Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!

Please don’t forget to use the spoiler tag as soon as you start talking about a storyline.

  • @Tolstoy@lemmy.world
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    911 months ago

    Portal Revolution for me. I’m at chapter 4 and the Mod feels like a whole complete game. Totally worth trying and if you don’t have portal 2, 1+2 are on discount right now.

  • Xyloph
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    711 months ago

    Was interested in Baldur’s Gate 3 so I did the only sensible thing, started playing Baldur’s Gate 1! Got the 2nd line up after that.

  • rockerface 🇺🇦
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    711 months ago

    Valheim when solo, Deep Rock Galactic when with friends. 10/10 I didn’t need all that free time anyway

    • @gerryflap@feddit.nl
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      311 months ago

      Valheim is also great with friends by the way. We’re currently playing DRG, but we played Valheim quite a while back and it was a lot of fun together.

  • @MJKee9@lemmy.world
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    711 months ago

    Hollow Knight. Never played it before. Not a huge fan of the genre, but there is no denying that the game is well made.

  • @Conyak@lemmy.tf
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    611 months ago

    I just finished the three King’s Quest remakes by AGD Interactive this weekend. I am playing Fallout New Vegas now.

    • Cowbee [he/him]
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      011 months ago

      I’ve got the annual New Vegas itch too, already got it perfectly modded on Steam Deck.

  • @gerryflap@feddit.nl
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    611 months ago

    Singleplayer I’m playing Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty, which is imo a stellar experience so far. I’m also playing Cassette Beasts on the Steam Deck, which is also a great experience. Like Pokemon, but also different in many ways.

    Multiplayer it’s still Deep Rock Galactic, and I’ve returned a bit to AoE 4.

  • @CerineArkweaver@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    511 months ago

    Playing through Monster Hunter: World again! World was my first MH game when it first came out on PS4, and man I struggled. I never cleared >!Alatreon!<* or >!Fatalis!<. I used Insect Glaive. Now years later, with time spent in Generations Ultimate and Rise (fully clearing Rise) and finding a love of the Switch Axe it’s fun to see how different World feels now.

    • @caut_R@lemmy.world
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      111 months ago

      I also still have to beat it, can‘t remember where exactly I left it tho, I hope I can 100% it some day

  • @Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee
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    511 months ago

    I finished Jedi: Survivor last week. The story was really good, and all the systems are basically better than the first one. Definitely worth a playthrough.

    Then I started playing Against the Storm (going in basically blind, only knowing it’s a roguelike city builder), and boy it’s fun. The only negative so far is that the rounds can take some time (1-2h if I’m unlucky) and I don’t always have time for a full run since I’ve got two kids taking up the biggest chunk of my day.

    • @burliman@lemmy.world
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      111 months ago

      Do I need to slog thru the first one to get the full experience? Sort of quit and never went back for really no specific reason.

      • @Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        I agree with bitwaba. You’ll get the most out of the experience if you finish the first one. Easiest difficulty and only focusing on the story should get you through it in a couple of hours.

        Edit: But also, if you really don’t want to there is a recap in the beginning of Survivor that I believe will catch you up ok. (not 100% if that’s enough to bring you up to speed, it’s been a couple of weeks since I saw it)

      • @bitwaba@lemmy.world
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        211 months ago

        Not OP, and am only ~15 hrs into Survivor, but I feel like you should.

        The start of Jedi Survivor after the prologue is that the group of 4 from Fallen Orderwent their separate ways at the end of the game, and youre starting by tracking down one or more of them. So, it’s gonna feel pretty bland if you don’t know who these people are and why you might want to seek them out.

        Just put it on easy and don’t go on any tangents.

        However, even without the story I personally really like the first one because it was my first introduction to a dark souls like combat experience. I enjoyed learning how enemies telegraph their moves and timing my parry and dodge.

        That’s my take anyways.

      • @Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee
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        111 months ago

        Yes and yes! At least for me. I’ve only got a 1060 6GB, but it managed 30-40 fps on medium in most places, which felt fine to me. I’ve heard that it’s the higher end cards that have been having problems though, so can’t comment on how that is now.

  • @AquaTofana@lemmy.world
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    511 months ago

    Suuuuper late to the game, but a few weeks ago my husband talked me into playing Detroit: Become Human (I shy away from Sci Fi games so I knew nothing about it/was hesitant to play).

    Holy shit. That may have been some of the best fucking writing I’ve ever seen in a game.

    It also got me really turned on to those butterfly effect/QTE games! I finished Little Hope by the Dark Pictures Anthology in one night (last Friday), and I’m in the middle of Man of Medan right now. The writing isn’t as good, but they’re still Hella fun and quirky!

    If anyone else has any reccs for the Butterfly effect/QTE style games, I’m mad obsessed enough and will most definitely play it!

      • @AquaTofana@lemmy.world
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        211 months ago

        Ugh, I cannot say enough good things about that game! Top notch story!

        I went into it completely blind, but even if you’ve seen some game play, there are so many choices and endings that you’ll end up surprised no matter what! Everyone that I’ve gushed about it to gushed back if they’ve played it already!

  • @porotoman99@lemmy.world
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    311 months ago

    I’m continuing Daggerfall Unity now that version 1.0 is out. There were only 2 minor issues that I had with it when I previously played, and they both look to be fixed. I’ve joined a knights order, a temple, and the Dark Brotherhood, and got my character up to a high enough level that I would be comfortable with going for the main quest.

  • @EarWorm@lemmy.world
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    311 months ago

    Finally got around to playing F.E.A.R. 1 & 2, now going through the DLC for 1, having a great time despite it definitely showing its age with some design choices, like the mandatory valve puzzles of early 2000’s. I’m so glad I bought the RTX 4080 though, definitely getting my money’s worth.

  • @yamanii@lemmy.world
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    311 months ago

    I finally bought Skyrim Anniversary on the latest discount and was pleasantly surprised how stable it is compared to classic, I remember trying to mod the original one but I only got a buggy mess that didn’t even open most of the time and constantly CTDs.

    But after a friend said how stable it is I dipped in after playing through his share of Special Edition, I was able to reach 100 mods and the game had a stable framerate and no crashes, so I bought the AE version since a mod I wanted to use required it and I’m having a blast now with 200 mods as an unarmed Monk.

  • @dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    211 months ago

    Working on 100% in Inkbound, revisiting Dying Light 2 with some friends for the new patch, went back to Insurgency for my milsim fix, and reinstalled Last Epoch in prep for 1.0.

    • @Ruscal@sh.itjust.works
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      111 months ago

      How do you feel about DL2? Have it on my wishlist, I loved first one, but I was a bit sceptical on 2nd and I am still waiting to buy it.

      • @dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        111 months ago

        Right now I’d say pass, after the big patch who knows. Really lazy writing in the story, every quest midgame is a fetch, and if you do a single event you will get OP in one session.

        If you grab it on sale, don’t spec into wall ride for your parkour. It will constantly interrupt your jumps and hangs… Makes me personally nauseous and I play in VR half of the time.

        • @Ruscal@sh.itjust.works
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          211 months ago

          Shame, that DL2 is such a miss. I was afraid of exactly the things you said… Well, I’ll wait and see. Thanks! Good night, good luck 😃

  • @OrgunDonor@lemmy.world
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    211 months ago

    I finished up Moss Book 2, love it. I wish there were more VR games like this. Absolutely recommend Moss and Moss Book 2 if you are looking for something a little different. But be warned they are only around 4 - 5 hours long.

    I just picked up Immortals Fenyx Rising which was 90% off on Steam. I really enjoyed the base game and looking forward to replaying and also diving into the DLC.

    Street Fighter 6 is still my daily game, playing Blanka and just rolled into Diamond 5. I am also really happy that the Spy X Family collab event is not a complete rip off and is just 1000 drive tickets(looking at you TMNT event).