• CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Abiotic Factor. It’s like playing through the Black Mesa facility but as a survival game, something I never knew I wanted until I experienced it.

  • BigPotato@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Finally started Kingdom Come: Deliverance and I’m still very much in the “Learning to play, God this controls like a monkey on rollerblades with too many 'ludes in his system” level of skill…

    But, aside from that, also playing Mutant Year Zero and Peglin.

    • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      Had some friends try to get me to play. Gave it a good 20 hours or so, spent most of it just trying to get anywhere. About a quarter of the time some random guy would zoom along and blow me up before he even showed up on radar, and now I was on a timer waiting for my ship to come back. Another 10% of the time I’d get sucked through my ship when I tried to use FTL, there goes another ship recovery timer.

      The time consumption even when things go right is absolutely ridiculous, and they often go wrong. The random PK shit feels so fucking awful that I’d really rather just play something else.

      I have played and enjoyed games that require patience, like Wurm Online and EVE Online. Star Citizen is on a level above even those and I’m not sure I would have liked it even before I had kids, but now? Forget it.

  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Just picked up a game called Hellcard that is basically co-op Slay the Spire. It’s a lot of fun and the look of the game is really unique, I think. I really love StS so being able to co-op basically the same thing is a ton of fun.

    • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I also wanted to mention Fields of Mistria. I don’t really like Stardew Valley very much, but this one is really pulling me in for whatever reason. It’s still early access, but it’s got a bunch of QoL improvements from Stardew and the characters are really fun.

  • caut_R@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    How 2 Escape with a friend (can recommend, not mindblowing but a good time), Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes with gf (pretty fun experience)

    Solo I‘m bouncing around between games, but shoutout to NFS Unbound which I like less the more I play it lol

    Even for 5 bucks, it‘s NFS Heat but worse in basically every aspect

    • BigPotato@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      I thought Unbound was marginally better than Heat but almost every character in the game is completely grating. We’re running from the cops at 100mph, stop talking about your abusive childhood.

    • Kruulos@sopuli.xyz
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      7 days ago

      I’m so partial to buying the game but my backlog says no. Enjoy your cat ninja trip! I’ll follow you in few years :)

          • EonNShadow@pawb.social
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            7 days ago

            Bridge Four!

            I hope your namesake gets what’s coming to him. The previews were an absolute wild ride.

              • EonNShadow@pawb.social
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                7 days ago

                Lmao so

                It’s a book series, their username is the name of the main antagonist of sorts…

                Book 5, Wind and Truth, releases tomorrow, and this is akin to Infinity War/Endgame levels of “it’s all coming together”.

                We’re all super excited haha

  • Rudee@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    Dark souls 3

    Coming back after finishing Elden Ring, and I must say, the concise, “railroaded” world works much better for the FromSoft formula, IMO

    No hate against ER, it’s a great game. But it definitely drags on a bit long

    • villainy@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      DS3 really nails that balance. Mostly linear but usually has some sort of side option if you need a break from your current wall of a boss. Playable end to end without devoting like 100 hours. It also comes after Bloodborne where From nailed down more fun active combat vs. relying on a shield, and before Elden Ring where they went hard on crazy delayed boss attacks.

      These days DS3 is probably my favorite of the series overall.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    Just started Hogwarts Legacy with my kids (they pick my decisions). I only play with them watching, so here’s some other stuff I’m playing:

    • Lair of the Clockwork God - probably 1/3 done
    • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - started around Halloween, probably 1/3 through
    • Bombrush Cyberfunk - just got on Steam sale
    • Mad Max - also got on Steam sale

    I’ll probably finish one of the first two in the next week or two, and the last two will probably be games I play off and on as the mood strikes. I also picked up some random games in a couple Fanatical deals (got the Leisure Suit Larry $1 deal, for example), so I might get distracted with some smaller games.

    Anyway, this should last until the winter sale at least.