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submitted 1 year ago by chloyster@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Whatcha all playing!

I've been going hard in Pikmin 4. Also been playing shattered pixel dungeon and recently ascended for the first time which was super fun.

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[-] spiderman@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago

Just finished Marvel's spiderman (main storyline) and it was really great. Loved the graphics, the story telling and especially this view from the top of the Empire State building

[-] HalJor@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Still playing Diablo IV (just hit level 72) and Puzzle Quest 3 (because functional addiction, which probably applies to Diablo IV as well).

Oh, and Cookie Clicker -- 459 days and counting.

[-] littlecolt@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Still deep in Tears of the Kingdom, but I am close to 100% of shrines and light roots. Have not even tried fighting Ganon yet, but with my power level it shouldn't be that tough. Gonna finish it this week and then hop back to Final Fantasy 16, which I binge played release weekend and got over 50% through according to the PS5 progress indicator.

[-] ClammyMantis488@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I just bought Sun Haven to play with my girlfriend. I'm enjoying it so far, we kinda lost track of time playing lol. Though it seems like whatever job the host has, the players that join will have that job too which kinda sucks. Maybe I messed something up though. It doesn't seem to matter much because you can kinda just ignore your job and do other things.

[-] butter@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Factorio again. Maybe one day I'll move on.

[-] Limeaide@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I've been mostly playing Risk of Rain 2, but over the weekend I finally beat it after about 30 hours lol. I honestly didn't even try to beat it, I was just having fun killing a bunch of things. I think it's one of the only games where I don't feel bad losing a 1hr+ run

After finishing this game, I think I might have the confidence to go back and try to finish Enter the Gungeon. This time I might just look up a guide on how to finish it since I've been strictly trying to beat games without outside influence in recent years and I have no idea about anything outside of what I have discovered in the 15+ hours of gameplay I have so far

[-] any1th3r3@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I've just finished FF XVI, and while it's certainly not a perfect game, I really had a fantastic time with it.

Now onto either of Soul Blazer, Parasite Eve or Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, I've yet to decide which to start with.

[-] clayalien@wirebase.org 2 points 1 year ago

I've got a brand new intel nuc 12th gen i7, 4070 graphics, 32 gig ram, Samsung 990 hard drive.

Cost me a pretty penny, and a lot of time to put together. Not to mention all the time spent researching parts and agonising over choices. Then the wait times for deliveries and redeliveris of the orders I messed up (had to return ram twice, once because I accidentally ordered the wrong ones, and once became a stock was faulty).

Eventually have everything set up.

So of course I'm using it to play ksp1.

[-] Silverhand@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I've been playing a couple of neat games.

Time Bandit is a really unique mix of genres focused on real time-based interactions. There's puzzles you solve that take hours and you have to leave machines running and check back later, people you meet at certain times, stores that have different schedules. It's a dystopian setting where you work in a factory, and there's this guy you meet early on who's with a rebellion group that teaches you about communism. It's really neat, and less of a time commitment than it might sound like, most of my sessions have been like 10 minutes just checking in on stuff, sort of like a very weird animal crossing. It's pretty cheap and getting a criminally low amount of attention for how cool it is.

The Void Rains Upon Her Heart is a roguelite boss rush shmup. Really approachable for that genre. I got interested in it because the dev got hired by the Revita team (one of my favorite games from last year) to work on the expansion for that, and it definitely has some similarities to that, also kinda reminds me of Undertale combat. It's got a ton of content and does a great job at pacing the unlocks and stuff.

Last, Pseudoregalia is a 3D movement focused metroidvania. It's very N64 inspired in style. You're exploring a big castle, with a lot of platforming and interesting movement abilities. There's no map, so it definitely requires some patience with that, but it's a really neat game overall. Seems to allow a lot of sequence breaking. It's looking to be fairly short as well, which is nice.

[-] MaungaHikoi@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

I just finished Tears of the Kingdom last week. No spoilers, the final boss fight felt like a dragon ball Z episode. The health bar busting out of its usual bounds and hitting the edge of the screen was a "shit just got real" moment for me and the kids, lots of hype. I didn't think I would see anything top Breath of the Wild in this generation but glad to be wrong.

[-] carcus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

FFVIIR and enjoying it. I’m getting the hang of the hybrid battle system, it’s a good balance of the two, curious about other titles that mix action and almost turn based style commands. Still a little annoyed at the camera and target locking, but have gotten used to it after switching to d-pad targeting.

Also just escaped fort joy in Divinity Original Sin 2. Such a great game.

[-] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Slay the Spire, Mini Metro

Deep Rock Galactic

Beat Saber

Factorio (space exploration) coop

Looking back at this list, I gotta say that it's a pretty diverse selection.

[-] counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Ar Tonelico (the 1st one on ps2).

I've played this when I was a younger but never finished. Was bored and picked it up.

It's still a fun jrpg, the song magic amd reyvatail mechanics are a neat twist to the basic turn-based action.

And "Diving"/dating sim mechanic of the game is a fun way to add some social aspect (besides the story).

[-] LastOneStanding@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The House of Da Vinci. I got it in the Steam summer sale and needed something like The Room games. I had no idea it was so much like The Room games. I'm glad I bought it with a huge discount. It's not worth the full price, which is the only difference I see between The House of Da Vinci and The Room. The Room is definitely worth full price on Steam and a huge value if you get it on sale. Anyway, I'm happy. I get more of The Room, but it's in The House of Da Vinci. Great puzzle game to play clicking on stuff with your mouse and feeling relaxed.

[-] chloyster@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Ohh nice I played that one. I agree it's not nearly as good as the room in my opinion. Idk why exactly, but it just seemed less polished. Still worth it on discount imo though

[-] LastOneStanding@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The "less polished" feel, I think, comes from the way sometimes the double-click doesn't focus right depending on the angle you're looking at objects from and also the way sliding objects don't slide the way they're supposed to. The sliding objects get wicked fiddly, sometimes. The camera isn't as good as in The Room, either. The Room had all of these aspects perfectly polished, it was just easy and intuitive to interact with. The House of Da Vinci, lacking this perfection, pales in comparison. The regular price now is 19.99. It used to be twice that. I got it for 7.99. Having payed 7.99, I'm OK with the major wonky. If I had payed 19.99, I would be very unhappy. If I had payed 39.99 I would be very seriously pissed off. I have to say, though, too, that I like the addition to the looking glass, where it lets you see things in the past. I really think it adds a little more depth to the puzzle solving. Plus, you get a Renaissance bionic arm thingy. Kinda cool. This game is keeping happy. In a place where I need more of The Room and I finished all of The Room. 8 bucks well spent and I'm happy.

[-] chloyster@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Nice! Yeah I didn't even consider the PC price. I played all these games on my phone and I think I got house of davinci for like 99c on sale, so I think that wasn't a bad price at all haha. I would not be super happy about paying full price yikes.

[-] LastOneStanding@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I can't imagine playing this game on a phone. I guess 99 cents isn't so bad. Do you still have eyes after playing this game on a phone? LOL. I wonder if the phone version and the PC version are different. Like, on a 17" screen, I've had to adjust brightness to see things and then re-adjust brightness to see other things. LMAO. I could play this on a tablet, though. Totally could see things on there. With brightness adjustments available on the fly. I can totally imagine The Room being accessible perfectly on any device. That's the "polished" you couldn't quite put your finger on. The Room was carefully created for all devices. The House of Da Vinci is a blue light special.

[-] chloyster@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Haha I do indeed still have eyes :)

Idk I didn't think it was too bad. I don't remember the screen size ever really being an issue but it's been a while since I played

[-] LastOneStanding@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Referring back to The Room, I had choices. I could play it on my iPhone, my iPad, or on my gaming laptop with Steam. I went with my gaming laptop on Steam. Again, I bought all of those in a sale. I was bummed because I was like, "I could have lolled around on the couch with my iPad and played this no prob instead of being weighed down with my heavy gaming laptop on my lap. Even the last installment, with the complicated creepy doll house shit and all the travel through the house and all." The first The Room I saw as totally potentially cool on my phone, and maybe even The Room 2. After that, I don't know. Maybe. The House of Da Vinci, as I am playing it on my computer, it really needs the screen real estate because of the camera and the wonky nonesense. I can tell that the developers originally made it for a computer because of the way you have to manipulate things. The Room is a format I can imagine on a touchscreen. The House of Da Vinci is not something I can imagine on a touchscreen. But you are living proof you can do this, on a phone. So there is something else to say about this game. It's great on a phone. 99 cents is nice. It's less than 7.99.

[-] chloyster@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I totally get what you mean. Have you had a chance to play the VR room game? I really want to check it out but don't currently have a headset

[-] LastOneStanding@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have not, because I don't have a VR headset, either. VR technology is something really interesting, though, isn't it? Right now, what I'm seeing, is a lot of few people owning VR headsets whining about how they wish old games could be VR-enabled and adjusted to be made VR. My best guess is that some console maker will make VR an integrated part of its technology (probably Nintendo) and everybody will get their VR on until they're exhausted (like with the Wii) and then, after that, we'll have VR that is affordable to the masses (not like what happened to the Wii, which my great-nephew used to call the "wee-wee" when he was 4).

[-] chloyster@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I think VR is cool. I don't think it'll take off until they can make a headset that's actually comfortable to wear for a long time though. I've tried a bunch out, and some aren't that bad. But for prolonged periods it's just uncomfortable usually. And it makes me not want to set it up again when I know I'll just get sweaty and irritated after an hour

[-] liminis@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Just finished Yakuza 3, started Yakuza 4. Enjoying the visual bump, and some refreshing changes to the combat, though I loved the story of Y3. Also playing through BotW for the first time (very late to the party).

Trying not to get sucked in too deep by my return to OSRS on top.

[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Satisfactory. Been progressing my last save for a few weeks. I'm in the last (but largest) phase. My factory took a lot longer before turning into spaghetti comparred to my previous attempts. Now it's slowly getting complex to the point of considering going mass dissassembly and make something more pretty.

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