• TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I picked up Control - Ultimate Edition a few months ago and beat it.

    After playing God of War (2018), some of Hogwarts Legacy, and way too much Destiny and Destiny 2, I am very much tired of the:

    “Upgraded gear makes you stronger and there are multiple rarity tiers of gear” mechanic.

    I’m debating between playing Mass Effect Legendary (played the Original many times) or starting up FFVII Remake again — I’m about 7 hours into that one.

  • nuclear_wizard@startrek.websiteEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    1000xRESIST and Pathogenic

    1000xRESIST was on a lot of underrated games lists last year when it came out, and I kept putting it off because the plot points I had heard about seemed very heavy, but it is a beautiful piece of art. It’s a very cinematic game with a lot to say about identity, family, and the pain we inflict upon ourselves. Saying anything about the story would probably ruin it, but it’s a walking sim with some light puzzle elements.

    Pathogenic is a rougelite twinstick shooter where you play as an infection fighting through the human body and upgrading along the way by adding internal upgrades that power up external upgrades like tentacles that allow you to move or appendages that shoot/attack. It’s almost the complete opposite of 1000xRESIST. Basically no story and all gameplay.

      • nuclear_wizard@startrek.websiteEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        SWORN if you like Hades. It’s pretty transparent that they just said “What if Hades, but rip out any depth to the story, make it up to 4 player multiplayer, and change up the pantheon of gods” then made that, but it’s still fun to play.

        Esoteric Ebb is a self-described Disco-like (referring to Disco Elysium) where you play as a cleric investigating a local tea shop that exploded. You have the typical RPG stats that you distribute points into at the beginning (so you can basically make whatever class you want despite your job being a cleric at the beginning), and as you go through the game, the stats are represented by different parts of your psyche that will comment on and influence your actions. The writing is genuinely hilarious and the sheer amount of content could keep you coming back for many playthroughs with very different experiences each time. I’ve never played a video game RPG that captures the experience of playing a TTRPG as well as this one does.

        I hadn’t seen Mina the Hollower mentioned in this thread, and I really enjoyed that earlier this year too. It’s a more modern take on 2D Zelda game with more focus on skill difficulty (harder enemies and some brutal platforming) than puzzles. It has some great pixel art in the style of a Game Boy Color game and is packed full of secrets to discover. It’s got a really great soundtrack too!

  • barkingspiders@infosec.pubEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    Factorio in docked mode on the tv. I can’t believe how well it runs. Looks just fine in 1080 or whatever on my 4k

    • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
      2·
      7 days ago

      Man the community with the recent recompilations of old classics to play them natively and enhance them is crazy. I have to get into this too (but different games). I would have thought with the recompilation of a game on Windows, a native Linux version should be possible too.

        • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
          1·
          3 days ago

          Ah, I see. Sounds like a similar issue with native Steam games, where the Proton / Windows version works better.

  • Red0ctober@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 days ago

    Valheim has been my go to for awhile now. And when I’m struggling there, I boot up Ghost of Tsushima

  • uymai@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Still on ufo 50, I think I’m at the end of cyberpunk: phantom liberty and dragging my feet /waiting to get a good chunk of time to fully pay attention to it, and just installed tunic and the witness