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.

  • @[email protected]
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    84 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      34 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!

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      4 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 months ago

      It‘s such a unique game, I‘d rate it way higher if bleak/depressing stories weren‘t a turn off for me, but I liked it regardless which should say a lot

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    4 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?

  • afox
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    44 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 :/

    • @[email protected]
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      14 months ago

      IIRC Watchdogs 2 was slapped in the past for its cringe writing by all review channels I‘m following, so DWAI

  • terwn43lp
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    44 months ago

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

  • Brewchin
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    44 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.

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    4 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.

  • Juki
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    34 months ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    34 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

    • @[email protected]
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      34 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 months ago

        I watched someone get like 15k with a single 5

        Amazing, a great game you can make insane!

  • Computerchairgeneral
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    34 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.

  • wia
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    34 months ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    34 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 months ago

      Patch 6 only really broke the script extender (well hotfix #18 really)

      nvm, just checked, it’s up to date! (hotfix #19 is supported!)

      pretty much everything is up to date!

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        But reports about bugs introduced by patch 6 are still pouring in :( the two hotfixes helped, but I’m still gonna wait.

  • RubberDuck
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    34 months ago

    Shrouded. Its bizar how well it plays for early access. Gameplay is fun, the enemies a little stupid but can be challenging non the less. And the game feels well optimized. My dedicated server is running and using less than 2gb of memory of the available 20gb and no lag. Then the building, it can be a bit finicky sometimes but it allows for so much freedom it’s a fun aspect. Crafting also works good, in all I highly recommend it, and can’t wait to finish the playthrough and cycle back in a year or so to see what it has become then. But it’s already worth the money IMHO.

      • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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        14 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

        • @[email protected]
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          14 months ago

          How does it compare to the Lords of the Fallen from several years ago? I played through that and found it to be pretty buggy and not very fun, although quick enough that I did a new game plus run as well. I’m curious if the new one is any better.

          • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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            24 months ago

            I have not played the original so I can’t do a comparison. I play on Linux with a Nvidia 3060Ti and fame runs fine, no real issues yet. If you read the forums though, it’s like any other game and does have some bugs for some people. It also being a souls like, means that it’ll never have enough of X or Y or Z for everyone. People complain it’s too hard, some that it’s too easy, some people hate invasions, others think that constant invasions make it better. I would watch a video or two with some game play and you could probably quickly tell if you would want to try it yourself. It also has multiple endings that you can’t do in one run, unlike a lot of the Elden Ring ending where you can then choose at the end.