Topic: What games are you playing at the moment?

[Titi Camara]

Tried, Oxygen Not Included, after watching a speedrunner destroy it on super mental difficult mode.....

It's an amazing game but the depth and complexity is wild! Have no background in these resource management games so was a bit overwhelmed. After not looking at the clock for 6 hours...everyone was dead

Will no doubt give it several more tries in the future once I'm over the passing of my entire crew

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[stoa]

It's a pretty complex game and really fun, too. Only issue I have with those kinds of games is, that they get even more complex further in and for me that's often where I lose interest. I'm trying to play a game and not getting an engineering, chemistry or physics degree.

[jackh]

So, I'm always years behind...

Just finished Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds (expansion game), having played ZD through 2021/22. I've faffed about on other bits over recent years (the Tomb Raider trilogy, Ratchet & Clank, the Crash and Spyro trilogies, and a replay of the Last of Us remaster) but - with some time off this week & next - I've just started Red Dead Redemption II.

Wow, this is amazing - the world in it is fantastic (I think I'm towards the very end of chapter two) and I'm really enjoying the depth of the game. Even just enjoying knocking about with the binoculars, seeing which animals I can spot mooching by the river

Got Death Stranding, Horizon Forbidden West, and the Last of Us ptII all ready to go on disc, so need to crack on...!

[voodoo ray]

So, I'm always years behind...

Just finished Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds (expansion game), having played ZD through 2021/22. I've faffed about on other bits over recent years (the Tomb Raider trilogy, Ratchet & Clank, the Crash and Spyro trilogies, and a replay of the Last of Us remaster) but - with some time off this week & next - I've just started Red Dead Redemption II.

Wow, this is amazing - the world in it is fantastic (I think I'm towards the very end of chapter two) and I'm really enjoying the depth of the game. Even just enjoying knocking about with the binoculars, seeing which animals I can spot mooching by the river

Got Death Stranding, Horizon Forbidden West, and the Last of Us ptII all ready to go on disc, so need to crack on...!

Take your time. Chapters 2 and 3 are probably the most enjoyable.

And get all the satchel upgrades too. The final one lets you carry 99 of things which is very useful

[Malaysian Kopite]

So, I'm always years behind...

Just finished Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds (expansion game), having played ZD through 2021/22. I've faffed about on other bits over recent years (the Tomb Raider trilogy, Ratchet & Clank, the Crash and Spyro trilogies, and a replay of the Last of Us remaster) but - with some time off this week & next - I've just started Red Dead Redemption II.

I want to get through HZD too (gotten the game for free twice now) but the rumors of a potential remaster/remake are making me wait

[voodoo ray]

I want to get through HZD too (gotten the game for free twice now) but the rumors of a potential remaster/remake are making me wait

ignore rumours.

I mean why would they do that? they might do, eventually, once they've made and released part 3. but that won't be for years.

get playing.

[jackh]

I want to get through HZD too (gotten the game for free twice now) but the rumors of a potential remaster/remake are making me wait

ignore rumours.

I mean why would they do that? they might do, eventually, once they've made and released part 3. but that won't be for years.

get playing.

I agree - crack on.

I've yet to play the second game (Forbidden West) but am looking forward to playing that as it'll have all of the PS5 quality that the PS5-native first game (Zero Dawn) didn't have. Alternatively, you could stuck in a cycle waiting for a potential PS5 remaster of ZD, and then waiting for a potential PS6 remaster of FW!

I've not dabbled much in many games native to the current generation (maybe just GT7 actually), and so I'm enjoying the step-up in quality that some of the later games from the previous generation (Zero Dawn, RDRII, etc) seem to have been able to adopt compared to earlier releases.

[Walshy nMe®]

Very temped by Arcade Paradise, for a tenner looks a nice little game!

[Rob K]

Mainly - Switch: Super Smash Brothers with the missus once the little ones asleep.
Then whenever i get a spare hour or so -
Xbox: Red Dead 2
PS4: Ace Combat 7

[naYoRHa2b]

I went back to play some OG MW2 MP as the servers are fixed on Xbox. After all the moaning about recently released COD's and how they slowed down the gameplay (which I kind of agree with but don't mind) I thought I'd see how the older ones faired.

Just completely not how I remembered them! They used to feel fluid but honestly what I experienced was wooden movement, felt like input lag, limited to 80fov and 60 frames. Everything felt super zoomed in and blurry especially when ADS'ing

Might be different on PC but I uninstalled that shit pronto.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Very temped by Arcade Paradise, for a tenner looks a nice little game!

Isn't it a tenner then you pay more for every other game?

[Flaccido Dongingo]

I went back to play some OG MW2 MP as the servers are fixed on Xbox. After all the moaning about recently released COD's and how they slowed down the gameplay (which I kind of agree with but don't mind) I thought I'd see how the older ones faired.

Just completely not how I remembered them! They used to feel fluid but honestly what I experienced was wooden movement, felt like input lag, limited to 80fov and 60 frames. Everything felt super zoomed in and blurry especially when ADS'ing

Might be different on PC but I uninstalled that shit pronto.

Me too, the FOV knocked me out of whack completely.

[Schmidt]

Just finished FF16, felt like it was just the right length as I was starting to get a little burned out on side quests by the end, but overall I thought it was a great game and I was surprised I enjoyed the combat as much as I did.

Decided to give the original FF7 a try with some mods next, mostly upscaling background textures and improving the character models and framerate. Nothing outrageous but it does make it look a bit nicer. I set it up today just to see what the mods looked like and ended up playing for about 5 hours so I guess I'll be playing this for a bit now!

[Titi Camara]

Just finished FF16, felt like it was just the right length as I was starting to get a little burned out on side quests by the end, but overall I thought it was a great game and I was surprised I enjoyed the combat as much as I did.

I wonder how long till it lands on PC, the exclusivity is normally a year, so probs Jun-24. I'll have probably forgotten all about it by then

Another one I feel like I've been waiting on for years (and it has been literal years, was first announced in 2017 ), releases in Sep-23, so just a couple of months left. I really hope that it doesn't end up just being a Doom clone, which in isolation would be no bad thing, but am hoping for a more original experience.

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[Hedley Lamarr]

Played Black OPs 2 for a couple of hours, still an enjoyable arcade style multiplayer, prefer it to the modern games in a lot of ways.  Bought Modern Warfare 2 (original) at the same time, Ill give that a blitz later.

[Schmidt]

I wonder how long till it lands on PC, the exclusivity is normally a year, so probs Jun-24. I'll have probably forgotten all about it by then

Another one I feel like I've been waiting on for years (and it has been literal years, was first announced in 2017 ), releases in Sep-23, so just a couple of months left. I really hope that it doesn't end up just being a Doom clone, which in isolation would be no bad thing, but am hoping for a more original experience.

Yeah it seems like Sony have realised there's plenty of money to be made by releasing everything on PC now, I think DLC is coming too so I'm guessing it'll all drop at once.

Hadn't heard of Witchfire before but I remember enjoying Painkiller back in the day, looks like it could be decent!

[MomoWasBoss]

Bought an Xbox ONE the other day and downloaded all the old CODs as they have made the public lobbies playable again. PURE NOSTALGIA!

[classycarra]

Been playing Deathloop in the last week. Had a very steep curve in terms of learning what the deal is, and also 'getting it', but now I'm quite liking it. Switched off the online element for a bit, but probably gonna put it on soon in case it gets too easy/low stakes

[Hedley Lamarr]

Bought an Xbox ONE the other day and downloaded all the old CODs as they have made the public lobbies playable again. PURE NOSTALGIA!

Hackers galore.  If you get into a lobby without a hacker it's really good fun though.

[Hedley Lamarr]

Remnant 2 is pretty cool, IGN called it Dark Souls with guns, while that's a good description it isn't quite as special as those games, really recommend it though.

[stoa]

Tried to play some Battlefield 2042 or whatever it's called and I have to say those progression systems in all those games are way too complicated for me. No idea what those are all about whether it's in this or in the CoD things...

[Jake]

Got the PSVR2 on Sunday

Christ its fucking amazing

[Malaysian Kopite]

Remnant 2 is pretty cool, IGN called it Dark Souls with guns, while that's a good description it isn't quite as special as those games, really recommend it though.

Got it as a birthday gift, enjoying it so far

[Titi Camara]

Deadspace (RM) and Atomic Heart discounted on steam at the minute.....£35ish

Will wait for both to drop further, I really want to play them but another 6 months and they'll probs be £20.

Anyone given either a go?

[classycarra]

Been playing Deathloop in the last week. Had a very steep curve in terms of learning what the deal is, and also 'getting it', but now I'm quite liking it. Switched off the online element for a bit, but probably gonna put it on soon in case it gets too easy/low stakes

I found I got quite into this in the end, but then I completed one full loop (and found there are choices of different endings) and realised I didn't really have the desire to continue anymore.

Doesn't quite have that same addictive element of 'live die repeat' games i've enjoyed recent (eg Hades and Returnal), but the gameplay was very good (wasn't too arsed about the story), and i'd probably revisit if they were to make a sequel

[stoa]

A work mate has started playing Hunt:Showdown and told me to get it. Finally, an online multiplayer shooter I'm not completely shite at...

[gerrardisgod]

Always watch the likes of JackFrags and Two Angry Gamers playing that, looks like an excellent shooter. Think I’m at the stage of preferring to watch other play these competitive games though.

[KillieRed]

A work mate has started playing Hunt:Showdown and told me to get it. Finally, an online multiplayer shooter I'm not completely shite at...

Looks fun, Stoa. Might check it out for Xbox.

[classycarra]

A work mate has started playing Hunt:Showdown and told me to get it. Finally, an online multiplayer shooter I'm not completely shite at...

Ah nice, is it catered to the 0-9 age group?

[classycarra]

Started Inscryption and it's instantly got me extremely addicted. Bit like the card game in Witcher 3 (is it Gwent?), but with horror style elements. I was told th less I knw the better, so haven't looked into it much, so would pass that recommendation on too!

[AndyMuller]

I haven’t really played another game since Disco Elysium.

I still think about that game at random times.

[Titi Camara]

Did anyone get on the Payday 3 beta?

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[Buck Pete]

Started Inscryption and it's instantly got me extremely addicted. Bit like the card game in Witcher 3 (is it Gwent?), but with horror style elements. I was told th less I knw the better, so haven't looked into it much, so would pass that recommendation on too!

Unpopular opinion, I know

But Gwent was the only thing I enjoyed about Witcher 3.  Will check this out.

[stara]

Baldur's Gate 3 has given me (so far) one of the best mini side quest that I have ever stumbled on since GTA5's "No Happy Endings" scene. I bow to you, Borislav Slavov. 

[Schmidt]

Finished FF7 and decided to give FF8 a try, on PS5 this time. It's not quite as good as I remember (the magic system is pretty tedious and kind of backwards) but it's still better than a lot of modern games, and Triple Triad is still a great card game.

I've also been playing Dave the Diver on PC, an indie game where you spend the day diving for fish/sharks/loot/quests and spend the evening managing a sushi restaurant. It's surprisingly deep (no pun intended), every time I think I've unlocked all of the mechanics the game has to offer something new appears. Not one to spend all day playing I'd say but it's one of those games that's good for 30 minutes or a couple of hours here and there.

[Scottymuser]

Nearly finished Far Cry 5 on the PS5 (wrapping up the last few side missions, before finishing doing the last story mission), and Yakuza: Like a Dragon on the SteamDeck. 

[LiverLuke]

Been playing Dishonoured, definitely my type of game though graphics pretty outdated. Feels like a mix between skyrim and Fallout. Enjoying it. Is the second one worth playing too?

[Fabulous_aurelio]

Nearly finished Far Cry 5 on the PS5 (wrapping up the last few side missions, before finishing doing the last story mission), and Yakuza: Like a Dragon on the SteamDeck. 

Absolutely loved Far Cry 5. What do you think of it?

Dying to play FC6 but just have too many games on my list.

Started Atomic Heart yesterday. Let's see how that goes.

Mates sending me up his copy of Jedi Survivor. Will probably start that if AH doesn't pull me in.

[naYoRHa2b]

Just completed FF7R again, such a cracking reimagining of the first part of the original.

All the hype around Baldurs Gate has got me thinking to pre order it, it's got the ninth highest concurrent players of all time on steam, it's shot to the top of PSN pre-orders. I did buy Divinity Original Sin 2 a while back on steam but never got that far into it, so think that'll be the next one to revisit.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Absolutely loved Far Cry 5. What do you think of it?

Dying to play FC6 but just have too many games on my list.

Started Atomic Heart yesterday. Let's see how that goes.

Mates sending me up his copy of Jedi Survivor. Will probably start that if AH doesn't pull me in.

Far Cry 6 isn't as good, has a very bizarre system where you've to use certain ammo against certain enemies, which is stupid and annoying.

Atomic Heart I played for a while on GamePass, the opening sequence at the start is incredible looking, but the rest of the game doesn't live up to it, in atmosphere or scale, it's also very difficult, one enemy type in particular is like the Robert Patrick Terminator, that is almost impossible to kill yet follows you to the end of the Earth, the protagonist is also shite, with crap dialogue.