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Hey, mod here. Guilty as charged, I honestly haven’t played much in months so it’s been hard to come up with good posts. I do read everyone else’s posts though, but not every day. I’ll try to comment more frequently and check in more often too.
As for the monthly games thread, that’s been the other mod, I’ve been patiently waiting for a new post for a while but haven’t seen one from him. I might take over that duty if the most recent post hits 3 months without update.
If there’s anything you’d like from this sub I’d love to hear it!
Hello,
Good to see you are still around!
I really liked the “Essential Games List” on Reddit, maybe we could do something similar? Or maybe best recently patient games? (games that are 1-2 years old)
Basically, I come here for game recommendations, so I’d really like a rotating rec list. Once/year would be plenty for me, since I just throw them on a wishlist and pick them up when I need games to play.
That’s a great idea. I’m definitely going to look into doing that essential games list.
As for the recently patient games, I just made a post about that last night! It seems to be well received.
Still playing Skyrim. Can’t seem to put it down.
I’ve modded it a bit and started over. I’m picking up more hidden details that I missed the first time, and I’m abusing some game mechanics to be all powerful. Muhahah!
Hey, if you’re into checking items off a list, Legacy of the Dragonborn might squeeze some more hours out of skyrim for you. It’s about creating a museum with everything in the game. You have to get pretty much everything, from a leather armor set to daedric weaponry, and store it in the museum. You can still keep the cool items by making replicas for the museum instead(and you can always take the item back from the museum also). It’s been a while since I played so maybe some things have changed in newer versions, but after finishing that mod I pretty much put down skyrim - nothing else to do at that point (other than mods with new quests, or skill/perk overhauls)
I’m back into Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It’s whipping my ass.
I’ve played off and on for years and don’t think I’ve ever made it past level 20. I have no idea why I’m so terrible
This is probably one of the more active communities I’m in, actually. Lemmy’s just not that big, I guess? And that’s fine with me. I don’t need an endless scroll of posts daily. I catch up on my subscribed pages within 20 minutes each day. But if someone wants to encourage more conversation I’m all for it.
As for what I’m playing this month, I just got a used Steam Deck and that’s dramatically opened up opportunities for me to play through my PC games that I haven’t gotten around to. Started Psychonauts 2 and I’m pretty impressed with how little Double Fine had to change since 2005. It feels like 20 years just never happened and it’s so far a very natural progression of the first game. Having a great time with it.
Psychonauts 2 is amazing. I had a really good time playing it and my kids were completely engrossed in it by my side.
Coming into Psychonauts 2 straight off the first one was honestly great. The story beats didn’t miss a single hitch, the reintroduction of Raz’s powers was perfect, and I loved the new characters.
I re-played the first a few years back and it’s one of the very few games I’ve 100%'d. Despite the years long gap since my last time playing, it still felt like I just jumped back into the world. So far I’m liking the new characters, but I do miss the original cast of camp kids.
I will say the constant references to the in-between VR exclusive game is frustrating. That feels like a crucial bit of story being dangled over my head that I know I’m never going to see because a VR headset is just not in the cards for me for at least the next few years. Maybe I just need to watch a Let’s Play.
That’s what I did for RoR (Rhombus of Ruin). There’s also the recap video at the beginning of 2.
But I’ve played the first so many times through my life I honestly don’t even know what the count is at. It’s had a massive impact on how I view everything.
Spending an unhealthy amount of time in Dicey Dungeons currently.
I’m starting XCOM for the first time and it’s pretty fun so far, pretty brutal at times though.
It’s lots of fun, I keep coming back to those games even years later.
The key to XCOM is never to sprint (run with both halves of your action meter) if you can avoid it. Move with half the action, the fire or overwatch.
Shouldn’t we just keep waiting patiently?
I think we should create an “Impatient Gamers” community and send OP to that one (evil emoji).
This is a trial of our faith. Our patience will truly be tested.
Day of Defeat Source for an hour or so each night. I rock a lemon for a computer but it can run DOD and I still get kicks out of it.
Are there still servers/players for DoD?
I don’t know about DoD but DoD Source has servers. For folks down under the ANZAC server starts to get going at about 6pm AEST each night with friendly admins to help shoo the dickheads away.
I finally played elden ring. I got pretty bored after 10 hours. Is it just learning the precise movements of the enemies over and over and over again until you can fight all the enemies?
The design is cool and the creatures are amazing and it’s fun, but I don’t like how restrictive movement is in a game that demands of movement.
I’m playing inside now and that is fun as all hell. I loved little nightmares and the sequel, so this is a pretty familiar fun game.
Yeah, I miss those threads cause I don‘t have enough to say about the games I play to fill out a whole post. And I don‘t want to follow stabdards or make a draft or spend more than 5 minutes really to casually talk about games, and if I make a whole ass post I feel pressured to deliver.
Having someone active be moderating would obviously be good.
As for what I‘ve been playing… Wuthering Waves and Genshin Impact for a couple minutes a day, then Marsupilami and Balatro on my own, and Trine 5 with a friend. I also started and had a look into a lot of other games, but nothing stuck with me as much.
I finished Mario 3D World on Switch and went on to have a look at Bowser‘s Fury and oh my sweet Jesus, it‘s so good. The music! Sadly it‘s just 30 fps, which is the only bad thing I have to say about it. 3D World was fine but the 2D/3D mix didn‘t feel right.
I guess someone else could make a monthly or weekly thread until we see what happens. I generally don’t have a lot to say, so I just lurk most of the time. So it’s nice to have posts like that to have an excuse to contribute to the conversation!
I decided to start playing The Sims 3 again over the weekend, and I played Morrowind for a few hours as well. Not sure which one will win out for my attention for the next while, I guess we’ll see!
Playing DayZ on a PvE server with my FIL. It’s very comfy.
I didn’t know DayZ had PvE servers. I like to watch DayZ streamers sometimes, but I could never play it PvP. That kind of thing is too stressful for me. I might have to check out PvE.
It’s fun times. Everybody helps each other out, there’s trading, events etc.
I’m playing “curse of the dead gods” right now. I wanted to scratch that hades itch while hades 2 is cooking. Pretty good, different, more random approach to the weapons system.
and a very invasive mechanic around lighting the rooms with a torch and immobile fireplaces. By default you get hit harder in the dark but there are also modifiers to give you benefits in the dark to change up the tradeoffs
I’m not sure I like it as much as Hades it’s a bit clunky but I’d recommend getting it in a sale for sure
Started a Professor Oaks Challenge in Red. I’m still not out of the grind in Viridian Forest. So much grinding.
For those who don’t know, the challenge is to catch, and evolve, every possible pokemon line before each gym leader. Doing this in an OG game is pretty painful, and slow at the start.
Kinda have Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous burning in the back of my mind, though. That new DLC. Kinda wanna roll up a Bladebound Magus. Kinda getting tired of running in a straight line repeatedly.
Does that include buying magickarp for extra pain? Hopefully you are using an emulator so it at least loves faster.
Yeah, I’m planning on pretty much grabbing one of the high levels I’ll have and just switch training Magi on the trainers in Mt. Moon before doing the Cerulean Catch-and-Grind, and having to add Abra into the mix for a bit.
Oh yeah, emulator with FF on with PKHex at my side to make some things a bit more gentle, but manually grinding, catching, and including Trades since I can just fake it and have a “legal” one.
I’m playing Blacktail, it came out last year and went under the radar but it’s really good. It’s based on classic fairy tales before they were disneyfied.
