Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!

Please don’t forget to use the spoiler tag as soon as you start talking about a storyline.

  • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m still playing the hell outta Baldur’s Gate 3. I’ve played through so many times, have multiple multiplayer campaigns going on, and I’m just having a lot of fun with mods.

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      1 year ago

      Also still playing but still on the first play through. Such a good game. I didn’t try any mods yet. Are there any you can recommend?

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      1 year ago

      I about 120 hours paly time and still on Act 1 in Baldur’s Gate 3. I have a problem. I want to pick up everything and sell it. That takes a lot of time. I also switch my party around all the time to try to work companions quests

      I think most people pick a group and stick with that group. Also most people don’t need to pick up a fork and sell it. I may have to change my play style it i want to finish the game anytime soon.

      Oh and I am loving this game. It plays very well with my Ubuntu/Nvidia/Steam PC.

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        1 year ago

        I have a similar thing, but I got over it by committing to robbing every vendor of everything they have. Then there’s no one to buy the stupid fork.

  • vettnerk@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I gave in to the hype and bought BG3. And this is the first time in ages where I’ve bought a brand new AAA game and not been disappointed.

    I have a brand new PC, so it’s about time I ran something more demanding than Factorio on it.

    • Nilz@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Factorio is a pretty demanding game as long as you play long enough

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        1 year ago

        I know. I have an angelbob megabase save that clocks in at 788MB. To play it I need to add an additional 16GB of swap. I figured that it was about time the GPU did some heavy lifting too.

  • Dremor@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    In my case I’m finishing Sea of Stars, a very good old-school RPG. You get 22h+ of main story in easy mode, I think it is worth the price.

  • Tim Morgan@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Cyberpunk baby!!! Spent 100 hours before the update, time to spent 100+ more again with the new content!!

  • Lojcs@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Borderlands. Always thought it was an arcade/retro shooter, turns out it’s an rpg. It was exactly what I was looking for. Although I don’t really understand why some of my shots miss

    Noita, kind of. It’s daunting knowing how much there’s to the game and I seldomly get past the first level

    • Wooki@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Great game I could never get past the bad generated items and associated stats. The effect it had on boss item drops reducing the value of them so much it became little reward to me.

  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I just finished playing the System Shock Remaster yesterday night after ~22 hours. I could still do everything from memory pretty much, and it remains an amazing game to this day, especially with the slick fresh paintcoat from the remaster.

    Now I’m exploring Shadow Gambit a bit. Always loved the Commandoes games, and this is the third - and sadly final - Mimimi game that copies the gameplay verbatim. And from the little I’ve played so far, it’s fantastic. Having actual supernatural characters fits the abilities really well, and the voicework is done tremendously well, too.

    • tables@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I tried to play the original System Shock two/three years ago but gave up at a stage that felt very close to the end. I basically had a save at a weird spot, when I was low on ammo and anything else useful, right between two complicated rooms. I reloaded a ton of times and always died trying to go forwards or backwards before giving up.

      Anyway, would you recommend System Shock Remaster for someone who likely almost completed the original one, gave up, but still liked it overall? Or is there something shockingly different about the original’s ending I’ll be missing?

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Nah, it’s a very faithful remake - after a lot of back-and-forth of them considering changing the game more they ended up making a near 1-to-1 graphics update.

        So I would recommend it. There are some parts that are made more challenging. Inventory management is a big one. OTOH that makes sense, as the modern controls enable *far more accurate combat and hence saving ammo is somewhat easy and you can easily use the shotgun or the magnum as staples.

        I basically saved teflon ammo whenever I found it (dumped it all near the cargo lift) then before entering level 8 retrieved my modded Scorpion from there with nearly 1500 ammo and just went to town with that + leftover shotgun shells. But the drops are also changed, so both teflon bullets and magnesium ones for the Assault Rifle still commonly drop in the final few areas.

        And of course, taken from the main game, EMP grenade into berserk-stim Laser Rapier is always an option and kills even the toughest enemies in the game before they recover.

        That being said, one specific thing is annoying: Beta grove now deals constant and quite significant damage even with the enviropack on. You have to rush rush rush it, luckily it is brief. Other than that, it’s neatly improved, modern graphics with a cool retro-effect from the nearest-neighbor filter, modern controls and combat and some better and more convenient HUD, redone audio including new recordings from Terri Brosius (SHODAN), they also completely redid cyberspace. While I like the original, I can see why most did not, so I really don’t mind this part.

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’m trying to figure out the riddle on Gerudo Desert in Zelda TotK, >!after repelling the zombie attack on the town.!<

    • Dremor@lemmy.worldOPM
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      1 year ago

      May you put the last part into a spoiler tag? Thank you.
      The syntax is

      ::: spoiler
      Spoiler content
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      No line embedded spoiler currently supported for now, unfortunately.

  • dannyboy5498@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I just finished rift apart. Definitely my fave games in the series after the original trilogy. I think it might be the best looking game I ever played and the dimension swapping is seriously impressive.

    I’m currently on Hogwarts Legacy. About 7 hours in and it’s not too bad. More RPG elements and a bigger world than expected. Also looks amazing but I can’t make too much of an opinion on it just yet.

    • Gamerman153@lemmynsfw.com
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      1 year ago

      If you’re not playing Hogwarts on hard difficulty it’s about to get stupidly easy. Never actually finished it due to this.

  • tables@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been playing Cities Skylines a lot - got pulled back in with all the talk about the new one - and also Going Under.

    Going Under is one of those games I bought a while ago because it seemed fun, played for a bit, got my ass kicked more than what I was used to with roguelites and stopped for a while. I started playing it again recently and think it finally made sense to me. Looking back, I probably wasn’t paying much attention to the game the first time I tried it because I didn’t understand there was an indication for weapon damage on different weapons - which made weapon choice feel random - and I also didn’t understand how the mentor system worked - which is a big part of the strategy of the game. I’ve been having a lot of fun with it now, though.

  • gvtterslvt@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Playing Starfield. I love exploring and I love the atmosphere. The least buggy launch I’ve seen from Bethesda. It’s great.

    I wanna get back into AC6 and try my hand at pvp but every time I try I get nervous and chicken out. If anyone knows of a place for noobs to hangout, chat, and learn the game please let me know.

  • DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ve always been a PC gamer but I just got a retroid pocket 3 plus so I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of old console games that I never played. I’m having tons of fun just building a rom collection and seeing what this thing can do. Best $150 I’ve spent this year, hands down.

    Dynamite cop on the Dreamcast is awesome, soulcalibur is possibly the most enjoyable fighter I’ve ever tried, and all the Mario karts are great stupid fun. I really need to rebind my controls though, Mario kart is killing my thumb lol.

    There’s also some great android games that are just so much better when played on the TV with a controller like Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT Shredders revenge.

  • Spacecraft@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Just switched from starfield back to cyberpunk for the 2.0 update. It’s consuming my life again. When I finish the dlc I’ll switch back to starfield and let that consume my life.

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    1 year ago

    Playing a buncha old-but-gold games:

    I was never one for Skyrim, the jank was just too much to get immersed and the graphics too low end to be impressed. 450 mods later, I‘m fully immersed and impressed (runs better (fact) and looks better (subjective) than Starfield now IMO) and playing the heck out of it.

    On the go, Hollow Knight has at last pulled me in on Switch. Finally finding the dash and wall climb abilities made the game a blast. Mario 3D World helps to counterweight Hollow Knight‘s melancholy.

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      1 year ago

      Any mod packs or whatever to recommend? Played it once when it came out using a sneak + bow build (didn’t know it was OP when I started though). Haven’t checked out rhe DLC or anything, so I want to revisit it once I upgrade my potato rig later this year

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        1 year ago

        I took the „facelift“ collection as a basis a long, long time ago but added a lot of mods myself and I‘m not sure how many - if any at all - mods of this collection are left by now.

        (I mean „left“ as in „still left in my own mod setup“)