Another week another thread!

What have you all been playing this week? Anything you’re particularly looking forward to in the short term?

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    I started Hades recently and have been enjoying it a lot. I’m debating if I should pick up Sonic Frontiers, it’s been forever since I played a Sonic game.

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      Sonice frontiers is fantastic! Took me back to the good ole days of playing on a Sega Genesis and Dreamcast. Also a great opportunity to catchup on Sonic lore. Heres a good summary of the, though it does go over Sonic Frontiers, so beware spoilers!

      https://youtu.be/nmw8NsDpS4o

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        I would really enjoy the nostalgia trip like that. Genesis is where I started with Sonic and became a Sega fan from then on too. Thank you so much for the link, going to check it out.

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    Still playing Final Fantasy XVI. The story and characters are fantastic. Now that I’ve put some time into it, the combat feels pretty great. Excited to see where it goes. I feel like I’m still in the first quarter of the game.

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      This is also what I’m playing. I’m just over halfway and I am still enjoying it, but feeling a bit let down overall. I got sucked into the hype, for once, so that’s my fault. I wasn’t prepared for the game to be so linear.

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        3 of the last 4 mainline single player Final Fantasy games have been extremely linear, including XV (once the plot actually starts it just railroads you to the end). So I didn’t really have expectations otherwise.

        I think it’s been paced pretty well so far, and the areas dont feel like literal corridors. Basically it feels lived-in. There are also enough interactions and occasional backtracking to keep me happy.

        But my favorite game of the franchise is X, which just has you following a path for most of it with some towns to break it up.

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      Theatrhythm got me out of my funk. It’s a fun little rhythm game that you can play for 15 minutes at a time. Now I’m playing Final Fantasy XVI.

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    More Final Fantasy 14. I’ve started the Heavensward post-game content (I guess you can call it that?).

    I’m done with all the optional dungeons and raids you unlock after the base story, and now I’m continuing with the story quests that were added in later patches. There’s just so much time-wasting, back and forth bullshit, that it’s just a chore, though. Start quest in town A, go to town B for a short cutscene, go to town C for another short cutscene, go back to town A for yet another cutscene. Since you can teleport everywhere by this point, it doesn’t take long, but is just so boring. That’s why I’m constantly queuing for random dungeons and hang out in the Gold Saucer, basically avoiding the story.

    As for classes, I’ve mainly played Reaper, which is fun, and today started trying out Dancer, and had a good time as well.

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      Post-patch content in A Realm Reborn and Heavensward are both pretty rough. Post-patch content gets a bit better later on. Look up the alliance raid series’ and the raids and do those as well to break up the monotony.

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        I have done the Alexander and Sky Pirates raids already, but I don’t know if there’s anything else I can unlock later.

        Alexander was kind of a chore, because the first 8 sections or so, were all just one or two terrible fights each, then back to a cutscene that almost takes longer than the fights. It did pick up in the final sections though, along with the story, so at least it ended on a high note.

        The Sky Pirate stuff was decent, although I couldn’t stand the story bits. At least here each raid longer, with multiple, real boss fights.

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      Loved Disco Elysium. My buddy couldn’t get into it. I was surprised… and bummed. I thought it was so damn… literary. Just fantastic.

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        Yeah. Some said it’s the best book they’ve ever played or the best game they’ve ever read. To be honest the beginning was a bit slow, but has really kicked in and the world they have crafted is very unique.

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    Been playing through Borderlands 3. I always loved the pretense and style of the older ones, but the shooting just never felt good enough moment to moment to stick it out. This one’s finally got it and I’ve been enjoying my time, even though the characters and dialogue are funny at rare times, and mostly pretty terrible.

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      Almost 400 hours in it according to Steam and I’m still feeling the call, thinking of new builds or things I want to try.

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        I’m only about 160h in, but I’m not sure I can bring myself to do another playthrough. I still have Sekiro to do. I’ve barely started that. Will probably call it a day for ER once I’ve slain Melina.

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          Sekiro is so much fun. Be prepared for a much different combat system, though. However, I did actually prefer it to mainline souls after it clicked for me

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    I finally got around to playing the Portal series. I played 2 first (it was a free Games with Gold pick) and thought it was great, so about 20 or so puzzles through the first Portal now. I’m kind of surprised the series ended with one sequel.

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      There would probably be 4 sequels by now if it was by any other company but Valve. Sadly, their priority has been Steam for too many years now. Their game development side goes at a glacial pace and all the developers that originally made their critically acclaimed games have left or are leaving.

  • pete@social.cyano.at
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    Deep Rock Galactic - I should have probably picked it up earlier. It’s such a wonderful co-op game with so many memorable, epic moments happening.
    Very charming atmosphere, too.

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    Horizon Forbidden West - don’t like it as much as the first but I’m determined to finish it before moving on to something else

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    Doing another run in Satisfactory. I’m building a mega base building vertically and horizontally. I’m around 30 hours in in this run, made coal after about 6 hours and I’m still working on oil, but getting there. I’ve gotten to the last tier before, stayed a while, but never pushed long enough to obtain the employee of the planet cup or to buy everything in the awesome shop.

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    Finally getting around to playing the halo infinite campaign. Fingers crossed it’s okay for an old geezer who’s been playing since the original Xbox release.

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    Surprised nobody else has said Tears of the Kingdom yet. I’m like 110 hours in and still haven’t beaten the main story. There’s just so much to do!

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      I’m still playing it, too.

      Also I’m playing Tomb Raider AnnIversary on the PSP.

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      I’m still there as well, so much to complete still. I want to finish it so I can go back and finish Hogwarts legacy so that I can go back to my regular scheduled program of FFXIV.

  • Essence_of_Meh@kayb.ee
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    Got back to Minecraft - probably not for long as it was mostly something to fill the time rather than a real need to play it again. It’s a good game for that anyway.

    Besides that, I got a craving for some good old PSP fun and jumped on two games there - Pangya: Fantasy Golf & Ridge Racer 2.
    Despite the fact I don’t really care about golf (neither real nor in video game form), Pangya is pretty fun. Nice graphics, simple but enjoyable gameplay. Just started so I’m curious how difficult it’ll get later on.

    As for Ridge Racer 2… played A LOT of it when I was younger, never finished it though. Still as good as remember. I’m also surprised how much of the game stuck with me - guess I had way more fun with it then I thought.