Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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Still trucking on the [email protected] with Antimatter Dimensions, lovely unfolding mechanics, would probably appeal to completionists because getting achievements actually gets you in-game bonuses. Also have been playing the Zachtronics puzzle programming/electrical engineering game Shenzhen I/O that could make a person a bit more comfortable with in real life assembly languages. Can't figure how to bust out of prison in Baba Is You.
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i played a bit of fallout 4, but i dont really understand the hype that was around it. its a loading screen simulator with an awful city repair element slapped on top.
not a huge fan
it sucks... i really enjoyed all of the previous fallouts i played (FO1, FO2, FO:BoS, FO3) and expected something better.
You've played every Fallout except for New Vegas? How come you skipped that particular one?
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Been working my way through the achievements for State of Decay 2, I've almost got all the supplies gathered up in my community to speedrun through the last two legacies on the hardest difficulty.
It's a really solid zombie survival, that walks a nice balance of not having standard survival micromanagement. Accessible(fun) combat, and some expression in base/resource management but not to the point where it dominates moment to moment play. Hits the good middle ground of permadeath in terms of losing survivors, but still having a community so you're not losing all your resources/progress.
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After finishing Nier Automata in my Switch (quite an awesome port tbh, I cheated a bit as I overclocked my unit to make it run smoother) and Breath of The Wild I am focusing on smaller games, which are:
- Monument Valley (Android)
- Retro City Rampage (PS Vita)
- Pokémon Omega Ruby (almost finished, 3DS).
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You've played every Fallout except for New Vegas? How come you skipped that particular one?
new vegas, there was a mobile one, and i think there was an only-online one that i missed.
just never got around to playing those. my backlog is mighty, and FO4 was a freebie i picked up within the last year or two.
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Playing horizon zero dawn atm.
Got easy red 2 and battle front 2 and road craft for multiplayer with my group -
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Sim city 4
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Started playing Half Life 1. Never played any of the Half Life games before.
As for a recommendation, Chrono Trigger and the Silent Hill games (1-3, including the remake of 2).
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I'm playing two games this week. First is Pentiment, and the only reason I'm also playing another game at the same time is that I needed something to break up the sometimes excruciating sessions of playing Pentiment. I'm in the final act now so I don't think there are too many hours remaining.
Now, Pentiment is actually not a bad... I want to say game but let's face it, it's not a game. Pentiment is not a bad visual novel. It is absolutely gorgeous, it's extremely well researched and it has some interesting things to say, and some interesting characters to get to know that are more layered than you think at first. But holy shit is the game tediously slow and laborious to slog through. Half the playing time is spent blankly staring at the screen as your character slowly waddles around the town of Tassing. The conversations themselves are painfully slow, and many feel shallow and sort of... banal. There is good stuff sprinkled in there, but you have to sift through a lot of mundanity to get to it. It also sort of rubbed me the wrong way that everyone uses such modern phrasing and language when historical accuracy was such a selling point for the game. I'm still appreciating it - mainly the art and the history - but I need to take breaks from it.
...which I've done by playing Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree. I've had my eye on it since it's written by Bloodlines-writer Brian Mitsoda, and with it being 25% off at the summer sale I thought why not.
It's a Metroidvania Soulslike with a skill tree inspired by Path of Exile, and I'm really enjoying what I've played of it so far. Combat has been solid though I've only played a few hours, but the bosses have been good. There are a bunch of different play styles that all seem very different and I am already having fun thinking about builds and planning a second run with a completely different character. The game is beautiful too, the art style is great and I like the splash art for the characters.
The writing has been okay so far, the world is kinda cool but nothing earth shattering - generic evil energy threatening to consume everything type deal. I'm hoping for some twists down the line. You're playing as an inquisitor so I assume it will be revealed the witches you hunt are maybe not so evil after all. The goldsmith Yrsa is so far the highlight with some entertaining lines.
So far from what I've seen I definitely would recommend it if you like these types of games.
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new vegas, there was a mobile one, and i think there was an only-online one that i missed.
just never got around to playing those. my backlog is mighty, and FO4 was a freebie i picked up within the last year or two.
You're right, Fallout Shelter for mobile and I guess I forgot about 76. I was thinking "mainline" Fallouts.
New Vegas is an amazing game with an even more amazing modding scene. Absolutely recommend you getting to it down the line, it's a bit closer to the OG Fallouts than the Bethesda ones. Superb DLCs as well, all of them really good.
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My son bought Cyberpunk 2077 on sale. I got hooked immediately.
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I‘ve completed Cyber Hook and I can‘t recommend it enough. Screw the story, the gameplay loop and movement is what it‘s all about. It‘s an absolute hidden gem, hands down. I strongly recommend everyone to give it a shot!
I‘ve also been playing some Horizon Chase Turbo and while I think it‘s pretty unique nowadays and runs great on the Deck, it‘s a bit too fast-paced for the small screen in the higher difficulty levels. Still recommend it though.
Lastly, I‘ve done some further quests in Assassin‘s Creed: Unity and I remember reading here that the movement reached perfection in this title and while it might be the best movement in the series (I dunno), I think the movement’s absolutely terrible lol, and the combat is worse still. Everything is so inprecise and slow, the character jumps to ledges I didn‘t even think about and takes ages to climb even when pursued or flatout refuses to climb something for five seconds… And I still don‘t know why AC had to turn into these permanent tavern brawls, stealth seems to be impossible, I‘m now resorting to just smoke bombing and cleaning up every fight. I do enjoy the sightseeing and world but man… I liked Origins more as a game. I won‘t pretend like I‘m an AC god, but other entries in the franchise clicked with me more (2, Black Flag, Origins).
I’ve never heard of Cyber Hook before but it looks awesome. I’m definitely picking it up. Thanks for the recommendation.
I’ve added Horizon Chase Turbo to my Wishlist, and downloaded the demo. I’ll probably check it out soon.
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Pokémon Emerald. I got an rg35xxsp, which has been perfect for getting through all the games I missed over the years.
Nice, enjoy. I’m a total Pokémon nerd for gens 1-4. Gen 2 + remakes takes the cake for me, but Emerald would be next up. It’s probably objectively the best game in the series (that or Platinum) but I’m super nostalgic for Johto. SoulSilver will forever be my favourite Nintendo game.
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I finished my play-through of Skyward Sword HD. Story 10/10, game 7/10, overall 8/10.
Continuing to play through classic Zelda games, I started a play-through of Minish Cap. I played this once before years ago, but I don't remember any of it. The Minish are so freakin' cute, I forgot how fun this little game was!
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After finishing Nier Automata in my Switch (quite an awesome port tbh, I cheated a bit as I overclocked my unit to make it run smoother) and Breath of The Wild I am focusing on smaller games, which are:
- Monument Valley (Android)
- Retro City Rampage (PS Vita)
- Pokémon Omega Ruby (almost finished, 3DS).
I haven’t played Retro City Rampage before but Monument Valley was awesome, and so was Omega Ruby.
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Started playing Half Life 1. Never played any of the Half Life games before.
As for a recommendation, Chrono Trigger and the Silent Hill games (1-3, including the remake of 2).
I played Black Mesa (HL1 remake) and loved it. I haven’t played HL2 yet though.
Enjoy HL1, it’s a great game, or at least the remake is. I’m assuming the original is good too.
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I'm playing two games this week. First is Pentiment, and the only reason I'm also playing another game at the same time is that I needed something to break up the sometimes excruciating sessions of playing Pentiment. I'm in the final act now so I don't think there are too many hours remaining.
Now, Pentiment is actually not a bad... I want to say game but let's face it, it's not a game. Pentiment is not a bad visual novel. It is absolutely gorgeous, it's extremely well researched and it has some interesting things to say, and some interesting characters to get to know that are more layered than you think at first. But holy shit is the game tediously slow and laborious to slog through. Half the playing time is spent blankly staring at the screen as your character slowly waddles around the town of Tassing. The conversations themselves are painfully slow, and many feel shallow and sort of... banal. There is good stuff sprinkled in there, but you have to sift through a lot of mundanity to get to it. It also sort of rubbed me the wrong way that everyone uses such modern phrasing and language when historical accuracy was such a selling point for the game. I'm still appreciating it - mainly the art and the history - but I need to take breaks from it.
...which I've done by playing Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree. I've had my eye on it since it's written by Bloodlines-writer Brian Mitsoda, and with it being 25% off at the summer sale I thought why not.
It's a Metroidvania Soulslike with a skill tree inspired by Path of Exile, and I'm really enjoying what I've played of it so far. Combat has been solid though I've only played a few hours, but the bosses have been good. There are a bunch of different play styles that all seem very different and I am already having fun thinking about builds and planning a second run with a completely different character. The game is beautiful too, the art style is great and I like the splash art for the characters.
The writing has been okay so far, the world is kinda cool but nothing earth shattering - generic evil energy threatening to consume everything type deal. I'm hoping for some twists down the line. You're playing as an inquisitor so I assume it will be revealed the witches you hunt are maybe not so evil after all. The goldsmith Yrsa is so far the highlight with some entertaining lines.
So far from what I've seen I definitely would recommend it if you like these types of games.
Mandragora looks really cool, but apparently it’s got a bad EULA so I’m iffy to pick it up. I wouldn’t be getting it on this sale anyway, I’d probably wait for the next sale, I’ve already spent too much this time, hopefully they’ll fix the EULA before the next sale. It looks like an awesome game and is totally my style.
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My son bought Cyberpunk 2077 on sale. I got hooked immediately.
I just started it too. It’s a ton of fun.
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Mandragora looks really cool, but apparently it’s got a bad EULA so I’m iffy to pick it up. I wouldn’t be getting it on this sale anyway, I’d probably wait for the next sale, I’ve already spent too much this time, hopefully they’ll fix the EULA before the next sale. It looks like an awesome game and is totally my style.
I think the data collection controversy was addressed in patch 1.2.7?
It's been a great game so far so I hope you'll pick it up, but I totally get overspending on Steam/GOG sales and causing an already bloated backlog to further overflow.
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I think the data collection controversy was addressed in patch 1.2.7?
It's been a great game so far so I hope you'll pick it up, but I totally get overspending on Steam/GOG sales and causing an already bloated backlog to further overflow.
That’s good to know. I’ll probably pick it up at the next sale then.
