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w_l_l_w, do games w Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

bioshock infinite. Technically finished it, but I’m replaying on hard

Signtist, do games w Is Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Worth Playing in 2025?
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It was my friend's favorite game when it came out, though I never played it myself, and he was a huge FFVII fan, so it might've just been viewed through rose-tinted lenses. Still, if you're big fan like he was, I'd say you might as well give it a shot if you have the opportunity. If I recall correctly, he said it was only 5-10 hours long, so not too much of a commitment.

magnetosphere, do gaming w just got Shadow of the Colossus for my PS5 today, amazing and beautiful game thus far.
@magnetosphere@fedia.io avatar

I envy you for experiencing it for the first time. Enjoy.

MITM0, do gaming w Whine harder you assholes
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

Ah more of this Anti-Straight bigotry

michaelmrose,

You know how it’s not racist to point out others being racist because bigot isn’t a protected class?

untorquer,

Protected class is a legal status, probably want to make that point from an ethical basis rather than US law.

michaelmrose,

I think the implication is clear. It’s not bigotted to be biased against the bigot if you need it clearer.

untorquer,

No the sentiment was clear and intention agreed.

skisnow,

You need to put a /s on there so that readers know you’re not a colossal bellend

itsgallus, do gaming w just got Shadow of the Colossus for my PS5 today, amazing and beautiful game thus far.

It’s such a liminal game. Love it. Some colossi are frustrating, though, but remember they all have a strategy to them — the battles are like puzzles. Don’t be ashamed to look up the solutions if you get stuck. They still take some skill to carry out once you’ve figured them out.

rafoix, do games w Is Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Worth Playing in 2025?

Every game is worth playing to see if its fun.

This one sucks and is the beginning of the FF7 cow being milked. It hasn’t gotten much better.

rafoix, do games w Why do new Silent Hill entries attract so much negativity?

SH2 is good but is suffers greatly with performance and visuals because it uses UE5.

Kolanaki, do gaming w just got Shadow of the Colossus for my PS5 today, amazing and beautiful game thus far.
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

There is a giant ass cliff somewhere in the game that seems impossible to climb even when you’re maxed out. But there is a way to get all the way to the top and you will find nothing there unless you finish the entire game like 4 or 5 times. And then… It’s still totally not worth it even though they actually put something there.

cRazi_man, do gaming w just got Shadow of the Colossus for my PS5 today, amazing and beautiful game thus far.
@cRazi_man@europe.pub avatar

I never played this all the way through. I’ve just gotten it ony PS2 emulator. Looking forward to it.

Godort, do games w [minor spoilers] Promise Mascot Agency

I bounced off of this game initially because I didn’t care for the mascot management aspect. I think I need to revisit it with adjusted expectations as most people love it so I must be missing something.

I much preferred their prior game, Paradise Killer.

wry,

If it helps, I thought I wouldn't like it as well for the same reason but gave it a try based on reviews I was seeing. I am very glad that I did.

I'm now looking into giving their previous game a try because I think I will like that as well.

dj1936, do zapytajszmer w Kofeina, kofeina, co zamiast niej
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Odwyk od narkotyku. Może jakiś detoks.

:>

wry, do games w [Spoilers] Day 403 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing (The Last of Us Part 2)

That game was fun over all. I was a bit disappointed with some aspects of the story and characters, but I would need to go into spoilers to discuss that here.

Kolanaki, do gaming w Whine harder you assholes
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

No one is forced to be straight… Most games don’t even have romances.

Like you think Doom Guy is straight because he’s clearly a Christian? When I control him, he’s the gayest queen in Hell. 🤷‍♂️

UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

No one is forced to be straight…

Virtually every JRPG has a straight romance subplot, typically staring the main character. Every FF since… six? Every Dragon Quest. Every Persona. Kingdom Hearts. Fucking Mario Brothers has a straight romance in it.

Like you think Doom Guy is straight because he’s clearly a Christian?

I think you can head-cannon that the two dudes in Time Crisis are having hard core steamy Special Agent on Special Agent lovemakings in between chapters. Fine and good.

But when Arno & Elise kiss in Assassin’s Creed Unity? I’m sorry, but nobody needs to see that heteronormative degenerate filth. Kids are playing that game. What are they going to grow up thinking?

KombatWombat,

For Mario and Peach, Nintendo has had decades to do something and hasn’t. They officially confirmed they’re just friends I believe.

For Kingdom Hearts, it’s a similar thing with Sora and Kairi. There are some undertones and potentially attraction but they’re just friends, and children besides. They haven’t done so much as kiss. Plus with Birth by Sleep it’s shown that Sora literally has had another dude inside him for years.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

SoraXRiku what’s this kairi bullshit

KombatWombat,
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

exACTly

skisnow,

Those relationships are straight-coded as heck though, there’s no way you could flip genders on Peach or Kairi and not have the result be interpreted by gamers as super gay.

Pheta,

nobody needs to see that heteronormative degenerate filth. Kids are playing that game.

Wow, didn't expect someone speaking so loudly about same sex relationships to be so bigoted, but all walks of life, I guess. Either way, I seriously hope you have no interaction with anyone below the age of 30 personally or professionally.

I'm not gonna even get into how romance is just a part of a story, and if you read anything that has romance in it, fanfic or not, it has just as much a right to exist.

I will however rip into you pointing out franchises for 'heteronormative degenerate filth'. First, the game isn't about you. No game ever is, nor ever will be. If that is a moral failing of a game, I suggest you start making games yourself or stop playing them, because any other expectation is really stupid beyond compare.

I will concede that games often lure you into self inserting yourself into the main character, as JRPGs tend to do. But at some point, the illusion has to break, and I can't really imagine how you'd get mad if you're self inserting into Zidane (FF IX protagonist) or even Leon or Cloud ( I hope you know enough about franchises you're trash talking to know who they are).

Also, to complain about the Assassin's Creed franchise of all things is so braindead I have to question if you're a plant. You're saying children are playing a game whose whole premise is premediated murder, and the romance scenes are what you're up in arms about? That is honestly beneath anything that breathes to acknowledge, and really shows that critical thinking is a skill.

Do note, however, that if children are playing a game with mature content in it? That's the parent's responsibility as an individual to care for their child. Games aren't obligated to include or exclude content to suit children, nor even whiny little shits like yourself.

hypna,

I think it was satire

Machinist,
@Machinist@lemmy.world avatar

Wooooooooooosh

michaelmrose,

I think user is joking or trolling

Zahille7,

I feel like your point about ACU is good, but I also feel like the Arno/Elise romance is a driving factor for his character. Sure, it’s unfortunate it’s yet another straight romance story, and I feel like an argument could be made that it almost should have been a gay romance between two boys who grew up together. Idk where I’m really going with this besides I think the romance in general is the point and not the fact that it’s with Elise, a woman.

UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Sure, it’s unfortunate it’s yet another straight romance story

I’m not really begrudging the straightness of the romance. More scoffing at the double standard. Nobody who complains about non-hetero romance seems to mind this https://media.tenor.com/fCzuj602feIAAAAM/superstar-saga-mario.gif

Zahille7,

It took me a couple times rereading your comment this morning to really realize what you mean.

And I agree with your point fully.

bluecat_OwO,
@bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world avatar

I feel moved! imagine a 6’7 monster like human, ripping apart monsters to save a rabbit, but its a total drag queen outside the outer space

RizzRustbolt,

Doom Guy is canonically ace. But the story is still vague on wether he is panromantic or not.

lemat_87, do zapytajszmer w Kofeina, kofeina, co zamiast niej
@lemat_87@szmer.info avatar

Ja bardzo lubię bardzo bardzo mocną zieloną herbatę, stawia na nogi jak kawa i dłużej działa

obywatelle,
@obywatelle@szmer.info avatar

Tak mocna zielona herbata to też megadawka kofeiny, więc nie podziała.

Dreaming_Novaling, (edited ) do games w Day 402 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Almost thought the pic was a shitpost before I remembered Smash exists (forgive me I hate fighting games). Lovely that we live in a timeline where Shirtless sephiroth, Kirby’s Pokemon cousin, and a gorilla named after another animal, and crossover fighting game characters can all fight each other.

Tier1BuildABear,
@Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world avatar

“another fighting game character” YOU DARE DISRESPECT THE THWOMP

Dreaming_Novaling,

Lol I know what a Thwomp is, I was more so noting the fact that the pic is missing a fourth player, so I just was thinking about fighting game crossovers in general.

Tier1BuildABear,
@Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world avatar

Fair, I just found it funny XD

brsrklf, (edited )

“Another fighting game character”, take your pick. Just with non-nintendo IPs at this point it could be Ryu, Ken, Terry Bogard or Kazuya Mishima.

And then you can throw Solid Snake, Pac-Man, Sonic, Mega Man, Simon Belmont, fucking Minecraft Steve and a Mii disguised as Sans from Undertale into the mix.

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

Fair enough on the fighting games lol. Smash is the only one that i’ve really found stuck to me. It having multiple franchises i think helps (and contributes to how surreal the image is)

Dreaming_Novaling,

Yeah I love watching them and really wanna get into them (P4AU, Guilty Gear, Street Fighter, etc.), plus their soundtracks are banger. But I fucking suck at fighting games and the only one I ever tolerated was the soloplayer Pokken Tournament campaign. I honestly got bored of both 3DS and Wii U smash as a child very quickly, and to this day I feel bad for the money wasted.

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