What game are you wasting time on?

[Semiurge]

Quake II 2023 remaster is great. A polished definitive edition without the telemetry of Quake 1 Enhanced.

I have now completed the main campaign, they even expanded the Id Chad gallery of the last level!

 

[MaxPaint]

Finished Titanfall 2 and Amid Evil

FRIENDSIP ENDED WITH ION FURY
NOW AMID EVIL IS MY FAVOURITE BOOMER SHOOTER

Seriously, I liked it so much that I played it twice in a row. The issues I had with it were minor and mostly about the morningstar and the main game bfg hitboxes.

Titanfall 2 was meh. Played a lot like CoD AW without Kevin Spacey. The only interesting level was the Singularity inspired one, where you had to jump between the past and the present. Also the MC is voiced by Matthew Mercer, yeah.
So instead of playing Far Cry 4, Amid Evil made me download a shit-ton of shooters. Not sure if I will finish all of them, most likely not, but I'll give them all a try.

 

[Gostak]

Oof, I updated my Noita install and played a round of impending frustration.
[...]
But for now enough of its frustrations.

*grumble, grumble*

Okay, I sorta quickly did some more attempts after all and actually got my first completion (basic "Complete the work" one) on thursday!

Continued some day after it to see if I'd get a streak, which the game tracks, but died an unnecessary death in that follow-up run.

So, after beating it the simple way legit once I felt like I could now watch the video Palikka linked here: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...l-is-physically-simulated.120991/post-8945073
through all the sections and see what spoilers it might hold for me.

While to me the game has not nearly enough mechanics that really matter for a simple win (ones you as a player hold some greater agency over at least and which are not too much at the mercy of RNG luck), to me that is mostly just the wand tinkering feature it's still enjoyable enough coupled with its simple 2d physics and material interactions.

Noita btw

The following GOG review (not mine) shares some of my views on this:

"hardestest" GOG review of Noita

3/5
Addictive rather than enjoyable
Tips for beginners: Press Down when standing still to eat or drink or fill a bottle. If you would like, edit the save file, or install mods to get regen/bags/perks. Also, you won't be able to tell "3" from "9".

Noita is probably supposed to be hostile to everyone, hardcore players and beginners alike.

Unlike Terraria, Noita is all about destruction.
Unlike Risk of Rain, Noita is slow.
One misstep and you die, erasing hours of progress.
Random luck makes or breaks a run, like a slot machine.
Enemies have perfect aim, feeling like virtual rope jumping.

That being said, the world is vast and the magic combinations are endless.

 

[6502 Workshop]

Nox Archaist is done and dusted. In the end, it was a fun 2020 game, that still made you nostalgic. Some QoL stuff were added, like quick combat, diagonal attacks, etc. However, I would have loved a soundtrack, but it might not have worked on the Apple II.

Now, I won't start any new games in 2023. I need to finish up several games that I have already started.

Hi! I just happened across your post. It might not be quite what you had in mind but wanted to mention that Nox Archaist does have a soundtrack that is playable independent of the game in MP3 format. It is in the /Nox Archaist/Game Materials/Soundtrack folder.

 

[Krivol]

I tried to play Metro Exodus. This game has some potential, but it's just cut scene after cut scene and QTE here and there! I was hoping for Stalker 1.5, and I got a story shooter.

Not for me...

 

[Fargus]

I tried to play Metro Exodus. This game has some potential, but it's just cut scene after cut scene and QTE here and there! I was hoping for Stalker 1.5, and I got a story shooter.

Not for me...

Yeah, i wouldn't go into Metro expecting Stalker. These games are incredibly atmospheric, but they are as linear as they come and mostly just on rails story shooters. Metro Exodus allows more freedom with open maps, but it mixes them with railroaded story missions.

 

[Ryzer]

I tried to play Metro Exodus. This game has some potential, but it's just cut scene after cut scene and QTE here and there! I was hoping for Stalker 1.5, and I got a story shooter.

Not for me...

Yeah, i wouldn't go into Metro expecting Stalker. These games are incredibly atmospheric, but they are as linear as they come and mostly just on rails story shooters. Metro Exodus allows more freedom with open maps, but it mixes them with railroaded story missions.

If you want another Vatnik game somewhat free, I guess there is Atomic Heart, but still it's on rail story shooter.

 

[Krivol]

I just want a decent map (or maps, it doesn't have to be open world), some nice guns and enemies to kill, without stupid cut-scenes every 5 minutes. I'm here to play, not to watch FFS!

 

[Ryzer]

I just want a decent map (or maps, it doesn't have to be open world), some nice guns and enemies to kill, without stupid cut-scenes every 5 minutes. I'm here to play, not to watch FFS!

Atomic heart has the advantage of having ... *sweating* ... interesting cutscenes.


Those Russians damn know what the male audience wants.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Killing zombies in Dead Island 2.

 

[NecroLord]

I tried to play Metro Exodus. This game has some potential, but it's just cut scene after cut scene and QTE here and there! I was hoping for Stalker 1.5, and I got a story shooter.

Not for me...

Way too linear and way too many cutscenes.
STALKER is just plain better, to be honest.

 

[Ryzer]

Killing zombies in Dead Island 2.

Better go with Dying Light, you Poles did the best zombie games.

 

[NecroLord]

Living in Warsaw is true Zombie experience, no?

 

[Lord_Potato]

Killing zombies in Dead Island 2.

Better go with Dying Light, you Poles did the best zombie games.

I completed most Techland zombiekilling games: Dead Island, Dead Island: Riptide and Dying Light. Wanted to pick up Dying Light 2, but since Techland was bought out by the Chinks I decided to check what the Brits managed to come up with.

So far its enjoyable. Except for the Haus dlc which was a slog.

 

[MaxPaint]

STALKER is just plain better, to be honest.

What's the best way to play it nowadays? Anomaly?

 

[Ryzer]

STALKER is just plain better, to be honest.

What's the best way to play it nowadays? Anomaly?

Vanilla

 

[MaxPaint]

STALKER is just plain better, to be honest.

What's the best way to play it nowadays? Anomaly?

Vanilla

I already played vanilla a couple of times. SoC and CoP. Clear Sky just didn't work with all the bugs. There's anomaly, anomaly redux and gamma. Gamma is about crafting the guns and is more grindy, as I understand?

 

[Ryzer]

STALKER is just plain better, to be honest.

What's the best way to play it nowadays? Anomaly?

Vanilla

I already played vanilla a couple of times. SoC and CoP. Clear Sky just didn't work with all the bugs. There's anomaly, anomaly redux and gamma. Gamma is about crafting the guns and is more grindy, as I understand?

Gamma is survival autism at its finest, Anomaly is uninteresting chore. Didn't play Anomaly redux.

 

[NecroLord]

STALKER is just plain better, to be honest.

What's the best way to play it nowadays? Anomaly?

Some of the guys around here might be able to help you better than I can in that regard.
I think Vanilla is the best experience and the best way to play it.

 

[MaxPaint]

I see, ok, thank you.

 

[NecroLord]

There might be some cool mods out there, but I think that far too many focus on adding ridiculous amounts of new weapons that do not fit at all into the world and setting of the Zone.
That and trying to enhance the graphics to ultra realistic levels that eventually breaks the original tone of the game.

 

[MaxPaint]

There might be some cool mods out there, but I think that far too many focus on adding ridiculous amounts of new weapons that do not fit at all into the world and setting of the Zone.
That and trying to enhance the graphics to ultra realistic levels that eventually breaks the original tone of the game.

Not surprised. I remember in some of Thief's texture packs dude changed one of the portraits to his girlfriend.

 

[Krivol]

STALKER is just plain better, to be honest.

What's the best way to play it nowadays? Anomaly?

Some of the guys around here might be able to help you better than I can in that regard.
I think Vanilla is the best experience and the best way to play it.

I would put something to remove head banging every step. But overall that's it.

Unfortunately, the first Stalker I've ever played was Call of Prypiat and it's hard for me to get into SotC, mostly due to UI. Still, I managed to finish SotC, which is indeed the peak of this series.

 

[Ryzer]

Killing zombies in Dead Island 2.

Better go with Dying Light, you Poles did the best zombie games.

I completed most Techland zombiekilling games: Dead Island, Dead Island: Riptide and Dying Light. Wanted to pick up Dying Light 2, but since Techland was bought out by the Chinks I decided to check what the Brits managed to come up with.

So far its enjoyable. Except for the Haus dlc which was a slog.

Dying Light 1 during night time put many horror games to shame, and it's one of the most unforgiving experience with zombies.

 

[niknikaia]

I'm trying Ghost of Tsushima. I can barely run it and its a bit boring so far, still at the prologue/ start of the game.