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Board, card, or video games - what's being played this week?

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[–] pandarisu@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

I've done the 4 regional phenomena and all the geoglyphs, I'm clearing off some side quests before continuing (finishing?)

[–] Oneeightnine 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure why but I bounced off of Tears hard. I played and finished Breath, but within 5 hours I'd had my fill with TotK.

Suspect it's a me thing more than the game.

[–] fredthefish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I think it is a great game - I'm loving the sandbox feel and the "anything goes" way of traversing the map, solving problems etc - but I admit it doesn't have the same sense of wonder and immersion (I think?) as BOTW somehow.

It's also the first time I've made use of any item duplication glitches (it seems like the only "fun" / non-grindy way of making use of the new building mechanic) so maybe that, plus being able to just fly around everywhere on DIY contraptions, has taken some of the fun / point out of wandering around the map 🤷‍♂️

[–] DearThief@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've decided to try and find every bubbulfrog before I actually finish the game, I'm at the same point as you and I'm not ready to let it go! It's been so much fun.

(Might regret that by the time I get to the last few frogs haha...)

[–] Oneeightnine 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bloodborne on the PS5. Never played it before but after falling down the Elden Ring hole last year I'm slowly working my way through the From series. I beat Sekiro over Christmas, now I've got this in my sights.

Also thinking of starting up a smaller, less.... mentally draining game to play on nights where I just want to kick back and relax after the kids have gone to bed. Any suggestions?

[–] OmegaMouse 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry but 'Elden Ringhole' lol.

As for relaxing games - Stardew Valley springs to mind. I really enjoyed Slime Rancher too, and there's now a sequel. If you want a game to just shut your mind off to, Diablo is good for that.

[–] Oneeightnine 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Played some Starview before the kids came along and kind of bounced off it.

Maybe the time is right though. Animal Crossing absolutely owned me for a year, maybe it's Stardew's turn.

[–] OmegaMouse 1 points 2 years ago

Prepare to not get any sleep!

[–] TankCrimes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've finally got round to playing Blasphemous on my Steam Deck. So much better than I thought it was so far.

[–] DearThief@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Tears of the Kingdom, still. But also I played my first game of Starfinder and it was really fun! I've mostly played D&D 5e so it was a big step up in complexity, but everything just sort of...makes sense, so it wasn't too much of a shock to the system. Scraped through session one by the skin of our teeth after a brawl in a cyberpunk nightclub, excited to see where the rest of the game goes!

[–] chris@fedia.io 2 points 2 years ago

A box has just turned up with My City: Roll & Write and Lost Cities (unintended city theme in this order), so I'll be playing those!

[–] snake_case 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been playing disco Elysium, after the latest video from upisnotjump really enjoying it

[–] klz@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

@snake_case this is one of those games I bought on steam after everyone raved about it but I keep putting of starting it

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I’ve been getting back into No Man’s Sky, I hadn’t played in a while so I’m trying to catch up with the recent updates. It’s always been a great chillout game for me, just exploring systems and finding odd new life forms.

[–] Rain3h 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Trying to play though ff16 but it's so difficult because it's so awfull.

It's not ff, it's not an RPG and the performance is terrible and the side quests are dull.

Im renting it and I may just send it back before even finishing it.

[–] Oneeightnine 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can I ask, where are you renting it from?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's such a pity. I tried the last one and it feels like the whole franchise has lost its way somewhat. Victim of their own success I guess.

[–] Tight-laced@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vampire Survivors on my phone.

Addictive as hell. Completed 100%, now going through and completing every level with every character. about 25% of the way there currently.

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I bought this on Steam during the hype train for it. 100% could not get into it, just didn't find it engaging or fun.

[–] steb@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I'm still playing Deep Rock Galactic. It's on sale right now. Fantastic value for about £8 in my view.

[–] pickle_party247@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finally started Mario Odyssey after getting a Switch last xmas from my ex, and I've got to say I'm loving it. Otherwise on PC I'm rotating between Battlefield 4, Rust and Mudrunner at the moment

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Mario Odyssey is genuinely amazing. It's like they just got everyone together and said "ok let's take everything we've learned over decades, pick just the most absolute pure FUN mechanics and systems, and shove them all together to make the funnest game ever".

[–] DocWurzel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Dead Cells, with the Castlevania DLC, on my Steam Deck. Good times

[–] Jajcus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oxygen Not Included. Now on a much more powerful PC than all previous times – maybe I won't have to abandon my duplicants when I get to the third asteroid and things get too laggy.

[–] Snowfall@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

This game always gives me such a hard time. I watch guys like Francis John on YouTube and realize I don’t have an engineering degree to play it haha

[–] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I've started playing this on my deck, but am still at noob level.

[–] hill@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Just now it's a replay of A Plague Tale: Innocence on Steam Deck; Aliens: Fireteam Elite; and mopping up achievements in Tomb Raider: DE.

Me and a mate also thought it would be a good idea to start Payday 2 seeing as though 3 is coming out soon... plot twist, it was not a good idea!

[–] rubikcuber@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I got myself one of these little RG35XX handheld emulation devices for £60 and stuck on some custom firmware. I've been having blast. About halfway through a bug fixed Final Fantasy VI ROM hack, also playing some Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga.

[–] ScottyB@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That RG35XX looks neat. I'll pick one up. Thanks.

[–] rubikcuber@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I got it on a bit of a whim and wasn't expecting much. The stock firmware is poor, but GarlicOS is great. A wee bit of mucking about to get things nicely scaled, but I wholeheartedly recommend it.

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pikmin was released on Switch last week so I've been playing through that. Almost finished 1 and looking forward to starting 2 soon.

[–] monkeytennis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Almost finished High on Life (I'm determined to clear some Xbox drive space...) and I tried some Glass Road solo challenges, trying to not get my arse kicked the next time I play a human.

[–] Iwasherefirst@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Currently playing The Last of us on PC. I wanted to play it on day 1, but it was a mess at the time of release. So waited till the updates had put it in a decent enough shape.

I haven't encountered any major bugs, just 2-3 minor ones. I'm thoroughly enjoying the game. It's an emotional experience, like a movie which really pulls you in. Gameplay is also nice with subtle variations as I progress to keep things interesting.

And it's just beautiful. Definitely recommend

[–] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Spelunky2 needs completing but it's so bloody hard. Soulstone survivor is less frustrating so getting more play time

[–] sunbather@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Battlebit remastered, it’s crazy fun

[–] fredthefish@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Tears of the Kingdom every evening since it arrived. It's so good.

My steam deck is gathering dust somewhere, barely used since I got it!

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Lip@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Playing wow only this time I'm making an army lol. Got dragonflight but seem to get to lol 60 and then think ill try a different class and delete my character. The gf plays he'll at me for doing this been doing it for the past year or 2 .

So decided make one of every class and level them all up

[–] lemmybenny@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Wiggler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

My 4 year old learned about Pokémon Go recently I started playing it again after about 4 year hiatus, haha I stopped playing about the time she was born 🤣

[–] supermurs@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm currently playing Forza Horizon 5 and NHL 22 on Xbox One.

[–] Sausage@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I can't stop playing forza. I'm not usually a completionist in any sense of the word, but for some reason open world driving games really hook me in. Burnout Paradise was the last game I played to this extent.

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