What games have you been playing?

RogDolos

I imagine with everyone locked down at home, that some serious game-time might be happening. What have you been playing?

I've put a bunch of time into Hitman 2 lately, even before the COVID-19 crisis. The series has really gotten good, it's so solid and so rich and deep that each map / level is like it's own game. There's a progression of exploring, learning and exploiting what I've learn... once I have a good portion of a level figured out (between layout and NPC behaviour / activities). It's also kind of amusing to me how I'm a pacifist in real life, but I can get into the very methodical ways of Agent 47 diabolically taking out his targets.

There are other games I've tried lately, but I'll pass the topic onto the next person...

Ogopogoelmo

i tried to actually play the witcher series cause i fount i liked the netflix show, but instead ive fallen into the sims trap yet again.

RogDolos

Ogopogoelmo Which Witcher game did you try starting with? I played all of 1 but it's very dated and clunky (enjoyed the story), I found 2 not my thing and 3 I was a bit overwhelmed but will probably play at some point.

I almost did the opposite, I picked up Sims 4 just a little while ago, but then fired up Witcher 3-- but then nope, Hitman 2 instead. I should be playing Half-Life: Alyx (VR) because by accounts it's amazing and I love the Half-Life series, but I'll wait a bit first.

Chell

Ogopogoelmo hahahaha. SIMS...

RIP

That is defiantly a bottomless pit for some heh.

KarateBitch69

Skyrim but it’s too unstable now due to mods

Chell

I finished Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, which is probably one of the best games ever and everyone should play it. It's fucking beautiful, great story as well as game play. It fucks with you in so many ways, and if defiantly one I will play again.

Also finished A Plagues Tail - Innocence. That one actually delivers the story really well, and makes you relate with the characters. Its game play mechanics are pretty rad, and I think switches things up just enough that it never becomes stale. Wasn't a super fan of the ending personally but still overall enjoyed it.

NOW I'm playing Styx master of shadows as i figured I would play that before Styx shards of darkness. It's a little hard as I find it a bit clunky, which is probably it showing its age heh. But sneaky smart ass goblins? Yea, that's a weakness as some know hahahaha.

Ogopogoelmo

i tried to start with the first one. managed to even get through the tutorial!

RogDolos

I just started playing Foundation (on PC) and it has a nice Settlers 2 like vibe to it as a town-building game, only with modular castles. Not sure how deep it goes (it's still on Steam Early-Access) but I like it so far.

It's very pretty and cute. Fun to watch the little villagers construct the buildings.

Here's the link to the game on Steam:

RogDolos

Mini-review for Foundation (above):

It's in Alpha / Early-Access so it's very incomplete. It's very cute / fun / pretty and the free-form keep-building is super-cool. I think it's what I needed for a couple days-- but then I hit a few walls with how incomplete it is.

Some big bugs ("stuck" villagers) and some soft bugs (forester can't find land to plant trees that I've zoned in a big patch of empty fields, WTF?) and some design messes (villagers build their own houses, but even with lots of high-quality zoning they don't build enough but there's no systems to deal with homelessness, so again WTF?)

I'm pretty sure it'll be a great game in about 2 years time. I'll check in on it again in a few months.

So now I'm onto the next game to still scratch that city-building itch. @Chell is poking around with the Anno games so we just picked up Anno 1800 on sale on the Epic Games Store. That we already know is a LOT more polished and very complete. Plus it has a coop mode, so we're likely to put many hours into it.