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Still gonna keep this goings; people from before will be pinged.

Discussion questions:

What video games have you played recently?

What are your favorite video game genres?

Question of the week:

What did you like most from the recent TGA 2024, assuming you watched it or know of the announcements?

and

What did you enjoy most from the year 2024 in terms of gaming?

Well, a lot of bad news has happened politically IRL, but let's make this thread a good one, and enjoy ourselves here!

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Been playing a lot of GTA V and grinding online, I still have to grind on lobbies with nobody else in there tho bc most players are assholes that ruin your missions

[–] Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I am playing enlisted (ww2 multi-player first person shooter) and WOWS (naval warfare simulator) as a way to disconnect my brain.

Also emush from eternal twin group project which is a recreation of a real time (multiple days) cooperative game kind of merging alien and the thing movies. The game predates among us but is kinda similar.

Quite fun due to the mistery and cooperation element, not gonna lie, but on long runs you are just fighting the environment by repairing the ship which is breaking down basically every other cycle (3h per cycle, on cycle changes stuff happens)

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I mean, WOWS is my true "disconnect brain return to monkee", point and click adventure.

Enlisted does require some thinking on where to attack from and trying to predict where enemies and their defenses will be, but the actual combat engagements is all muscle memory by now becaude I have played that shooter very often.

[–] Imreallybored@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Haven't been able to play much this past month due to some personal issues, but I started up NGU Idle and It's been a blast.

Favorite genres have to be city-builders/sims, and strategic or turn-based combat games.

Didn't watch TGA since it's super bloated, but I did see and enjoy the BG3 director's comments about the industry.

The thing I enjoyed most this year is personal, but I started playing a lot more of the silly co-op games with friends and it's a great way to spend time with them when they don't live close.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I like idle games. might try this one

[–] localeldritchcomrade@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

caves of qud 1.0 out now babeyy!!!!!!!!!!!!! also been playing gyruss for the arcade and panel de pon/puzzle league/tetris attack.

fav video genres are roguelikes, puzzle games, and arcade games like shmups.

there was a game awards...?

ring racers is THE game of 2024 in my heart and soul and spirit and its factual go play ring racers

[–] lelkins@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

fuck yes, ring racers

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Caves of Qud is finally out! WOW!

[–] maodun@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I just finished my first (and likely only) playthrough of Horizon Forbidden West+DLC Burning Shores (I loved the previous game Horizon Zero Dawn).

I wasn't prepared to get slapped in the face with sinophobia (the writing re: the Quen) but yeah it really soured my experience. I know it's not like super overt but I understood the angle where it was coming from and what the writing was trying to communicate to its audience. Maybe I'll find it funny in a few weeks (as many sinophobic tropes/accusations are more reflective of the west than they are of china;; "moral lessons" about finding the truth for yourself is much more applicable to westerners "forced" to reiterate antichina-isms than it is applicable to whatever the average westerner thinks about censorship and free speech in china) but right now I'm just unhappy.

At least I didn't spend money on it this time around🏴‍☠️

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, absolutely.

Honestly, that's disappointing.

[–] Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm still playing Resident Evil 2. Now I'm doing the Claire playthrough, I'm a Jill man myself but I'm beginning to see the appeal. Anyway, I'm nervous as hell because the game keeps giving me all this ammo and all these crazy weapons and that means they expect me to use it.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it's heart-pounding

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