Feel free to let everyone know what you’re currently playing, recommend some great titles from yesteryear (especially on sale).
Been playing FTL off and on for quite a while. Still trying to beat all the ships on hard.
I am very bad at that game, but I still love it.
OMG I should so get back into it.
Probably the game I’ve played the most hours of, but I haven’t played in years.
And yeah, Hard is not a joke. I wish you good luck, and may your ennemies’ shield rooms always burn.
Have you ever tried the Infinite Space mod? It removes the final boss and turns it more into a “see how far you can get” roguelike.
I haven’t. I know there’s a ton of content mods too. I’d like to try them some day when I have some more time.
I’ve been playing Yakuza 5 and, as always, I cannot recommend this series enough. There’s a pretty large quality drop-off going from Kiwami 2 to Yakuza 3 Remastered, but at minimum Yakuza 0, Kiwami, and Kiwami 2 are all worth playing 100% and after the hurdle of 3 it gets great again.
The stories are well-paced crime thrillers, the characters are interesting, the combat manages to feel good without just being another Arkham clone, and the games being set in Japan makes it a fun experience to walk through as someone who doesn’t live there. They’re a blast. Not on sale at the moment, but the Steam Summer Sale starts tomorrow.
They’re actually still on sale right now, on GOG, I believe. The entire series is something like 80% off.
I hadn’t even known they were on GOG.
As of the other day the series was on sale at GOG. ~$30 for 0 though 6.
New to the series and started with 0 and been enjoying it.
I wouldn’t exactly call it a quality drop off since Kiwami 1 and 2 are basically full remakes of the original first 2 games using the newer engines. The story is still really strong going forward. But I do agree that I got whiplash going from Kiwami 2 to 3, 4, and 5.
Wasn’t expecting someone to mention Yakuza when I opened this thread! I’m in the middle of playing Kiwami 2 right now after having played 0 and Kiwami 1 like 2 years ago. I’m super glad it had a massive recap of the previous game at the beginning because as much as like the series, there’s so much shit that goes on and I didn’t remember half of it. I think 0 is the standout in the series so far and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to get into the games.
I’ve been getting back into modded Skyrim. I realized that I’ve played so little of the actual game that this challenge is to complete some content instead of the same Helgen/Whiterun loop over and over again.
Look into getting a n alternate start mod. That way you can skip the game up to whiterun or at least go back to it later
Still playing Rimworld, committing atrocities to society if I’m not playing FFXIV. I always find some new mod to use or new challenge. I get bored with the end game and usually just start a new one, so in my current colony I’m trying to either launch the ship or get enough honor to take over their shuttle. I have yet to complete the game lol even after 100’s of hours of playing it.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen. Finally completed the base game after falling off from the tediousness. I really hope the sequel addresses that issue because otherwise, it has fantastic combat in a world with mythical creatures.
I have it in my library. Any tips for a beginner? Anything to watch out for?
Wolves hunt in packs
Jokes aside I will say your main pawn learns by watching what you do, so it helps to have a general idea what type of character you want to play as and preferably have your pawn have similar playstyle.
It does help with their AI and also when at bars telling them to keep quiet does help your sanity.
Be careful about pawn commands, it has an effect on pawn ai playstyle weighting.
Pawns learn to fight enemies better based off a series of “weak points” that they learn by either fighting, hitting an enemy with an element weakness or hiting a enemy on a weak spot - example cutting off a chimera tail or blinding a cyclops.
And destoying weakpoints is also an way to get rare ingredients, like cyclops tusks from destoying the cyclop’s tusks sticking out their mouths.
Battle Bit, Overwatch, DRG and World of Warships.
DRG is just a great game, and a new battlepass season just started. The battlepass is free, just a place to unlock cosmetics, no FOMO since they get added to the game’s drop pool once they’re not on the battlepass.
Battle Bit (i know i’m a heathen around here). Hoping to pick up Rising Star 2 and Mini Healer in the sale.
Do people really dislike battlebit or something?
I believe people are upset because they are dropping linux support or something similar that makes playing in linux difficult.
I have been going hard on Kenshi as of late. Honestly such a unique game, I recommend giving it a look!
I recommend kenshi all the time. I love it.
I need to give it another go. I love other games of that sort, but something about Kenshi put me off the first time.
Replaying Dark Souls because I keep missing Elden Ring when it goes on sale
Besides finally spending some time in Divinity: Original Sin 2, I also finally tried Age of Wonders 4. I highly recommend trying both as they’re both refreshing and excellent. Also tried out The Ur-Quan Masters, which is a remastered (FREE) version of Star Control II and I’ll definitely spend some more time with it.
Star Control brings back the memories of rainy days and Sega Genesis.
Arilou Lalee’lay Skiff is my jam.Populous needs to make a comeback.
I will be checking out Age of Wonders 4 when it is on sale.
I’m replaying Ghost of Tsushima. Sure it’s an open world, go-to-icon, action collectathon but it looks beautiful and is punctuated with enough genuine fun to keep me interested. This one and Horizon Zero Dawn as last gasps of the PS4 are much better than they needed to be.
I’ve been playing Hollow Knight again. Sofar I’ve never beaten it but I have a feeling this will be the time! Generally get about an hour or two in after work while sitting with my wife as she watches garbage tv.
I know the game‘s decorated, but I‘ve only been in for like an hour or so. The generally melcancholic vibe of it hasn‘t caught me yet.
Does anyone who‘s played through the game have some tips for me (or us?) that they wished they would‘ve known when they first played the game?
I’ve always found The Crossroads to not be the best opening. If you can get through Greenpath, I think the game will stick with you.
The shadowrun series, some of them are on the shorter side ( there are user made storys that you can get from the workshop) but the world / story telling of fantastic there are quirks with some of the earlier games but im really enjoying the series.
Just picked up Party Hard 2…
Played the first one on steam and had a blast. It’s like Hotline Miami but you’re a serial killer just trying to get sleep so you have to murder everyone at the neighbors house party. Got the sequal on xbox this time
Gonna jump on it tonight.
Been doing a proper run-through of Everspace 2, it finally came out of a two-year Early Access a few months ago, currently on 20% sale and has a free demo. Really enjoying it, it’s very Freelancer-esque and I’m liking the stop-start animated cutscene style.
