Scary edition of the weekly thread 👻
What have you been playing!
I've been playing the re4 dlc! And, on the other end of the spectrum, the original yoshis island, as I had never finished it before.
Finally finished Inscryption.
Holly shit what a game.Nice!!! One of my faves for sure. Really want to try the roguelite update that came out for it
Almost finished with Portal 2, first time
I remember it being awesome. Does it still hold up or is it showing it's age?
I played it again a few months ago. IMO it's still awesome. I should probably play the first part again too.
The original Yoshi's Island is so much fun! How far along are you now?
I've been replaying Stardew Valley lately. My first run was in 2018 when it was still version 1.3, so there's loads of new content to play through.
Yeah it's great! I've started it a few times but recently got an analogue pocket and am trying to finish a lot of those older games I've never finished. I think I'm about half way through world 4 now. Still deciding if I want to try and 100% every level to get the bonus levels haha
Been playing witcher 3 and hollow knight. Just beat final boss of hollow knight and now i'm going around clearing the rest of the bosses i missed
Nice! I love hollow knight 😍
How'd you like it?
I loved it! Easily a 10/10 imo. The soundtrack, art design, controls, atmosphere all perfect
Lies of p - absolutely fantastic. The first game I rate 10/10 since Mass effect 2 I think.
They took what is good in soulslikes and removed stupid fromsoftwareisms. The story is great and actually told, there are some indicators for npcs who have something for you, when an npc moves somewhere they leave a note etc.
The bosses are tough but fair, they don't randomly recover from stagger into a one shot ability or heal off of hitting a shield, there's no fake, game breaking, lazy difficulty like fromsoftware would do, you are not punished for doing something well.
The combat is great, no "rhythmic" parry spam, no dodge spam, you need to think about what to use, when you do the game can be rather easy for this genre.
There are 2 or 3 eldenringy bosses towards the end with ludicrous mobility and combo spam but most of the rest are really great.
If this is this devs first game I really want to see the next. First time in ages I'm doing ng+
Have you played Bloodborne? If so, why do you prefer Lies of P over it?
Yes and yes. BB is a flawed masterpiece, some great things ruined by some of the worst fromsoftwareisms, a bit dated at this point too.
LoP has a better and more varied combat, 60fps, better bosses, better weapon system, many QoL improvements, better story(in part because it's actually told :D), way better graphics, no grind, no long runbacks(the longest has like 3 enemies you need to fight, BB was made at a time FS still thought runbacks somehow add to the experience or maybe it was a cynical attempt at padding the game length).
In LoP, once you "git gut" it's just so satisfying to get a few perfect blocks on a boss combo and break his weapon, never gets old.
In my utterly subjective opinion BB is 7.5/10, LoP 10/10 in 2023.
Damn, Bloodborne is my favorite game of all time so if Lies of P is anywhere as good as that I have to put it on my radar.
Lies of P is absolutely fantastic. If you’re a fan of Bloodborne you are doing yourself a disservice if you don’t try Lies of P.
Recently beat Lies of P.
I am a huge souls fan, and Elden Ring is probably my favorite game of all time.
I was expecting Lies of P to be a competent souls knockoff, but it’s so much more than that.
It has some issues, sure. But I really think the game is superb. I am beyond excited to see what they do next in the genre. They got so many things right.
I've been getting back into Cyberpunk 2077 since the major update! I've really enjoyed the overhauled perk/leveling system.
Worth giving it a go if you've been on the fence or haven't touched it in awhile.
I think I'm hoping to play it next month 😊
I jumped back into Diablo 3 for its season 29, and holy shit, it seems so ridiculously easy in comparison to Diablo 4, at least in regards to leveling up. It's taken me less than a fourth of the time in D3 to get to level 100 plus 15 paragon levels, compared to me getting to only level 85 in D4 (which I'm also still working on). I don't know if it's because I've played so much of D3 that I'm just that efficient and I haven't quite got the hang of D4 yet, or if it's something else, but man, going back and forth between the two is kind of a trip. It also makes me really miss having a pet to run around and pick up gold for me lol.
I also finally finished The Sinking City again last night. I was kinda procrastinating by leaving a lot of the side quests for end, especially since I knew which ending I was going with. Got some pretty great screenshots out of it! It's one of those games that I wish came with a capture mode.
That's me as well. It's night and day.
I think at this point I still prefer D3 to D4 (maybe also nostalgia?). I do think that D4 will improve given enough time, I'm hoping. But it's sad that I paid full price for a game that, not only is expensive and has battle passes but will have yearly expansions on top of it.
I'm not made of money blizzard…
Almost done with Act 2 in Divinity: Original Sin 2.
I went (semi on purpose) in the wrong direction in the beginning, so I was level 10-11, fighting against level 14+ enemies, while still mostly wearing my Act 1 gear (level 8 max). Some fights were a huge pain and I abused those quicksave and load buttons. Now that I'm almost done, I'm completely destroying those weak enemies, while I'm like five levels above them.
While some quests don't really account for the "sequence breaks," it was mostly fine, except I should have at least done a little bit more of the main quest. Because of that, I didn't have some basic spells you'd get and lacked a way to recharge my Source (a resource, to power your strongest spells and abilites). If I just spent five mintues, going into a house and talking with an NPC, I probably would have had a much easier time with some fights.
I have no idea how long Act 3 is going to be, and I read there's an Act 4, so finishing the game in the coming week is probably not realistic, but I still enjoy it, so I'm in no rush.
Playing Path of Exile for the first time! I'm trying a Witch Elemental… Mischief build? I don't really understand it at ALL and that feeling of being a newb is the most fun thing about it.
I really like this kind of discussion, I wanna see more discussion where community members are the voice as opposed to news where a journalist is the voice.
Outer Wilds, I am still struggling a bit with its time pressure component and am a bit overwhelmed by the choice of what to explore but it is still very intriguing.
Getting familiar with Team Fight Tactics… I loved Dota Underlords. CS2 for nostalgic memories. Magic Arena, new season just began.
New Trackmania season came out an hour ago. Learning all the new tracks.
Still deep in Baldur's Gate 3. I did relatively little content in Acts 1 and 2, and they still took me about 20 and 30 hours respectively. I wasn't sure if the game would run out of steam for me if I tried to do every quest that sounded interesting. Now that I'm in Act 3, I know I can end the game whenever I want, but I don't want to yet. I've spent 40 hours in Act 3 already and haven't even gone to the two major quests that I need to do yet to start wrapping things up. After I finish the quest line I'm on (hints for those who know, that will hopefully dodge spoilers: I'm about to go underwater to rescue some folks, and then I have to sabotage a thing after that), I may start wrapping things up, but we'll see.
I finally got the time to sit and play on my car sim ( Assetto Corsa / competezione) after more than a year. For the first fewsessions, I forgot how to take corners but now I'm back into it and it is an amazing feeling when you nail a race from start to finish.
