What have you been playing this week? Do you think others might like it?

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    2 years ago

    After a few years of mostly playing strategy & tactical games, I fired up Minecraft this weekend. I’d never really given it a proper try before, but it’s been refreshing and relaxing. I started on survivor mode but found the enemies kind of annoying, so I switched to peaceful survivor mode and that’s been fun so far. Just enjoying the “wander around and build stuff” atmosphere. Honestly makes me want to play more sandbox-y games after a while of mostly playing more intense stuff.

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      2 years ago

      You might like Satisfactory. They added a peaceful mode recently and the game is heckin’ beautiful after the last update. Sometimes I’ll just stop playing the game and look at things now.

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    2 years ago

    Final Fantasy XIV. As a decade+ WoW player, its really nice to find such a nice player base. I’m just hitting level 54 ( so between the base game A Realm Reborn and on my way into the first expansion ) and I’ve experience absolutely 0 toxicity.

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    2 years ago
    • Diablo 4 until I finish the campaign
    • Coffeetalk 2 when I’m too tired to concentrate on fighting.

    Currently have Cult of the Lamb on hold, and I also need to get back into No Man’s Sky and check out the new content.

    Also salivating over Starfield videos 😁

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      2 years ago

      I’m trying really hard not to get too hyped for Starfield, what with the way games seem to release these days…but damn it looks like the SciFi game I’ve always wished I could play!

      Cult of the Lamb is great too.

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        2 years ago

        Same. Normally I go into huge games with lots of player agency with a walkthrough sitting next to me because I want the ‘perfect ending’. I think with this one I’m just going to get lost in it and whatever happens happens. It looks so good.

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        2 years ago

        After seeing the headlines about “Starfield will be the least buggy Bethesda game ever at launch” I’m fully prepared for a janky mess. That being said I will forgive a lot of gameplay issues if it has a good story.

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      2 years ago

      I played Cult of the Lamb when it first came out, but found the cult system itself to be a bit too easy to be satisfying. The combat roguelike bit was alright tho. I also need to hit that NMS expedition before it vanishes.

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        2 years ago

        Yeah the cult-management is way easier than I expected. I also recently went back to try Hollow Knight again, which makes CotL combat feel relatively relaxing.

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    2 years ago

    I’m loving Diablo 4 so I’ve been grinding that out, currently on World Tier 3 with my sorcerer and having a blast. Also playing Destiny 2 at the weekly reset for the new story updates.

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      2 years ago

      Shapez is great! I love the minimalistic approach to a factory game. I finished the main levels a while ago, but I still want to get around to

      minor late game spoiler

      using all the circuits to build a factory to automatically make just about anything for the later levels

  • MilliaStrange@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Going through World Tour mode in Street Fighter 6 plus a little local play, and Tears of the Kingdom. It’s a good time to be a g4m3r

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    2 years ago

    The new Season of Deep Rock Galactic. I don’t really like this seasons weapon frameworks, but there’s still some cool cosmetics to unlock. Like a plague doctor mask with a fancy hat. :3

    _*shpelling_

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    2 years ago

    Same thing I play every week. Coral Island and RCT3.

    Coral Island is in Steam Early Access and is as yet unfinished, but is making steady progress and the devs are doing great at keeping everyone up to date on progress. Coral Island is frequently compared to Stardew Valley. Frankly, I don’t enjoy SDV. I’ve tried and tried and it just doesn’t do it for me. Coral Island is everything I was hoping SDV would be. It’s game play is similar, but I find the whole thing much more enjoyable.

    I’ve been playing RCT3 off and on since I first bought it on CD a million years ago.

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    2 years ago

    Just finished up the System Shock remake. Been struggling to find a game to captivate me, but this one surely did the trick. Pretty week ending though… just like the original, hah.

    Would love to see Ultima Underworld 1/2 get the same treatment.

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    2 years ago

    Yakuza! I finished Yakuza 0 after years of trying to get through it, and started Kiwami. It’s been a lot of fun.

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      2 years ago

      My girlfriend got me to start Yakuza 0 last year and (after a long hiatus before picking up again) I’ve had a lot of fun with it! Even though I’ve heard it’s one of the best in the series, I’m excited to play through more of it

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    I’ve started playing Deep Rock Galactic, and I’ve been loving it, even just playing a few solo missions to get a feel for it. I’m going to try to get my wife into it, since we’ve been looking for some more games to play together.

    Outside of that, I’ve been playing Tears of The Kingdom and that’s been fantastic. Great follow up to one of my favorite games. And then mixing in some Overwatch as well which, despite its problems, is still pretty fun to play with some friends.

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      2 years ago

      Deep Rock Galactic is such a gem that I can always come back to! I hope you two have a lotta fun with it. There’s a lot of cool stuff going on right now, with the lithophage outbreak, and a couple really tough enemies.

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    2 years ago

    Been replaying Into The Breach. One of the best turn based tactic games there is out there.

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      2 years ago

      I played Into the Breach to death on release. I even got all the mechs and achievements. Just looked at it again and it got a free Advanced Edition update?! Holy shit, brb playing the game a 3rd time!

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        2 years ago

        You mean the big expansion pack they released a while back? It was incredible, the devs just dropped it one day out of the blue, all for free, nobody had asked for it but everyone was amazed by it.