Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!
Please don’t forget to use the spoiler tag as soon as you start talking about a storyline.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is so good, and this is coming from someone who struggled to get into isometric CRPGs in the past (really wanted to get into Divinity: Original Sin 2, but couldn’t make it stick; I’ll probably have to revisit that after loving this so much). Definitely give this one a go!
Right? BG3 seems like it’s going to be a gateway game into more CRPGs for me. I think I’ll try my best to enjoy Divinity OS 2 afterwards as well, but I think my problem with that game is more about the unbalanced, nonexistent class structure and random difficulty spikes rather than the genre, which BG3 fixed by using tried and true D&D rules. But maybe I’ll see it from a different angle and appreciate it more.
I’ve started playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 at least a dozen times and just couldn’t get into it enough to keep going. To me it feels like it would be best played as multi-player experience, and frankly I just don’t have any gamer friends willing to play it with me. I just bought BG3 because of this post, so really hoping I don’t run into this same dilemma.
I tried Divinity OS 2 split screen with a buddy, the game requires too much saving and reloading to have an enjoyable time in multiplayer mode tbh.
This is exactly my experience. Always liked CRPGs, but I’ve literally never finished any of the classics, or any traditional CRPG for that matter (closest would be Disco Elysium or Dragon Age: Inquisition for me). But BG3 is really hitting for me. I absolutely love it, and I want to give more of these a try once I finish it.
BG3 with the wife, Diablo 4 with my brother, Hades by myself. It’s the golden age of gaming, friends.
Seriously. I’m never upset about a game delay these days because there are already so many games to play that I literally will not be able to get to in my lifetime. I’m still mostly catching up on games from the last few years and can’t imagine when I’ll even get to most 2023 games!
One of my kids is playing Joust on the Atari and the other is on the last dungeon in NES Legend of Zelda. They play Grounded on PC together. My daughter is really into Crusader Kings 3. And my son will never stop playing Minecraft with his buddies.
You could never touch a game from the 2020’s ever and still never run out of great games.
BG3 - finally got myself out of the early access area
Is that where the Gith is? If so I’m still in the ea area lol but I never played it.
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Same here. I’m about to enter the Underdark and I’m very excited!
Nice, I had a blast in the underdark
the outer worlds and fallout 4 in preparation for starfield and phantom liberty, I can’t wait 😩
Shoot, that’s a good idea - I need to get on those before it comes out as well! Such entertaining games.
I’m still heads down into BG3… I don’t see myself coming back up for air anytime soon.
Trying to finish Final Fantasy 16 this week. I’m about to start the final quests after I finish up some side stuff. It’s kind of crazy how different the side quests at the end are compared to the beginning. They’re so much better with a ton of character development.
Also working my way through Pikmin 4. Loving every second of that one. It’s just kind pure joy in game form. So colorful and fun.
Will probably try to max out my season pass in Destiny 2 as well, if I have time. The game is about as boring as it’s ever been, but I’m too deep to stop now. May as well play until Final Shape then hopefully call it a day on that one.
I’m rotating between 3 not so new but fun games: Hades, Remnant: from the ashes and Celeste…
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All 3 are amazing!
Girlfriend and I have been playing through the Zelda games. She’s playing Twilight Princess, and I’m playing Breath of the Wild.
Started playing Baldur’s Gare 3 a couple of days ago. Finally got my character created.
My girlfriend loves teasing me about how long it took for me to decide on a character. Playing a druid and have absolutely no regrets. Love talking to animals!
The only things I get fomo over are mechanics I discovered a bit later or didn’t remember to use in certain situations. My mind is continually blown by the depth and versatility of Baldur’s Gate 3.
I actually restarted two times because I changed my mind. I finally just accepted that I will be doing multiple play throughs.
Yeah, I still haven’t thought about what I’d want to do for the next playthrough, but I’m sure I’ll discover more about my preferences as I keep playing my moon druid.
Definitely went into it with a “okay this is gonna be a slice of the game and I’m okay with that” mentality so I don’t think I feel as much pressure from class constraints.
I do wanna get more into the martial classes, but the companions are good enough to scratch that itch currently. I’m loving that you can respec if you really want, but I’d probably just use that to swap specializations for some of my companions anyway.
Remnant 2 has been occupying most of my free time lately.
Path of Exile, I don’t know why but I’m playing more now that the season ends in 10 days rather than when it launched. First time playing SSF, and I will do it in next season too.
Tried Atomic Heart for an hour or two and I think I’m done with it. I found the loot collecting tedious, the upgrades felt excessive and padded, the characters overbearing, and combat was just okay. I think this could’ve been massively improved by cutting 30-50% of the play length by streamlining loot and progression and cutting weaker content. But I’m almost always the one saying games are too long and could be dramatically improved by cutting.
Finished another storyline in Octopath Traveler (1). I’ve finished 4 of the 8 main stories now. I still enjoy it, but just a little bit at a time.
Put a bit of time into Jedi Fallen Order. I’ve enjoyed it a lot more after dropping difficulty to baby mode and just blasting through story. Something about the movement or progression or exploration feels tiring to me. Especially backtracking through worlds I’ve already visited once or twice. I’m maybe halfway through and debating just watching a YouTube video for the remainder of the story…
Still making progress in Tears of the Kingdom. Maybe 25-30 hours in. I’ve started using the official guide’s “companion” for sections I’ve personally completed already. I really like how they wrote it as spoiler free as possible, with suggestions of landmarks or quests to get to that make sense for each section you’ve done. I had completely missed a couple armor sets that will be very handy!
Played the Payday 3 beta on and off a bit, I love the feel honestly. Much more like 1 than 2 I think. Other than that, Rimworld had a new mod for vehicles drop so I’ve been playing around with that too. A little buggy but otherwise a great addition and an opportunity to role play a max max colony!
I started playing Pillars of Eternity II about a month ago, then I was gifted BG3… and dammit, I’m going to finish PoE first. It’s a very enjoyable game. Lighter in tone than the first one and a bit less brutal with the lore. This time I have a good idea who the pantheon are, but I still occasionally find myself confused about people and place names. I used my saves from the first game to start this one, but I have very little recollection of what the hell I did back then, so maybe I should have started fresh.
DOOM (1993): I like it. First time playing it, just finished “knee-deep in the dead” and started the next chapter!
Shadow of the tomb raider: gameplay is fun but the story isn’t as fun as the previous games. Something just feels off to me.
I also just bought most of the resident evil games in the new humble bundle, have only played a little of 1 remaster, a year ago, and 5, about 10 years ago. I like weird scifi horror and this seems like just that, so hope I’ll like it, when I finally get around to playing them!
Can never beat Doom. If you’re PC you should consider the mod Brutal Doom, updates the engine and is relatively easy to do.
Oh, why is that? I’m playing it on the steamdeck, so I’ll check it out!
One of my most memorable LAN parties I’ve ever held was using “Megaman 8bit death match” Doom mod
Even if you don’t have friends, exploring all the insane and unique powers is a fantastic time.
Plus, every time that I play, there are at least a few folks playing in the open multi-player servers
It’s a mood that adds mouselook. I don’t know about steam deck but it’s literally 3 downloads (gzDoom, Brutal Doom and Extermination Day) and a whole new campaign with new weapons. Really excellent.
