Currently Playing chat thread

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **ITSMILNER** » Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:49 pm

Got 2 games on the go at the moment

LoZ: Breath of the Wild - NSW so I have got the first few sections out the way, now my 3 main missions are to beat Ganon, Get the 4 Divine Beasts and get all the memories. Rather than look at doing any of them at the moment I am just taking my time and hunting down shrines to build up my health and stamina. Also just exploring to see what I find and trying to hit the towers as I go to unveil the map. Glad I restarted this really, rocking the Hero of Time outfit as well :wub:

Hades - NSW 14 runs done so far, last one I came so close to beating the final boss but alas I was struck down and thus will start again. Love this game though, very addictive and a great look to it.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **dmin** » Sat Nov 06, 2021 10:40 pm

jawa_ wrote:
dmin wrote:Ghost of Tsushima
It has a real sense of time and place and it's insanely pretty and cinematic; I keep stopping to gawk at everything! Enjoying the stories / gameplay, but it feels a little overly handholdy at the moment. Early days yet though, gonna take it slow and immerse myself.

I've been looking at this game and would like to try it out, dmin; mainly because it has great graphics and a super photo mode! I heard that it recently had an easier difficulty level added to it which tempted me to check it out. Gotta wait for a price drop for the PS5 version, though!

I'm not normally one for photo modes but the game is beautiful, it's hard to resist! I'm playing on the default (medium) and it's been fine so far, apart from one annoying section which took a handful of attempts.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Lime** » Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:07 am

Ocarina of Time (3DS) - after all the discussion following the Online Expansion Pack N64 issues, I really fancied a play through this again, I think I only ever finished it twice. It's still great, it's like picking up a favourite book. Finished first 3 dungeons and up to the Temple of Time.

Lonely Mountains Downhill - The demo got its hooks into me so much, I bought the game and DLC whilst on offer. Such a great blend of chill and tension, I love the graphical style. Only a few framerate stutters (which generally cause me to crash the bike) stop it from being my favourite game this year. Instant restarts stop the frustration of being crap at it.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **jawa_** » Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:17 am

dmin wrote:I'm not normally one for photo modes but the game is beautiful, it's hard to resist!...

I enjoy photo modes so Ghost is pretty tempting, dmin! Will look out for it in a sale.

Lime wrote:Ocarina of Time (3DS)... It's still great, it's like picking up a favourite book...

The 3DS version sure is lovely, Lime - it seems to fit so well with the handheld!

Lime wrote:...Lonely Mountains Downhill - The demo got its hooks into me so much, I bought the game and DLC whilst on offer...

I've recently seen a couple of Twitter pals talking about the game and it does look to be fun, dude.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **ITSMILNER** » Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:48 am

Lime wrote:Lonely Mountains Downhill - The demo got its hooks into me so much, I bought the game and DLC whilst on offer. Such a great blend of chill and tension, I love the graphical style. Only a few framerate stutters (which generally cause me to crash the bike) stop it from being my favourite game this year. Instant restarts stop the frustration of being crap at it.

Glad you are enjoying it :toot:

fantastic little game

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Knoyleo** » Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:04 pm

The Forgotten City

I just uncovered a pretty big reveal, and it felt amazing.

It's been a long while since I found a video game world this involving. The time loop mechanic works really well, and it makes looping through the day again and again feel fresh each time, rather than a chore to be trudging through the motions time after time. I could probably be playing a bit "neater" than I currently am, chasing down and resolving one thing at a time, but I'm really enjoying running around with like a dozen different plot threads all happening at once, especially where characters arcs cross or come together. Still yet to meet all the residents. It doesn't sound busy when the game tells you there's only 23 people, it feels like I've got a long way to go before I tick everyone off, and there are plenty of names I've found without faces so far.

There's little niggles here and there, the occasional dialogue option that's popped up when I felt like it shouldn't have, although I suspect that's because the game's designed for you to ask questions in the order they appear in the dialogue options, and deviating from that hasn't been totally accounted for, and I've had one quest step pop up which revealed something about a character without me having to discover it for myself, but given this game's origin as a Skyrim mod (which is still pretty clear even in its standalone form in a different engine,) I can forgive those small details.

Really interesting game, the setting is brilliant, and the character interplay has been so well paced so far. Just wish I had more time to spend with it. Going to need to break out the notepad and pen, old school style, to keep track of who's next to speak to, and who's been implicated by some of the environmental clues.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Lotus** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 11:00 am

Lotus wrote:Dead Space
It's fine I guess. It's the second time I've tried to get into it though, and I'm still struggling. It's just not grabbing me for some reason. Will try and keep going and see if something clicks.

I think this has finally clicked, about 3 hours in. It's not amazing by any means, but I'm enjoying it more now. It's a bit predictable, but decent all the same. Looks quite good still as well.

Knoyleo wrote:The Forgotten City

I just uncovered a pretty big reveal, and it felt amazing.

It's been a long while since I found a video game world this involving. The time loop mechanic works really well, and it makes looping through the day again and again feel fresh each time, rather than a chore to be trudging through the motions time after time. I could probably be playing a bit "neater" than I currently am, chasing down and resolving one thing at a time, but I'm really enjoying running around with like a dozen different plot threads all happening at once, especially where characters arcs cross or come together. Still yet to meet all the residents. It doesn't sound busy when the game tells you there's only 23 people, it feels like I've got a long way to go before I tick everyone off, and there are plenty of names I've found without faces so far.

There's little niggles here and there, the occasional dialogue option that's popped up when I felt like it shouldn't have, although I suspect that's because the game's designed for you to ask questions in the order they appear in the dialogue options, and deviating from that hasn't been totally accounted for, and I've had one quest step pop up which revealed something about a character without me having to discover it for myself, but given this game's origin as a Skyrim mod (which is still pretty clear even in its standalone form in a different engine,) I can forgive those small details.

It's a brilliant game, but its very linear. Unless you turn off objective markers or the inbuilt hint system i can't imagine how you would get lost.

I wrote in another thread that this is basically The Outer Wilds for people who don't like getting lost (which includes me). The payoff is reduced somewhat, but its more rewarding in terms of a constant sense of progress.
Really interesting game, the setting is brilliant, and the character interplay has been so well paced so far. Just wish I had more time to spend with it. Going to need to break out the notepad and pen, old school style, to keep track of who's next to speak to, and who's been implicated by some of the environmental clues.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Gemini73** » Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:31 am

Might & Magic 7

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Godzilla** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 10:10 pm

Shin Megami Tensei 5 - Switch OLED

Just got to the second open world area. 20 hours played since Friday evening. A really well made game with a lot to do and a great battle system.

The paid DLC massively breaks the game. It dramatically improves the spawn rates of the games equivalent to metal slimes. Killing one grey one gets an item that instant levels up the main character, killing a blue one does the same for a demon. I'm currently level 52 (of 99). I killed the second main boss without it getting to attack once and I'm unlocking demons at a very fast rate.

The game is normally very difficult and too tough for me so I'm happy to have the easy mode option.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Photek** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:31 pm

Jesus, my whole gaming schedule is f**ked.

I started my BF2042 trial and rather enjoyed myself, and was tipping along with that and San Andreas plus Forza Horizon 5 for the most part but now Halo Infinite's MP has dropped along with FPS boosts to some old favorites' (Fallout 3, New Vegas, all the Gears games, strawberry floating Oblivion) and I'm kinda caught in between several games right now, truly the one downside of Gamepass.

Truth is I'm probably gonna bin them all off for Halo but part of me feels REALLY guilty. :lol:

Bluesky · PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Kriken** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 8:46 pm

Metroid Prime 1 - Prime Trilogy Wii version. Another re-playthrough.

I kind of just fancied playing through Prime 2, but it had been a while since I'd played the first Prime game as well so figured I'd get through that first.

Got to the boss in Phendrana Drifts and died, but I realised I somehow missed the charge beam upgrade. Never done that before. So I went back to find that and ended my playthrough there for the time being.

The atmosphere in the game is great as always.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **PuppetBoy** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:56 pm

Disco Elysium (PS4)
Just finished the second day. This is great. There is a part of me that absolutely wants to embrace going off the rails, taking all the speed, making the crazy decisions, listening to my neck-tie. Kim so far doesn't seem to be judging me too much for that. Which is nice of him.

Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS4)
Unlike the first Kingdom Hearts, I never played this back in the day, so this is new to me. Finally made it through the very lengthy intro section (it was a struggle) and onto the Disney world hopping stuff, starting with Mulan, which is good timing as I watched the new film of that on the weekend.

Sensible World of Soccer (Antstream Arcade)
They really should release this on Switch.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Gemini73** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 8:33 am

Photek wrote:Jesus, my whole gaming schedule is f**ked.

I started my BF2042 trial and rather enjoyed myself, and was tipping along with that and San Andreas plus Forza Horizon 5 for the most part but now Halo Infinite's MP has dropped along with FPS boosts to some old favorites' (Fallout 3, New Vegas, all the Gears games, strawberry floating Oblivion) and I'm kinda caught in between several games right now, truly the one downside of Gamepass.

Truth is I'm probably gonna bin them all off for Halo but part of me feels REALLY guilty.

GP certainly does have that 'let loose in a sweet shop' thing going on.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Zilnad** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:59 am

Batman Arkham Origins

I'm not sure if I can still call this my favourite of the franchise. It's still got the best story and atmosphere but it's much rougher than I remember and really glitchy. Such a shame. I'd still rate it very highly but it definitely comes with caveats.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Stuart** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:00 pm

Unreal Tournament (2014), free on the Epic Store.

Played all the tutorials, then wanted to play classic Facing Worlds against bots but there's an unskippable video before I can play which makes the screen go black on my Mac & so can't proceed further.

Last game update was 2017 so a fix seems remote.

Shame the game stalled, I used to love classic UT, particularly the later iterations with vehicles.

Spec Ops: The Line

Stuck on chapter 10 I think. But I wouldn’t be ducking stuck if they would strawberry float off with their strawberry floating cheap ducking ass grenades! grenades! grenades! grenades! grenades! A heavy! grenades! grenades! grenades!.

Whew kids, some grade A game design to make you play it even longer after you’ve died for the 17th strawberry floating time :fp:

Way to ruin your game. Just you wait until I unlock FUBAR difficulty. I’m going to moan louder than a porn actress.

Edit: eugh what an awful section that was.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Ironhide** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:03 pm

Dipping in and out of a few things;

XCOM2: War of the Chosen
Dicey Dungeons
Baba is You
Fights in Tight Spaces
Grindstone

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Godzilla** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:40 pm

Shin Megami Tensei V - loving this on the switch. About 75% of the way through I think. Trying to find all the 200 collectible red dudes and also adding every demon to my compendium. About 75% on that too. I've taken a break from the main quest as got to a dungeon with a lot of jumping and timed wind puzzle stuff and I hated it.

PostRe: Currently Playing in 2021 by **Seven** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:10 pm

At the moment:

Terraria - PC/Xbox
Only got into this properly last week; what initally started as just doing it for weekly challenge on Gamepass made me fell in love with it, Journey helps me understanding it better which I've now played it on PC for Classic difficulty but still playing through Journey mode on Xbox for achs/for fun.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond
Enjoying this loads; I'm playing it slower than I thought originally but that's okay as I actually feel relaxed playing the game. As "remake" it's not best (HG/SS best) but as Pokémon game I really enjoy it loads.

I'm gonna resume my Story of Seasons play soon too, I got into that via game trial and bought it on last day of trial. Not my favourite Story of Season game, but it's still great.

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