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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Against The Storm. It's a surprisingly addictive game.

[–] Hillock@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Started playing yesterday, I can agree. I just need to get used to playing slower. It's so easy to put it on speed three and then suddenly I am falling behind and can't deal with the issues anymore.

I'm playing Assassin's Creed Mirage. It's a nice change from the gigantic 100 hour open world epics that the series makes now and it's a very nice looking and sounding game. The story is fairly standard for AC games (although there's no Animus/modern day storyline this time), and the gameplay feels like what AC1 would have been if they made it today. Overall I am enjoying it a lot. I haven't been able to play video games for the past month because I've been recovering from a major surgery but this has been a nice game to start up now that I can play games again.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I started up Cult of the Lamb more seriously. I had it at launch, but it didn't hold my attention between Hades for the roguelite action and RimWorld for the colony stuff.

But I'm currently bored of those two, so I'm playing this. Shit was getting frustrating with the gains for going and doing the dungeons... Until I learned that I wasnt actually cooking all my fish and had tons of fish meant to be sold. Money solved literally all my problems. Just like it would in real life 😭

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I love cult of the lamb I got it on my switch and I genuinely think it's a perfect game for handheld

Cause you can easily pick it up and play it a little and set it down

But also engaging enough to sit down and play it on your TV

Plus the combination between rouge like and base building is honestly amazing

[–] supercritical@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Just finished the Alan Wake Remaster. Really hated it, but apparently that is an unpopular opinion. I just felt like the story is not as innovative as people say and the mechanics are the same from the start to the finish.

I’m now playing Dredge. Really enjoying that game right now. I’m traveling so my Steam Deck is getting some use. I’ll be switching between Dredge and Cult of the Lamb while I’m away.

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[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Playing through hades and now I get the hype. Super fucking fun

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I played Hades on gamepass and I immediately knew that I had to buy it on steam.

Btw did you manage to get to the final boss ?

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm trying to get to the epilogue boss now. I've beaten Hades ~30 times just trying to complete prophecies

[–] Cexcells@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Baldurs Gate 3 still. 3rd run, this time Tactition. Next run on Honor. Still a banger.

[–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 5 points 2 years ago

I'm currently playing one of the games in Last Call BBS: 20th Century Food Court.

For anyone familiar with the Zachtronics catalog of games it's like someone bolted one of the programming games onto one of their factory games, but the programming part is done using cables. Unsurprisingly, programming with cables gets quite messy, so even after a short break I usually have to restart a puzzle because I don't recognize what part was supposed to do what anymore.

So yeah, great game, would recommend.

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I love cult of the lamb I got it on my switch and I genuinely think it's a perfect game for handheld

Cause you can easily pick it up and play it a little and set it down

But also engaging enough to sit down and play it on your TV

Plus the combination between rouge like and base building is honestly amazing

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Just finished Full Void, a pixel graphics cinematic puzzle platformer in the style of Another World. Cool original soundtrack, nice style and animation, great atmosphere and world building despite no words.

2 hours long main story, cool indie project with great attention to detail. Well worth the money.

If you play it you will be surprised who it is dedicated to, as you can read at the end of the game.

[–] vonxylofon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

INSIDE absolutely blew me away a few months ago, and I got a recommendation for Little Nightmares in a discussion about it. After about half an hour, I've gotta say, it's properly weird and I wonder what's it got in stock for me.

[–] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Playing through my backlog, and finally gathered enough courage to play and finish Soma, and now I'm going through the Turing Test since I felt in the mood for a Portal-like game and I finished the Entropy Center not long ago.

[–] vonxylofon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you haven't, give the Talos Principle a try. It scratches the same itch as Portal for me, although the tone is less whimsical, but equally bizarre.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh I completed that one a long time ago, I haven't bought the second one yet.

[–] vonxylofon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I've heard good things about the second one, so I'm doing the first one now. Finding the stars is truly insane sometimes.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just finished Talos Principle 2 and what a ride! I love Turing Test too and would also suggest Spectrum Retreat to scratch that puzzling itch.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Ohh haven't heard of Spectrum Retreat, I'll take a look thanks :)

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been playing the Mario RPG remake. I remember loving the game as the kid, but as I get to each part of the game I'm like "Damnit, I hate this level!", and it happens over and over again and I'm like "wait, why do I like this game? I hate this game."

With that said I'm still playing it because I'm almost done with it so I may as well finish it.

It's easier than I remember, but I also played the original when I was like 10 years old, so maybe it used to be more difficult because I wasn't as good at video games when I was 10.

I'm excited to finish it because I have an OLED Steam Deck on the way, and I'm trying to sort out what I'm going to play first. Any suggestions for controller friendly games that run well on the deck? I think Dave the Diver is near the top of that list. I'm not to keen on playing first person shooters with joysticks, that's what my PC is for.

[–] Mortoc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

If you’re in the mood for something more story based, I just played Disco Elysium on my deck and it was incredible. I’m currently slow burning my way through BG3 on it which is also a good experience but it requires some fiddling to get it running nicely.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 3 points 2 years ago

simcity 4, somehow

Coaltown needs more commuters, that smog isnt going to make itself. Agrarville needs more land for crops, which sucks for all of the residents who i think i'll drop a natural disaster on top of. Industopia needs more cashflow for a harbor, and the city planning advisor will never shut up about adding more rail and road connections.

Fun times.

[–] em2@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Playing SCUM with old friends and having a blast. Game is beautiful, enjoying base building, killing zombies, exploring the map, and fighting for loot.

It's really messing up my sleep schedule (and adult responsibilities) though.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

WoW classic season of discovery! It's my first time playing classic and I've been having a lot of fun. Just hit 25 the other day and starting world PVP, so much fun at these low levels.

[–] lordxakio@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I just finished Remnant 2, and started playing it again with a different class on my PS5, but have to stop cause I am traveling. I picked up Dragon Dogma on the deck and I hated it for the first 30 minutes, but I am into it now.

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just resumed playing Yakuza 7 after a few months of not playing anything. It's a cool game but requires some levelling grinding apparently.

In previous Yakuza games I would just proceed to boss fights as a underlevelled character sometimes, but in Yakuza 7 it doesn't cut it.

[–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 2 points 2 years ago

It's a great game but that's indeed one big issue of the game. Most of the game is pretty lenient when it comes to difficulty, but there are a few bosses that come with pretty enormous difficulty spikes. I'd recommend looking up how to power-level when you reach those sections.

[–] Defaced@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Cyberpunk 2077 phantom liberty. It's really good, like, better than most of the story in the vanilla game. It's a really cool detective story that really fleshes out V's character.

[–] peachfaced@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Got Sunkenland this sale and been playing it over the weekend. Base building survival type game, still early access but pretty fun with friends

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Fallout 4. After the disappointment that was Starfield, I had a hankering for a Bethesda style game and while not perfect Fallout 4 is just miles ahead and is still a lot of fun today.

[–] AnnaLogg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Finished the New Game Plus for Alan Wake 2 (PS5) and got the platinum. Now i am back on Grime (PC) which is fun. I like how I dont lose all my money when i die. Also, im actually not bad at parrying here like i am in most games.

I also bought some games from the Steam Winter Sale. Started Overboard and Word Factori.

[–] DichotoDeezNutz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Playing the invincible, try to go in without looking into the story too much. I'm liking it so far.

[–] madsen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I played Everything today. That was both hilarious and wonderful. Like Proteus and Mountain it's definitely not a game for everyone, but if some silliness and philosophy doesn't scare you away, you're probably going to enjoy it.

Edit: If you'd rather just watch it as a short film, then that's possible too: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/SrNsE3Jo-dYsrOfVj or you can let the game play itself for you if you'd rather just lean back and take it all in. Just leave the game unattended for a while and it will start playing itself. Settings for autoplay can be edited in the game's settings menu.

[–] caut_R@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Doom/Skyrim solo, CSD3/Spiral Knights/CoDBO3 in coop

Pretty sad that BO3 is in a buggy state that will make the game stutter or worst case murder your FPS. Also wished the Zombies DLC would get cheaper after almost 10 years.

[–] flakpanzer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Just finished the Talos Principle 2. Now installing Hades.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm nearing the end of El Paso, Elsewhere. It's a pretty cool game. The story is better than I expected.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Merged all of my WARFRAME accounts, now I don't care about other games anymore.

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm currently playing ultimate ninja 5. As a kid I never unlocked the yellow flash so finally came back to it and cleared master mode. Love the specials in these games, so cinematic

[–] rishado@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

A bunch of celeste (pico-8) ROM hacks, such great platforming

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I managed to get a copy of Chu Chu Rocket for Dreamcast, so that's been one I've been playing. But I've also continued with my addiction to Backpack Hero (even if it's slowly fading).

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm absolutely smitten with Cobalt Core. It's been called "FTL meets Slay the Spire," but I'd say it's more the former than the latter (which works for me, I liked FTL a lot more). There's also a dash of Hades-style storytelling. This won't have the legs StS can have for the deckbuilding nerds, but I'm having a blast with it.

The writing cracks me up, the soundtrack is phenomenal, and the strategy is keeping me engaged. Also, must protect Riggs at all costs. 💜

[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I'm back on the Grimdawn life. This game is like crack.

[–] Aku@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

RDR2 2nd play through. Just taking my time and exploring in chapter 2.

[–] bnjmn@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I was playing Laika for a bit. The difficulty is pretty brutal - one of the harder games I've played in awhile. Like, you can randomly die from basic movement mechanics if you're not paying attention. I wasn't having fun anymore, so I had to drop it.

Moved on to Going Under, and that's a lot more my speed

[–] alphacyberranger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Unravel 2 and Darq .......Amazing games

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