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Whatcha plain?

MrSatan

Thread for updates on what games we play and our thoughts on them.

I've finished Ace Attorney (which was really good) and I continue playing on 3DS. This time it's Kid Icarus Uprising Pit – celestial from Kid Icarus, shooting floating eyes monsters with his bow .

It's really fun game to play. Characters and their dialogues are best part for me, but gameplay is also great even if controls take little time to get used to. If you have a 3DS – give it a go.

B101

MrSatan I'm about 60 hours deep in Breath of the Wild. My wife is about 40 hours in. I don't sleep much. After about 5 hours, I'll wake up. So around 4 a.m. I'll wake up, grab the switch, head downstairs, and knock out a few quests before getting ready for work. Lol.

MrSatan

I decided to play FTL: Faster Than Light. It's an indie game in which you command a starship.

At first it took some time to learn the basics. After that I started enjoying it as I got hold of how to play it and then finally after screwing up a little I realized its problems. Mainly – small mistakes make a huge difference in battles. Some problems can only be solved in certain ways, so you have to look out for many factors and battles are a nightmare to manage, even with ability to pause game at any moment. Also your crew members can just die in random events 😒 .

Which is frustrating, because with little changes this could be really good game.

Axiom

MrSatan Oh come on. FTL needs lots of strategy and timing to hone your game! There are many little playing habits you pick up with more experience too! You learn quick that you take out the weapons first in most situations. Boarding the ship is lots of fun. There was one week where all I wanted to do was burn and suffocate enemies! I want to try to drain all of the air out of an enemy ship with the hacking tool the next time I play.

Did I recommend the game to you on the forum?

MrSatan

Axiom Did I recommend the game to you on the forum?

I owned and wanted to play it for a long time now, only now got to doing it.

As for the game, I know mistake I made was avoidable, but jump from being powerhouse to getting my ass kicked was just too fast. Shields are just way too powerful, both on the offense (once you're out of missiles you can do next to nothing about them) and defense (once you have good enough shields, enemies are almost no thread to you).

I still get the urge to play more though, which is actually more annoying. It would be easier if it was just a bad game.

MrSatan

BTW, could mod change name on the thread to "Whatcha playin?". I made a typo, and can't edit it now.

Chrozayis

RE: FTL.
Was fun for a bit but there's too much RNG for my tastes

Currently I've mostly finished my Skylines and Stellaris binges and am back to playing KSP on a new fresh career save with reduced science gains.

MrSatan

I randomly started playing one of the games I had in my Steam library – don't even remember where I got it.

So, the game is called Analogue: A Hate Story. It's Korean visual novel. I played it for 3 hours and would do so more, but I got bad ending and don't have any save that's close to where I finished.

You are send to investigate an accident that happened on a spaceship many years ago. There you get access to a ship's computer and an AI that guides you through ship's logs (usually in form of messages between people) from which you learn its history.
Letter from Smith Sang-min to his sister
At first I was worried I won't be able to follow history filled with many unfamiliar names.
Especially that you learn that history from messages without further context so it can be confusing at first. But it might actually be brilliant move on the part of creators, because it probably made me follow the story more carefully. Either way, pretty quickly I got invested in the story, but let me tell you – it's not a game you can play mindlessly.

Aside form letters, you also read comments from computers AI helping you with finding what might interest you.
Comment by AI named Hyun-ae
So far I'm having good time. Game showed me history with interesting characters and plot and it seems the most interesting stuff is just before me. So I am little mad that I have to go to work tomorrow and can't just finish the game instead.

MrSatan

I'm playing original Castlevania and I must say, this game is pretty... bad.
And I want to point out that I'm no stranger to either difficult nor old games.
But Castlevania has awful controls paired with nearly unavoidable enemies and terrain that makes half of slightest mistakes kill you instantly.
It's somehow manageable if you have good items, but death often puts you in a part of level where you have no means of getting anything that would help you.

I wanted to finish this game, but my desire to not play it anymore might be stronger.

MrSatan

I've finished original The Legend of Zelda. While it's not very "user-friendly" game, it is pretty fun, even today. But you need to put some time into it.

MrSatan

I'm playing The Cave (on Linux, duh).
Cast of The Cave
and it's pretty interesting.
In each playthrough we pick 3 characters and learn their story.

Although game suffers from some gameplay inconveniences I really like the way it shows its story. And narration is good too.

Adam-Stambaugh

I grabbed SteamWorld Dig 2 off of GOG. I should have grabbed it sooner. I tend to love metroidvanias and this one is a really solid one. It's a bit shorter than I wanted, but I still got a good few hours out of it.

The Linux port runs great, the controls are tight, and areas are varied. Other than it being a bit short, I think it's a great recommendation to anyone that loves metroidvanias.

SagaP

I'm currently playing CrossCode, a 2d ARPG with cool mechanics, nice art-stile, and a very interesting setting

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