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Name the games you've played in July

NecroLord

Dumbfuck!
Dumbfuck
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vtmb, nosferatu playthrough

people heavily exaggerate how different the gameplay of nosferatu is. anyone with three braincells will quickly pick up how nosferatu is supposed to be played not to break masquerade every 2 minutes. i loved all those slight changes in interactions and other changes in the story though, even if that meant i would miss on some quests. the game is worthy of a replay just for them, especially if thats somebodies n-th playthrough (it was my 4th). malk still my favorite, but nosferatu is right behind it.
Nosferatu and Malkavian, yeah.
I think they realized when they were developing the game that the players could miss a lot of content when playing as a Nosferatu due to the Clan's curse.
But Nosferatu does offer a unique experience and interactions with npcs.
Also a unique Haven in the sewers...
 

Modron

Arcane
Joined
May 5, 2012
Messages
10,667
Ultimate Admiral Dreadnaughts, Hisato no Saku, Omen Exitio: Plague, Songs of Steel: Hispania (haven't finished yet, midway through Roman campaign), Kriegsfront Tactics: Prologue, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch playtest, and a fair amount of other demos I couldn't name.
 

Hellraiser

Arcane
Joined
Apr 22, 2007
Messages
11,645
Location
Danzig, Potato-Hitman Commonwealth
Longer sessions:

Timberborn (PC) - checked out the experimental branch with the new update adding 3D water physics, after I was in the mood for a different builder experience after Workers and Resources.

Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic (PC) - finished my autistic obsession with this game mentioned last month, will probably return to it in a year or so.

Rayman (PS1) - managed to resume my playthrough that was on hold for a few months due to PS2 disc drive issues. I'm near the end, need to backtrack to bandland to grab missing cages though. And of course I already burned through something like 370 lives trying to beat it, since the game is pretty much impossible to finish without cheats (haven't used cheat codes in any game since 25-ish years ago). Still the art, music, levels and bosses are all fantastic (well maybe except band land, fuck band land) with it being a great experience after all these years, apart from the difficulty that seems more akin to Abe's Oddysey despite limited continues and very time-consuming life farming.

Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki/The Legend of Mystical Ninja (SNES) - english patched japanese version, reached the final level yesterday, of course it turned out the game had another money grind gate level like the one I complained about last time, once again with a mid-level boss, and followed by an annoying minecart/platforming section... ugh. At least the designers were a bit merciful and the end boss of the level was a joke boss, that and the sidescrolling segments in the levels do have a pattern/easiest path you can figure out fairly easily after a few tries and breeze through them like a pro.

Shorter sessions/stuff I return to every few months depending on whims:

The Terminator (Sega CD) - try to beat it every once in a few months if I have an hour. This game is fun and one of the best exclusives for the Sega/Mega CD, some of the levels look fantastic (one of the better uses of the Genesis' limited colors with clever palette choices) and I like the CD audio soundtrack.

F-Zero (SNES) - quite possibly the best gameplay out of all glorified new console tech demo titles ever made. Racing in this is zen for me (apart from some rage when the AI slowpokes bump into you), must be the music and art even if the art has that crude early SNES look but it does have style. And the gameplay did age well.

V-Rally 2 (Dreamcast) - managed to finish some cup or championship, next one seems to have quite a bit of a difficulty spike.

Digital Pinball Necronomicon (Saturn) - I really like the audio and ambience in this.

Wipeout Pulse (PSP) - Second best wipeout IMO, after HD+Fury. Got a few gold medals in the campaing mode/grid, still a long way to go. Didn't really touch my handhelds much in July, since I had some books I wanted to read during "couch time(tm)".

Kids make me play it with them and/or just want to watch me playing it:

Sonic 2 (Megadrive) - whoever at SEGA thought having the second player control Tails in one player mode without any capacity to allow for griefing or failure was a genius.

Bust a Move (SNES) - I would play the Saturn version of Bust a Move 2 with one of my kids, but I don't have two saturn controllers so this one it is.

Mario Kart (SNES) - driving is teh hard for kindergartners, even in battle mode, maybe in a year.

Micro Machines 2 (Megadrive) - see Mario Kart.

Mario Kart Double Dash (Gamecube) - currently playing in co-op driver+gunner mode with one of the kids being the gunner due to their above mentioned driving aptitude, got gold in 100 CC in all cups, now going through 150. Also I think this builds teamwork or at least following orders (don't waste the red shell, wait for my signal).

Mario Party (N64) - difficulty figuring out the analog stick, the general weirdness of the controller and the esoteric minigame rules aside, at least one kid likes this despite all of that and actually seem to hold an attention span with this game for a very long time. Quite suspicious, maybe there is a secret nipponese subliminal signal embedded in the crappy image signal of the N64.

Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS1)- the levels and art are still pretty (especially on the gloriously radiating CRT TV) so the kids like looking at me playing this. Also they were happy to see it again after a few months break due to PS2 disc drive issues.

Crash Bandicoot 3 (PS1) - see above.
 
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Zero CHAR

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Jan 12, 2024
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67
Enjoy the Revolution! Another revolution around the sun that is.
The game I'm working on as a translator and nothing else. Might start Hat World tonight.
 

Cohesion

Augur
Patron
Joined
May 14, 2015
Messages
1,124
Location
Moscow, Russia
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Diablo 2
Tales of Maj'eyal
Caves of Lore
Some recent polish game set in early XX century which I forgot. There were salutors (otherworldly companions), Rasputin and "Witcher sense" guiding you.
 

Fargus

Arcane
Joined
Apr 2, 2012
Messages
3,222
Location
Mosqueow
Pathfinder: Kangmaker. Not finished, got bored with npc cringe and kingdom management.
Wasteland 2
We Who Are About to Die
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution.
Some porn games.
 

deuxhero

Arcane
Joined
Jul 30, 2007
Messages
11,802
Location
Flowery Land
Jedi Academy (got new monitor, which solved issue with OpenJK on Linux hating fullscreen on old ancient thing I was using before. Did it with minimum forcepowers and minimum saber in addition to normal play. I learned the bosses are all kind jokes if you figure out when they're vulnerable to guns, but otherwise it was not really fun.)
Jagged Alliance 3 (trying to finish this before focusing on other stuff)
 

AndyS

Augur
Joined
Sep 11, 2013
Messages
545
Skald was the main one I played. I'm trying to figure out what the next major RPG I commit to is going to be. I've had the urge to replay the Ultima games, but maybe sticking with the Apple II versions through V, since I've basically only experienced the DOS versions.
 

Late Bloomer

Scholar
Joined
Apr 7, 2022
Messages
3,448
In July I played

Carto (fun puzzle game)
Dystopika (creative fun)
Children of Silentown (had to look up a few puzzle answers)
Dungeons of Sundaria (jank but enjoyable in small bursts)
Fallout 4 (in the middle of a casual slow paced playthrough)
Fallout London (its a real slog that fails on many fronts)
Grim Quest (intriguing heavy text dungeon crawler)
Sun Haven (i like it better than stardew)
Titan Quest (finished base game will work through immortal throne this month)
WW2 Rebuilder (zen out game)
 

JoacoN

Novice
Joined
Dec 21, 2023
Messages
52
Been working on personal projects this month so not much singleplayer, mostly multiplayer with friends

Left 4 Dead 2
Fallout New Vegas
Half-Life 1 multiplayer
Deep Rock Galactic
Counter-Strike Source
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Sonic 2006
 

Zlaja

Arcane
Joined
Aug 17, 2006
Messages
5,986
Location
Swedex
Blade Runner
Earth Defense Force 4.1
The First Descendant
Bound By Flame

-Death Road to Canada

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Lord_Potato

Arcane
Glory to Ukraine
Joined
Nov 24, 2017
Messages
10,495
Location
Free City of Warsaw
Finished Drakensang, competent but mediocre party rpg with rtwp combat.

Started Dead Island 2, a fun action rpg with lots of creative zombie killing. Completed both dlcs (Haus and SoLA) and about half of the main campaign.
 

SixDead

Scholar
Joined
Dec 31, 2017
Messages
157
Vagrus - The Riven Realms, Old Aquintations DLC. Much better writing-wise than Moonshadow DLC, and it has some cool lore revelations. Strongly recommend to storyphages
 

Dark Souls II

Educated
Shitposter
Joined
Jul 13, 2024
Messages
241
Completed playthroughs: Black Souls, Black Souls II, Red Hood's Woods, Age of Decadence

Spent some time on it: Fear & Hunger, Sengoku Rance

Spent a little time on it: Dohna Dohna, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Touhou Mystia's Izakaya, Princess Maker 2

Also, in the last week of July I simultaneously started playthroughs of Arcanum, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, and Baldur's Gate EET + SCS (Cleric/Mage solo playthrough). Playing a little bit of each of these depending on mood.
 

Carceri

Arcane
Joined
Jul 3, 2007
Messages
1,487
Location
Transylvania
Diablo II (PlugY) - I fire this up every now and then, did a few uber tristrams with my hardcore summoner necro and got a decent sorc torch
Grim Dawn - made a new char in the current patch; a Chillwhisper reaper on hardcore, and farmed SR75-76. Char is still alive.
Age of Wonders Shadow Magic - replayed the Julia campaign
Age of Wonders 3 - played several random maps
Endless Legend - bought this game a long time ago with several dlc on a sale, and never got around to properly play it. I played with Mezari and Broken Lords and won both games on hard and serious. The Mezari faction is giving me WH40K vibes.
 
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ferratilis

Magister
Joined
Oct 23, 2019
Messages
2,689
Demon's Souls (original, not the shitty remake)
Elden Ring DLC
Path of Exile
Forza Horizon 4 and 5 (these are played regularly)
 

Gostak

Educated
Joined
Jan 10, 2022
Messages
231
Star Dynasties
Noita
Football Life 2024 (PES 2021)
Movie Battles II
Unexplored
Doom II (Lost in Darkness)
Unreal Tournament
Shadows of Forbidden Gods (Demo)
Cataclysm DDA (if you count the tutorial after having compiled experimental once more since what felt like ages)
 

Jedi Exile

Arcanum
Patron
Joined
Oct 10, 2010
Messages
1,179
Project: Eternity Shadorwun: Hong Kong
I played Enshrouded a lot. It was actually very fun, although I didn't expect much at the beginning. A huge world fun to explore, even in solo. Not like it was in Valheim, where it gets boring eventually.
 

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