The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion (lemmy.world)

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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.

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[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth

I'm 25 hours in and barely touched the main story. Once they let me roam around I did nothing but side content. Just yesterday I got access to the "Pokemon" League and I see myself not touching any story content for another 5 hours. It's great.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Loved the game. I just did the main story and side stories as it's the plot and characters I play Like A Dragon games for; I wasn't interested enough in the Sujimon or Dondoko Island stuff to get into it. And no way am I paying extra to do New Game Plus!

[-] ving_thor@lemmy.one 10 points 8 months ago

Amored Core 6. It's the first Armored Core that I have played. The setting and story are not really my thing, but the gameplay is a lot of fun.

[-] finthechat@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

I gave up on that game after dying to the helicopter boss for 30 mins straight lol

[-] symthetics@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Try getting underneath/above and stick close to it, melee when you can, especially when it's staggered. I found it brutal as well, typical From serving that up right at the start hah.

[-] SuperSynthia@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Make sure to do all three endings. The story is deceptively pretty decent. You feel like a real badass by the end

[-] Brewchin@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Guild Wars 2. Love it.

Started playing in beta, took a break for years, and have been playing it again with friends most evenings for a year.

[-] Master167@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Turnip Boys robs a Bank.

Go play it.

[-] Rooki@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Isnt there a Turnip Boy commits tax fraud game out there?
Never played it but so far i saw it in playthrough its a rather fun game ;D.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Tax Evasion. Yoshi's the one who committed tax fraud.

[-] Master167@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah, it's a Legend of Zelda like game. Robs A Bank is more of a run and gun Rogue-like.

[-] Rooki@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Oh neat i will probably play that soon!

[-] waybackguy@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Cool didn't know there was a sequel or spinoff. Thanks for the heads up!

[-] afox@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Watchdogs 2. I'm getting to old for this. Recently killed Halo Infinite, Farcry 4 5 6 and some others. Software Engineer. Been unemployed for a bit :/

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[-] Lath@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

I felt like going back to swtor. My main account was disabled, expired or something and I can't recover it without calling some dumb schmucks working for EA support.
Went in on a secondary account I used to bypass the character restrictions and now I'm scratching the itch until it finally dies for good.
It has a daily login reward, some kind of battle pass, everything is paywalled, limited number of rewards, they changed character creation and unified classes, but pvp is active.

Overall, I don't recommend it.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I get nostalgia for it every now and again. A week of playing and finding no friends or fun kills that itch fast.

[-] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Planetbase, it doesn't take long to figure out but I'm trying to unlock the other more challenging planets at the moment which just takes time.

I'm on the lookout for challenging survival management/city building games if anyone can recommend one? Something like Banished, This War of Mine or Frostpunk.

[-] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago

Thirty hours into Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Main story has started to ramp up, but I keep getting distracted by the business management mini-game and the kart-racing minigame that I just discovered while wandering around the map. It never ceases to amaze me just how dense these games are and just how many side activities they managed to pack into one game.

[-] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

beat Pikmin 2, used a gecko code to stop the timer, gonna go for 100% now

[-] brenno@lemmy.brennoflavio.com.br 5 points 8 months ago

Papers please. Having fun so far doing the story

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[-] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Only been playing balatro. Now it's fully out. Hooray!

[-] jukibom@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Finally getting around to playing Disco Elysium. I know I'm late to the party but holy cow what a trip

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Still just a heavily modded Skyrim playthrough that still remains perfectly lore-friendly. But I'm strongly considering playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance soon. Unfortunately for me, the prospect of modding the hell out of Morrowind again is also calling to me.

Why walk when you can ride?

[-] Cashmere@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Helldivers 2 with friends. But the 1.0 of Last Epoch released Wednesday evening. Can't wait for the weekend !

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[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 4 points 8 months ago

Currently playing Lords of the Fallen. I'm almost to the end, it's been a lot of dying, but a lot of fun also!

[-] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I wish that company would stop trying to make souls likes. They really suck at it

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 2 points 8 months ago

I disagree, and think it brings all sorts of new takes on the Souls Like formula. But in the end we don't have to agree and just play what we enjoy. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

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[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

Finally got on the Lethal Company bandwagon and I think I'm gonna have a lot of fun playing it with my kids.

[-] amio@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

Far Cry 3 with Ziggy's Mod for added challenge... Casual version, I kind of like it.

Ocarina of Time randomizer keeps being pretty fun.

Oldschool Runescape.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is a nostalgia mainstay.

I also gave Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion a try and got to the second boss. I mean to get back to it, as it's a cute game and pretty funny.

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Friend convinced me to try Helldivers 2 this past weekend. I had fun, but I also don't think it's as great as the hype it's getting either. Friend thinks it will be a long term playing game but I felt like I saw most of what it offered in 3 days of playing. Guess we'll see. I'm also trying out the FF7 rebirth demo. Wish I had more time to play stuff but this is all I have currently.

[-] SuperSynthia@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Palworld was on game pass so I gave it a shot. It’s actually pretty fun for a simple time waster. After this run I don’t think ill ever play it again unless they work in a really good story mode

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 8 months ago

Still strolling through my snails pace playthrough of RDR2, haven't left chapter 2 yet and mostly been doing side stuff, hunting fishing and completing challenges. Looking for a damn badger and beaver but can't find either anywhere.

I also wish RDR2 had the same fishing minigame as FFXV. Not that it's terrible, but I wish it had the same depth. That game had the best fishing minigame I've played, almost worth the price of admission for that alone.

[-] H_Interlinked@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Nice. I saw people saying to do as much open world as you want and savor chapter 2 so I did just that. I've now got the White Arabian horse and the Legend of the East Satchel (amazingly useful), I've settled on my favorite guns and modded them up. I still have yet to complete all legendary hunts and fishes, but I was ready for a break in the grind so I've finally moved into Ch. 3

The game is great so far.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds like what I've been doing, too. Finally found a badger yesterday for the satchel but still on the hunt for some other assorted animals. Sadly I think I'm locked out of some stuff because I killed the legendary bear as part of the story quest so the pelt despawned before I unlocked the trapper. Currently trying to plow through some gambler challenges for the gear, it might actually kill my enthusiasm though. And I'd like to combine them with some Bandit pieces but I've been hesitant because I am playing high honor.

The White Arabian seems great, im personally going back and forth between the Warped Brindle Arabian and the Tigerstriped Bay Mustang (was hell to acquire) for horses.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Playing Occupy White Walls occasionally. Playing Shattered Pixel Dungeon on my phone. Pondering buying that uhhh roguelite 'poker' deck building game whose name has gone out my head now

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago

Balatro. It's good. I love making cursed poker hands with aces that count as every suit and granite blocks and then racking my score multiplier up to 86x with stacked jokers. It's a fun game.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I watched someone get like 15k with a single 5

Amazing, a great game you can make insane!

[-] Smallwater@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Finished my first a BG3 run, blind. Was considering starting a second run, with "perfect" choices (and mods) but it seems that patch 6 broke quite some things.

Gonna spend time playing "dad games", then. I don't know what's so appealing about those "X simulator" games, but I can absolutely get lost in them.

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[-] cammelspit@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Assassin's creed 3 remaster, Tomb Raider Trilogy, Just Cause... Its just a coincidence all im playing right now are old games, lol.

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[-] Desso@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Currently have over 100 hours in Persona 3 Reload and I haven't even completed the game yet.

Always wanted to dive into P3P/FES until Reload was announced, and I'm so happy I waited. The game is very polished and I've heard it is a faithful remake of the OG P3. Definitely going for a NG+ afterwards!

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[-] caut_R@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Monster Hunter World. This game‘s got me in an iron grip. I‘m looking forward to playing the Tales of Arise DLC which is discounted rn to 20 bucks which is the kinda price I would‘ve expected to begin with.

Mario Kart on the side, playing the expansion pass courses, currently at „Mirror.“

[-] Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I started a Minecraft server with the Ars Nouveau mod. It's completely fantastic.

[-] anakin78z@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Against the Storm. Picked it up way back in early access and kind of thought it sucked. Saw some people talk about it recently and decided to give it another go, and it doesn't suck anymore! I suck at it, having lost every round, but I keep going back in, so I guess I like it now.

[-] Lesrid@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Balatro and Helldivers 2

[-] Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Been alternating between replaying Elden Ring on my PC and the original Ratchet and Clank on my new (to me) PS2. Making good progress in both.

Currently working through the last level in R&C and I forgot how brutally unforgiving that game is with the limited health and scarce checkpoints.

I'm almost through the academy in ER. Fixing to fight whatshername with the giant baby and the kamehameha attack. Already beat that god-damn OP knight guarding the entrance to her boss room.

[-] Lampadaire_raclette@jlai.lu 2 points 8 months ago

Balatro!

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Replaying Ghost of Tsushima. I beat it on PS4 back when it came out and started a New Game Plus save, but stopped playing after that so never played the expansion. I got the Director's Cut on PS5 and have currently finished Act 1 and the expansion and am working on Act 2.

[-] SuperSynthia@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That game really captures a sense of lethality I haven’t felt since Ninja Gaiden 1/2 on the Xbox/360. Amazing

[-] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Last week I went deep into Next Fest and came up with a bunch of demos, to varying success. Tried Synergy (promising), Sword of Convallaria (great, but deeply concerned about the mobile/gacha systems), Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds (not great, borrows shamelessly from Divinity: Original Sin 2), and Balatro (surprisingly interesting).

For now, I'm kind of bouncing around, not being able to settle on anything. Might go back to Atelier Ayesha tonight.