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Shouldn’t we just keep waiting patiently?
This is a trial of our faith. Our patience will truly be tested.
I think we should create an “Impatient Gamers” community and send OP to that one (evil emoji).
This is probably one of the more active communities I’m in, actually. Lemmy’s just not that big, I guess? And that’s fine with me. I don’t need an endless scroll of posts daily. I catch up on my subscribed pages within 20 minutes each day. But if someone wants to encourage more conversation I’m all for it.
As for what I’m playing this month, I just got a used Steam Deck and that’s dramatically opened up opportunities for me to play through my PC games that I haven’t gotten around to. Started Psychonauts 2 and I’m pretty impressed with how little Double Fine had to change since 2005. It feels like 20 years just never happened and it’s so far a very natural progression of the first game. Having a great time with it.
Coming into Psychonauts 2 straight off the first one was honestly great. The story beats didn’t miss a single hitch, the reintroduction of Raz’s powers was perfect, and I loved the new characters.
I re-played the first a few years back and it’s one of the very few games I’ve 100%'d. Despite the years long gap since my last time playing, it still felt like I just jumped back into the world. So far I’m liking the new characters, but I do miss the original cast of camp kids.
I will say the constant references to the in-between VR exclusive game is frustrating. That feels like a crucial bit of story being dangled over my head that I know I’m never going to see because a VR headset is just not in the cards for me for at least the next few years. Maybe I just need to watch a Let’s Play.
That’s what I did for RoR (Rhombus of Ruin). There’s also the recap video at the beginning of 2.
But I’ve played the first so many times through my life I honestly don’t even know what the count is at. It’s had a massive impact on how I view everything.
Psychonauts 2 is amazing. I had a really good time playing it and my kids were completely engrossed in it by my side.
Still playing Skyrim. Can’t seem to put it down.
I’ve modded it a bit and started over. I’m picking up more hidden details that I missed the first time, and I’m abusing some game mechanics to be all powerful. Muhahah!
I’m hooked on Marvel’s Midnight Suns right now. It’s a little bit XCOM, a little bit Persona, and some deckbuilding on top. Some exploration and light puzzles in the hub area between missions if you like, mostly for the friendship/lore/cosmetic stuff. Got it free from Epic last month, but I’d say it’s at least worth $25 or so if you find a sale.
Edit: Also Nico Minoru is a possible party member, and I fucking love Runaways.
I’m nearing the end if my Marvel Suns phase… picked it up on sale on the PS5 a few months back. Played through twice… am hanging on to that last little bit of the playthrough.
I still snagged the Epic one immediately. Downside is that if I ever get back to beat the PC version, I’ll probably have to grab the DLCs… not so much for the missions and characters as for Morbius’ lab, which allows you to bump up your stats and make your characters even more OP and take on harder difficulties.
I enjoyed the XCOM-like parts, but couldn’t stand the running around, material gathering stuff. Just let me be super heroes non-stop battling bad guys, with a little bit of room between fights for upgrades. I don’t want to go fishing with Blade.
Gathering materials does suck, yeah. Rarely an activity I enjoy in any game.
I can respect the opinion of wanting to skip the social parts, that’s definitely not for everyone.
Some of them I really like though, like Nico’s always doing these side-eyed references to movies without actually naming them (Pulp Fiction, The Room, etc.)
I finally played elden ring. I got pretty bored after 10 hours. Is it just learning the precise movements of the enemies over and over and over again until you can fight all the enemies?
The design is cool and the creatures are amazing and it’s fun, but I don’t like how restrictive movement is in a game that demands of movement.
I’m playing inside now and that is fun as all hell. I loved little nightmares and the sequel, so this is a pretty familiar fun game.
Faster Than Light. It’s so addictive and such a nice chill game
One of the few games I always come back to
Hey, mod here. Guilty as charged, I honestly haven’t played much in months so it’s been hard to come up with good posts. I do read everyone else’s posts though, but not every day. I’ll try to comment more frequently and check in more often too.
As for the monthly games thread, that’s been the other mod, I’ve been patiently waiting for a new post for a while but haven’t seen one from him. I might take over that duty if the most recent post hits 3 months without update.
If there’s anything you’d like from this sub I’d love to hear it!
I really liked the “Essential Games List” on Reddit, maybe we could do something similar? Or maybe best recently patient games? (games that are 1-2 years old)
Basically, I come here for game recommendations, so I’d really like a rotating rec list. Once/year would be plenty for me, since I just throw them on a wishlist and pick them up when I need games to play.
That’s a great idea. I’m definitely going to look into doing that essential games list.
As for the recently patient games, I just made a post about that last night! It seems to be well received.
Hello,
Good to see you are still around!
I’m back into Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It’s whipping my ass.
I’ve played off and on for years and don’t think I’ve ever made it past level 20. I have no idea why I’m so terrible
To me it feels like a big drop in activity on Lemmy over the past 6 months? So the weekly and monthly post are being forgotten and some are letting standards slip.
The HDD in my Xbox One S was starting to die so I decided to swap it for an SSD. Surprisingly easy to do with just a torx screwdriver and a spudger. So now I’m starting Red Dead Redemption again as I got so close to completion but didn’t quite finish the story.
To me it feels like a big drop in activity on Lemmy over the past 6 months? So the weekly and monthly post are being forgotten and some are letting standards slip.
Number of active users is more or less stable, but it definitely feels like some people left (at least temporarily) indeed.
Maybe people are just taking vacation.
Yeah, I miss those threads cause I don‘t have enough to say about the games I play to fill out a whole post. And I don‘t want to follow stabdards or make a draft or spend more than 5 minutes really to casually talk about games, and if I make a whole ass post I feel pressured to deliver.
Having someone active be moderating would obviously be good.
As for what I‘ve been playing… Wuthering Waves and Genshin Impact for a couple minutes a day, then Marsupilami and Balatro on my own, and Trine 5 with a friend. I also started and had a look into a lot of other games, but nothing stuck with me as much.
I finished Mario 3D World on Switch and went on to have a look at Bowser‘s Fury and oh my sweet Jesus, it‘s so good. The music! Sadly it‘s just 30 fps, which is the only bad thing I have to say about it. 3D World was fine but the 2D/3D mix didn‘t feel right.
Well I caved and started a new Minecraft world, but I’m not sure I like my seed. Playing the original Moving Out with my kindergartner and he’s surprising good at it.
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It’s on crazy sale on the Nintendo e-store right now, maybe other platforms, too.
My kids discovered stardew valley now I’m hooked again. Sweet, fun, addictive gameplay
Same, started playing with a friend and now I’m back on the Stardew grind in singleplayer too. Doing a challenge run where I try to complete the community center without ever buying from Pierre (except for the backpack upgrades) or Joja, and without ever going in the mines. The real blocker on this is quartz. My only route to obtain it is fiddling in peoples’ trash and it is a rare drop.
No mines is going to be a real challenge alright. So7nds fun
Started a Professor Oaks Challenge in Red. I’m still not out of the grind in Viridian Forest. So much grinding.
For those who don’t know, the challenge is to catch, and evolve, every possible pokemon line before each gym leader. Doing this in an OG game is pretty painful, and slow at the start.
Kinda have Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous burning in the back of my mind, though. That new DLC. Kinda wanna roll up a Bladebound Magus. Kinda getting tired of running in a straight line repeatedly.
Does that include buying magickarp for extra pain? Hopefully you are using an emulator so it at least loves faster.
Yeah, I’m planning on pretty much grabbing one of the high levels I’ll have and just switch training Magi on the trainers in Mt. Moon before doing the Cerulean Catch-and-Grind, and having to add Abra into the mix for a bit.
Oh yeah, emulator with FF on with PKHex at my side to make some things a bit more gentle, but manually grinding, catching, and including Trades since I can just fake it and have a “legal” one.
Day of Defeat Source for an hour or so each night. I rock a lemon for a computer but it can run DoD and I still get kicks out of it.
Are there still servers/players for DoD?
I don’t know about DoD but DoD Source has servers. For folks down under the ANZAC server starts to get going at about 6pm AEST each night with friendly admins to help shoo the dickheads away.
Looks like it’s on you now.
Finishing up AC: Brotherhood and looking for some cool indies. I’ve got a few in my library, but I’m open to trying something new.
