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I dipped back into Civilization 5 again recently. For the first time in a playthrough I asked another civ to go to war with me against another and they actually said "yup let's do it."
We crushed Genghis Khan together. I took his capital, liberated the city states for the alliances/negating warmongering penalties, and left him with a single landlocked city. I warned you not to touch Sydney, you butt.
We've been playing a lot of co-op (just finished the new Turtles game) and competitive games against each other, so Lumines (had it on Xbox Live Arcade and installed it on my Series S for some PSP/Xbox 360 nostalgia) has been given a good run. PlateUp! looked like Overcooked but a little bit different (you get to move the kitchen and tables around); soon after, I realised I take these types of games too seriously and become kitchen Nazi, ordering people around and generally not enjoying my time.
Brotato for some sessions in between as it's on Game Pass (already completed quite a few characters - some level 5 - on PC) and so easy to pick up.
Having only tried it on the Switch (and it looked/played awful), we loaded up Fortnite based on a student's recommendation (he is only 11 though); it's actually pretty fun! We won half of the time out of a hundred people, can do couch co-op (was a little fiddly to get started), but is a large-map, relatively sparse experience until you get into vehicles and track people down. The missus warmed up to it after a game or two and now enjoys pratting around on the motorbike and acting as bait so I can destroy waves of kids.
Roguebook: I'd been lucky enough to stumble upon Cobalt Core which I've since finished and needed another Slay the Spire-esque game to scratch that itch. Roguebook is almost it, it still needs polish but that is unlikely to come. Runs are quite long, and the map system, while expansive and fun to explore/strategise around, makes it a bit too much at times. I had it on my wishlist a fair while and it handily appeared in a recent bundle, so I can't complain much. I'll get a few more hours out of it (there are four characters to unlock, and you use two - and their cards - in each run) before moving on. The style is nice, the music motivating enough, although the enemies aren't the widest in variety. A fine little game that serves its purpose.
Baldur's Gate 3: I just loaded it up on my Mac (Air, M2)... the framerate isn't there. It's a bit choppy, has a fundamental bug which I had to find a workaround for (controller was recognised as two players for some reason), and generally is a fiddly game in the 40 mins I just put in. I'll tweak the graphics a little more and see if I can get a smoother experience before putting it down. I don't have any plans to get a gaming PC anytime soon so I'll give it a go in a year or so I reckon.
Haven't played anything these last several days, save a little bit of Cogmind. I don't really enjoy traditional roguelikes, because there's usually no real incentive to play them (i.e. story, atmosphere, engaging gameplay etc.), and, honestly, I just suck at them lol. But I do keep coming back to that one, because it's just so immersive! And, for some reason, I get Blame! vibes from it; I guess it's because of the whole abandoned facility full of robots thing.
Some other things I'm planning to do:
Astlibra Revision on impossible. X_x
After getting back to 100% achieves with Gaiden I decided to take the plunge and the early game is quite dreadful. Lol
But it does feel nice to actually need all of the many power growth avenues.
I'm in Chapter 5 at the moment and It takes 3 whole hits now to kill me finally!... From the basic bat enemies anyway. Oof
Almost hit 200hrs in Noita and somehow it's still fun. It's my go to when I don't have energy for VR, and the first non-VR title that's really grabbed me for the past few years. Really great game for shorter play sessions.
Mass effect LE, first time playing as a renegade and absolutely loving it.
Never played as a biotic before either so it really does feel new. Just started ME3 last night after one hell of a suicide mission.
League of Legends: I try to get diamond before Riot removes Linux support.
Mushy Score: I a lot of testing before releasing the game.
Spiritfarer: Just to have something relaxing alternative.
Witcher 3 Quit smoking and drinking a few months ago and been going through my backlog to keep my mind busy. Started with Skyrim, then assassins creed Valhalla and now Witcher.
Not sure what I’ll do next. I have fallout 4, assassins creed origin and odyssey. All these games I’ve started and never finished and would like to finish.
Helldivers 2, Cyberpunk 2077 for the first time (40 hours in currently), Dead Space 2023, and surprisingly Rogue Company.
Been playing Rogue for 2-3 years so I'm pretty damn good at it, which is the reason I keep going back.
Cyberpunk has really come into its own. I just wish it had more cosmetic options, outside a few iconic outfits there aren't many options for good looking clothing unless you want to look like a member of a grunge band or go full casual daywear.
Still on Like a Dragon 8: Inifinte Wealth.
I'm about 45h in. So far I've completed most side stories, the Pokemon League and I'm now doing Dodonka Island. Still have most of the main story before me, didn't even had a fourth party member for close to 35h. It's still great.
I'm replaying Baldurs Gate 3 again. Now with even more mods, bringing my total of "nope, can't possibly play without that one" into triple digits 😄
Are there any mods to bypass annoying puzzles or remove exploding barrels and shit?
Not mods per se, but there's walk-through guides living up to their name by walking you through every step of every puzzle. As someone who loves CRPGs but is absolutely awful at puzzles, they've saved me countless hours in BG3 alone, let alone game's in general.
An example search string would be "Baldurs Gate defiled temple puzzle"
As for the barrels, I can't find one about those specially, but the Fair Fire mod removes unavoidable fire damage fromsurfaces, so that might be of interest 🙂
I recently set up a home Minecraft server, so I've just been enjoying the Vanilla+ experience
Marvel: Midnight Suns went on sale this week, and is living up to the early positive reviews.
I'm not far enough in to say if it will rival similar games I enjoy, or will replace Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance.
But the early game is fun, and the mechanics feel like they may get better as the learning curve and progress hit full gear.
Edit: And it's already fun, in the early game.
I liked the card tactics, but I got very quickly bored of all the story conversations; given the way they seem to be connecting to the most obscure Marvel comic lore and characters. I’m sure it’s amazing to some people, but I could not give less of a shit who the “Original Midnight Suns” were, or even the lore behind my playable character.
Maybe when I return to it I’ll just start skipping any dialog not related to the core story.
I need to try it again. I used a mod that mucked things up and turned even simple battles into nearly impossible fights due to poor scaling
It might not have been the mod, honestly.
The difficulty curve is all over the place, even unmodded.
Last Epoch. Loving it so far!
Oh yeah, I need to try that!
I’ve been playing the Pokemon X romhack Eternal X on my 3DS as of late. I’ve been really enjoying replaying the game now that it’s an actual challenge rather than sleepwalking through yet another cakewalk of a Pokemon game. Pleasantly surprised by Nintendo’s announcement of Pokemon AZ today, I just hope it runs halfway decent (who am I kidding?)
My friends and I all restarted our Animal Crossing islands at the same time. It's been fun talking to them and playing lol
The last campfire, the entropy centre & GTA 4
Is the stickied "What are you playing" post going to be updated? The current one is over a month old.
Anyways, I've been playing Penny's Big Breakaway, and I am enjoying it thoroughly. It's like a blend of Cappy mechanics from Mario Odyssey with a THPS style combo chaining system, and staged in levels reminiscent of 2D Sonic but transposed into 3D. The skill cap is way higher than your typical 3D platformer, and personally I find this type of design to be way more interesting than a collectathon.
It's awesome if you get a lot of enjoyment out of combo chasing and improving your times, but I can tell it's going to be divisive for those expecting a more conventional platformer. I have a feeling that this is going to end up on many "hidden gems" lists in the future.
i havent been playing much lately, just rock band 4
Picked up The Walking Dead Teltale game. I remember seeing them raved about when they came out but never got around to them. They are a lot of fun so far, I haven't played any graphic novel type games before and I am really enjoying it
wolf among us and the first tales from borderlands are also good
Seconding Wolf Among Us