Haven’t seen a post like this recently so I thought I’d start the conversation !
I’m close to finishing Wario Land 3 (emulated GBC), which was the game of my childhood, I’m surprised of how tricky some levels are.
I also started playing The Eternal Cylinder but it’s quite a demanding game so I’m thinking of playing it on PC instead
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The Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Always wanted to play it but never really stuck to it every time I started. It’s awesome on the Deck. Handheld gaming is the best.
Are you an Adoring Fan?
To be honest, I thought this was spam for a moment until I checked your post history and realized you’re the motor town guy. I guess it’s been too long since I played Oblivion for me to not immediately recognize the reference.
Lately I’ve been playing Pseudoregalia. It’s a really good game. It’s a 3D platformer in the style of N64, with super fluid movement.
Pseudoregalia was fantastic
Dicey Dungeons and Wingspan.
In what way is Eternal Cylinder demanding? Graphics wise or gameplay/control wise?
Mostly just working through my “I should get around to playing this” list. Hades, Dome Keeper, Loop Hero and Whisper Squadron: Survivor.
Started Baldurs Gate 3 a few months ago and just recently started to get more play time.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
How does it run ?
Some issues, with textures poping in, but that’s supposed to be normal. It sit’s at around 60fps.
Steam Deck related community reports how the game runs can be found here: https://www.protondb.com/app/379430?device=steamDeck (note you can change the displayed reports to being only Deck, PC or both).
Said it before and I’ll say it again - one of the most underrated games ever!
need to get to trying it pronto
I picked up Tunic on the summer sale and am finishing that up.
Manor Lords.
Plays really well but as one reviewer put it, it gets old after 20 hours or so.
That said, the early access bit is done well in that the content that is there works pretty well, and you can see placeholder for the other features being worked on.
Like right now it’s maybe like 25% of the full game, but that 25% works well and you can clearly see what’s coming.
Chrono Trigger SNES.
It’s on my must play list for this year. RIP Akira Toriyama
Great game
Oh yeah definitely. Haven’t played it in probably 20 years so it’s about time I revisit it and remember the legend.
I only remember bits and pieces but so far it’s fun. I’ve only gotten past the first boss and Frog left my party.
Haven’t seen a post like this recently so I thought I’d start the conversation !
We normally do a “what are you playing” discussion post at the start of each month, so the next one would have been posted in a couple days. This post is taking off though, so I’ll go ahead and feature it and we’ll use it instead for the month of August.
On a side note, we’re always looking for more routine discussion topics if anyone has any suggestions.
Ahhh that’s on me, sorry for being too impatient !
I’ll edit the title so it mentions the month
Thanks! I appreciate it
Project Zomboid, more than 30 hours in.
I am a bit of a cheater because I do backup saves and restore them when did.
That ain’t cheating, play any way you like.
Finished Disco Elysium recently. I enjoyed it despite it not being my typical type of game. The story kept me guessing and at times it was funny. I’m sure there is some replay ability there with different specs and choices but I’m not too bothered as I have other stuff to play.
Next up is the prison dlc for deus ex mankind divided. Finished the main game a while back but heard the dlc was decent.
Disco Elysium is one of my favourite games I’ve ever played, I alternated between Steam Deck before going to bed and PC once I was hooked ; what an incredible story and depth of lore
Right now I’m not playing too much games, just testing them here and there out on an emulator. And have neglected my Steam Deck as a whole too, since I purchased a new Gaming PC. So nothing recent to report playing on Deck. When I do, its mostly emulation; I’m big fan of emulation.
Steam Deck
- Wario Land 3: As a fan of 1 and 2, I never played this one on real hardware and was curious. Its basically like 2. But did not finish it yet (got very far though), maybe I’ll pick it up again soon. Didn’t play it in a while, just mention it as you remind me. There was a few tricky (in other words frustrating) places, but I overcome most of them. A big design flaw to me is, because you cannot die, they have to design the levels in another way to punish players. And that is often done by falling down and then playing those long segments again. There was one such moment where I had enough and put it away, but planned on playing next week again. Did not workout as planned. :D
PC
- Tears of the Kingdom: Just finished it a few days ago with Yuzu 112 hours playtime (+10 from Ryujinx) in roughly 4 to 5 weeks. 1440p + 60 fps = unstoppable. And that after a few months stop playing Breath of the Wild. So it was basically a back to back experience for me and I’m burned out. Especially because Totk was dragging everything to the extreme and it was a shore at times. The building mechanic is really goddamn cool and its one of the most beautiful games I have played in my entire life, and I mean it in an artistic way how everything looks. But the underworld was just not fun and lot of time was spent there. Overall good game, but BotW was more enjoyable to me. 9/10
Heh, the tree with the spiders, falling for 15+ seconds… Glorious. I miss the old game design, I feel like it’s a little more creative than tossing up a “You Died” and respawning from the last save point. They’re effectively the same, but there’s something special about showing you everything you completed, further and further each time you progress just to fall longer…
I miss the old game design, I feel like it’s a little more creative than tossing up a “You Died” and respawning from the last save point.
It’s not the same! Yes, if you die, its a similar thing. But usually with games you don’t get punished by instant dying. Take Super Mario as an example. You might get hit and still be at the same position, but lose your power up or get small. Or you lose some health or a live. The important part is you keep going. Take the boss as an example. In Wario Land 3, if you get hit you jump out of frame and have to play a certain part again to try the boss. At least for me, this feels frustrating.
But don’t get me wrong, its just a thing I don’t like. I still like these games and the overall game is creative and impressive what they did with the GB. Not without reason is Wario Land 2 one of my alltime handeld games, that could get released even today! (same or even more for WL3) I think after our discussion here, I will go back to the game (on my Steam Deck) and try to finish it. Now that I have some time for other games, after Zelda. Man Zelda took time!
Oh definitely, there’s downsides and frustrations for sure. It’s like a brick wall sometimes. The zombies, the soccer (my favorite tbh), the tree, the boss, the desert, the vines, it’s all designed so perfectly evilly that I just love it! I haven’t even played the game in 20 years. I remember it perfectly, nearly haha
Yeah the backtracking in Wario Land 3 sometimes feels too punishing, like being caught by a random water bubble and going back up to the very top of the lake, or being bumped by one of those zombies and being mega slow until you walk back to some lightpost, I do think in general this is a clever way to not have a game over state, but some areas aren’t well designed for that
Finally came back to Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery - a sci-fi tactical RPG. Really fun, with interesting story so far. Can be pretty challenging at times (especially on higher difficulties when trying to complete all optional goals on your first try) but that’s kind of what you’d want from a title like this, isn’t it?
It plays great on both desktop, with mouse and keyboard, as well as on the Deck so I tend to jump between the two depending on the situation. Thankfully game has no problem with that.
