Don’t use the hump word or it’s an instaban! Just kidding, I’m no mod, I’m just some guy, you know.
What games have you been playing this last week? Video games or other. Have you gone back to Tears of the Kingdom yet? Are you spending the rainy school holidays stuck inside playing Pokemon cards with your kids? Found something in the Steam summer sale you want to shout about? Let us know here.
I finally caved in to the hype and bought Dave the Diver. It’s very enjoyable. There’s nothing revolutionary about it so far but it’s very well put together, and funny in a way that I haven’t seen in a video game since the old point and click games.
Oh, I heard Nic Wiger rave about this on a recent Get played podcast. I need to check it out. Thanks for the reminder.
Not the summer sale but the Steam fest, I played House Flipper 2 demo, I really enjoyed it and it turned out it was the most played one.
House Flipper is a sort of simulator, the purpose of the game is to buy houses in horrible conditions, renovate them and resell them, there’s something oddly satisfying in it, I love it :D
I bought an emulation handheld so I’m revisiting my past.
Played Codenames with friends at the bar yesterday. It’s a fun and frustrating came of word association.
Going to try to get the handheld set up on the TV for “level or life” shenanigans later in the week. If not, there’s an agility game where you stack little plastic chairs that is more fun than it has any right to be after a few.
Ah excellent. I got an Anbernic RG35XX a couple of months ago and am loving it. Had a couple of spare hours at the weekend and just did some grinding for magic in Final Fantasy VI. Nothing else. Just some grinding. Loved it.
I got the 35xx set up too. That and a Steam Deck seems to be the dream for full emulation + indie, which is all I play anymore. But, it’s £X00 away which could be better spent.
I bought an RG351P years ago and I love, I’m currently away for the week and took it with me, been playing Castlevania Symphony of the Night.
I am tempted to get an new unit, although I really like the GBA style form factor.
Am also looking forward to getting home and playing some more Tears of the Kingdom.
Pikmin, finished it on the weekend. It’s been a long while since I played the first one so many good memories came flooding back. I did rush the last level/battle so there were many casualties that day!
Shenmue 3, finally started my playthrough after putting it off for years now and so far so good. There are a few things that I don’t like already (stamina & food system…) but it’s good to be back in the world.
Minecraft Story Mode, playing this one with the kids and my youngest is loving it.
Pikmin! When I worked in a games studio in the early 2000s a couple of people played this religiously on the big screen. I wanted to, but could never get into it. Made me feel a bit sick, which thinking about it I now realise was probably the rear projection setup. Maybe I need to give it another go on the Switch.
And Shenmue! I am only about halfway though Shenmue 1. Played it on the Dreamcast. I feel I must try and get back into it. I think I have 1, 2 and 3 all playable on the Series X.
I’m playing the Switch version (which is the Wii update) so plays very well. Pikmin is one of those games that until you play it nobody can quite visualise it. It’s amazing but trying to tell somebody “I grow little flower creature people using an onion and then they follow me around and start fights…”
I bought Hacknet on Steam the other day for just over £1, been playing that in bursts in between WoW and Diablo IV.
I really enjoyed Hacknet, definitely keep a notebook so you can keep track of things
Probably keep a txt file on my 2nd screen just to feel 5% more hacker-y.
Still playing Tears of Kingdom. Think I’m nearly done with all quests apart from final boss. First I’d like to get all armour and upgraded. But beyond that it might be nearly end of game time.
Not sure after that. Just dusted off the old GameCube as it’s been a while since I played that. Also have Humble Bundle of metroidvania games I’d like to start.
Well, since last week’s thread I think I’ve managed maybe one half-hour session in Deep Rock Galactic and not much of anything else! Such is life.
Still, gonna keep recommending DRG to anyone who will listen because not only is it an FPS that is actually fun, the community is great and isn’t weird about women playing the way a lot of FPS communities can be, and also the solo mode is not only playable but actively fun for those times when you just can’t be arsed with other people!
- DRG on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/
- DRG on Lemmy: [email protected]
Rock and stone!
Going to try out World War Z: Aftermath with a couple of friends later, as it was just added to PS Plus.
I got the platinum trophy on the Fast & Furious game they added to it yesterday too, but a quick and easy platinum is the only positive I can say for that game. 😂
Something I picked up in the summer sale was Space Haven (Steam) and it’s really fun. Challenging, but fun. It’s a nice mix of building, colony simulation, and resource management - and it’s all in spaaaace!
I also picked up Death Road To Canada (Steam) for just under £3, planned on doing a few runs, but I’m currently 20 hours in and still not bored haha.
Space Haven looks like my jam. Please excuse me while I add it to my wishlist and then entirely forget it exists for the next three years.
Thank you for recommending Space Haven, looks like something I will enjoy.
I really got back into playing cyberpunk a couple weeks ago and pretty much no life-ed that game for a week straight, now I don’t want to play that and other games feel boring so I’ve spent the last few days flicking through whatever I have on my desktop to try and find something to play. F1 manager 22 and Red Dead 2 have been pretty decent though.
Hump word?
Dave the Diver mostly, but also some Sleeping Dogs. Also bought Cassette Beasts but not had a chance to play much yet.
Currently well into Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire. The first game is one of my favourites but I never got into the sequel and I’ve made it my mission to break through the barrier.
Playing? I’m still trying to figure out Cubase before the trial period ends!
Trackmania or fifa23
Still playing a lot of the digital version of Root - the boardgame that looks cute with all the woodland creatures but actually involves a lot of scheming and tactical warfare, great fun!
A group of us online have basically had at least one game on the go if not several for about a year now… It gets very addictive!
