What Game Are You Currently Playing?

[bretbernhoft]

I've been watching playthroughs of Horizon: Forbidden West on YouTube, along with other video games. But I haven't been playing video games too much recently.

 

[Toby Frost]

I finished the main story of Shadowrun: Hong Kong. It really is very good - for the kind of game it is, I can't see how it could have been better-executed.

 

[.matthew.]

I finished the main story of Shadowrun: Hong Kong. It really is very good - for the kind of game it is, I can't see how it could have been better-executed.

I never quite got through to that one even though the previous Shadowrun was really good. I think I played the first Divinity Original Sin right after and it so totally blew me away I forgot about Hong Kong

And now I want to play DOS2 again...

 

[Toby Frost]

Funnily enough, Divinity never quite worked for me while Shadowrun did. Perhaps I ought to give it another go.

 

[Bugg]

Funnily enough, Divinity never quite worked for me while Shadowrun did. Perhaps I ought to give it another go.

I liked DOS and DOS2 but, like you, preferred the last two Shadowrun games. Maybe it was the setting and characters. Must play them again.


Elden Ring is awesome. Some minor technical problems on pc but I'm not finding them anywhere near as bad as is being reported elsewhere - so far, at least.

 

[.matthew.]

I liked DOS and DOS2 but, like you, preferred the last two Shadowrun games. Maybe it was the setting and characters. Must play them again.

Yea, the Shadowrun games had a really distinct setting. That said, the freedom DOS gives the player is pretty much unmatched and fun to play around with.

The main issue I had with the second game was the armour mechanics though, with separate physical and magic armour. Sure, it makes a lot of sense lore-wise, but in gameplay, it forces you to mostly focus on one damage type or most fights drag on for way too long as you whittle down both for different attackers.

@Toby Frost If you played them before the free definitive upgrades/patches/etc, then it's probably worth giving them a second shot, they really improved on everything in the first game, though I haven't replayed the second yet.

 

[Rodders]

Installing Fallout 3.

I know nothing of this game, but read a lot about it and it seems like i'll enjoy it.

 

[Toby Frost]

It's really good, and Fallout 4 is even better!

 

[Toby Frost]

I loaded up Divinity and remembered very quickly why I stopped playing it - it's really difficult. It feels much too hard for its story and art style. Every fight seems to be almost unwinnable, to the point where I suspect that I just don't understand how the game works.

The only other Larian game I've played, Dragon Commander, was almost unplayably hard on the easiest mode possible, so perhaps it's just their style.

 

[Luiglin]

I loaded up Divinity and remembered very quickly why I stopped playing it - it's really difficult. It feels much too hard for its story and art style. Every fight seems to be almost unwinnable, to the point where I suspect that I just don't understand how the game works.

The only other Larian game I've played, Dragon Commander, was almost unplayably hard on the easiest mode possible, so perhaps it's just their style.

I'm just going through Divinity II Original Sin. Very tough in places but when you get tactic right, it brings a smile to your face. The best part though is the storyline, chock full of twists and turns that is keeping me surprised.

 

[Bugg]

I remember there was one particular battle in DOS2 in the quarry with tons of fire slugs, or whatever they were. That was far and away the most difficult fight in it, for me (well, us, as we played it co-op). I don't know how many attempts it took to get through that one. We just didn't have enough of the right build/skill set to deal with it. Speed was of the essence and our character with the highest initiative was the one who did fire damage I seem to remember we went back to the ship in the end and completely re-specced, then had to steal or buy new skill books etc.

 

[Bugg]

I've played about 12 hours of Elden Ring and absolutely love it. I'm still rubbish at it, but it's so much fun. Going with a faith build. I have a bunch of ghostly wolves that I can summon for help. Kind of feels like having the hounds in Malazan following me around

I've also been playing Triangle Strategy, which is everything I hoped it would be. It's very story/character heavy but I'm finding it very involving, and the battles are fantastic. Plus the HD-2D art style is gorgeous, as it was in Octopath Traveller.

 

[.matthew.]

I loaded up Divinity and remembered very quickly why I stopped playing it - it's really difficult. It feels much too hard for its story and art style. Every fight seems to be almost unwinnable, to the point where I suspect that I just don't understand how the game works.

The only other Larian game I've played, Dragon Commander, was almost unplayably hard on the easiest mode possible, so perhaps it's just their style.

I suspect the same. I played on the normal difficulty setting and found the game quite doable. There were some battles I had to replay a few times, but for the most part, once you understand the elemental aspects it all clicks into place. I hate hate hate the super hard games, so if it was like that I never would have finished them.

I also really like how there's not much RNG in it like XCOM, especially with magic where you can see the effect based on where you aim.

I remember there was one particular battle in DOS2 in the quarry with tons of fire slugs, or whatever they were.

That fight was so epically ridiculous I took a screenshot...

Of me literally setting the entire map on fire!

 

[Luiglin]

I suspect the same. I played on the normal difficulty setting and found the game quite doable. There were some battles I had to replay a few times, but for the most part, once you understand the elemental aspects it all clicks into place. I hate hate hate the super hard games, so if it was like that I never would have finished them.

I also really like how there's not much RNG in it like XCOM, especially with magic where you can see the effect based on where you aim.


That fight was so epically ridiculous I took a screenshot...
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Of me literally setting the entire map on fire!

That scrap took a bit to work out.

Prep the battlefield first. Block off steps to the top platform using boxes and barrels, making sure they're not near oil patches. Set light to the oil patches on the ground as the blobs appear. Use teleport to drop tge magisters in amongst the fire and blobs.

 

[.matthew.]

That scrap took a bit to work out.

Prep the battlefield first. Block off steps to the top platform using boxes and barrels, making sure they're not near oil patches. Set light to the oil patches on the ground as the blobs appear. Use teleport to drop tge magisters in amongst the fire and blobs.

It was more fun to desperately heal up and use rain to put the fires out, although I do remember teleporting people into the flames. The main issue I think I had (like 5 years ago lol) was the fire healing the enemy slugs.

 

[Venusian Broon]

I’m still playing Fallout New Vegas. I’m not really playing the main quest (although I have progressed quite a bit). I tend to spend my time exploring and killing things. I recently spent all my hard earned/stolen caps on an Anti-Materiel Rifle at the Gun Runners kiosk. I also bought as many explosive shells for it as I could afford.

Wow! Not only can I take out a Deathclaw at long range with just one shot but I once managed to take out two of the blighters at the same time. A young Deathclaw fell to co-lateral damage.
It’s great for accumulating lots of XP.

I love this gun

After a long time watching let's plays, after you've been posting about it, I decided to go in myself and got the ultimate version. (Still haven't finished Fallout 4 or Skyrim properly, but what the hell...)

 

[Toby Frost]

Given that I find Divinity almost unplayable, I've loaded up Knights of the Old Republic 2, which I once started and never finished. It's old and buggy, but still really good.

 

[Bugg]

Triangle Strategy is turning out to be something like the video game equivalent of Game of Thrones. I am really enjoying this!

 

[Bugg]

Still playing Triangle Strategy, which is getting better and better and better as it goes along. I've seen complaints about the amount of dialogue and story sections but these are a major plus for me. As a long-time fan of the Fire Emblem series I was extremely disappointed by the between battle nonsense in the most recent entry, Three Houses. By contrast I'm finding the between battle sections in Triangle Strategy completely absorbing. The characters are great and the story is fantastic - and very ruthless. If only they'd changed the title


ETA: I'm listening to the soundtrack of Ys IX while I'm working, so I'm also craving for an Ys game. I'm tempted to start NG+ in Ys IX but also a replay of Ys VIII. Two of the best ARPGs ever made, IMO.

 

[Pyan]

Well, I've just reached 4,000 games played in Microsoft FreeCell, well into Gold Grandmaster 3.
Won: 3980 - Lost (or abandoned): 20. 99% win rate...