someone: what are you playing now?

someone 01.26.23	I'm currently blasting Subnautica and cannot get enough. Bought Stray and Journey on sale, will dig in soon when I have more free time
zakalwe 01.26.23	Bought Endless Legend and Endless Space 2 Seem decent.
mrdogthrow 01.26.23	just bought risk of rain 2 and its a blast
ffs 01.26.23	been playing noita a lot, v hard "roguelite" which appears simple but has some crazy complex mechanics. 300ish deaths so far and still hella fun. i wont give up until i win
Willie 01.26.23	Got a PS5 over Christmas with the PS+ subscription so making my way through all the Sony games. Finished Horizon Forbidden West and Ratchet & Clank. Now doing the Far Cry games starting with 3.
Vinnymcscoop 01.26.23	I have a lot of games on my Switch that I need to beat, but I'm close to beating Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I just need to beat the final boss, and then I can put it in my cloud storage to save it for later I'm also really close to beating Doom as well I'm planning to get Link's Awakening remastered, I was always a sucker for Legend of Zelda games
SomeCallMeTim 01.26.23	been playing gta online with a friend and the script kiddies in that game are wild
protokute 01.26.23	Not playing so frequently, but I've been coming back and having a lot of fun with Slay The Spire. And I also started Cultic, which is amazing.
SomeCallMeTim 01.26.23	lol anybody in here played Cruelty Squad? game is insane
protokute 01.26.23	I've seen videos of it, game is mad. But I don't know how much I could enjoy actually playing it.
MO 01.26.23	doom eternal it's just too fun
frozencarl 01.26.23	raiding Ulduar with my dad guild in WoW classic and having the best of times. slogging through RDR2 on the side along with some Hearthstone BGs
someone 01.26.23	one of these days i'll finally sit down and try Doom i've heard and seen too many good things anyone tried GTFO? it's like a third person multiplayer Doom
AsleepInTheBack 01.26.23	Just finished Doom Eternal (honestly top 10 FPS ever, top 5 in terms of combat crunchiness alone) Just started Rimworld and am hooked.
Sinternet 01.26.23	replaying new vegas for the billionth time and spamming out some fm and vampire survivor sessions in between
zakalwe 01.26.23	Yeah, I’m doing New Vegas as well sin. Absolute classic.
BaselineOOO 01.26.23	Sekiro and Overwatch
DadKungFu 01.26.23	Played Halo CE recently, haven't played anything in years but me and my brother have been doing co-op and it's been a great nostalgia/bonding experience for us both
protokute 01.26.23	ownnn, that's nice! i wish i had a brother to play games with
Manatea 01.26.23	I’ve been going back and forth between Hades and Dead Cells after having recently completed Hyper Light Drifter for the second time.
Demon of the Fall 01.26.23	'Yeah, I’m doing New Vegas as well sin.' (2) got the urge after seeing it mentioned t' other week. Early days but for the first time ever I've taken the Powder Gangers side over the people of Goodsprings, I've not followed this 'questline path' before, so we'll see what happens.
botb 01.26.23	Just finished the crisis core remaster, shit is sick. Then pubg with the boys sometimes and been playing pathfinder: kingmaker in between
Sinternet 01.26.23	based new vegas enjoyers "I've taken the Powder Gangers side over the people of Goodsprings" you goddamn traitor leave easy pete alone - next thing you'll be joining the legion
ConcubinaryCode 01.26.23	Replaying ffx
unclereich 01.26.23	cod ww2 2017 for ps4. best multiplayer cod that is still active
twlight 01.26.23	Haven't been gaming at all since I bought a house but I might snag the dead space remake tomorrow because I never played the original
Hyperion1001 01.26.23	wrath of the lich king Ulduar kicks ass so far
pjquinones747 01.26.23	recently been back on Oblivion and Skyrim as well as playing Pokemon Scarlet when i'm not doing that. big on my comfort games lol
frozencarl 01.26.23	hyperion what faction/ server you play on?
Gameofmetal 01.26.23	Been skipping back and forth between Total War: Troy and Dying Light 2. Troy is fine, just not much new from other total war titles. Dying Light is disappointing, feels like there's nothing in it that's an improvement on the first game, which had a generic story but was ultimately still very fun.
PitchforkArms 01.26.23	Playing all of the Fallout games for the millionth time. Comfort food type games for me
Brabiz 01.26.23	Nioh, and it’s pretty awesome actually
nol 01.26.23	“Replaying ffx“ have you beaten it? I’ve tried twice in recent years and I get pretty far until I hit a particular Seymour boss fight, right after he says he kills kimahri’s tribe. Second playthrough I finally beat that boss and 2 seconds later I was in another harder boss fight and I said fuck this shit lol
nol 01.26.23	I keep on hopping from game to game I can’t decide. Sorta playing smash, Pokémon ultra moon, crash bandicoot, marvel v Capcom 2, and fire emblem engage
pjquinones747 01.26.23	@nol seymour flux is such a bitch. if i remember right you have to make sure you get auron's HP super high so he survives the fuck-you swoopy blade manuever and spam esuna whenever seymour zombies everyone. nowadays when i play FFX im good at manipulating the sphere grid to get yuna and lulu's black magic super powerful and then most of the game is a cinch after that, so my strat assumes you've done a lot of the same stuff i guess. sounds cheap but as long as you use a game guide up to that point you should be able to handle him.
nol 01.26.23	I used no game guide lol, but if I recall keeping auron alive was how I got his ass finally. It’s been a little while
Hyperion1001 01.26.23	“hyperion what faction/ server you play on?” pagle alliance. have a 4200gs hpriest and a 4Kgs hunter. no ulduar loot yet tho.
pjquinones747 01.26.23	i am Bad At Video Games but still want to enjoy them so i use guides lmao no shame here. i played final fantasy games throughout my childhood but never came that close to beating one until i swallowed my pride and picked up a guide lol
nol 01.26.23	I’ve beaten 7 without a guide that’s it. I think I’d have to use a guide if I actually ever wanted to beat X, but ehhhh there’s things that make me not wanna go back
ConcubinaryCode 01.26.23	@nol yeah I've beaten it a few times. I actually got the platinum on ps4. I'm using the expert sphere grid this time because it let's you change characters "roles" way koeasier. You can get tidus in aurons grid, kimahri in rikkus at the start for example. One you get to Seymour Flux it's when the game gets serious about bosses and you gotta work out strategies a bit on the fly. Zanarkand keeper is the boss I'm pretty sure you're referring too and iirc he uses a ton of buffs and debuffs so shit like dispel is what you need to keep him from overwhelming you. Fwiw people have playthroughs without using the sphere grid at all so there's a ton of ways to cheese the game (mostly revolving around using rikkus mix) and I def wouldn't play again without a cutscene skip but that's just on pc for some reason. I'm at the thunder plains now so about halfway through the game atm.
pjquinones747 01.26.23	i forgot to mention that i restarted FF8 yesterday as well, only to get immediately discouraged when i was reminded that i'd be spending half of my time drawing for spells again lol
Drifter 01.26.23	bone brothers - bone brothers m/
ArsMoriendi 01.26.23	New Pokémon Snap It talks down to you a lot, but the actual photo sections are fun
robertsona 01.26.23	imagine if pokemon snap were hard this isnt a dig or anything I'm just imagining. "oh jesus dude GET IT OUT GET THE CAMERA OUT FUUUUUUUCK we missed it
Purpl3Spartan 01.26.23	Right now playing RdR2, Witcher 3, BONELAB, MW2, and ready or not. Will also be getting into half life Alyx eventually. Rainbow six siege is also often a main stay with friends
DungeonBoy 01.26.23	Ctrl + F "Darkest Dungeon".. welp guess i'm the only masochist in this thread.
madrigal30 01.26.23	rn not actually playing anything but the last vidya i really got into was elden ring big time fun
frozencarl 01.26.23	"pagle alliance. have a 4200gs hpriest and a 4Kgs hunter. no ulduar loot yet tho." yo nice dude! idk my gs but i've got a full naxx-bis rogue that ive been playing since day1 of classic vanilla. picked up my first piece of Ulduar loot the other night. super excited to progress through this place, Naxx for the 3rd time was driving me insane
Trebor. 01.26.23	I'm playing more Slay the Spire than is healthy
JayEnder 01.26.23	Dead Space remake tomorrow fuckers
Colton 01.26.23	just beat both The Last of Us games. absolutely amazing series, can't recall a more immersive and engaging game experience in a long time. now I'm playing the Uncharted series
Colton 01.26.23	before that I played RDR 2, which was amazing in many ways but the repetitive mission design really started to wear on me by the end of it
trilo 01.26.23	WoW Classic on raid nights (helpless fiend since 2005), Super Auto Pets when i need a quick dopamine hit, Slice & Dice and Slay the Spire. may pick up the Dead Space remake, never played the original
Koris 01.26.23	Currently revisiting a nostalgic classic with the original Golden Sun. Easily one of the best RPGs of its era, handheld or otherwise
Hyperion1001 01.26.23	“Naxx for the 3rd time was driving me insane” i quit during live BC back in the day so I never got to do any of the wotlk content, which is why I came back. always heard ulduar was the best raid they made and I have been having an absolute blast so far. naxx was fun too just a bit too easy tbh.
trilo 01.26.23	naxx was horrible but trying to improve my parse every week was the motivation i needed to get through it. ulduar has been great tho
Emim 01.26.23	Destiny 2 still eats a lot of my time. Recently went back and played some Black Ops 2 zombies with some friends
FreakMachine 01.26.23	Recently reinstalled Battlefield 2042 to see how it is now, and I'm surprised how enjoyable it actually is.
ConcubinaryCode 01.26.23	@robertsona check out fatal frame.
Parallels 01.26.23	I just got a 3070 so I've been binging everything I can with it. I recently beat RE7, and I'm now going in and out of LA Noire, Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, and RE8. >recently been back on Oblivion That game will forever have some of the most entertaining and hilarious quests to me.
Parallels 01.26.23	>been playing gta online with a friend and the script kiddies in that game are wild 2 types of hacker players there - You either get to fly through the sky in a car and get bukkaked with cash until the game crashes, or they endlessly enjoy ragdolling your corpse across the map
someguest 01.26.23	Euro Truck Sim 2 is my current obsession
insanedrexl1 01.26.23	Been playing through all the FromSoft games for the first time. Finished the Dark Souls trilogy not long ago, and is almost done with Bloodborne (as long as Orphan of Kos stops kicking my ass). Sekiro next, then finally Elden Ring.
DungeonBoy 01.26.23	Kos, or as some say Kosm?
insanedrexl1 01.26.23	Do you hear our prayers?
swallowtales 01.27.23	Currently on Shadow Hearts Covenant on PS2, not sure what is next - maybe FF Origins Stranger of Paradise, or Fire Emblem Engage. So many game to play, not enough time..
Flugmorph 01.27.23	I play all games.
Storm In A Teacup 01.27.23	Dragon Age Origins
DungeonBoy 01.27.23	Shadow Hearts 2 was good but the original still sticks with me. The spinning wheel hit mechanic is one of the best features of any turn based RPGs ever made
naughtcturnal 01.27.23	140-ish hours in Monster Hunter Rise. Been farming Malzeno for its full armor set but I frickin hate that thing. I main the Hammer. If any1 plays this on switch hmu!
Sharenge 01.27.23	beat Silent Hill 3 for the first time a week or so back - wanted to like it more than I think I did but I dunno it was pretty good in a lot of ways but not good in others been fucking around on old vanilla WoW private server a little bit lately even though it's low pop because people would rather pay Blizzard a subscription every month to play 20 year old content currently have a playthrough of Tomb Raider Legend and Telltale TWD Season 1 going sometimes play a little bit of old Pokemon on the DS might give PUBG a revisit here soon
Wildcardbitchesss 01.27.23	Finally ready to put down Ragnarok after 68 hours, until a NG+ comes out. Currently playing Uncharted Legacy of Thieves and MW2 when my friends are all on. Returnal I tried, but I feel like I wasn’t ready for something like that, I’ll get back to it eventually.
Avagantamos 01.27.23	eternally oldschool runescape
ConcubinaryCode 01.27.23	I'm curious what you liked and didn't like about sh3 sharenge. At the time people did see it as a step down from sh2 which you liked a bit iirc. I actually think the soundtrack is the games strongest aspect and Heather is also a great protag.
deathofasalesman 01.27.23	been playing the first silent hill, gonna try to actually finish it so i can play sh3 proper
combustion07 01.27.23	Finished up my first playthrough of Red Dead 2 recently and about to start messing around on online mode for it. Outside of that I've started playing High on Life and I play Modern Warfare 2 online pretty frequently. About to reinstall Far cry 5 and finish it and hopefully some more Chivalry 2 once I free up space. I need to get an expansion card for my Xbox. I got an eternal hardrive thinking you could play the games you install on it but I was sadly mistaken and honestly bummed I wasted the money lol
twlight 01.27.23	just bought god of war ragnarok and already have buyers remorse after about 2 hours of playing. really hope it gets better but it feels almost identical as the last one and i really dont give a shit about any of these characters.
Purpl3Spartan 01.27.23	Any Rainbow six siege chads in the house
Purpl3Spartan 01.27.23	Also that new game forspoken looks awful lmao
DDDeftoneDDD 01.27.23	Eheh AC Valhala and its cooler than I thought it would be.
protokute 01.27.23	It's so sad to realize that my GTX 1060 is starting to really struggle with all the new games, even when only playing at 1080p and I don't know when I could get a new GPU... Would love to play Returnal when it come out, but don't know if it would handle it that well.
kodama 01.27.23	I've gotten sucked back into skyrim, but before that happened I was playing Sonic Frontiers and after was going into Horizon Zero Dawn. Some pretty fun stuff. Been enjoying some new pc hardware I picked up.
kodama 01.27.23	>It's so sad to realize that my GTX 1060 is starting to really struggle with all the new games, even when only playing at 1080p and I don't know when I could get a new GPU... I was pretty happy with my 1060 still, I upgraded to a 6700 XT because I run linux and AMD just plain works better with this OS. Like I can actually play Forza now, and never have to worry about drivers breaking my system. I also have a 1440p 144hz monitor and wanted to actually use its potential. The 1060 was still doing decent for what I needed but it was probably time to move on.
Purpl3Spartan 01.27.23	bro I wanna get back into it and play with this modlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPHTJo-d2YY&t=648s
Demon of the Fall 01.27.23	'you goddamn traitor leave easy pete alone - next thing you'll be joining the legion' that's the plan (RIP Pete & co)... honestly played this game multiple times before I even realised the reason I was attacked on sight by the powder gangs was because I helped the people of Goodsprings and killed their comrades. I just thought they were an enemy you couldn't ever avoid / ally with (which makes literally no sense as they're listed as a 'faction' you can have rep with). I even bought the collector's ed guide. Yeah, I'm clearly stupid.
Wildcardbitchesss 01.27.23	@twilight If you don’t at least care for Kratos, Atreus, Mimir, and Freya then just give up lol. And if I remember right that Thor boss fight is in the first couple hours, that shit is sick
pjquinones747 01.27.23	">recently been back on Oblivion That game will forever have some of the most entertaining and hilarious quests to me." that is the beauty of it. and somehow even with its blatant ridiculousness, Oblivion's quests are still better than Skyrim's overall.
Purpl3Spartan 01.27.23	What’s amazing about those two games is that you can play them over and over for years and still find new things
FreakMachine 01.27.23	Currently working on all achievements in Vampire Diaries on steam whilst I grind on OSRS.
twlight 01.27.23	I accomplished the impossible and got a refund for gow Ragnarok from PlayStation. Really wasn't feeling it. Will pick up when it's half off in a year
JoyfulPlatypus 01.27.23	I'm on a rougelite hype right now - been playing the shit out of Dead Cells and Binding of Isaac lately. Also picked up Steamworld Dig 2 last night, and that's been a good time so far.
rellik009 01.27.23	Rain World(Fave of faves, incredibly unique game), Celeste(2nd fave), Inscryption(3rd fave) Dustforce... oh and league of legends.
unclereich 01.27.23	share your ps gamer tags
BAT 01.27.23	Got a ps4 back in October but been slow to get into anything, couple of hours into god of war and a bit of Dishonored, picked up a stack of games around Christmas tho but only real multiplayer game I've got for it is mw2 and a buncha fighters(sf5/dbz/etc). ^tags Tabv_v Annnd I got a fresher ps2 few weeks ago and I'm gearing up to go on a survival horror binge(copped silent hill 2/siren/resident evils and contemplating rebuying clock tower 3 causmy childhood copies nowhere to be found). Atm I've just been playing more re4 lol but I'm doing the god of wars once I get thru gow2018.
ConcubinaryCode 01.27.23	@MyOwnKillingMoon psn
unclereich 01.27.23	im cinnastix707 btw
JoyfulPlatypus 01.27.23	Hit me up on PS yo (even though I rarely ever play anything online): Aw_Nutts
FreakMachine 01.27.23	"I accomplished the impossible and got a refund for gow Ragnarok from PlayStation. Really wasn't feeling it. Will pick up when it's half off in a year " Just torrent it during its inevitable PC release
FreakMachine 01.27.23	"but I'm doing the god of wars once I get thru gow2018." Yeah I just downloaded the PC version of God Of War 2018. Played it until the first dragon fight before, but gonna do it at 8k60 on PC
Storm In A Teacup 01.27.23	I can't play skyrim anymore. A year or two ago I realized I need decades to play the mods I had already downloaded so I just give up on Skyrim.
BAT 01.27.23	I'll add ya'll later tonight but I usually only play stutf at like graveyardshift/vampire hours. And lol the ps4 version is probably like a cubic root of 8k60fps, overall I'm digging it but wasn't what I expected coming from the ps2 games, a bit more unchartedy than dmc buuut I do like uncharted Also I waaanted dead space but my PCs too old and they aren't putting it out on last gen stuff :(, I'll just replay the ogs and wait for rem4ke. I've also been meaning to finaally play thru re6 so if anyone's trying to co-op that hmu on PSN or I've got the steam vers aswell
DungeonBoy 01.27.23	"I'll add ya'll later tonight but I usually only play stutf at like graveyardshift/vampire hours." Username checks.. out?
FreakMachine 01.27.23	"Also I waaanted dead space but my PCs too old and they aren't putting it out on last gen stuff :(," Out of interest what hardware you running? Because it runs on a 680, at 30fps, so it should run on anything newer
BAT 01.27.23	@dungeon lmao, I don't plan any of this out but it's the unfortunate truth @freak my pal gave me his old CPU/Mobo when he updated sooo I'm running an i7-4790 with a 1050ti and 20gbs of ddr3. It's worked well enough for years that I didn't find it nessisary to start anew but dead space is the first game that's tempted me lol. I did recently get a 4k tv aswell so maybe the stars are aligning. If ds 'gets cracked' or has a demo maybe I'll try it but the 'minimum req' seem past all my specs
neekafat 01.27.23	Returnal is so fucking good
FreakMachine 01.27.23	"@freak my pal gave me his old CPU/Mobo when he updated but I'm running an i7-4790 with a 1050ti and 20gbs of ddr3. It's worked well enough for years that I didn't find it nessisary to start anew but dead space is the first game that's tempted me lol. I did recently get a 4k tv aswell so maybe the stars are aligning" Upgrade the ram to DDR4 at least 2800mhz and DS remake will run
Flugmorph 01.27.23	started playing disco elysium today.
BAT 01.27.23	Wordword I'll look into it, never really looked into my CPUs specs but hopefully it isn't part of that Intel generation that's locked to 3-1600. Might look for a cheap board that allows dd4/oc if that's the case orrrr wait it out. Most new parts I'm seeing in mid range end up near a ps5 price Soo not sure when I'll ultimately take the leap
Parallels 01.27.23	@BAT >i7-4790 That's still a great CPU even today. You'll really only bottleneck in a few CPU intense games, maybe like the loading sequences of No Man's Sky. That can play nearly anything on high/max settings when paired with a 3 series card. @pjquinones747 Skyrim: Kill 10 Bears Oblivion: We need you to discover and oust an all-female gang that has been humiliating the men in our village. They tempt them with sex, then lure them up to to the abandoned cottage to strip them naked and then they rob them blind. The men are all too scared to come forward and admit that they tried to cheat on their wives but instead got robbed by a group of ladies. Oh, and if you're a female character yourself then the gang will even try to recruit you too.
FreakMachine 01.27.23	@Parallels "That's still a great CPU even today. You'll really only bottleneck in a few CPU intense games, maybe like the loading sequences of No Man's Sky. That can play nearly anything on high/max settings when paired with a 3 series card." This shows why people without knowledge shouldn't talk about PC parts. Even at 720p, almost every game today when paired even with a 980 isn't CPU limited. So saying "a 30 series" further reinforces that point. CPU bottlenecks on the low-mid range are a thing of 10 years ago and haven't been an issue for years. EVEN a 3rd Gen i5 is capable of 60fps in most games today. And that cane be shown time and time again online
BAT 01.27.23	Yeee never really worried about my cpu until I saw dead spaces reqs, I don't have much interest in other triple a games so wasn't planning to upgrade anytime soon. I've never been worried about resolutions so it's been fine for everything I've thrown at it so far, buuut 60bucks is a bit of a gamble lol. I've got an even older i7-860 and it also runs most moderner stuff fine(aslong as it's got all the nessisary CPU instructions). My whole rational was it's not worth getting a budget CPU/modern i3 because it'd only be like a marginal increase over my current rig. If I did get a new CPU it's prolly be like a 300bux i7/Ryzen. I wiiish I had gotten a 1060 ti instead but I bought the 1050ti when it was 110bux, I was shocked to see it upcharged to 300s a year or two ago, it's an underwhelming card tbh but works well enough. If it's on ea play/gamepass might try launching it as is, my hdds are probably a bigger bottleneck than my cpu tho lol
protokute 01.27.23	Disco Elysium is an absolute classic. Hope you have a good time, Flug!
FreakMachine 01.28.23	"Yeee never really worried about my cpu until I saw dead spaces reqs, I don't have much interest in other triple a games so wasn't planning to upgrade anytime soon. I've never been worried about resolutions so it's been fine for everything I've thrown at it so far, buuut 60bucks is a bit of a gamble lol. I've got an even older i7-860 and it also runs most moderner stuff fine(aslong as it's got all the nessisary CPU instructions). My whole rational was it's not worth getting a budget CPU/modern i3 because it'd only be like a marginal increase over my current rig. If I did get a new CPU it's prolly be like a 300bux i7/Ryzen. I wiiish I had gotten a 1060 ti instead but I bought the 1050ti when it was 110bux, I was shocked to see it upcharged to 300s a year or two ago, it's an underwhelming card tbh but works well enough. If it's on ea play/gamepass might try launching it as is, my hdds are probably a bigger bottleneck than my cpu tho lol" You can buy a used 3600 for like 75 quid, that will last you a long time
FreakMachine 01.28.23	And nah the 1050ti as a low end 1080p card was excellent and is still viable in most games today. Nvidia haven't done a true 1080p card since, even the 3050 is capable of 1440p gaming using DLSS
Purpl3Spartan 01.28.23	LAPTOP GAMERS RISE UP 😤
Emim 01.28.23	I've been playing a lot of Empire at War mods on my laptop lately
BAT 01.28.23	I've heard the 1650 was just a rebrand of the 1050 so I feel ya, I initially bought it as an upgrade from a 650ti and aside from more vram/textures I was expecting it to handle extra effects better buuuut stuff like siege wouldn't have much of an advantage fps wise regardless of the vram, had friends that went with the Rx 580 instead with worse CPUs getting better framerates here and there, but I am glad I got the card when I did cause it's lasted me probably around 5 years now with no issue, might 4k CS go but haven't tried it. I did just get doom eternal thru humble and I assume that will be easy to run
RogueNine 01.28.23	NFS Unbound with some friends but it's not as good as its predecessor.
Parallels 01.28.23	@Freak "This shows why people without knowledge shouldn't talk about PC parts." Not sure how that is speaking without knowledge, unless I missed something earlier in the conversation. I'm speaking from experience, that specific CPU and older models do have problems with the loading sequences of No Man's Sky, which are CPU rendered, not GPU. There are other games out there that are CPU-intensive during gameplay but they're likely limited to script heavy indie games made in old ass RPG Maker engines. My second comment was to imply exactly your point - that it really doesn't matter, you can use any GPU really to do the heavy lifting in nearly all modern games.
Purpl3Spartan 01.28.23	Who got steam?
Koris 01.28.23	^ Me! I've actually been buying a bunch of games on Steam recently
Sharenge 01.28.23	dat steam gotcha
Sharenge 01.28.23	gotcha wit dem steam deals
BAT 01.28.23	@para think they were mainly concurring with you but i'll admit to being unknowledgeable about dead spaces scalability mainly cause of how new it is. i've seen many cases where the posted minimum requirements are much higher than what i have on paper, but my 'unsupported' cpu or gpu runs them perfectly. now that youtubes got some people testing on my gear i'm a little more interested buut still a bit apprehensive about buying it so soon if it'll end up being janky, i don't even have ssd's and that's listed as a minimal lol. haven't built a computer in forever so don't really know what cards/cpus are the best bang for the buck anymore and my steams https://steamcommunity.com/id/prollytab/ , added someone while back to play insurgency sandstorm but was too tied up to really get the chance, i'm still working my way back into playing stuff
someone 01.28.23	Got Steam so I could buy stuff on sale. Don't remember if I've ever bought a game at full price
Veks 01.28.23	Just bought Elden Ring. Kind of ooof starting it cause I know what's coming. It's the only soulsborne game I haven't played and finished (lie, haven't played Demon Souls). Still, plunging into known suffering takes courage and madness.
Purpl3Spartan 01.28.23	The Boys gotta drop their steam @'s https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198133843217/
Flugmorph 01.28.23	thanks protokute i will ♥️
protokute 01.28.23	https://steamcommunity.com/id/protokute/ ;)
FreakMachine 01.28.23	I'm on Steam but I mostly only play OSRS and Vampire Survivors at this moment in time, occasionally taking a break to do a Mein Leben run
someone 01.28.23	https://steamcommunity.com/id/JustAGuyWithSteam/
Flugmorph 01.28.23	idk how you guys link the ID but here is my profile i guess lol https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994534477/
memnite 01.28.23	haven't really been digging most single player games lately; mostly been playing apex lol. been vibing with earthbound when the mood hits me tho
Flugmorph 01.28.23	apex slaps yeah
Cimnele 01.28.23	playing Albion, old dos rpg with characters who are smarter than me
Brabiz 01.28.23	Dead Space! Fuck yeah
twlight 01.28.23	"Just bought Elden Ring" get ready for an experience. one of the all time greatest games ever made.
someone 01.28.23	@Flug, you have to open your profile in browser
ffs 01.29.23	well i did it folks i beat noita thank you all for believing in me
someone 01.29.23	Attaboy
Colton 01.29.23	so Uncharted 1 hasn’t aged very well but Uncharted 2 is still pretty sick. on to 3 now
Ryus 01.29.23	persona 5. first time playing a game like that and not sure how i feel. also slay the spire as always
Colton 01.29.23	uninstall immediately that game is a pipeline
Storm In A Teacup 01.29.23	Yeah the federal investigation is crazy
protokute 01.29.23	came sooooo close to defeating the Heart for the first time in Slay The Spire as the Defect, but I failed. it's just too brutal
Hyperion1001 01.29.23	bought vampire survivors last night bout to dive in.
Effigy 01.29.23	Dark souls III, nameless king is giving me a hard time atm
CugnoBrasso 01.29.23	After loving Dark Souls and Bloodborne, I've been meaning to play Elden Ring for a while but I've been fairly busy lately. I haven't properly played a videogame in ages, but the new Zelda will be likely to change that.
protokute 01.29.23	@Hyperion get ready to get addicted
Hyperion1001 01.29.23	thats what my friend said lol. and for $6 for the base game and the dlc you really cant go wrong.
Sinternet 01.29.23	yeah vampire survivors is so addicting its unreal i feel like there was a barrier for me for the first hour or so i played it where i wasn't progressing much and then some of the power up combos clicked and it became this super fun i am a god delete hundreds of enemies every second slaughterfest
protokute 01.29.23	As someone who had only briefly read about the praise the game was getting on early access and not watching any gameplay video and decided to buy it, I was very much confused the first time I played it lol took me a while to get the hang and understand what was going on, but then it was all i could think about for a whole week
Tundra 01.29.23	Kingdom hearts III level 1 proud mode
Koris 01.29.23	N++. I didn't even know there was a sequel to N+, but this one is just as fun as the original. Lots of fun and tricky puzzles :]
Colton 01.29.23	@cugno Elden Ring falls off in the last 1/3 or so, but the first 2/3 are stellar. one of the best open worlds ever that actually feels fun to explore
Effigy 01.29.23	^Agreed hard, not a fan of lategame scaling
Colton 01.29.23	the map also just becomes a lot less interesting to explore. like the snow area felt completely unfinished
Colton 01.29.23	it peaks when you get to the capitol
Ryus 01.29.23	"uninstall immediately that game is a pipeline" to becoming a weeb?
CugnoBrasso 01.29.23	Seems like I'll have to get it then
Parallels 01.29.23	>a pipeline to becoming a weeb I will now play your game.
protokute 01.29.23	Agreed, Colton. Unfortunately, the repetitive dungeons and mini bosses, coupled with the lack of more interesting areas, start to drag down the last third of the game.
Colton 01.29.23	also recently finished The Last of Us 2. I know it pissed a lot of people off but for me it was one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I've ever had. so good
Manatea 01.30.23	I’m seriously thinking about getting Tunic. Idk how many indie games you guys play but it looks great. Recommended?
AsleepInTheBack 01.30.23	criticisms of the late game of elden ring seem to just wave away the fact that miquellas hallaigtree and faram azula are two of the better legacy dungeons with some of the best bosses, and that the final run of bosses is also very good. The open world side of the game takes a dive, for sure, particularly in the tundra areas, but I get the feeling they wanted to make it more linear and direct as part of the urgency / climax of the story after the capital. Like if you were fucking around in side dungeons for 50 more hours after that point the pacing would feel off.
Parallels 01.30.23	Regarding Resident Evil 8 (Village), its obvious that they just wanted to make re4 again so badly, they couldnt wait for the actual re4 remake
Parallels 01.30.23	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oXx0qwe0wc
FreakMachine 01.30.23	"Regarding Resident Evil 8 (Village), its obvious that they just wanted to make re4 again so badly, they couldnt wait for the actual re4 remake" I actually completely disagree with this, I don't see too many of the similarities between Village and re4 except that one village siege. "criticisms of the late game of elden ring seem to just wave away the fact that miquellas hallaigtree and faram azula are two of the better legacy dungeons with some of the best bosses, and that the final run of bosses is also very good. The open world side of the game takes a dive, for sure, particularly in the tundra areas, but I get the feeling they wanted to make it more linear and direct as part of the urgency / climax of the story after the capital. Like if you were fucking around in side dungeons for 50 more hours after that point the pacing would feel off." I actually felt Elden Ring is good all the way through for the first playthrough, doing all the content, but repeat playthroughs haven't enticed me at all. It's much better with an enemy and item randomizer mod installed. Especially without enemy scaling, I ended up with Radagon instead of Margit and holy heck that was rough.. "also recently finished The Last of Us 2. I know it pissed a lot of people off but for me it was one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I've ever had. so good" Amazing game. 10/10.
DungeonBoy 01.30.23	RE Village is one of the best RE games ever made, VII was incredible, but I think somehow they made VIII even better. Elden Ring was a masterpiece, but yeah by end game it gets to be a tad of a slog. I honestly think they could have made the game shorter and more succinct, but it was so fun just to run around and kill stuff and the atmosphere was so incredible, the length (end game) didn't ruin it for me. I do think it's a valid criticism. I think the problem with the length for me was that it turned me off from repeat plays, and I didn't really get that feeling from any previous SoulsBornes.
AsleepInTheBack 01.30.23	Elden Ring lacks replay value for sure, at least compared to the other souls games (I could play bloodborne forever honestly), but it’s built into the design (same reason I can’t replay breath of the wild and it saddens me so much)
Parallels 01.30.23	>I don't see too many of the similarities between Village and re4 except that one village siege. It literally brings back tetris attache case inventory, has the same currency system, with a mysterious merchant that can also upgrade your gun levels, shooting jewels off ceilings, action-oriented gameplay with enemy loot drops, a non-virus infection that plagues a random obscure European village, key items and treasures in their own slot, using furniture to temporarily barricade, and the entire plot is saving a little girl.
Parallels 01.30.23	Oh and theres a castle. I mean c'mn man, there's dozens of reddit threads complaining and conversely rejoicing about them being very similar in multiple aspects
FreakMachine 01.30.23	" I do think it's a valid criticism." Truly hate this phrase. If a person has a genuine from the heart criticism of something, it's valid, regardless of if someone else sees the merit in it. There sort of phrases are literally stock phrases from nerds who don't live in the real world. "It literally brings back tetris attache case inventory, has the same currency system, with a mysterious merchant that can also upgrade your gun levels, shooting jewels off ceilings, action-oriented gameplay with enemy loot drops, a non-virus infection that plagues a random obscure European village, key items and treasures in their own slot, using furniture to temporarily barricade, and the entire plot is saving a little girl." Yeah don't get me wrong there's similarities but I definitely don't think it plays anything like it at all. And the plot is literally nothing like re4
DungeonBoy 01.30.23	I'm.. uh.. so sorry to upset you? JFC dude.
wojodta 01.30.23	More RE4 isn't a bad thing and so I don't even care if they're similar games. I think it's more of a blend of RE4 + RE7 though.
Colton 01.30.23	FreakMachine why are you always so mad
pizzamachine 01.30.23	I do think that’s a valid criticism
frozencarl 01.30.23	here's a valid criticism for ya you guys are nerds!! get laid u video game dorks lmao
Colton 01.30.23	Melodic Death Metal (24%)
Parallels 01.30.23	Today I learned that melodic death metal is a genre
Colton 01.30.23	it's not
naughtcturnal 01.30.23	it is and it started when cannibal corpse did a collab with dua lupa in 1983 cmon guys do your homework
Storm In A Teacup 01.30.23	Well this thread appears to be ruined.
CugnoBrasso 01.30.23	Let me put it back on track: my favorite videogame is Deadly Premonition.
RogueNine 01.31.23	I do think it's a valid criticism.
Storm In A Teacup 01.31.23	Hm, fair point.
Effigy 01.31.23	Tried some Enter the Gungeon too but I dont get the appeal of roguelikes at all
KnickFurey 01.31.23	Finally started playing Hades, great game.
ffs 01.31.23	played darkest dungeon again, managed to kill the last of the "hard" bosses and somehow actually killed the shuffling horror in the first endgame dungeon with a kinda throwaway team. lost 2 guys. better grind some more dudes to level 6...
protokute 01.31.23	I love roguelike/lite games and played lots of them, but I couldn't get much into Enter The Gungeon too.
AsleepInTheBack 01.31.23	i do think that is not a valid criticism
Parallels 01.31.23	uhm, acktshually
DungeonBoy 01.31.23	Darkest Dungeon brother in the house. ffs, I just started a couple weeks ago and I'm absolutely loving it. I had avoided playing it for so long because I heard it was "too hard". I definitely struggled to figure out wtf I was doing the first day and kept using wrong classes in wrong positions and really not understanding the mechanics. Even then it was somehow frustrating but also really fun. I've started to experiment more, and I think i'm understanding a little better wtf i'm supposed to be doing. Either way, it's an absolute gem.
ffs 01.31.23	its quality, big fan of the art, the narrator and the general vibe. i think playing for hours and hours and making what feels like 0 net progress is the quintessential darkest dungeon noob experience, i did exactly the same. its the kind of game where learning from your fuckups is still fun, i wouldnt call it a hard game exactly but there are a crazy amount of variables to consider and you need to seriously grind to have guys that will stand a chance in later dungeons. it is extremely satisfying when you find good synergies and just crush an enemy or boss who previously wrecked your shit though. other than familiarising yourself with the classes and enemies i think the biggest hurdle is not getting too attached to your guys, especially for levels like 1-3 you should just dismiss anyone who has really shit quirks/excessive stress because they'll hold you back. save all your gold to upgrade the wagon, guild and blacksmith rather than waste it destressing deadweights. always have a blast playing but i tend to only play in binges, usually i'll lose a legendary hero to some brutal rng or dumb misplay and it puts me off playing for a month or two
DungeonBoy 01.31.23	Yeah I have like 4 or 5 members up to level 3, and I'm so afraid of losing them at this point lol. But yeah it's not that it's hard per se, it's that if you make a bad decision you feel the weight of that bad decision and there's no returning from a serious F up. I absolutely love the atmosphere though, the narrator, the music, the art-style, just the absolute oppressive feeling at times. It really is a masterpiece, I've never played anything like it.
frozencarl 01.31.23	shoot sorry didnt mean to derail the convo, but just fyi Colton my pie chart is a hit with the ladies (just ask ur mom rofl). anyways back on track playing Ghost Recon Breakpoint with a friend and thoroughly enjoying it despite its terrible reviews. tbh the terrible reviews are probably cuz the single player just sucks
gryndstone 01.31.23	Roblox
someone 02.02.23	Excited for the Dead Space remake.
Demon of the Fall 02.05.23	Dead Space good I just purchased… Pokemon Arceus Ni No Kuni: White Witch PS4 Tony Hawks 1 & 2 remake PS4 Should be busy for a while (nearly bought NNK for Switch, but way cheaper on PS4 so yeah)
Dedes 02.05.23	Bought Diablo III recently Fuck I loved playing broken monk builds so much Rn i'm going a necromancer playthrough tho
Demon of the Fall 02.05.23	for future ref what’s the most ‘essential’ Switch exclusive’ RPG? Xenoblade 3 is on my radar, but I haven’t played any of them before Nier: Automatica, Dragonquest XI, Persona, Ni No Kuni, Diablo etc. aren’t exclusive
Sinternet 02.05.23	wait dragon quest ix is on switch? i thought it was still stuck only on ds - it's the best game in the series anyway
Demon of the Fall 02.05.23	Sorry Sint, meant XI really enjoyed IX on DS though, it’s the only one I’ve played!
eekseeker 02.05.23	Dying Light 2. Solid game but holy hell those textures are dated
Hyperion1001 02.05.23	vampire survivors is so much fun omg. beat the first two levels so far.
someone 02.06.23	playing Stray adorable, even if mildly frustrating
someone 02.08.23	will play Limbo later probably
DungeonBoy 02.08.23	ooh Limbo is very cool. One of those games that sticks with me to this day
mkmusic1995 02.08.23	I'm going back and playing Dishonored for the millionth time. One of my favorite games!
DungeonBoy 02.08.23	ya know what they say, find one you like and you'll never play another one again
someone 02.08.23	yeah i got a Limbo+Inside combo on sale and am very excited to dig in. seems up my alley, a bit like Little Nightmares
DavidYowi 02.08.23	I’ve recently beaten Simpsons Hit and Run after not playing it since I was a child and you know what I still had a lot of fun with it! When I was a kid I didn’t do any of the missions, just drove around the map, and I was shocked how much of the game was etched into my brain. Even though some of the missions are ungodly infuriating I was never really annoyed
frozencarl 02.08.23	I'm about due for another Dishonored 1 and 2 playthrough. I cant get enough of Dunwall, its my favorite video game setting. was playing a bit of Deathloop and it seemed like Arkane just reskinned the Dishonored maps
gryndstone 02.08.23	Disco Elysium with my boyfriend. I'm letting him pick everything this time. He seems to be enjoying the style
gryndstone 02.08.23	Also back on my Pokemon Go grind. monkey brain needs to Collect sometimes
DungeonBoy 02.08.23	@someone, it's the OG little nightmares. Inside is a better than Limbo IMO, but if you are going to play them both you'll dig em.
Colton 02.08.23	my mom texted me to tell me her coworker has apparently played 22 hours of Hogwarts Legacy already
deathofasalesman 02.08.23	finished Silent Hill 1 and got the worst ending possible LOL really excited for Sons of the Forest early access this month. anyone else down?
AeniasGaming 02.08.23	Despite my name I really haven't played much lately (I made this account in high school, if I could get rid of the "gaming" I would). But I got re-addicted to Rainbow Six Siege a few weeks ago
Slex 02.08.23	Playing new Dead Space It scawy
artificialbox 02.08.23	where my Path of Exile heads at fr
Demon of the Fall 02.08.23	Dead Space was legit scary… is this just a standard remake of the first one?
naughtcturnal 02.08.23	@demon: from what I’ve seen if the game it is a massive overhaul with nothing but improvements in pretty much every aspect and more story elements and character development
Slex 02.08.23	I am genuinely shocked how much of an improvement it is tbh, the story is more fleshed out, the new side quests are fantastic, and the ship being fully open without loading now is a game changer I was very down on the reveal because Isaac talked so much and that's weird but that's my only complaint
nol 02.08.23	i am finally maybe potentially starting to get used to traditional fighting games via Marvel V Capcom 2.. what a classic fuckin game dude Getting my training in before Street Fighter 6 comes out in a few months, that shit looks pretty incredible
ConcubinaryCode 02.08.23	Talk to the mods in the forum Aenias. Many users have gotten their names changed. I started GoW Ragnarok recently. Shit is legit. I just rescued Tyr
combustion07 02.08.23	Just started The Darkness. Seems fun so far although I have yet to get used to the shooting system and have been dying a lot. I enjoy the plot so far though. Also started up a career on UFC 4 recently. I was struggling in the beginning practice matches and even took a loss but once I got into the main mode it's been constant wins and I'm on my 6th match of the UFC contract and even when I'm trying to keep a match going I can't even make it two minutes without getting a walk off knockout lol. Started Red Dead online a few weeks ago too. Been fun so far although it's slow going getting gold bars. I'm planning on buying the new Harry Potter game next check also. My coworker has been hyping it up a ton so I'm gonna give it a shot. Haven't played any of the past games and up until a few years back when I binged the series with my ex I'd never even seen any of the movies either. Been meaning to return to Farcry 5 too. I'm still in the first zone when I stopped but I think I'm nearing the end of it
DocSportello 02.08.23	I am bouncing between my nth play of ER, Doom 3, and SOMA rn
combustion07 02.08.23	I never got to play Doom 3. How is it? I have it installed and been meaning to try it along with Eternal
DocSportello 02.08.23	It's fantastic! But about as different from eternal as you can get. I may prefer 3 tbh
nol 02.09.23	with today’s Nintendo direct it looking like I’m interested in getting Botw2, Pikmin 4 and the Advanced Wars Reboot (after the price drops when it sells 5 copies). Add on Street Fighter 6 and holy fuck this is gonna be a great year for games
anarchistfish 02.09.23	Horizon Forbidden West and Apex Legends
combustion07 02.09.23	I need to start playing Apex again. A few years back I got stupid good running with Loba on it but I had to take a step back for awhile lol And good to hear on the Doom 3. Definitely gonna start playing it. I'll probably give it a go before I dive into Eternal.
Parallels 02.09.23	>Horizon Forbidden West How is that so far? I'm loving the first one on PC and really hoping for the second to get ported too.
Demon of the Fall 02.09.23	'Talk to the mods in the forum Aenias. Many users have gotten their names changed.' yeah, the forum is completely down and no name changes are possible at present, happened after the outage / issues. That's why Sowing started a 'meds' list topic on the review site, so problems can be reported
BaselineOOO 02.09.23	Anyone wanna play Overwatch 2 with me? I main Mercy, DVA and Ana.
DungeonBoy 02.09.23	Doom 3 was Doom's attempt at FPS survival horror. It feels drastically different than any other game in the franchise. It's not nearly as fun as the old or new games where you have that rewarding blowing crap up vibe throughout, but it has a certain charm to it worth at least checking out. It's not the best Doom game, but for what they tried to do it's worth checking out if you can get it on a heavy discount.
Demon of the Fall 02.09.23	oh yeah, Doom 3 is actually fun for what it is expecting old school Doom carnage is missing the point, you're playing at a much slower pace that said, it's not without fault
frozencarl 02.09.23	my roommate finally brought up his PS4, any exclusives worth checking out? lifelong pc gamer so i'm thinking Uncharted and Last of Us (which is already hard to find cuz of the show)
DavidYowi 02.09.23	Love Doom 3. Great atmosphere and I love how it uses lighting
artificialbox 02.09.23	@frozencarl can't go wrong with Uncharted and Last of Us. check Ghost of Tsushima and new God of War also.
Demon of the Fall 02.09.23	+ Persona 5 + Ratchet & Clank
PumpBoffBag 02.09.23	Just started Disco Elysium Final Cut and I am loving it
artificialbox 02.09.23	I think I finished like 90% of the storyline in Disco Elysium and then just stopped. Don't remember why. Amazing game though I might give it another run soon
PumpBoffBag 02.09.23	Yeah it really is something special. Been craving a post-Elden Ring gaming experience that I can really sink my teeth into for a while now and it’s a perfect fit for me, sooo glad I finally started it
AeniasGaming 02.11.23	@Demon thanks, I'll look into that!
protokute 02.11.23	Disco Elysium is a masterpiece in gaming.
twlight 02.11.23	Playing dead space remake now and it's so great. Love sci Fi horror so this is perfect. Never played the original.
zaruyache 02.11.23	still puttering around in elden ring, but i'm looking forward to Atomic Heart and Scars Above, also want to fit in the pc port of Returnal sometime too.
someone 02.11.23	Ended up playing Limbo tonight. Felt intrigued by the art style and the simplistic mechanics that rely on your own logical wit, but still came away rather frustrated with the game. Gonna go back to Stray and then return to this and try to finish it.
combustion07 02.11.23	My bad thought this was the what are you listening to thread. Edited my nonsense music talk into oblivion
combustion07 02.11.23	On topic though I just bought Mars from the Microsoft store on sale for $2. It's an Xbox 360 game that looks pretty solid. RPG that takes place on Mars where water has become an extremely sought after item and it somehow leads to you fighting off wild looking creatures/aliens! I remember seeing this back in the day but never trying it. Love getting these older backwards compatible games though and taking little journeys back in time
twlight 02.11.23	anyone who is still putzing around in Elden Ring is cool in my book i have a real feeling that i need to play Sekiro again, i got fucked up on the last boss in sekiro and gave up, it was so hard
PumpBoffBag 02.11.23	Sekiro was great, but probably my least favourite FromSoft after DS2. Still a class game but didn’t grab me like the others
twlight 02.11.23	really? why so? ive only played Sekiro, BB and ER
PumpBoffBag 02.11.23	Honestly I think it’s just a personal preference. I was inducted with bb and then I went onto the souls games and sekiro seemed really jarring by comparison with the different setting, more vertical gameplay and combat system. I still had a lot of fun with it and it retains the challenge factor so no complaints on that front. For me bb represents the apex of the collection, but that’s probably just because I played it first and the horror aesthetic appeals to me
Parallels 02.12.23	>Just started Disco Elysium Final Cut and I am loving it my coworker hyped that up to me and said it was communist propaganda and now im not sure if he was complimenting it or dissing it
botb 02.12.23	Been working my way through the mass effect trilogy remaster but I really wanna play dead space
teamster 02.12.23	Destiny 2 QuakeLive Wonderlands Doom 3 BFG Edition Wolfenstein The New Colossus
Wildcardbitchesss 02.12.23	It is communist propaganda and that’s a compliment. And botb, if you never played the ME trilogy just work on that dude, those games are incredible.
botb 02.12.23	Have played 1 and 2 but never beat them and never played 3. 2 was my favorite of the 2 I played, but I’m almost through 1 and I loved it this go around
botb 02.12.23	Also +1 for disco Elysium, haven’t finished it, but have played it on and off for like a year. It’s incredibly entertaining and narratively batshit insane
protokute 02.12.23	and one of the most genuinely humorous games I ever played
protokute 02.13.23	finally killed the heart as the silent in Slay The Spire (Ascension 6)
artificialbox 02.13.23	brooo I just started playing Slay the Spire again after getting into Dominion (the card game) as they have a lot of similarities. Trying to get better at it but I still struggle to make it thru ascension lvl 3
climactic 02.13.23	just beat sekiro and ds3 ng+, probs get the DeS remaster next
Minortimbo12 02.13.23	rocket league :P
protokute 02.13.23	man, i never thought I would get this much into a card game, but it certainly has gained the status of one of my favorite games, it's just so fun coming back to it every time I'm free to play something, it never gets tiring.
Ryus 02.13.23	"finally killed the heart as the silent in Slay The Spire (Ascension 6)" hell yeah, nice one. was it your first heart kill?
Colton 02.13.23	was recovering from surgery for roughly the past month and in that time I beat The Last Of Us 1 and 2 and Uncharted 1, 2, 3 and 4 it was fun
Colton 02.13.23	now I'm playing God of War
protokute 02.13.23	yes, Ryus!!! I got two very interesting relics early on, which kind of synergized very well, Prayer Wheel that gives an additional card reward every combat, which helped me build a nice deck very quick and Snecko Eye, that increased the number of cards I drew on the beginning of a combat, but randomized the cost of them, considering I had a bunch of 2~3 energy cards, sometimes I was able to get 3 energy power cards, or other 2 energy cards for free. I also had a relic that reduced the cost of a random card to 0 every time I used a power card, which helped a lot too.
DType 02.13.23	GTA Liberty City Stories
Spec 02.13.23	Liberty city stories is fucking awesome. I got a 360 and grabbed it just for fun. I myself have been playing rocket league and just got Mafia definitive because somebody told me it will scratch the RDR2 itch (doubt it).
DType 02.14.23	It's pretty fun yeh, i'm playing it on my PSP, there's an f tone of games i want to beat there
artificialbox 02.14.23	Oh PSP how I miss you. I’m considering getting a steam deck soon to fill that handheld void.
Minortimbo12 02.15.23	Anyone remember Sword and Poker?
kevbogz 02.15.23	been playing me:andromeda the past couple nights. it's okay-ish but pales in comparison to the original trilogy. honestly just makes me wanna try no man's sky when i see it on sale
Wildcardbitchesss 02.15.23	Andromeda is literally just a byproduct of that Joss Whedon type of writing that we all got tired of around a decade ago. Like god damn I took days off work and skipped classes to play that game and it’s just so fucking mediocre. It’s a fucking shame honestly, aside from not having any control over your squad mates and no power wheel, it’s by far the best of them when it comes to gameplay. Hopefully this new mass effect plays like andromeda and is actually well written.
kevbogz 02.15.23	kek i picked it up on sale for like $10 so i can't complain too hard. the combat is neat and difficult scales well, but the plot is just..... mid. like u said i've played this story idk how many times before in my life
Wildcardbitchesss 02.15.23	It’s not really even just the writing the more I think about it. Like, this is a whole new galaxy you’re discovering. The only thing that felt like it didn’t belong in the milky way is Habitat 7. The rest of the planets could’ve been in the original trilogy and nobody would know the difference. Going to a completely new galaxy should’ve let them go wild with it, but instead we get a generic desert planet, a generic snow planet, a generic plant planet etc etc. and only one new race? Come on man. I’m ranting, I just love the original trilogy so much and Andromeda was just such a disappointment. Worth playing, especially for $10, but man, even like 6 years on it still pisses me off.
botb 02.15.23	Olli olli world is on ps+ for the Sony boys, super fun laid back experience
someone 02.26.23	gonna wait for some paycheck soon-ish and then sweeping that Steam Bioshock Collection deal
Hyperion1001 02.26.23	nfs heat gonna try carx drift racing next.
Wildcardbitchesss 02.26.23	You’re in for a treat with Bioshock. Playing Horizon Zero Dawn rn then gonna buy the new one when the dlc drops. Got Spider Man Miles Morales, Ratchet and Clank, and The Quarry on the list too.
PotsyTater 02.26.23	Fire emblem engage and …….genshin impact 😬
ToSmokMuzyki 02.26.23	with my wiener
Hyperion1001 02.26.23	“…….genshin impact 😬” ahh so you’ve decided to become a pedophile.
Demon of the Fall 02.26.23	Ugh, why can’t you add goals (or even gaps) to parks on the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 remakes? It seems like such a basic feature that’s been available on other versions. Fun game, love the nostalgia, but yeah that’s a sore point
PotsyTater 02.26.23	“ ahh so you’ve decided to become a pedophile” 💀💀💀 It’s actually a lot of fun if you can manage to entirely avoid the degenerate ass community. Ignorance is bliss
Willie 02.26.23	Horizon Zero Dawn was awesome. Horizon Forbidden West was near flawless. One of my favorite game franchises. Mass Effect Andromeda wasn't as bad as people were trying to say, but it wasn't anywhere near the Trilogy. That is my favorite game franchise, right there. I still play the whole thing once a year (with mods now to skip the tedious mini games). I just finished Far Cry 3 and it wasn't up to the hype. I also finished the Final Fantasy VII remake, and it was actually pretty good (never played the original)
PotsyTater 02.26.23	I tried really hard to enjoy andromeda. Played well past the exhaustion of my actual enjoyment just hoping something would change. It’s pretty damn bad
Willie 02.26.23	Part of it might be my love of the original trilogy, but I powered through it. I've played it three times to get through all the different options (or the majority, anyway). The biggest problem is the open world is empty.
PotsyTater 02.26.23	That is the biggest problem yeah. The gameplay and mechanics are good it’s just not an engaging open world experience and the tasks are too repetitive and thin
Wildcardbitchesss 02.26.23	I feel so validated rn. I want to say the game is straight garbage, but there really are enough good elements there to make a good game. For one, BETTER WRITING. “My face is tired.” Like shut the fuck up. The only squad members names I remember are Vetra because she’s cool as fuck and Cora my Ryder smashed. That’s it. I don’t even remember the Krogan. The game is aggressively medicocre
PotsyTater 02.26.23	Yeah characters were a lot more forgettable too. I was actually invested in the dialogue and choice making in the other ones but in this one I could not smash x through dialogue fast enough
Wildcardbitchesss 02.26.23	I’m not 100% certain, but I think a lot of it had to do with drew karpyshyn not being involved. I’m not big reader, I maybe read 2 or 3 books a year, but his Mass Effect novels were phenomenal
Demon of the Fall 02.26.23	I didn’t play Andromeda after the disappointment of 3… was it that much worse? Wow
PotsyTater 02.26.23	Much much worse than 3
Willie 02.26.23	Definitely worse than 3. They neutered the Krogan (the fight scene is pathetic), and the dropped the spy-vs-spy intrigue of the Salarian (just made them whiney and sneaky). Also, the protagonist isn't nearly as iconic as FemShep. I will say that even though the ending is disappointing even after the update on 3, the other 30-40 hours is some of the best.
Wildcardbitchesss 02.26.23	lol 3 might be my favorite, at least after the extended cut released SPOILERS FOR MASS EFFECT 3 People shit on the ending but viewing the whole game as the “ending” really changed my perspective on it. Like there’s so many iconic moments in it. Mordin curing the genophage, Miranda’s whole arc involving her father, that moment on earth with Liara, making peace between the geth and quarians. I love that game.
Wildcardbitchesss 02.26.23	And ofc everything about Javik and the leviathans was fascinating
CugnoBrasso 02.26.23	Haven't properly played a videogame in years. Just bought Elden Ring on amazon.
Willie 02.26.23	@Wildcardbitchesss: Agreed. That's how I've always viewed it, too. Yeah, the Leviathan DLC fleshes out the story so much. I have Elden Ring, but haven't played it yet.
PotsyTater 02.26.23	Have you played other fromsoft games willie
Willie 02.26.23	I haven't. I can't say I'm a fan of that Soulslike style (or whatever it's called), but I bought into the hype. I've only played Nioh 2 for something similar, and I loved it and hated it at the same time.
Wildcardbitchesss 02.26.23	As far as souls games go, I really only liked Sekiro and Bloodborne. The dark souls games just feel like they move too slow, like I get the character is covered in armor but I want a little more mobility. Kinda why I’ve been hesitant on Elden Ring, because I’ve heard it’s closer to the souls games than Sekiro or Bloodborne
PotsyTater 02.26.23	I’ve only played the first Nioh so I can only make an approximated claim but I will say that as much as I did enjoy it as a souls inspired game it doesn’t tick all the boxes. A big part of what makes souls games great is how the world is built and connected and in Nioh you are just playing in isolated maps. Elden Ring is probably a good starting point but the problem is that if it turns you into a fromsoft simp then it will probably ruin gaming for you Very little hits the same after you get into dark souls lol. My attention span for new games has been severely crippled.
PotsyTater 02.26.23	@wildcard you have a lot more freedom over your build in Elden ring than dark souls, you can make a build that is like a bloodborne character and even have the quick step dodge mechanic. But also I think dark souls 3 combat was quickened a lot compared to 1 and 2 and Elden ring is probably even quicker than that.
Wildcardbitchesss 02.26.23	That really makes me want to try it out when it goes on sale. Dark Souls 3 is the only one I really made a dent in so maybe I’ll give Elden Ring a shot That being said I have a huge backlog of games and not a lot of time. But I really think I might give it a shot now Thx Potsy
Willie 02.26.23	Yeah, thanks. I did think it was weird that Nioh 2 was essentially just a series of video game levels instead of any kind of connected world. I also didn't like having to go back to previous levels to grind up before doing the next stage. At least Elden Ring is open. I just finished Far Cry 3 and now I'm starting 4 (got a PS5 and PS+ for Christmas). I also want to try High On Life for Xbox.
PotsyTater 02.26.23	I actually just played far cry 4 recently, it was a blast.
Willie 02.26.23	I'm about 45 minutes into it.
PotsyTater 02.26.23	I’ve only played a couple of them so I don’t have the best baseline but I thought the villain was really great and it had the perfect amount of busy-work sidequests where you don’t get overwhelmed and bored (it helps that they are fun). The weapon play is extremely satisfying, especially stealth options like the bow and arrow and sniper, hunting animals is a blast, and it gets really over the top and psychedelic at times. I was really surprised at how much fun I had.
artiswar 02.26.23	I'm just finishing up Resident Evil Revelations 2 and I love it, I had more fun with it than the last few mainline REs. Barry is awesome
Hyperion1001 02.26.23	tbh open world games are way too overwhelming for me anymore. I spend all day making decisions in a sandbox without ever knowing where I’m actually going, when I’m relaxing playing games I just wanna be told what to do and go do it.
PotsyTater 02.26.23	I feel the open world fatigue hard. When they are done well, it’s my favourite kind of game, but too often they are just littered and overwhelming. It’s funny that when they were becoming a thing, everyone just wanted them to be as MASSIVE as possible, but now that they are so common it’s more about paring things back and emphasis on quality over quantity. That’s why Elden ring and breath of the Wild are peak open world games for me
PotsyTater 02.26.23	Also why I think Witcher 3 is severely overrated
artiswar 02.26.23	I hate open worlds. Witcher 3 was good but the gameplay sucked so I got bored of it after doing a bunch of side missions.
Willie 02.26.23	For me it's the opposite, I want to be able to just meander around the world and maybe do a handful of things before I have to quit. I don't want to have to finish a level or get to a checkpoint or whatever before I can stop.
Purpl3Spartan 02.26.23	Sekiro shadows die twice finally clicked for me last night
PotsyTater 02.27.23	My least fav fromsoft game purely because I’m old and my reaction times in video games are shit now Parrying is ahrd
Purpl3Spartan 02.27.23	Yeah it’s tough as hell for sure lol
climactic 02.27.23	If youre struggling you can just parry spam
climactic 02.27.23	sekiro might be my favorite from game. or bloodborne
PotsyTater 02.27.23	i genuinely wish that it was as simple as just standing there and spamming the parry button but it most certainly is not
Supercoolguy64 02.27.23	Bayonetta
PotsyTater 02.27.23	ive been hearing kinda shit things about bayonetta 3 which is a shame cuz the first two were a blast
Dewinged 02.27.23	Trying to get the dlc trophies for Resogun cause I love pain. Oh and SFVI trials, currently at 77%.
nol 02.27.23	Giving Metroid dread a solid try, brother is lending me his switch. Gonna try the Prime Remaster as well but one game from a franchise at a time!
PotsyTater 02.27.23	I loved dread! It was really good! I will try Prime remaster at some point as well if not only to prove to myself that I am smarter than I was when I was 10
Hendoi 02.27.23	I'm playing SubLime with Rome
nol 02.27.23	have you seen the reviews for prime remastered? not that reviews are the final say but I had to scroll half the page on metacritic to reach a non-perfect score
PotsyTater 02.27.23	I didn’t look at reviews but a friend whose taste I trust and respect dearly said it was beautiful and glorious and that was enough to convince me
JohnnyoftheWell 02.27.23	"It's something halfway between the all-or-nothing parries from Dark Souls or Elden Ring and the more forgiving perfect blocks from Sekiro. Your requisite Soulslike dodge is a jaunty little dash that, instead of providing precious invincibility frames, has to be timed with enemy attacks to open them up for a counterattack and raise their stagger meter for critical strikes. It's much easier to pull off than a Fromsoft parry, but a short delay and increase to your own stagger gauge when you dodge without nailing a counter heavily penalizes spamming." ...anyone else hyped for Wo Long next week? won't be able to play til April but mmm gimme those mechs and bosses
protokute 02.27.23	I need to give Bayonetta a fair chance again. Have it on steam, and played for I guess the first 3 hours and then I stopped, and never touched it again.
Demon of the Fall 02.27.23	'tbh open world games are way too overwhelming for me anymore. I spend all day making decisions in a sandbox without ever knowing where I’m actually going, when I’m relaxing playing games I just wanna be told what to do and go do it.' whoa, but open-worlds are MORE relaxing, no pressure to do ANYTHING. EVER. Wander around aimlessly or towards that 'interesting looking thing over there'. Bliss. If anything feeling like you need to complete section a) before doing section b) etc. feels restrictive and sometimes you just want to mess around achieving nothing substantial, or at least not purposefully doing so. Hmm, just realised why these game speak to me. I'm a lazy procrastinating sod irl as well.
Demon of the Fall 02.27.23	I totally get why you'd feel the opposite, because linear progression doesn't give you the option, so there's literally no decision making progress. I just find that less relaxing, as I cannot choose to do something 'less intensive' if I so wish
someone 03.07.23	played old N64 games with a friend. really fun stuff turns out Dr. Mario scratches a very particular autistic itch that very few other games ever have
DocSportello 03.07.23	Wo long looks like the be here now of soulslikes js
CugnoBrasso 03.07.23	Finally playing Elden Ring. Late to the party, I know.
Storm In A Teacup 03.07.23	Walk Astray (live) by boysetsfire
kevbogz 03.07.23	glad this got bumped so i can gripe about andromeda. got to the krogan planet (?) and was so bored to tears by the story and having to grudge thru a 3rd desert planet that i hung it up for another time decided to re pickup ae: odyssey and it's p decent as i remember
budgie 03.07.23	found a 15 +3 enchant ormus then sold it for 320 fg so many trav hork runs but no ber
Wildcardbitchesss 03.08.23	yeah fuck it dude the more I think about andromeda just straight up sucks. The gameplay is it’s only saving grace and even then it’s not nearly good enough for me to put up with the drab open world planets, losing control of your squadmates and power wheel, and most of all, the absolute dogshit writing. It’s not just bad because it doesn’t live up to the trilogy, it’s just bad. I really hope they don’t drop the ball on ME4
Sinternet 03.08.23	ehh to me andromeda was a 7/10 game that was a 3/10 mass effect game, but i'm also a sucker for any kind of lore/content so take that with a grain of salt I JUST WANNA KNOW WHO MURDERED JIEN GARSON DAMMIT
kevbogz 03.08.23	ill prolly pick it up in a year or so just to finish the story. doing the same with ae:o rn lol. idk if i'm just getting older or disenfranchised hard by gaming, but shit feels more like a chore than anything enjoyable. i need to play elden ring but i keep missing sales unfort and refuse to buy $60 games because i know there's a high possibility of me not finishing it
Wildcardbitchesss 03.08.23	no those games just suck. don’t mean to sound like an ass but I hate the direction Assassins Creed went in. I loved 2, Brotherhood, and Revelations back in the day but anything past that ranges from decent to horrible imo. I didn’t bother with Valhalla. Haven’t played Elden Ring, and same I’m totally waiting for a sale. Don’t really fuck with the Dark Souls games, but I love Sekiro and Bloodborne, and I’ve heard the Elden Ring is closer to the souls games but I’m still willing to give it a shot for the right price.
naughtcturnal 03.08.23	Finished Pokemon Violet’s main storyline. It was okay.
zaruyache 03.08.23	bleak faith: forsaken comes out friday and I hope it doesn't suck.
Veldin 03.08.23	WO LONG
Demon of the Fall 03.08.23	I still haven't played Andromeda, don't know if I ever will. Love ME1 & 2. ME3 was disappointing. and yeah Assassin's Creed was great for a while, but I also lost interest. The last one I played was AC3. The Egypt one was appealing from an aesthetical point of view (is this Odyssey?) but it'd likely disappoint in reality.
PotsyTater 03.08.23	I got assassins creed origins a couple years ago on sale out of curiosity because I hadn’t played one of those games since like…. The first one and I love Egyptian shit. Anyways it sucked.
DavidYowi 03.08.23	I’ve been replaying The Evil Within b/c I never beat it but never has game enthralled me and pissed me off in the same measure. Often at the same time. Great atmosphere and set pieces but there’s a lot of cheap moments. When I booted it up i started on easy then about 4 hours in I started a new game on normal b/c I didn’t feel like I was getting to the “heart” of the game, so it’s doing something right.
PotsyTater 03.08.23	I played both evil within games last year, I liked them
DavidYowi 03.08.23	Good to know. I played a little bit of The Evil Within 2 and was worried it sanded off the edges that I liked about The Evil Within 1. Am definitely gonna beat TEW2 after I beat 1
PotsyTater 03.08.23	1 is better imo but 2 is definitely worth playing still, very different experience
Wildcardbitchesss 03.08.23	I don’t play a lot of horror games (as in I’m just picky as fuck when it comes to them), but The Evil Within 2 is way better than the first. I still don’t love them, it’s really got that Japanese corniness thing going on that a lot of those games do. I’m usually fine with movies and games being corny, but when I’m shitpants terrified one second because of a good boss fight with great character design, and then just rolling my eyes because of bad writing or some dumb story beat, it just makes the horror aspect less effective imo.
PotsyTater 03.08.23	Idk man for me the improved gameplay and well incorporated open world aspects in 2 come with the caveat that the aesthetic choices of 1 that made me like it are not as immersive. So I guess it just depends on what you liked about the series.
pjquinones747 03.08.23	Started yet another Elden Ring save. This time to fully commit to a Faith build and try to main spellcasting. Good run so far. Also finally picked up Super Mario Odyssey to give Mario games a try for the first time since SM64
Wildcardbitchesss 03.08.23	I can see that potsy. And maybe it’s just the time that I played them (during the first covid shutdown), like the first one just felt so old. Playing the second one, like almost immediately, I was like this is so much better. But again, they weren’t really my cup of tea. Just bored and had too much time on my hands. Now horror games I do love, Alien Isolation with the mother VR mod. That was fucking incredible.
DavidYowi 03.08.23	That sounds fucking terrifying. I still haven’t played Alien Isolation, which is weird for me considering how much I love the Alien franchise, but would love to play it. I’m getting a gaming pc soon so maybe that will be one of the first games I play on it
DocSportello 03.08.23	replaying Control and Alan Wake
Wildcardbitchesss 03.08.23	It was and honestly the game holds up. When you do play it, there’s an early encounter with humans that had me put the game off for months. Fighting humans fucking sucks in that game, but it’s few and far between. It’s mostly you vs the alien. And they absolutely nail the aesthetic. It looks like it was ripped straight out of the 80’s.
PotsyTater 03.08.23	@wildcard yeah I was forgiving of the “old game jank” because the first game had a lot of pretty evident twin peaks influence and that appeals to me
BAT 03.08.23	Started resident evil 6 and so far, it's aight kinda pissed I'd avoided it because of the gamespot 4.5 review. Reviewer just ranted about qte's annd its mostly just a thing when your grabbed by zombies, which is a mechanic that's been in resident evil since the og. Been playing the ps4 vers and so far ran into a couple of random coop partners which is nice cause the ai partners some bullshit. If anyone's interested in co-oping the Chris/Alex? campaigns lemme know. I'm also thinking of going through the revelations games(xbone/steam)/re5(ps4/steam) if anyone's interested. Gonna grab rem4ke in a few weeks
ConcubinaryCode 03.09.23	I started the old lotr the third age on ps2 cuz I never got a chance to play it as a kid but loved the hack n slash ones. There's some cool ideas like getting to play as the monsters but it is a very bog standard rpg. Music is banger though. 5/10
Wildcardbitchesss 03.18.23	finished Horizon last night, the endgame was a breeze because I was over leveled. Started Dead Space remake about an hour ago on hard, and this game is making me realize how much of a pussy I am. This shit is so good.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.18.23	also the first game that I’ve just let the haptic feedback on the ps5 do it’s thing. I turned it off on most games but I’m starting to like it with this.
budgie 03.18.23	anyone try d4 does it suck
DungeonBoy 03.18.23	Nope, don't really want to shell out $70 for a pre-order. I plan on playing it once the price drops a bit. That being said it looks pretty sweet. Glad they went back to the gothic horror look of D2.
DungeonBoy 03.18.23	I just started Tales of Arise this morning. So far I'm very impressed
BaselineOOO 03.18.23	I'm playing Wo Long... it sucks coooock!
DungeonBoy 03.18.23	That's a bummer. It's Asian soulslike right? I remember seeing a trailer and it looked decent. Why does it suck?
CugnoBrasso 03.18.23	I haven't played video games for years (three years maybe) and I just picked up Elden Ring last week. Funny how my Dark Souls muscle memory is still there.
zakalwe 03.18.23	Now onto Cyberpunk. 4hrs in and I’m impressed.
BaselineOOO 03.18.23	@DungeonBoy: It feels like an unfinished product compared to Nioh 2. Enemy AI is dumb and easily exploitable, difficulty is two steps lower, attack combos are missing, controls feel very clunky. It runs like ass on PC as well.
DungeonBoy 03.18.23	damn that sucks, Nioh was great, I figured it would be similar
zakalwe 03.18.23	On to Act 2 and I’m bloody impressed. Amazing tbh.
ConcubinaryCode 03.18.23	Playing atomic heart right now. Budget Russian bioshock is about right.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.19.23	you waited the perfect amount of time zak Game was straight up broken for a while
zakalwe 03.19.23	Glad I’ve waited. Gave it a wide berth at release due to the reported issues and Keanu. Knew it had been improved but knew absolutely nothing about the actual game itself or what it was about. The world, the story, the characters, the quests. Fucking incredible.
DungeonBoy 03.19.23	Everyone was so focused on how poorly the game ran, I never actually heard much about whether it was a good game or not.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.19.23	Yeah it’s good, gonna wait for the expansion to come out and finally replay it
Pikazilla 03.19.23	tales of series are great
Hyperion1001 03.19.23	grim dawn
budgie 03.19.23	yo hyp arpg bro im doin last epoch a bit this weekend
kevbogz 03.19.23	ur mom’s choochie
Hyperion1001 03.19.23	im playin a necromancer so i get to summon skellingtons its amazing
budgie 03.19.23	was there necro in base game? last time i played grim dawn it was with the reign of terror or something mod which added a load of classes
Hyperion1001 03.19.23	yeah im running soldier necromancer which is death knight i think? bone guys and 2 handers
naughtcturnal 03.19.23	finally started SMT V after 190+ hours of Monster Hunter Sunbreak
Wildcardbitchesss 03.21.23	About half way through Dead Space and I’m taking a fucking break man. Either I was way less of a bitch when I played the original 15 years ago or EA and Motive really knocked it out of the fuckin park with this game. It’s way more intense than I remember. Playing the new(ish) Ratchet and Clank, I’d never played any of them before but I’m having a great time with this one so far.
budgie 03.21.23	d4 open beta is after this week. anyone gonna give it a try
DungeonBoy 03.21.23	I will eventually get D4, but i'm not paying $70 for a beta/pre-order personally. I'll wait for the price to drop
PitchforkArms 03.21.23	I've got my gf set up playing Hogwarts on my Steamdeck & PC so that she can play anywhere and psuedo-spend-time with me while I play other things on PC or XBOX. It's great and she loves it.
Demon of the Fall 03.21.23	'I just started Tales of Arise this morning. So far I'm very impressed' I dig the 'Tales of' series, haven't played this one yet though. Nice.
kevbogz 03.21.23	jedi fallen order on sale for $4 i’d be stupid to not get it right?
Wildcardbitchesss 03.21.23	Totally worth it
Shemson 03.21.23	Half way through a second Elden Ring playthrough, just seen I’ve put 150 hours into this character… holy crap
Wildcardbitchesss 03.22.23	Is there a new game plus or are you saying you’re half way through and it’s been 150 hours on this new run? Because if it’s the latter, holy shit that game is huge.
PunkerBlast 03.22.23	Demon of the Fall. I am not a Tales of savant heh, but Tales of Berseria rules! I've not tried Arise. I've been playing Ender Lillies. Got it during the spring sale. So far it's a solid dark fantasy style not too punishing metroidvania. There is a limited heal and my deaths have been my fault and not cheap bullshit.
zaruyache 03.22.23	never done a roguelike before but I'm trying Returnal now. shooty shooty laser beams
PunkerBlast 03.22.23	Returnal was that PS5 exclusive that is on the PC now. I watched a PC review of that. It was more different than I thought it was hah.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.22.23	games badass honestly. Don’t sleep on the co op if you got a buddy that has it
PunkerBlast 03.22.23	I could probably find some ppl online I know even some peeps, but my desktop comp is fucking dead finally and my laptop is decent/good but I am not trying Returnal on it. Switched to some Steins;Gate now. Even if ut's the silly one, it's the only I haven't tried besides Elite. In a pretty good mood actually.
Shemson 03.22.23	NG+ Wildcard but the game is absolutely huge My first playthrough was just over 100 hours and this playthrough I’ve already found a whole questline taking me to a whole new area and shardbearer boss fight I missed the first time round
SIMBOLIC 03.22.23	I’m doing my first oblivion play through😂
Shemson 03.22.23	Oblivion was an unbelievable achievement at the time but it’s a bit dated now, especially the combat system which gets boring very quickly Still some great immersive storylines and quests though, if you can get over repetitive boring combat you’ll have a lot of fun!
Demon of the Fall 03.22.23	'Demon of the Fall. I am not a Tales of savant heh, but Tales of Berseria rules!' it certainly does. I've only played that one, Zestiria and parts of Vesperia and Berseria is the one that makes me hope they have another great game in them. I've put a lot of hours into it, did NG+ and explored everything I could. The combat system can be somewhat repetitive but honestly that suited me and you can always mix it up by using a different player-controlled character.
Demon of the Fall 03.22.23	I've attempted playing Oblivion twice. The first time was pre-Skyrim (just) as I wanted to try it before the new ES dropped and it felt dated then. Playing it post-Skyrim was actually better (weirdly), even though it had dated further due to playing the next iteration in the series first. By then I'd also accepted that it was going to look / play like shit and I was in it for the lore and exploration. Already having an investment in the series helped massively. I didn't ever finish it mind.
Sinternet 03.22.23	almost finished my rerun of all of nv with dlcs having just started dead money again (worst dlc so left it last but its fine) - save file is now at 130 hours and ive been max level now since 80 hours about, which kinda gets repetitive unfortunately and meant i've been putting it off
Demon of the Fall 03.22.23	playing Far Harbour expansion for Fallout 4 like the plebeian casual I truly am It was suitably atmospheric for a late evening beer + music combo and honestly, that's all I wanted it for. The environment / aesthetic is more appealing than the main game.
Demon of the Fall 03.22.23	what sort of build did you do Sint?
Parallels 03.22.23	Untitled Goose Game i untied a kids shoelaces and he tripped, then i took his toy plane and put it in the shop and made the kid have to buy it back from the store. then i stole the gardener's tools and made that guy have to buy his shit back as well. then i stole from the store and dropped it in the back of a garage, and when the shop owner went to retrieve it, I closed the door on them and trapped them inside. 10/10
Wildcardbitchesss 03.22.23	I’ve tried to get into New Vegas because I hear the storyline is so good but the gameplay just feels dated as hell at this point. Even with mods I only made it like maybe 10 hours into it. I’ll have to try it again some time.
PitchforkArms 03.22.23	@Demon I'm definitely sput's resident Fallout stan... FH is a great addition to FO4! Honestly it is (to me) required viewing if FO4 is on the table. Nuka World has some fun locations and ambiance but the core mechanic is very bleh. I tend to like any and all, though, because I get so much enjoyment from the locational lore, exploration, atmosphere, etc. @sin The internet fucking lloovveess Dead Money and I think that it is partially interested but entirely too tedious for the intrigue to matter much... Absolutely adore Big MT and the other two are quite fun as well. @wildcard yeah the gameplay was dated when it originally came out LOL still love those games, though.
Demon of the Fall 03.22.23	yeah, I've shamelessly dumped 400 hours into Fallout 4, yet never touched Far Harbour before. Pleased that I saved it for now in a way though. I'd still say F4 doesn't compare to F3 or FNV, but in reality 3 is actually quite barren from a content perspective. That game is 100% a nostalgia-fuelled engrossing atmospheric setting / world with shoddy gameplay, lol. Technically F4 is much better in that regard and has an absolute ton of (genuine) content, yet loses a lot of points for being more of a shooter than an RPG (no stat points?!) What I'd give for a proper up-down remake of FNV, that game runs like crap but the factions / decision-making / consequences aspect of that one elevates it over the others in many ways.
PitchforkArms 03.22.23	Absolutely - on all points. My friend and I were actually talking about it, and there is a amount of dollars that I would pay for NV in a better engine and I shamelessly admit that the amount is very very close to 4-figures...
Demon of the Fall 03.22.23	my figure depends on 'would the wife know?' but yeah, think I agree, haha
gschwen 03.22.23	I only ever have time for pick up-put down iOS games because of the baby so I'm putting in here for Retro Bowl, the gridiron football game/sim because it's addictive as hell. Probably the best iOS football game on the market. I think it's free.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.22.23	Haven’t really played IOS games since I had my school issued iPad back in high school. I blame the Infinity Blade games for my shit grades lol. I played those games so fucking much, then and super hexagon, that game is more addictive than crack
Wildcardbitchesss 03.22.23	Oh and Plague Inc. shit now I’m thinking of all the dumb games I bought and played during class instead of learning lol
nol 03.22.23	Playing Lego Star Wars skywalker saga because I am a fucking gangster
Wildcardbitchesss 03.22.23	that actually sounds like a good ass time
Dewinged 03.22.23	I hope you all mfs play Resident Evil 4 Remake tomorrow. Been working on that thing for almost 3 years and can't wait to read everyone's thoughts and feels.
nol 03.22.23	Dude my high school issued iPad’s as well and the Plague Inc. craze hit hard. I remember the boyz huddling around a single iPad in study hall to take turns… mems. Then there was the flappy bird epidemic, and the time someone figured out an easy way to get gba emulators working on the school iPads and EVERYONE was playing Pokémon fire red or leaf green. Like you couldn’t use the urinal because someone was just camping out skipping class and playing pocket monsters with dicks out
Demon of the Fall 03.23.23	whoa, sounds insane, bound to happen I suppose if you're going to issue iPads etc. haha. There wasn't really much you could do on those old bricks or flip phones, bit of snake and the likes etc. was about it. Sounds like a nightmare for schools now, bet all the kids are on their phones in class. closest we ever got to that sort of thing was when we installed Unreal Tournament on the desktops in 6th form (that's 17/18 yo, which isn't 'compulsory' in the U.K) and I think that was actually allowed, because we had 'down-time' and were given certain privileges by that point.
DungeonBoy 03.23.23	Dewi, can you remind us of your involvement in RE? Do you think it needed a remake? I grew up when RE1 was first released, and I get the quality of life improvements for the RE, RE2, and RE3, remakes to get rid of tank controls and opt for the over the shoulder aspect of.. RE4.. but idk how I feel about there being a remake of it. Like i'm stoked to check it out, but did it really need one in the same way the previous 3 did? Curious what your thoughts are
nol 03.23.23	“Sounds like a nightmare for schools now” You aren’t wrong, I spent 75% of my sophomore thru senior year playing shitty iPad games, and most of the rest of the time eating snaks plus they forcefeed all the Apple branded apps like pages and keynote which are all objectively worse than the Microsoft office suite.
budgie 03.23.23	"I’m doing my first oblivion play through😂" check out the Tamriel Immersion Experience (T.I.E.) mod
climactic 03.23.23	replaying last of us after finishing the show. havent played since the original came out. still rules
Parallels 03.24.23	so stoked for RE4 remake Dewi, can you remind us of your involvement in RE? [2]
BAT 03.24.23	re4 remakes pretttty good so far just beat the lake boss. only small gripe i have atm is knifes are pretty easy to break buut guessing there will be a stronger one at some point.
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	Battlechasers some indie rpg I decided to try which was based off a early 2000 comic I never heard of. Oblivion is a lot of fun. It can feel very samey looking but on the PC with some mods you can spruce the locales up and the actual guilds are great. I always play these games first on console for some reason and that was my first experience of Oblivion. Why does Skyrim have to have some nicer more varied locations but then almost all the guilds except for the Dark Brotherhood (I heard that was cool) seem like ass and so short.
pizzamachine 03.29.23	I play Oblivion for the jumping.
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	I actually installed a mod on the PC where you can have the NPCs not be shoved in your face in all their buttery glory, even with improved faces. Why did they think yeah our face models are so good we want you to see just that and a little neck. Oblivion is fun how you can just do these little things to increase your stats to no end without any effort, like sneaking. I forget it might cap your leveling but it won't cap your skill gain. Oh yeah because as you level the shit around you level so that's why you could find dirty bandits wearing expensive armor. Morrowind was the best haha Also I have played a little Skyrim Dark Brotherhood I just never got far in it.
MFPENCIL 03.29.23	I justttt beat South Park: The Stick of Truth. It was... amusing and a competent RPG, even though the games gets a lot easier once you get Kyle to join you with his barrage of arrow attacks. about to start Signalis next
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	I really need to try those South Park games. I like the show enough and I love rpgs, i don't know why I never them. The Fractured But Whole seemed even better.
Ecnalzen 03.29.23	I haven't actively watched the show in a while, and I still had a great time with Stick of Truth
MFPENCIL 03.29.23	Yeah the south park games go on sale pretty often too, more games need quick time events where you have to avoid getting slapped by your fathers balls
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	See I am not easily offended but some of the lewdness may get to me. I heard all about the creation suite in ...... BUT WHOLE and I was like wow that's still very offensive in an era where a team and name so innocuous as the Indians major baseball league team in USA changed their name. The Guardians is bit generic too but tbf that's rad, I loved to guard people once. Guardin.
RosaParks 03.29.23	Solo Russian roulette
Deathconscious 03.29.23	Everything including the ones on the back burner that i have yet to finish: Dragon Quest XI, Xenoblade Chronicles DE, Metroid Fusion, No Man's Sky, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, Dead Space 3 (after finishing the first two), Call of Duty 2 (yes, the 2005 one), Lost Odyssey, Oblivion, Earthbound.
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	Let me dump names in my deathc. I should try Dragon Quest XI S someday. I am really interested in Lost Odyssey but that is a straight up Xbox 360 only. Kinda like how Rockstar is like yea I like we lost the code for RDR1. I have that for my PS3. Earthbound I think like Final Fantasy 4 I am worn out on, but great games.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.29.23	Dead Space 3 is fine, it got a ton of hate but it’s not a bad game at all. Playing it co op was a ton of fun back in the day. Having said that, the original has better scares and the 2nd has better action. Again, still a good time but the first two are some of the greatest games ever made. And the remake is fucking incredible. There was one part I got stuck on because the objectives list was kind of shit. I was wandering around like a dipshit because my objective marker was turning me in circles. Only time I caved and looked up how to get through it. Playing Ghost of Tsushima now on PS5. Only a couple of hours in but it’s some good shit. Kinda feels like Sekiro lite even on hard but I don’t wanna play something that’s going to kick my ass all of the time. Next up is gonna be the Miles Morales Spiderman. Then I’ll probably spend a month playing Horizon Forbidden West, I’m trying to time it so I can start that game as the DLC comes out. Mostly because the DLC in Zero Dawn was definitely the best part of the game.
Deathconscious 03.29.23	@punker did you play the first edition of DQXI? I ended up going with the original because the graphics took a hit on the S version. Lost Odyssey has awesome turn based combat, but unfortunately the characters and writing are mediocre imo. @wildcard i loved the first two, but I can see why DS3 is the black sheep, it definitely feels like a downgrade. Not far enough to make a real judgement though.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.29.23	The main villain kind of sucks, and the love triangle shit between Isaac, Ellie, and whatshisname is kind of stupid. Aside from that tho, the story is good. Gameplay is great. It’s just more of an action game than a horror game.
JayEnder 03.29.23	@Wildcard Ghost of Tsushima is sweet. Easy platinum too.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.29.23	Yeah I’m having a really good time with it so far. I tried the Japanese with English subtitles but it’s so different from movies. I always choose the original over some shitty English dub but it’s too much to focus on not dying while reading the subtitles. I had to switch back to English before I even got finished with the tutorial part.
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	Easiest Platinums on PS4. 13:Sentinels: Aegis Rim. You can do this on a straight run blind on normal though one of those fights to get an S is trickier and a jerk but there is literally one fight that is tough. Steins;Gate 0 is easy too. I played these on PC and I was like wtf I need this. So there was a call you can just turn down, so since I save a lot it took me fiver for that. It was a very particular call. But I don't take care about total completion usually.
Deathconscious 03.29.23	"love triangle shit between Isaac, Ellie, and whatshisname is kind of stupid." Yeah, im sensing cringe already.
Wildcardbitchesss 03.29.23	It only gets worse brother. Issac, Ellie, and Carver are really the only interesting characters in the game. And be sure to cop the DLC, I think it’s called Awakened. It’s honestly the best part of the game imo
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	Bizarre love Triangle!!!!! New Order
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T99Jvkn9LEg I like this one, also I typed in piss off.
Storm In A Teacup 03.29.23	I'm playing clean organized and find more stuff for one more garage sale.
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	One more sumner song to ohhh. I will never lead you wrong. It's got the Hook bass...but yea now I am am just burning out.
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	Ok a true new order live song for the rest of us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_QbBGo1PNQ
PunkerBlast 03.29.23	Mr Disco!!
Sinternet 03.29.23	"what sort of build did you do Sint?" started off doing stealth build, has kinda evolved into energy weapons now. once you get to the level 50 cap you can basically max every skill but two anyway. far harbor is a lot of fun and goes a little way to suggesting bethesda could make an actually great fallout game if they wanted/cared "@sin The internet fucking lloovveess Dead Money and I think that it is partially interested but entirely too tedious for the intrigue to matter much... Absolutely adore Big MT and the other two are quite fun as well." i've seen very divisive discussions about it, but i still think it's good fun. the collar mechanicas get very annoying past a certain point though and basically forces you to quicksave every two minutes. the ghosts aren't particularly fun to fight either, especially the spear ones who headshot you and wipe a third of your hp far too regularly for a dlc which strips all your items and has a mass scarcity of healing pickups. but i do like the companions a lot. old world blues would be my favourite but the fucking roboscorpions are annoying as shit and are way too strong. lonesome road is probs my fave, not only does it tie together all the little lore from the other dlcs and the main game, but it's the closest fallout has ever got to an action horror and it suits that aesthetic so well.
Flugmorph 03.29.23	playing elden ring again because after 150h mostly shortly after the game released last year i still haven't completed my 100% map exploration run
pjquinones747 03.29.23	bloodborne anyone? finally got the hang of this one and it's been sick.