It has been a while since the last one. So…
Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.
If the game happens to be on sale, a link would be a plus.
I’m playing the original Phantasy Star via the SEGA Ages version on Switch. Very much enjoying the simplicity of an 8-bit RPG, but it’s amazing to see how much they were able to push the Sega Master System to its limits.
Also trudging through Dirge of Cerberus on PS2. It’s clunky and jank as hell but I love the atmosphere.
I’ve been playing a ton of game dev story. To the point where now I want to try my hand at making my own simulation type game in that style
Tale of Two Wastelands! Fallout 3 and New Vegas in the same game.
I just bought Brotato on Steam. Shits fun af. It’s like a roguelike but with no learning curve and literally anybody can play, but the higher levels are still difficult.
Minecraft…
Playing Planescape: Torment for the first time, amazing game though the rather dated interface can get tiresome.
The game funnels you into playing as a mage with high charisma so you can avoid the clunky combat as much as possible. Be warned though, the last 20 mins of the game can be quite hard if you’ve only specced your character to be good at speech.
I just found out there was a series off “Wallace and Gromit” adventure games from Telltale (RIP)
bought them all on steam and playing the first episode now. So far the writing and visuals are spot on
Awesome! That’s going straight on my wishlist, and I’ll probably pick it up the next time I need a game to play.
Link for the lazy to the one I found (W&G Grand Adventure). Are there more?
I love Telltale. I heard they were actually still working on Wolf Among Us 2 but progress is slow and they have no date set.
https://gamerant.com/the-wolf-among-us-2-development-update-telltale-deck-nine/
Me and a buddy have been replaying Battleblock Theater but trying to 100% all levels on hard mode, which we did not do back as kids lol
The audio in that game is so fun
That game‘s so fucking good. I also 100%d it with a friend back then (screw collecting all hats), and we had a blast. Hope you guys have one too! Now I want a sequel lol
Been playing nioh 2 since it was part of humble bundle’s monthly. Game is as amazing as it is hard, barrier for entry is huge but can be really worth it if you enjoy mastering complicated systems.
The Nioh games are amazing. I spent hundreds of hours playing them and hundreds of hours helping others in coop. I really love playing those tough as nails games in multiplayer, it‘s like sharing the pain, and sharing is caring lol
I would not recommend any friend to play this game lol not because I dont like it but because they would look at me and say “so you are a masochist?”
Just picked up Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins. Maybe 6 hours in… Never heard of it when it came out. It seems like a pretty great fusion of Nioh minus the stances, and one of the more actiony FFs so far. The story is… there. It seems to be heavily based on FF1 so far, so I’m not expecting much. The rest of the game is fun and batshit crazy enough to make up for it.
I got Elder Scrolls: Online last summer when it was free on Epic. I love it! After playing for six months, I knew I wanted more and was willing to pay, so I got the latest chapter bundle (which includes all older chapters) for €19.79 on Steam. Absolutely worth it. I’ve since received two other DLCs for free just for playing the game. The lore of TES is just so good, and the environments in ESO look beautiful. There’s so much story in the quests too, so even if it’s an MMO, I can play it exclusively as a single player game that just happens to have other people in it.
Edit: The game is 10 years old this year, and there is more free stuff because of the anniversary.
Been replaying through Y’s VII: Lacrimosa of Dana. Such a great JRPG and Falcoms sound team was absolutely on point for this title.
Falcoms sound team was absolutely on point for this title.
They always are, if there’s one thing Falcom does consistently well it’s the soundtrack.
Just got my copy of the reprint for Switch 😋
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BOTW on CEMU. A bit overhyped perhaps, but I’m enjoying the playthrough so far
P5 Royal. Hasn’t quite grabbed me yet maybe because I played most of vanilla a few years ago and it’s pretty slow going at times.
I genuinely preferred vanilla! I couldn’t elaborate on why, especially avoiding spoilers, because my memory is too hazy. However I do think I’m in the minority I’m just giving you my support you’re not alone if you didn’t feel the same. Have you had the chance to play p5 strikers?
Honestly depending how far you are in royal, you might even enjoy royal more if you take a strikers break in between. Strikers follows vanilla ending anyway.
Not OP, but I recently beat P5R years after P5 vanilla. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it myself, but will try to elaborate a little without spoilers.
I found myself mostly disagreeing with the Phantom Thieves in the new chapter and electively went through the “bad” ending first. I do like the story that was explored, however, and I think it was genuinely fascinating to see how the team approached their most complex dilemma yet. Ultimately, I appreciated what they were trying to do even if it felt a little trope-y at times. That said, the ending cutscene is leagues worse than vanilla’s and even kind of walks back some of what made the new story great.
I’m currently playing Strikers and I’m unfortunately getting kind of bored with it after the second area. I was very impressed by how many of Persona 5’s systems translated to an action game so well, but now I’m feeling like I’ve already seen the extent of the gameplay and all that’s left is to repeat again and again and again until it’s over. The story is vaguely fun and the road trip framing is a wonderful follow up to P5’s ending. The writing is fine and the characters haven’t become flanderized quite yet despite being at about that point in the Persona spinoff cycle. But I kind of don’t care what the cast has to say about everything. Maybe that’s the problem of starting a big adventure with a full party. At every cutscene, there are at least 8 characters there to react to what’s happening, which holds up for about as long as one would expect. Considering skipping out on the rest and moving on to Tactica, since that’s way more my style of gameplay.
It’s been long enough since I played the original and I didn’t actually finish it so strikers may spoil it a little. To be honest, I think I’m just not that in the mood for games in general at the moment, which is fine. The desire will come when it comes.
