade. Hardest camhack I've managed to pull off so far.

magicrabbit

I beat Morrowind modded for the first time, had beaten it a couple more times as a Mage in Vanilla but this was the first time I played as any other class with mods
Thought about doing more ingame but I don't want to invest too much time into grinding
Wanted to try looking for a different game to waste my time on but I've felt so irritable these past couple of years, it feels like video games have lost their magic to me, like a chore to complete anything that doesn't completely hook me in

sanner

I've been playing Destiny 2 recently. It's my guilty pleasure, but these sorts of games just make me really happy-- not sure why. Yes it's a live service game, yes I am frequently disappointed in it, but also it's a large part of my life and has been for a long long time now. It's a world i get lost in easily, also a great distraction after another long day.

magicrabbit I've tried to do a couple playthroughs of bethesda games but i just end up killing everyone i see and then the guards kill me.
How do you resist the urge for that during a playthrough(s), quicksaves?

magicrabbit

sanner Can't say I've ever had that urge. Or well I did once in Skyrim where I killed all of Whiterun when I was still learning to play, and a few times later after I was already experienced in order to try out my endgame build. I suppose do it until you're bored.
I will say however that Morrowind is a really good game for murderhobos like you, it lets you kill anyone and everyone and you can beat the Main Quest regardless of the state of essential NPCs.

Ross_R

magicrabbit and you can beat the Main Quest regardless of the state of essential NPCs.

Since when? Yes, you can kill an essential NPC, but if you kill him too early, it will straight away tell you that famous line that you've cut the thread of your own fate, and you should either reload or continu living in the cursed world you yourself created.
What a good line that was, by the way. I wish to believe it impacted and made many murderhobos in the making think about killing everyone, if even a little.

sanner I've tried to do a couple playthroughs of bethesda games but i just end up killing everyone i see and then the guards kill me.
How do you resist the urge for that during a playthrough(s), quicksaves?

I'm sorry to be blunt, but I think something's wrong with you if you cannot engage with a fantasy world in a... meaningful RPG style. Like, playing an actual role, rather than just killing eveyone.
Can murderhobo-ing be added to the list of problems that short attention span and overuse of smartphones bring, all that jazz? Because I really feel those are fruits of that same tree: if you cannot engage with virtual characters, give them even a modicum of... actualy humanity, like, imagine they have their virtual lives, virtual dreams, virtual families...
Now though, if TES is the only game that gives you that urge, and you can engage with other RPGs normally - well, I don't know what to say then. One peculiar problem you have, that's all I can say in the latter case.

magicrabbit

Ross_R Since when? Yes, you can kill an essential NPC, but if you kill him too early, it will straight away tell you that famous line that you've cut the thread of your own fate, and you should either reload or continu living in the cursed world you yourself created.

That's one of the first of Todd's lies. You don't even need to talk to Caius Cossades, Vivec or anyone else for that matter. Killing Vivec gives you Wraithguard, Sunder and Keening are in the same places Vivec tells you to go to, all you need to do is grab all three and head to Red Mountain to fight Dagoth Ur. Wearing Wraithguard without the training you receive does damage you but if you can negate it (easily done through alchemy) you're able to wield Sunder and Keening and strike the Heart as intended and defeat Dagoth Ur. You can also leave Divayth's Dwemer alive and he can jurryrig Wraithguard for you so you don't need to negate damage while wearing it (although that quest is bugged in its own right and you still need to be able to negate around 200 points of damage once).

Ross_R

magicrabbit
Neat. All these years and I didn't know that.
But then, I kinda always follow the script like a good player.

magicrabbit

Ross_R I kinda always follow the script like a good player.

That's Morrowind's story in its purest form to be fair. Gameplay-wise all it does is tell you why things are the way they are and get you to your destination. A script you can follow to become the prophecized hero. This unlike later entries like Skyrim where you're pushed around like the ball in a pinball machine into different quests and situations until you're at the end of the game.

Ross_R

magicrabbit
Never tried that one. Started my journey in Daggerfall and ended it in Oblivion.

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