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The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion

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.

SynopticVision ,

After many years, knowing all too well that it’s the kind of game that would have driven me crazy, I started Factorio. I am indeed struggling not to have it swallow my life whole.

Cavemanfreak ,

I’ve actually started playing Genshin Impact, and it surprised me how fun it is! And it’s nice to be able to play on the phone when travelling/sitting in the sofa, and then hop on the PC when the kids and wife has gone to bed.

RinseDrizzle ,

Was in there way back when it was fresh. Caught a couple extra rare characters too, but got burnt out fairly quickly on the grind.

Still, quite impressive for what is technically a phone game.

Cavemanfreak ,

I can see myself getting burned out in a few weeks as well. But so far the combat is really fun, and the stories are interesting enough to keep me playing.

menemen ,
@menemen@lemmy.world avatar

Got a new gaming notebook. Still trying it out, but I already bought Cyberpunk 2077, but only loaded for ~30 minutes for now. But I guess, that’ll be what I will play the coming weeks.

BigBananaDealer ,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

im going to start cyberpunk tomorrow night cause my friend asked if i played the dlc yet. bye starfield and skyrim, i will return to you soon 🥹

Ansis ,

Finally got No Man’s Sky on sale. It’s even better than I thought it would be. 7 years later and the game is super fun and has a ton of things to do. I hear they’re still updating it so I can’t wait for what comes next.

Edmheini ,

Got it used for psvr2. It’s fun if you got a M8 to play witg

lethargic_lemming ,

Couldn’t sleep in the wee hours of the night, so I went “f*ck it” and downloaded Tetris on my phone. I really only like playing marathon mode, but I found myself enjoying the stages in the game as well.

Certain actions like rotating and hard drop or soft dropping pieces translate surprisingly well into swipe amd drag motions on the app.

RinseDrizzle ,

Now there’s a thought… used to be a beast on Tetris. Played enough I was playing in my dreams. Might have to get back on that train

SendMePhotos ,

Been playing Disney Starlight Valley. Idk why but it’s pretty fun. Maybe because it’s familiar, and grindy. The mood is always light and non stressful. We did notice that pocahontas is not in the game. Apparently she’s too much of a PR liability maybe?

Otherwise I was binging hard on Grand Turismo 7. It was pretty well done.

Throwback last week was Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Friend was playing it so I joined back in.

Lennnny ,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

Previously not much of a gamer, I saw all the Starfield hype around release and decided to get an Xbox to play it. Didn’t like it initially, started to enjoy it around 5 hours in, have come full circle and am getting bored now (level 35) with all the repetitive stuff.

Starfield did show me that maybe i enjoy a wider range of video games, so now I’m starting on Fallout 4, and so far I LOVE it. I’ve pretty much only done one mission and spent a looooooong time building my first base.

I really love open world/exploration games, especially where there is crafting, hoarding, and killing bad guys in comical ways. Just Cause was amazing for that, I liked tethering people to trains because I’m secretly a maniac.

BigBananaDealer ,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

have you not played bethesda games before starfield?

Lennnny ,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

Nope.

BigBananaDealer ,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

oh man, you gotta try skyrim when you can. there’s no base building, but it’s the pinnacle of exploration open world games. 12 years later and I’m still finding new shit

Lennnny ,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

That sounds alluring!

setsneedtofeed ,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t want to come off as to PCMR, but truly Bethesda developed games need to be played on PC to get the most out of them. The mods tremendously elevate the experience. Everything from bug fixes and optimizations (that Bethesda should have done) to full on overhauls and DLC sized expansions, and everything in between.

I think I average about 200 mods simultaneously on Fallout 4 playthroughs.

BigBananaDealer ,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

xbox has mods for fallout 4 and skyrim, and when starfield gets its mod thing going itll have it for that too

Lennnny ,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

I just saw that on the menu. Excited to explore it!

RinseDrizzle ,

Like others said, Skyrim is awesome. Earlier Elder Scrolls are awesome too, little more hard boiled. Fallout New Vegas is a masterpiece, highly recommend.

Lennnny ,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

Adding them all to my list!

Raxun ,

I’ve been playing Cassette Beasts and it is phenomenal! From outside the game it just seems like a Pokemon/Digimon clone but there’s so much more depth to the combat. The art is amazing, the characters are all written very well with a lot of depth and feel real. The music is amazing. My only complaint is that when the game is starting up if I tab off into another window sometimes it crashes. I started up Hallow Knight again after putting it down close to 5 years ago and I’m slightly less lost than I was before.

HipsterTenZero ,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

finished Omori.

Im glad I stuck around, kind of got a bit of RPG fatigue at the Sweetheart section. The gameplay was fine, i just kind of didnt have anymore RPG juice left in me and the RPG kept coming. Everything after Deeper Well was well worth the persistance though, and hoo boy the ending sequence came at me personally with a knife. Good game.

lethargic_lemming ,

Ah. I started that game, then chickened out of finishing it

SynopticVision ,

I went very far with it but gave up because I was feeling quite fatigued. I think I’m a bit after the underwater (?) Highway. It’s a fine game but I don’t have the patience for that kind of grind and repetition anymore

Okami_No_Rei ,
@Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world avatar

In a bit of a gaming rut right now. Spinning my wheels on a bunch of different games. Haven’t had one hook its claws back into me yet.

I’ve been mostly grinding out Cookie Clicker and Slay the Spire this week.

Nice games to play side by side while I binge blind Let’s Plays of Hollow Knight, Outer Wilds, and Return of the Obra Dinn so I can vicariously chase the fleeting joy and wonder I got from playing those games the first time around.

Finished most of the tasks to do in The Longing and now just waiting for the clock to tick down.

Sat down one evening with my old save file and pushed through to finish the Tears of the Kingdom main quest. For all its faults, it had a really strong ending. I cried. Very conflicted on the game, but I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t already been said ad nauseum.

Played a bit of Dark Souls, a bit of Sekiro, a bit of Kingdoms of Amalur, a bit of Subnautica: Below Zero, and a bit of Siralim. Not sure what I’ll settle on yet for next week, but I’m feeling strongest on Siralim right now.

Donut ,

Have you played Inscryption? Going in blind might appease you

Okami_No_Rei ,
@Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world avatar

I have! I’ve finished the base game and started on Kaycee’s Mod a while back. I’m really bad at it, but it’s fun.

I’m considering picking up Signalis if it goes on sale over Christmas. I’ve heard it scratches the same itch as Outer Wilds.

redhorsejacket ,

Every few months I get the itch to dive into an MMO. I drift around among many of the free to play offerings depending on what sort of world I want to inhabit. As is tradition for me this time of year, I’ve been rewatching the LOTR trilogy, and thus I’ve decided to hop back into Lord of the Rings Online.

I haven’t played in years, but dusted off my level 10 champion and set about getting reacquainted with things. Thus far I’m having a really good time. There’s something quaintly nostalgic about this kind of tab target MMO. The whole thing is very cozy to me. Maybe that’s just my love of the setting and the opening areas being consciously pastoral, but I find it very easy to just zone out and churn through content in this game.

I don’t know how long I’ll stick with it, as MMOs tend to demand more investment than I’m willing to give single games, but as of right now I’m having a wonderful time.

Hindufury ,

Destiny 2.

Katana314 ,

When the EDF sale came around, I already owned 4.1 but decided to get back into it. Taking some references from a guide on what are the best weapons, I have a lot of fun as Wing Diver, and even finished a few missions on Inferno.

It probably helps that I got a new CPU since I last played the game. Handling hundreds of GIANT INSECTS on screen can’t be simple for old computers.

Pazintach ,
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Back to Grim Dawn after its 1.2 update. I’m glad they integrated most of Grim Internals’ functions. I appreciate games like these that really listen to their players.

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