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MutatedBass, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th

My friends and I just started playing Last Train Outta’ Wormtown last night and it’s a blast with a group. One player plays a worm who can only detect players while they are standing on the ground. The goal of the worm is to kill all the players before they can fix a train and escape.

We’ve also just started playing Gangbeasts which is also a lot of fun with a group. I’m sure most have seen this one by now though.

almar_quigley, do gaming w Backwards compatibility is the best feature of Xbox, and I don't understand why Sony is so far behind on this

lol, I’d rather have the first party modern bangers Sony’s pumping out then…checks notes…literally no good first party games on my xsx since I bought it. Backwards compatibility is great, but I don’t spend $600+ on a console to play old games. I can keep my old consoles around for that or emulate.

NuPNuA,

Depends on your tastes doesn’t it. I’ll take a hundred smaller projects like Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush or Psychonauts over another generic open world adventure or sad dad simulator.

prole,

I have all there of those on my PC/Steam Deck. They’re not really XBox exclusives.

NuPNuA,

They’re Xbox console exclusives, don’t be disengenuious.

prole,

I wasn’t being disingenuous… I can and have played all of those games and I have never owned an XBox in my life. That’s not exclusive.

prole,

Yeah. I also have a Steam Deck, if I want to play an old PS1 or PS2 game and it isn’t on PS+ then I’ll just emulate it.

I will say though, there are a few PS3 games that have yet to be remastered that are kind of a blind spot, but that list is getting shorter.

freakrho, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th
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i just finished spider-man miles morales 100% and don’t know what to play next

BillygotTalent,

How long did it take you to 100% it?

freakrho,
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22.4 hours according to steam. I started friday evening and finished sunday night, leaving for a few hours in the middle.

freakrho,
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if you’re interested, spider-man remastered took me 27.4 hs

freakrho,
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technically it’s not 100% btw, i did everything that makes the completeness indicators go to 100% but didn’t get ultimate on all challenges

UnfortunateTwist, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th

Spongebob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated. Wanted to play something silly and and stress-relieving. This fit the bill.

yote_zip, do piracy w game cracks on lutris?
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Most game cracks work just fine through WINE. You just need to get the game extracted into the WINE prefix and have the crack applied, then point Lutris at it and it will work fine. If you find a specific crack isn’t working, you can probably find another that does, or crack it yourself using simple tools that are always Linux-compatible. I wrote a guide on using these tools for reference.

DrCatface, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th
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Diablo 4, hopelessly addicted to necromancer. 93 main and 87 seasonal. add Lyreli if you’re around the same lvl

Iqunlimited, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th
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Caves of Qud. Kitfox picked it up to publish recently and I figured it was time to play it a bunch again. Truly an incredible game.

fox, do gaming w Backwards compatibility is the best feature of Xbox, and I don't understand why Sony is so far behind on this

I wish Jet Set Radio Future was able to work on the new Xbox.

ghostalmedia,
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Many suspect this one has been trapped in licensing hell.

SkepticElliptic, do gaming w Backwards compatibility is the best feature of Xbox, and I don't understand why Sony is so far behind on this

It’s because backward compatibility would cannibalize the sales on new games. Same reason Nintendo limits releases of old games. If you have an extensive back catalog of games, then new games are less appealing.

ghostalmedia,
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Or you do what MS does. Put the old games in your subscription service. Make money with monthly fees from people who don’t have the disks or don’t have an optical drive.

SkepticElliptic,

Part of the issue with buying an x-box is that there’s a limited catalog of games and very few exclusives. MS has to offer something more than just new games. PlayStation is the dominant gaming platform globally and has been for a long time. They want people buying new games at $70/ea. They don’t have to incentivise people to come to their platform as much.

Omegamanthethird, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th

Still Final Fantasy XVI (PS5) and Final Fantasy XII (Switch). Loving both still.

d3Xt3r, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th

Still playing Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and 0 A.D. See this comment for details.

Also checked out SWTOR but I couldn’t get past the clunky controls and camera, so considering dropping it. Also checking out Star Trek Online for the first time, and it’s looking promising. The combat is a bit weird, but I like the controls better than SWTOR.

DmMacniel, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th

Baldurs Gate 3 on my linux machine runs pretty good and smooth. Already died because I failed a persuasion/deception check which led to a party wipe. It wasnt uncalled for either and didn’t came out of the blue. I really enjoy it.

Skyhighatrist,

I’m also playing Baldur’s Gate 3 on my Linux machine. Besides some frequent crashes, which I haven’t confirmed if they are the game or my aging hardware, it’s been running fine. I’m currently waiting for it to transfer to my Steam Deck to see how it fares there. I’d love to be able to play in bed, but I fear I may lose a lot of sleep if I do that.

Stillhart,

I too am playing on Linux after making the switch last month. BG3, surprisingly, runs perfectly right out of the box. No settings changes, no command line parameters, nothing. Hasn’t crashed once. I’m really impressed.

Bartlebee, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th

Hogwarts legacy

Stillhart,

I picked this up a few weeks back to see what the hype was about. Did nothing for me. Might be because I’m sick to fucking death of the “open world adventure” genre… they all feel like reskins of the same game I’ve been playing since, oh I dunno, Assassin’s Creed 1?

Hogwarts does nail the feel of Harry Potter but that’s not enough to keep me interested in a genre that’s played out.

delitomatoes,

It’s meant more for fans of the IP. If you’re not, like me, it’s a very generic open world game, especially after completing Elden Ring

all-knight-party, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th
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Going through all of the Hitman reboot trilogy maps purely to take screenshots. My plan is to have a fat wallpaper folder of all sorts of locations from the trilogy. It's a beaut

unce, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 6th

Finished my first playthrough of valheim this week as a duo team. Yagulath and the Queen boss were pretty crazy. I’m hoping the Ashlands comes out soon, not really sure what to do with the game until then.

HidingCat,

Man, I liked a lot of what Valheim offered, I just couldn't sink the hours into it. Felt like doing work after work.

unce,

Yeah it does feel a bit grindy at times for all the iron and coal, but taking it slow can be fun if you don’t have much time for it. I really liked building and trying out all the different weapons.

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