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

Clocked in around 45 hours in Cyberpunk 2077 and I think I might reach an ending in another 5 hours. I had good expectations for this game and this game is just way higher than my expectations.

Love the world building, the lore they are trying to build on side, references to Cyberpunk Edgerunners sometimes.

Ashen44, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 14th

new rimworld DLC came out and that has taken up all my time. I’ve got to admit I had a few doubts about this one compared to the others, but sure enough they did it again and made an absolute banger of an expansion and now I have to sink another couple hundred hours…

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

Managed to get all the campaign achievements for Ghostwire: Tokyo, including a really, really stupid RNG one. There's an extra mode called The Spider's Thread, but I don't think I'm going to focus on that anytime soon. I need a break from Tokyo lol.

I wanted something that wasn't very combat heavy next and picked Kona. For the most part it felt like Kholat meets The Painscreek Killings - a fun little detective walking sim that just lets you loose without really telling you where to go or what to do, all while taking place during a blizzard. I liked wandering around and trying to figure things out myself, and the narrator didn't seem too overbearing. I had a good time, up until the ending. It felt rushed and just kind of... happened. Like one moment you're going along in the forest looking for stuff, and then all of the sudden, here's an explaination for everything in a short scene! Now literally run to the end! Bye! I was hoping for something a little more drawn out.

I'm not really into soulslike games, but since Lies of P was on GamePass, I thought I might as well try it out. I'm actually having a good time playing it. I'm usually not great at soulslike since they can be frustrating, and I'm not a fan of "die in order to learn", but I'm making progress and the story is kind of interesting. I really like the atmosphere, very steampunk vibes. Some of the characters could have had a little more effort put into them, but that's a minor complaint overall.

Megaman_EXE,

You’ve just reminded me that I’ve wanted to try both ghostwire and lies of P on gamepass! I’m always so terrible and managing my time lol. I wish there was a calendar so we could see months in advance when a game will leave the service. It’s not so bad with short games. But the longer RPG’s are tough to finish in a month if you discover they’re leaving!

CharlesReed,

Absolutely, that's one of the reasons I try to mix up my gaming between longer games that I know will take me a while and short games I get through in a night. I knew Ghostwire would take me longer because it's open world (the main story itself is kind of short, but I'm a completionist who has to get everything collectible), and I figure Lies of P will take me a while just from dying and restarting a bunch.

GnomeKat, do games w Been playing FF7 Rebirth (35 hours in) and really not enjoying it. Does anyone else feel this way?
@GnomeKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

How do you spend 35 hours on a game you aren’t enjoying??? My dawg value your time more

Iapar,

Hope dies last.

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

I’ve been itching to play atomic heart ever since me and a friend tried the demo the other day. probably gonna pick it up when I get paid.

DdCno1,

It’s clunky, but not in an indearing eurojank way. Absolutely repulsive writing doesn’t help. I wouldn’t recommend it.

FeelThePower,

Awe, bummer. Thanks for the heads up though.

DdCno1,

If you’re interested in an Eastern European take on Bioshock/Half Life, try the Metro series instead, if you haven’t already.

If you want to play an equally fascinating and highly flawed Eurojank shooter that is actually endearing, play You Are Empty. It’s only available as abandonware and needs some tweaks to work on modern systems:

BautAufWasEuchAufbaut, do gaming w Got a Switch today, need some recommendations.
@BautAufWasEuchAufbaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

As far as I understand:

  • both Zeldas
  • Super Mario Maker 2
  • Super Mario Odysee
  • Splatoon
ConstableJelly,

Aw man, I forgot about Splatoon, and I think that would have been great but apparently there’s no splitscreen multiplayer. Good suggestion though!

solivine,
@solivine@sopuli.xyz avatar

There’s a good Kirby game on the switch that has coop story mode.

ConstableJelly,

Hell yeah, that’s perfect! Kinda forgot that I did also have the original Gameboy, and Kirby’s Dreamland was almost certainly my favorite game on it.

eco_game,

I absolutely loved Splatoon 2, especially the DLC. It’s such a shame that you have to pay for online battles though.

ursakhiin,

I love Mario Maker, but I would suggest skipping 2 at this point. It’s been out so long that most of the hype has died on it and there is so much garbage content that somebody picking it up right now is likely to get frustrating for new players.

sleepybisexual, do gaming w Got a Switch today, need some recommendations.

Also, either homebrew your device or buy games second hand pls, Nintendo is pretty fucked up

Cwilliams,

Um, maybe don’t recomend homebrewing to a brand new Switcher? The process is very risky and it can brick if you do it wrong.

But I do agree with buying second hand games. Nintendo is pretty messed up

sleepybisexual,

Yea, tbh my switch is still stock, at least mine is likely a v1 so yayy when it goes eol

Second hand is more than good.

Or maybe a mig switch, idk if they work with stock tho

Burningpizza, do gaming w Got a Switch today, need some recommendations.

You should also check out dekudeals if you like to get digital games. It tells you what is on sale as well as being able to organise by ratings from metascore. Hope this helps

Kerb, (edited ) do gaming w Need fighting game advice
@Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

im also pretty new to fighting games.
but from what i heared, playing arcade mode is verry diffrent from playing against other players.

especially in older games hi level cpus tend to fight dirty,
using input reading and op boss characters.

input reading cpus basicly have inhuman reflexes,
and will counter big comittal attacks like jumpins or tatsu as long as they are free to move.

so throw out non-commital pokes, untill they do something you can counter.

if its the bosses you are struggeling against,
only perseverance will help. (unless you find a move the ai cant deal with)
they are designed to take your quarters.

sleepybisexual,

Yea, arcade mode is hard, fuck thawk and that one jump combo.

The arcade mode is sf4 3ds is a bitcj too. How tf do I beat m bison

sleepybisexual,

Also, is haduken and hkick non commit? Those are my main pokes

moody,

Crouching MK a is less committing poke. It’s faster and has more range, and has less recovery time. You can basically always chain it into a fireball, and if the kick hits, so does the fireball. If the kick is blocked, the fireball has to be blocked as well.

Use the fireballs alone at medium range. If they jump over, a quick dragon punch knocks them down. If they block, you get some chip damage in.

If you really want to get good, look up frame info for your character. It will let you know which attacks can be chained into each other, and which ones are easier or harder to punish.

sleepybisexual,

Yea, I need to get good at dragon punch, can’t do it consistently. Will use low mk

Aussiemandeus, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 14th
@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone avatar

Huh, I was staring at outerwilds today thinking I should play again, but then immediately thought I’ll have to go here there here and realised it’s forever ruined for me.

So instead I’ve been playing stellaris.

chloyster,

The saddest moment of every outer wilds fan is the realization it cannot be played again :'(

dino, do gaming w Need fighting game advice

Why play the old iterations? Is there a reason? I think the newer ones are more “beginner friendly”? With training modes and such.

sleepybisexual,

I play on an emulator, the newest game I have access to is the 3ds one

kandoh, do gaming w Need fighting game advice
@kandoh@reddthat.com avatar

Ya gotta avoid their attacks. Then, strike them when they least expect it.

faintwhenfree,

Why is this funny, why am I laughing

sleepybisexual,

Doesn’t work with comically large hotboxes and long combos lol

kandoh,
@kandoh@reddthat.com avatar

Everytime they land a hit on you, learn from it, and then simply avoid that attack in the future.

Banana, do gaming w What are some of your LEAST favorite game mechanics?
@Banana@kbin.social avatar
  • Excessive grinding or padding in a game just for the sake of it or for microtransaction reasons.
  • Microtransaction and pay-to-win models in full price $70 games...
  • Overuse of Quick time events Press E to dodge etc etc
  • Escort missions when developers want to pad their game out
  • Terrible stealth mechanics when an enemey spots me when im standing still in a bush from the other side of the map
sverit,

Yeah, the older I get, the more “I don’t have time for 10h grinding a day” I get. Just let me play a complete game in peace please.

smikwily,

I decided a few years ago that I play games to have fun and if a game isn’t fun, I don’t play it. I don’t have much time these days to dedicate gaming, so I want to enjoy the time I do.

I’ve had a few I’ve really enjoyed until I hit some really terrible game mechanic or even a boss encounter I can’t get past. I’ll usually give it a few days/tries, but I’ll flat out just bail and uninstall a game if it is causing me too much stress.

sverit,

Same here, life is too short to struggle ingame :)

pixelbound, do gaming w Got a Switch today, need some recommendations.

Nobody mentioning the Xenoblade series? If you like long JRPGs with 100s of hours of gameplay look at Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and 3!!! Recommend starting with the second one, but it’s not neccesary to play them back to back

haui_lemmy, do games w Is there a sort of collection/discussion of the stopkillinggames.com campaign?

There definitely should be. And folks who read this (sadly only those outside the US) should act immediately.

Edit: Thinking about it, you might wanna have a look at !anticorporate.

theorangeninja,

Yes exactly, there should be a community or something. But I am not familiar with creating lemmy communities or moderating online forums so I don’t think I am a good fit.

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