Playing Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon on 3DS. Cute but not loving it as much as the original. Not sure why.
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Just thought I could get a discussion thread going. What is everyone playing lately?
I just finished playing Metal Gear Solid Delta, it was great! I decided to play through the series finally after years of watching video essays on the game, and I'm glad I did! I played Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Subsistence through emulation (4k HD for the win!) It was a great experience and I can see why the series is so highly venerated. It holds up remarkably well, and the long cut scenes were really enjoyable. I thought it would be annoying, but I actually found myself looking forward to them. Delta was like jumping forward in time 30 years, but still extremely fun. I'm glad they stayed so close to the source material so I could just play the new release instead of booting up Snake Eater through emulation.
Now if I could just play IV without a PS3, that would be awesome. I might have to try emulation on that, but from what I read, the experience isn't great.
Regardless, now I'm replaying Max Payne 3. This game IS SO FREAKING GOOD. I had forgotten how good it is. The noir narration is just amazing. The gameplay is tight as a snare drum. The art style and visuals are still amazing even when compared to modern games. Rockstar really knocked this game out of the park. I still haven't played Max Payne 1 or 2, and maybe I should. Also, I found out that one of the bands I've recently discovered and have been listening to like crazy, Health, did the score for Max Payne 3. The music is fantastic. If you haven't played it, I highly recommend giving it a go.
Other than those games, I plan to play through The Last of Us 1 for the first time soon. Not sure how "retro" it is, but I think it is borderline given the original release date and hardware. Looking forward to trying it for the first time. I've never had Sony consoles, so I've missed out on a ton of first-party Sony games over the years. Trying to make up for that by playing modern PC releases and through emulation.
So yeah, what do ya'll have going on right now? What do you recommend playing and why?
I haven't played anything this year.
Well aside from like the sort of mobile games that ads sometimes have before you can close them.
I'm not sure if it's depression or a lack of a good GPU. Still running my 1060.
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I finally started Roboquest last week. After getting my ass handed to me nonstop on standard difficulty and realizing grinding like that would take forever, I went with Discovery (super easy) to unlock stuff faster. It's a pretty fun game, though not retro by any measure (EA started back in 2020)
I might also bite the bullet and try to finish Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Sorcerer. I managed to successfully finish the two previous Silver Box DnD games (they really fucking suck), but this 3rd game throws so much shit to fuck your progress that ragequitting seems like the only correct option. As to why bother, it makes for a good conversation topic with RPG players and aspiring game devs
Mount and Blade Warband with conversion mods. All the different settings are interesting and each mod has its own specialty that makes it stand out.
Started playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 again after being disappointed by the "remaster" which was just a THPS 3 and 4 map-pack without all the maps and a premium price tag...
Kinda did it backwards since I actually replayed THPS4 again after they announced the original single player mode wouldn't be in 3+4 >.>
I had some fun messing around with that remake they recently did. I unlocked all the levels in three and got most of the challenges done. I'm more of a Skate guy to be honest. Skate 2 and Skate 3 are all-time greats for me. The new skate game that is free to play is the biggest piece of shit I've ever played. It makes me so mad every time I think about it. Been waiting on that game for like a decade and they absolutely shit all over it and us. They absolutely ruined it.
No I'm not upset at all about it I always have steam coming out of my ears.
Cyberpunk 2077. Felt like a good moment to buy it as its finished. It's basically modernized skyrim and I love that.
Probably my favorite game and game world of all time. Though, to be honest, I'm having difficulty in relating it to Skyrim. Then again, I was never big into Skyrim. I always got bored half way through the game and never finished it. Probably just a setting thing. I really like sci-fi and less into fantasy.
Did you get Phantom Liberty? If not, I highly recommend it. It's ridiculously good. I'm on my 5th or 6th playthrough and still finding new things and details I missed previously. The world is ridiculously dense.
I'm running Phantom liberty right now! I'm liking it quite a bit. I'm at the part where you gotta get into the big hotel.
balaro, hunnie pop, breath of the wild, mario kart.
trying to get everything off my computer so I can install linux. Suggestions for Debian based , easy install, rock solid distros are welcome here :
Max Payne is nothing like the original and its sequel. I found it to be a dispassionate mess lacking any of the compelling elements of Remedy's games. Rockstar took the name and nothing else.