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Hey everyone! I have no power in here, have not checked if anyone has started one of these but I feel like being the change I want to see in the world.

So! What are you playing this week?

I just started off Claire Obscure Expedition 33, and at the same time, have been getting my girlfriend to slowly wean off of Guilty Gear Strive and try out older fighter games like Guilty Gear XX and a more recent one, BlazBlueCrossTag (both to great success)

Also still haven't beat the first major boss of Nightreign, not looking forward to the trashtalk from friends after the nerf because they did it first

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

BLUE PRINCE! IT IS SO GOOD!

It's a puzzle game like Myst, and a puzzle game like a board game sort of. So it has short term and long term puzzles. It's so good! I'm obsessed.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Blue Prince was incredible. Any game where you need to keep a physical notepad next to you gets points in my book. If you've not played Return of the Obra Dinn I'd rec that for that same experience.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

I did play Obra Dinn! I loved it.

[–] Mini_Moonpie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

I'm playing Oblivion Remaster. I never played it before, so I don't have any nostalgia for it. But, its the first Bethesda game I've tried that has actually grabbed me. It's just super charming and immersive to me. All I have left for my current character is the main quest and the Shivering Isles. I didn't do all the guilds or explore everything - I'm saving some stuff to do on my next character that I'm already planning.

[–] JakoJakoJako13@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Working my way through act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3. I feel like I've done just about everything in the Temple of Shar except the

spoilerfight against Balthazar.
I tried it a couple times but got whooped a little too easily. Shadowheart is a beast though. She's usually the last one alive when I try it. She can take out all the mobs by herself. It's gonna take the whole squad to win the fight. I need to get my party up a level or two. Me being a defenseless bard is pretty tough. In all my attempts I've been sniped turn one with little recourse to get revived.

Then on top of that I've put time in AI Wars 2 and fighting games. AI Wars 2 is so cool. Complete information overload and a wonky UI but it's got the addicting qualities I like in video games.

Tekken has been calling me as like a stress reliever. Then the Marvel announcement yesterday made me fire up Strive and SF6. I might put real effort into Strive this time. I've always wanted to but it's never quite clicked like SF, and Tekken. And yes I installed DBFZ out of sheer joy yesterday. That rollback better be good.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Strive is so good. Any top 8 of that game is just full of people using the RC system in really clever ways.

[–] blomvik@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

I am playing Drove and really loving it. Most likely done with the first chapter. The Gothic inspiration is clear, but it plays entirely differently. Gonna join the Remnants as they were more playfully written.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

I've been wrapping up endgame dungeons in Clair Obscur this week, having played through the story last week. I was a big PS1 final fantasy fan as a kid that later got into dark souls/Sekiro, so this game hit so hard for me. I can't recommend it strongly enough if you've been a fan of these genres.

[–] decarabas42@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I have been playing a lot of Vintage Story. It's been drawing me away from "finishing" Blue Prince and really digging into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. They're all so good, I just don't have enough hours in the day to actually play everything. Stupid having a job and adult responsibilities.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Abiotic Factor, Nightreign a little, Outlast Trials, Monster Train 2, Across the Obelisk

[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Been playing a heavily-modded playthrough of Minecraft. Am enjoying building up my world to look alive.

[–] merida_belle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I recently finished Horizon Forbidden West and immediately started Oblivion Remastered. It’s just as good as I remember it and I’m enjoying exploring Cyrodiil all over again.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Patient gamer here. Playing Skyrim for the first time and having a blast.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I've sunk nearly 800 hours on it.

Good luck.

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[–] psyspoop@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago

I've primarily been playing Celeste and been enjoying it. I made it to the summit and now I'm going back through and trying to find all the strawberries, cassettes, and crystals without a guide and beat the B-Side levels. It's kind of a slog though, so I'll probably resort to using a guide eventually. Other than that I've been dabbling a bit with Elden Ring and GTA V and playing stuff like Pizza Possum and Plate Up with my fiancé.

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

First Witcher, pretty good so far

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How far are you? I found chapter 2 to be a slog, in particular, but then it picks up right after that.

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lol literally sloging through a swamp in Chapter2

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I just got my favorite game (Sekiro) to run on Linux! It wasn't hard or anything, just the first time I've gotten a Windows game to run.

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[–] Justdaveisfine@midwest.social 9 points 1 week ago

I've been playing this 'medieval' mod(s) for RimWorld which basically limits you to medieval tech and has a lot more crafting spaces to make materials for things, like a loom to make cloth or drying racks to make straw or dried meat. Its neat but a little quirky and doesn't seem well tuned in parts.

I've also been convincing people to try out PULSAR: The Lost Colony, which is like a first person Star Trek adventure co-op game. The game gets pretty close to doing cool stuff, and has great moments, but doesn't quite nail it overall. That's almost more frustrating to be honest.

[–] Rinn@awful.systems 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've been trapped in a Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time addiction ever since that came out. I'm a huge fan of the original 3DS game, but it was kinda forgotten by gaming history. And now we have a much bigger and more polished game for more platforms! For those who haven't heard of it: it's a bastard child of singleplayer Final Fantasy XIV and Animal Crossing. Very cute and cozy, mercilessly addicting, simulates the experience of having ADHD incredibly well.

This is how it typically goes: you want new furniture for your house. You're out of a specific kind of wood that's needed, so you go to a place that has it. On the way there you see an NPC with a quest - some poor farmer is besieged by overgrown carrots, and wants you to kill 10 of them. Might as well, it's only a slight detour. You kill the carrots, and then help yourself to some more crops on the farm, and get a rare carrot that you need to cook a dish to advance your Chef Life! Better get to that immediately, before you forget. You go back to town and cook the dish. You still don't have that new furniture you set out to get.

About the only thing I don't like is that the story quests are less weird than the original game, everything else is a straight upgrade.

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

I loved the first fantasy life. It was such a fantastic game for class mechanic junkies.

Never ended up finishing it though.

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[–] catalyst@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I am still working my way through Expedition 33. I’m in Act 2 and I’d estimate about half way into that. I’m still absolutely loving it.

[–] chonomaiwokurae@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Finally started playing Baldur’s Gate 3. Based in impressions from the first 15ish hours, this may be a strong GOAT contender for me.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

15 hours, huh? Have you finished creating your first character yet?

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[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just finished playing Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster and have started Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster. I keep checking wikis and forum posts for information, since I hate missing things (especially things that you can't get back to). I think from here on out (I'm in one of the 3 Scenario Selects) I'll keep it as blind as I can.

I finally downloaded Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, and think it's pretty cool. But maybe it's just because I haven't played a Metroidvania in 2 years.

Last but not least, I tried the demo for Big Hops after seeing Giant Bomb's Unfinished video on it. 3D Platformer that feels very good to move around in. Not sure how deep the story will go, or what mechanics they'll be adding as the game progresses, but it's been a delight so far.

[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

If you ever get the urge to replay FF6, the best version (by far) is the fan hack called Brave New World. It removes countless glitches and bugs while also enhancing the level-up, combat, and magic systems, as well as provides a far deeper and more thoughtful quasi-class system (each character has branching 'classes' based on which equips/magicites you allow them, providing much better thought out synergies than the original).

As someone who has loved this game for 20+ years now, BNW is very easily the greatest version out there. Def give it a try if you want to see this game re-raised to its fullest potential!

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon

Tried the demo and it hooked me. Great game so far.

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[–] Owlboi@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Warframe never betrays me

Still waiting on that Terraria update tho

Replaying Dark Souls for the millionth time aswell

Some osu! on the side

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[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Just finished playing Morrowind for the first time in decades. Half-tempted to go back and do it all again as a pure mage.

Failing that, I have so many games in my catalogs that I'm not sure where to start. Maybe Portal Revolution, maybe Brütal Legend, or maybe I finally get into the Witcher III. I keep trying to like Ride, but racing games never feel remotely like actually riding or driving a vehicle and I always spend my time in the weeds.

just started journey to Savage planet, which is a lot of fun.

the humor reminds me a lot of outer worlds and the exploration feels a lot like outer wilds, coincidentally.

I'm having a really good time playing it and will probably check out the sequel when I finish.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Finally started playing Kingdom Come Deliverance 1. A lot of the design decisions in the game are antithetic to my idea of fun. But there's a healthy mod community and a handfull of QOL mods later I'm having an absolute blast

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Final Fantasy VIII, almost at the end of the third disc. Hot take: this is my favorite PS1 entry in the series (and IX is my second favorite). I'm not going to pretend it's a perfect game but it takes a lot of chances and I think most of the them pay off.

[–] theTarrasque@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Oblivion remake, finished thieves guild and dark brotherhood and the crusader questline. Now I am starting the mages guild. Nostalgia hitting hard.

[–] braunda89@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

Brotato 🥔

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Claire Obscure Expedition 33

Great story, characters, gameplay and music. Easy GOTY.

spoilerAfter 5 tries I finally beat Clea. Also why do we have to fight Lampmaster four times?

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

DOOM Dark Ages. I'm about halfway through.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

If you get any kind of consistency, you should reach out to the mods and get it added to the sidebar. I like having a thread like this in a gaming community.

I've been playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance in anticipation of the sequel, which I already bought. I feel like I never know when the next opportunity to do side quests will be, so I found a good break in the story around main story quest 8-ish, and I'm just doing those for a while. The first couple of missions set some false expectations for what this game is and what you'll have to put up with, but it becomes much more straight forward after that.

I've also been going through the Borderlands games ahead of that series' sequel, and I just got to Borderlands 3. Man, that game feels great to play. It's been interesting to play through these games so rapid fire, because whatever my criticism was of the previous game, the developers also knew about it and addressed it in the next game. I hear the writing takes a turn for the worst in this game, but the first few hours are more than tolerable so far.

And for quicker sessions, I've also been playing through Devil May Cry 4. I started playing through these games back when Hi-Fi Rush completely floored me, and then some other games came out, and I put DMC4 down for a while. Now that I picked it up again, it's still great, but I'm not really sure what to do with Nero's revving mechanic.

Why are you trying to wean your girlfriend off of Strive? I love me some +R too, but both of those games are great!

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