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Re: Whatcha Playing

Patman360 — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 08:50:19 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 02/18/2022 13:50

Would love to give Silent Hill a proper go sometime, me and a mate have dug out some old consoles now that we're allowed meet up again and been playing through PS2 games bit by bit over the past few months, must try and find a copy of Silent Hill.

Earthbound is another good shout, played a fair way through but never finished it at the time, saw it was up on the Switch store so must get around to it (I'll be inheriting a Switch soon).

Re: Whatcha Playing

LedZep — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 04:31:11 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 02/18/2022 09:31

Finally playing Control, since I recently got RTX GPU. Extraordinary game, climbing up my list of favourites by the day. And I got it for free on Epic. Seriously thinking of buying the Ultimate Edition on Steam.

Also installed PS2 emulator to run Silent Hill 2 and several other games from my childhood, I'm excited like when I was 8 lol.

Re: Whatcha Playing

EyeKanFly — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:53:36 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 02/17/2022 22:53

Playing Earthbound for the second time, now that I can do so legally. Great game, a little slow at parts but probably my favorite turn-based RPG I've played

Re: Whatcha Playing

Helios — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:24:09 GMT

Author: Helios

Posted: 02/17/2022 22:24

Warioland 4 in my GBA 😁

Re: Whatcha Playing

Patman360 — Wed, 9 Feb 2022 04:56:36 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 02/09/2022 09:56

Currently winding my way through Persona 5 Royal and Far Cry 6.

Re: Whatcha Playing

lleon79 — Sat, 4 Dec 2021 10:46:28 GMT

Author: lleon79

Posted: 12/04/2021 15:46

NewsFromHome wrote:

Just beat System Shock 2 and it was certainly a Ken Levine game huh. A good one to play mind you but well.

Starting with the good. Super engaging re-it's plot and the sound design really allows this 21 year old game to feel genuinely terrifying despite the fact that the tech can only allow them to render the suggestion of body horror rather than actually do the damn thing. Cyber midwives are up there for coolest horror villains of the 90's. And you're just in trouble the whole time. You can't pause, your guns are failing, the enemies won't stop respawning (this isn't actually annoying to the game's credit as it's handled sensibly) and just as you put your points into something useful, something new comes along that makes you doubt your choices. The whole thing makes you feel the game is actively hostile to you but there's just enough there to give to allow you to crawl through.

But just like all the Bioshocks to come, there's that point where the plot just grinds to a halt after the twist (for system shock 2, this halt is significantly after the twist but still) and the last few hours really just feel like power creep + new mechanics that don't work in the context of the game. System shock 2 introduces more verticality in an already broken engine and bioshock introduces escort and fetch quests. Then there's the sense that Ken Levine really just doesnt know how to write politically. Bioshock is kind of a perfect storm of being able to bash an easy target. Doesn't take a genius to see how Randian philosophy as praxis would stratify a social class. But System Shock's 2 collectivist parasite is the worlds worst Hegel parody and feels like a preview to Infinite's drunk racist uncle "WHAT IF THE SLAVES ARE BAD PEOPLE TOO" routine. Plus that John Woo/Duke Nukem ending is so ridiculous in a game that heretofore had Cronenberg aspirations.

Made it all this way without mentioning Shodan, who's a great villain and the BDSM language and imagery throughout that she utilizes is really corny but also fucking works. Porpentine who's probably the greatest interactive text game developer made a fan interpretation of that aspect that was so fucking good it made it into the Whitney Museum but also definitely not safe for work. Check it out here

Have you played System Shock 1? May be hard to get into in this day and age, but I played it some time ago and loved it! The Enhanced Edition on Steam makes it easier to control.

Re: Whatcha Playing

lleon79 — Sat, 4 Dec 2021 10:44:26 GMT

Author: lleon79

Posted: 12/04/2021 15:44

Recently bought Dark Souls, again, for the Nintendo Switch. I've been enjoying this second (actually would be like fifth, but have only finished the game once) playthrough. I've been taking it as a kind of prep for Elden Ring next year!

Re: Whatcha Playing

Luigii — Thu, 5 Nov 2020 16:36:25 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 11/05/2020 21:36

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So this came out last Friday, and it has been fun revisiting this again. One of the best games from Nintendo during the 2010's. If anyone is curious to get into real time strategies but want something way more manageable to tackle. This is a high recommendation. Even if you haven't played the first two Pikmin games, you can pick this up with no problem. This one in particular streamlined certain qualities from the first two games to make this easy to get into. And even if played this before, there is new stuff like in game achievements, multiple difficulty settings and a new side story. If you have a Switch, get this.

Re: Whatcha Playing

Anonymous — Thu, 5 Nov 2020 01:32:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/05/2020 06:32

Just beat System Shock 2 and it was certainly a Ken Levine game huh. A good one to play mind you but well.

Starting with the good. Super engaging re-it's plot and the sound design really allows this 21 year old game to feel genuinely terrifying despite the fact that the tech can only allow them to render the suggestion of body horror rather than actually do the damn thing. Cyber midwives are up there for coolest horror villains of the 90's. And you're just in trouble the whole time. You can't pause, your guns are failing, the enemies won't stop respawning (this isn't actually annoying to the game's credit as it's handled sensibly) and just as you put your points into something useful, something new comes along that makes you doubt your choices. The whole thing makes you feel the game is actively hostile to you but there's just enough there to give to allow you to crawl through.

But just like all the Bioshocks to come, there's that point where the plot just grinds to a halt after the twist (for system shock 2, this halt is significantly after the twist but still) and the last few hours really just feel like power creep + new mechanics that don't work in the context of the game. System shock 2 introduces more verticality in an already broken engine and bioshock introduces escort and fetch quests. Then there's the sense that Ken Levine really just doesnt know how to write politically. Bioshock is kind of a perfect storm of being able to bash an easy target. Doesn't take a genius to see how Randian philosophy as praxis would stratify a social class. But System Shock's 2 collectivist parasite is the worlds worst Hegel parody and feels like a preview to Infinite's drunk racist uncle "WHAT IF THE SLAVES ARE BAD PEOPLE TOO" routine. Plus that John Woo/Duke Nukem ending is so ridiculous in a game that heretofore had Cronenberg aspirations.

Made it all this way without mentioning Shodan, who's a great villain and the BDSM language and imagery throughout that she utilizes is really corny but also fucking works. Porpentine who's probably the greatest interactive text game developer made a fan interpretation of that aspect that was so fucking good it made it into the Whitney Museum but also definitely not safe for work. Check it out here

Re: Whatcha Playing

ZeroKarisma — Sun, 1 Nov 2020 08:36:40 GMT

Author: ZeroKarisma

Posted: 11/01/2020 13:36

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

I’ve had an urge to play a side scrolling Castlevania game lately so I gave Curse of the Moon a try. I would’ve preferred 16 bit inspired rather than 8 bit but this game scratched the itch. It has a cool character swap mechanic that allows you to swap between different characters that have different abilities.

Ultimately, I’m impatiently waiting for my PS5 to arrive!

Re: Whatcha Playing

EyeKanFly — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:13:28 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 10/26/2020 18:13

BARDAMU wrote:

He'll yeah, I'm on Hades rn. Supergiant is incredible -- you ever play Bastion?

I played a little Bastion but not a ton. That's next after Transistor!

Re: Whatcha Playing

Luigii — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:08:47 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 10/26/2020 14:08

If anyone needs a new rouge lite game, and want something more manageable compared to other games, I'd say try this out. Been enjoying it so far.

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Re: Whatcha Playing

Streams — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 21:22:08 GMT

Author: Streams

Posted: 10/25/2020 01:22

Been really digging Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2 this past year. Kind of flit over to Skullgirls, Blazblue, and Darkstalkers sometimes.

Re: Whatcha Playing

BARDAMU — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:55:02 GMT

Author: BARDAMU

Posted: 10/24/2020 20:55

EyeKanFly wrote:

I've just finished up the main portion of Hades, phenomenal game. Now I'm going through Supergiant's catalog starting with Transistor and holy hell it might be better than Hades. The mechanics make it a little more tolerable for me than Hades

He'll yeah, I'm on Hades rn. Supergiant is incredible -- you ever play Bastion?

Re: Whatcha Playing

BARDAMU — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:53:50 GMT

Author: BARDAMU

Posted: 10/24/2020 20:53

Gowi wrote:

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was like "oh that looks cool"

turns out its already in my Steam library, score

Re: Whatcha Playing

EyeKanFly — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:39:06 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 10/23/2020 18:39

I've just finished up the main portion of Hades, phenomenal game. Now I'm going through Supergiant's catalog starting with Transistor and holy hell it might be better than Hades. The mechanics make it a little more tolerable for me than Hades

Re: Whatcha Playing

RoundTheBend — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 22:41:50 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 10/20/2020 02:41

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

If you like Superhot, and it's unique game mechanics, then you should give Superliminal a shot.

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That does look rad... something like we would've gotten giddy about like Portal.

Re: Whatcha Playing

mickilennial — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 22:06:33 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/20/2020 02:06

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Re: Whatcha Playing

Tha1ChiefRocka — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 22:03:03 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 10/20/2020 02:03

If you like Superhot, and it's unique game mechanics, then you should give Superliminal a shot.

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Re: Whatcha Playing

RoundTheBend — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:41:04 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 10/20/2020 01:41

This game called superhot.

It's an interesting game because the physics only move when you move.

But really I'm just struggling to be interested in gaming anymore. Like I tried to play today and got bored in like 15 minutes. So I started playing more like arcade games (used to be really into the time suckers like Civilization, Skyrim, Fallout, the whole Mafia series, City Skylines, etc. But yeah I go to play something like The Witcher and am 30 minutes in and I'm like meh, I'm done.