A new week and a new thread.
What are you all playing!
I’m surprised nobody else is playing Remnant 2. It just came out and it’s pretty damn fun.
They called the original “Dark Souls with guns” and it’s definitely that sort of game in the sequel. But it’s not as punishing as a typical souls-like since there’s no death penalty. It’s perfect for my preferences since I hate the “losing all your money when you die” thing in Elden Ring.
Apparently it’s very fun in co-op but I have been playing solo so I can’t speak to that.
At only $50, it’s a pretty solid recommendation from me if “dark souls with guns” piques your curiosity even a little. AA title with no jank and I’ve only seen a single bug so far in my playing on XSX.
I was just watching a couple friends of mine stream Remnant 2 earlier and it does look pretty slick. It seems there is at least one puzzle that requires co-op to fully solve, and there may be more further in just so you and others are aware.
No oxygen included. Finally might make it to a point where I discover a new machine/furniture and have to restart again to plan my base around it.
Haven’t touched RimWorld in a few years. Got addicted to it again this week. Hopefully soon it will pass.
One of the best games ever! Doing a vanilla Royalty run now, and looking forward to try Biotech later.
I haven’t bought any of the DLC yet. Every steam sale I’m like not yet haha.
I feel your pain. I’m back doing a solo mechanitor run.
Started a fresh play of Mindustry this week and forgot how much I enjoy it. I play primarily on PC now to save my hands, but the mobile apps are free if someone wants to try it out!
Great game! And very playable on mobile too. I also enjoyed Shapez a lot. Looking forward to the sequel.
Shapez ruined me on Factorio. It feels like it took Factorio, removed all the weird distractions, and got down to the distilled essence of the genre. Everything else feels unsatisfying now. Send help!
Nova Drift, like Asteroids but a roguelite. Been really into roguelites lately, recommendations welcome!
I’m sure you’ve played Hades if you’re into roguelites but that is such an awesome game.
A lesser known and interesting recommendation is Against the Storm, which is a top down strategy game with roguelite mechanics
Against the storm is on my wish list! Just waiting for a good discount.
A bit behind the curve, but I just finished The Return of the Obra Dinn. Wonderful game, I took the time to 100% it and it was very rewarding.
If you are looking for another game with the same feel, try Case of the Golden Idol. I genuinely thought it was the same developer until I looked it up.
Just started playing Grim Dawn again while waiting for Baldur’s Gate 3.
I’m playing Dave the diver. It keeps me surprised, constantly adding new sections, while keeping the cor game loop fun. I suck at navigating though so I frequently get lost.
Yeah, Dave ate my entire weekend. Some issues, but great game overall.
Still playing Cassette Beasts
Cassette beasts is on my to play list starting soon!
I’m playing Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (DCSS for friends), trying to get the Orb of Zot unsuccessfully.
My best runs so far are with a Minotaur, although a Gnoll is good too, more or less. The farthest I’ve arrived so far is Dungeon:12, and Orcish Mines:2 were nasty the two times I achieved to get into it.
i am playing no man’s sky these days. i have played 25 hours in last 3 days.
Minecraft, with my kids… Got ourselves quite a neat little survival world going on at the moment.
I finally finished Persona 5 Royal the second time in a row, and moved on to…Persona 5 Strikers lol
Diablo 4 with my wife, and replaying GTA V. Both have been a lot of fun.
How’s diablo 4 for a (I’m guessing) casual player? Was looking to pick it up but haven’t heard that much positive about it.
I thought the game was spectacularly bad, but I seem to be in the minority. Makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills! It’s a very pretty game with super shallow mechanics and it’s designed for maximum grind. I can handle grind in an ARPG since it’s kinda their thing, but you gotta have some good mechanics to go with it or it’s just an idle/incremental game with prettier graphics.
I enjoyed the campaign of Diablo 4, but as you mentioned the game has a serious lack of depth.
It became especially obvious to me once I hit the endgame and realized there just wasn’t that much to do.
In Path of Exile especially there is so much depth and content around the endgame that it feels like there’s almost too much to do.
I don’t think Diablo 4 is bad, but I do think it’s far too casual. The combat is satisfying and the graphics are great. But the skill tree and RPG systems are massively lacking.
I, too, enjoyed the campaign. But the campaign alone wasn’t worth $70 and once the campaign ended, the game just turned into a boring grindfest.
I don’t even feel like casual is the right word because you can have a deep, interesting game without a game feeling like it requires a huge time and energy investment. Something like Last Epoch manages to have depth while still being approachable to casual players.
Diablo just seems… I don’t know, hollow. It looks great on paper but falls apart in practice.
I really love how Last Epoch approaches skills. Feels like the near perfect balance between casual and complex.
I wish the game felt a little bit more polished and refined overall, but they have a very strong foundation to work from.
I bought LE ages ago and the progress they’ve made makes me confident the game will continue to improve in good ways. The designers really seems to understand the genre and what players want. The way they are handling “the trade issue” is a perfect example of that.
The biggest issue right now is a lack of endgame systems. Once they get that fleshed out a little more, they’re going to be sitting pretty.
If it’s designed for maximum grind I’m not too sure I’ll like it. My tolerance towards grinding isn’t the best.
Went from like an hour in divinity original sin 2 to 55 and counting with a BG3 purchase this week.
Consider me hooked hard.
