Playing through Hades 1. I never got out of Hades until this time around, and I’m having fun grinding to complete some of the fated choices and lounge renovations.
Patient gamers, which games have you discovered/played this week?
Submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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Telorand@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Cenotaph@mander.xyz 5 months ago
Have fun, in my opinion it only gets better as you go
Telorand@reddthat.com 5 months ago
That’s been my experience, too! I was a little worried, after I got out the first time, that I would have no more reason to keep playing, but they did a good job giving the player something(s) to keep working towards.
5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 5 months ago
Half Life: Opposing Force Never Players it before and the movement feels a lot faster than modern games. Its a good and fun game.
lordnikon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah growing up with that and quake 2 modern games always feels like im running in quicksand or my controls are broken.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 5 months ago
This is why I cannot abide the Halo series. I came to them having been raised on Quake, Unreal Tournament, and Half-Life. Halo was like moving through molasses.
OutsideBoxYouMustThink@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Factorio, checking out Space Age. Discovered that Cliff Explosives are moved further down the tech tree…
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
My friend and I have just been using nukes lol. Bonus is you can see where cliffs used to be in the mini map it’s fun
minyakcurry@monyet.cc 5 months ago
Same, bought space age but loading up a new save file just makes my heart ache for my immaculate bus and signal setups
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Mass Effect.
Somsphet@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
My buddy convinced me to play the trilogy for my first time like half a year ago now.
Have fun
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How did you like it? I’m like 10 hours in and so far it seems ok, but I’m not seeing the super amazing game that my friends raved about. For instance last night while playing I thought about how Bioshock was much more immersive and gripping, and it came out the same year.
Klanky@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Friend bought me ToTK so I’ve been having fun with that.
flicker@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m not a spoiler person but look up the order you should visit the glyphs if you want maximum impact.
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Heh, Stardew Valley here. I slept on it for years, until I found that it’s available on the Google Play Store lol.
Works really well on mobile!!
GriffinClaw@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Same. I actually bought it on sale in steam Though Ill most probably stick to mobile + controller for it. PC version is now for mod testing (aka make it mobile-like)
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Is the mobile version kept up to date? Does it have multiplayer.
boletus@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Pseudoregalia. Indie game with ridiculous movement tech. Very fun!
Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
That one is great! I love this indie trend of low poly graphics.
ZOSTED@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Got back into Slay the Spire on a whim. Nice little turn based card thingy, with beautiful art, and fun synergies.
Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Love slay the spire, one of my favourite rogue likes. I love how many viable builds it has, just a little knowledge and you can make most runs viable.
MarauderIIC@dormi.zone 5 months ago
Spire Together (I think that’s the name) is a pretty good co-op mod as well
Stety@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Gave Warframe a shot again, game is still shit, but I am still having fun, so we’ll see how long that lasts.
rtxn@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I have 4700 hours on Warframe and feel more or less the same.
MarauderIIC@dormi.zone 5 months ago
Sometimes I just like killing rooms of enemies by walking around. I like Warframe for that - specifically I have a Gyre build that goes pretty hard even through steel path. Nice brain off time.
AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’ve been replaying Pillars of Eternity II - in fact I have the tavern music stuck in my head right now. Mostly I just need some CRPG gameplay, so I’m not doing anything wildly different with my character this time around. Maybe I should do an evil run…
Knowing how the ending works, I’m still not sure which faction to go with.mmhmm@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Starting deadfire today :)
AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The tone is much less dour than the first one, and I think it does a better job introducing the world. It’s still a lot to take in, but all of the text has links you can click on that explain anything you don’t recognize.
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 5 months ago
I just started the first one, took me a few tries to really get into it but I’m enjoying it a lot now. I feel like it’s a little bit harder to get into all the lore compared to something like dragon age or elder scrolls. But the gameplay is amazing
AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah, my main complaint with PoE 1 is the way it bludgeons you with lore. The writers are so excited to show off this massive world they’ve invented, they just aren’t very artful about it.
silverchase@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Does Half-Life 2 count? I played it years ago but fully replayed it over a couple of days to hear the new developer commentary. I never thought Valve would get around to making one for Half-Life 2, so I’m glad they did.
Delphia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Half Life 2. They gave it to me for free.
Finished it and got Necromunda: Hired Gun for $13.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Started playing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice this week. I may or may not have bought it because I got it mixed up with Ghost of Tsushima, so the fact that it’s essentially Bloodborne but in Japan caught me a bit off guard, but it’s not bad. There’s been three separate times now where I’ve gotten stuck on a boss, closed the game thinking “I hate soulslike games, this was a waste of money,” and then beat the boss on my first try the next day.
It seems like they took into account the fact that you can’t summon friends when they tuned the difficulty. It’s not easy by a longshot, but it’s not as impossible as other Fromsoft games.
The posture gauge is my favorite game mechanic. Having both defense and offense move the fight along makes it so much less of a slog than other soulslikes. Normally I just dart around the battlefield getting one light attack in every 30 seconds, but this game has me standing right next to the boss, actively rewarding me for memorizing telegraphs and attack patterns. It’s super satisfying.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 5 months ago
I’ve gotten stuck on a boss, closed the game thinking “I hate soulslike games, this was a waste of money,” and then beat the boss on my first try the next day.
Ah yes, the classic Souls experience.
It’s super satisfying.
It is, being in a 5 minute sword fight with swords clashing all the time is really rewarding. Many of my favorite Souls bosses are from Sekiro.
Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I’m playing Minecraft on the Wii U with my daughter… and since the eShop closed a while ago, I didn’t have any issues unlocking all skins and DLCs by…. Alternative means 😅
I like the style of the Mass Effect texture pack, and it’s fun exploring the included map.
wick@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’ve been playing Monster Hunter Now on mobile, it fucking sucks unfortunately, but it’s making want to play MH:World again to just grind out armor pieces casually… Although thinking about it, that’s also a chore because unlocking cosmetics is super tiduous and can be really hard… Hmm…
Also playing Legends of Runeterra.
nnullzz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
RuneScape. Always heard about how “grindy” it is. 1 hour in and I think I’m beginning to understand.
Somsphet@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Wow you really were patient about this one
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
The first 10-20 levels of any skill are pretty quick, but then it becomes much slower to progress.
FippleStone@aussie.zone 5 months ago
The exp requirements for each skill level are exponential for every seventh level, so the half way point in fully levelling a skill works out to be level 92 (out of 99)
rtxn@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Dragon Age Origins for the first time. I think I’m at the climax of the Redcliffe arc, and finally I understand why people call Veilguard “disneyfied”.
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Why is that? I played Origins on ps3 but I’ve never played any of the sequels, so I have no idea.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
The games followed a similar path as elder scrolls. Very heavy RPG in the beginning, DAO is very similar to BG3 in that way. As the games came out they stripped RPG elements slowly, although I recall the second game still being very much an RPG.
Then inquisition and veilguard dropped the RPG elements and became action games. You generally choose what type of action you like (caster, rogue, warrior) and thats all of the roleplaying involved.
Veilguard specifically is a re-skin of Hogwarts legacy, so if you tried that then you know what it will be like. Maybe the newer assassins creed games would be a good comparison too, heavy action, minor RPG.
rtxn@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“We might be able to banish the demon and save your son.”
“Really?”
“No, it’s just fun to get your hopes up. I’m gonna kill the kid.”Veilguard doesn’t let you be an absolute dick the way Origins did. The story (what little I’ve seen) is filtered and sanitized like it’s meant for six-year-olds. It also approaches sensitive topics, like the gender of one character, with the graceful and delicate touch of a fucking brick.
strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Cyberpunk,
Finally picked it up on this sale with Phantom Liberty.
Played about an hour so far, seems OK, have to get my Steam Controller setup properly for it still.
5in1k@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’ve been playing Silent Storm a 2004 strategy RPG that is a total hidden gem. A little primitive but it feels a bit like the battle system from BG 3 with guns.
Arkive@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Silent Storm was a fun turn-based tactics game! Not as polished as something like the Firaxis xcoms, but more complete than a lot of other non-fantasy tactics games I’ve tried.
5in1k@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Well 2 months later I have beaten both Xcoms. Thanks for the tip they were a lot of fun.
5in1k@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Sounds like I should try XCom. I bought every Humble Bundle for a couple years from it’s inception and I have 800+ games in my Steam library. I just played Silent Storm randomly and blind and was surprised.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I played through Gris and had an absolute blast. I finished it in <3 hours, but spent another 3 or so tracking down collectibles (momentos) because the world is so pretty.
I also played Monument Valley 1&2, each in one sitting. The puzzles weren’t very hard, but I’m a sucker for non-Euclidean worlds (also loved The Bridge and Manifold Garden).
Other than that, I’ve been playing a bit of Fire Emblem: Engage. I probably won’t finish that before Christmas though, it’s a long game.
Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Gris is such a beautiful game. It’s up there with Journey and Sayonara wild hearts for me in the games I can easily hold up as art category.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
It absolutely is. I try to play 1-2 of these each year, and I have a collection in Steam called “short games” for experiences under 5 hours with something unique to them.
Some others:
- Gorogoa
- What Remains of Edith Finch
- INSIDE
They’re all very different, but they fit into that “games as art” category and don’t overstay their welcome.
I’m not always in the mood for these kinds of games, but when I am, they really scratch that itch.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 5 months ago
Sayonara Wild Hearts was such an unexpected banger to play through. I still hope they make another one.
ISOmorph@feddit.org 5 months ago
Sand Land. The style is great. Story is pretty cool and well delivered. Gameplay is meh. Feels like a watered down Mad Max.
Oka@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
The game felt like it would be better as an anime.
Then the anime came out on Hulu.
tomatoely@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Fallout New Vegas! I’m really enjoying all the characters that I have met so far, but I’m starting to realize that villifying factions right from the start isn’t the best idea when trying to get to new places
KammicRelief@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yo, I started FNV for my first time this week! A friend of mine is always raving about it, so he sent me instructions to get it all modded out (Viva New Vegas modlist), so I did that and I’m off to the races. So far so good… it was a bit of a grind to get past the first couple of quests (I kept getting my ass handed to me), but now that I’ve killed some convicts and stolen their stuff, I’m in much better shape. Also I figured out I can sleep in beds that aren’t red.
I also heard that about not getting involved with factions yet…
tamiya_tt02@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I finally picked up Balatro on Android. Wow, I’m hooked.
Cl1nk@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
goty, this gsme got addictive too damn fast
maxenmajs@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I gave the first Armored Core a try and played a few missions. The movement is rather clunky coming straight from the buttery smooth Armored Core 6. However, the other systems seem pretty robust for the first game in the series.
GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I have been waiting for the AEW Wrestling game Fight Forever to be cheap, and am having a lovely time! It’s very fun to play, and has an okay roster (i got DLC with it).
I wouldn’t be thrilled with buying on release at £50 and then £80 on DLC, but under 20 for the lot seemed okay :) definitely not perfect, but a fun game with some cool details. :)
Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Been on Monster Hunter Sunbreak for a couple weeks now. It’s absolutely become my favorite modern monhun game, and it’s significantly improved my mental state.
Also playing Redout 2 and Blue Revolver, an old bullet hell shmup that just got a massive game revision.
Other than that, I was playing NFSU2 because of the 20th anniversary and the release of a great soft-remaster mod
mp3@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Took me a while, but I finally took the time to play Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2, and recently started Watch Dogs: Legion.
HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
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I never tried it before because I thought the RPG part would be dumb. But it’s surprisingly fun and has the great Meretzky humor.it’s even on Steam: …steampowered.com/…/Super_Hero_League_of_Hoboken/
MrDrProfJimmy@lemm.ee 5 months ago
MGS Ghost Babel! Obviously a little primitive because it’s a GBC game but the plot’s pretty exciting and holds up even today
RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I have been playing Stardew Valley because the real world sucks and everybody can piss off 😠
Blaze@discuss.online 5 months ago
Always nice, are you also on !stardewvalley@lemm.ee ?
RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah i am! 😁