Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!
Please don’t forget to use the spoiler tag as soon as you start talking about a storyline.
Just started Mass Effect: Andromeda yesterday, bought on winter sale.
While I like story and characters refreshing, right now it doesn’t feel as addictive(and emersive) as Mass Effect 3 (but am only on hour 3).
It’s a victim of EA’s marketing team - it’s a much better game than its reputation would suggest, yet it never delivered due to all the hype that was created before the release. And it taught me to ignore the marketing stuff and just wait for the release to check on the game and not my overhyped expectations.
Suvi’s accent <3
ooh yea the pilot, it took me aback for a sec when she frist spoke.
I don’t usually look for games, rather i take a note when I see someone playing and then browse for it later when bored. I just last year took mass effect as a franchise even though it was on my radar for a long time.
An interesting choice for 2024. Lemme know how it goes.
saved, too bad I don’t have remind me in X days bot available.
With introduction of new interactable species I’m a little bit more warmed up to it.
I’ve picked up BG3 and I’m making bad decisions.
I gave Shadowheart a big green beret hat and now she does slam poetry.
I also tried CoD but it got boring pretty quickly.
got a handful of games in the steam sale, and I’m currently about halfway through bugsnax - it’s really enjoyable so far. planning to start either hypnospace outlaw or the new ultrakill update after.
I never got anywhere near finishing Nier Automata so I’m doing that. A little Dave the Diver on the side.
Yume Nikki. The RPG Maker version. On my phone with EasyRPG Player. It’s about time I picked it up.
That is an endlessly fascinating experience. No wonder it inspired so many other games
I just finished Scorn, it was very interesting.
I feel like the combat wasn’t necessary since the puzzles and exploration felt like the main focus of the game, but at the same time, I don’t know how they could have made the environment feel dangerous without the threat of death. There was a puzzle later in the game that did require you to injure yourself, but I don’t think that would have worked as a replacement for combat in the rest of the game, and being present throughout the game would lessen the impact of it in the short moment where it is actually necessary. Also, the guns were very neat looking, so that is an additional upside to having combat.
Even though this sounds like a lot of complaining, I don’t think I could come up with any other criticisms, as pretty much everything else about the game felt perfect. I don’t think it is the sort of thing I will play again, but it will be something I will think back on more than most other games.
After many many recommendations on here I’m playing Slay the Spire mostly, with some Valorant thrown in when I’m playing with my kids.
Finished up the God of War Valhalla DLC (which was awesome), and now I’m playing through Little Nightmares 2. Almost done with it. Short but really good!
Baldur’s Gate 3. Kids got it for me for Christmas, thoroughly enjoying every bit of it so far
Help! I have a choice to make between Hades, Psychonauts 2, and Doom Eternal. What do you guys think? I’m more of a casual gamer but enjoy a bit of challenge (I liked doom 2016 a lot, but I was told eternal is harder).
Hades is an amazing game that you can play forever. It is as challenging as you want to make it but to complete the entire story you’ll have to play a lot.
Psychonauts 2 is a great platformer. Very good for casual play. The story is great and it’s very funny.
I like doom eternal better than doom 2016 only because it has more of a rock, paper, scissors feel to the combat than 2016. Meaning you will perform a lot better switching your weapons to fit the enemy. As opposed to 2016 where you can just use whatever you feel like.
I also recommend Hades. Don’t be afraid to use that “God mode”
Hades would be my choice if you’re looking to be challenged. Give it a few tries on normal difficulty, and if you’re getting your ass kicked it has a great casual friendly accessibility option to turn on a slowly scaling damage reduction that will eventually tune the game to your skill level. You can turn it off at any time, and there are no penalties for using it.
Psychonauts 2 is also a solid choice. Overall it was an excellent sequel and definitely worth playing, but if you’re looking for a challenge look elsewhere. It’s a casual platformer through and through. It’s still a great game in it’s own right, though IMO it doesn’t take as many risks as the original Psychonauts and didn’t quite hit the same emotional highs.
Thanks!
I bought Greedfall on a sale just before BG3 launch. Went through BG3 and Phantom Liberty, now I finally have some time to catch up and I’m having fun. Love the setting, the plot is interesting, the NPCs are okay. Sure, it’s not on the same level as those two but it is to be expected given the studio size. Overall it’s a solid game, worth checking out, especially if you get it on a sale.
Squad
I play for a few hours most nights but I will say that the devs come across as so inept it is equally fun & frustrating. When the teamwork just naturally works there is nothing that can beat it but the amount of bugs and performance issues majorly let it done.
Heroes of might and magic 3. I always come back, eventually.
I’ve been on via vcmi lately. Something about homm3 just draws me in. Have you played any of the others? I haven’t and have been wondering if they are similar or different but I have this weird fear that they will somehow ruin the special feeling I get from 3 and haven’t looked into it.
Homm3 was something I played the demo of as a kid then in later life I rediscovered it and binge it once and a while. I bought heroes 4 and 5, maybe even 6 and they just don’t feel the same. There’s tons of threads on which is best and I have yet to see homm3 come in anything but 1st lol.
I’m just running the gog version at the moment, decided I’d go through the regular campaign so I can play the official addon campaigns I had no idea about until a year ago. I have all of those as well.
Used vcmi to play it on my phone once. Does it do anything better than the gog config on PC?
It has a built in mod list and loader, includes ported unofficial addons, runs native on everything, and probably stuff I don’t know about. I used the gog versions for the assets but I haven’t actually used it as is.
Plowing through Deathloop. Its… ok. Enemy variety is basically different weapons and a couple bullet sponges. Glad I didn’t get this at full price.
I played it a bit on Gamepass. It feels like it has the bones to be a great time loop game but doesn’t seem to put it all together.
Im glad i went in blind and turned off the map markers but at some point I realized I wasn’t having fun exploring and figuring out the events in the loop. Like you said the enemy variety sucks and I don’t like being randomly invaded when I’m trying to map things out.
I just started this as well… i was so lost forthe first few hours, not the controls, just what am I meant to be doing? I have 2 mission logs, I don’t know what any of the guns or powers do and I’m meant to start collecting them?
You sort of just learn. Learn what the guns do, try and start collecting the ones that work for how you want to take out enemies, kill the big named characters for their powers and eventually build a load out and a stable of knowledge of how to kill the bosses such that you can eventually do a full run through and kill them all in the same world state.
Yeah I’ve slowly managed to put it together now, I’m glad I pushed through that initial confusion. It’s fun, though I liked Dishonored more
I agree. I like Deathloop, I like a lot of things about it, but Dishonored and Prey are extremely tough acts to follow.
I love Deathloop for what it is. A rogue like only to service the story but the best part imo is the pvp. As you said the enemies aren’t varied and are meant to be just an inconvenience unless you get swarmed. Having someone invade your game to ruin your run was a great idea only marred by the fact that the networking is not good and constantly rubber banded depending on the distance between the both of you.
Yakuza 2 on Steam Deck, after completing (not 100%) Y0 and Y1. Planning to keep playing them in order, until Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth comes out.
I’m new to the series, and loving it. Can’t wait to get back home (traveling now) and move from Deck to my PC, high resolution and maxed quality.
