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It's December! Which means vacations and deadlines. Which mean unreliable schedule to post weekly threads. So, bear with me this month, I'll try to post them on time, but if I don't, don't worry, we should get back to normal weekly posts from January.

And since this post is so late, going to make it a post for this week and the next. Now, games!

Playing Fortnite, my kid regularly plays it, but when I saw the Lego Fortnite trailer I got intrigued, gave it a try and loving it. Also playing Rocket Racing mode. Haven't gotten a chance to try the third one, Festival I guess it's called.

All other games are on pause due to lack of free time, except for Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, the smaller size of Vita makes it much easier to lug around, so getting some hours in the game when I don't have anything else to do.

That's all from my end, what about all of you? What have you been playing? Or meaning to play over the holidays?

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[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Made me look at the calendar, I thought I had been in a coma for a few days!

... It is Wednesday, right?

I'm out of town and didn't think a lot about which game to bring, so I just started a second playthrough of Pokémon Scarlet with only flying type Pokémon. I didn't even like the first playthrough that much, but I had wanted to do a monotype run of any game one day, and this one was right here, so here I am. It's ok I guess.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Made me look at the calendar, I thought I had been in a coma for a few days!

… It is Wednesday, right?

Haha yeah, this is last week's thread which got delayed, so posted it now as a combined thread for this and next week.

Good luck with monotype run. Wouldn't that make almost impossible to beat a gym leader if he has umm... whatever is the weakness of wind.

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

It makes it harder but it's still easier than I'd like hahaha

[–] dotdi@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

After realizing I don’t actually enjoy Starfield any longer, I started playing BG3

[–] MrKurteous@feddit.nu 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In my search for short but awesome games, I just started playing Inscryption! I haven't gotten very far, but boy does it spark my curiosity, I neeeed to find out what awaits

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Inscription is fun but there's multiple levels lol i thought it was short too but lost interest before finishing it on the third act i think

[–] MrKurteous@feddit.nu 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've only gotten to the second act so far, but it's new enough for me to still have interest! I saw on howlongtobeat that it should take around 12 hours, so I hope that me being ready for that will make me last until the end.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it took me awhile to figure out the first act, so I think I spent more than 12 with it

Really loved the atmosphere of that act though! Probably why I spent so long on it.

[–] MrKurteous@feddit.nu 1 points 10 months ago

Haha, when I first read your comment I thought you were referring to the first map, before you beat the Prospector, and I was confused how you spent more than 12 hours there 😆 But now I've actually gotten to the second act and I totally get what you mean! I don't like the atmosphere nearly as much there, but I hope I'll have the enthusiasm to finish the game anyway

[–] Waker@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

LoL plagues me as usual.

However I've been playing some Rust and Project Zomboid on the side.

I am also playing Skylords (fan resurrection of EA's Battleforge) which is an RTS but your units/civ is made up by a deck of cards you build yourself. It's a very different take on the RTS genre and I never saw anything like it.

Edit: might go enjoy GuildWars2 winter event. They are usually super fun.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Animal Crossing New Horizons. Received this two Christmas ago and enjoy playing now and then.

But on man do I wish I had a dodo code to an island where I could get cherry and pears.

I have apples, oranges, peaches, coconuts yet can't get the others.

Vegetables I have tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, wheat, and sugar cain.

It's ridiculous that you can't use miles and get to an island that has the other stuff.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you have Discord they have a very active community, or well it used to be active, haven't checked in a while.

If you don't have Discord, let me know, I can return to the island and send you my code. I haven't really played in a while, so place will be a mess, but at least I can give you the fruits.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Wow thank you! I check out thier Discord but definitely will be grateful for the code.

[–] roht@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Trying to finish up Persona 4 Golden on my Switch. Playing some Risk of Rain Returns on the side

I'll be moving on to Baldurs Gate 3 on my Xbox Series S once I'm done with P4G. Also playing Remnant 2 and Warhammer 40k Darktide Co-op with friends.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Pokemon Platinum, playing around but mostly to complete what I am missing in Black 2

[–] timo_timboo_@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I got back into Super Mario Odyssey, after like 5 years. Just felt the desire to play it again and man, does it take me back to 2017/18. Still just as fun.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I barely played it but now I'm playing Wonder with my son (and exclusively with my son), I'm thinking a single player mario could scratch the itch between wonder sessions

[–] SVcross@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I'm beating TOTK again.

[–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I was sick over the past week and got Dave the Diver to have something not to demanding to play as I am done with Pokemon, super fun I highly recommend it.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Bravery and Greed was on sale for $10 so I took a chance on it. It looked like it would scratch the rogue like itch for me and I have not been disappointed.

Multiplayer side scrolling rogue like.

[–] Tourma@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Still playing Honk Train (Honkai Star Rail) and Palia. As a bonus, the latter just came out on the Switch and has cross save. So I'm going to be setting that up in a minute.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I started Palia on handheld, and don't know why but it felt a bit off. Will probably give it another try.

[–] Tourma@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's definitely leggy there. I think it's still technically in beta? It runs a lot better on PC. Big surprise, I know.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'm probably going to install the original Doom on my laptop.

[–] sdcSpade@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's the weekend, my dudes.

Baten Kaitos New Game Minus progress is slow. I don't play it very often right now but when I do, I get a lot done. Some enemies have begun to outspeed me, but I've only had a character die to bad defense RNG once so far.

I've spent most of my time with Arkham Origins lately. I've 100% the main game and New Game Plus (which is an odd name for hard mode), I've beaten the Cold Cold Heart DLC and have just begun the Challenge maps. When I started the game, I completely forgot it takes place during christmas, so it's an accidentally fitting game.

I'm deep enough into Shantae on the Game Boy to have more of an opinion on it. The game has two faces: The dungeons, which are a joy to be in and the overworld which is an awful slog. The game has fast travel, but it takes a long time to unlock it. And the constant back and forth makes me impatient enough to just jump into a pit and be reset to the beginning of the area. I probably could have beaten the game by now if I played it more, but I'm playing too many games at once...

Speaking of too many games, I dug out my save file for Pokemon Infinite Fusion again and finally finished off most of the post game.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How is Arkham Origins' performance on Switch?

I hope they added QoL features in Shantae when they brought it to Switch.

[–] sdcSpade@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Origins isn't part of the Arkham Trilogy that is on the Switch. It's the awkward black sheep that isn't as bad as people say, but deserves most of the criticism.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Last weekend I wrapped up Super Mario Bros. Wonder with 100% completion and so I've returned to Starfield. Level 21 and counting, currently playing through the Crimson Fleet questline.

I wish I could fly my ship wherever I wanted...

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone has ever mentioned Starfield in this thread, and yet we have three mentions of it this week. What happened?

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's been a packed second half of the year for major releases. I imagine that people held off on beginning Starfield until they wrapped up a few other things on their plate, since it's such an investment in time. As for me, I have over two weeks off work starting today, so there will be a lot of quality time with this game in my future.

Level 25 now!

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, makes sense.

Have fun!

[–] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Finished Broforce!

Bought this game mainly for multiplayer, but had never finished the campaign, decided to do it in singleplayer. And I'm not sure it was a good idea - this game is very fun when you have a bunch of friends running around, blowing stuff and laughing at the chaos, but it gets very frustrating when playing solo.

You die too easily and too often, and since you always start the stage with a single life any time you don't have an extra life available near the start you're going to struggle. Once you have a buffer or two most stages flow well, but there were plenty of "die 10 times before making it to the extra life" moments.

There's a lot of deaths that feels like bullshit too. I get that the random nature of the characters is part of the game and sometimes you're going to get a shit character for the stage you're on, but many times you just jump across a ledge and die instantly to a previously off-screen enemy, or die to stuff unexpectedly falling from above.

Finally, holy crap that final boss had a LOT of lag (at least on the Switch version). Might actually be a good thing considering how fast and chaotic this game is, but I can't imagine how bad that would get with 4 players.

Finished A Short Hike!

What an adorable and relaxing little game. Gameplay is simple - you just explore, glide around, and chat to people while slowly going up a trail. It's very short (took me something like 2h), but I was smiling all the way through.

Definitely going to replay this one.

Finished Torchlight 2!

Felt like playing a good Diablo-like hack-and-slash, and saw one of my favorites on sale in the eShop. Did a run with an Engineer and a Cat pet, just smashing my way through with a hammer.


Haven't started any games after that yet, I've been a distracted by Magic Arena since yesterday's update added the Khans of Tarkir set and this lets me play my favorite deck ever (Izzet Phoenix) in that client. They also added a new format ("TImeless") that has been very interesting so far.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have Broforce from PS+, but after reading your updates about it, I think I am just going to skip it.

How much of a replay value does "A Short Hike" has? I generally don't care about replaying much, and with my backlog, a small game that I can finish soon is a plus.

[–] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

How much of a replay value does “A Short Hike” has?

Not entirely sure, but howlongtobeat.com has it with 4.5h to 100%.

I mainly want to replay it for the relaxing feel, it was such a great experience overall.

[–] anarchyrabbit@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The Deponia collection was a steal. Seems very Monkey Island-y. I liked the monkey island series so hopefully I'll like this. I'll be playing Deponia.

I tried little big factory before but I called it quits after realising it's not for me. Also bought Move Out on sale but just seems too repetitive, maybe it's more of a multiplayer game than single player...