A new week and a new thread.
What are you all playing!
No oxygen included. Finally might make it to a point where I discover a new machine/furniture and have to restart again to plan my base around it.
Started a fresh play of Mindustry this week and forgot how much I enjoy it. I play primarily on PC now to save my hands, but the mobile apps are free if someone wants to try it out!
Great game! And very playable on mobile too. I also enjoyed Shapez a lot. Looking forward to the sequel.
Nova Drift, like Asteroids but a roguelite. Been really into roguelites lately, recommendations welcome!
I’m sure you’ve played Hades if you’re into roguelites but that is such an awesome game.
A lesser known and interesting recommendation is Against the Storm, which is a top down strategy game with roguelite mechanics
Against the storm is on my wish list! Just waiting for a good discount.
I’m surprised nobody else is playing Remnant 2. It just came out and it’s pretty damn fun.
They called the original “Dark Souls with guns” and it’s definitely that sort of game in the sequel. But it’s not as punishing as a typical souls-like since there’s no death penalty. It’s perfect for my preferences since I hate the “losing all your money when you die” thing in Elden Ring.
Apparently it’s very fun in co-op but I have been playing solo so I can’t speak to that.
At only $50, it’s a pretty solid recommendation from me if “dark souls with guns” piques your curiosity even a little. AA title with no jank and I’ve only seen a single bug so far in my playing on XSX.
Went from like an hour in divinity original sin 2 to 55 and counting with a BG3 purchase this week.
Consider me hooked hard.
I’m playing Dave the diver. It keeps me surprised, constantly adding new sections, while keeping the cor game loop fun. I suck at navigating though so I frequently get lost.
City of Heroes: Homecoming. It’s CoH/CoV on a private server. It has easy access to a double XP buff at the cost of no influence earned passively (enhancement/salvage still drops tho). It’s been a great time. My nostalgia is loving it.
I really wish we could spin up private servers in an official capacity. But I’d love to go back and relive some CoH.
Oh man, haven’t played CoH in ages. I was really sad when they shut it down but I had stopped playing by then anyways. I might have to check it out just for nostalgia sake.
Still playing Cassette Beasts
Cassette beasts is on my to play list starting soon!
Battlebit, Diablo IV, and Remnant II now that just came out.
Diablo 4 with my wife, and replaying GTA V. Both have been a lot of fun.
How’s diablo 4 for a (I’m guessing) casual player? Was looking to pick it up but haven’t heard that much positive about it.
I thought the game was spectacularly bad, but I seem to be in the minority. Makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills! It’s a very pretty game with super shallow mechanics and it’s designed for maximum grind. I can handle grind in an ARPG since it’s kinda their thing, but you gotta have some good mechanics to go with it or it’s just an idle/incremental game with prettier graphics.
If it’s designed for maximum grind I’m not too sure I’ll like it. My tolerance towards grinding isn’t the best.
I enjoyed the campaign of Diablo 4, but as you mentioned the game has a serious lack of depth.
It became especially obvious to me once I hit the endgame and realized there just wasn’t that much to do.
In Path of Exile especially there is so much depth and content around the endgame that it feels like there’s almost too much to do.
I don’t think Diablo 4 is bad, but I do think it’s far too casual. The combat is satisfying and the graphics are great. But the skill tree and RPG systems are massively lacking.
Minetest, mostly on the capture the flag server
It’s a huge bummer that CTF game modes are largely gone these days.
I have started playing Pharaoh a new dawn and have really been enyojing it. Damn it brings back memoires.
I finally finished Persona 5 Royal the second time in a row, and moved on to…Persona 5 Strikers lol
Just started playing Grim Dawn again while waiting for Baldur’s Gate 3.
Street fighter 6 and valorant. Watching some puzzle games like viewfinder makes me want to go back and finish the talos principle, which I plan to do. Also need to finally play the third amnesia game so I can play the bunker.