Just finished Split Fiction.
Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
Submitted 1 day ago by BurntWits@sh.itjust.works to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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Symphonic@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 45 minutes ago
How was it? My wife was interested in checking it out.
Asetru@feddit.org 11 hours ago
So, I just got slice & dice and man, I’m hooked. Dunno if that qualifies for patient gaming, it’s a bit older than a year.
It’s a roguelike, but not really a deckbuilder. Instead, you keep upgrading and improving a DnD-like party that keeps going down a dungeon of some sort, where each person is represented as a six-sided die. Your magician has sides that produce mana, your fighter more sides that deal damage etc etc.
I’m several hours in, which for me is already a lot. Just lost my latest run on level 19/20 in normal difficulty, so it feels like I’m starting to get an idea of what works well. The game has lots of unlockables and achievements and looking for upgrades and characters that synergise well is fun. The balancing seems, as far as I can tell so far, outstanding - time will tell if that holds.
caut_R@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Salt & Sanctuary I‘ve finally decided to put my mind to Salt & Sanctuary which has been in my library for… a long time but it never grabbed me. Now I‘ve started a new character and I‘m following a guide, it feels more engaging and fun to me with more direction. The guide‘s crazy detailed and I‘m amazed someone sat down and typed all that out (screenshots incl.) for a - in my opinion - rather niche title. The only thing that bugs me is the animation update rate, the game can run at triple digit fps, it still looks and feels like 60.
Octopath Traveler I‘ve also bought and started Octopath Traveler on Steam which I didn‘t want to at first since I a) have it on Switch already and b) like achievement hunting and boy does that game want you to turn every pebble for that. However, the music is so effing amazing (check out the title theme on YT or wherever) and the game so visually beautiful, I just needed the 60 fps and full res. I realized there‘s something very soothing for me in experiencing a jrpg story in pixelart. I regret nothing (yet).
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 9 hours ago
Ooh I’m very curious to hear about Salt & Sanctuary. After just now finishing Mandragora I’ve gotten the Metroidvania/Soulslike bug and I’m on the outlook for something similar to fill the void. Right now I’m on Blasphemous but S&S is on my wishlist for the next sale along with Grime.
caut_R@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I think you’ll like SnS then. It‘s about 80% Soulslike and 20% Metroidvania.
It‘s a game where you can tell that they played Dark Souls and thought „We really wanna make that as well.“ Armor‘s practically useless, you‘re just looking for the most OP rings and weapon movesets - just like in Souls games.
It‘s a game with lots of love and little budget, with lots of things to find and things to fight if you look around.
This is all just my opinion being maybe 20% into the game so far, though.
TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
monster hunter rise
uawarebrah@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
I’m finally playing Horizon zero dawn. Liking it a lot so far.
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Euro Truck Simulator 2
The week that I pack away my wheel/pedals is the same time I get the urge to go back to ETS2… :D
Controller and a numpad for extra buttons works really well. Obviously not as immersive but is much easier/quicker to jump in and start playing.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 15 hours ago
mohab@piefed.social 1 day ago
Unbelievable, but fucking Death Stranding 😂 The story has some cool concepts and moments—e.g. Mama's story—but it's too obtuse, has too much filler, and many senseless moments. Like, the [spoiler]Junk Dealer and his girl[/spoiler] living literal meters away from each other and for some reason trying and failing to find each other or establish contact for years, or an entire MULE camp peacefully coexisting next to a Timefall farm… best way I can describe the world and story so far is it's an inconsistent mess.
Funniest moments though has got to be The Craftsman going "Fuck you, not joining your UCA!" only to go back on that in the literal next sentence with "But maybe if you do X, we can talk!" 😂
Apart from the odd climbing bugs and the silly, barebones combat, the game is nice though. Rebuilding the world and cooperating with other players feels really nice. And barely making it through BT encounters on very hard is exhilarating.
Fucking bikes are awesome to ride too… I love how goofy they're meant to be.
I don't see myself coming back after I 100% it though… I'm halfway through and I don't see any value in replaying the game so far. It's not exactly a skill-based game, and after roads and ziplines, I'm hardly motivated to go back to walking, but I don't think it's meant to be replayable, and I'll probably get like ~70 or more hours out of it in total and I bought it for $7, so I suppose that's OK.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
So as a Kojima sceptic, is the story/writing better or worse than you expected? Or about what you thought?
I always felt like Kojima would be unstoppable if he hired an editor and a writer he trusted, and just let those two translate the “Kojima” into the scrips. He has always had lots of amazing ideas, but I’m not sure I would call him a great writer.
mohab@piefed.social 1 day ago
Based on my experience so far, I totally agree with you. I'm simultaneously impressed by the ideas and confused by the package they came in.
It's just that the fluff and errors are glaringly obvious… hard to fathom how the same mind who came up with these captivating ideas wrote, or at best OK'd, the fluff and errors.
I'd say I expected poor and somewhat pretentious writing and got that, but I'm impressed enough by the ideas that I haven't started skipping cutscenes yet, so I assume, overall, it's net positive… not by much, but it is.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I got AC: Unity on sale on steam so I’ve been replaying that. The controls are pretty jank and rough, but I’m still enjoying it.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’ve had a fair few talks on here recently about Unity. I liked it way more than the general consensus. I’ve heard there’s a really good mod for it that fixes nearly all of the problems, but I haven’t tried it personally.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I was looking at some, but there aren’t too many that aren’t just new outfits or skins to play with; at least on nexus.
hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 18 hours ago
I’ve been back on COD Mobile this week. I’m just doing F2P. They had a collaboration with Gundam so that drew me back in. The Gundam TDM mode is really nice.
Contrasting that: I got SmokePatch set up with PES 2021 (on Linux!). I moved from EA FC to eFootball when it became too much like a slot machine. while the 30th anniversary stuff in eFootball looks cool, it’s turning into a slot machine as well. SmokePatch doesn’t have any mtx, it has great community addons, and it retained Master League. Enjoying the immersion of my favorite team, their stadium, and commentary in my preferred language.
If I get a little more free time, I’ll finish the last three chapters of Fire Emblem Warriors. I just worry that my team isn’t leveled up enough yet, so I might have to do some stories in History Mode first.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 day ago
For the first time in forever I am playing multiple games at the same time.
Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos. I had that game as a kid but I don’t think I ever got any further than the first enemy. And it’s amazing! The whole game is dubbed. And it has four protagonists to choose from, each with their individual voice lines about basically any situation or item you come across. And all the NPC’s lines match them and they address you by name.
And the graphics are super beautiful. Pixel graphics but with great details and animations. Like when you get your spellbook you get a super elaborate T-1000-like animation of some droplets forming a scroll.
X-Wing via XWVM: The old X-Wing game with updated graphics and quality of life improvements. Just awesome! It’s still an alpha but basically plays like a beta. I have hardly any bugs, just occasional crashes, and none are game breaking. And supposedly they are already pretty far along with TIE Fighter compatibility. Can’t wait to play that. TIE Fighter TC is nice and all, but stuffing everything into the X-Wing Alliance engine feels pretty clunky while XWVM just works.
Cyberpunk 2077: My son bought it on sale and I wanted to try it as well, although I don’t really like cyberpunk. Too realistic. But the game is great. Plays like a combination of Deus Ex and GTA. I’d say it feels more like the original Deus Ex than the newer Deus Ex games. Maybe with slightly less open levels. But not much.
Limbo and Inside: The games are about to be delisted from GOG so I got them quickly. It’s chill to play which suits me well. Love it so far.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I didn’t know Limbo and Inside were about to be delisted. They’re some of my favourite shorter games I’ve ever played, especially Inside. I already own them on every platform I’ve owned since they released (PC, Xbox, PlayStation, iOS, Android) otherwise I’d be getting it now on GOG. Those games are awesome.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
I’m excited to play them! I also got them yesterday due to the impending delisting. I typically hate puzzle platformers but I’ve been assured they aren’t too bad.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Still knocking around Enderal.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 15 hours ago
That game was so boring and idk, depressing
I don’t like Skyrim very much (especially compared to Morrowind or Oblivion) so it might be just that
Nemo@slrpnk.net 12 hours ago
Enderal brings the Skyrim Engine much closer to the Mortiwind experience, for me, both in terms of story and exploration. It’s refreshing to have an open world game that’s dense instead of nearly empty.
I get that it’s grimdark and punishes optimism and that’s not for everyone, especially given the state of our real world right now. I’m a little bit spoiled on the ending and maybe I’ll feel differently once I’m hit with by twist with the full weight of narrative behind it.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
I finished Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree this week, and I had an absolute blast with it. I bought it because it was written by Bloodlines-writer Brian Mitsoda, but while the story ended up being serviceable at most I really loved the gameplay. It’s very light on platforming - which I loved because I hate platforming - and the PoE inspired skill tree added a dimension to the 2.5D Soulslike that really tickled my brain just right. The Metroidvania elements were well done with lots of exploration, shortcuts and secrets and new parts of old areas opening up with each new method of traversal unlocked. Difficulty felt pretty good too, I’m starting to feel like I’m over the super difficult games and this never got too frustrating. Plus it does have accessibility options. In fact, I liked it so much I was extremely tempted to jump right back in and do NG+, and that is a rarity for me. I was thinking second playthrough first with a different playstyle, but I ended up really loving my build by the end.
Instead though I tried out Blasphemous. I got it on the summer sale at 90% off and thought it could satiate the same craving as NG+ of Mandragora. I’m about a third of the way through now though and… I’m not sure I like it. The world building is amazing and I do really love the atmosphere, story and lore. However, a lot of the gameplay design just feels annoying and unfun for the sake of it. I understand that it’s supposed to be because the theme of the game is all about the virtue of suffering but… I don’t know. My life sucks enough as it is, I don’t need to hate myself more. Also there is an enormous amount of platforming for a game with clunky controls and janky detection for hitboxes and ledge grabs and whatnot. If I knew how much platforming it had I wouldn’t have bought it, even for a dollar. We’ll see how it goes but I’m very close to shelving it as I’m not really having fun.
As a palate cleanser today I played through GRIS, which was also 90% off on the sale. While I generally hate puzzle platformers, this is more of an interactive artwork than anything and thankfully the puzzles and platforming bits were very simple and forgiving. I enjoyed it a lot, it’s an absolutely gorgeous game, a very short (couple of hours) emotional journey through grief with a fantastic score and some stunning visuals. Definitely recommend it. It’s a perfect intermission game in-between longer titles.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Just got home from holiday a couple of days ago, and while the plan was to open up my laptop and continue my Kerbal Space Program game, it’s simply too hot here these days to enjoy anything for fun. So I mostly just do “nothing” while playing chess.
Looking forward to colder temperatures next week.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I feel that, it’s scorching where I live too (at least for me, I prefer colder temps). I had to buy an extra portable AC this year otherwise I’d be in the same boat as you.
Cort@lemmy.world 40 minutes ago
timberborn
The new zip lines are a real game changer