OT // Any gamers in here? What are you playing? Is it Good?

Fingolfinzz

I’m playing World Of Horror. It’s pretty spooky so far. I got a game over in the first 20 minutes!

oddSTAR

No Man's Sky on iPad would be amazing! I'm also hoping for Baldur's Gate 3 on iOS.

Right now, I'm playing Starfield. Overall it feels to me vaguely like No Man's Sky combined with Fallout. On the surface, this would seem to be a very good thing but nevertheless I'm finding myself pretty disappointed and frustrated with several aspects of the game. It's a far cry (no pun intended with that series) from either of those and definitely isn't "Skyrim in Space." Some of my issues include:

• The game balance is way off when you can waltz through every space battle without even trying and then you suddenly end up in one where you die 25 times in a row and end up having to save after every kill just to get through the rest of it.
• I'm all for exploration and discovery but there are a lot of basic things that aren't made clear like how to get into certain modes or do basic things so you constantly have to go look them up online.
• The quest writing/construction is really bad at times. We'll just start at the beginning where some strange guy shows up and hands you the keys to his spaceship and sends you off with it and his robot sidekick to meet his mysterious friends while he stays behind. No one would ever do that...! Being intentionally vague to avoid spoilers: there's a quest where you have to infiltrate a highly secure military facility only to discover that they actually have the worst security ever; and another where you as a total stranger are selected to negotiate (badly) with a settlement on behalf of an orbiting starship which has a defective radio...so you have to fly back and forth rather than either escort one of them to do the talking or just letting them borrow your perfectly fine radio to work things out for themselves. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
• Many of the main characters/followers are really unremarkable/unlikable/annoying and won't talk much (or sometimes way too much) which makes me wonder why I'm even hanging out with them. Timing of actual conversations is often really awkward, like "don't tell the rest of the team back at the base I said this but..." all while standing around back at the base surrounded by the rest of the team. Meanwhile, many basic NPC's have more depth and at least 10 unique phrases to say. I'd probably rather have conversations with them anyway.
• Unsurprisingly, inventory management is a nightmare.
• Ship building is super frustrating--I spent HOURS trying to line things up so they'd fit together--and it's hard to make anything that doesn't end up looking like a modular toaster.
• It seemed cool that you could build your own bases, but that's not much less frustrating than ship building (MORE if you actually want to furnish anything) and it turns out that getting resources that way doesn't do much of anything other than allow you to...build more bases. Yay.
• Did I mention you waste SO MUCH OF YOUR LIFE going back and forth between distant locations and enduring stupid animations for rudimentary things like opening doors? Airlocks are the worst. I get that it's "realistic" but is it really necessary? In Skyrim, I spent countless hours wandering around just to check out the scenery. Sure, space is beautiful but if you've seen one void full of stars, you've probably seen them all. Maybe I should land on more random planets but then why wouldn't I just play NMS instead?

Sorry, I did NOT intend that to become such a rant. Once I started, I couldn't stop!

Jylian

I love playing Diablo 4 because it's a great hack-and-slash game with a dark fantasy setting and intense gameplay. I love creating my own character and leveling them up to become more powerful. I also love exploring the different locations in the game, which are always beautiful and atmospheric. If you find it difficult at the start, you can ask for help here
And of course, I love fighting different monsters and bosses, which become more and more challenging as you level up.

Here are a few specific things I love about Diablo 4:

• Variety of character classes: Diablo 4 has a wide variety of character classes, each with its own unique abilities and playstyle. This allows me to play the game exactly how I want to.
• Deep leveling system: Diablo 4 has a very deep leveling system that allows me to create a character that perfectly suits my playstyle. I can choose which abilities to level up, what gear to wear, and what talents to select.
• Interesting world: Diablo 4's world is very interesting and atmospheric. There are different locations, each with its own unique story and design. I love exploring this world and discovering new places.
• Challenging combat: Combat in Diablo 4 is very challenging and requires strategic thinking from the player. I love the fact that I need to think about how to use my abilities and gear to defeat powerful monsters and bosses.
• Co-op mode: Diablo 4 can be played in co-op mode with friends. It's a lot of fun to explore the world and fight monsters together with other people.
  Overall, Diablo 4 is a great game that I really enjoy. I recommend it to all fans of the hack-and-slash genre.

MrSmileZ

I’m a quest 3 gamer…
Love it, FTW

HotStrange

@Edward_Alexander said:
The only thing I play anymore, and still playing, is No Man’s Sky.

@sevenape said:
Waiting impatiently for No Man's Sky on ipad

@sevenape said:

@HotStrange said:

@sevenape said:
Waiting impatiently for No Man's Sky on ipad

Is that happening? I was just thinking of buying it for the Switch.

Sean Murray, the main guy tweeted a tease featuring a red apple and a green apple. The other day he tweeted the red apple with the official Mac release announcement and a message saying more news very soon... The iosgaming nerds are pinning their hopes on the green apple... Supposedly the announcement will be this week.

Same! Super excited about an iPadOS version of No Man’s Sky! Shoot, the way I look at it, if they can get it to run on a Nintendo Switch, it’ll surely run on an iPad (especially a newer iPad Pro M1/M2!)

Day one player here! I actually preordered NMS on Steam for the PC way back when it was originally made available for preorder. I was totally sold on the idea of a virtually unlimited number of planets (14 quintillion?) and the original E3 trailer.

I also bought the “Explorer’s Edition” which came with the die cast replica star ship, and a few other goodies.

I was also heavily involved in the ARG (Waking Titan) they had going on a few years back, which was based on the back story and lore of NMS, and I was a proud recipient of the rare Atlas Pass Lvl 4 card, which I proudly display on my shelf next to the die cast ship.

Also bought it on Xbox for the living room.

One of my favorite things about NMS, besides the endless exploration, jaw dropping visuals and vistas, and the base building, is the way it bleeds into my music production world with the “Byte-Beat Device”, which is a base building part that can be combined with others in a modular fashion. It’s essentially an FM synthesizer with a built in Sequencer.

I have a few samples from this that I have in a couple music projects. My wish, is for one day them adding external MIDI support, in and/or out, or maybe at least Ableton link, so I can sync it up with some of my other stuff.

I definitely wanna play No Mans Sky eventually. It looks great DJ I’ve heard great things

sevenape

Don't start playing Balatro. Ignore all the reviews
and just tell yourself it's a lame card game.

I hate cards I hate card based video games I HATE poker.

All I want to do is play Balatro. All the time.

ashh

The Last of Us 2 Remastered. I Love TLOU. I must have played it all the way through 4 or 5 times. 2 is better. Better story, better writing, better characters, better combat, better adversaries, better weapons and better graphics. Remastered seems to have finally nailed hair. How it moves and how light shows through it. I'm starting a NG+ on Grounded, which will be a grind.

Playing Helldivers 2. It's good. Pretty confusing at first but I'm enjoying the experience of playing with randos. Mad that this little game has cracked online multiplayer so comprehensively. Money will ruin it of course but until then, citizen, I'm hunting bugs.

Svetlovska

I just finished Cyberpunk 2077 with the Phantom Of Liberty DLC on Xbox Series X running a mostly guns blazing grenades/handguns/hacker build. Just wow. The bugs are (mostly) fixed now (I crashed to desktop twice on the whole run, otherwise, all good.)

Night City is the most vibrant, alive open world setting I’ve ever encountered in gaming, but what makes the game is the quality of the writing, and the mocap acting from, inter alia, Keanu and Idris that sells it. Fallout New Vegas might still have it on the way factions shape play, CD Project Red could have offered you more re allying with various gangs, perhaps, but otherwise CP2077 is the whole CRPG package for the (post)modern age.

Lots of games pretend to have a moral choice thing, but this usually amounts to ‘Do obviously good/do obviously bad.’ In Night City, your choices are never that easy. The world is seriously adult, dark dark themes of corruption, and genuine evil, deep existential questions, and uniquely cyberpunk (my favourite genre) horrors to be encountered. Your multiple options (not one or two, typically, but four or five), both at clear pivotal story moments and sometimes invisibly in ways you wouldn’t even know until post game you hit the wikis are… very complex. I am aware there is a multiplicity of endings dependent on these choices, though I’m keeping details from myself so far as possible for the next runs.

I was left genuinely emotionally moved by the outcome my V got this first time. Consistent with the way I RPG’ed her (always a her, of course) as a tough, amoral Merc who only looks out for number one, she survived, sort of, but at terrible cost. And when the video calls from the people she’d interacted with over the length of the 100 plus hours I put into the game began coming in over the closing credits, I lost it, really burst into floods of tears.

I knew the writing from CD Project Red would be good. After all, I loved Witcher 3, and that too is on my list for another play soon, but CP2077 is the only game I’ve played so far with the emotional heft of a really good book or film. What happens with a significant character early on should have cued me for it, but I was still blindsided.

After a day of missing her, (mourning her?), I’ve just gone back to V. Different build, (blades not guns, stealth/ninja/netrunner - the cyber hacks are just too good to pass up), difficulty to max, and aiming for a different outcome this time. Only just stolen the robot spider thing, but already seeing significant differences to the first time, a lot of replayability here. I know there are no actually good endings to be had for V in Night City, just least worst ones, but she deserves a second chance at something a little better. Because we all deserve second chances, right?

Fingolfinzz

Anyone have Baldurs Gate 3? I keep hearing its awesome, I might end up getting that tonight over apps

CapnWillie

Now I can get sessions with Star Wars, Hogwarts, CP2077, Spider-Man 2, Valhalla, GOW, GTA5 or NBA2k24 while still spending time on the couch with the wife as she watches her shows, paints her nails, etc.

Absolutely LOVE this thing. 10x better than Remote playing on iPhone/ipad. Had a backbone iPhone controller—-not comparable. Backbone caused sever carpal tunnel in my large hands. Portal is It.

Eschatone

@Fingolfinzz said:
Anyone have Baldurs Gate 3? I keep hearing its awesome, I might end up getting that tonight over apps

If you like slow paced, story-rich tactical RPGs, it’s one of the best ever.

Eschatone

Recently got a Quest 3 , now I’m hooked. Been playing Walkabout Minigolf, Golf+ , Asguard’s Wrath 2, Warplanes, Eleven Table Tennis — all phenomenal experiences. Quest 2 didn’t really do it for me as the image was too blurry and caused too much eye strain; but Q3 resolved my issues and made me a die hard VR fan. Image clarity is superb and the high refresh rate makes games feel very lifelike.

sevenape

Totally recommend this one, it's also playable on iPad with scummvm although you need to buy the desktop version and transfer files over. It's a gloomy 19th century folk horror set on the Yorkshire moors. The story is great, the pixel art is very striking and it's just a great time for anyone who enjoys traditional point and click adventure games.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/The_Excavation_of_Hobs_Barrow/

trailer:

mjcouche

This looks amazing. Stop Motion, took 12 years to make. The trailer music alone will make a number on this forum salivate.

wired2moon

Been playing Cloudpunk - highly immersive cyberpunk fun, it’s like flying around a voxelated Los Angeles, 2019.
Same studio is working on Nivalis which looks frankly awesome