Gaming

I hit about 90 hours in Tears of the Kingdom but then Street Fighter 6 and Diablo 4 came out so those two have been taking up most of my time now. Final Fantasy XVI in a couple weeks will be stealing time from those two haha it's a good month for games

Street Fighter 6, and in really enjoying it. I'm not a fighting game guy at all, but they added a new Modern control scheme that lowers the barrier to entry. Now I'm having a blast every night with my buddies. I'd highly recommend it to anyone reading this.

Oxygen Not Included.

What can I say? I'm a sucker for colony / simulation / management games. It has cute graphics, and it's still getting updates. And it works on Linux!

I'm just wrapping up my rather thorough playthrough of Tears of the Kingdom and have quite enjoyed it. Maybe coning up on about 200 hours now. I'm not getting every Korok. Fuck that.

I don't know what to focus on next... I just came out of finishing CrossCode on my Deck before TotK dropped, and loved it.

Maybe it's time to slap on the Quest 2 and go for Firmament.

I spent the last few weeks finally catching up on breath of the wild so I could go in to tears of the kingdom and oh boy, it's so good and I'm having so much fun. Haven't even thought about playing anything else for a little while now - though now I'm even more keen to play through some of the zelda classics.

Persona 5 Royal. Finally picked it up on Steam Deck. I’m about 15 hours in and hooked.

I spent the past couple weeks playing through TotK and it was very fun, but I played so much over a short period of time I definitely burned myself out a bit.

I've now been getting back into Parkitect, which I highly recommend if anyone is a fan of the older RollerCoaster Tycoon games

Diablo 4, DRG, and Fallout 4 with the Horizon mod (which makes it feel very different, more hardcore survival based)

Diablo 4 is lots of fun. Idc what people are saying about cosmetics and shit. Easy to ignore.

Pretty much just TotK. There are a few other recent games I’m interested in, but I don’t want to rush through TotK to get to them.

I just got back into Guild Wars 2. What a pleasant mmo to play casually for years.

When I'm feeling spicy, I pick up Deceive Inc. - I like the ability to play solo and not be forced to team up with people and this hits the right parts of the brain for me when I'm up to pvp.

I'm eagerly waiting for the new Team Fight Tactics set. I got bored of set 8 pretty quickly so this new update looks insane. I like that the devs are taking risks with augments and expanding the complexity of the game.

On the side, I've been trying to finish Dragon Age: Inquisition so I can delete it. I don't know if it's my attention span, but massive single-player RPGs with a breadth of content haven't been doing it for me... The gameplay/combat feels really repetitive and therefore makes progression tedious. I've recently given up on AC Odyssey because of this. :(

Just finished up the Diablo 4 campaign last night myself, then unlocked Nightmare. Might take a break and finish up the System Shock remake. The OG one was just before my time; SS2 was my entry to the series.

Forcing myself to play through Redfall to see how bad it is in some kind of masochistic gaming session.

Also Warhammer Boltgun to offset the crappines of RF

I've been playing a lot of ULTRAKILL for a while, but I just got Payday 2 and have been having a blast with it.

I have played Vampire Survivors. Very addictive game.

I just got my first gaming console (PS5) in like 15 years last month, so I have a lot to catch up on. I just finished God of War, probably going to aim to finish Spider-Man: Miles Morales next, then probably move on to Horizon Forbidden West or Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.

Soulstone Survivors, fun roguelike bullet-heaven on Steam Early Access, but under constant, consistent development.

Recently got a random burst of motivation to continue Shadow of War, which I started nearly four years ago. Finished the game, then caught up on Shadow of Mordor and replayed Shadow of War because I forgot the complete first half of the story. No idea why I didn't do that sooner, relearning the combat wasn't that hard and damn it's fun.

Rain World. Game is just a masterpiece.

Not everyone's cup of tea, though. I'd say people who enjoy struggling to progress and don't mind dying might enjoy the game. It really doesn't hold your hand.

Doing Hunter's campaign right now, I think I might upload some of the footage bc the ecosystem is chaotic as fuck and I haven't seen any Rain World content around lemmy.

Trying to find time to play Pathfinder: Kingmaker - just got done with the first major quest after founding your barony, so now I need to figure out how to make gold so I can respec my party members

Friend recommended Dragon Age: Origins. I heard it helps satiate the Mass Effect hunger, so I'm looking forward to giving that a try soon. My kid is playing TotK, and I get to play next, so looking forward to a nice long stint of playthroughs soon!

Horizon on my Steam Deck, and The Last of Us Part 1 on my PS5

I've pretty much been addicted to Genshin Impact this past few months, the story is just so interesting to me.

Toggling between TotK and Spider-man on ps5.

I must admit the magic of TotK is somewhat wearing off but I am thoroughly impressed with Spider-man (especially as someone who isn't a big marvel fan)

I just beat TOTK and while I'm still having fun exploring in that game I've also recently bought the Shadowrun Returns trilogy for super cheap and have been having a fun time with Dragonfall

Absolutely addicted to Elite Dangerous at the moment. Most of the time it's relaxing, sometimes it's terrifying, but at the moment I can't put it down.

Everyone said “Oh my gawd, you HAVE to play Howgwartssssss”. So I did - and 30 hours later I am 50% complete.

Doing TOTK main quests and apparently the game is much longer than I expected... I am about 60 hr in and I feel I have make it at most 50%, maybe way less.

Also playing some HOI4 when I got too much time.

Skullgirls - Although I say SG is my main game, truthfully I haven't made as much time to grind these days as I'd like. Drowned in pools at Combo Breaker. But after 8 years I'm okay with letting this be my casual comfort game now, don't have the drive to try and catch up to the top players anymore but I still enjoy playing Quick Match from time to time.

Them's Fightin' Herds - On the other hand I have been more focused on pushing my Velvet, managed to make top 16 at Combo Breaker this year. Top 8 next year!

Splatoon 3 - I've also been getting into Splatoon competitive, bit of a change of pace for me as everything else I play is 1v1, but I'm really in love with this game. Can't say I'm as good at it as I'd like to be, but I keep practicing. (By the way, I made a Splatoon sub here if anyone's interested)

Slay the Spire - This is just an addiction. After about 800 hours of vanilla I now screw around with the silliest Workshop mod characters I can find. Makes for a good background game while watching Youtube.

Persona 5 Royal - Attempting to make time for JRPGs in between my competitive stuff is probably a mistake, but I keep trying to do it anyway. Currently on the third palace.

Recovering from COVID for the past ~week, so I've been sinking a lot of time into Ghost of Tsushima

TOTK - long time since a game has kept me coming back.

Exams are coming in a few days so I don’t really have much liberty, but I’ve been playing a lot of Honkai Star Rail and some Diablo 4 on the side too. I’d love to have more time to play either though.

Got hooked on Elder Scrolls Online again. It's so well designed for my preferences. If I want to relax I can just wander around and gather stuff and hunt for treasure chests, do quests etc. If I want a bit more action I can help people with world bosses or hop in a dungeon or if I want a challenge I can try trials.. One thing that frustrates me though is inventory management.. I'm so bad at it in every game that requires it.

I play a ton of Deep Rock Galactic. I bought the game on release but never really got into it. I always liked it, but i never really got into it. But when i suddenly did, oh boy it's so good.
Shout-out to Ghost Ship Games, free battlepass, free dlc's, and great player feedback. A true labor of love.

Final Fantasy XIV continues to dominate most of my free time, but Honkai Star Rail has definitely muscled its way in too since its release. I sure won't pretend that it isn't predatory in its gacha monetization, but there's a good game in there and I'm a sucker for sci-fi settings and for JRPGs.

On the XIV front, I've only got about half a rank to go before maxing out Island Sanctuary again from the latest update. Pretty excited to dust off Blue Mage again too when patch 6.45 drops.

I'm at the post-endgame of Monster Hunter Rise. Got my final gear, I'm just basically making the rank and research level numbers go up at this point. Still having fun, though.

I also play a lot of Battlefield 2042, but I'm not particularly good at it.

Spending my free time on Overwatch to be honest. Trying to get out of platinum as a DPS but doubt i actually have the willpower to do it.

Finished Tears of the Kingdom with all shrines and side quests and hit about 125 hours.
Also FINALLY played all the half life games. Just beat HL2 episode 2 and I see why people want a 3 now. What a cliff hanger!
Not sure what I’m playing next. Poly Bridge 3 looks chill. Loved the first 2.

Oh man, Tears of the Kingdom has had my full attention since it released. I'm taking the story slow and mostly doing side quests right now, so I've only beaten 1 of the temples so far.

Before that, I bought and Cassette Beasts on launch day for Steam Deck and played through it on there. It's the perfect Steam Deck game and a great refresh of the classic Pokémon game feel. Once I get tired of TotK I think I'll go back to it for side quests and completing the dex.

Enjoying the heck out of The Case of the Golden Idol - a very different style of game! Myst meets clue, but more interesting than that sounds :)

Lately Ive been playing a combination of Diablo 2:Resurrected and Diablo 3. I got D3 for the first time when I bought D2 a few months back so Ive been trying it out lately and Ive been pleasantly surprised. It has a lot of issues sure but it is great for a casual ARPG grind when I dont feel like playing anything else. Have been playing as Witch Doctor and trying to push the greatest rift level I can before returning to D2. That being said, I have no desire to play Diablo 4 with all its MMO-lite features and poor build diversity and itemization

Since the beta release on the 1st, I’ve been playing the Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader beta. But not finding as much time as I want, I only have 30h so far. I played the Alpha when it was released, but stopped after one playthrough. Haven’t had ship combat yet (just arrived in footfall), but everything improved over the alpha, and even the alpha was probably better than Pathfinder: Kingmaker or Wrath of the RIghteous right on release ;)

For those who don’t know, it’s a turnbased Warhammer 40k CRPG by the same company who did the 2 Pathfinder Games, Owlcat Games.