• tomatoely@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    14 hours ago

    Fallout New Vegas! I’m really enjoying all the characters that I have met so far, but I’m starting to realize that villifying factions right from the start isn’t the best idea when trying to get to new places

  • Tuxman@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    1 day ago

    I’m playing Minecraft on the Wii U with my daughter… and since the eShop closed a while ago, I didn’t have any issues unlocking all skins and DLCs by…. Alternative means 😅

    I like the style of the Mass Effect texture pack, and it’s fun exploring the included map.

  • MrDrProfJimmy@lemm.ee
    3·
    23 hours ago

    MGS Ghost Babel! Obviously a little primitive because it’s a GBC game but the plot’s pretty exciting and holds up even today

  • 5in1k@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 day ago

    I’ve been playing Silent Storm a 2004 strategy RPG that is a total hidden gem. A little primitive but it feels a bit like the battle system from BG 3 with guns.

    • Arkive@lemmy.zip
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Silent Storm was a fun turn-based tactics game! Not as polished as something like the Firaxis xcoms, but more complete than a lot of other non-fantasy tactics games I’ve tried.

    • Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      I experienced the whole original trilogy last year with a friend on coop. I get it now. Why so many people love Halo.

      Btw, Halo 2 and 3 are much better than the first one. If you already liked that, you’re in for a treat.

      • MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.comEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        I played a bit of Infinite coop - that game is super faithful, by way - and that was a lot of fun. Playing this in 2001 with a friend must have been fantastic fun.

      • MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.comEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Incredible, I’m sure. Especially for people who weren’t playing on PC before - it generally stands up to Half-Life in a lot of ways, including the enemy movement and maybe even AI, but the cutscenes have that more traditional cinematic look. I love the constant immersion of Half-Life, but this feels like watching an awesome sci-fi action movie, like Aliens. There’s enough survival horror and cosmic horror vibes as well to keep you going.

        • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Consoles really didn’t have many good FPS until then. I’d say the Timesplitters series was a standout, as was Medal of Honor: Frontline.

          Both of those felt kind of on rails compared to Halo though. Wide open areas, three way battles, vehicles…

          • MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.comEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            Yeah, the vehicles and battlefield chaos are really well executed. It feels genuinely grandiose today, so it must have been mind blowing at the time. I can also tell the campaign is meant to teach you how to play multiplayer, which other games would go on to do in the years to come.

            There’s a lot of Battlefield 3 in there. Or the other way around, more appropriately.

    • Berttheduck
      3·
      2 days ago

      I wasn’t very patient with that one at the time, somehow managed to get it running on my PC though and had my mind blown. Such a good game, basically everything is fantastic apart from that library level.

      • MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.comEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        You know, having just played the Library level, I get the feeling that it was thematically necessary to drive home the scale of the cosmic horror you’re facing. It needs to be exhausting, overwhelming, unending…

        I tried it on PC in 2004 and all I got was a slide show.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
    19·
    2 days ago

    Playing through Hades 1. I never got out of Hades until this time around, and I’m having fun grinding to complete some of the fated choices and lounge renovations.

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        3·
        2 days ago

        That’s been my experience, too! I was a little worried, after I got out the first time, that I would have no more reason to keep playing, but they did a good job giving the player something(s) to keep working towards.

      • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        How did you like it? I’m like 10 hours in and so far it seems ok, but I’m not seeing the super amazing game that my friends raved about. For instance last night while playing I thought about how Bioshock was much more immersive and gripping, and it came out the same year.

        • zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev
          2·
          6 hours ago

          The first game is a bit different from the rest and it’s greatest strength is the world building of the universe, where it is the strongest title of the trilogy. People mostly like the mass effect series for the companions though, and they are at their best in the second game.

          The first game suffers a bit from being an awkward hybrid between an infinity engine game and a more action-oriented game. It was a rough time for RPGs in general in that respect. ME2 and 3 lean more in to the action game play for better and worse (mostly better).

          Unless you are in hurry to get on to the next game, I’d encourage you to do some of the optional and very easy to miss sidequests that you can get from exploring planets. Its worth checking the wiki for these if you don’t feel like doing enough exploring to stumble across them organically, I can in particular recommend the Cerberus quest chain and Talis geth quest chain.

        • Sai Somsphet@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          23 hours ago

          I liked how the combat system evolved and became more immersive instead of a third person rts. The story was interesting, with your choices following you through the games. I did a renegade run and still ended up with paragon points. Also, don’t explore and find everything unless you are dedicated to 100percent run.

          Super amazing? No. But fun and a good story with fun characters. Talking to them for side missions actually makes bonding with them worth the time and effort. If you have all three games you might as well play the series as intended 1-3.bur if you only have one or two, the game falls flat. They need each other to make sense, have fun, and become one giant decent game.

          So i say again, have fun. If you are getting frustrated, back off, relax, play some BioShock, then you get back up and eat that horse. It’s more important to enjoy the game then it is to finish it within a set time.

        • Tuxman@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          1 day ago

          Mass Effect 1 is really like the first season of a TV show. The series was still finding its footing, but the story and characters make up for the grindy bits

  • Delphia@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 days ago

    Half Life 2. They gave it to me for free.

    Finished it and got Necromunda: Hired Gun for $13.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    Heh, Stardew Valley here. I slept on it for years, until I found that it’s available on the Google Play Store lol.

    Works really well on mobile!!

    • GriffinClaw@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 days ago

      Same. I actually bought it again on sale in steam. Though Ill most probably stick to mobile version + controller for it. PC version is now for mod testing (aka make it mobile-like)