Into the Breach lunchtime sessions at the moment. One of the great strategy games, and so good to relax with.

A friend gave me his copy of NO MAN'S SKY a few weeks back and I'm not sure if I should be thankful or angry. What a game, exactly up my alley. Space exploration in a practically infinite universe, and it all looks like a gorgeous scifi paperback cover painting

scott wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 2:50 pm Minecraft. Not enough hours in the day for it.

I always said I would never play Minecraft because I could tell that if I started I would die within a short period of time, cause I would stop going to work and stop eating and sleeping and all that and just play 24-7 until I was toast. Then there was a global pandemic that completely shut down my industry and made work not an option, so, I figured FUCK IT!

Easy to see why it’s the most successful game ever.

What I find very cool about Minecraft is that the whole game can be played via console and they're using that as a vehicle to teach kids to code.

On PS4:
Despite all the hype/shit talk, I've really enjoyed Cyberpunk 2077.

Since the new year I smoked through Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition, and the first installment of the FFvii remake.
Underwhelmed by both.

Currently considering replaying the Witcher 3 and MGSV: the Phantom Pain.

On Switch:
Been meaning to play Kentucky Route Zero.

Nova Drift. Asteroids, but it's rogue-lite. Crazy simple, but really fun. I have to add, I never liked Asteroids.

I got addicted to Slay the Spire during early access days. Put like 1000 hours into it. I got so much to talk about and still so much to learn. Anyone else have this problem?

Played a ton of Hades a couple months ago, and recently worked my way through that new trilogy of Hitman games, which I quite enjoyed.

Just saw a speed run of Bloodstained - Ritual of the Night and was like, wait what?? How did I not already know about this game?!?! It’s literally exactly my favorite kind of game— DS-era Castlevania. I had played the original Bloodstained game (all 8-bit looking, with the multiple different protagonists) and didn’t really love it at all. But this game! I’ve only got a couple hours into it, at the second boss, but I can see this being my favorite Castlevania game ever, which makes me super happy.

DrAwkward wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 5:33 pm Hollow Knight on the Switch really saved my sanity in the last year. Incredible Metroidvania side-scroller. Just did a second run through on it. I will never be able to solve the Trial of the Fool or the fucking Radiance.

Just picked up Hades and it's a blast.

This game (edit: Hollow Knight) is so stupid hard that I wish I had bought it as a physical Switch cartridge instead of download. That way, I could at least derive some satisfaction from it, as I bash it with a large rock.

I had been playing Dead Cells, which is also hard, but they nerfed a mutation I use in the new update. You can switch back to previous versions, but I accidentally played my main save file on the new update, and once you do that, your save won't work on other versions, so I guess I'm done with the game forever now.

I hate the concept of the hard game. These are both games I liked the aesthetics of, but they're ruined by the developers' catering to hardcore gamers. Hardcore gamers don't need a developed aesthetic. Hardcore gamers will play Souls games, the ugliest games ever made.

biscuitdough wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:13 amHardcore gamers will play Souls games, the ugliest games ever made.

Have you seen Irithyll of the Boreal Valley?

Nothing beats a Souls game, other than maybe Slay the Spire. I think I've sunk even more hours into the souls series. Really looking forward to Elden Ring.