Yeah you all finally convinced me to play CrossCode. Yeah it’s good.
I like how it combines a bunch of garbage like action RPGs, amnesia plots, and being trapped in an MMO, into something that’s actually great. It even has a fun mandatory stealth section.
Oh, and the jumping puzzles? Absolutely choice.
Impeccable vibes, too.
On vacation so finally breaking in my RG Arc. Started Minish Cap and am at the fire element dungeon. Gonna try and make some progress tonight while my partner has her DND session.
Enjoying it for the most part. I'm honestly hoping this will be the push to finally get me to make a proper attempt at Link to the Past since it's a game that I've tried and out down a billion times.
Minish Cap is so pleasing on the eyes, really blows me away that it's a GBA title. ALttP is great, but Minish Cap is smoother and sharper.
I've been enjoying its simplicity actually. This and Ocarina came from a sort of soft promise to my bestie that I'd finally give them and Metroid a solid try since they are his favorite games. The motherfucker still won't play Hollow Knight though.
But for real though, finally digging into GBA games is like unlocking a part of what should have been my childhood. It's a good catalog so far.
If you're still cruising through GBA games, Advance Wars is super fun, as is Metroid: Zero Mission. So many bangers that still look and play amazingly well to this day.
As for your buddy, tell em a weird internet stranger is seconding Hollow Knight, it's GOATed.
Ha will do lol. Advance Wars is on my radar.
Gonna tell him if he doesn't play HK, then he's a lib.
BF4... went back to it recently... what a fucking game.
Sometimes when the tanks are rolling in, the choppers are flying above, everything's exploding and you're running through it all, it really does feel like you're in a movie. ONLY IN BATTLEFIELD is so true, and it makes me so sad that they've managed to fuck the franchise up so badly by trying to jump on the hero-shooter/battlepass shit.
I also think BFBC2, BF3, and BF4 feel extra visceral because they're depicting (a roided up version) of conflicts that I've seen on TV and that have happened in my lifetime. I mean, BF4's slightly futuristic but it still feels within reason.
i've been playing Nine Sols lately, i usually can't stand games where you lose all your shit when you die but this one is pretty nice. like a little 2d Sekiro
watched a streamer play it and the boss fights get a little intense and really difficult lol. looks like a good game!
thankfully the checkpoints are forgiving and it only takes a minute or so to get back to where you were, at least in the beginning. now i'm dreading future bosses
Single player tarkov with like 35 add on mods. I'll never play the live version again.
How does it compare to S.T.A.L.K.E.R: GAMMA? That's my frame of reference for those kinds of games.
Similar tone and setting but no weird science fiction stuff or mutants/monsters
Same, I'm grinding Light keeper quests right now and inshallah a friend will join me with project Fika
Getting back into Dwarf Fortress so I'm ready to contribute to the Hexbear collective fort!
That and Enshrouded with a friend, when they're around.
Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play
Edit: Was a bit bumpy, but it's the first time any of us have ever played it. Good time.
Dark Souls 3, Pyromancy only run (Specifically, I can only use the pyromancy glove to deal damage, so I can punch with it too). Surprisingly viable, lots of enemies are weak to fire or will flail when hit with it, and you get boulder heave and dark pyromancies to deal with fire resistant enemies. Shout out to Executioner's Greatsword for the FP regen on kill, having it in my offhand has done wonders for my FP econ.
Beat SKALD: Against the Black Priory and am itching for some more RPG stuff. Need to dig through my backlog.
Any specific preferences?
Well old-school specifically, SKALD is a spiritual successor to the old-school Ultima games. I might just go get Ultima VII from GOG
Heck yea, that's a good way to go.
I know Underrail is well-recieved among fans of classic cRPGs made in the modern era
Been playing Planet Crafter with my wives. It's a fantastic game that still needs a lot of work. Buggy as hell, but has a great foundation for a great game so long as the developers continue developing it.
Still strive and street fighter. Hit celestial rank for the first time off the back of day1 slayer players.
Played skullgirls and melee as well. Skuggs is not my thing while also being ridiculously 
. Melee is the same absurd execution check its always been. I just need to remember how to l cancel and then i can actually play the game
Im trying out the Zephon demo again...its like demo nr 8 ? (its a 4x game from the people behind 40k Gladius Relics of War)
Been playing mostly balatro and bits of monster hunter rise on ps5.
I've beaten 19 challenges on balatro, but 20 is Jokerless which is so incredibly difficult. Deck manipulation is probably my weakest aspect of the game usually not coming online until ante 5 or 6. So I'm mostly working on beating some gold stake decks.
Monster Hunter rise I'm trying to learn charge blade. I did everything on the switch version with dual blades and light bowgun. So trying to learn this on a fresh file should be fun. Mostly been trying to muscle memory the basic charge, and amp combos into discharges. Early monsters are so annoying for moving around way too much. But it's fun as always.
I have made it to Yakuza Kiwami 2
An excellent choice
I'm working my way through the whole series. I started with 7 then wrapped around.
Similar but I started with zero. Detoured to like a dragon ishin
Finished my stint with Boomer Shooters for now, including Hrot, Cultic, Zortch, and Chop Goblins. Out of all of those, Cultic was the most fun, with the best soundtrack and level design, but Zortch is such a sleeper hit for 5 buckaroos, you can't go wrong and dollar for dollar beats the rest of the list.
On to finishing Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and Animal Well before diving into Elden Ring with the new DLC coming out. Strength/Faith build, here I come!
mainly been playing my gacha games lol. Need to do the 2.2 patch main story quest in Honkai Star Rail this week.
I've been playing some DOOM 2016 and having fun shooting demons.
Also been playing a little more of Street Fighter 6 since Akuma came out. Mainly finished up world tour story and been grinding levels there when I have the time. I'm excited about the season 2 characters and M. Bison coming back.
Civ 5 hotseat
Still playing through the fourth and last Onimusha game, Dawn of Dreams. I've liked the entire series so far but it feels like they finally nailed an identity for the series with this last one. The first game shared like 80% of its genes with the first Resident Evil and the two sequels didn't quite feel like they knew what they wanted to be.
With this one they settled on being a character action lite/hack-n-slash RPG and it's just tons of fun. Never heard anyone talk about DoD before which is surprising
Tom Clancy's Division 2.
It is a 1-to-1 map of washington DC, and I love roaming around in it. It is like virtual tourism, in a dense post apocalyptic environment, all co-op with random people.
oh also project zomboid finally clicked with me and i played it for like 15 hours in two days with my gfs. great game
it's so fun to modify the settings to make it way easier and just travel
just beat Frogmonster, it's pretty good if you like FPS metroidvanias like metroid prime, very movement focused with fun boss fight gimmicks. you also play as a frog with a gun
only complaint is that the soundtrack is actually pretty bad, but considering the whole thing was made by one person including a custom voxel engine to do realtime portals and mirrors I can't complain too much
game of the year so far for me, might be dethroned by the elden ring dlc we'll see 🤺
I played death's door and really liked it. Great art style, character design. Solid combat. Surprisingly good story too. Great vibes. Goodgood souls like
Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.
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