Topic: What games are you playing at the moment?

[macca007]

Finished Ghost of Tsushima.

Next Up:
Guacamelee 2
Ori and the Will of the Whisps
The Last Campfire
Ancestors Humnkind Odyssey

Hope that takes me through towards Christmas when I can ask santa for Cyberpunk and the new AC

Both the ori games are class. Loved playing them

[Redcap]

Very late to the party as usual but currently playing Hollow Knight.

Absolutely fantastic.

[JerseyKloppite]

Very late to the party as usual but currently playing Hollow Knight.

Absolutely fantastic.

So good! Can't wait for the sequel.

[Darren G]

"my wife just began her morning discourse on the subject of my faults" is one of the funniest lines I've heard in anything for a while let alone a game.

 That from Red Dead? Deffo sounds familiar and possibly from John, but can't quite place where I've heard it.

[voodoo ray]

That from Red Dead? Deffo sounds familiar and possibly from John, but can't quite place where I've heard it.

yeah it's from the bloke who owns the ranch that you start in the epilogue. actually had to pause the game because I was laughing so much, it's the delivery as much as the line itself.

[Darren G]

yeah it's from the bloke who owns the ranch that you start in the epilogue. actually had to pause the game because I was laughing so much, it's the delivery as much as the line itself.

Jesus, you're at the epilogue already? That was fast.

[voodoo ray]

Jesus, you're at the epilogue already? That was fast.

the current state of the world means I've been spending a lot of time at home!

[PhilV]

I kinda wanna try Stellaris but seems so big I am a bit weary of starting it haha

[voodoo ray]

I kinda wanna try Stellaris but seems so big I am a bit weary of starting it haha

give it a go, but know that it requires micromanagement, you won't know what's going on sometimes and it absolutely will fuck you over. despite that it's fun, at least until it gets towards the end where I thought it became a bit of a chore to keep everything in check. or try to anyway. but that only happens after a number of hours.

soundtrack is good too.

[Darren G]

the current state of the world means I've been spending a lot of time at home!

Regardless, good effort man!   

[Zlen]

Haven't really played many (any) AAA offerings this year, but 'Hades' has to be a strong contender for GOTY - no matter what the competition. This game is crisp as a fresh winter morning, sharp as a scalpel and full of content like Trump's Twitter feed is full of bullshit. It's a remarkable case study for early access done right. Graphics are delightful, animations and characters full of individuality and expression but the sounds and music - oh my, I'd pay for the soundtrack alone - having a game to go with it is just icing on the cake. These guys and girls from Supergiant Games have been dancing on the verge of perfection for a while - but they've nailed it here. Check this game, if you're even marginally interested in RPG/roguelikes this is the game to buy. 

[ScouserAtHeart]

If anyone's playing Mortal Kombat 11, they just announed the three new characters in the next fighter pack-- Rain, Mileena...and Rambo.

That's right, the game will have Robocop, Terminator, and Rambo as playable characters

[stoa]

Had two weeks vacation and didn't have anything new to play in the last few days, so I got back into Elite Dangerous. Had played a little when it came out and afterwards, but hadn't touched the game for probably two years. Still had all my stuff and have made some more money. I have now three ships and I'm not sure whether I should continue being a trader or becoming a space taxi-driver. It's quite nice finding good prices for goods and make a profit, but flying passengers from one station to another is getting you shitloads of money...

[Zeb]

Had two weeks vacation and didn't have anything new to play in the last few days, so I got back into Elite Dangerous. Had played a little when it came out and afterwards, but hadn't touched the game for probably two years. Still had all my stuff and have made some more money. I have now three ships and I'm not sure whether I should continue being a trader or becoming a space taxi-driver. It's quite nice finding good prices for goods and make a profit, but flying passengers from one station to another is getting you shitloads of money...

Taxi is quite nice, I liked doing the tours where you got a bit of the ingame lore as well as the sightseeing but I never upgraded past a Dolphin. Another fun one was doing the space station rescues. I ended up switching to trading cos I wanted to build cash and rep for an Imperial Cutter. Think they've rebalanced mining which is where I made bank while it was ludicrously easy to make cash. Think I'm still parked out in the middle of nowhere heading to the galactic fringes to pick up Elite in exploration, been a while since I've played though. Kind of looking to the expansion with interest with them finally bringing in the avatar for the player being able to move about.

[stoa]

Didn't know that they're planning another expansion. I don't know what state Star Citizen is in and what their newest plans are, but I get the feeling that sooner rather than later Elite Dangerous will be the game Star Citizen might never become...

The only issue I have with the game is that I've played it for a good few hours and still no nothing about most of the stuff. Will have to get clued up on exploration and stuff when I have more money. Still a bit undecided on what to do going forward, but I kind of like trading a bit better. It doesn't make you as much money as being a space taxi, if you can't be arsed with looking up the best routes, but it's also less hassle without all the additional stuff the passengers want... The nice thing about the Dolphin is that it has an advanced landing computer and the other assistant for star-cruise or whatever that's called. It turns flying around into pushing a couple of buttons...

[Zeb]

One of the nice ways to get into exploration, rather than just vanishing off into the deep, is to unlock some of the alien tech. Especially the extended range to jump drive module. There's a load of good walk throughs for it. Takes you out of the bubble a bit and into the wider lore. Think you'll need the deployable buggy expansion if you've not got it though. I did it initially in an AspEx so it's not as if you need to have loads of cash to throw into it to dip your toes in.

Did enjoy flying the Dolphin. One of the ships where checking it out from the external cameras as you're going along is quite sweet - especially with the big black reflective screen at the front.

[JerseyKloppite]

Will be kicking off Guacamelee 2 soon, when I finish Inside.

Hadn't heard of Last Campfire, let us know how you like it!

Just kicked off the Frozen Wilds section of Horizon ZD, but might take a little break from it

Just finished Guacamelee 2, brilliant game! So much fun, hard to put down.

Ori next.

[Snail]

Tony Hawks Pro skater 1+2 makes me all kinds of happy. Plays so well

Unlike the remastered Crash Bandicoots I picked this up and was like an 11 year old again within a few minutes, I was quite proud of myself And oh, the soundtrack.

[Schmidt]

The only thing I don't like about Tony Hawk 1+2 is I'm not as good as it as I remembered.

[voodoo ray]

The only thing I don't like about Tony Hawk 1+2 is I'm not as good as it as I remembered.

One of the things that's putting me off spending money on it. But I probably will do eventually.

[stoa]

One of the nice ways to get into exploration, rather than just vanishing off into the deep, is to unlock some of the alien tech. Especially the extended range to jump drive module. There's a load of good walk throughs for it. Takes you out of the bubble a bit and into the wider lore. Think you'll need the deployable buggy expansion if you've not got it though. I did it initially in an AspEx so it's not as if you need to have loads of cash to throw into it to dip your toes in.

Did enjoy flying the Dolphin. One of the ships where checking it out from the external cameras as you're going along is quite sweet - especially with the big black reflective screen at the front.

Will have to learn all the stuff an watch a couple of videos. I still don't really understand the exploring thing. When I am in a system that has already been explored is it enough to just use the scanner to get the most money when I sell the data or do I have to use the whatever it's called thingy where you have to discover planets and other sttuff manually? Will also have a look at the tech stuff, because I don't have a clue about that either. I will first continue with some of the tourist trips as they seem to give you he best money with as little effort as possible...

[Slick_Beef]

The only thing I don't like about Tony Hawk 1+2 is I'm not as good as it as I remembered.

That happened to me too. Doing the tutorial helped me a lot,   as I didn't know about "reverts".  Once you get the hang of reverts, manuals and wall plants you can just chain tricks together as long as you like,  so the pro / sick scores become much easier

[ScottishKopite]

Anyone getting watch dogs ? wont pre order but I will no doubt get the game . looking for something to take me up to xmas . Not went back to play days gone struggling to get that finished.

[IgorBobbins]

Unlike the remastered Crash Bandicoots I picked this up and was like an 11 year old again within a few minutes, I was quite proud of myself And oh, the soundtrack.

Is this not very good, Sian?  I never played the original but this looked like a bit of escapist fun (and looked pretty too), so I was thinking of picking it up.  But I won't if it's not great!

[gazzalfc]

Unlike the remastered Crash Bandicoots I picked this up and was like an 11 year old again within a few minutes, I was quite proud of myself And oh, the soundtrack.

Yeah Crash Bandicoot remake may have looked good but the jumping and the load times just made it unplayable for me. It's one of the things putting me off looking at the new one.

The Spyro one is very good though.

The soundtrack for THPS was one of the biggest worries I had for me picking it up. If that wasn't right then I didn't care how well it played. It wouldn't have been the same. I'm so glad they got most of them in and love the way you can change the track with a press of R3.

Currently working my way through the Avengers. It's a passable single player campaign. Looks like they gambled more on the online/coop play which isn't my thing. But it feels very much like an arcade game which I enjoy

[voodoo ray]

I've taken the plunge and got THPS and I've played the tutorial.

I am shite.

I am fucking brilliant at landing square on though. It's 50/50 pretty much from landing on your wheels or binning it and I am  consistently managing to fall over all the time. Poor tony's taken a right battering.

[Schmidt]

That happened to me too. Doing the tutorial helped me a lot,   as I didn't know about "reverts".  Once you get the hang of reverts, manuals and wall plants you can just chain tricks together as long as you like,  so the pro / sick scores become much easier

I've done all of the sick scores for THPS 1, haven't touched 2 yet, I just remember hitting obscene scores in multiplayer back in the day, but then I did spend way too much time completing every mission for every character back then.

[voodoo ray]

There's a no bail mode! Fucking yes.

It's safe to say my reactions and quickness are not what they were when I was 21. And they weren't brilliant then.

[gazzalfc]

I breezed my way through all goals on 1+2 in about 5 hours. It was so much fun

School 2 brought all those memories back.

Landing right is tough but once you work it out you can start hitting 900, revert, manual into 900.

 

[Zeb]

Will have to learn all the stuff an watch a couple of videos. I still don't really understand the exploring thing. When I am in a system that has already been explored is it enough to just use the scanner to get the most money when I sell the data or do I have to use the whatever it's called thingy where you have to discover planets and other sttuff manually? Will also have a look at the tech stuff, because I don't have a clue about that either. I will first continue with some of the tourist trips as they seem to give you he best money with as little effort as possible...

Last I played, so not sure on current patch status, it was enough to just scan the planet to get a payout. The bonus was in being first to do it and level of detail. It's sometimes worth scanning explored systems if there's a discrepency between how many objects you're picking up on your discovery scanner and how many are showing up on the system map. It's sometimes something like a black hole that someone's missed initially. I'd try to convert you to asteroid mining as it's a great excuse to pick up a Krait but it's a bit fiddlier now to make 150m credits per hour.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Doom Eternal
Wasteland 3

Both on Game Pass.

Broken Sword 5
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Both on PS4 as I'm trying to get games finished before next gen.

[ShatnersBassoon]

got hooked on Frostpunk. don't know how i missed this before, its so good.

its made me pledge the kickstarter for the board game too

[voodoo ray]

I breezed my way through all goals on 1+2 in about 5 hours. It was so much fun

School 2 brought all those memories back.

Landing right is tough but once you work it out you can start hitting 900, revert, manual into 900.

 

I have far from breezed through it, and if I did live with another person they'd probably have uninstalled the game on my behalf by now.

But the 'cheats' help.

oddly enough it seems from online people have struggled with the gaps in downtown which I managed to do in about 3 goes. weird. the popcorn buckets can fuck right off though.

[[new username under construction]]

Finished Wasteland 3 which was great apart from the atrocious design of no fast travel! loading levels even off an SSD took forever and sitting twiddling my wonky bits for a minute or two just to pass through an area was a pain in the ass!!!

Also finished Hellblade and although nice got really really boring about 2/3 of the way in

[voodoo ray]

Been considering getting cricket 19. I had the 14 and 17 versions and they were alright.

[Hedley Lamarr]

Been considering getting cricket 19. I had the 14 and 17 versions and they were alright.

Cricket 19 isn’t much different, just a lick of paint and a few more whistles and bells. Still enjoyable enough, I’ve literally spent entire days playing test matches.

[ScottScott]

Been considering getting cricket 19. I had the 14 and 17 versions and they were alright.

It's just been added to Gamepass if you have that. I've been looking to give it a try myself so looking forward to next month

[voodoo ray]

It's just been added to Gamepass if you have that. I've been looking to give it a try myself so looking forward to next month

I have no idea what that is, so no.

[Drinks Sangria]

Trying to get over the mental hurdle of starting Red Dead 2. Loved the first one back in the day and by all accounts this, along with The Witcher 3, is the finest game of the console generation. I just always find it hard to start up on these herculean-sized games when I'm quite time poor for gaming. Funnily enough I've barely scratched the surface of The Witcher either, despite the few hours I have spent in the world being fairly absorbing and most certainly oozing quality as a piece of design.

I've got the Outer Worlds to get through this weekend (girlfriend is away so long-awaited gaming weekend) but already have pumped about 10-15 hours into that so can't imagine it'll take me too long.

I'm quite a completionist and 'see everything' with these open world and expansive games, which oddly I think adds to the mental block I have in my mind when it comes to getting round to playing them.

[voodoo ray]

Trying to get over the mental hurdle of starting Red Dead 2. Loved the first one back in the day and by all accounts this, along with The Witcher 3, is the finest game of the console generation. I just always find it hard to start up on these herculean-sized games when I'm quite time poor for gaming. Funnily enough I've barely scratched the surface of The Witcher either, despite the few hours I have spent in the world being fairly absorbing and most certainly oozing quality as a piece of design.

I've got the Outer Worlds to get through this weekend (girlfriend is away so long-awaited gaming weekend) but already have pumped about 10-15 hours into that so can't imagine it'll take me too long.

I'm quite a completionist and 'see everything' with these open world and expansive games, which oddly I think adds to the mental block I have in my mind when it comes to getting round to playing them.

RDR2 is an infinitely better game than outer worlds.

and that's not just recency bias on my part.