Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!
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Finally got RDR2 and holy shit this game is amazing
I’m contemplating getting on the steam sale
Go get it. It’s a masterpiece, and prime example of why gaming is my favorite art form to consume. You deserve it.
You just cost me 15$.
Previously not much of a gamer, I saw all the Starfield hype around release and decided to get an Xbox to play it. Didn’t like it initially, started to enjoy it around 5 hours in, have come full circle and am getting bored now (level 35) with all the repetitive stuff.
Starfield did show me that maybe i enjoy a wider range of video games, so now I’m starting on Fallout 4, and so far I LOVE it. I’ve pretty much only done one mission and spent a looooooong time building my first base.
I really love open world/exploration games, especially where there is crafting, hoarding, and killing bad guys in comical ways. Just Cause was amazing for that, I liked tethering people to trains because I’m secretly a maniac.
I don’t want to come off as to PCMR, but truly Bethesda developed games need to be played on PC to get the most out of them. The mods tremendously elevate the experience. Everything from bug fixes and optimizations (that Bethesda should have done) to full on overhauls and DLC sized expansions, and everything in between.
I think I average about 200 mods simultaneously on Fallout 4 playthroughs.
xbox has mods for fallout 4 and skyrim, and when starfield gets its mod thing going itll have it for that too
I just saw that on the menu. Excited to explore it!
have you not played bethesda games before starfield?
Nope.
oh man, you gotta try skyrim when you can. there’s no base building, but it’s the pinnacle of exploration open world games. 12 years later and I’m still finding new shit
That sounds alluring!
Like others said, Skyrim is awesome. Earlier Elder Scrolls are awesome too, little more hard boiled. Fallout New Vegas is a masterpiece, highly recommend.
Adding them all to my list!
Tried Cult of the Lamb a mix of based management and rogue like. The game is good the lore is a bit to sour to my taste. The more I play the more the based management part of the game shadow the rhythm of the rogue like, sadly.
At the end, I like the idea but prefer to play both type of game separately.
I played it on release and found it underwhelming. The combat was a little shallow and the cult mechanics too easy.
I may give it another spin once this next dlc comes out tho
I’ve been really into Pokemon Unbound (Fire Red ROM hack) recently, once I beat it I think I’m going to play around with the settings and play it again. It’s amazing having a Pokemon game that isn’t baby easy, and I love that I don’t have to impose rules on myself to make it harder. It’s really opened my eyes to ROM hacks, I think I’ll be playing more next year
Also a fan of Unbound! My last run I tried whatever setting it is that makes it so that all fully evolved pokemon have the same stat totals, which really made the game feel different and like I actually had options for building a team. Although I still found myself thinking “oh I can’t put butterfree on my team, it’s too weak”
My favorite hack is Gaia, it doesn’t have as many features as Unbound but it’s got the right vibes for a pokemon game while still having increased difficulty and QOL stuff.
I’ll have to check it out!
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I just got dead cells because I was in a gaming rut. I got one run in. It’s fun. Do you play with controller?
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Thanks! Yeah I’ll try with controller. Just did 2 runs with it and died both times in the second map. Just getting used to it. It’s much better with controller but my Xbox pro controller is so trash that the recoil of flicking my move button changes my direction which was annoying. I had to mess with the dead zone. I play brawlhalla on controller so the dodge button is messing with me lol
With m&k on my very first run playing the game I got past the first boss and died with like 8k gold. I got far. But I got a good combo I think. I’m looking forward to the steep learning. I beat hades 100% so I’m looking forward to synergies.
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Yeah it was definitely beginners luck. I killed the concierge and died a map or 2 later. Since then I think I’ve done 25 runs and got to the concierge twice. But I am just trying to bull rush in. I’m embarrassed to say I’ve died in the first encounter so many times from that stupid shield zombie and jumping one. I can’t get the parry right. They do this stupid grunt then I parry then they jump. And if I wait for the “!” they do this weird timing if I hit them. Still getting used to it.
But I got rickety wrekt by death in the castle map. I thought I was doing so effing good, got him down to phase 2 (about 1/3 health down) and with 1.4k health he killed me in a 3 hit combo, first hit taking half my life down and I got so blown away that I just missed wtf happened next. Game is very unforgiving.
I haven’t tried any of the enhancements or crutches. Which I’m a father of 3 kids, one a new born and I’m not good like I used to be. I might check out some cheats to make things a little smoother for me.
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Hey this is awesome thanks so much for all the pointers. I’m starting to get a hang of it. Maybe 50 runs in or so and made it to that dark level and had enough money for that new shiny bomb (the light bomb) and while reading it I started taking damage. I got confused and started attacking but I quickly died. Lmao apparently the dark kills you. I’m starting to use the wiki a little now.
I’ve pretty much exclusively been using melee and the red scrolls. I noticed one run I had 8 red and 1/1 and died with full health in what felt like 1 hit I was like wtffff. And then realized I was maybe 300 health or so? I should have been in the 1k by then and forgot to distribute to get max health benefit.
I’ll try the training room. I beat death today by taking it slow. Just got the ram so I can break those stupid floors lol. Thanks to the wiki. Lot of cool Easter eggs. Loved the gordan crowbar as I’m an avid HL fan.
I finished Chants of Sennaar a couple nights ago, it was a lot of fun. Language-based puzzle game inspired by the Tower of Babel. It’s very pretty to look at, and a lot of the puzzles were really clever. My only real complaint is that I was really expecting the final level to be much more difficult, requiring me to do a lot of synthesizing of ideas from previous levels, but instead the final puzzles were pretty easy and linear. I’d still recommend it though, the first 80% of the game is great, and if you get that far, you’ll probably have the momentum to finish, the end doesn’t take that long.
In a bit of a gaming rut right now. Spinning my wheels on a bunch of different games. Haven’t had one hook its claws back into me yet.
I’ve been mostly grinding out Cookie Clicker and Slay the Spire this week.
Nice games to play side by side while I binge blind Let’s Plays of Hollow Knight, Outer Wilds, and Return of the Obra Dinn so I can vicariously chase the fleeting joy and wonder I got from playing those games the first time around.
Finished most of the tasks to do in The Longing and now just waiting for the clock to tick down.
Sat down one evening with my old save file and pushed through to finish the Tears of the Kingdom main quest. For all its faults, it had a really strong ending. I cried. Very conflicted on the game, but I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t already been said ad nauseum.
Played a bit of Dark Souls, a bit of Sekiro, a bit of Kingdoms of Amalur, a bit of Subnautica: Below Zero, and a bit of Siralim. Not sure what I’ll settle on yet for next week, but I’m feeling strongest on Siralim right now.
Have you played Inscryption? Going in blind might appease you
I have! I’ve finished the base game and started on Kaycee’s Mod a while back. I’m really bad at it, but it’s fun.
I’m considering picking up Signalis if it goes on sale over Christmas. I’ve heard it scratches the same itch as Outer Wilds.
Holocure is a surprisingly good survivors-like and it works perfectly on steam deck with no changes. Just don’t change resolution on PC to something sd can’t handle.
Yeah, I’m not even particularly into hololive besides very occasionally watching some highlight videos. The game is amazing. And free. I played the absolute hell out of it after giving it a shot, just like I did with vampire survivors.
I started playing Enderal, a total conversion of Skyrim. I like the deeper RPG mechanics, which the mod adds, although I’m a bit nervous about choosing something wrong and fucking up my character.
The game is set in a different world than Elder Scrolls. I’m not sure I like it as much, but that might be because of the different music.
I’m playing Lies of P and it’s amazing. It’s been a long time since a game was able to draw me in like this.
After finishing Dave the Diver I’ve been playing sifu and outer wilds. Interesting mix of games. Sifu is pretty tough so far. Outer wilds I think I just need to invest more time before I’m really hooked
As a gamer of 40ish years, after a period of getting past the initial confusion of Outer Wilds, it is easily in top 5 of alltime best gaming experiences. It’s just wonderful. Highly recommend keeping at it.
Bioshock Remastered has been great to revisit again. I remember how mind blown I was when I was a kid playing the demo for it on my 360.
I’ve been playing Cassette Beasts and it is phenomenal! From outside the game it just seems like a Pokemon/Digimon clone but there’s so much more depth to the combat. The art is amazing, the characters are all written very well with a lot of depth and feel real. The music is amazing. My only complaint is that when the game is starting up if I tab off into another window sometimes it crashes. I started up Hallow Knight again after putting it down close to 5 years ago and I’m slightly less lost than I was before.
Poe’s new league!
Can’t wait to try crackling lance of disintegration with battlemage, rebuke of the vaal and beacon of madness
And also try to figure out a way to use flameblast of contaction
I’m replaying Omori since I was on laptop/switch friendly games for the past two weeks visiting family, but I didn’t water the flowers my first playthrough so I’m here for the good good ending.
