What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 7/6/2021 at 9:54 PM, onecaseman said:

I platinumed the original, so more swinging around is always fun for me. Story slightly better than original, some new abilities, definitely shorter. It's pretty fun.

I have yet to play through the first one (glad I waited and got all the PS5 enhancements), so hence why I haven't played Miles Morales (yet).

GTA IV

  On 7/6/2021 at 10:29 PM, Joyrex said:

I have yet to play through the first one (glad I waited and got all the PS5 enhancements), so hence why I haven't played Miles Morales (yet).

Yeah do that first. May even have a bundle still.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - PS5

I don’t normally play stealth type games unless they have a more guns ablaze route but got it free with the PS Plus subscription this month.

I stuck with it as it looks good and I’m enjoying it now. About half way thru I think.

XCOM: Enemy Within

My gaming activity has to be limited for the next week or so though, so no games that require WSAD movement. Still trying to recover from this carpal tunnel shit. Getting old sucks (at least physically)

I also need to get a new gaming chair soon, or at least an office chair with armrests. My current chair I've been sitting in for the past five years doesn't have any. Could be partially the cause of this CT in the first place.

  On 7/12/2021 at 8:49 AM, Grain Bastard said:

A Plague Tale: Innocence - PS5

 

I don’t normally play stealth type games unless they have a more guns ablaze route but got it free with the PS Plus subscription this month.

 

I stuck with it as it looks good and I’m enjoying it now. About half way thru I think.

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I loved this game.

I started Resident Evil Village. Pretty cool so far. Lots of well designed characters. Going to go more campy I think. I prefer the conspiracy side of Resident Evil vs. the campy stuff, but oh well.

  On 7/7/2021 at 12:35 AM, onecaseman said:

Yeah do that first. May even have a bundle still.

I have both, so I am good in that regard - just need to find time to actually start playing!

Slow Mole, a free NES inspired platformer:

https://slowmoledev.itch.io/slow-mole

Just finished Resident Evil Village. Great game. Really enjoyed it.

I'm firing up Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart next. Only ever tried the one they gave away for free last year and didn't like it enough to finish it.

the team behind Mini Metro have released Mini Motorways on Steam and I'm loving it. simple, elegant, satisfying stuff. if you've played Mini Metro you know what you're in for.

I think I'm nearing the end of my XCOM: EW playthrough. Beefing up my five Psi soldiers and both of my MECs are fully upgraded. But I think I forgot to build the Gollop chamber.

I was playing a terror mission last night and accidentally lit a parked taxi car on fire with two civilians next to it. Sure enough, at the start of the next turn it went up in smoke and both nurse ladies got launched into the air at the same time. I laughed way harder than I should have. I probably shouldn't have laughed at all.

Might play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. after this, idk. But I should finish my track first.

Free game with 8-bit soundtrack by Bogdan Raczynski:

https://insanus.itch.io/get-out

gg strive. took some time to get used to coming from xrd, having good times now (<-ky). is it dumbed down? most deffo, but in a smart way, if that makes sense. recommended. good place to start with the franchise, too, methinks.

I realized last weekend that I don't think I've never actually played through the original Half Life on the hardest difficulty, so I took a couple hours to go through most of it and it's not that bad at all, but now I'm at the portal and I really don't know if I can bring myself to play through XEN etc. again on any difficulty.

  On 7/28/2021 at 5:11 PM, TubularCorporation said:

I realized last weekend that I don't think I've never actually played through the original Half Life on the hardest difficulty, so I took a couple hours to go through most of it and it's not that bad at all, but now I'm at the portal and I really don't know if I can bring myself to play through XEN etc. again on any difficulty.

I recommend Black Mesa if you haven't played it already. The Xen chapter onward got a complete overhaul and could definitely be a reason why this third-party remake took 15 years to complete.

  On 7/29/2021 at 4:47 AM, ambermonke said:

I recommend Black Mesa if you haven't played it already. The Xen chapter onward got a complete overhaul and could definitely be a reason why this third-party remake took 15 years to complete.

Yeah, I've considered it but the jankiness of those old Quake and Build engine games is a big part of the charm for me so I haven't quite bit yet. I might just take a rest on half life and play through Shadow Warrior or something. I was never as in to the Build stuff as a kid but I've been really enjoying it lately.

  On 7/29/2021 at 5:13 AM, TubularCorporation said:

Yeah, I've considered it but the jankiness of those old Quake and Build engine games is a big part of the charm for me so I haven't quite bit yet. I might just take a rest on half life and play through Shadow Warrior or something. I was never as in to the Build stuff as a kid but I've been really enjoying it lately.

Hmm...you should check out Ion Fury then - a Build engine game from 2019. (There's supposed to be a DLC coming out soon)

aw hell yeah

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles!

This could be interesting 

Finished S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: SoC again yesterday, then started a new F:NV playthrough with the Asurah Reanimation Pack & Project Nevada mods. Man, the weapon & character animations are so much smoother now - can't believe I didn't install this mod a long time ago. Also gonna try to haul all 37 gold bars out of the Sierra Madre this time around. I know it can be done - just watched a streamer do it.

  On 8/1/2021 at 4:22 AM, Rubin Farr said:

This could be interesting 

 

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I rike this a rot

I got the platinum for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Now I'm working my way through Hitman 3. Got most of the achievements for the first level, and just beat the murder mystery level.

I've gone back to Dragon Quest 11 (originally PS4, now playing on PS5) - I never finished it, and had not played since 2018...