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comicallycluttered, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 24th

Decided to finish up my Mimimi collection now that they’re shutting down and I’m now in full stealth tactics mode.

I’ve been playing Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew and man, I never realized how much I miss tactical stealth games. Having so much fun.

Immediately made a beeline for the Yuki (from Shadow Tactics) DLC as soon as the option opened up.

Love that rascal and her having adopted Kuma is just perfect.

It has a super varied cast of characters as well, and I haven’t unlocked them all yet, but enjoying the ones I have so far.

I also find it kind of funny how “save-scumming” is treated as an integral mechanic in the game. Like, you don’t have to do it at all, but if you want to, the game encourages you to enjoy it and not feel bad about it as long as you’re having fun.

metaStatic, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

Flower

DingoBilly, do games w What's up with Epic Games?

Nothing really. Just pick whichever platform is cheapest/where your friends.

It’s just another competitor in the games marketplace. Some people like it, some people don’t. It’s the same as with any other brand/item.

BiggestBulb, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
@BiggestBulb@kbin.social avatar

Squad is definitely one of them! Also the Battlefield Collection is on 89% sale (only includes the ones since 2011 tho)

Alto,
@Alto@kbin.social avatar

I've been a bit burnt out lately, but fully agree with Squad. My most played steam game by a fair bit. Love the ICO so much.

Pips, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

I got This is the Police a while back but finally installed it. Surprisingly engaging given how it forces you to be a corrupt and shitty cop to survive. Feels like copaganda, but thankfully I can separate fiction from reality.

supercritical, do gaming w key reseller yuplay. trusted?
@supercritical@lemmy.world avatar

A few searches turned up that it’s pretty legit. Pay with a credit card so that you’re protected though. You have no idea what happens to that info after you enter it.

squid_slime,
@squid_slime@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks for your insight

aodhsishaj,

To add on, you usually have access to an anonymiser for your credit card info from your card provider

grant,

Key reselling sites are often pretty sketchy, I’d go HumbleBundle route as that’s approved by the game devs

If you are worried about unwanted charges on your card I’d try Privacy.com to get a temporary card at least

Kit, do gaming w it's the steam winter sales, what game did you enjoy playing and want to share?

Picked up Dave the Diver because everyone keeps saying it’s amazing. Sure enough, it’s addictive and definitely worth the $13. It hits the Stardew Valley type of gameplay loop and has been perfect on Steam Deck. I’ve got about 6 hours into it in 2 days.

I may still grab Marble It Up because I loved Marble Blast Ultra on the 360 back in the day.

Ragnell, do games w Which Spider Man games to play on PS5?
@Ragnell@kbin.social avatar

All 3 of the current series. Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Spider-Man 2. The first one was released in 2019, I think.

Erdrick, do gaming w FFVII Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi says that Cait Sith's name is pronounced "Cat Shee."

I’m not sure how, but I’ve somehow been able to learn his name in Japanese and English and the difference between the two never stuck out at me…

Kit,

What is it in Japanese? Feel free to use Hiragana or Katakana, whichever is accurate

Zummy,
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ケット シー

fleg, do zapytajszmer w Dzień bez wieczorynki - jak do tego podchodzicie?
harcesz,
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Nie wyobrażam sobie, że mogłoby by być aż tak źle! ;]

fleg,

do tego się nie posuną

AceFuzzLord, do gaming w it's the steam winter sales, what game did you enjoy playing and want to share?

Brok The Investigator

In this game you play as an alligator who is an investigator (they rolled with that pun) who throughout the game does various puzzles and gets into fights. It’s not egregiously long and has multiple endings that change depending on your actions, all of which allow you to unlock the true ending, I guess. I have only gotten a single ending, so I don’t know what all the endings are.

It has an easy, normal, and hard difficulty which change the fight difficulty. It says relaxed (easy) difficulty is for those who are just there for the story and puzzles, so I’d assume it might either make the fights ridiculously easy or skip them. No clue since I jumped in straight away on hardcore.

I personally found most of the characters besides one certain robot to be enjoyable. The characters are also fully voiced (English only as of now), but there are 10 other languages for the text. Everything said will pop up in a dialogue box you have to click through, so you can’t miss any dialogue unless you purposefully skip through all of them. Even if you do, afterwards you can open the pause menu and find a transcript of all the dialogue, too.

The game also has a demo for the first chapter, so you can play that and see if it’s a game you would actually buy. Currently it’s $13.99 for the base game or $19.05 for the game alongside the official soundtrack and an artbook. If nothing else, I at least recommend looking up the soundtrack piece Brok and Graff, which is my personal favorite song in the whole entire game.

CarlsIII, do gaming w it's the steam winter sales, what game did you enjoy playing and want to share?

American/Euro Truck simulator are always on sale, and are rad

SaintWacko, do gaming w it's the steam winter sales, what game did you enjoy playing and want to share?

Against The Storm. It just came out of early access, but it’s been in a better state than many released games for a long time. It’s a fascinating roguelite city builder. You build up small settlements to a certain goal before moving on to the next one, earning you meta resources to give yourself more options on future settlements.
The best part is there are so many variables that go into the location and your goals that no two settlements feel alike, and 20+ difficulty levels so you can find just the right spot for you. The devs are very good at listening to the community and constantly updating the game.
It’s also on sale for $20 right now! I can’t recommend it enough. They’ve somehow found the perfect combination of chill without being boring.

Phronima_sedentaria, do zapytajszmer w Dzień bez wieczorynki - jak do tego podchodzicie?
Phronima_sedentaria avatar

Dawno nie oglądałem TVP. Ale sobie wszedłem na jeden z pierwszych lepszych pseudo-reportaży np. https://wiadomosci.tvp.pl/74902031/radykalny-skret-w-lewo

Straszny ściek pod względem dziennikarskim. Wydaje mi się, że warto, aby tego nie kasowali, a zostawili dla potomnych ku przestrodze. Ewentualnie opatrzyli jakimś znaczkiem czy komentarzem, kiedy to miało miejsce i że jest to materiał historyczny TVP z czasów rządów tych i tych władz TVP.

Cybersteel, do games w Heres an idea, Fromsoft should make the Soul Reaver sequel
@Cybersteel@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t think from would ever resurrect a dead franchise and not keep making the cash cow that is souls.

Quetzalcutlass,

Armored Core? That was dormant for a decade and two console generations before FromSoft brought it back.

(Still hoping for a new Kings Field.)

TheLightItBurns,

I also crave a new Kings Field! Some of my favorite childhood games.

Have you heard of Lunacid? Indie PC game that fully released this year by the developer behind Lost in Vivo. It’s absolutely crammed full with the legacy of Kings Field. First person dungeon crawl with magic rings to equip (Eternal Ring!) and a weapon stamina build up mechanic like KF. A TON of hidden secrets behind fake walls. Very obscure story that you piece together by the few characters in the game and environmental story telling.

I wouldn’t call it a perfect Kings Field clone, but it sure scratched the itch. It’s on Steam for probably 15-20 usd.

Quetzalcutlass,

I hadn’t heard of Lunacid, thanks for the recommendation! It looks good; I’ll probably pick it up during the current Steam sale.

Quetzalcutlass,

Hey, I just wanted to say I bought Lunacid right after your comment and finally got around to playing it. I’m only at the Catacombs, but so far it’s excellent and a great throwback to Kings Field (though I miss having armor; with only weapons and rings there’s far less exciting loot).

Thanks for the recommendation, my friend!

TheLightItBurns,

Nice! Glad to hear that you are enjoying it, happy that the recommendation worked for you! Agreed about the armor. I did miss that. I did enjoy the weapon level ups and finding rings that worked well together. It was a good way to scratch the first person dungeon crawler itch.

Neato,
@Neato@kbin.social avatar

They could just make a souls-like game set in Soul Reaver. It was already an action game.

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