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peter, do gaming w What does everyone think about The Finals?
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It crashes probably 90% of the times I launch it but the few times I’ve managed to play I’ve found it to be a lot of fun

ampersandrew, (edited ) do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th
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Hellblade II is almost certainly coming out this year, perhaps very soon, so I got Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice for a few dollars on the recent Steam sale. It's certainly a looker, but I would prefer if the mechanics were a bit more sophisticated. Maybe it'll get there, but I'm a few hours in now, and I'm pretty sure I've seen the entire loop. The combat and puzzle mechanics are both what I'd call serviceable, but it's really the presentation in this game that they knocked out of the park, yet I still don't know if that's enough for me to give the game a glowing recommendation, even if I am enjoying the game.

I'm still making progress in Pillars of Eternity ahead of Avowed's release, finally getting into some of the White March content, around level 6. The game remains great, but my biggest criticism thus far is still that the intended player level for a given area or quest should be better communicated. I end up timidly doing the stuff that I'm confident is around my level rather than the content that appears to be most interesting to me at the time.

Some friends and I started up a co-op game of Quake II in the remaster, and holy cow, this is so much better than our time in the first Quake, due in no small part to that compass feature they added. The era of FPS games I'm most into would be the era just beyond Quake II's initial release, and the biggest difference, I'd say, between those two eras in level design is that the older "boomer shooters" would let you get lost in a maze while their successors would close off access to most of the areas that you don't need to bother with yet/anymore, alleviating frustration. It also just feels so much better right out of the gate than the previous Quake, and the levels are somewhat trying to approximate a space that would exist in a fiction created for the game rather than just being a vague labyrinth with monsters in it.

In another co-op group, I'm in the early hours of Titan Quest, as a way of dipping my toes into the loot game genre, which I hadn't really had a taste for in the past. I figured with the sequel on the way, and no desire to touch Diablo with a ten foot pole, this would be a good time to do it. We just had to fight a centaur that I'm not sure whether it counts as a boss or not; hopefully bosses in this game are more interesting than that one was, because with the skills we had access to in the early game (not many), the fight was mostly just running around in circles and taking shots at him when we could without getting pummeled.

Vodulas,

I bounced pretty hard of Hellblade. The combat frustrated me to no end. It felt like it was just tacked on to an otherwise puzzle focused game.

ConstableJelly,

You’ve seen everything Hellblade has to offer in the combat department. I enjoyed it personally; it’s really slick in its simplicity, but you are right that it’s not the main draw. Hellblade shines in its performances, journey, and presentation, like you said. Some of the set pieces are just striking in the best (and worst) ways.

It’s a really effective and unique experience overall.

habanhero, do games w What are some of the best mini-games youve played? (games inside games)

Dead Space (2008) ADS Cannon Puzzle. Epitome of game making. Guarantees 5 hours of your time whether you like it or not.

tsonfeir,
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Comms Array was pretty cool though.

PenguinTD, do gaming w What games do you think are unfairly snubbed when talking about the best games of all time?

IMO, it’s hard to claim best game of all time unless it ages well, and not just some unique gimmick the game provided at the time.

Ie, I don’t like Tetris but for sure it is one of the best game of all time.

However, if what you mean is good games that somewhat get outshined by others or lacks media attentions, then I agree. There are plenty of other games, and I think people would have bias toward their favorite genre/type.

shapesandstuff,

“Best” and “most important” are also two very different things. Like tetris, pong, doom and some other trail blazers might not be the kind of long-term engaging many people would think of when coming up with best games. But their impact and long term effects on the tech, the market or design of games is impossible to ignore.

PenguinTD,

that’s why I argue you can’t put “best” and “all time” together. If the title says “best game of their time but got snubbed by medias” then I might have a couple of my own to provide as example.

shapesandstuff,

Yeah exactly, I agree

sunbunman, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th

Monster Hunter World. Spectacular game and seems to be having a second wind right now is player base.

Turmbaumeister, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th

Bloodborne - barely remember anything from the last time I played it. It’s still so good even with 30fps and meh graphics. The very first area (central yharnam) is better than anything in LotF, so good.

Dhs92, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th

Recently started playing Wayfinders. It’s not a 10/10 MMO, but it’s still fun and has potential

ModernRisk, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th

Trying to play Alan Wake 2. Trying as in no time but still try to make a bit of time for it.

Titan, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th

Trying The Last of Us on PC. The TAA in this game is atrocious, everything is a smear fest

Annoyed_Crabby, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th

EDF5, the one true patriotism game. Can’t wait for EDF6 localisation.

altima_neo, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th
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Firing up the old PS2 and playing some Odin Sphere

calabast, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 14th

Sinking even more hours of my life into Path of Exile. Also been playing some Cobalt Core on my steam deck I got for Christmas.

Tom_bishop, do games w What are some of the best mini-games youve played? (games inside games)

Attending university

Aielman15, (edited ) do games w What are some of the best mini-games youve played? (games inside games)
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I have a few.

PGR3, a Xbox360 racing game, contains Geometry Wars 1 and 2 as mini games. YT Link

Celeste contains the entirety of Celeste Classic (PICO-8) as an easter egg in one of its levels. YT Link

Xenogears, a PS1 JRPG game, contains a battle arena minigame, and I spent a few hours on that as a kid. YT Link

Machinarium’s Gomoku/5 in a row minigame is so much fun, I played it with my friends at school when we didn’t want to listen to our teacher :) By the way, I really recommend Machinarium to every fan of old school point-and-click games.

Thassodar,

Geometry Wars was the best! And in each Project Gotham the had a new version!

newthrowaway20, (edited ) do games w What are some of the best mini-games youve played? (games inside games)

I like how the Yakuza/Like a Dragon is jam packed with mini-games. Sega even puts classic arcade games in it. But I feel like bang for your buck, you’re going to have the most mini games in the Yakuza game than you will in any other game.

ladytaters,

This, absolutely. The claw catcher is my jam.

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