What game are you wasting time on?

[GhostCow]

I've been playing Destroy all Humans 2. Pretty good remaster. Didn't play the original so I can't compare. You can tell it's an old game because it's not shit. Also been playing spooderman. I already beat it on ps4, but I wanted to play with ray tracing and mods. It looks nice with the ray tracing and I replaced all the tranny flags with nazi flags so the game is kind of based now.

 

[Derringer]

Reminds me of Kula World, which is probably the better game.

It took me three years to bit this one as a kid. The latter parts of the game were really challenging for little me. Not that it was the only thing I played, but I spent a few hours every week with it.

Kula World is pretty fun, I'm glad that people recommend it a lot.

 

[Abu Antar]

Gunpoint, it's really simple but amazing game. Will play Deadbolt after that.

I liked Gunpoint, but was disappointed with Deadbolt. I beat the former, but dropped the latter.

 

[what am i doing]

I acquired Kena: Bridge of Spirits and have played a small amount of it so far. The gameplay, so far, is simple but fun. I've seen it described as "a fromsoft game with disney aesthetics" and that seems pretty accurate (lots of dodging). If you dislike cutesy games you'll find this one absolutely nauseating, but for me, personally, I'll play basically anything set in a big magical forest, so it gets a pass on that. I find the Rot's "true form" kind of a pain to control and I don't think it's implemented well (suspect it was designed for consoles first), but that's basically my only criticism.

I have also been playing Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance on a near daily basis while I wait for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun. Not that there's anything wrong with Forged Alliance, but community-wise you have to pick between Steam which is nearly dead and FAF which "balances" the game based around the whining of e-sports wannabes (resulting in it being far less balanced than version 3603 that the developers left it with on Steam). So I'm hoping Sanctuary will basically be "SupCom FA but with an active community".

 

[adddeed]

Juggling a bunch of games at the same time.

UFO Aftermath - pretty fun overall, i like the atmosphere.
Caesar 3 - trying to get to grips with the walkers. Enjoying the challenge though plus the game has a lot of charm.
Malestrom - Janky RTS from 2007 but liking as its not typical. Has terraforming, direct control, nice resource system, units and abilities, and looks awesome (plus finally an RTS with actual realistic proportions to things).
X Beyond the Frontier - hoping to finish it after first playing it in 1999. Really old school with zero hand holding.
Anno 1602 - nice little game, kind of jack of all trades (supply chains, city building, expansion, rts). Not a lot of depth though but combined its fun and relaxing.
Populous 3 - fun game, love the visual style and presentation and the funny way fights happen.
Need for Speed Pro Street - good game with id say best customization in the series.
F1 2011 - Going through the whole series (finished a season in F1 2010) and this one is a good improvement.
Disciples Sacred Lands - Great art style plus im enjoying the less complex mechanics as opposed to games like Age of Wonders. Still has a lot of strategy in it.
Bus Driver - From makers of Euro Truck Sim before they got big, fun little game and can be challenging.
Port Royale 1 - Looks like it has good depth to it but im really early (manually trading between cities).
Tomb Raider 3 - Harder then TR2 so far but still fun.

Also finished last month - Deus Ex, Deus Ex IW, Breed, Hitman Contracts.

 

[Ivan]

Ni No Kuni. Very formulaic so far, but cute and charming. Combat puts me to sleep. Standard fare of monsters catching up to you in overworld>transition to combat screen>boring combat ensues>reward. Back to traversal to the next cutscene/settlement. I may drop this if it doesn't spice things up soon. Currently looking for King Kat

 

[NecroLord]

A personal favourite.
The most faithful video game adaptation of the 3.5 D&D edition.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Tried out Gorasul - Legacy of the Dragon almost decade later after my attempt at magic focused character. Didn't last long on maxed out puzzles setting, again. Out of curiosity tried guides in English and Potato and none of them helped. Huh.
At least game had some decent music

 

[laclongquan]

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UFO Aftermath - pretty fun overall, i like the atmosphere.
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Suggest UFO2 Extraterrestrial which is out this year after 6 year in development. UFO Extraterrestrial 1 is nice and all but you can always return to this decade old game afterward.

 

[Cromwell]

Tried to play ninja gaiden master collection but noticed I cant play it when the kids are around and am to tired and old to not suck when I have time in the evening.

 

[Jvegi]

I'm playing Nox and I can play it when the kid is around.

 

[Rocket-Propelled Game]

Playing Borderlands 2 (as Axton) and Hunt: Showdown to scratch my Call of Duty and Tarkov itches respectively until Modern Warfare II comes out.

(If you're wondering why I don't just play Tarkov, it's because I own Hunt: Showdown but do not own Tarkov. )

 

[Ivan]

Beacon Pines 3/4 or

A charming little point-n-click narrative with an artstyle reminiscent of Bastion, a soothing/jazzy soundtrack, cute animation, and character/story work that reminded me of Night in the Woods. It is completely linear and the game's main gimmick is that you get to rewind to the moment before a branching choice is made to see how a specific narrative branch would have ended. Some nice feels toward the end and Rolo was wonderfully written/presented as the bestie.


Grounded

There aren't enough traversal/transportation tools for my liking. Aside from that, exploration is pretty excellent, as is the world design. The progression curve reminded me of the harsher moments from Gothic or STALKER. Combat isn't fun in and of itself, made more so by mixing in projectiles to stun fools. Would have like to have seen more puzzles, most of this is just navigational exploration/puzzling.

This is pretty damn fine soil for a potentially great sequel.



Prodeus

Excellent FPS featuring a great loop bolstered by great art, audio, and music. It takes a good while until it gives you all movement abilities, so I was satisfied with the game partway through, then I was having Doom Eternal flashbacks once the dash is introduced. Great level design, mostly great arsenal, pretty standard bestiary with not much character behind it.

Oh yeah, it doesn't have a death penalty. It's like Bioshock, you die and you respawn at a checkpoint OR you could CHOOSE to restart the whole level. Weak, they should have retained player choice but instilled a penalty, perhaps a lives system, or have the player "earn" the checkpoints w/a collectible.

 

[NecroLord]

 

[Kruyurk]

If someone wants to waste his time on Call of Juarez: Gunslinger or Darkwood, I have spare steam keys from a bundle. Both have very good reviews on steam but I did not play either (I don't like playing video games, only buying them).

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
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Darkwood
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* is the result of 2^2
Is it useful to do that for the eventual bot ? I have seen people do these kind of things on other forums.

 

[Modron]

One time a game developer posted 5 steam keys for their game in the giftstravaganza subforum (which requires a year's time or patron status to access) and they were gone in minutes with 4 out of 5 being claimed by Serbians so yeah it's best to obfuscate as there is probably some light botting going on.

 

[Kruyurk]

One time a game developer posted 5 steam keys for their game in the giftstravaganza subforum (which requires a year's time or patron status to access) and they were gone in minutes with 4 out of 5 being claimed by Serbians so yeah it's best to obfuscate as there is probably some light botting going on.

Thanks for the info. I did not know about the giftstravaganza subforum, now I understand why I did not find a giveaway thread.

 

[Caim]

I've given Bloons TD 6 a try earlier today.

I have made a terrible mistake.

 

[Hag]

Played some Soul Calibur VI at a friend's place. It's the same as the IV, only now you have to pay to unlock new shit instead of, you know, playing the game. Not a big fan of mechanics tweaks, game feels easier overall (grabs are trivial to cancel now for example) and nothing of value has been added. Story mod is boring, the art and writing is so bad it is almost funny. Almost. The character editor is still over-the-top.
Still it is very fun, with a fair learning curve, makes for enjoyable fights. The possibility to move around the ring and throw your opponent overboard never gets old.

 

[NecroLord]

Playing Doom with the Chocolate Doom source port.
Hail to the King,baby!

 

[Theodora]

Finally playing through Ori and the Blind Forest in spare moments. Very pretty little game, and not too frustrating (as metroidvanias can be).

Also got dragged into playing FFXIV with a couple of friends, and really impressed with the sense of place it carries (most MMOs are quite cartoonish and lacking in that regard). The variable weather, day/night cycle, and various skyboxes all really add to that impression, even though they're quite simple things; guess a decent lighting engine goes a long way?

Spoiler

 

[Kabas]

Finished Painkiller, thoughts:
-Graphics aged amazingly well
-I have a soft spot for games that throw you into completely different locale almost every other level
-Awesome shotgun
-I found many secrets to be rather hard to find(or rather hard to figure out how to reach them)
-Fuck those secrets that require you to do platforming though
-Each level awards you with the tarot card(buyable upgrade) if you fulfill a certain condition. My favourite were the ones that limited your weapon choices, like complete the level using only painkiller.
-My favourite chapter was the first one, can't explain exactly why.
Thinking about trying the first F.E.A.R.
Edit: I only took a glimpse at the expansion levels, will try them later.

 

[Insect Hordes]

Fear kicks ass. You'll love that shotgun with the slow-mo. It peters out in terms of gameplay intensity at the end. Play the two expansions as well. Fear 2 was shitty but ok. Fear 3 was PS3 era tripe.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

FEAR is indeed great. The Penetrator is one of my all time favourite weapons from any game. I'd say 2 and 3 are decent but not worthy of the FEAR name. Worth playing for the bonkers story. Defintely wait for a sale on 2 and 3 though if you're going to bother at all

 

[NecroLord]

Fear kicks ass. You'll love that shotgun with the slow-mo. It peters out in terms of gameplay intensity at the end. Play the two expansions as well. Fear 2 was shitty but ok. Fear 3 was PS3 era tripe.

Might replay Fear at some point. Great shooter.
Was Fear 2 all that bad? I've always heard mixed things about it.