What games have you been playing lately?

CastorTroy

Assassin's Creed 3.
I'm still a wee bit behind in these games.

Glebee

At last im getting back into games and for the first time in a long time I have a few games on the go.
Dayz - Only just started playing it again after along break and am going to try out the modded server scene.
Fallen Order - Eventually got this running somewhere near decent on my PC. Great game overall.
Greedfall - Excellent RPG, not complete but I think im done with it.
Spiritfarer - Lovely little management style game
Crusader Kings 3 - Trying to get to gripbs with this beast
Control - Only just started, but great fun so far.
Shadow Tactics - Just completed the tuturial level. I used to love the old Commandos and Desperado game.

*Almost forgot, signed up to free month of Stadia so have Little Nightmares 2 to get through.

Desperados 3 is basically Shadow Tactics in a Western setting but better. It's easily one of the best games I played last year.

1o059k7ewrqj3n

I just got a new laptop - budget gaming laptop, Lenovo i5, intel i5, 16gig of RAM and a RTX 2060 6gig gfx card.

This is the first time I've had a laptop that could handle games made today. Sort of.

I've been playing Black Mesa. It's a fantastic game to look at, but you wish sometimes the developers had just tried things a little differently, so far in on Earth the levels/maps are exactly the same as the original.

Feels cheeky to take a swipe at it though, it's gorgeous to look at.

Dcully

Valheim gave me a few good few weeks of gaming.
Thought id check out Deep Rock Galactic again after 18 months or so and its an amazing game.
Some Hell let Lose in there also.

Useful.Idiot

Steyr 556 wrote: »

I've been playing Black Mesa. It's a fantastic game to look at, but you wish sometimes the developers had just tried things a little differently, so far in on Earth the levels/maps are exactly the same as the original.

Yeah I think they were going more for a faithful remastering for those sections of the game; so that it was the Half-Life that fans had in their memories, without the original's dated graphics spoiling the memory. Though in saying that the Xen levels were completely redone, so I guess in general Half-Life fans didn't have as fond memories for the end of the game ha. I never really thought of the Xen levels whenever I got hit with Half-Life nostalgia.

I said above I'd been playing XCom2, I had been having an absolute blast but my god the difficulty of the game takes a massive jump as you go along. I'm not even playing on a difficult setting or on ironman. I am obviously not that good at it, but I have absolutely no idea how anyone finishes a campaign on the hardest difficulty on ironman.

Kiith

Hailee Muscular Scholar wrote: »

I am obviously not that good at it, but I have absolutely no idea how anyone finishes a campaign on the hardest difficulty on ironman.

The only people who do it are hardcore masochist's. They enjoy suffering and pain.

At least thats the only conclusion i can draw having tried it :pac:

Kiith

Kiith wrote: »

At least thats the only conclusion i can draw having tried it :pac:

Tried Xcom that is...not masochism :eek:

Skylinehead

Dyson Sphere Program.


I have no idea what I am doing.

Skylinehead

Skylinehead wrote: »

Dyson Sphere Program.


I have no idea what I am doing.

One of the best automation games going

Gave Dyson Sphere Program a go because of this thread. Found it much more accessible than Factorio which didn't grab me at all. Debating just uninstalling it already though because it's highly addictive..

ancapailldorcha

For some reason I've given Cuphead a go. I'm on the last island but the game is so brutal in its difficulty. It's got a level of charm I'm not used to seeing in games.

ancapailldorcha

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

For some reason I've given Cuphead a go. I'm on the last island but the game is so brutal in its difficulty. It's got a level of charm I'm not used to seeing in games.

Can you play 2-player online yet? I bought it purely with Gunstar Heroes in mind but it didn't deliver

ancapailldorcha

Deleted User wrote: »

Can you play 2-player online yet? I bought it purely with Gunstar Heroes in mind but it didn't deliver

I think so. I've not tried it but there is a remote play notification on Steam when I launch the game.

Oranage2

2 point hospital - the spiritual successor to theme hospital. Alright but got boring fast.

Dawn of man - really enjoyed it, not much to it but a fun time killer.

steve_r

Playing a "remastered" form of Goldeneye at the moment, more for nostalgia than anything else. It's amazing the things you remember despite not having played a game in almost twenty years.

I say "remastered" - the first level looks a lot better but the middle levels look much the same!

wotzgoingon

Maybe they just remastered the first level. :P

ShadowHearth

I picked up Mad games tycoon 2 today. Played 4 hours of it so far and I like it so far.

It's early access game, but there is plenty of meat there. So far not very challenging, but I like it for that. Very stress free tycoon game.

Dcully

So once i had my fill of Valheim i went back to Deep Rock Galactic.
I hadnt played in about 18 months but i refunded the game back then so didnt really invest much time.
Since its on game pass PC i thought i would revisit.
Lets just say i cant put it down now.
I even bought the steam version after a few days once i learned both are different versions and different player bases.
I could barely find a game for a mission i needed on game pass but when i did i could se the slow gameplay and a lot of controller users.
The move to steam version was incredible literally many thousands of players online.
Im at the stage now im really beginning to see the skill ceiling if not getting close to reaching it especially the scout class which really does require skills when playing the hardest hazard level and deep dives.
The endgame is very good too with plenty to do but what a game, highly recommend to anyone.
Its so much better now than i remember, plenty of possibilities for diverse builds but the gameplay loop is the hook its great stuff and close to the best co-op ive ever played add in the looter shooter aspect and many game modes its win win.
Also less than €20 on steam this weekend plus free to play for the weekend as part of the games 3 years anniversary of early access.

Homelander

Deep Rock is a great game. I have it on Game Pass and play occassionally with friends, it's so satisfying to play and I'm not usually into those types of games.

Dave1711

Bought Hitman 3 once they aloud you to port over progress / content from older games so just finished replaying through them and am about halfways through Hitman 3. Just finished the Berlin mission which i loved.

Dipping in and out of Valheim or group is fighting the final boss this week hopefully most have lost a bit of interest as we put up 100+ hours in 2 weeks lol so just a slow grind for an hour or two a day atm looking forward to new content though.

After that i got a ps5 last week so been playing through Control on and off nearly finished now and think its quite good not blown away by it but its a solid 7 or 8/10 for me.

kearneybobs

Been playing through Borderlands 3. Enjoying it and went for the first season pass.
Playing the latest Picross and started Hades on the switch too.

I've got a REAL hankering to play Splinter Cell or a similar stealth game. No idea why. Remember Blacklist and Conviction were OK games but quite a diversion from the tried and tested formula. Anyone got any suggestions on something akin to those games?

Dave1711

kearneybobs wrote: »

I've got a REAL hankering to play Splinter Cell or a similar stealth game. No idea why. Remember Blacklist and Conviction were OK games but quite a diversion from the tried and tested formula. Anyone got any suggestions on something akin to those games?

I feel you pain one of favorite series of games,there isnt much out there that scratches that itch but the Hitman series is pretty good for stealth and really underrated are the Styx games, really good stealth mechanics in that imo, really enjoyed them

kearneybobs

Dave1711 wrote: »

I feel you pain one of favorite series of games,there isnt much out there that scratches that itch but the Hitman series is pretty good for stealth and really underrated are the Styx games, really good stealth mechanics in that imo, really enjoyed them

I played the first Styx game and found it to be a complete chore. The world was TOO big and convoluted. The stealth wasn't very satisfying. I'm tempted to give the second one a go though.

The Nal

Hitman 2016 just delivered. Looking forward to getting killing

Finished a playthrough of XCom2 WotC this morning. Purists would probably be horrified at how I played, did everything really slowly, lots of save scumming etc, but have to say it is absolutely outstanding. Will definitely play through it again maybe later this year on a harder setting.

Kiith

Playing a bit of Valheim, and also half way through a Divinity OS2 run. Nothing is really grabbing me at the moment though.

Glebee

Same here, resubbed to wow:(

Dave1711

The Nal wrote: »

Hitman 2016 just delivered. Looking forward to getting killing

Enjoy great series