cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1232708
I’m going to do these periodically.
Title kinda says all.
I’ll have my own reply later.
Special weekly question:
What do you like most about 2023’s repertoire of video games?
Spent 3 weeks playing System Shock 2. Did three play-throughs back to back (holy crap is the Psi-guy build OP). Have had this game for ever and realized, as I was in the final 3rd of the game, that I don’t think I ever actually beat it years and years ago.
Found a Bioshock disk (never played it, got it when I was cleaning out a deceased relatives place) and fiddled with things until I manged to get it playing. Did a few playthroughs immediately after my month of playing System Shock 2. Realizing how much I like games that can be beat in 10~15 hours but repeated playthroughs wind up giving you some more breadcrumbs of story that you missed during a previous run.)
Watched a YT video by RagnarRox about Clive Barker’s Undying and found that there’s a copy available on the Internet Archive’s “Software Clearance Bin” section. Fiddled with it some and got it running. (Also found a copy of “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream” and “Transformers: Devastation” on the Internet Archive in the same section but haven’t fiddled with things to see if I can get them to work yet.)
Is this the new System Shock remake?
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Oh no. System Shock 2 was an actual sequel to System Shock. I think it came out in 1999.
Ah, yeah, they have yet to do the remake for the second one then…
I started playing Workers & Resources thanks to
and really enjoying it.Damn, I should play that one as well, but I don’t really play “strategy games” or whatever you call or categorize Workers & Resources as.
I like it, I would call it a city builder. I got drawn to it when someone mentioned it along with Cities: Skylines. I’m a long time Sim City nerd so I perk up when a new one comes up
Got it, got it. Well, I’ll definitely check them out.
Recently finished a China run in Vic 3 1.5.10. Encountered too many bugs to really enjoy it. Currently in the middle of Stellaris run, which i’m enjoying a bit. They’ve added too much content to the game now though. Astral tears are just replica of the archeology content. Too many events to click through :(
Big oof.
I’m playing Everspace 2 and I want to have the patience to finish it.
You can do it!
I play Rust and I (not so proud ) have almost 2000 hours played. I love that toxic community
Damn, it has a toxic community? Yikes. But I’ve heard great things about Rust, tbh.
It’s one of my favorite games, time flies by as I raid the bases of teenagers who spend 17 hours a day playing
I don’t think I’ve ever seen footage of Rust or really know what it’s about.
Damn, so many good multiplayer games to play (I assume that’s what Rust is), but I don’t know which one to pick; maybe I’ll pick this one up.
Go without fear and you won’t regret it
Thanks! I think I’ll definitely consider it now.
My newly diagnosed ADHD has been kicking my ass recently so I haven’t gotten around to setting up my PC after moving so I’ve only been playing switch.
That said, I’ve been going back and forth between Red Dead Redemption and the Super Mario RPG remake and I’ve been loving both. I immediately bounced off RDR2 finding the controls very clunky and slow, but I’ve loved my first play through of RDR1 so far and the Super Mario RPG remake is probably one of the best RPG remakes of all time.
I’ve also been playing the only good mobile idle game, Super Snail.
Definitely get ADHD medication like Vyvanse or whatever now that you’re newly diagnosed.
I also couldn’t play video games until I got my ADHD meds (and I especially had trouble doing anything else besides playing video games).
Also, on another note, I really should get into “idle games” sometime.
I have to work my way through Kaiser’s system before they’ll actually get me medication, but it’s actually moving way quicker than I expected. Getting back into therapy for the first time in like 8 years should also help.
On the idle games front, I can’t recommended Super Snail enough. The tutorial is frustratingly long but once you get through it, it has a really satisfying loop and you do feel like you’re making progress every day. There are no forced ads and I’ve never felt pushed to buy any of the micro transactions to keep progressing.
It recently went on sale, so I picked up Midnight Suns and was surprised how much it sucked me in. Reminds me of Fire Emblem a lot.
Super Mario RPG remake has been my on the go choice these days, but I have a copy of Sea of Stars on the way.
Both of the last games (Super Mario RPG and Sea of Stars) are ones I want as well.
Really digging the SMRPG remake. Has a lot of quality of life improvements, but still feels like the original in a lot of ways. Didn’t feel bad about getting it on release day since Nintendo stuff rarely goes on sale.
Yeah, even the animations look great.
Victoria 3. I really haven’t been tapped into the 23 zeitgeist, but I realized recently that achievements in games give me something to shoot for, and I’ve been a hoi4 fan for a min now, so I figured I’d give it a shot.
, if anyone knows how 2 🏴☠️the dlc w a legit base game, hmu
Cool beans.
Right now I’m primarily enjoying Minecraft, Girls Frontline, and WorldBox. We’ll see what the future brings (GFL 2 when it comes out should be lit.)
That’s good, but what is GFL 2?
GFL is the abbreviation for Girls Frontline
Ah, I immediately figured after posting that reply, but thanks.
Just finished my first playthrough of AC6.
Also playing Cities:Skylines 2 on and off while I wait for mods to come out.
World of Warships is the other game I’ve been playing, mostly on the weekends.
How are you feeling about Cities:Skylines 2 ? 😃
It’s not nearly as bad performance wise as I was expecting. Not great either.
In so far as gameplay it feels like Colossal had a lot of ideas for how things work and how interconnected they should be, but it feels a bit too busy for my liking. There are also some annoying gameplay bugs that kind of hamper the experience. Some have been fixed, but others persist and even existed in CS1, like how emergency services in the neighborhood don’t dispatch and instead you get one for way farther away. I had an entire block burn down even though I had a firehouse 4 blocks away.
Been playing a game called Astrea, which is a deck builder but instead of cards you have dice. I’m awful at deck builders and am finding it very frustrating.
I also played a few Survivors-likes - Sea of Survivors, where you are a pirate ship, and Death Must Die, where metaprogression is in Diablo-style loot. Sea of Survivors is pretty basic but it works well, while Death Must Die wants you to dodge around a lot and play really actively, which isn’t bad but I don’t prefer it.
Is Sea of Survivors a nautical game? 'Cause I wouldn’t mind something like that then.
It’s nautical themed, yes, but it’s not like Sea of Thieves where you do the stuff on the boat, it’s a pirate ship that follows your cursor and auto-shoots.
Here’s the Steam page, they have a gameplay trailer https://store.steampowered.com/app/2347940/Sea_of_Survivors/ it’s def worth five bucks
Thanks!
I normally don’t jump into bandwagon games, but Lethal Company seems interesting- and I can at least play it single player if the multiplayer is bad.
Yeah, that’s a good option.
I want to play Galactic Civilization 4 (space 4X) and Wartales (turnbased mercenary fantasy game) soonish. Will wait until closer to Christmas when I have more time.
Sweet! Hope you find both of them fun.
I have been playing Super Mario Wonder and will continue playing Super Mario Wonder for a while. I haven’t decided if I’m up to the frustration of beating all the special levels but I at least want all of the big purple coins in all the regular levels and maybe the flagpoles, too.
Noice.
I’m having a good time playing crusader kings 3 again. My current run started with the Avars in what’s now Hungary. I’ve been playing it pretty chill, but have now grown to be an independent kingdom out from under Bulgaria, converted many people to Krstjani, (recently viewed as heretical by the Orthodox and Catholics - might get to defend some fun holy wars.) Hybridized culture with Croatian for some good stuff and more drip, and got equal inheritance for women after several generations of work.
Gonna build a cathedral in Esztergom, probably hybridize again, maybe tweak faith, but mostly just vibe for a generation now. Long term goal is to take Constantinople and hopefully have fun withstanding the Turks and Mongols. For whatever reason the Magyars kinda failed to launch this game, so I didn’t get to deal with them. I had one 40s ruler just straight up die while wrestling though, putting his very young (and soon to be lunatic) son on the throne for what would ultimately be a very cool reign.
“withstanding the Turks”
Good luck giving my ancestors Hell, comrade.
