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Purchased both fallout 4 and Subnautica. Gotta say that Subnautica is a freaking gem.
I want to play subnautica with a heart monitor just to see how bad my thalassophobia is lol
Lol that would make some good content.
Full noise canceling headphones + complete absence of light (block windows and door with black trashbags) + thalasssophobia.
Subnautica is a really fun game, atmosphere wise. Even if I don't really vibe with the whole "corporate space" stuff it has in the background. Good luck with survival!
Im pretty sure its making fun of that setting. Like when you first pick up Diamonds, there is a recording that says that everything you pick up is owned by the company so you would be indebted if you lose the stuff lol.
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Question(s) of the week:
What games coming out in 2024 are you most anticipating?
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Last week was Bioshock.
This week Bioshock 2!
I'm taking it very slow.
Got back into SMT: Nocturne this week and the Fallout hype is dragging me back to the Commonwealth so that's what I've been playing recently aside from my regular daily rotation of Genshin, Star Rail, and Nikke, lol.
I'm really excited for Frostpunk 2, I've been anticipating that since like 2021. The gameplay seems to be more like Cities: Skylines this time around, with some other elements mixed in. I so can't wait.
Currently waiting for Stellaris DLC, Machine Age. Looks quite epic and is biggest DLC since Nemezis.
I just finished purrgatory yesterday! It's a really cute visual novel about befriending weirdos and going to heaven. Getting the best ending took me the entire afternoon but it was worth it. Highly recommend if it looks interesting to you (it's free and playable in your browser (but maybe not on mobile))
Dang, Jerboa does not handle cross-post well. Anyways.
I've been playing the hell outta Minecraft with a few friends, just started our own server and I've been using purpur with a few plugins to make it more fun.
Honestly I don't even know my favorite genre anymore. Either hack and slash or fps but I haven't played either in a while.
Not necessarily a game but a mod pack. Skyrim ultima looks so fun and 1.0 came out this year. I just need a PC that can handle it
I have been replaying Syrian Warfare since I got it in January and I played literally nothing else
Did not know that game existed, since steam reviews seem to say it's russian propaganda it's probably really good.
It's unironically very good (except for AI movement) and yes it's Russian propaganda and yes it is based.
Im playing the CK3 mod, After The End right now alongside keeping up with Guilty Gear Strive.
I'm definitely still playing Dyson Sphere Program. I'm building my first space ball around an O-type and if my calculations are correct, it's gonna be pushing 861 GW with just the one shell. I'm considering adding as many as the game allows to see what I end with. My initial goal was to get on the leaderboard for this seed, I'm there. Now my goal is to get the 1 TW achievement. After that I'm considering going for 1st place on the leader board.
I'm still bottlenecking on science too. My theoretical max is 2500/min but I'm only getting around 1800 under best conditions. But I'm actually focusing on a new rocket factory I put in my new sphere system anyway. Research can just trickle in for now.
I'm gon a plop down more mining in my sphere system and hope I can keep my silicone and titanium topped off since that is where it's chugging right now.
Other than that, I finished Prodeus and am working to collect all the collectible things for new guns. It's a lot of fun if you like restro shooters. It doesn't overstay it's welcome too much.
I'm working on getting into Ultra Overkill currently too. I'm not sure move tech really works with boomer shooters but it's still mindless fun. Also chainsaw legs.
DSP is my favourite factory game by far, great to see someone else playing that one. I just polished off my first Dark Fog game, so was poking around at some other up and coming factory games before I started another run.
A couple of recent games I really enjoyed are Spiritfall and Viewfinder. Spiritfall is like dead cells meets super smash bros, and Viewfinder is similar to Portal in feel. Haven't really been keeping up with new games coming out, mostly focusing on my backlog. :)
I got very addicted to Pokemon go for a week very recently, but I quit.
What video games have you played recently?
Last time I think I said I was playing Lies of P, Elden Ring, Sekiro, Hollow Knight and Dark Souls III. Out of these I have finished Lies of P and started NG+, my plan is to get all achievements, but I haven't played in a week, I hope to get back to it soon. For the others same thing, but more like 2 weeks without playing.
Other than that I got the platinum in Die in the Dungeon: Origins. Also, I started a new Bloodborne run and it's the second time I actually play for real, I basically finished everything in the main game but the final boss. Right now I'm doing the DLC for the first time since on my first run, 4 years ago, I didn't do it because I heard it was hard and waited until the end to do it, found out the worst way that killing the last boss throws you into NG+ automatically like DS1.
I'm also giving Chalice Dungeons a proper chance this time, since on my first playthrough I didn't care about them. I gotta say, they are fun, albeit a bit repetitive, and the worst part is how separate it is from the rest of the game. The way Elden Ring tackled this is infinitely better by having it integrated into the world, it feels like just a detour for exploration instead of a chore like in BB.
Unfortunately I'm dumb and thought there was 6 depths instead of 5 and ended overleveling because of that, doesn't help that the dungeons give you a shit ton of echoes, making you think that you need to keep leveling up. Right now I'm Blood Level 112 still on NG and while Dungeons get tough sometimes, the DLC is challenging, but the bosses are too easy at this level, I just beat Lady Maria first try and felt disappointed because of it. :(
I'll have to play again to get the last ending for the platinum, so I'll probably just stop leveling up and do NG+ on this level and see how hard the DLC is supposed to be since I should be around a good level already for doing it there.
What games coming out in 2024 are you most anticipating? Or games that are coming out sometime in the future?
Cuban indie game, Saviorless, that launched recently looks interesting, I want to give it a try sometime in the future. Other than that, Hades II, No Rest for the Wicked and Elden Ring's DLC.
Playing GTA IV as my main title at the moment. Really appreciate how down to earth it is in comparison to the next game.
Other than that I'm also playing Orna on my phone when I'm out for a walk. GPS game based on classic RPG mechanics of grinding out monsters n' shit. Petty good time.
Play recently? Slay the Spire. That game's actually really popular in the PRC so I did a run in simplified Chinese to test my knowledge of the game.
Favorite genre? Action Adventure. Stuff like Zelda
Anticipated games in 2024? Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
I’ve been playing Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey and Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer lately. I’ve got a long commute to work, so the DS has become my best friend when I don’t feel like reading. I also started another playthrough of Diddy Kong Racing, initially just to test homebrew N64 emulation on my Switch. It actually runs well! It also plays mostly nicely with widescreen hacks, only downside is I have to run the game at base N64 resolution to avoid slowdown.
My favorite genre is probably RPGs? But I tend to get really into one or two genres at a time and then switch to something else after a bit. Recently it’s been roguelikes and, briefly, pinball. Before that I was playing a lot of bullet hell games. I think more and more I’m just interested in games that I don’t have to commit to for more than one play session.
What games coming out in 2024 are you most anticipating? Or games that are coming out sometime in the future?
I don’t know if this counts but I’m very excited for the Majora’s Mask PC port to release! I’ve been checking their Discord server every day hoping to see news. Otherwise, Demonschool seems pretty interesting, and Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance I suppose? I thought the original release of that was only alright, but hopefully the new route will be something I’m into.
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I've been giving Endless Space 2 another try. Did a Horatio win, now I'm doing a Riftborn playthrough. I feel this game is a bit barebones. I want to like it, but after 1 or 2 playthroughs, I feel bored and need to move on. The orchestral music is great though.
I was thinking of trying Stellaris again, haven't touched it in years. The 2.0 update was a deal breaker for me.
I was playing Baldur’s Gate 3 but had to stop because my poor laptop couldn’t handle it and school work (I might actually buy a steamdeck because of this). Currently I’m playing Princess Peach: Showtime (don’t judge me), Stardew Valley (waiting for the 1.6 update), Pokémon, and sonic origins (stuck on marble temple or whatever).
I don’t really have a favourite genre, but it looks like I lean towards role play games (I like character creation).
I am considering picking up TF2 (though I dislike online games, stranger danger) and fallout.
I’m looking forward to the new sonic generations game and a few Stardew-esque games that don’t have a release date yet.
I just started Horizon Forbidden West. I actually loved the first game, but trouble is I finished it about 6 years ago. So I'm struggling to remember the characters and game echanics.
Bought the lego batman bundle on steam about a month ago. I loved those games back when i was a kid, so replaying them feels amazing!
Actually have some time this weekend to play games and I decided to go back to Guild Wars 2 for a bit. Trying out Condition berserker (more like gearing it up lol).
I just realized that I have month to finish getting the good stuff out of the wizard's vault, and I feel like this time there's a lot more stuff than the last few resets.
Funny thing, actually! So a buddy showed me this website that allows one to buy games on steam despite the sanctions (steam currently prohibits purchases from Russia, for the record). If anyone is wondering "why not just pirate" - I wanted some specific games and their pirated versions had compatibility issues.
Anyway, bought myself Sleeping Dogs. Apparently (I didn't know it originally) it's part of the True Crime series, which features undercover cops infiltrating gangs and such. I suppose this premise alone might turn many comrades off.
This specific title is set in Hong Kong. There's some western chauvinism sprinkled here and there (for example, in the club location there's an ad for "Gulag vodka"). A good amount of characters are westernised, having western names (Jackie Ma, Winston Chu, etc). Protagonist's boss is white even. That said I feel it's doing a decent-ish job of not whitewashing either the gangs or police. Aforementioned boss for example is shown faking evidence at least once so far in my progression and is generally a cold git. Gangs talk a lot about loyalty and family, but also murder and steal with no regards to anyone but themselves.
Anyway, regardless of the plot, gameplay is quite pleasant. It's an open world TPS, similar to GTA and Mafia series, but with less emphasis on shooting ("guns are rare in Hong Kong", as one character says) and more emphasis on hand to hand fighting. There's mechanics for grappling, throwing, blocks, kicks and punches. Fun stuff, if you're into this kind of games.
Overall, it's obviously striving to envoke action movie feel. Something from John Woo, or perhaps those Van Damme flicks. Not bad to unwind after work.
Question of the week
Admittedly I don't even know what is coming out this year, and most of it would likely melt my wee potato laptop anyway. I was kinda looking forward to Smuta, which is a Russian game, set in 1600's. It had a prominent (online) and openly Marxist historian as a consultant. Unfortunately, the game is apparently shit. Mechanically, plot-wise, just in general. Folks are now mocking said historian in comments to his videos.
Finished FF7 a while ago and another called Cathedral. Started Blasphemous (españita mentioned), good little game
My favorite has changed over the years. When I was younger I used to like FPS but for the last 2-3 years I've been playing JRPGs almost exclusively. I really like Stalker, I should play Clear Sky again and choose the side of the bandits
I just picked up The Forgotten City on a whim and it was very enjoyable!
My favorite genres are horror and simulation.
One game I'm looking forward to is the next Dragon Age? I know it's gonna be a long while...