What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

Finally finished Alien: Isolation in Nightmare mode. Died innumerable times, but the joy of find solutions in scarcity is one of a kind.

I'm kind of interested in this rg351mp to play old 8 bit and 16 bit games.. I'm not really into anything more than that but they'll do n64 it appears

Does anyone have experience with it, or other portable emulator system?

They cost a couple hundred canadian but they're frickin metal...

I beat Assassin's Creed Origins and liked it. Egypt is so cool. I had never beaten an Assassin's Creed game before. Tried the first two back in the day and found them both very boring and quit. Bought Odyssey as a result. Learning about [spoiler below] was cool and weird as I think they expected me to know stuff from previous games.

Not sure what I'll play next. Have a few things in my backlog.

cuphead dlc.

  On 7/6/2022 at 8:13 AM, yekker said:

I'm kind of interested in this rg351mp to play old 8 bit and 16 bit games.. I'm not really into anything more than that but they'll do n64 it appears

Does anyone have experience with it, or other portable emulator system?

 

They cost a couple hundred canadian but they're frickin metal...

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Sounds like the Steamdeck would be a better purchase in the long run. More expensive you can play anything from MAME to PS3 games on it - and of course, your Steam library. I'm thinking about buying one.

Playing The Witness now. Definitely a humbling experience. Some of the puzzles seem impossible until you solve them. Not confident I'll be able to finish this one but I'm really liking some of the philosophical/creative takeaways from this game. 

  On 7/9/2022 at 11:45 AM, Squee said:

Sounds like the Steamdeck would be a better purchase in the long run. More expensive you can play anything from MAME to PS3 games on it - and of course, your Steam library. I'm thinking about buying one.

I really want something small and enough power to play mame. The mp has a really nice 4:3 screen.

  On 7/9/2022 at 9:22 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Playing The Witness now. Definitely a humbling experience. Some of the puzzles seem impossible until you solve them. Not confident I'll be able to finish this one but I'm really liking some of the philosophical/creative takeaways from this game. 

This game was my morning mantra to get my mind going. I love it and haven't finished yet also. Some puzzles were complete irreverence for me, but once I got them, everything fell in its place.

Just finished Metro 2033 Redux and now playing Metro Last Light Redux.

Jeez, the design of the world is something else. Utterly awesome.

Running really smooth so far, 60fps and no jank 

  On 7/10/2022 at 6:37 AM, logakght said:

This game was my morning mantra to get my mind going. I love it and haven't finished yet also. Some puzzles were complete irreverence for me, but once I got them, everything fell in its place.

Only puzzle game I felt was really unfair. Many of the later puzzle solutions still don't make sense for me even after solved.

  On 7/11/2022 at 9:22 PM, onecaseman said:

Only puzzle game I felt was really unfair. Many of the later puzzle solutions still don't make sense for me even after solved.

Maybe nonsense was the key for some of them?

osu! ..anyone?

https://osu.ppy.sh/home

The Flashbulb and Venetian Snares have some beatmaps there..

https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/37

https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/71

Started playing Fallout New Vegas for the first time. Seems solid only an hour in. 

  On 7/11/2022 at 10:48 PM, Squee said:

Started playing Fallout New Vegas for the first time. Seems solid only an hour in. 

this game has some of the best DLC ever made. Lonesome Road and Dead Money are must-play.

  On 6/28/2022 at 6:16 PM, Squee said:

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whoa. curse of monkey island was mega important to my childhood and still a favorite. ill definitely play this if it gets even half decent reviews

AC: Valhalla

Never was into AC games but I love this one so far. The graphics and scenery are pretty amazing. Reminds me of Skyrim and the Witcher 3 together. 

Even when playing on PS4 pro

Finished the Broken Steel questline in FO3 yesterday. I forgor how boring this game gets once you're OP at the max Level 30. At that point combat becomes a joke and it's basically a walking simulator. Might not touch it again for a long time, if ever.

I'm tempted to give Empyrion a try. Had it in my Steam library for a while but haven't touched it. Supposed to be like NMS with emphasis on survival elements.

 

I started Mass Effect Legendary Edition. I was on a ten year hiatus from video games when these came out, so I bought the trilogy used a while back and got stuck on the first mission. Gave this updated version a shot and am cruising through the early game.

I also beat Ghostwire Tokyo, but it's not near as good as The Evil Within games. There's a lot of Japanese ghost story context I felt was missing for me as an American.

This just happened:

  On 7/10/2022 at 6:11 AM, yekker said:

I really want something small and enough power to play mame. The mp has a really nice 4:3 screen.

The M and the P have the GBA aspect ratio, doesn't the MP too? 

I have the RG351V, which is proper 4:3. Retroarch is great on it, plays everything up to PS1 well. For ergonomics I think I'd prefer the M or the P or the MP. 

I've heard good things about the retroid pocket 2+, but I haven't tried it myself. Apparently it runs anything up to and including psp very well. Looks like a decent deal at $99. https://www.goretroid.com/products/retroid-pocket-2-plus-handheld-retro-gaming-system

I played: The Forest



Good indie game. Recommended.

Genre: Open-World Survival Crafting Horror
Setting: An island. You're a survivor of a plane crash.

To do: Chop trees, gather plants, hunt animals, build camps, craft gear, explore dark caves, make friends with the local cannibals, pretend the mutants don't exist, look for other survivors along the way, and maybe more importantly find your son.

Tips / Guide: Loot the plane crash site and get out of there before night falls. You'll now have the axe, meds, food, drinks, alcohol, cloth,... Also gather stones, sticks, and leaves. Look up a map of the island online. The local cannibals have regular patrol routes. Build a hunting shelter and a firepit in a safe spot the cannibals don't patrol near. Save. It's actually safer to build more smaller camp sites spread across the island and run from place to place, than it is to building one big base, staying there and having to defend it endlessly from increasingly harder attacks. The patrols get larger as days go by. Nights are especially dangerous (and scary) as the cannibals will be looking for any fire light source. Craft a bow and arrows and/or a spear. Go hunt. Drink from puddles. Eat from bushes. Build some more shelters along the way. Craft the warmsuit armor, as it makes you immune to cold and wet. You're now prepared to explore the island, the cannibal villages, and the caves. Good luck on your adventure,... I mean your search for your son Timmy.

I played: Rain World

I really wanted to love this game... But sadly it's not for me.

In short: Beautiful and unique, but unpleasant and unrewarding.

Positives: Beautiful art style, gritty atmosphere, interesting concept, finding new alien environments, trying to outsmart enemies, cute/sad story, interesting enemy AI and physics, no hand-holding, challenging,...

Negatives: Unrewarding exploration, janky menus, unresponsive clunky controls, no resolution options, no upgrades, too little guidance, frustratingly hard, no aiming, no health, quite unfair at times, tedious at times, unclear map, slow and limited movement, on a hidden random timer, dubious frustrating shelter/savepoint/death/karma-mechanic, long repeated cut-scenes, repetitive grinding for karma, no moving camera, creatures bugging out,...

Unfortunately I can't recommend this one.