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Hey everyone! I have no power in here, have not checked if anyone has started one of these but I feel like being the change I want to see in the world.

So! What are you playing this week?

I just started off Claire Obscure Expedition 33, and at the same time, have been getting my girlfriend to slowly wean off of Guilty Gear Strive and try out older fighter games like Guilty Gear XX and a more recent one, BlazBlueCrossTag (both to great success)

Also still haven't beat the first major boss of Nightreign, not looking forward to the trashtalk from friends after the nerf because they did it first

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

DOOM Dark Ages. I'm about halfway through.

[–] eezeebee 5 points 4 days ago

Remnant 2. I have no idea what's going on, but I'm having a good time. The systems are pretty complex and unexplained so I just equip things that seem cool. So far so good! Thanks to other players joining my game I've been able to solve the puzzles, which honestly I would have had to lookup solutions for if I were only playing solo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

If you get any kind of consistency, you should reach out to the mods and get it added to the sidebar. I like having a thread like this in a gaming community.

I've been playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance in anticipation of the sequel, which I already bought. I feel like I never know when the next opportunity to do side quests will be, so I found a good break in the story around main story quest 8-ish, and I'm just doing those for a while. The first couple of missions set some false expectations for what this game is and what you'll have to put up with, but it becomes much more straight forward after that.

I've also been going through the Borderlands games ahead of that series' sequel, and I just got to Borderlands 3. Man, that game feels great to play. It's been interesting to play through these games so rapid fire, because whatever my criticism was of the previous game, the developers also knew about it and addressed it in the next game. I hear the writing takes a turn for the worst in this game, but the first few hours are more than tolerable so far.

And for quicker sessions, I've also been playing through Devil May Cry 4. I started playing through these games back when Hi-Fi Rush completely floored me, and then some other games came out, and I put DMC4 down for a while. Now that I picked it up again, it's still great, but I'm not really sure what to do with Nero's revving mechanic.

Why are you trying to wean your girlfriend off of Strive? I love me some +R too, but both of those games are great!

[–] Zaraki42 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

• Tainted Grail - Fall of Avalon • The Headliners • The Division 2 • Sea of Thieves • Tinykin

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

In between playing Infamous: Second Son and Super Mario 64...just playing SM64 for giggles.

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

Swapping between "Flintlock: Siege of Dawn" and "Cathedral" right now.

Just finished 100% Ghostsong, Mummy Demastered, and Remnant 2 recently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Final Fantasy Tactics on my RG34XX and Repo almost nightly with the buds

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Have you bard-monked your way to high levels yet?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I'm still in the early stages in my current playthrough. I've not yet caught up to the intro

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

Moonstone Island at the moment. And Baldurs Gate 3 because cross-play finally lets me party up with my husband.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Vermintide 2 (modified L4D2 in Warhammer: Fantasy), since one kind soul on Lemmy said it now works on Linux too. I've missed a lot of new content and I don't even know where to go most of the times like I just started it. I became kinda rusty since I switched systems, but playing on lower difficulties feels fun too. An hour of runs per evening is where I am at. As I don't have anything tp grind there anymore as I did it all before, I've learnt to smile while loosing in some hilarious ways, and some of these failures make me cackling for a long while.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I actually try to play less, phone less and focus more on drawing, journaling and touching grass

But I finished expedition 33 recently and before that I played some crusader kings 3 lotr mod

E33 turned out to be really long game and I wanted to finish it asap to see what happens. That resulted in a few days or so of a marathon that has physically and mentally exhausted me

I could not sleep at the last day after I went through the ending at all because I was tortured by crying fits

Now I remember that hugging moment even now I get sad immediately and it all just leaks out of my eyes so yeah. I am resting

[–] mysticpickle 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

E33 turned out to be really long game and I wanted to finish it asap to see what happens. That resulted in a few days or so of a marathon that has physically and mentally exhausted me

Bro. You can't do that. No one can handle that much feels in such a short span.

OP: WITNESS ME!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I was even leveraging weed so that I am not stoned too much to get less immersion but just right to maximise the feelings.

I love I love I love when games hit me in the feels hard as truck. Just hit me you know… well

Great experience, I felt utterly broken. Would play again

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you played A Plague Tale? It's much shorter but also pretty emotional.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I have a serious deficiencies in emotional games played considering I only acquired such taste playing Honkai star rail penacony a year ago. Or rather arcane s1 tv series before.

Gladly taking the recommendation and open to any other

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I highly recommend going in blind. Innocence is first, followed by Requiem. Innocence has been free on epic a few times so you might already own it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Pour one out for a fallen gamer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I’ve also been playing Nightreign and having an absolute blast. I did manage to beat Gladius with a couple of randos early on, but nothing since then. I’ve been trying to help my friend clear that first hurdle, but no luck so far.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Elden ring nightreign. I've beaten 3 nightlords with randoms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hey! Quit stealing my ideas!

Just kidding. Looking forward to see where this goes.

(Not sure if you actually stole it but I’ve been doing it in [email protected] for a while now)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ope sorry! Didn't mean to step on any toes, just hadn't seen one pop up since I left Reddit!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I’m just teasing. I thought it was funny it’s on the same day I do for my community, also a gaming community. I’m curious if it’ll affect my numbers (up or down). Keep it up!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Bit of warframe, a lot of deeprock and some stellaris when I have that much free time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. Really good game but some of travel is rough. Fast travel is very limited. Good combat and I like the pawn system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Its been awhile since I've played, but you should get a few Portcrystals around mid-game, and combined with the eternal ferrystone will help traveling around significantly.

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[–] any1th3r3 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm finding it hard to stick to one game in particular these past few days (weeks?).
I've been going back to my play through of Divinity: Original Sin 2 and I find the story is getting somewhat less interesting after reaching the second to last act/location (and fights are less challenging now, which isn't as fun imo).
I've also been playing a bit of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and it's more appealing than I anticipated - I'm just annoyed by recurring shader comp and loading stutters on PC...
I'm kind of in the mood for a shorter game, but my backlog is far too dense to pick anything easily.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

If you want Star Wars with actual saber combat, try the old Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy games. Neither should be too long, but I think JA is easier overall, as levels tend to be pretty straightforward and you start as padawan with a saber. Fighting against multiplayer bots in both games can be fun, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Space Engineers. I set up a server for me and my friends with a few mods.

So far, we have an undefended asteroid with a ton of resources and production capabilities. It was attacked recently by a small pirate ship but I fought it off.

I'm in the process of making a large nomad ship - a mobile base.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Starting up a new run in Vintage Story (with mods!) while on a break from Ender Magnolia. Landed on the the mother of all starter zones. Might just make it to endgme this time :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Surprised someone mentioned it. I'm playing it too. Quite captivating game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I've played a bunch of Monster Train 2 which is great. A really novel interpretation of the Slay the Spire format. It also has some great qol and mechanical improvements over the first. Highly recommend if you're into that sort of thing.

[–] LillyPip 3 points 4 days ago

Medieval Dynasty: New Settlement in VR. It’s quite good, though a bit glitchy here and there. Finished the main quest line and am now running my tavern whilst waiting for my baby to be born.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I've been trying out the Half Sword demo recently and yep, it's medieval combat QWOP. Very fun tho, in spite of my poor framerate.

Other than that I've been setting up maps and stuff for a DND one shot I've been planning to run. Will be fun to see how that pans out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So, I'm thinking of starting, for the third time, Witcher 3. I liked it the second time I tried it but there was something, off about the game.... I think it's time for another try at it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I love CDPR, I have enjoyed Witcher 1,2, and Cyberpunk 2077 is my most played game of the decade at a solid 1000 hours.

I have bounced off Witcher 3 no less than three times and i still dread going back to it. The entire opening up to the griffin is such an openworld slog that by the time i get to the empire I am burnt out and don't want to continue.

And this sucks because I've heard just how good the DLC is

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Ffxiv since the relic weapon stuff is out. Getting pretty far in that grind.

Also replaying symphony of the night. Just been in the mood for it. Haven't really been playing anything new lately. Deltarune chapter 3 & 4 are out and I'll start playing them tonight, but I'm at work for the time being sadly.

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