Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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• defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Started playing Half Life 1. Never played any of the Half Life games before.

  As for a recommendation, Chrono Trigger and the Silent Hill games (1-3, including the remake of 2).

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  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I played Black Mesa (HL1 remake) and loved it. I haven’t played HL2 yet though.

    Enjoy HL1, it’s a great game, or at least the remake is. I’m assuming the original is good too.

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• technopagan@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Finally playing through all the Hitman reboots in one go (They’re called 1-2-3, or now “World Of Assassination” for the whole experience, plus paid DLCs for additional missions). I played through all the original Hitman games back in the day.

  While you can of course cheese your way through each mission pretty easily (NPC: “Well, he only held that weapon in his hand for less than 2 seconds, so I’ll ignore it.” or “Oh, coins on the ground! Better open that locked door to get to them so that you can follow me inside!”), it actually IS a lot of fun if you deliberately take it slow and discover all the stories that are hidden in each mission. It opens up crafty ways of getting to your targets & entertains much more than just exploiting the game engine’s weaknesses. Truly something for #patientGamers

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  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If you combine my hours for all three since it’s all a collection now anyway, it’s my second most played game of all time, only behind Skyrim. I’m a massive fan. How far along are you?

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• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Playing horizon zero dawn atm. Got easy red 2 and battle front 2 and road craft for multiplayer with my group

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• suswrkr@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  still Morrowind in XR. having fun just wandering around again.

  also Vintage Story. chill minecraft flip but more. wandering around public rooms seeing what is up.

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• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My son bought Cyberpunk 2077 on sale. I got hooked immediately.

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  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I just started it too. It’s a ton of fun.

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    • overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Same here. It hit my <$60 AUD buy point for the ultimate edition.

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• Kaput@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Just started No man sky, first play through. I’m still not sure what I think of it. It seems too be a time guzzler. On one hand it must be entertaining because 4 hours past in the blink of an eye. On the other I don’t feel like I’ve done or seen much. Time seem to be the main currency behind most things you do .

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  • BertramDitore@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No Mans Sky is totally a time guzzler. It’s incredible how easy it is for hours and hours to go by like it’s nothing. It’s a really fun game though, and I’ve sunk hundreds of hours into it.

    I did one playthrough shortly after it came out doing things the way you’re supposed to, and then I decided to just have fun with it and started using a save editor to give myself all the resources that take ages to farm or craft. That was a game changer. It’s so much more fun when I can just explore and build without having to worry about not having enough fuel for my jetpack, or not being able to finish a building because I don’t have enough resources for that one last piece of glass, or having to salvage a fuckton of ships just to open up inventory slots.

    So if the game ever starts to feel like work for you, I suggest using a save editor and going to town. The devs don’t seem to have much of a problem with it, and it really opens up the game.

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• B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ve been playing some Bomberman.

  I feel like I’ve started so many games these past weeks and months but haven’t stuck with any… but I guess nothing new for me really as I never finish games anyway.

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• floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sim city 4

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• 9t9t@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Continued playing Metro 2033 Redux.

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• Cyberflunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Dysmantle has me looking for skulls and tires to crush.

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• sadie_sorceress@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I finally got Mario Kart 8 on the switch. It’s a blast playing with my kids and showing no mercy 😈.

  I also installed the Jupiter Hell Classic demo (a demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake of Doom.) I enjoy it but similar to Jupiter Hell I’m pretty terrible at it so far. It’s definitely worth a look if you’re a roguelike fan. You can play the original unmake DRL (Doom: the roguelike) for free, or also try the demo for JHC on steam.

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• kratoz29@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  After finishing Nier Automata in my Switch (quite an awesome port tbh, I cheated a bit as I overclocked my unit to make it run smoother) and Breath of The Wild I am focusing on smaller games, which are:

  • Monument Valley (Android)
  • Retro City Rampage (PS Vita)
  • Pokémon Omega Ruby (almost finished, 3DS).

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  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I haven’t played Retro City Rampage before but Monument Valley was awesome, and so was Omega Ruby.

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• Irongavel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Been working my way through the achievements for State of Decay 2, I’ve almost got all the supplies gathered up in my community to speedrun through the last two legacies on the hardest difficulty.

  It’s a really solid zombie survival, that walks a nice balance of not having standard survival micromanagement. Accessible(fun) combat, and some expression in base/resource management but not to the point where it dominates moment to moment play. Hits the good middle ground of permadeath in terms of losing survivors, but still having a community so you’re not losing all your resources/progress.

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• ThisDayForwardBetty@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Pokémon Emerald. I got an rg35xxsp, which has been perfect for getting through all the games I missed over the years.

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  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nice, enjoy. I’m a total Pokémon nerd for gens 1-4. Gen 2 + remakes takes the cake for me, but Emerald would be next up. It’s probably objectively the best game in the series (that or Platinum) but I’m super nostalgic for Johto. SoulSilver will forever be my favourite Nintendo game.

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• Elevator7009@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Still trucking on the !incremental_games@incremental.social with Antimatter Dimensions, lovely unfolding mechanics, would probably appeal to completionists because getting achievements actually gets you in-game bonuses. Also have been playing the Zachtronics puzzle programming/electrical engineering game Shenzhen I/O that could make a person a bit more comfortable with in real life assembly languages.

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  • mohab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I love Shenzen I/O, and I want to go and 100% it, but I can't justify losing myself into another Zachtronics game when I have personal programming projects to work on 😅 I feel like it's basically the same muscle.

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• caut_R@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I‘ve completed Cyber Hook and I can‘t recommend it enough. Screw the story, the gameplay loop and movement is what it‘s all about. It‘s an absolute hidden gem, hands down. I strongly recommend everyone to give it a shot!

  I‘ve also been playing some Horizon Chase Turbo and while I think it‘s pretty unique nowadays and runs great on the Deck, it‘s a bit too fast-paced for the small screen in the higher difficulty levels. Still recommend it though.

  Lastly, I‘ve done some further quests in Assassin‘s Creed: Unity and I remember reading here that the movement reached perfection in this title and while it might be the best movement in the series (I dunno), I think the movement’s absolutely terrible lol, and the combat is worse still. Everything is so inprecise and slow, the character jumps to ledges I didn‘t even think about and takes ages to climb even when pursued or flatout refuses to climb something for five seconds… And I still don‘t know why AC had to turn into these permanent tavern brawls, stealth seems to be impossible, I‘m now resorting to just smoke bombing and cleaning up every fight. I do enjoy the sightseeing and world but man… I liked Origins more as a game. I won‘t pretend like I‘m an AC god, but other entries in the franchise clicked with me more (2, Black Flag, Origins).

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  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’ve never heard of Cyber Hook before but it looks awesome. I’m definitely picking it up. Thanks for the recommendation.

    I’ve added Horizon Chase Turbo to my Wishlist, and downloaded the demo. I’ll probably check it out soon.

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    • Remorhaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Horizon, if you enjoy it has an F1 dlc mode that I think is even more fun than the base game

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• any1th3r3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve been playing Fire Emblem Engage on and off for the past few weeks. I don’t care for either the story or characters, but gameplay is really good imo.

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• BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Does a just released mega patch to a 25 year old game count? If so, the 25th Anniversary edition of System Shock 2 is great.

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• AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i played a bit of fallout 4, but i dont really understand the hype that was around it. its a loading screen simulator with an awful city repair element slapped on top.

  not a huge fan :/

  it sucks… i really enjoyed all of the previous fallouts i played (FO1, FO2, FO:BoS, FO3) and expected something better.

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  • Coelacanth@aggregatet.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’ve played every Fallout except for New Vegas? How come you skipped that particular one?

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    • AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      new vegas, there was a mobile one, and i think there was an only-online one that i missed.

      just never got around to playing those. my backlog is mighty, and FO4 was a freebie i picked up within the last year or two.

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• deathbird@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Once again trying to do a good redstone in Minecraft. But mostly just mine and chill.

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• orochi02@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Terraria

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• Lizzie_Rose@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I finished my play-through of Skyward Sword HD. Story 10/10, game 7/10, overall 8/10.

  Continuing to play through classic Zelda games, I started a play-through of Minish Cap. I played this once before years ago, but I don’t remember any of it. The Minish are so freakin’ cute, I forgot how fun this little game was!

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• Coelacanth@aggregatet.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m playing two games this week. First is Pentiment, and the only reason I’m also playing another game at the same time is that I needed something to break up the sometimes excruciating sessions of playing Pentiment. I’m in the final act now so I don’t think there are too many hours remaining.

  Now, Pentiment is actually not a bad… I want to say game but let’s face it, it’s not a game. Pentiment is not a bad visual novel. It is absolutely gorgeous, it’s extremely well researched and it has some interesting things to say, and some interesting characters to get to know that are more layered than you think at first. But holy shit is the game tediously slow and laborious to slog through. Half the playing time is spent blankly staring at the screen as your character slowly waddles around the town of Tassing. The conversations themselves are painfully slow, and many feel shallow and sort of… banal. There is good stuff sprinkled in there, but you have to sift through a lot of mundanity to get to it. It also sort of rubbed me the wrong way that everyone uses such modern phrasing and language when historical accuracy was such a selling point for the game. I’m still appreciating it - mainly the art and the history - but I need to take breaks from it.

  …which I’ve done by playing Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree. I’ve had my eye on it since it’s written by Bloodlines-writer Brian Mitsoda, and with it being 25% off at the summer sale I thought why not.

  It’s a Metroidvania Soulslike with a skill tree inspired by Path of Exile, and I’m really enjoying what I’ve played of it so far. Combat has been solid though I’ve only played a few hours, but the bosses have been good. There are a bunch of different play styles that all seem very different and I am already having fun thinking about builds and planning a second run with a completely different character. The game is beautiful too, the art style is great and I like the splash art for the characters.

  The writing has been okay so far, the world is kinda cool but nothing earth shattering - generic evil energy threatening to consume everything type deal. I’m hoping for some twists down the line. You’re playing as an inquisitor so I assume it will be revealed the witches you hunt are maybe not so evil after all. The goldsmith Yrsa is so far the highlight with some entertaining lines.

  So far from what I’ve seen I definitely would recommend it if you like these types of games.

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  • tab@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I really wanted to like Pentiment, but I gave up on it. Still happy bought it to reward the cool concept.

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    • Coelacanth@aggregatet.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Finished it today. One of the hardest games to rate ever, for me. There were some undeniable highs in there but large parts of the game were just not enjoyable to play through. The final act in particular felt like pulling teeth.

      I think I’m happy to be able to say I have played it, but I honestly don’t know that I think it was a good use of 20ish hours. Large parts of it honestly felt like just designed to waste your time.

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  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Mandragora looks really cool, but apparently it’s got a bad EULA so I’m iffy to pick it up. I wouldn’t be getting it on this sale anyway, I’d probably wait for the next sale, I’ve already spent too much this time, hopefully they’ll fix the EULA before the next sale. It looks like an awesome game and is totally my style.

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    • Coelacanth@aggregatet.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think the data collection controversy was addressed in patch 1.2.7?

      It’s been a great game so far so I hope you’ll pick it up, but I totally get overspending on Steam/GOG sales and causing an already bloated backlog to further overflow.

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• Samdell@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve been slowly going through Momodora Moonlit Farewell and hope to play other brazilian indie games this month. This one is a series of delightful platformers/metroidvanias.

  Also went back to Leaf Blower Revolution, as it got some nice updates, including better offline progression.

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