Topic: What games are you playing at the moment?

[KillieRed]

It`s better than telly.

[ToneLa]

https://spliced.org/x.php/https://archive.org/details/duke-nukem-forever-2001-leak

this theme cover is amazing

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[Disregarder]

Feeling decidedly underwhelmed by Nintendo Switch Sports so far. Wii Sports was so addictive at the time. Remember the sweat pouring off me and getting rsi playing boxing and tennis so much. This version seems worse. Going to give it more time and see if there's better depth to come.

[meady1981]

Brian Laras cricket on the megadrive

[Dench57]

Got back into playing quite a bit of Halo Infinite online with friends the last few weeks. Apparently the player base has dropped from something like 250k on release to around 8k now. Does feel like 343 Studios have gradually killed off the franchise with their ineptitude over the last 3 releases, when you think back to the juggernaut that was Halo 3. Completely eclipsed by COD and Apex. Wonder if things would've been different for Halo if Bungie had stayed at the helm. It's frustrating for fans of the game because Infinite plays wonderfully, I have a blast playing it competitively. There was a genuine chance to re-invigorate this franchise with the launch of this game, and the playerbase was there. But it's 8 months after release and they still haven't added basic features that were in at launch in any Bungie title - Forge mode, a working Theater mode, co-op campaign, iconic game types like Doubles, Slayer, Lone Wolf. They're releasing 1 new map every "Season" apparently which is like...1 every 8 months. There should've been twice as many maps from the start! And if they just added Forge the community would make the maps for them!

I'm not sure how a game studio so consistently get things so wrong, especially when it's clear a lot of thought and work went into the gameplay itself and the existing maps. Just a staggering lack of content and features, not to mention the ongoing bugs, network issues (EU players regularly handicapped by playing on US servers). I didn't really play it but apparently Halo 5 was the same, it took them 2 years to finally add things that should've been on release. The only reason I can think for their repeated ball-dropping is that it's just a low priority for them, and they basically have a skeleton crew working on updating/adding content. Thank you for listening to my very interesting Halo rant.

[ToneLa]

Teardown, to smash up a Russian city in a workshop mod IN THE NAME OF UKRAINE

Hit Man the Third

Might give Death Stranding: Thom Yorke Future Amazon Deliveryman Simulator a try

[voodoo ray]

jurassic world evolution 2

only ever seen 1 film and didn't like it much but these games are alright. as with any of these sort of games they're generally quite chilled and can be played while doing other things.

[Hedley Lamarr]

jurassic world evolution 2

only ever seen 1 film and didn't like it much but these games are alright. as with any of these sort of games they're generally quite chilled and can be played while doing other things.

After Elden Ring I need a bit of chill, I downloaded it from it gamepass, looks kinda fun.

[classycarra]

Kicked off Guardians of the Galaxy on the PS5 today and it's been good silly fun. Trying to keep involved in the story and to sink into it a little, and so far it's going nicely. Hope they expand the playlist at some point though, would be a bit let down if it remains this small a number of tracks

[blacksun]

Just started Horizon Forbidden West, enjoying it so far

[Ed-Zeppelin]

Kicked off Guardians of the Galaxy on the PS5 today and it's been good silly fun. Trying to keep involved in the story and to sink into it a little, and so far it's going nicely. Hope they expand the playlist at some point though, would be a bit let down if it remains this small a number of tracks

I finished GotG this morning, first game I’ve finished in months and I blasted through it in days. Really good fun throughout, nothing too game changing or clever but well written, fun and a good range or characters and battles to keep things fresh.

Onto Halo Infinite next and Outer Wilds as I’m finally back on the Xbox and making use of Gamepass again after a spell on the PS5. Am looking forward to giving AC Origins a go too as it’s coming to Gamepass soon with the 60fps update for Series X.

[classycarra]

I finished GotG this morning, first game I’ve finished in months and I blasted through it in days. Really good fun throughout, nothing too game changing or clever but well written, fun and a good range or characters and battles to keep things fresh.

Same here mate. Was pleased to see the playlist expand as the game went on. Have actually ended up getting the platinum trophy for it this eve (not something I usually seek out, but was close after completing it). Really fun game to just dive into for a week, when wanting a pleasant distraction

[tubby]

Playing Returnal at the moment, only really just started and can't decide how I feel about it yet.  The game itself feels small at the moment, but I know there's loads more to come.

[Zlen]

Having not played an Assasins Creed game since the first one on PS3, I got the Odyssey just to waste some time roaming around in a nice world. It does that fairly well. Obviously a bit of a culture shock after Elden Ring, especially in combat, but it's not all bad. A strange 'am I or am I not and RPG' vibe to it. I'm not that interested in the story, pretty much spending my time exploring and upgrading stuff. World map looks massive and it'll take a shitload of time to even see most of it, let alone complete most quests/objectives. I guess my favourite thing is surveying a big fort or encampment and making my way through it quietly. Also finding a dark spot to stack about dozen dead bodies is fun. AI is a joke on normal, may have to fiddle with settings to get the balance of difficulty right.

[stoa]

Playing Rimworld again with loads of mods and it's such a great little game by a small team (and I think it started out as a one-man project). So much fun to play and no need for shiny new graphics or bombastic storylines, you create your own story.

And in a similar vein I've just seen that Introversion, the guys who did Prison Architect, have new game in devlopment called "The Last Starship". It looks really promising and they have a Steam playtest you can apply for. You get to play and early version of the game (not even an Alpha version yet) and give them feedback (available here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1857080/The_Last_Starship/). I would imagine that they'll start with Early Access later this year.

Looks like it could become a quite fun little game and those guys deserve the support in my view, because their Prison Architect Early Access was done in the right way and is one of the best examples I can think of, how it should be done. Monthly updates with fun little videos where they explained what they were doing, what's new and loads of other fun little ramblings that had nothing to do with the game. They've done a little video about the game, what's already there and what their plans are.

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[Drinks Sangria]

Gears 5 multiplayer. I’m shite. I was top 10 in the world for Warzone on Gears 2 when I was a teenager but it seems like muscle memory doesn’t carry that far.

It’s fun but frustratingly inconsistent - as Gears often has been - I’m just rubbish.

Gears 4’s online was brilliantly balanced and playable but barely anyone played it.

[Malaysian Kopite]

I'm still trying to finish Elden Ring but I've been playin g quite a bit of OG FF7 with a ton of mods and just got started on Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Assassins Creed Origins off Game Pass
Wolfenstein 2
Forza Motorsport 7

[Buck Pete]

Wolfenstein 2

New Colossus?

How far you in?

One of the most bizarre but memorable and totally fucking epic cut scenes I've ever seen in a game.  Its right near the end and features Anya.  That's all I'm saying

[Flaccido Dongingo]

New Colossus?

How far you in?

One of the most bizarre but memorable and totally fucking epic cut scenes I've ever seen in a game.  Its right near the end and features Anya.  That's all I'm saying

I'm at Roswell, in the town undercover.

[tubby]

Playing Returnal at the moment, only really just started and can't decide how I feel about it yet.  The game itself feels small at the moment, but I know there's loads more to come.

Fuck me this game is TOUGH.

[Buck Pete]

I'm at Roswell, in the town undercover.

Ooh a way to go yet. Enjoy the next chapter. Let us know how it goes

[ToneLa]

Old World with mods

Civ 4 designer

it's very moreish

[Crimson]

Installed Battlefield 2042 again now that they've added a new map, made it a bit less cringy and done some other tweaks. It's actually fun now. Though, the new map will get old pretty fast if they don't build on it.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Installed Battlefield 2042 again now that they've added a new map, made it a bit less cringy and done some other tweaks. It's actually fun now. Though, the new map will get old pretty fast if they don't build on it.

Still not for me, tried it using the 10 hour trial on EA Play, and I can't get along with the hero shooter bullshit, it's the one thing that should never be in a Battlefield game, just do a remake of Battlefield 3 for current hardware, imagine 64 players a side on Operation Metro Rush or Conquest, it'd be amazing chaos.

[JerseyKloppite]

Playing through the new Kirby game. It's good fun.

[AndyMuller]

Still on Hades. Got 1 more run to complete the main quest, it is so addictive.

[ScouserAtHeart]

Forza Horizon 5 is a treat

[Hedley Lamarr]

Still not for me, tried it using the 10 hour trial on EA Play, and I can't get along with the hero shooter bullshit, it's the one thing that should never be in a Battlefield game, just do a remake of Battlefield 3 for current hardware, imagine 64 players a side on Operation Metro Rush or Conquest, it'd be amazing chaos.

Nor me.  This isn't Battlefield, I don't know what it is.

I actually think they've managed to kill Battlefield as a franchise.  Properly killed it.

[tubby]

Like the look of Evil West.  Gameplay footage out now.

[ScouserAtHeart]

TMNT Shredder's Revenge on Gamepass. Good old-school button-mashing fun.

[voodoo ray]

Forza Horizon 5 is a treat

I enjoyed playing it. Though the cross country races seemed much more annoying than they were in 4

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Forza Horizon 5 is a treat

I can't stick the whole presentation of the Horizon games, all the cringe voice overs and cut scenes etc, can't fault the driving, but the former just makes me switch off, I still play Motorsport 6 and 7 as they're phenomenal driving games.

[voodoo ray]

I can't stick the whole presentation of the Horizon games, all the cringe voice overs and cut scenes etc, can't fault the driving, but the former just makes me switch off, I still play Motorsport 6 and 7 as they're phenomenal driving games.

I can understand why some might not like it, but it fits. They're not racing games, they're not really even driving games, they're "messing around in cars" games.

[naYoRHa2b]

I just don't like the progression system in Horizon. I typically like to grind in racing games, you know you build up slowly and earn/buy better cars but it's just straight to the hyper cars in Forza Horizon.

I don't mind Forza but i wasn't a fan of the mod/boost feature in Forza 6 I think it was. Hopefully it doesn't return for the reboot.

[Fabulous_aurelio]

Just finished Cyberpunk and do want to go into Elden Ring next but want to have a quick break.

I've got Trek To Yomi and Tunic lined up.

[ToneLa]

Ooh cyberpunk. Did you get a good ending

I got the Devil first time round

This go round though I'm farming money before doing most missions and tis a lot more fun. Already got legendary cyber ware, can Short Circuit baddies from a distance and boom, dead

Sort of reinforces how empty the open world is though. Done the psychos and the copper jobs already soooo I'm a killing machine with nowt to do but the short main story

[ToneLa]

Forza Horizon 5 is a treat

How does Aloy handle in it?


 

[Fabulous_aurelio]

Ooh cyberpunk. Did you get a good ending

I got the Devil first time round

I was really happy with my ending. I got The Star as female V and Judy joined me.

I decided after the ending not to go back. I was at a decent level and finished quite a few character arcs. When some DLC comes out I may play again.

Really enjoyed it though. I thought it was an excellent game.

[wige]

Started Returnal last night after upgrading PS+ and have loved the first 60/90 minutes or so.

Couldn't justify the PS5 game price for this (never saw it cheaper than £60) but if I had done, I doubt I'd have been disappointed.

Really tight controls, great concept, lovely art style/graphics. In a weird way kinda the combat makes me feel like I'm playing a third person version of R-Type!