I finished GRIS, and the ending is kind of beautiful.
― Doctor Hu (Leee), Monday, 23 September 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
golf peaks is a good puzzle game that i'm playing on my phone. one-screen golf courses where you have cards that determine which drives you can do. feels similar to slayaway camp/friday the 13th but without the humor.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Saturday, 26 October 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
Split Enz’ message to my girl.
― nathom, Sunday, 27 October 2019 08:38 (four years ago) link
Whoops wrong thread. 😂
― nathom, Sunday, 27 October 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
been playing outer worlds quite a bit this weekend. its not great but its kept my interest. I do think I'm at the point where its starting to get a little too easy.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 28 October 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
it's like medium fun? it is not quite the biting satire it imagines itself to be
― adam, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
most people in my sphere seem mildly disappointed with it so i'll probably just pass
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
Giant Bomb gushed over it for 45 minutes last week
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
i think jason is the only remaining giant bomber whose taste overlaps with mine. maybe ben?
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
Is Into the Breach anything like Advanced Wars? I've played FTL and while enjoyable it's been really hard and I feel like a chump when I changed the difficulty to Easy.
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Monday, 11 November 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
Hard no there, more of a puzzle game ime
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 November 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
into the breach is like an advanced wars where every unit you have has four-to-six points of uniqueness and you only have three units and the maps are like eight by eight and you can see everything that's going to happen next turn so like ... not really
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 14 November 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
following this post on the ps4 thread --
ilg is good but really isn't large enough to really be sufficient. lots of new interesting games we don't get around to at all or not until much later. i found dice dungeons through steam by accident (i was like a new terry cavvanaugh game??? how did i not hear about this?) it was great but no one here had mentioned it. curious about like disco elysium but i don't think anyone here has played it. i don't think anyone has played frostpunk. idk it seems like there's a lot of probably worthwhile games that we just don't have the numbers + dedication to cover just in the course of talking. has anyone played the new age of wonders (planetfall)? i do have to thank ilg for clueing me into Control an okay fun game <thumbsup>
― Mordy, Monday, 4 November 2019 22:11 (one week ago) link
i was like 'dice dungeons oh what is that' -- it turned out it is exactly in my wheelhouse -- also it's dicey dungeons. unless mordy was referring to another dungeon themed dice rolling game by terry c.
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 14 November 2019 00:08 (four years ago) link
i have also been curious about disco elysium for a minute but i am waiting until a couple of important personal deadlines pass before i get that one, it doesn't seem so twenty-minute-session-friendly and i don't trust myself
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 14 November 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
i've been trying to play 428 shibuya scramble for a few months now but i keep falling asleep. one of those famitsu 40/40 games that doesn't live up to that score.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Thursday, 14 November 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
famitsu scores are rng
― ciderpress, Thursday, 14 November 2019 02:51 (four years ago) link
have heard nothing but praise for that game though from other friends
dicey dungeons is my favorite game of this sort since the beta of desktop dungeons. though that might be the only other game in this exact genre so i don't know.
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 14 November 2019 04:46 (four years ago) link
i recently tried to play the retail version of desktop dungeons again. no surprise, it's still not fun.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Saturday, 16 November 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
why is the retail version worse? I played both, and it's true that I ended up letting the retail version drift away, but I figured that was just me.
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 16 November 2019 08:20 (four years ago) link
endless tutorials; grinding for money for starting items and unlocks; eztra features that make the game more confusing without improving it
― wasdnuos (abanana), Saturday, 16 November 2019 08:27 (four years ago) link
yeah I feel all that, but I got past it I think, still never came close to finishing it (whereas I played the beta a lot)
it was nice to have a small game like it on desktop that I could play when I need a five-ten minute pause from work rather than like reading the news or playing something on my phone. I dunno there are probably tons of things that could work, but desktop dungeons caught my fancy at the time and nothing else has since
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 16 November 2019 08:31 (four years ago) link
why is the retail version worse?
‘do the same thing until player skill improves’ is a better fundamental design model than ‘do the same thing until you unlock the upgrade that obviates player skill’
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Saturday, 16 November 2019 09:12 (four years ago) link
also the art was fugly
I'm playing Wargroove right now, and it's fun but pretty damned hard!
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Friday, 29 November 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
Okay here goes:
Rimworld - after a long and rocky journey for my colony I' down to one person left alive and I'm sticking with it until it's all over. I love this game.
Another Brick in the Mall - looks like Prison Architect but you're building a shopping mall, not quick as polished but has been fun so far.
Stardew Valley - was forced into starting a new coop game with a friend, such a chore of a game tho imo. I think we may have given up on it already (again)
Raft - Released a rather interesting looking update that we're going to try tonight with coop.
Kingdom: New Lands - Got this from a bundle and it's pretty neat. 2D retro pixel type kingdom management/building whilst riding around on a horse.
PUBG - spend ages looting and just to get killed cheaply. I still return to it hoping things will be different.
Brick Rigs - car building with fake lego that has a bitch of an interface. Fun for two though.
Garry's Mod - more two player stuff but with all the workshop mods it's damn fine fun.
My Summer Car - so damn glitchy, can be frustrating as hell trying to place car parts accurately but there's something about these ultra-sims that I can't resist. Anyway try and build a Datsun from the ground up, in Finland, whilst juggling other tasks.
Skyrim VR - I got an Oculus and this game was on offer for Autumn, it's not bad. Fighting giant spiders was intense. Fighting anything makes me dizzy. Spent an entire Saturday modding the shit out of it as advised by various reviews. Result? not that much different. Better than the Fallout4 vr which I refunded almost immediately.
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 10:25 (four years ago) link
Halfway thru Obra Dinn on the Switch now. It is my GOTY, I don't care that it came out last year, I am hereby invoking the Hollow Knight precedent
― icy bike chain rain (zchyrs), Friday, 6 December 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
i've barely played any 2019 games this year, dunno if i'll have a goty
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 December 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
Still on Witcher 3. My it's a long game. Have to say, while it's a really compelling game, the actual gameplay can become a bit formulaic, especially since I'm trying to complete as many sidequests as the story unfolds. This means I'm suitably grinded-up to complete most battles fairly easy.
Little Nightmares is a weird one. Weirdly scary, but also frustrating for its well documented checkpoint choices.
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 6 December 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
i think i've bailed on obra dinn, it's cool and original but not fun. maybe i'll jump back into it someday.
― na (NA), Friday, 6 December 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I guess it isn't for everyone, but it's definitely for me. It feels so satisfying every time I figure out another 3 fates.
― icy bike chain rain (zchyrs), Friday, 6 December 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
i loved it but yeah you have to like solving things from context clues in that specific way
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 December 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
oh now that i'm thinking about that, i actually do have a goty, it's Hypnospace Outlaw
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 December 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
Baba Is You is my goty
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 6 December 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
still playing dicey dungeons even though it has kind of got less fun i just want the grim satisfaction of winning it
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
this is the most general interest thread, so posting here
I ended up following a link to the Game Awards livestream and it’s weird. Is this the future of award shows, where sponcon is most of the content? It looks huge!
― mh, Friday, 13 December 2019 03:15 (four years ago) link
i also watched it for 20 minutes or so
it started to seem extremely dystopian so i closed it, but i also think twitch is dystopian so obv take that with a grain of salt (also note that i still visit twitch multiple times a week)
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 December 2019 03:29 (four years ago) link
a 5 minute segment with the live carson daly guy interacting with the apex legends character, followed by a 2-minute video of apex legends characters wearing christmas skins, was the first thing i saw
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 December 2019 03:30 (four years ago) link
last year it was all fortnite and pubg ads.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Friday, 13 December 2019 03:38 (four years ago) link
I think I’m watching on YouTube? idk
The promo for this new Sony game is soundtracked by a full onstage orchestra, yikes
The scale of this thing is nuts
― mh, Friday, 13 December 2019 03:40 (four years ago) link
I am confused by Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker of the Muppets appearing as presenters, but the “untitled Beaker game” joke that ended with a Muppet goose was cute, although... why, Muppets?!
― mh, Friday, 13 December 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
in the midst of that, they cut to Norman Reedus smiling and clapping, it was so intense
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 December 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
the game awards is ass but they procure a bunch of new game announcements so everyone watches it
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 December 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
+ green day and grimesz
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 December 2019 03:50 (four years ago) link
and chvrches yeah
but i dont think most people watching this care about the celebs they just want to see who the next smash bros char is
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 December 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
regret watching that all the way through tbh but at least it took my mind off the UK election results for a while :/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 13 December 2019 04:47 (four years ago) link
pretty much everyone on my twitter feed just said the same
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 December 2019 04:53 (four years ago) link
never heard of this, will catch up with it today at some point as boss is off today and everyone was out last night for xmas office do - so should be quiet
― Ste, Friday, 13 December 2019 08:24 (four years ago) link
One of the winners at that awards show is Disco Elysium, one on my wishlist. Anyone playing it? Looks fantastic, but even at 20% discount still slightly out of my price comfort zone right now.
― Ste, Friday, 13 December 2019 12:24 (four years ago) link
I've heard great things about it. I'm waiting for the console version because my PC sucks.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Friday, 13 December 2019 12:43 (four years ago) link