Scary edition of the weekly thread 👻
What have you been playing!
I’ve been playing the re4 dlc! And, on the other end of the spectrum, the original yoshis island, as I had never finished it before.
Almost finished with Portal 2, first time
The original Yoshi’s Island is so much fun! How far along are you now?
I’ve been replaying Stardew Valley lately. My first run was in 2018 when it was still version 1.3, so there’s loads of new content to play through.
Yeah it’s great! I’ve started it a few times but recently got an analogue pocket and am trying to finish a lot of those older games I’ve never finished. I think I’m about half way through world 4 now. Still deciding if I want to try and 100% every level to get the bonus levels haha
I was playing a ton of Baldur’s Gate 3, but I decided I needed a break on it after getting to Act 3. I’m currently playing Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire for the first time and enjoying it.
Lol I like how you took a break from the sprawling modern CRPG by playing a different sprawling modern CRPG.
I do love the pillars of eternity series though. I think the first game got a little exposition text heavy and could have done with some more character animations during cutscenes, but I loved the story and the setting and I enjoyed the tropical island hopping of the 2nd(though I do wish the ship to ship combat was better they were so close to what could have been a paired down FTL).
Haha yeah I was slightly confused why I wanted to play a different massive sprawling rpg but 🤷🏻♂️
Been playing witcher 3 and hollow knight. Just beat final boss of hollow knight and now i’m going around clearing the rest of the bosses i missed
Nice! I love hollow knight 😍
How’d you like it?
I loved it! Easily a 10/10 imo. The soundtrack, art design, controls, atmosphere all perfect
I’ve been getting back into Cyberpunk 2077 since the major update! I’ve really enjoyed the overhauled perk/leveling system.
Worth giving it a go if you’ve been on the fence or haven’t touched it in awhile.
Lies of p - absolutely fantastic. The first game I rate 10/10 since Mass effect 2 I think.
They took what is good in soulslikes and removed stupid fromsoftwareisms. The story is great and actually told, there are some indicators for npcs who have something for you, when an npc moves somewhere they leave a note etc.
The bosses are tough but fair, they don’t randomly recover from stagger into a one shot ability or heal off of hitting a shield, there’s no fake, game breaking, lazy difficulty like fromsoftware would do, you are not punished for doing something well.
The combat is great, no “rhythmic” parry spam, no dodge spam, you need to think about what to use, when you do the game can be rather easy for this genre.
There are 2 or 3 eldenringy bosses towards the end with ludicrous mobility and combo spam but most of the rest are really great.
If this is this devs first game I really want to see the next. First time in ages I’m doing ng+
Have you played Bloodborne? If so, why do you prefer Lies of P over it?
Yes and yes. BB is a flawed masterpiece, some great things ruined by some of the worst fromsoftwareisms, a bit dated at this point too.
LoP has a better and more varied combat, 60fps, better bosses, better weapon system, many QoL improvements, better story(in part because it’s actually told :D), way better graphics, no grind, no long runbacks(the longest has like 3 enemies you need to fight, BB was made at a time FS still thought runbacks somehow add to the experience or maybe it was a cynical attempt at padding the game length).
In LoP, once you “git gut” it’s just so satisfying to get a few perfect blocks on a boss combo and break his weapon, never gets old.
In my utterly subjective opinion BB is 7.5/10, LoP 10/10 in 2023.
Damn, Bloodborne is my favorite game of all time so if Lies of P is anywhere as good as that I have to put it on my radar.
Getting familiar with Team Fight Tactics… I loved Dota Underlords. CS2 for nostalgic memories. Magic Arena, new season just began.
Starfield. I’m only a few hours in, but enjoying it so far.
just cause 3
The last good one.
Trying out a new build in Path of Exile. Recently got into the game and it’s actually pretty good, I wish I started playing years ago though because there’s so much content 😅
I want to switch to something else soon so I don’t burn myself out on the game.
The nice thing with Path of Exile is that you can always play next league and try out other content and systems.
I’d suggest picking one or two systems and just really learning those each league instead of attempting everything all at once.
Thanks! Been trying to do that as there’s just so much to learn. I’ve stuck to a few build guides (started playing midway through Crucible). I found a build that I like and it’s fun (RF inquis, nice walking simulator 😅) but it struggles doing content that I like (bossing). So I’m trying out a DD Elementalist with the hopes of next league maybe being just a one build guy and respecing once I get some currency.
I have been able to get two voidstones, and the Maven seems doable as my RF but when I read about the fight I must have ignored that last phase and had horrible placement on those pools.
I want to complete all the end game bosses first and then I’ll try to do a deep dive on the passive tree and maybe try my own builds or something.
Yeah RF is an amazing mapper but not a great bosser. Sometimes I’ll make two builds. One to blast through mapping and one to nuke down bosses.
Or you can use Explosive Arrow which currently does everything well lol
New Trackmania season came out an hour ago. Learning all the new tracks.
Finished all achievements for Armored Core 6.
Picked up Unrailed on Steam for $5. Great purchase.
Stsrted a fresh file in Stardew Valley, cause why not?
Mainly AI Dungeon because I’ve been hella tired and it requires minimal input compared to other games, but I loaded up my three year old Cyberpunk 2077 save and started playing again with 2.0, and Counter-Strike 2 just dropped so I’ve been giving that some of my time.
I finally got the time to sit and play on my car sim ( Assetto Corsa / competezione) after more than a year. For the first fewsessions, I forgot how to take corners but now I’m back into it and it is an amazing feeling when you nail a race from start to finish.
Brawlhalla
