Another week another thread!
What have you all been playing this week? Anything you’re particularly looking forward to in the short term?
I started Hades recently and have been enjoying it a lot. I’m debating if I should pick up Sonic Frontiers, it’s been forever since I played a Sonic game.
Sonice frontiers is fantastic! Took me back to the good ole days of playing on a Sega Genesis and Dreamcast. Also a great opportunity to catchup on Sonic lore. Heres a good summary of the, though it does go over Sonic Frontiers, so beware spoilers!
I would really enjoy the nostalgia trip like that. Genesis is where I started with Sonic and became a Sega fan from then on too. Thank you so much for the link, going to check it out.
Still playing Final Fantasy XVI. The story and characters are fantastic. Now that I’ve put some time into it, the combat feels pretty great. Excited to see where it goes. I feel like I’m still in the first quarter of the game.
This is also what I’m playing. I’m just over halfway and I am still enjoying it, but feeling a bit let down overall. I got sucked into the hype, for once, so that’s my fault. I wasn’t prepared for the game to be so linear.
3 of the last 4 mainline single player Final Fantasy games have been extremely linear, including XV (once the plot actually starts it just railroads you to the end). So I didn’t really have expectations otherwise.
I think it’s been paced pretty well so far, and the areas dont feel like literal corridors. Basically it feels lived-in. There are also enough interactions and occasional backtracking to keep me happy.
But my favorite game of the franchise is X, which just has you following a path for most of it with some towns to break it up.
Lots of overtime sapping my will and time to play games.
Horizon Forbidden West - don’t like it as much as the first but I’m determined to finish it before moving on to something else
Primarily playing Guild Wars 2 and getting prepared for the new expansion around the end of August! I’m also super stoked for Baldurs Gate 3 and going to jump in with some friends!
I’ve been seeing a lot of good stuff about Baldur’s Gate 3, but for a variety of reasons a bunch of other CRPGs I’ve played haven’t clicked with me. So, since I owned Divinity: Original Sin 2, I decided to pull that back out and focus on it for a bit to see if it got my attention this time. The very early start up trying to break out of the fort is a bit rough, but once you get past that it gets compelling fast. The tactics play out really enjoyably, and I really find it enjoyable to take bigger encounters, if I get stomped, and figure out the optimal positioning I can set myself up in to beat the odds on the next try. After a good few too many hours I’m finally off the first island and it’s starting to open up for real.
This might have convinced me to the BG3 first and save Starfield for a while, even though that and FF16 both look damn good too.
I finally got around to playing the Portal series. I played 2 first (it was a free Games with Gold pick) and thought it was great, so about 20 or so puzzles through the first Portal now. I’m kind of surprised the series ended with one sequel.
There would probably be 4 sequels by now if it was by any other company but Valve. Sadly, their priority has been Steam for too many years now. Their game development side goes at a glacial pace and all the developers that originally made their critically acclaimed games have left or are leaving.
Surprised nobody else has said Tears of the Kingdom yet. I’m like 110 hours in and still haven’t beaten the main story. There’s just so much to do!
I’m still playing it, too.
Also I’m playing Tomb Raider AnnIversary on the PSP.
More Final Fantasy 14. I’ve started the Heavensward post-game content (I guess you can call it that?).
I’m done with all the optional dungeons and raids you unlock after the base story, and now I’m continuing with the story quests that were added in later patches. There’s just so much time-wasting, back and forth bullshit, that it’s just a chore, though. Start quest in town A, go to town B for a short cutscene, go to town C for another short cutscene, go back to town A for yet another cutscene. Since you can teleport everywhere by this point, it doesn’t take long, but is just so boring. That’s why I’m constantly queuing for random dungeons and hang out in the Gold Saucer, basically avoiding the story.
As for classes, I’ve mainly played Reaper, which is fun, and today started trying out Dancer, and had a good time as well.
working towards 106% in Crash 4. it’s tough as nails and it’s not a game that shies away from slapping you and laughing in your face for the smallest screw up. The 106% demands literal perfection on each level.
but it’s a lot of fun and slowly conquering this behemoth is super satisfying
Just finished DREDGE. It was a lot of fun, and the first game I ever gained all of the achievements 😄.
I fell off a little after I got to the second section (the ring of islands with the thing in the middle) - it was starting to feel a bit same-ish. Does it get a bit more varied?
Not too much, but by that point I was just enjoying catching fish, maxing out my boat, and started to test my sleep deprivation limits.
Horizon Forbidden West - don’t like it quite as much as the first but want to finish it up
Stardew Valley. But I’m trying to decide if I want to buy a console to play Hogwarts Legacy.
I don’t know what you expect from hogwarts legacy, but heres my 2 cents.
If you come for a Hogwarts lifesim, a sort of Bully but set in Hogwarts, with the feeling of attending the school and classes, and take part in school life and interacting with other students, dont buy a console for Hogwarts Legacy.
All these parts are severely underdeveloped and dissapointing. While there are many students standing about all the time, you will only interacty with anyone when a quest requires you to. 90% of npcs you will meet twice: when they give you a quest, and a secend time when you return to them to finish the quest.If you come to Hogwarts Legacy for a decent action game (i wouldnt call it a rpg, there are numbers involved, but they are absolutly meaningless) with huge collections to aquire, and the pretty, Harry Potter flavoured, visuals, then you will have fun with the game. But maybe don’t buy a console just for Hogwarts.
Thanks for the feedback. I was sort of looking for that experience of being a student with some adventure alongside. I’ll have to think some more about this!
Barony! This game scratches my roguelike itch perfectly.
I am looking forward to Blackout Protocol on the 19th! One of my most played demos during Steam’s Next Fest.
Felt the itch to play some Dead Cells again, so I did that and finally got around to playing the new Castlevania DLC. Always a blast.
And I also finally got around to playing Ghost of Tsushima. Haven’t gotten very far yet, but so far I like it. The combat is a little slow and janky for my taste but the enviroment and sheer beauty of the world make me want to keep playing it.
