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[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just installed MGS5 and Ground Zeros. Having never played a Metal Gear game, so I might hate it but I want to try.

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[–] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I've got Pentiment and Persona 5 ready to go. I'll probably start Pentiment first since it's undoubtedly shorter.
Balatro looks really tempting, too, but I'd want that for my laptop or phone (?) and not my gaming PC.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Spiritfall. Got it during the steam sale and I'm interested but haven't played yet. Looks like a lot of fun.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Either Return of the Obra Dinn or Tyranny. Tyranny has been in my steam backlog for a little bit, but it feels like something I need to be ready to get mentally invested in

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[–] roadrunner_ex@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am a few hours into Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The first couple hours were unfortunately spent troubleshooting, so my overall impression is less good than Human Revolution, but now I’m picking up good speed on it.

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[–] CaptainPieces@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure yet, tangentially related but is there a community to get gaming suggestions here?

[–] cod@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I doubt it, but you could always make a post here and you’ll get some responses I’m sure. Folks here are very good at answering questions

[–] Voytrekk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Started playing Horizon Forbidden West again on my Christmas vacation. I put it down after completing the first area, but have some renewed interest.

I am also finishing up Death's Door on my Steam Deck, which is a great little game.

I am also going to try something I did in the past to help get me through some games. I'm going to set a goal of completing 2 games a month. The biggest issue in the past was not putting down games that weren't interesting me enough. I have the free time, just need that extra motivation.

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[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Of newer games i am considering super mario bros wonder or tears of the kingdom. But i also never played metroid prime (had it on gc but hated the controls) - just not sure if i want to play it on wii (i liked corruption controls) or the remastered version om switch.

Ill probably also start a ds game i never got to play in parallel.

Maybe uncharted on ps3? Never playes those. As you can see i have not yet decided :p

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you have a pc/steamdeck there is a metroid prime hack pack that gives you more standard joystick controls for all three games. I'd recommend playing that way.

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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've been playing Sonic Frontiers, which has been surprisingly fun. It has a similar vibe to what "Mario Odyssey" did for mario, the mixture of 3D, camera controlled, and 2D segments was done well in my opinion.

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[–] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Finally grabbed a copy of Sekiro, and though I’ve never been much of a fan of uncompromisingly punishing games, I’m optimistic that this will be the one that gets me there.

Haven’t started it yet, so it’s possible, if not likely that it’s going to kick my ass.

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I spent a mostly uneventful morning sailing the high seas in Sea of Thieves. It was nice.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Elden Ring’s expansion! I failed the tree boss multiple times, with help.

Noe, Class of ‘09: the Re-Up!

[–] cod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good luck! I absolutely loved SotE

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

It’s so hard! I love it.

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[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

I’m going to try getting back into RDR2, and start on Undertale and Prey. Maybe Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Fallout 4?

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I started playing No Man’s Sky again recently. My game from XBox didn’t transfer to Steam and I didn’t feel like trying to troubleshoot it, so I just started fresh. I’ll probably play that until my new character has unlocked everything.
I also picked up Stray and haven’t yet gotten into it much. I also recently bought Everspace, but haven’t even started the game yet. Soon, though.

[–] FippleStone@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I really liked Stray, short and sweet with an engaging narative and solid visual design. Simplistic gameplay, but it's satisfying enough to keep things moving.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Playing through the entire Dragon Age series, then Pillars of Eternity and Sea of Stars.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just started Disgaea 1. For whatever reason I've bounced off this game half a dozen times since first trying it all the way back at release, but I've more or less settled into a groove with it now.

Having a good time with it, though I'm wondering if I should pick up a manual or something somewhere. Kind of obtuse systems and details I'd normally be able to get out of the UI, but not here.

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yakuza 3. Probably for the 3rd time as well because there was too much time since I played and lost track of the plot.

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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Started Grim Dawn (ARPG) and Genesis Order (AVN, although I suppose that one is fairly recent).

[–] Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Continuing Metaphor: ReFantazio. It's the most consistently polished game Atlus made (that I played) in years, though maybe SMT VV has a chance once I get to it. The only ones that come to mind are Persona 5/Royal (however much I prefer P3 and P4), and Etrian Odyssey V. Both of which had longer development times compared to their series, who knew?

My only complaint is that it doesn't have any 10/10 aspect that I'd love, most of my favourite games are somewhat flawed anyway, as long as they have that special aspect that clicks. But then, Persona 3 had nothing like that until the endgame, so there's still time for it to surprise me.

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[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

I just started the thaumaturge and it's freaking awesome. Looking forward to Stalker 2 later this year after they patched it a bit more

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I am currently playing ORAS, BOTW and Rayman Legends, after finishing at least one of them I'll start with Metroid Zero Mission for once, to break that nightmare deal I did to myself of not playing more metroidvanias until I get to finish Super Metroid and SOTN!

[–] CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Return to Moria has been really fun! Playing online with my buddy all day the last two days.

Pretty slow moving for a survival/crafting game, but we're both big Tolkien fans and the fan service is pretty great.

Boss fights have been quite interesting and when progression finally happens it feels really satisfying.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Pokémon Crystal and Red Ded Redemption 2

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[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I'm gonna be booting up Pathologic 2 once my new computer comes in.

[–] polarpear11@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Hopped back into Octopath (the first one) after finishing Sea of Stars. It's a honker of a game haha I feel like it's going to take me a while.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm still playing Warband

Finishing up Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (not patient, I know), Hogwarts Legacy, and A Hat in Time.

After that, I'm excited to play some games I got in the Steam sale:

  • Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
  • Firewatch
  • South Park: The Stick of Truth

I'm going to try holding off buying more games this year to get through a bunch of games I have that I haven't played.

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