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Hey all!

Figured we’d try something like this. Let me know what you all think, and if you have any feedback on what you would like a weekly thread like this to look like. Thanks

What are you all playing? Anything you got from the steam sale you’re enjoying?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Battlebit has been pretty much it for my limited dedicated gaming time. Super fun, easy to drop in and out of.

On my phone I've been working through the puzzle game Snakebird. Also very fun for when I only have 5 minutes or so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Picked up Diablo 4 to play with my friends, been enjoying it so far. Also still playing Single Player Tarkov here and there and a colony management game called Going Medieval.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I have finished Final Fantasy XVI today. May continue Triangle Strategy and Dave the Diver now.

[–] Stormeggeddon 3 points 2 years ago

"The Ascent" on gamepass. My buddy and I are always looking for fun coop games, and I saw the trailer for this and thought it looked fun. We are only a couple hours in but so ar it's been a pretty enjoyable cyberpunk twinstick shooter with some great visual design. There are some bugs and the shooting takes a while to get used to but lots of fun so far!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

i'm running psychonauts 2, really loving the level design and story and characters. it has really really good gay representation too!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been working my way through Cross Code in the evenings after I get back home, and it's as excellent as everyone says it is! I keep trying to decide what other games it reminds me of the most, and surprisingly I think I'm starting to settle on Legend of Zelda (the older ones, not BotW/TotK).

The way it gates progress, the level & dungeon design, etc just really seems to be a part of that tradition. The moment to moment gameplay is pretty different though, and pretty unique at that!

Really though it's just been a nice escape in the evenings. It's challenging enough that sometimes I decide to leave a tough fight or puzzle to pick up the next night, but it's not punishingly hard and I feel like it respects my time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Crosscode is great, the animations are so buttery smooth, and the character portraits are super expressive. It's one of those games that feels really fun and rewarding to explore and secret hunt.

Only thing that put me off was trying to suss out the jumps and platform height in some areas, because it is shockingly vertical for a top-down game.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Pillars of Eternity and some Cyberpunk in between.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm currently 100%ing AC Revelations on the switch. It'll take a while, possibly more than the first two combined

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I am playing through the legend of heroes: trails series just finished cold steel and started cold steel 2.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been playing through Powerwash Simulator on Gamepass recently, among other things. The game has just enough going on to keep you engaged while also being super zen (until you're trying to find those last 6 things that are only 99% clean agggghhhhhhh). Progress goes at what seems like the perfect rate, you're never spending long cleaning an individual item, yet there's so much to clean that you get a pretty good sense of accomplishment from finally finishing a map.

It's pretty good for playing in the background too during useless wfh meetings while being able to stay fairly attentive

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mass effect series, on ps5. I’m on MA2 right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I finished a playthrough of the legendary edition of the trilogy earlier this year. Still great and after all the time that's passed since the original ME3 release I can almost accept the ending(s).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I started replaying Grand Theft Auto V since it was added to GamePass. Aggalos, Sword and Fairy: Together Forever, Tunic, and started replaying The Elder Scrolls Online.

I’ve been all over the place lately, haha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Been making my way through totk. I think I enjoyed playing the first one more but it's still pretty good. I'm stuck at the lost woods though, have no idea what I'm supposed to do. I might have done a main quest early so maybe I just have to progress to that point?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I picked up Diablo 4, and also had to sign up for Playstation Plus since it's always online... Ended up spending more time playing the games from the Plus catalog. The story is surprisingly good - I always though D3's story was kind of dumb, but the atmosphere in this one is great, to the point where I'm often not listening to a podcast when I play (at least until I finish the campaign)

I played through Stray in a few days - incredibly charming game. In a way it almost reminded me of Chibi Robo, since you're a little guy exploring a human-sized environment. Definitely recommend it.

I also did a run of Until Dawn, which I played years ago. I always intended to replay it but it's hard to motivate myself to redo a story-heavy game like this where it's going to be a few hours before things really start branching off in interesting ways. I really like how they play with different flavors of horror, from slasher to paranormal, to play with your expectations if you're a genre-savvy horror fan. Going to check out The Quarry sometime.

And I'm playing Alan Wake, for another TV-show-esque horror experience. The Stephen King and Twin Peaks inspiration is pretty obvious but I like both of those things. Combat is a little frustrating, though, it's easy to lose track of enemies if you're fighting a group, and the cinematic slow-mo sometimes gets annoying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This week? I barely grabbed a few minutes on TotK, about to grab a few sage masks.

Currently, though, I’m playing TotK and Garden story. I finished Shredders revenge last week and am about to start Planet of Lana.

TotK is all consuming and so incredible, but I take breaks with other stuff and have REALLY been enjoying Garden story—cute, kind, and delightful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

X4 Foundations. The Kingdom End expansion is awesome and I absolutely adore everything Boron. Just yesterday I finally broke the mexican standoff my fleet (and that of the Argon) had with the Xenon. For multiple real life hours, we had our fleets parked menacingly at the respective ends of the jump gates that connect two sectors. I charged through the gate with my entire fleet after the Xenon sent through a large portion of their fighters (which got obliterated by my ships) so only their capital ships were remaining. Had to hit the bed during a short break in the battle, though, so the outcome is still to be determined.

In other news, I'm also playing a lot of The Isle again and having a lotta fun with the new dinos and mechanics that have recently been added/tweaked. I'm positively surprised how chill many deino (crocodiles basically) players are about sharing the rivers with beipis (think penguins but in tropic climate)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Fire Emblem Three Houses again - So much changes between the 3 different stories in that game, it is so much bigger than I initially realized. When my partner was talking about what happened in their playthrough and it didn't at all resemble my Golden Deer playthrough I realized I'd have to get back to it one day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Getting pretty deep into FF16, really enjoying it still, the combat seems to be opening up which is making it more fun, will try and do all the side quests before the end, but will see how it goes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just bought Subnautica and Cities Skylines, so I'm looking forward to playing them both.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just started going through the Resident Evil series with my friends and we're still on Resident Evil 1 (the 2002 remake), but it's a blast! I love the atmosphere and how terrifying the crimson heads are.

The gameplay and movement is a bit frustrating but I think that's the point, and I know later games have easier controls, so I'm just enjoying a historical look at an old game.

I'm really looking forward to seeing/experiencing the different evolutions that RE goes through over time. Not looking forward to Code Veronica though, cuz I know it's really really hard :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yesssss resident evil is one of my favorite series. 4 in particular (both of and the remake) are in my top 5 all time. I hope you have fun! The 2002 remake is one of the best remakes ever made imo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

im addicted to hogwarts legacy. i cannot stop playing. must 100% complete it

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

My favorite game is to score deals on video games and then watch my kids play them afterwards. I bought Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on release ($70) saving by using Nintendo game vouchers (2 games for $100) purchased with Costco eShop cards ($100 value for $90). I've been watching my daughter play these past two weeks while combing through Steam's summer sale. Another pro-tip is whatever game I find on sale @Steam, I can (usually) find the same game on Fanatical.com for a few dollars less and score a 5% coupon for the next puchase.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I just finished Call Of Duty Black Ops - Cold War, and it was kind of ¯_(ツ)_/¯. The campaign was short and the story felt kind of patched together - graphically it wa surely top notch, but I guess nothing will ever come close to MW2.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a blast.

Early access is more fully-baked than many full releases. The story is intriguing, and seems to react in a very flexible way to dialogue as well as actions in the world. The D&D nostalgia is awesome, and it seems that Forgotten Realms is more familiar to me than I thought.

It’s gorgeous. It feels great. It’s fun.

Fun fact: if you get the early release, you get a free upgrade to digital deluxe when it releases Aug 3 I think. Not a shill, I just love gaming.

[–] troyunrau 1 points 2 years ago

EU4 with Anbennar mod. Been playing a couch co-op game with a friend of mine -- he's the dwarves beneath the mountains, and I'm the humans just outside the entrance to his hold. We watch each other's backs and pursue the mission trees. Very fun. Probably about 30 hours into this campaign.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm playing Doom & Doom 2, with custom monster sounds.

[–] Adderbox76 1 points 2 years ago

Chasing the futile quest to 100% Witcher 3 complete edition.

Not just all the quests, but clearing out every question mark on every map.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

On mobile, I'm finally getting into Archero, but man, the red dot spam is wild.

Necromerger is still really fun a couple of weeks in.

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