Talk about games, any game.
Discussion questions:
What video games have you played recently?
What are your favorite video game genres?
Question of the week:
What are you anticipating for the TGA this year?
and
What are you anticipating for 2025?
Okay, cheers I’m sure a lot of you have had a hard week, but take heart, and just enjoy yourselves here!
Replaying Sniper Elite 5 (again)
About to start Dishonored (again) after getting a free copy from AmazonPlayed Dishonored 2 before going back to the first one again?
Back on my Elite: Dangerous bullshit again with the latest update. Power play overhaul adds some new stuff to do and a reason to do it, while removing a lot of the downsides.
Damn, I have yet to play a good space game…
Looks scornfully at Starfield.
While I enjoy it and have several thousand hours logged at this point, I hesitate to actively recommend it. I feel like it’s on an upswing, but it’s still flawed. A lot of mechanics are opaque, the learning curve is a sheer cliff face, and there’s about a decade of cruft, bugs, workarounds and technical debt. That said, most of the updates since Odyssey have been a net improvement IMO, and the community is, for the most part, actually really welcoming and supportive.
Ah, fair enough.
I’ll keep this all in mind.
I played Elite Dangerous a lot. Its tough to get into but i feel like the economy is much better now. Like when i first started making money was a pain but now they’ve added a few new ways to do it that arent as grindy. I do exploration mostly so its a space flight simulator where i just go land on random planeta and moons and visit pretty places to see the views. Never done combat much so i cant comment on it but it does exist and has a big following.
There’s a new one, right? Or am I thinking of the old game from the late 1990s to early 2000s?
Elite Dangerous is newer its like a full simulation of the milky way and has a big background simulation its an MMO kinda but i play in single player mode lol.
I should also play No Man’s Sky but I don’t know if it’s truly just a “cozy” space sim where you can just do stuff without objective.
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Okay, that’s all, cheers.
See the above OP. Read it. Memorize it. Love it.
…Err, answer it?
Spoiler that shit. It’s long.
Oof
Gamers rise up
Pikmin rise up
Hades 2 has made me realize that I’m not good at Rogue-lite games. I finished the original Far Cry (meh). I intend to play far cry 4 and maybe 5.
I unironically loved Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4.
I’m finishing Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow probably either tonight or tomorrow, another really fun game! I don’t know if I like it more or less than Symphony of the Night yet. I think it did some stuff better, like I think the soul system is a lot more enjoyable than having to hunt around the castle for sub-weapons if you want a specific one. I like that there’s more types of weapons too, but I ended up just using the normal swords the whole time because I liked being able to cancel the attack by landing too much lol.
I’m not sure what’s next yet! I really wanted to play Dark Souls II, but I’d like to play the vanilla version, and I don’t have $40 to spend on a game right now. I’d usually just pirate it, but I want to be able to play online too so I guess I have to be patient. Hopefully it goes on sale sometime soon. Otherwise I don’t have anything specific in mind. Maybe I can finally get around to Final Fantasy VI? I’ve been wanting to give Metal Gear Solid 2 another try as well now that I can emulate the PS3 version.
Damn, I want to play the original Kojima games.
I had to look it up, I’m surprised that vanilla DS2 PC servers are back online, considering they shut down the console servers, and also considering that DS1 Prepare to Die Edition never had their online restored.
Yep it still averages like 200 players online. Probably not even worth it to be honest, but I don’t know, I really enjoy the online in these games so I’d like to try at least. I’m a little worried I won’t run in to anybody, but when I played Demon’s Souls PS3 there was usually only like 10-20 people online through RPCN and I still managed to get invaded and invade, never co-op though sadly.
I downloaded and played some DS2 online last night, got a little PvP action but I didn’t see any summon signs. I left one down for a few different bosses but didn’t have any luck getting summoned sadly
oh cool! thanks for letting me know. too bad you weren’t able to find anyone to summon you, but good to know there’s still some pvp’ers at least. i might just end up pirating it after all, and if the game goes on sale i can just start another character if i really want to.
Okay, done.
See the above OP.
There’s a new expansion pack for factorio. Factorio is not for everyone, but whoever gets it gets a cheap per hour entertainment.
Sounds 'ight.
Been playing Deadlock as my main game since I started back in August and been enjoying it. Looking forward to Monster Hunter Wilds in February. Really enjoyed the beta but worried about performance in the full game, cuz it wasn’t great in the beta.
Monster Hunter Wilds is probably set to be my first foray into the series.
It’s a good time to jump in cuz they’re definitely trying to make it easier for beginners to start. I myself started with Rise but I’m interested in playing a main line game with more grounded mechanics.
That’s good. To be honest, I like beginner-friendly games. I don’t really like “git gud”-type games.
Wilds looks like fun but I’m skipping it because Capcom decided to shit it up with Denuvo
I’m playing Final Fantasy 15 A New Empire. It’s a shitty kingdom-building mobile game with guilds and sieges and endless timers. It’s got nothing to do with FFXV, but in my headcanon this is what Noctis was doing during the timeskip.
If anyone knows where to download either King’s Knight or War for Eos, then I’m all ears! I want to play everything related to FFXV out there.
Awesome! What do you think of Final Fantasy XVI?
And do you play the MMO Final Fantasy XIV?
I haven’t played either of them. Funny thing is, I didn’t even know 15 existed until I heard news about 16. So apparently not many people like the game as much as I do.
Ah, so you haven’t played any of the two.
Well, Final Fantasy XIV has the best story, apparently (well, for an MMO, anyway). And people liked Final Fantasy XVI, but thought it felt too much like Game of Thrones (which is a show I don’t like anyway, but love A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series that it’s based off of).
There’s also Final Fantasy VII Remake as well, which people apparently like, at least the first part. Not sure how the second one was received, but honestly? Gamers like to complain. And Final Fantasy fans apparently like to complain especially.
Very true. I’ve seen a lot complaints about how the remake has changed the story but I think if was kept the same, we’d be hearing complaints about how it’s a soulless repeat instead. Personally, I think it’s an interesting subversion of expectations and I like how Sephiroth makes more use of his dick ghosts (which WERE in the original too). I’m looking forward to the new ending and I hope it’s as memorable as crisis core.
Hell yeah! You’ve played it then?
I’ve watched a full playthrough of the first part. I have the game and could play it myself too right now but I don’t feel like it. I’m more interested in ffxv slop at the moment
Slop can be good, tbh.
Enjoy!
Just finished Selaco, can highly recommend if you’re into retro shooters. Absolutely blown away with what they managed to do with GZDoom engine too. Currently, giving Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor a shot. It’s sort of like mobile tower defence. A fun game to pick up and pass a bit of time. Also playing Jedi Survivor, it’s a pretty solid adventure game.
My favorite genres tend to be story based games like Detroit Become Human, or Roguelikes. I find I don’t have a huge amount of time for games nowadays, so I prefer stuff that’s not grindy that I can just pick up and play without having to remember how the game works. :)
And negative on TGA.
Looking forward to new Mass Effect, but not sure if it’s coming out in 2025 or not.
I’m also playing Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Half-way through. On Jedha.
Oh I just got to Jedha. It’s a good game. The action is pretty fun, and the story is pretty solid so far.
Yeah, I feel for Cal. I also just got to Jedha. Met Merrin, in fact.
What video games have you played recently?
Mainly Pokémon. I never really played any of the official games, only some browser one when I was a kid. I don’t know why I suddenly felt the urge to play it, but it’s cool, I’m enjoying it. I just defeated the Elite 4 in Fire Red, all that’s left is the post game content, I think.
I’m also playing PokéRogue, which is pretty fun and PokéMMO with a friend, though we’re only 4 badges in on Kanto.
Other than that I’m occasionally playing Isaac, Balatro and For the King.
What are you anticipating for the TGA this year?
and
What are you anticipating for 2025?
I haven’t kept up with recent game announcements so I don’t really know what to expect or anticipate.
The only exception is an indie called .45 Parabellum Bloodhound. This game’s trailer hooked me in instantly, I’m really excited to play it when it releases.
Here’s the trailer if anyone is interested. Also, the music fucking slaps.
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PokéRogue looks interesting, I’ll have to try that out at some point. There’s another fun Pokémon roguelite that’s a hack of Emerald that I had a good time with, you might like that one too. https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pokemon-emerald-rogue.479406/
.45 Parabellum Bloodhound looks really cool too! Did you ever play Parasite Eve? The combat looks like it’s very inspired by that game.
Give it a try it’s super fun! I heard of the roguelite romhack of Emerald, I’ll definitely take a look after I play Emerald for the first time. Thanks for the link to it.
Did you ever play Parasite Eve?
I never played it. I always heard about it, but never really looked into it.
Good thing piracy exists, cause I just downloaded the first and the second Parasite Eve games :3
Nice, I hope you enjoy them! I’ve never played 2, I’ve heard it’s pretty different from the first game.
PokéMMO?
Pretty soon, Nintendo will have its own MMO by all accounts.
PokéMMO?
It’s a MMO that uses the original ROMs from gen 3 up to gen 5 provided by the players themselves. It’s pretty cool to see that type of stuff.
Honestly I don’t see Nintendo doing a MMO, but I would like to see how it goes, lol.
They already have an MMO, but it’s behind the current play-test that they’re doing (they can’t divulge it yet though so you don’t see it on YouTube).
I wanted to play the new Dragon Age game so I’m trying to blitz through Inquisition before I start it. Origins is one of my favorite RPGs and DA2 wasn’t as good but I still liked it, but I’m not totally sure how I feel about Inquisition. I think if I had played it back when it released and had time to explore everything I would have liked it a lot more but as it stands now I’m just trying to rush through it lol
I suspect that Dragon Age: The Veilguard will be like DA2 and Inquisition in terms of quality, though I really liked Inquisition.
I think Inquisition is pretty good. People have criticized it over the years for various things but as someone who’s played RPGs and MMORPGs in the past it scratched a lot of things for me. It’s the type of game that is really worth the money. You can easily lose a hundred to two hundred hours in a complete play-through if you take your time and do all the expansion and side content and with multiple romance options and certain branching parts of the story it takes multiple play-throughs to see absolutely everything.
I do recommend trying to take your time if you can or go back later. The story and scenery are pretty interesting both.
Inquisition is the only one I played and given my love of that genre of games I feel obligated to give it a second shot, it’s been years since I last played it and I didn’t really like the beginning of it and kinda gave up
Ghost of Tsushima on steam deck, baldurs gate 3 on the big rig. Balatro on the phone. All three games are so very fun.
Baldur’s Gate 3 on Steam Deck is great, imho
Oh, and Balatro on mobile is great too, of course.
Enlisted. USSR main grindset
Enlisted? What’s that?
Free to play tactical FPS where you control a squad instead of a person. When one character you control dies, you switch to another member of your squad. This allows for big battles. You can drive tanks, planes, etc. too, if I’m not mistaken.
Sounds like my jam.
I haven’t played it, but I have some friends who do and they say it’s super fun.
Might put it on my list then.
multiplayer game, first-person-shooter, you control one specialized squad (mostly infantry squads), and you try along with other squads of your faction to complete game objectives (capture/defense/destruction) against the enemy faction.
Just got done with the story of Arkham Asylum. Working on the challenges now! Though, I see I’m not as good at combat as I thought lol. At least the stealth challenges were a cakewalk!
Probably going to start up Arkham City once I’m done and keep this ball rolling.
Yeah, awesome
Hell yea! Can’t wait until you get to Arkham Knight. I did a full Arkham (minus Arkham Origins, the red-headed stepchild of the series) a month ago just in time to finish around Halloween, and it was even better than I remembered, it’s extremely rewarding to play on the hardest difficulty, if you’ve beaten it before try the New Game + with Knightmare difficulty, it’s honestly not as hard as it sounds and makes you feel so much more badass throwing enemies and doing Never Shot Never Seen Stealth segments
