I’m playing the last of us part 2. Finished part 1 last week and enjoyed it so much i jumped straight into part 2. I think I’m about half way into it. I’ve somehow managed to mostly avoid spoilers - I have a vague idea what happens but I still don’t really know how it’s going to end. Damn, what a story.
Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
Submitted 2 months ago by BurntWits@sh.itjust.works to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
Comments
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 month ago
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I loved TLOU1, truly a fantastic game. The sequel, I never finished. Got a little over halfway through. I hope you beat it though.
lath@piefed.social 2 months ago
I’m going to try for the Witcher trilogy, but I can’t say I’ll follow through.
ragas@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Heh. Started that one too 2 years ago. I’m still stuck at part one in the beginning
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have a few tips for the first Witcher that might help a bit. Its combat is like a (simple) rhythm game, you need to click with specific timing (signalled by the change of mouse cursor) to keep the optimal combo going. Also keep enemy weaknesses, your combat style etc in mind when fighting - not engaging with game mechanics can make things way more difficult then they really are and it’s one of the reasons many people bounce off of the game. Sure, it’s old and somewhat janky but some of the problems can be avoiding by playing properly.
Anyway, that’s just a suggestion. Good luck!
lath@piefed.social 1 month ago
Right now, my problem is technical. The first Witcher isn’t made for modern systems, so it crashes a lot.
Cutscenes leading into loading screen will freeze the game. It happens when crossing from the prologue to first act.
if lighting isn’t set go low in settings, cutscenes will start during combat
game can crash during combat
run too fast or too long, game crashes
try to exit the game normally, it stops responding.
It definitely did not age well.
eezeebee@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Lemmy recommended it to me a few times. So far so good!
A few parts have been quite a bit more difficult than I was expecting, and I’m currently stuck again so will have to look up a guide for the next step. Besides a few instances of not knowing the intended path it’s been great so far.
tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Been going hard on Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin.
Besides that, I’m 10-11 hours into Stella Glow on my 2DS XL, and have been playing Grim Dawn and Slay the Spire 2 co-op with my wife.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 months ago
How are you finding Stranger Of Paradise? Since getting into Ninja Gaiden this past year I’ve come into contact with some more CAG players and some of them talked it up as having really great combat.
tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m enjoying it. I bounced off the game the first time I played as I was expecting maybe a more traditional Final Fantasy experience and it didn’t click with me. I’ve played a few souls-likes since and the gameplay is meshing better for me now, though it’s still difficult at times.
Combat is enjoyable, but the gear filtering and management is kind of annoying.
I’ve read it’s similar to Nioh’s gameplay but I’m not familiar with that one.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m almost done with Race Driver: GRID. I got all the cars, won all but the final 6 races and pretty much got my fill of the game. I soured on it a bit (mostly due to the amount of events I’m not a huge fan of) but I still like it overall. Not enough to grind for the first place on the career leaderboard though.
I won’t be writing a big summary of the experience as I already mentioned everything before (limited number of tracks, aggressive opponents, mostly fun driving model etc). What I can write however is: playing this title gave me a bit of insight into what I’m interested in in a racing game (in term of events). For GRID the end result looks like this:
Favourite events Least favourite events Touge (not even close) Destruction Derby (I’m so glad it barely exists) Touring Cars Club GT Open Wheel 24 Hours Le Mans Everything else is pretty much a toss-up depending on the event or track, varying between “this is great” and “please kill me”. It was fun but I’m kinda glad I’ll be moving to something else soon.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Are there a lot of cinematics and cutscenes? I tried forza horizon as i think ot was the most popular game at the time and i just wanted to get up and walk away from the computer every time theres like a 30 second cutscene explaining the story and i just wanna drive the damn car in a race!
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I’m playing FH4 atm and I feel that! The combination of NPCs always talking, the UI being locked while they do and the fact you can’t lower the speech volume below 1/10 is pretty fucking annoying.
I think FH5 was a bit better in that regard but it’s been a while so I may be mis-remembering.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There isn’t any real story beyond “you’re starting a race team, good luck” - it’s completely focused on gameplay. The only “cutscenes” in the game are short videos explaining certain event types but they only show up once or can be skipped (24H Le Mans).
Maestro@fedia.io 2 months ago
This week I finished "Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark" (EGS freebie) and launched my first rocket in "Factorio". Both are great games.
For Darkside Detectives, the site nicegamehints.com was really useful. It contains a lot of hints for games that help you without spoilering stuff for you. Great if you get really stuck.
Factorio was great too. I will definitely be playing more of it, but I'm taking a break to prevent burning myself out. I finished with every research unlocked and a Spidertron built. I used zero imported blueprints. But my factory was structured in such a way that it was impossible to grow much further without tearing most of it down (scaling up oil is hard!).
For now I'm playing "Far Cry: Primal" which I had in my backlog for some time. The first few hours have been fun but installing almost made me refund it. Ubisoft Connect is horrible and the service wouldn't sent me the confirmation mail I needed. And after that the game bugged out on my high DPI display, until I figured out how to change display setting without a mouse. I'll think twice (nay, thrice!) about buying a Ubisoft game in the future.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 months ago
I’ve been absolutely absorbed by this game the past week, having finally pulled the trigger on it after eyeing it for a long time. It’s a 2.5D light horror roguelike, but there is so much more to it than it seems at first. Whenever I think I have a handle on it it keeps throwing new cool stuff at me, and the world building and story just keeps getting more interesting the more I play. It has a very unique vibe to it and a very distinctive and unique voice and direction.
The combat is clunky and janky yes, but you do get used to it and it gets a bit better after you start unlocking more tools, spells and weapons and start being able to actually make focused builds. The build crafting and customization is fun even when the mechanics of the combat itself is a little clunky. But this isn’t a game you play for the combat anyway, but for the exploration, the lore, the story and the world building. Which is also partly told through item descriptions, Dark Souls-style.
Honestly I really don’t want to spoil anything as the game has some interesting surprises so if you think this is your vibe I recommend just giving it a chance. It’s very cool and I can see why it’s such a beloved hidden gem. I can’t wait to see what else it has up its sleeve.
Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 months ago
Reminds me I haven't picked anything yet. Finished a game on Saturday but the following days were pretty busy for me. What to play now...
Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I’ve decided to try and play the all mainline Resident Evil games, to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Currently on RE 0, and I’ve previously beaten 2 remake, 3 remake, 4 remake, 7, 8, and 9. I’m pretty excited for 5 and 6, just to see if they’re as bad as everyone says
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
RE6 isn’t really that bad honestly. Sure, it’s not the greatest game in the series but as long as you keep in mind it’s an action game and learn how to play (it has a surprisingly deep combat system which isn’t explained in the game itself) there’s plenty to enjoy. This guide shows a good amount of what’s possible, if you’re curious.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 months ago
Thats awesome. I’ve been trying to do this with final fantasy games. All the bitmapped games are on gameboy advance. Very convenient.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 months ago
bg3. have cleared out as much of the tower as I can without getting everyone hostile like the prison and the dock and the front and the balcony. I did the inn of course and the east side of the map so now heading to the house of healing to find arebellas parents and the sick guy thing.
VexLogic@feddit.online 2 months ago
I’m trying to be responsible and work on rebuilding my homelab setup, but I made the bad decision to install the Progression Modpack for Rimworld and have been dipping into that a bit for like an hour or 2 before bed lately. I’m excited to get deeper into it!
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 months ago
Thinking about some time in the water with subnautica
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Factorio. Please send help, I can’t stop.
ragas@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Can’t. Factory must grow.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My main iron and stone deposits were too far from each other to be practical so I had to set up a whole new concrete plant a ways away. Then a train line to bring the concrete in. Then I had to take care of some biters in the vicinity to make room for the concrete plant. And there went my evening.
UnPassive@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My brother and I have been trying to get every achievement in Ark Survival Evolved. This week we’re trying to defeat the gardians of the center.