Discussion questions:

What video games have you played recently?

What are your favorite video game genres?

Question of the week:

What have you gotten in terms of games recently for 2023 so far, if anything?

Anyway, make sure to also answer the questions in the title.

Thanks!

  • 100beep@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Still with Genshin. Bit of a content drought lately, didn’t much care for the latest event. That said, it’s still one of my all-time favourites.

    For PC, I’ve recently started playing Frostpunk. Really fun. From what I’ve heard of the Last Autumn, there’s a decent bit of class struggle there, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. (It’s also a bit unclear if it’s inter-worker bickering.)

    And I’ve stuck with EU4 - in the middle of a Choson One run, just got declared on by a Russia-Ottoblob alliance.

  • Evy@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m playing Elden Ring, it’s my first souls like game and I really like it. I’m about 70% through the game. Sometimes I play Rocket League. I also started Dead Space (2008) recently, that’s also fun.

  • smrtfasizmu@lemmygrad.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m currently playing Days Gone and I’m enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would.

    My favourite genre is whatever the SoulsBorneSekiroRing games are. I also like Action games like Devil May Cry, Nioh, Ninja Gaiden, and Bayonetta, as well as RPGs like Dragon’s Dogma and The Witcher 3.

    I also love story-driven games like The Last of Us (especially part 2, fuck the haters), God of War, Uncharted etc.

  • epchris@programming.devEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Started up No Man’s Sky for the first time basically since it first launched and am having fun so far!

  • klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.netEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Stilllllll playing TotK but really looking forward to Pikmin 4. I would be playing 1+2 on the switch (super excited to have a bunch of newbies introduced to the series) but i just finished a replay of both not too long ago and I also tend to prefer of games on of hardware when I can. Speaking of, I just got Pokemon Snap in the mail for N64 and I’ve just started playing that in addition to New Pokemon Snap to give me a chill break from Hyrule every now and again

  • DerPapa69@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    Started playing Deep Rock Galactic with the missus and we’re really enjoying it! I’m also obsessed with the new Dead Cells DLC and Doom mods/wads. I especially like Project Brutality with custom WADs, Bloom, Ashes and Aliens TC. It’s mental the time and effort people put into free mods for games and passion projects

      • DerPapa69@lemmy.ml
        0·
        1 year ago

        Definitely! If you have some people to play with (or even just one person), it’s a right blast. I haven’t really tried the matchmaking, but I don’t imagine that to be too fun though. Part of the fun for me and my SO is taking our time to really explore the caves and take our time.

        • zeerphling@lemmygrad.ml
          3·
          1 year ago

          Is it that odd to like the first one and not the second? I played the entirety of the second one waiting for some interesting choices, the few interactions I enjoyed were with the evil-aligned companions (which is not really enough to warrant a full playthrough). The whole premise of the adventure path is underwhelming, really. Instead of doing something interesting like dethroning the monarchy, you get to fight demons for a feckless leader.

          Some of the mechanics were improved, and I did like the mythic paths, but it felt like there was only one interesting chapter (the one where you travel to the demon city), even if it was annoying to navigate.

            • zeerphling@lemmygrad.ml
              2·
              1 year ago

              That’s true, I guess I’ve just played enough similar games where I could say “oh, this feels like an important choice, I better do it.” And then my character became a lich.

              But I can definitely see where you’re coming from for a certain other path where there are quite a lot of hoops to go through.

              And I think the game is supposed to have replayability though those paths… but then they put all the content with the paths they think players will be drawn to. Not necessarily the most fun to play. Like, I picked Lich to resurrect certain dead characters, but there’s no interaction with them beyond “go home” and “come with me”.

              Talking about the second game makes me want to replay Kingmaker. I actually liked the party members in that game.