• FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
    2·
    2 days ago

    The new update of 7 days to die

    yea it’s not perfect, but if played with friends and some settings are tweaked, it’s pretty fun

  • pebbles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    Noita!: I agree with many in dubbing it my favorite single player game.

    It is a pixel art alechemy and magic roguelike where every pixel is physically simulated and destroyable. Find spells and wands and combine them in programmer like ways to multiply their power. Many tricks in the game are so strong they feel like cheating, but the game has been built with challenges that surpass every trick.

    It is the epitome of endlessly repayable. Especially switching between the few mods that drastically change the map.

    I can easily have a god run last me 5-10 hours. But I still have a lot of fun with the more common 30min-2hr runs.

    • Elevator7009@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      It is something I have always been undecided about. The whole spell creation thing sounds like something I’d love, but I’ve heard the game can be frustrating, and aside from !hades@lemmy.zip roguelikes are not my thing. I should probably see if it has a demo or watch some early gameplay…

      • pebbles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        Definitely watch some gameplay. The super early game is quite self explanatory, but noita quickly escalates to puzzles so hard a community needs to get together to solve them.

        Playing Noita with all the knowledge of the wider community has made so many cool bosses actually beatable, and made the whole game a lot more fun for me.

    • BurntWits@sh.itjust.worksOPM
      2·
      5 days ago

      That’s pretty cool! I never heard of it before but it’s on my Wishlist now. I’m definitely curious to check it out.

      • pebbles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        Its great! It will not hesitate to kill you until you learn it.

        Binding of Isaac has a bit of invincibility after every hit, and that works for the game really well. You need to be able to recover and not die immediately.

        Noita has no invincibility frames like that. You need to be able to die immediately. An instant death is essential for the game tone and balance.

        • BurntWits@sh.itjust.worksOPM
          2·
          4 days ago

          I have no issues with dying repeatedly to learn a game. The modern FromSoftware catalogue are my favourite games ever. Maybe it’ll go on sale during the steam summer sale in a few days and I can pick it up then.

  • Gonzako@lemmy.world
    6·
    7 days ago

    I wanna look into playing all the FF but I don’t know which of all the versions out there to play.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

    Tony hawk pro skater 2, played it often when it first came out and hearing about the 3/4 remake coming out soon reminded me of the games and it’s been decades, I wanted to see if it holds up. It’s showing some age in the fighter combo style tricks and arcade style levels, but the soundtrack is still good, and progression with unlocking stats and levels through goals is fun and wanting to beat a goal after failing a couple times keeps me coming back.

  • lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    6 days ago

    I picked up mirrors edge again after some weeks without playing it and i cleared a level yesterday. Was going to do a session now as well, but now my save had been wiped. Probably related to me struggling to figure out lutris and heroic and messing around abit yesterday evening. It a little of a bummer but at the same time i found the game a little too frustrating - a good idea not executed well enough to be a truly enjoyable experience in my opinion.

    I am abit indecesive at the moment. I fired up both tales of symphonia on gamecube and final fantasy 7 on ps1 yesterday, kinda want to start another jrpg but at the same time not quite where i want to commit myself to a long game. Also installing fallout 3 now so hm…

    I fired up theme hospital for some fun this week as well though, that was a welcome nostalgia trip :)

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
    11·
    7 days ago

    I finished Deus Ex: Mankind Divided this week, and I’m now trying to decide whether I want to push through the DLCs or not. I’m kind of done with the game but if I don’t do them now I probably never will.

    Overall I found MD to be good, but uneven. The main story overall suffers immensely from being the second game in a planned trilogy, but the side content is very very good. Gameplay was a step up from Human Revolution in most regards and there were some pretty good level designs strewn around as well. The final mission felt absolutely awesome to me and was one of my favourite Deus Ex missions, and Golem City was another highlight. The running theme of apartheid was also extremely well executed and the climax to that arc with martial law at the end felt very impactful.

    Overall I think Human Revolution is probably better as it’s a more self contained and complete experience, but the highs of Mankind Divided are definitely higher than those of HR, in my opinion.

  • overload@sopuli.xyz
    11·
    8 days ago

    Giving Outer Wilds another go from a new save. I played 5 years ago but got stuck and gave up.

    • dbtng@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      6·
      8 days ago

      Man. I got about 5 minutes into that game.
      I think I closed it and started a second runthrough of Stray. Wanted the kitty, not the spaceship.
      I should eat some mushrooms or something and give it another shot.

        • dbtng@eviltoast.orgEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          Thanks. I’ve kept it installed. I’ll pick it up.

          I did the same with Obduction, and Stray too, now that I think of it. Yup, and with Talos Principle.
          Puzzle games have to grab me. But I can be grabbed. I finished the first two.

          I sure worked on Talos, but I got tired and just watched the end at the top of the tower on youtube. I did buy Gehenna, played it a bit. Never did Talos II, and Reawakened does not look good to me.

          Mmm. And then there’s the abandoned puzzle game. Turing Test. Ya, its uninstalled. Apparently I completed Chapter 3. I don’t feel a shred of interest at this moment, either.

          • coronach@lemmy.sdf.org
            2·
            6 days ago

            While outer wilds could don the moniker of puzzle game, I think of it as the evolution of point-and-click. By that I mean there’s a fleshed out world to interact with using your intuition and innate interest in mystery rather than a set of tasks to complete.

            I hope it clicks with you!

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    11·
    8 days ago

    I finally got Final Fantasy Tactics working on my Steam deck, so I will be going between that and finishing Pokemon Brilliant Diamond.

  • minyakcurry@monyet.cc
    10·
    8 days ago

    Slay the spire (again), trying to climb to A20 with Watcher now. Was never a huge fan of her deck, since most of my winning runs can be distilled into Rushdown and Mental Fortress. Maybe someone can tell me about other possible builds for Watcher

  • MouldyCat@feddit.uk
    7·
    8 days ago

    old world, which I got for €10 in the GOG sale. I wanted something like the OG civ experience, where you slowly build up your civilisation, creating a network of cities with good transport links, strong agriculture supporting healthy growth, then, when the bloodlust gets too strong to ignore, building small military forces to go out and crush your neighbours.

    I’m enjoying myself so far. The game does seem like a more straightforward and casual Civ - the learning curve is so gentle and you don’t feel like you’re overloaded with admin details that you can’t keep track of. Last time I played Civ, it was Civ 6 and it was fun until a rival civilisation plonked a city down right in the middle of one of my own conglomerations. Perfect excuse for kicking some ass, so I assembled a little force and invaded the city to kick it out. Unfortunately you can’t just declare war and get away with it, and there were a lot of side-effects to contend with, such as becoming a pariah on the world stage affecting trade. War was just not economically viable, and while that might be realistic for some time periods, it just wasn’t the game I wanted to play.

    So I am happy with old world. It’s pretty much what I wanted so far - but will the simpler mechanics make the game less replayable? It may well do, but I’m enjoying it for now. Above all, what I like about these sorts of games - zero time pressure. I can take as long as I like on each turn, there’s absolutely no rush to decide what to do, I’m free to bimble about and make sure I’ve not forgotten anything.

      • MouldyCat@feddit.uk
        3·
        6 days ago

        I’ve been playing keyboard & mouse so far so I just tried it with an XBox controller. Doesn’t seem to really support it at all - there weren’t any default bindings for it and while you can assign functions to some of the buttons in the key-bind settings, it doesn’t seem possible to assign anything to analogue inputs such as the sticks and triggers, or even the d-pad.