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What game have you completed recently and what are your thoughts on it?

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[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently playtesting Mars Tactics, It's sort of like Red Faction combined with XCOM, in that it's about a worker's strike on Mars that escalated into a full-blown uprising, but it works on turn-based squad tactics combined with a planetary strategic & logistics system.

Idk why they give me an option to play as the bourgeois though, I'll never use it. Other than that, it's pretty damn great.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Seams neat.

[–] sgtnasty@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  1. Age of Wonders 4
  2. Total War Warhammer 3
  3. waiting for Rogue Trader
  4. waiting for Baldur's Gate 3
  5. hoping that I can play Armored Core 6
[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm also waiting for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader as well.

Just finished Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

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[–] roux@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'm still playing Dyson Sphere Program when I have time but it's been busy. I got my sphere mostly done in my home planet and have a sphere design in mind for my next but I need to get endgame white science on farm first before that. I think I'm actually starting to lose interest in the game which is fine sing I got a few hundred hours in. That's rare for my attention span.

My kid and I finished Mario Odyssey on this playthrough recently. He ended up playing most of the second half and was knocking out levels on his own. Can't lie I was both impressed and proud of him. He's actually currently working through postgame stuff now which I didn't even know existed.

I'm still not done with Antimatter Dimensions... I'm on the last mechanic and about halfway through it but I think I'm ready to be finished with it.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Noice. Dyson Sphere Program sounds 'ight. Right up my alley, even. Tbh, strategy games don't do it for me, but that one sounds good. Also, damn, Super Mario Odyssey is also a great game! Glad for your kid.

[–] roux@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I have mentioned DSP in the past on here. Elevator pitch: if you like automation and fine tuning systems and machines and also like space and planets then it's worth checking out. It's Factorio... IN SPAAAAAAAAACE!!!!!

I've have issues with Mario games in the past(looking at you Mario 64) and I also think Nintendo kind of sucks with their more questionable decisions in the industry involving old games and online but I think Odyssey really is something special. The movement is great and the platforming is very approachable. It really does a lot of things right.

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[–] Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm currently playing modded TES V: Skyrim, and I'm about to complete the Dawnguard DLC for the 3rd time

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've probably played Skyrim for 150+ hours over the years. Still never completed the main game lol.

[–] Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I’ve completed the main story once

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[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Playing Now:

Rimworld, again. Basically any gaps between any other games, I start up a new Rimworld campaign. My most played game of all time at this point.

Completed Recently:

Friendly Neighborhood: Survival horror game but with muppets. I initially dismissed it as a FNAF clone, but it is much closer to a Biohazard game. Fun, not long at all, which is a plus in my books these days. Might play it more later to get more endings.

FFXVI: Was okay, probably falls smack dab in the middle of my FF tier hierarchy. Definitely had some major issues with it, but it ended up exceeding my expectations in other areas. Story was interesting enough to make me want to see it through to the end.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems everyone is playing Rimworld these days.

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[–] IntoDaLagoon@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been going pretty hard on Darktide since I got it a few weeks ago. The gameplay is fun and the soundtrack goes hard, but im often frustrated by how bizzarely unstable it can be for a mainstream game. Beware the menu screens, for they will betray you. Once it took me 10 tries to get a sucessful launch without a blackscreen or freezelock.

It really is just the menus though, once you get into the game you're safe and it rules

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[–] klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've reached the point where I'm afraid to actually be done with Tears of the Kingdom. I suppose I actually need to so I can get Pikmin 4. I'm a longtime Pikmin fan so this feels like a fever dream actually having Nintendo do another big push on the series.

Also intermittently playing New Pokemon Snap. Shameless plus, but sub to !pokemon_snap@lemmy.piperservers.net and see pics from my playthrough and add your own.

In the retro category, my consoles are crying in neglect. I've only been playing couch multiplayer intermittently when friends come over, usually Didddy Kong Racing on N64

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I get that. I don't want to finish games sometimes.

[–] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Not much since I've been away on vacation. I've been playing in the Lemmycraft server while listening to podcasts. Not really sure what to play next. I'm feeling some nostalgia for Fallout 3.

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[–] Rondomi@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Funny. Last time I was in one of these threads, I was asked what game I was looking forward to. It was long enough ago that my answer was "BoTW 2." My answer to the current question? Tears of The Kingdom.

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[–] emmeram@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m still on ToTK. It fits well into the hour-long intervals I have available right now.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

My game time fluctuates.

[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been playing a lot of Wii U Super Smash Bros. I can finally beat level 9s as a random character more than half of the time.

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[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I love me some JRPGs but haven't really played any good ones in a while. I do know Atlus is releasing a P3 remake and a Persona-like game next year so I'm suuuuuper hyped for that.

Also while not a JRPG, I'm really excited for Starfield. There are some other games I'm excited for but can't remember off the top of my head rn.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm also excited for Starfield.

[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They said Fallout in space and I said say less 😂

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ain't outer worlds already fallout in space tho lol

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[–] tamagotchicowboy@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Playing ADOM right now, haven't played since I was in middle school. Its lightweight enough a potato could play it without heating up the room.

Haven't completed anything recently, its been way too hot to play video games.

I like Sandbox and rpg.

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[–] nemesis@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been playing Viewfinder, which is a first-person puzzle game where you can pick up photos/drawings/etc and place them in the world so that you can walk into them. Not too far yet so I don't know if it'll evolve into such, but so far it gives mindbending puzzler vibes like Superliminal, Antichamber, or Manifold Garden.

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[–] Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finally playing through GoW Ragnorok. My thoughts so far are that I hated elves in the last game and I hate them in this game too.

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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

The Outer Worlds, one of my favorites. The messaging is a bit limited in its criticism of capitalism, but overall, it's refreshing to see and it combines it with a game that is pretty brief and to the point (not getting bogged down in repeatable quests and such things). It's also an RPG with choices that don't always have black and white, good vs. evil answers, and that's my favorite type of video game. And also, in spite of having some nuanced choices, it doesn't do the enlightened centrism thing of making it sound like the clear worst faction of the game could be good ackshully; it's pretty clear on that point and leaves more of the greyer stuff to side plots.

[–] pulsereaction@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm currently very into Elden Ring. In a sea of gacha quest games, where you have a todo list of all quests, with arrows pointing exactly what you need to do next, Elden Ring feels very refreshing. I love how it doesn't hold my hand at all, and exploring the world is very rewarding.

It also scratches an itch I have, which is the git-gud aspect of some games, and it feels very rewarding to finally beat a boss you struggled with, or kill a dangerous enemy without taking a single hit

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Plus, it literally has no quest markers.

I... like that.

[–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’ve been playing a lot of Saints Row 2 lately. Very nostalgic for me, I played it a lot about 10 years ago. I like the San Andreas style of winning back territory. I also like the activities in the game. Great game. I also like Vampire Survivors, a newish game that plays like an old-school survival arcade game.

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[–] KommandoGZD@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Mostly DayZ recently and some Rocketleague again for the first time in a while.

Gave TW:Attila a decent shot recently. Pretty good game, TWs just get stale fairly fast for me.

Also tried the HP game a while ago and...it's just boring. Looks pretty good, there's tons to do, they put in a lot of effort, but idk. Still feels weirdly lifeless and unengaging to me. Can't really put my finger on it. On paper it's everything my 10yo self would've wanted from an open world HP game, but it isn't. Played maybe 8h, haven't touched it in weeks and I highly doubt I'll ever finish it.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

TW: Attila?

I just heard of that one.

Oh, and I hate HP now.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gave TW:Attila a decent shot recently. Pretty good game, TWs just get stale fairly fast for me.

Does it have proper UI scale now? I remember playing it long ago and it was great and since then a lot of great mods came out but i can't play it since the interface is microscopic on higher resolutions.

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[–] Alunyanners@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Currently I'm hooked onto Mystery Dungeon/Roguelike-esque games. So right now I'm playing Touhou Genso Wanderer and some Shiren the Wanderer.

There are no games that I've finished recently, though have gotten very close to it. Sonic Mania is one such game. I've reached to the final stage, but with powercuts being so frequent I was unable to beat the stage because if you get to Act 2 and decide to quit, you'll have to start from Act 1 again for some... unknown reason. So yeah.

I'll probably complete Mystia's Izakaya in the future though.

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[–] Durpadurp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Playing: Replaying Witcher 3.

Just finished Gabriel Knight Sins of the Father.

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