Hey y’all, what have you been playing?
I have been playing quite a bit of lies of p, and I started cocoon as well. Both super solid games. I’m getting my PC back tomorrow so I think I’m going to finally start Alan wake 2 as well!
Sill playing Aurora. Missle combat is very different and it took a while to learn. I’m hitting my stride now I feel.
Also in the middle of Citizen Sleeper. An RPG where you’re playing a transhuman cyborg traped on a space station. It’s been interesting. I would compare it to Disco Elysium. That title obviously had a better budget but Sleeper holds up well.
I’m about to play Ico and Elder Scrolls Online
Ico is such a wonderful game. I wish I could play it again for the first time.
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are two of my favorites. I even loved The Last Guardian, in spite of its flaws.
Shadow of the colossus is in my top 10. I just beat last guardian after playing for like 2 years. Struggled getting into it but the other day i decided to power through to the end and i absolutely loved the end. I have high hopes for ico
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. It has a deeper story than Shadow of the Colossus, but the combat hook in SotC is just soooooo good.
The Last Guardian just needed another 3-6 months of tightening up, I think. But if they waited much longer they would have missed the PS4 entirely.
We bought Palworld yesterday, probably play that most of the week. It mashes up a lot of games and has some nice QoL updates from similar games (like Ark)
Started Palworld today.
I never realized how much I needed shotgun wielding sheep in my life.
Still mainly Diablo 4, but a lot less this week. I finished my seasonal goals faster than I thought, and have been slowly mopping up some of the stuff that’s season independent. I filled out the map, found the Altars (3/4 by myself the rest with a guide), and also did all the dungeons to unlock the legendary aspects, but I guess those reset, and you have to do them again in the new season (or just the ones you’re interested in).
Then I also did more Soulstone Survivors runs. So far I’ve been mainly playing as the default class, the barbarian, and unlocking everything for him. There’s so much stuff, and then do a lot more for all the other classes as well. It’s fun, though still lacks a bit of variety, mainly in the levels.
Picked up Palworld and started it today. It is pretty fun and, as long as they patch it and support it, it could be a fantastic time waster.
About 40% through Hogwarts Legacy at the moment. It’s been great so far, very impressive especially coming from the old HP games on PC. Fixed up some performance issues with the Ascendio mod, and all works fairly well on my (ancient, circa 2014) rig.
If i’m not sim racing, its BattleBit, Noita or Baldur’s Gate. Lots of fun!@
I started playing unsighted. Its the first game I’ve been seriously playing since november 😅
My son and I are like 95% done the end-game content in the Super Mario RPG remake, only Culex 3D remains! It’s been a total blast. My biggest struggle is finding more games like this.
We’ve loved all the Paper Mario games we’ve been able to play (original, Super, TYD, and Origami King…. unless I’m forgetting one), but trying out miscellaneous JRPGs hasn’t had any success with him yet. He’s too young for a lot of games, but seeing things from that pre-tween point of view I also feel like we all could do with more games that aren’t fueled by adolescent angst or grim brooding. Bright, fun adventure on a foundation of silliness paired with great music is such a good recipe.
Have you played Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling yet?
We tried it once, but it didn’t grab my son’s interest at the outset. I’m going to have us try again as I’ve heard nothing but praise for it.
The Mario & Luigi games are similarly approachable and good RPGs, Superstar Saga (the first one) especially. They are handheld games so maybe a bit more difficult to play together with someone, though you could emulate them very easily to play on a more suitable device.
Sea of Stars also might be worth a try. Takes a lot of inspiration from Paper Mario.
Dave the Diver! It looks so goofy but give it a shot. It’s got hilarious cutscenes, and a really well executed blend of roguelike, restaurant game, resource management, and story RPG.
Diablo 4: Season 2 - Completed the Season Journey thanks to some nice randoms hanging out outside of Duriel’s dungeon. That is one thing that I do like about playing D4, there’s always someone hanging around somewhere to help you out. And if the end of the first two seasons are anything to go by, I’ll definitely be needing those someones towards the end of every season.
Diablo 3: Season 30 - Finished Chapter 1-3. Working on Chapter 4.
Firewatch - I picked up this game on GamePass because I needed a little break before I started a new game plus run of Alan Wake 2 and wanted something that wouldn’t take me more than one night. I knew going into this game that it was going to be “solving” a mystery, but I did not expect it to play out the way it did, or it to be such a story driven game. Even starting out in the first 10ish minutes I didn’t expect the game to go in the direction that it did. It was a bit of a slow burn (wink wink nudge nudge), but it was a lot of fun, especially since it’s one of those games where you come up with a theory of what’s going on and then second guess yourself over and over. Plus the whole time I was walking around from objective to objective, I kept having the thought of how cool it would be to just roam around without a looming goal hanging over my head, and lo and behold, after I finished the game, a free roam setting was unlocked.
Alan Wake 2 - Gave in and started a new game plus. This game has got me in a chokehold right now, even with its many, many problems that keep popping up. Kind of wish some more was changed based on the events of the first playthrough, and I’m not a big fan of how they treated ng+ inventory or some gameplay decisions that Remedy made, but I’m still having fun.
That is one thing that I do like about playing D4, there’s always someone hanging around somewhere to help you out.
When I started, I was super disappointed, because the world was basically empty, except for towns and some of the events. I was hoping it’s because I started so late, and I was kinda right. However on the higher difficulties, there are a bunch of people at the different hot spots all over the world, which gives me hope for the new season, that it’s not just going to be empty 90% of the time.
My time I’d normally use for gaming has gone in to starting to learn FreeCAD, which I guess I could argue is an open world builder game.
I just finished Spider-Man Miles Morales. So I’m gonna be starting Spider-Man 2 soon.
Elden Ring getting ready for the DLC.
I have a lvl 1 char that I’ve beaten about 90% of the game with, gathered most of the items and spells that’s taken me about 7 months to get this far.
The plan is to beat everything but the last fight as lvl 1 so I can build to whatever is needed.
Couldn’t you also just save a respec item to burn whenever the DLC drops?
Respeccing doesn’t drop your level and I’m hoping with all the returners and new players the DLC brings that I can sunbro low level content like Stormveil and the early caves again.
After my fill of that I’ll level up to whatever content the DLC is geared to.
Plus this will give me a lvl 1 backup with most gear and spells for build testing.
