What are you nerds playing?

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:17 pm #591635

Bottom post of the previous page:

Is that from Terraria?

Played Metro: Exodus. Got a bit further than where I stopped the first time. It's like an underwhelming STALKER-lite. Except it's full of unskippable Half-Life like "cutscenes" and the writing and voice acting are terrible. That just leaves the gameplay, which is more of the same. I guess you can craft things now. So your ammunition relies on collecting glowshrooms instead of buying bullets, in addition to just finding them.

Also played Little Nightmares II, which someone posted about here. It's exactly like LIMBO or Inside. I haven't given up on it yet but I don't understand the appeal. Also the cube it gives you at the beginning disappeared into one of those piles of leaves I'm not sure if it was important or not

saprasam · Post by **saprasam** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:15 pm #591743

cacogen wrote:Is that from Terraria?

yes and it is nightmarish

Post by **Armhulen** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:40 pm #591784

Man I can't stop playing valheim

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:15 pm #592142

Valheim too
Lots of that

And some Pulsar

bobbahbrown · Post by **bobbahbrown** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:15 pm #592143

recently i have been playing more world of warships again, as well as company of heroes 2 versus matches. i will likely be playing supreme commander forged alliance again soon.

thehogshotgun · Sun Feb 21, 2021 11:32 pm

bobbahbrown wrote:recently i have been playing more world of warships again, as well as company of heroes 2 versus matches. i will likely be playing supreme commander forged alliance again soon.

Degenerate! War Thunder is superior!

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:08 am #592425

Death Stranding on PC

Here's a screenshot I took of RDR2

Spoiler:

thehogshotgun · Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:25 am

cacogen wrote:Death Stranding on PC

Here's a screenshot I took of RDR2
Spoiler:

Playing a walker simulator kek

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:40 am #592437

It's great. As usual with Kojima, it's a story-driven game with bad writing and acting but the gameplay is a lot of fun. I'm replaying it on PC (played through it on PS4 for the first time last year) and listening to podcasts while skipping all the cutscenes.

The concept is misleadingly simple and there's a lot content you unlock as you progress that makes things more complex. But the best parts of the simulator are when it's just you walking. Or carrying, really. Vehicles kind of cheapen it. Guns feel unnecessary. The balance and weight mechanics get in the way of the combat. If you've actually played it and still don't like it then I can't justify the appeal. Something like Euro Truck Simulator bores the shit out of me.

iksyp · Post by **iksyp** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:01 pm #592659

final fantasy 14 is the first mmo I've enjoyed since i was born

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:04 pm #592660

Is it one of those games where you compete to push a button for hours or even days to be rewarded with a level

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:13 pm #592788

No, you get way more levels and experience than you need, and usually free gear too to the point that it scales down your levels for the content you're doing

It's a final fantasy game
You play through a story and then the dungeons and bosses are multiplayer, plus there's other players running around inworld

terranaut · Post by **terranaut** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:05 pm #592798

i started playing dota again but it mostly makes me angry
just like when i quit!

Swept · Post by **Swept** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:57 pm #592817

I've been playing a lot of Space Station 14. It's really fun.

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:46 pm #592860

Swept wrote:I've been playing a lot of Space Station 14. It's really fun.

Is having viable competition good motivation for development or would it serve everyone better if the resources were pooled

XSI wrote:No, you get way more levels and experience than you need, and usually free gear too to the point that it scales down your levels for the content you're doing

It's a final fantasy game
You play through a story and then the dungeons and bosses are multiplayer, plus there's other players running around inworld

I always assumed because it was an MMORPG it was the usual RuneScape endless treadmills for fuck-all reward that seemed like bullshit even as a kid that I grew disillusioned by a long time ago

legoscape · Post by **legoscape** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:27 pm #592873

Too much Stellaris...
"Under no circumstances must the Xeno be trusted. It will lie, it will cheat, and it will do anything in its power to undermine the efforts of those, who in truth, are its superiors."

SardarKreuz · Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:55 am

Amongus.

Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:55 pm

I've beaten my second playthrough of Code Vein.
please note I did basically nothing different from the first time I played through it as I went for the same ending and used the same weapon (cough cough Zweihander, god fuck two-handed swords are STRONG in that game) I just used a different player character.

it's really just an anime girl creation game with dark souls attached

The game's pretty good wouldn't recommend the DLC though
parrying sucks in that game but dodging is quite sharp (Skull King's fight is really a dodgefest and man does it get enjoyable until the last segment of his health bar, FUUUCK that last eighth of health) and the story's actually pretty fucking decent as far as weeb + souls goes.
plus you can make the cute anime girl oc you've always dreamed of with the fairly robust character creator

iksyp · Post by **iksyp** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:53 pm #595756

Deep Rock Galactic, it's Dwarf EDF and that's good enough for me.
I really should finish Omori at some point.

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:15 pm #595776

Been replaying Disco Elysium. I can't wait for the Final Cut. !!!!!!
Just Googled it and we've finally got a release date, March 30

Also Cultist Simulator but I'm no closer to discovering how it works

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:43 am #595924

Loop Hero is pretty good

Also Valheim and Mr Prepper recently

Kept me busy

Shadowflame909 · Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:55 pm

Rogue Legacy 2

It's cash

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:18 pm #595977

Now that I finally got Spyro+Crash on sale I'm doing Spyro yet again for the achievements. It kind of makes me want to die but look at all these junior achievements

Spoiler:

Super Aggro Crag · Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:28 pm

doomy ternal

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:57 am #596630

Recently I've mainly been working on completing Spyro Reignited again while listening to podcasts, with a bit of Disco Elysium and Cultist Simulator thrown in. I can't figure out how to ascend in Cultist Simulator. And I don't want to cheat by looking up how. I just buy and study books endlessly and before I can complete that enormous task depression or sickness sneaks up on me and kills me.

Speaking of sneaking up and killing people, yesterday I played Dishonoured for the first time in awhile. It's a lot easier than the second game. You can blink for kilometers at a time to float across the level, bypassing all the half-blind guards on braindead patrol routes. The layout of the levels is a lot more linear in the sense of it being incredibly obvious where you need to go to proceed. And you can buy an upgrade that makes tranquiliser darts work immediately in combat (which I don't think is available in the second game). It's simple and pleasurable, rather than segmented and highly repetitive from trial-and-error quick-loading (which is what getting Clean Hands and Shadow with Flesh and Steel in 2 was like).

This morning I tried some new pieces of shit I'd like to say here:

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (Sweeney gift)
Boring, poorly made, pretentious art game. About the power of stories to revitalise a depressed United States. That principle reminded me of liberals and Marvel movies. Likely will never play it again.

Surviving Mars (Sweeney gift)
Completed the first tutorial, which was boring. Likely will never play it again.

Loop Hero
Interesting game with a captivating atmosphere that is easy to die in if you overwhelm yourself with vampires. Would like to try it again with less vampires.

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:49 am #596891

kingdom hearts (pc)

disco elysium the final cut

legoscape · Post by **legoscape** » Mon May 17, 2021 6:33 am #600357

Days gone when it comes out tomorrow.

But I've been playing Borderlands 3

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Tue May 18, 2021 6:19 pm #600465

Resident Evil 8. It's ok. Beat it for the first time on Hardcore and now I'm working on getting SSS in all the levels in The Mercenaries. Apparently it gets you a lightsaber. It's not fun. Then I'm going to do a second playthrough on Village of Shadows difficulty. Which is going to suck. I think you can bring overpowered weapons, though.

Spoiler:

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:54 pm #600479

Just got Siege Survival Gloria Invictis
Pretty neat. Trying to not die while under siege and all

Post by **Rageguy505** » Sat May 22, 2021 11:15 pm #600725

I've been playing on my osrs iron Man and lots of different table top sim stuff with pals. Also been doing some tarkov but it's pretty stressful playing by yourself.

Fishimun · Post by **Fishimun** » Sun May 23, 2021 6:13 am #600747

I've been playing /tg/mc and Heroes of the storm, even though heroes of the storm hasn't added a new hero in a while it still gets patches every now and then. I like playing it since it takes less time than both league and dota to actually play a game.

cocothegogo · Post by **cocothegogo** » Sun May 23, 2021 3:47 pm #600761

been playing stalker anomaly mod 1.5.1 its pretty pog

iksyp · Post by **iksyp** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:27 am #608986

played outer wilds like 3 weeks ago knowing literally nothing about it other than it had spaceships
became one of my favorite games of all time
it now has an expansion on the way
go play outer wilds now

Sacko · Post by **Sacko** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:50 pm #609302

I have reconnected with a true gamers gamer by the name of Tenneb Mcintosh over Synthetik. It is crazy sweet also sick to boot. play it with us, Hokay? Also play hand simulator with gupta.

sinfulbliss · Post by **sinfulbliss** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:28 am #609336

I just played a bit of Pokemon Emerald. So much nostalgia, great game (also doing the nuzlocke challenge).

Fri Aug 13, 2021 5:04 am

sinfulbliss wrote:I just played a bit of Pokemon Emerald. So much nostalgia, great game (also doing the nuzlocke challenge).

Tried getting into this again on my phone a while back and just couldn't. Really feels like I've played enough Pokemon for a lifetime, everything is just so samey.

I just recently finished GRIME, a very Hollow Knight-y game that runs a bit shorter and has much less of a story presence. It was pretty good. Not a perfect game for sure, a lot of it was kind of forgettable, but the boss fights and the platforming were pretty fun and it kept me coming back until I had finished it.

Post by **Cobby** » Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:43 pm #611188

City of Heroes Private Server

https://thunderspygaming.net/

EuSouAFazenda · Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:00 am

I cannot escape Yu-Gi-Oh the trading card game.

It grabs me. It pulls me. It reels me.
I hate when my oponent floodgates me. I hate when Dragon Link survives another format. And, above all else, I hate, hate hate that a card called "Chamber Dragonmaid", of the Dragonmaid archetype, is a meta-relevant card. I am going to OBLITERATE Konami HQ with my rage.

And I come back. Well, not really, because I never leave to begin with.

I've been playing this game for 3 fucking years. LITERALLY everyday I have EDOPro out, deckbuilding whatever janky stupid idea I came up with. I may metaphorically scream and have my soul forcedly removed from my body when Konami reveals the v-tuber archetype, but sometimes you just gotta appreciate the creativity - by day they're v-tubers, by night they're extravagant thieves. And then Konami reveals Train support and my soul comes back to my body in an ecstasy like no other.
Konami literally printed a card called Superdreadnaught Rail Cannon Juggernaut Liebe that has 4000 ATK points, can boost itself to 6000 ATK points and can attack thrice. Also - your starting lifepoints is 8000. This mf can literally kill you twice over and still have 2000 ATK to spare. Also, you use a card called Number 81: Superdreadnaught Rail Cannon Super Dora to summon it.

It literally is 4 trains with a large platform connecting them, filled with guns, with an even BIGGER gun on top.

Shit like this brings me life.

Also, there's a new deck recently released. It's called Suships, and it's about ships, that are made out of sushi. Literal suships. Their main mechanic? You have a central card - of course, rice - that can then combine with the other cards of the deck - that is, the sushi toppings - to create the battleships, wich, of course, are made out of rice and kelp with their respective topping. This is alarmingly high levels of creativity. Heartstone may be more popular and Magic may have better lore, but DAMMIT I want stupid ass shit like this in my veins.

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:18 am #612540

Project Zomboid. Basically it's like The Sims 1 except you can roleplay the NEET lifestyle with greater accuracy.

Kendrickorium · Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:23 pm

cacogen wrote:Project Zomboid. Basically it's like The Sims 1 except you can roleplay the NEET lifestyle with greater accuracy.

ive heard good things about that game, I think ill check it out right now

Kendrickorium · Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:14 pm

this tutorial was fucking written by 17 year old me

Kendrickorium · Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:37 pm

houses have alarms

fuck

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:06 am #613779

Opposing Force. Enemies are bullet sponges on Hard. All your guns (bar explosives) feel incredibly weak. Not very satisfying to play.

iksyp · Post by **iksyp** » Sat Oct 09, 2021 10:23 pm #616298

i can't recommend echoes of the eye enough if you haven't played it yet

i can't recommend outer wilds enough if you haven't played it yet
actually one of the best games i've ever played and the expansion is just as good as the base, although i recommend not engaging with the expansion content 'til you beat the basegame at least once

cacogen wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:06 am Opposing Force. Enemies are bullet sponges on Hard. All your guns (bar explosives) feel incredibly weak. Not very satisfying to play.

every half life game feels like this on hard, opfor is great

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 3:52 am #616613

I read a bit about it and it turns out Opposing Force has the difficulty ramped up compared to the base game. Certainly compared to Half-Life 2, which on Hard is much easier (and a lot more pleasurable to play in general). In Half-Life 2 you're showered in health and ammo and particularly things like grenades which come in ever-replenishing chests. In Opposing Force I was constantly out of bullets in my good guns and low on health and having to figure out the optimal play between quicksaves to maximise the two. Not the worst way to play a game but it felt more like doing a tool-assisted speedrun than playing an FPS. In the end I got to the final boss and just sort of said fuck it. Same is true of the original Half-Life, actually.

Played Echoes of the Eye and then Return of the Obra Dinn. Found Echoes way more tedious and repetitive than the base game. Want to go back through and beat the base game again to see the new ending but don't know if I can be bothered. Had to cheat a bit on Obra Dinn. Got impatient and frustrated with my lack of progress after a certain point. The fates started out easy to medium in difficulty and satisfying to figure out and then beyond a certain point I was left with a shitload of unknowns and no idea how to progress. It wouldn't have occurred to me to check the hammocks for crew numbers in the sickness scene or match the Chinese Topmen to their bunks based on their socks and shoes sticking out. The filter over everything made it particularly hard for me to make out small details in the characters' appearances (or the tags on the hammocks). The only thing I'd want to change about the game (other than the filter) would be making it so you could could enter memories through the book instead of having to revisit the corpses throughout the ship, which always made it a pain to go back through chapters chronologically. I also felt that the game did its story a disservice too. It would've been better as a show like The Terror, or even just as a book. Best part of the game was easily the music.

IkeTG · Post by **IkeTG** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 5:15 am #616824

im doing hcgim in osrs and im having a grand old time

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:20 am #616832

like a lot of people i've wasted many hours of my life to runescape over the years, especially as a kid (first got into it in 2004 and was there for the RS2 beta) but like a lot of things i never really got very far with it and can't imagine subjecting myself to it nowadays

why do people do it to themselves? it can take literal days clicking the same few things to gain a level

IkeTG · Post by **IkeTG** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 7:11 pm #616848

i have it run in the background while i do other stuff like work, coding or reading

iksyp · Post by **iksyp** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:27 am #616930

played FF3 (the PSP port of the DS remake), enjoyed it a lot, simple and not nearly as difficult as the original but still good

cacogen · Post by **cacogen** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:27 am #616939

IkeTG wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 7:11 pm i have it run in the background while i do other stuff like work, coding or reading

you bot?

IkeTG · Post by **IkeTG** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:22 pm #616954

oh lord no lol it's just easy to tab back into the game to queue up another action, esp since runelite tells you when you're idling