What are you currently playing?

[ClockShot]

Took a slight detour and jumped back into Maneater. Checked the PlayStation Sale and saw the Truth Quest DLC was only $5. So I grabbed it.

Should have it all done in a couple days. I mean, I clocked at 10 hours for the main game.

[drave]

Maneater was so fun

[ClockShot]

The DLC isn't.

[Tom Guycott]

So, I just got around to playing Hades...

I don't remember even buying it, but it was sitting in my Switch library. Thing was, I *thought* I had Vampire Survivors and was late to the party about the DLC (plural) for that. I didn't even have the base game. And with the "similar" reccomendations, there was Hades... but marked as downloaded.

It feels like for the sake of narrative progression, I was supposed to have died way more at this point than I actually have. That's not a bitch about the difficulty, though. Especially having to contend with Theseus. Making him both a pain to battle AND an absolute shithead brings a certain charm. But I find myself losing most of my revives with him. And that's even before adding any Punishments.

[Splaya]

PGA Tour 2k23. A few friends and I play nightly. A lot of fun.

Warzone.

Probably going to finally add Final Fantasy 16 to the mix. Have heard nothing but great things about the game and can't wait to dive in.

[ClockShot]

Armored Core 6.

From Software can't kick the souls habit. They threw it at me in the first mission.

[drave]

I wanna play Starfield more.... but the 30FPS lock bothers my eyes after playing Cyberpunk for the past few weeks.


:(

[ClockShot]

Had to put Armored Core 6 down. Way too frustrating.

Starfield is locked and loaded on my PC. I'll start that tonight or tomorrow.

[road doggy dogg]

Just picked up Disgaea 7 yesterday. Was very disappointed with 6 (like everyone else) but 7 seems something like a return to form. Tried the demo out and enjoyed it. The day 1 DLC stuff is absurdly predatory but I don't care enough about these games to get FOMO'd into buying DLC for characters I'll never use so I just bought the base version of the game. Have yet to really sink my teeth into it yet but looking forward to spending the next few weeks of my gaming life grinding away

[DAMN iNATOR]

Saints Row 5/Saints Row (2022). Not ashamed.

[Fignuts]

Started Lies of P. Early impressions are that its possibly the best soulslike I've ever played. It's kind of a melsing of dark souls and sekiro. You have all the stat leveling and different weapons and armor from souls. And from sekiro you get the heavy emphasis on parrying on combat. Theres also a skill tree and pinnochio's legion Arm reminds me of the prosthetic in sekiro.

[ClockShot]

Mechwarrior 5 dropped a new DLC based around House Kurita. Gonna see what that's all about.

[Sepholio]

Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.

No idea how I've never played any iteration of this until now. Absolutely brilliant game.

[Emperor Smeat]

Super Mario Wonder.

The game arrived this morning from the mail but only now got around to playing it today.

Came with a free pack of Super Mario Wonder trading cards as part of a pre-order bonus for it. The cards sort of feel like Uno cards in terms of how they look with the rounded edges and feel to them.

[ClockShot]

Mechwarrior 5 DLC was solid. The new Longbow mech that got included not so much.

Grabbing Spider-Man 2 tomorrow after work. Got all of next week to swing around Manhattan once again.

[ClockShot]

On to Spider-Man 2.

And good golly Insomniac started it off with a bang!

[Sepholio]

Way late to the party (because the game seemed dumb to me until I played it finally) but I'm now officially addicted to the crack cocaine that is Vampire Survivor.

[ClockShot]

Finished Spider-Man 2 this morning.

Amazing. No pun intended.

[Big Vic]

Played CS:2 for an hour and got kicked from a casual match up. Not playing again.

[AndyC]

What about retro bowl college? (https://retrobowlcollege.com/) I've only played the game for a few hours so far, but I'm really impressed. The gameplay is just as fun and challenging as the original game, and the college football elements add a lot of new depth and strategy.

[ClockShot]

Grabbed Robocop: Rogue City

Prime Directives:

1. Serve the Public Trust
2. Protect the Innocent
3. Uphold the Law
4. CLASSIFIED
5. Have Fun

[drave]

I kinda wanted to get that..... think Ill wait till the sale

[ClockShot]

Finished Robocop: Rogue City.

I only recommend if you're a big fan of the franchise. Like myself. If not, you'll probably want to stay away.

[Black Widow]

Dreamlight Valley

[M-A-G]

A long time ago, I saw a game advertised on the back of one my You Don't Know Jack cases. It was called Backstage Pass: The Ultimate Rock & Roll Trivia Game. It sounded neat and I always like these sorts of game, but I never saw it in stores. Well, after all this time with it slipping my mind, I came across it and ordered it and it came in today, where I'm finally enjoying its goodness. :)

[ClockShot]

After trading in Robocop: Rogue City, and having some Gamestop points to spare, I got Assassins' Creed: Mirage pretty much for free.

Regretting it. But I'm getting it knocked out as fast as I can and moving on to something else.

[Emperor Smeat]

Beat Super Mario Wonder last night with my nephew.

That final fight with Bowser is right up there with my all-time favorite Bowser battles in the Mario series.

Also Nintendo really loves having a final boss or boss in general in their games that is either a floating head and hands or just floating hands. Want to say that might be at least the 5th or 6th time that has happened for a Nintendo game I've played.

[Destor]

Its probably in the 30s honestly. Every star fox game ends with Andros. Zelda very commonly has one. OoT spriti temple for instance. But its almost as common as the Ghomma archetype. Nearly every game has one. I bet if we sat down and talked it out we'd clear 2 dozen without struggling.

[Emperor Smeat]

Just off the top of my head personally that I experienced:


Star Fox 64
Smash Bros series in general
Splatoon 1
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Super Mario Wonder

[drave]

Its probably in the 30s honestly. Every star fox game ends with Andros. Zelda very commonly has one. OoT spriti temple for instance. But its almost as common as the Ghomma archetype. Nearly every game has one. I bet if we sat down and talked it out we'd clear 2 dozen without struggling.

OOT Spirit Temple was the shit. That was a very fun boss fight too.


I would like a OOT remake-ish. Make it look like Elden Ring but follow the same everything else.

[ClockShot]

Finished AC: Mirage.

Easily the most boring game I've played out of the series.

[ClockShot]

Going to jump back into Lost Judgement. Started out slow plot wise and I put it down. I'll get back into it and knock it off.

[Fignuts]

Deep into the Vampire Survivors addiction.

Also tried out Rollerdrome, which just hit gamepass. It's basically tony hawk with guns. Very fun.

[drave]

Have Vampire Survivors downloaded but not played it yet.

[drave]

Fired up Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak last night. Took a short break because Amatsu was my first "wall".

I beat Amatsu last night. Everyone was asleep and no one cares, but I was very excited.

I hate life.

[ClockShot]

What's the deal with this Palworld game?

[Fignuts]

I finished Sea of Stars and holy shit, what a game.

I knew it was made by the same devs as The Messenger, but I didn't know it took place in the same world. Getting to Mesa Island had me marking out.

Also if you have played sea of stars, but not the Messenger, make sure you remedy that.

[Destor]

Loved SoS (and The Messenger.) GOAT tier OSTs too.

[weather vane]

Griffey

[Jonster]

Always Surrender :shifty:

[Sepholio]

REBIRTH TIME WOOOOOOOOOO

[road doggy dogg]

My niece got the Splatoon 3 DLC and I was over watching her play it for a bit. Made me really wanna grab it. Got me wanting to finish off the Splatoon 2 DLC first since I never have yet, so been playing that a bunch this week. Beat the main boss of it, and have now done 74/80 of the levels... 6 more to go. This shit has caused me to almost break my Switch about 3 dozen times now. I swear Splatoon makes me rage like some kind of LoL player lol

[Destor]

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

[Sepholio]

Rebirth is so much better than Remake. This is the game I wanted. So much stuff to do now too. I'm still in the grasslands around Kalm/Chocobo Farm and there is just tons more world building here than in the original.

[Sepholio]

It's actually pretty nice to be able to explore without random battles stopping you every 10 steps, too.

One small gripe I have is that the elevation changes of terrain can be very annoying during battle sometimes. Makes you miss attacks/break combos sometimes. It's not so much a problem as it is something I need to get used to. Positioning matters now and I haven't gotten that through my thick skull yet.

[drave]

Get the high ground, Anakin Strife.

[Sepholio]

Surfer Tifa = waifu

[BFP]

Valheim has been taking up my time lately. I’m playing it with my friends on a private server because it’s way better. It offers faster speeds, no lag, and a more stable experience overall. We got it from SuperCraft (https://supercraft.host/valheim-server-hosting/), in case anyone here is interested. They also offer servers for 7 Days to Die and Palworld.