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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Baldur’s Gate 3 is so good, and this is coming from someone who struggled to get into isometric CRPGs in the past (really wanted to get into Divinity: Original Sin 2, but couldn’t make it stick; I’ll probably have to revisit that after loving this so much). Definitely give this one a go!
Right? BG3 seems like it’s going to be a gateway game into more CRPGs for me. I think I’ll try my best to enjoy Divinity OS 2 afterwards as well, but I think my problem with that game is more about the unbalanced, nonexistent class structure and random difficulty spikes rather than the genre, which BG3 fixed by using tried and true D&D rules. But maybe I’ll see it from a different angle and appreciate it more.
I’ve started playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 at least a dozen times and just couldn’t get into it enough to keep going. To me it feels like it would be best played as multi-player experience, and frankly I just don’t have any gamer friends willing to play it with me. I just bought BG3 because of this post, so really hoping I don’t run into this same dilemma.
I tried Divinity OS 2 split screen with a buddy, the game requires too much saving and reloading to have an enjoyable time in multiplayer mode tbh.
This is exactly my experience. Always liked CRPGs, but I’ve literally never finished any of the classics, or any traditional CRPG for that matter (closest would be Disco Elysium or Dragon Age: Inquisition for me). But BG3 is really hitting for me. I absolutely love it, and I want to give more of these a try once I finish it.
I’m still heads down into BG3… I don’t see myself coming back up for air anytime soon.
Started Guardians of the Galaxy a couple of days ago. Story is not great but good. Characters and the dialogs of them each other is actually pretty fun. Gameplay wise it’s not special but manages to keep me playing. The system used for commanding your team is fun to use, additional move sets feels like you’re in the Marvel universe.
Enjoying it so far.
Got back to Death Stranding. I felt like delivering massive amounts of cargo on foot.
Replaying Metal Gear Solid and realizing that 10 year old me was a lot better at console games.
Jumping back into Skyrim. Spent the week modding the absolute tits out of it. May not actually play it until next week
Jupiter hell - going to drive me insane
40k boltgun - almost at the end of ch3
Dorfromantik - so cute I’m gonna barf
Ember knights - my partner is obsessed with roguelikes like this so we’ve been trying to beat the newly released last level and it’s very difficult
Started playing Baldur’s Gare 3 a couple of days ago. Finally got my character created.
My girlfriend loves teasing me about how long it took for me to decide on a character. Playing a druid and have absolutely no regrets. Love talking to animals!
The only things I get fomo over are mechanics I discovered a bit later or didn’t remember to use in certain situations. My mind is continually blown by the depth and versatility of Baldur’s Gate 3.
I actually restarted two times because I changed my mind. I finally just accepted that I will be doing multiple play throughs.
Yeah, I still haven’t thought about what I’d want to do for the next playthrough, but I’m sure I’ll discover more about my preferences as I keep playing my moon druid.
Definitely went into it with a “okay this is gonna be a slice of the game and I’m okay with that” mentality so I don’t think I feel as much pressure from class constraints.
I do wanna get more into the martial classes, but the companions are good enough to scratch that itch currently. I’m loving that you can respec if you really want, but I’d probably just use that to swap specializations for some of my companions anyway.
Been dieing to lu bu for most of my time playing games today. I like wo long, fun game, but i suck at counter striking in every game i play, and it seems like the only way to beat this dude. He might be the cause for putting this game down.
I’m nowhere near him and I put that game down already. A bit too reaction heavy for me. Barely got through initial Bloodborne.
Hold the block button while you deflect, if you miss the timing you’ll just lose some stamina instead of dying.
I’m playing Vampire Survivors. Saw it mentioned here in a thread the other day. Really fun game for €5!
Have you seen HoloCure? Same basis, but with cute anime girls, completely free (because it’s a fan-made project) and arguably more addicting?
I have to check this out lmao
Path of Exile, I don’t know why but I’m playing more now that the season ends in 10 days rather than when it launched. First time playing SSF, and I will do it in next season too.
Just finished Dishonored 2. Yeah, I know I’m late to that party. It was on sale so I thought I’d give it a try. It was OK. Seemed a bit derivative, perhaps a bit too similar to the Bioshock games. It was also tougher than I was expecting; particularly once I started trying to be stealthier and to get the no-kills checkmark at the end of each level. Needed lots of save-scumming and still didn’t manage to no-kill all the levels in which I made an attempt at that. Ending was a bit meh, despite having low chaos at the end. Got my money’s worth though, so I can’t complain too much.
I spent way too much time yesterday playing Blackice. It’s a FPS game in a tron-like world. Graphics are in line with the colors and blocky edges. It’s not a super deep game, but it’s really cool when all the colors are splashing around and monster/programs are everywhere. It’s an indie built by I think just 2 guys. Plenty to explore, unique items and modifiers.
I’ve owen it for a bit, but noticed there were a few updates so I installed it again.
Also, Division 2 and Battlebit. There’s a trend.
DOOM (1993): I like it. First time playing it, just finished “knee-deep in the dead” and started the next chapter!
Shadow of the tomb raider: gameplay is fun but the story isn’t as fun as the previous games. Something just feels off to me.
I also just bought most of the resident evil games in the new humble bundle, have only played a little of 1 remaster, a year ago, and 5, about 10 years ago. I like weird scifi horror and this seems like just that, so hope I’ll like it, when I finally get around to playing them!
Can never beat Doom. If you’re PC you should consider the mod Brutal Doom, updates the engine and is relatively easy to do.
Oh, why is that? I’m playing it on the steamdeck, so I’ll check it out!
It’s a mood that adds mouselook. I don’t know about steam deck but it’s literally 3 downloads (gzDoom, Brutal Doom and Extermination Day) and a whole new campaign with new weapons. Really excellent.
One of my most memorable LAN parties I’ve ever held was using “Megaman 8bit death match” Doom mod
Even if you don’t have friends, exploring all the insane and unique powers is a fantastic time.
Plus, every time that I play, there are at least a few folks playing in the open multi-player servers
Picking up older games such as Dragons Dogma Dark Arise. Really enjoying it!
