The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion

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!

Please don’t forget to use the spoiler tag as soon as you start talking about a storyline.

Jumi,

I can tell you what I finally with a heavy heart stopped playing after 7 years: Overwatch.

I love that game but I just couldn’t overlook all the bad stuff any longer.

Now I’m sitting in front of my PC not knowing what to play.

FrostKing,

Currently playing a classic: Pokemon Emerald. Really solid.

B0NK3RS,
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F1 Manager 2023, my interest in the real sport has completely disappeared over the last few years but I like management games and it’s doing a decent job.

Jusant, recently added to gamepass and so far I’m really enjoying everything about it. The gameplay, art style, lore and mystery are all excellent.

Titanfall 2, decided to replay the campaign but the spider bomb machine things trigger my phobia so taking a break with the games mentioned above. Such an amazing game even with my issues!

kby,

I recently bought Invisible Inc., a turn-based tactical stealth game. I had my eye on it for almost 8 years now, but I seldom found time to play any other game than DotA. Now that I have beat my addiction, I can finally enjoy some games I had on my wishlist for a very long time. I also bought the first two Thief games and Grim Fandango Remastered.

Grim Fandango made me tear up. I have never had so much fun in years playing a video game. I really enjoy adventure games (played Myst, Monkey Island, Beneath a Steel Sky) but I have the feeling that this style of game is a bit out of fashion currently. Any recommendations for modern adventure games?

BURN,

Cyberpunk 2077 - Phantom Liberty and the 2.0 update have brought a lot of life back to this game. I’m having a blast running through the city doing jobs here and there. The PL missions so far (only really played the opening one) have been awesome and very well put together. Despite the hate the game got for bugs at launch, it really is one of my favorite FPS RPGs.

iRacing - The continuous one. I’m not terribly fast at Simracing, but damn do I enjoy it. I have a league race at Bathurst in a Radical SR8 on Friday that I’m looking forward to.

CS2 - Been dabbling in CS again with the new releases. I’m absolute trash at the game now, and that impacts the enjoyment sometimes, but as long as I’m playing in a duo it’s bearable.

Apex Legends - Probably the game I have the most hours in outside of minecraft. I’ve played well over 10k games of BR, and thousands of mixtape. The new season just dropped yesterday and I’m thinking it’s time to get back on the ranked grind.

KaJedBear,

How’d you get into sim racing? I’m an F1 fan and have been tossing around the idea of getting a rig but not sure what would give a decent experience for the money. The sim racing community here and on Reddit seems to just be people posting pics of their rigs. I have a microcenter near me and they have a rig builder on their website but I don’t really know what to look for.

I recently got to do a sim experience at an expo but they had a very nice fanantec F1 set up with a direct drive wheel and VR set that was an absolute blast, so I’m worried any entry level setup just wouldn’t come close to comparing to that.

sleisl,
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Cocoon - Big puzzle game fan but this one has me underwhelmed so far. It feels disappointingly linear, and I haven’t needed to think very hard to solve anything yet. The design and atmosphere is fantastic, but I hope it gets a little more confident in its mechanics soon (just 2hrs in).

Curse of the Golden Idol - Played the first DLC. Great stuff, still has all the weirdo charm of the main game with some new logic puzzles to figure out. I thought the last chapter here felt a little too straightforward to solve for how complex it seemed at first glance, but overall it was a good expansion. On to the next one!

Factorio - 70 hours into Space Exploration and currently trying to plan a transition of my base from a main bus design to city blocks. I started SE immediately after my first vanilla Factorio victory, so it’s been a bit of an uphill climb but very fun. I really enjoy reaching a new science tier and then pausing for a while as I automate and upgrade everything that I unlocked. No rush in space!

Deestan,

+1 for city block design in SE. It has too much recipe interaction and breadth of ingredients for a main bus to be pleasant.

sleisl,
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Thinking through how to transition from my bus to a modular design feels like it’s leveled up my Factorio-fu by an order of magnitude lol. I realized that I don’t need to start with full block design as long as I can work towards getting everything on trains. That’s gotten me moving again and I’m well on my way to the first off planet resources now. What a great game.

Deestan,

Same here! I started with bus, then moved on to train-based design that is slowly turning into a block design. Trying out many multiple block patterns spread wide and connected by rail.

MrGerrit,

Diablo 2 hardcore. Currently gearing up to take on hell with my javazon.

Also playing some super Mario wonder. It’s a very fun and enjoyable game so far.

Nyvios,

Cities: Skylines 2! Poor performance aside it’s easy to see the potential, and it’s still a lot of fun. I still get around 30 fps at 1440p in my small town

Nighed,
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I’m waiting for the mod update, hoping they will have fixed most of the bugs/performance by then and the mods can fix the rest.

Glad that the base game seems to be sound.

lorty,
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Yeah the performance is crap but at least it is the kind of game where you can play with worse framerate pretty alright.

wide_eyed_stupid,
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I went back to playing Slay the Spire for a bit, since it’s almost N7 Day, but I might just replay Disco Elysium in stead. After ME, maybe it’s time to try Starfield? Have seen too many negative reviews to really want to pay full price for it, but we’ll see.

random_character_a,
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Abandoned Starfield a week ago. Have been and mostly will be playing:

  • Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Death Stranding: Directors Cut

Got them last week on discount.

delitomatoes,

Death Stranding might be the exact opposite of Starfield in design philosophy

kralk,

Death Stranding is SO GOOD

random_character_a,
@random_character_a@lemmy.world avatar

Yes. Strange that an idea of hiking simulator actually works.

NegativeLookBehind,
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I just started EVE Online and I might be ready to rage quit.

sleisl,
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Sounds like you’re doing it right! A good corp can help; I think it’s most important to get into something fun ASAP so you don’t think the whole game is just grinding missions or whatever. When I started I fell in with a small gang of wormhole explorers and eventually joined the big Reddit corp. Good times.

NegativeLookBehind,
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Thanks for the tips. I got a new ship and almost immediately destroyed it because I did dumb things. Hence the desire to rage quit.

BigBananaDealer,
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still playing starfield and fortnite. got back into call of duty world war 2 and tried ghosts but campers are everywhere

rockerface,

Rotating between God of War, Overwatch, Genshin Impact and a second playthrough of Elden Ring (now with a big stick)

nekusoul,
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Finished three games this weekend:

  1. The Talos Principle. I’ve had this game for years, but always bounced off during the second world. Finally stuck with it in anticipation of the sequel. Overall, not as difficult as I imagined, but some puzzles are quite frustrating, either because the solution feels like a bug or because the setup is long and a mistake requires a full reset. Still very enjoyable even though I didn’t care much about the story.
  2. FF7 Remake Intergrade. Not much to say about this one. Very solid DLC and just the right length. Next up: Continuing my playthrough of the original FF7 from where Remake ended.
  3. Cocoon. Probably my favorite game of the year beside Hi-Fi Rush. Really cool main mechanic that’s explored at a very enjoyable pace. All puzzle elements are clearly telegraphed as well and unintentional red herrings get blocked off to avoid confusion. Didn’t really see this game get noticed though, which is a shame.
Fraylor,

I’ve been balancing between Dark and Darker, Outpath, Cattails: Wildwood story, God of Weapons, Vampire Survivors, and lightly dabbling in BG3. not to mention my endless backlog. I keep telling myself I’ll stop once I hit 1k and get that badge on Steam but I know I’ll keep going.

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