whatchu playing now

Stevie D! I was just talking about you with someone who met you in Philly.

omg what who???

my buddy Em? They said it had been many years

i impulse purchased TRIANGLE STRATEGY despite some of my most opinion-similar friends talking about how annoyingn the endless dialogue is. i played through the first battle and have now fallen asleep twice before even reaching the second battle. it's out of control how fucking wordy this game is.

sounds good

if you're trying to sleep maybe!!!

I've been playing Hades for a few days now, and I think I might be getting obsessed. I am and always have been terrible at combat games but it's so fun and has so much other stuff, I truly love it.

i fell asleep a lot at the beginning of the visual novel 428 Shibuya Scramble but I eventually got into it and liked it. Maybe you'll get into the groove of it.

I am mostly playing variety sudokus I see on Cracking the Cryptic right now. The puzzles have leveled up since the last time I did sudokus. Have a look at this nonsense for instance: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/8DfMHmLpqP

finally dragged myself away from Slay The Spire
played a few hours of Tunic. it's very well made and I'm enjoying it when I play it, but for some reason I'm not feeling much compulsion to pick it up between sessions. maybe a Slay hangover?

You all need to play Hypnospace Outlaw ASAP.

Feel like ilxors should really dig it

that was my 2019 goty

I played Hypnospace for a bit but it didn't feel like there was that much "game" to it, at least early on? Maybe that changes.

It’s not much of a game, more of a puzzle and story. The layers of parody are so well done it’s very entertaining on that front more so than anything else.

i consider that a game

I’m happy with it but I got the gist of the question

There should be a game called Hypnotoad Outlaw.

The music is incredible I might add.

coolpunk forever

the fake nu-metal song actually slaps

I legitimately like a couple of the goofy Chowder Man songs, and the Dirthaze stuff is right up my alley.

ready to shave

yup and Christmas Pain... pretty great!

just bought it and played it for a few hours. good stuff!

awesome!

i just started The Misadventures of Tron Bonne for PS1 and it’s really fun

Thanks for the Hypnospace reminder, I wanted to buy that and forgot about it, because there are too many games to remember

It's six quid on Nintendo Switch right now, so that's a done deal

My one reservation is - the last time I tried a retro experimental game with a cool visual aesthetic, Return of the Obra Dinn - I was like, "this has a cool visual aesthetic!" but kinda lost interest in the actual gameplay

I also started playing 10,000,000 for a third time. I think it might the best mobile game ever made

I assume you've played You Must Build a Boat by the same guys.

Yes! But I preferred 10,000,000. Not sure the added complexity of YMBAB added anything to the gameplay

Anyone playing Tunic? It rules

yes I've been enjoying it, figuring out stuff from the manual is great. boss battles are haaaaaard tho.

want to play that but i'm waiting until a month where i have more free time to do my $1 gamepass trial

Tunic is definitely something that's up my alley but I don't have anything that plays it ATM!

currently plodding my way through Pokemon Legends Arceus and Atelier Ryza, both good games that are probably too similar in gameplay loop and appeal to have doubled up on

i just started The Misadventures of Tron Bonne for PS1 and it’s really fun

awesome. keep meaning to play through the 3d megaman games

new game in the hypnospace outlaw universe coming:

Dreamsettler is an internet & private eye sim set on an alternate history sleeptime service in 2003. You'll be able to tinker with an incredibly feature rich faux-OS, build your own page, and have an impact on the lives of those you meet. Wishlist here: https://t.co/fiYAFZcvnR pic.twitter.com/tuiLaS6mxZ

— Jay Tholen (@jaytholen) April 5, 2022

I beat Hypnospace a few days ago. Didn't see that ending coming.

Fucking hate Tunic

I just started Shenmue and it’s AMAZING, I’m like 10 hours in and I can’t get enough

So many Sega games I wish I could play!

shenmue is so good.

i wonder what dreamcast emulation is like these days.

I used my $1 month of PC Gamepass. I played through Genesis Noir, 12 Minutes, and Norco. Genesis Noir is an abstract animated film that is minimally interactive. 12 Minutes is a time loop story that starts off OK but takes some ridiculous and not-thought-out turns.

Norco was my favorite, even if it was a little too wordy for my taste. (I gave up on Kentucky Rte. 0 because of its wordiness.) It takes the style of an early 90s point & click adventure, but it doesn't have many puzzles. Instead it's mostly world building, based on cyberpunk from its stylistic era. It also has the best "recap" method I've ever seen in a game: there is a menu that is a "mind map", with an icon for every significant object or character, where clicking on one brings up a dialogue tree of known details about that object; and as you recall the details, lines form between the icons to show the links you've made between them. Icons get highlighted when you get new information about them, which encourages you to go over the details multiple times, making sure you remember what's going on in the somewhat-convoluted story.

Shenmue has such a specific vibe. Game mechanics that on some level can be seen as objectively broken (actual time meaning you sometimes have to wander around for hours waiting for it to be evening, with little in the way of sidequests to keep you entertained) actually really add to the mood.

I played Shenmue very briefly, think it was on original Xbox, some time ago. I never really got into it for whatever reasons but it did seem quite special - might have another look. Was Shenmue II any better?

I am still playing a lot of VR trucking, and am parallel playing San Andreas on both PS2 and Definitive Editions and really enjoying both. DE is less fun for some reason, controls seem worse and some annoying glitches like see through textures are everywhere.

I like Shenmue II a lot but I played it first so ymmv.

Shenmue has such a specific vibe. Game mechanics that on some level can be seen as objectively broken (actual time meaning you sometimes have to wander around for hours waiting for it to be evening, with little in the way of sidequests to keep you entertained) actually really add to the mood.

wish I had more to repeat but tbh I just can’t stop playing Shenmue and every moment feels so special

Tile Cities, a small cheap little tile placing game.

Steam link

I can get Shenmue I and II on Steam, cool.

There's a III ??

Yes, kickstartered and by all accounts terrible.

Really love the latest Kirby game, has that attention to detail and non-hardcore puzzle aspect that I've come to love from Nintendo. Who knew a post-apocalyptic theme park setting was what that series needed!