What games do you play right now?

[Sulosky]

GTA Vl with mods will be madness,

A bit like Arsenal-Mania. Without the mods, this would be nothing.

 

[MauveGunner]

Didn't even get that far in Oblivion and then, suddenly, I downloaded Clair Obscur on my PS5 because my friend kept telling me about it.

This game is a masterpiece. Gameplay, story, music. All top tier. This is what gaming is all about.
No microtransactions, no stupid gatcha stuff in between. Just you and the game.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

I've been immersed in Cyberpunk 2077 for a couple of months now. It's so good with the Phantom Liberty expansion, I don't really want it to end.

 

[grange]

I've been immersed in Cyberpunk 2077 for a couple of months now. It's so good with the Phantom Liberty expansion, I don't really want it to end.

I started a new character before PL was released to get the endings and stuff I wanted all aligned plus the PL playthrough. Game has its issues for sure but Night City is really incredible. The side missions that are fleshed out are worth doing. It's going to stick with me as one of my favorite games of all time. They did a great job of making me think twice about my decisions and doing what I could to ensure I do not help NUSA more than I have to lol.

I wish they did not tie most of the lore to the shards you have to find and read. That takes my immersion out of the game. I get that they wanted lore from the table top game put in but that wasn't the way to do it, imo. The braindance stuff was also a strange extra activity that wasn't fleshed out at all. I'm sure they had ideas for it originally but eventually scrapped it all.

The IP going forward should be in good hands though. I'm looking forward to more games.

 

[grange]

Didn't even get that far in Oblivion and then, suddenly, I downloaded Clair Obscur on my PS5 because my friend kept telling me about it.

This game is a masterpiece. Gameplay, story, music. All top tier. This is what gaming is all about.
No microtransactions, no stupid gatcha stuff in between. Just you and the game.

I played about an hour and a half of this and I'm mad because I'm too busy to play more. Game looks and plays great. Combat is awesome.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

I started a new character before PL was released to get the endings and stuff I wanted all aligned plus the PL playthrough. Game has its issues for sure but Night City is really incredible. The side missions that are fleshed out are worth doing. It's going to stick with me as one of my favorite games of all time. They did a great job of making me think twice about my decisions and doing what I could to ensure I do not help NUSA more than I have to lol.

I wish they did not tie most of the lore to the shards you have to find and read. That takes my immersion out of the game. I get that they wanted lore from the table top game put in but that wasn't the way to do it, imo. The braindance stuff was also a strange extra activity that wasn't fleshed out at all. I'm sure they had ideas for it originally but eventually scrapped it all.

The IP going forward should be in good hands though. I'm looking forward to more games.

Yeah I completely agree about the shards and braindance stuff. Only parts of the game that seem tedious to me. I get why they do the shards for the lore but it's clunky. Elder Scrolls has the same issue with all the books you can read. I like the FromSoft approach of hinting at lore through visual storytelling and brief item descriptions. But that wouldn't really work with the amount of lore that Cyberpunk wants to give you I don't think.

 

[Sulosky]

Didn't even get that far in Oblivion and then, suddenly, I downloaded Clair Obscur on my PS5 because my friend kept telling me about it.

This game is a masterpiece. Gameplay, story, music. All top tier. This is what gaming is all about.
No microtransactions, no stupid gatcha stuff in between. Just you and the game.

I bought the game too and for me it just didn’t work at all. A melancholic game with hardly any sense of hope, a combat system that was too difficult even on easier settings, and the lack of a map which constantly led to frustrating feelings of being lost were all just too much for me. I do see the game’s potential but this time it just wasn’t for me

 

[Gooner Zig]

Has anyone tried out Split Fiction? It's genuinely a fun co-op only game.

 

[grange]

I finally put aside my pride to finish Elden Ring's DLC and I left the main game unfinished as the DLC was about to release when I finally did get around to the main game. Consort Radahn was an absolute PITA. And, Elden Beast wasn't too bad other than I was a melee character and the thing kept flying around the arena. My most hated boss was Commander Gaius. **** that guy. I didn't even bother defeating him.

I bought Demon's Souls when it first came out for PS3 and then set it aside to never be touched again so I'm not exactly a FromSoft fan. It is incredibly aggravating that a game is only difficult because the enemies do not adhere to a stamina system that your character is forced to abide by -- it just annoys me to no end. I put over 130 hours into this game so I did enjoy my time, mostly, and really enjoyed the open world of the game where you had freedom to advance multiple quests if you weren't ready for the main one which was a nice change of pace from Demon's Souls as you couldn't advance unless you defeated whatever boss you were stuck on.

Needless to say, I uninstalled this game immediately. I'm not sure if I will revisit any more FromSoft cheese games again.

 

[Ash10]

Been playing Disco Elysium recently. Also finally managed to beat Typhon today in Hades 2(albeit this was my second meeting with the father of all monsters)

 

[grange]

Been playing Disco Elysium recently. Also finally managed to beat Typhon today in Hades 2(albeit this was my second meeting with the father of all monsters)

Working my way slowly through Hades II. Trying not to get burnt out until it fully releases. Fun game. Not sure I like the weapons better than the first one yet but the rest expands on the first game quite well.

 

[Ash10]

Working my way slowly through Hades II. Trying not to get burnt out until it fully releases. Fun game. Not sure I like the weapons better than the first one yet but the rest expands on the first game quite well.

As I'm really into mythologies it’s a blast for me. Especially as it has more lesser known deities compared to the first one. Have you unlocked all the weapons yet?

 

[grange]

Ahh I missed this. I haven't unlocked all of the weapons yet. I put the game back on ice to wait for another update. Other stuff grabbed my attention and I don't mind supporting the devs and keeping it on backlog for a bit longer. They're quality devs.

Anybody playing Path of Exile 2 0.3 patch/new league? This game could be the GOAT ARPG but it is afflicted with the main game runner's obsession with Dark Souls campaigns making it a massive slog. Since it's still early access, quite a lot of the skills/builds are unbalanced to hell making the campaign even more of a time drain. The aspects that are good are damn good and the grind is relatively enjoyable so far.

It's concerning that they are so far behind on releasing the entire game and re-doing the end game content to make it worth grinding.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Snake on me ol Nokia 3310

 

[MauveGunner]

Playing SWTOR again with a Sniper Bounty Hunter

 

[Majora]

I'm quite guilty of being a nostalgia merchant and just replaying the same games over and over. Mainly the N64 Zeldas and Dark Souls 1. Do occasionally play other games on Steam for achievements. One of the main things that keeps me playing new games and getting a bit of closure with them after years of not understanding why anyone would care about them

 

[MauveGunner]

Aight, the new Digimon game is fire. Graphics look good and the gameplay loop is fun to do. Really polished it up from their last Story Game: Cyber Sleuth. You can see they worked 8 years on this game. Even if you're not a fan of Digimon I can suggest this game if you're into JRPG's. It is a lot to take in at first and can be overwhelming. But the totorial part of the game takes quite a while to go through, and takes its time to explain all the mechanics you need to know.

There is a free demo you can download, and try it all out yourself to see if it's your kind of game. The progress of the demo can be saved and be imported to the base game once you buy it.

 

[Riou]

2001...




...warra year

 

[Sulosky]

2001...

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...warra year

And Silent Hill 2

 

[Riou]

And Silent Hill 2

And Arsenal about to win the Double in 2002, played our best ever football that season too imo.

Great times back then!