So, what games are you playing now?

[Eraser]

I played through Wolfenstein - The Old Blood. Enjoyable mindless romp. I read it was supposed to be an expansion for The New Order but released as standalone game. And while I did play The New Order before, it can easily be played as standalone game without having played The New Order. If you have 8 or 9 hours to spare, give this game a shot. The combat is solid, the weapons feel good and it's all pretty much no-nonsense nazi shooting. Gonna give Wolfenstein II - New Colossus a try after this.

[Don Carlos]

New Colossus was excellent - did enjoy massively.

[Eraser]

I finished New Colossus yesterday. Man what a fantastic game. It has a few questionable moments that make it feel like the story was written by a 13 year old, but it plays so well. The guns feel big and fat and punchy, the action is over the top and even the stealthy bits are good.

[Don Carlos]

I finished New Colossus yesterday. Man what a fantastic game. It has a few questionable moments that make it feel like the story was written by a 13 year old, but it plays so well. The guns feel big and fat and punchy, the action is over the top and even the stealthy bits are good.

It's a great romp

[Don Carlos]

Ghosts of Tsushima - 8/10

Good game, lots to explore and do. Unbelievably pretty. Would recommend, but only if the person has already played God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn

[Don Carlos]

Concrete Genie - 8/10

Little gem that was short and lovely. I was really quite taken with it. Loses points for being occasionally annoying and slightly ambiguous

[MKJ]

Smashes Dark Souls 3.
Now playing Doom 2 Megawads cos you can do that with your brain turned off.

[Eraser]

Played the first 30 or 40 or so minutes of Doom3Quest, which is a VR version of Doom 3 for the Oculus Quest and Quest 2.

Such a weird (but good!) experience. At first, I was amazed at how bad and how good Doom 3 looks at the same time. There are aspects that make me go "ok, that's impressive", but somehow it's much more obvious how blocky and square the level design is. Maybe VR amplifies this, maybe it's 16 years of advancements creeping up to me. However, the fact that you truly are inside this world is amazing. It give such an impression of scale which you really don't get in conventional 2D.

And then the demon invasion happens.

I can say I've completed Doom 3 (and the BFG edition) 3, maybe 4 times. The last time it wasn't as scary as it used to be because I knew the tricks and tropes and monster closets really don't pack that punch anymore.

Not so in VR though. I felt physically unsafe at times, in a way I've never experienced in conventional gaming. I would compare it to when you ask someone to blindfold you, silenty walk in circles around you and suddenly punch you. Your body will try to anticipate the punch but not be able to do so in a satisfactory manner because you don't know where the punch will be coming from. It's quite amazing a 16 year old game can do that.

[xer0s]

Haha, that sounds awesome. Can’t wait to dip my toes in VR...

[Lieutenant Dan]

The wife and I are making our way through Detroit: Become Human and really enjoying it. Relatively little action, and kind of a choose your own adventure story.

[MKJ]

Beat Final Doom TNT on UVMax. Probably not going to bother with Plutonia.
I bought Sekiro as part of the Lunar Sale. Let's see what that's all about.

Oh also started playing Immortals casually. It's basically a carbon copy of Zelda BotW but with personality. And micro transactions.

[Don Carlos]

Control - so far it's fine, though I am not very good at it. I can't seem to beat the first boss because every time and try and pop my head out from behind a pillar, I get some building launched into my face. Depending on how much more I can take of being killed at the same point will depend on if I go any further with this for now or kick on with Miles Morales.

[Don Carlos]

And micro transactions.

And I am out

[Eraser]

It's basically a carbon copy of Zelda BotW but with personality.

Do you mean to imply BotW doesn't have "personality"? Have you actually playe BotW?

[Doombrain]

I really enjoyed breath in the wind.

[Eraser]

Just played the first hour of Half-Life Alyx.
It's good. It's really good.

[Pext]

Destiny 2 - 5/10

Not much to do in the game. Feels like Rebel Assault + Loot System. Most of the levels are glorified corridors. You press forward and shoot at things. Your powerlevel increases.

[Eraser]

Destiny 2 - 5/10

Not much to do in the game. Feels like Rebel Assault + Loot System. Most of the levels are glorified corridors. You press forward and shoot at things. Your powerlevel increases.

Might as well play cookie clicker then!

[Pext]

Might as well play cookie clicker then!

Yes. My thoughts exactly.

My favourite cookie clicker is a game called "Diablo 3", though.

I found some footage of an early version of the game

[youtube]3b8BJ7xmzws[/youtube]

[MKJ]

It's basically a carbon copy of Zelda BotW but with personality.

Do you mean to imply BotW doesn't have "personality"? Have you actually playe BotW?

Yes and yes.
BotW takes itself a bit too seriously. Also Link is a drab character. Not a knock on the gameplay mind.

Immortals is a very blatant knockoff of BotW. It adds very cringy narration and forced comedic characters. But at least it's trying to stand out.

[Don Carlos]

Destiny 2 - 5/10

Not much to do in the game. Feels like Rebel Assault + Loot System. Most of the levels are glorified corridors. You press forward and shoot at things. Your powerlevel increases.

Might as well play cookie clicker then!

I do...every day :paranoid:

[Κracus]

Might as well play cookie clicker then!

Yes. My thoughts exactly.

My favourite cookie clicker is a game called "Diablo 3", though.

I found some footage of an early version of the game

[youtube]3b8BJ7xmzws[/youtube]

I watched way more of that video than I care to admit. I can't believe I forgot that game existed. Wasn't this part of the SNES Mario Paint game?

[Don Carlos]

Control - so far it's fine, though I am not very good at it. I can't seem to beat the first boss because every time and try and pop my head out from behind a pillar, I get some building launched into my face. Depending on how much more I can take of being killed at the same point will depend on if I go any further with this for now or kick on with Miles Morales.

I have now done the first boss by simply using the gun. Sometimes the obvious way is the best way.

Anyway, I am going to chip away at this one and see how I get on with it. So far it's a very interesting premise and it looks lovely on the PS5.

[Eraser]

SOMA. I've been playing a fair bit of SOMA.
I can't really describe this game very well. Cynics who play Call of Duty all day will say it's a glorified walking simulator. Book readers will say it's a captivating narrative with loads of atmosphere that has all these annoying bits with enemies in between the good story parts. A philosopher will say it explores fascinating philosophical and ethical issues but why can't you just go and read a book?!

For me, SOMA is the perfect balance between gaming, story, philosophy, ethics, atmosphere and horror.

At its core it's a sci-fi horror game that, honestly, mostly has you walking from place A to B without much in the way of traditional game combat. There are numerous small environmental puzzles where you have to find part A and bring it to machine B, turn dials in the correct order and such, which makes SOMA ground itself firmly in the "gaming" category. Enemies that can kill you are there in the game, but sparsely. Each encounter, however, is thrilling and gets the heart racing. There are no jump scares. The game is scary because of a continual ominous feeling of dread. It reminds me of something like Silent Hill, although SOMA isn't quite as scary.

The game is at its best when it makes you think. It offers a number of moments where you have to make ethical choices. None of them actually affect the game. It doesn't chance the story or what happens, but they are moments that make you pause and go "oh, shit, this is kind of hard to just decide on a whim".

You should definitely give this game a go if you like slow paced, narrative driven games. Oh, and it definitely looks great for a 7 year old game.

[Eraser]

So I bought Transistor back when it was released in 2013. I never finished it. After seeing the Supergiant Games documentaries I posted about in the YouTube thread, I decided to finish the game. So now I've not only finished it, but I 100%ed it by unlocking all achievements (which requires you to finish the game twice )

I absolutely adored the game so decided to move on to Hades. It's a roguelike game, a genre I'm not familiar with at all. I think I suck at it badly but the game is very well made and does offer that "one more time!" dopamine shot that keeps you going.