The Official "What Are You Playing?" Thread (Post Screens)

[madmaltese★ 2,549]

7 hours ago, -GD-X said:

i'm going to try roguebook. slay, as cool as it is, isn't as instantly gratifying. i need that dopamine lol.

Yeah definitely give it a go. It's constantly making me drop Dragon's Dogma 2 to play a run tbh. It's core card gameplay is the same as Slay but the structure of the game is a little cooler imo. 

[Hot Sauce 2,727]

Ghostrunner was pretty good. Boss fights were pretty eh and there's some checkpoints that probably could have had the first 10-15 seconds of traversal cut out before a tough combat section, but was a lot of fun getting my ass kicked for a bit.

 

I really wanted to try hardcore mode but I didn't realize you have to start it via level select and starting a new game would remove your ability to play hardcore mode. In the game's defense, the game has a prompt telling you but I was just mashing through the prompts to start a new game with zero expectation that I'd cut myself off from something just by starting a new game lol. That and the lack of mid-level save points are some interesting design decisions.

[David P 28]

Didn't want to make a thread so I'll just post this here. Ordered a few more physical PSVR2 games.

 

Resident Evil Village Gold

No Man Sky

The Light Brigade

The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners (PSVR1 but can be upgraded for free on PSVR2)

 

I can't fucking wait. 

[Twinblade★ 3,891]

So I've been mostly positive in regards to Rise of The Ronin, but I just hit the 25 hour mark and its issues are becoming more apparent

 

- I recently got to the 2nd map, which is a very neat setting but they just litter it with the same repetitive collectibles and side distractions from the first map. I cleared out most of that first map, but I definitely do not have the desire to go through many more hours of that same stuff again.

- There is wayyyyy too much loot. Like seriously. At first I thought it was cool especially since it all changes how you look, but every little thing you do in the game seems to 'reward' you with multiple pieces of loot.....but 90% of everything you collect is worse than what you already have equipped, so you spend a lot of time either selling it or disassembling it for materials.

-The main item you use to heal, Medicinal Pills, can only be found and not purchased. if you're low on those pills when you get to one of the game's many boss fights with no options to replenish them, well then good luck cause you're kind of fucked and will probably need to back out of the mission to collect more.

- Most of the missions boil down to infiltrating some kind of base or settlement and killing the same few enemies inhabiting those areas.

-The english voice acting can be pretty weak, even for some of the game's main characters.

 

So yeah I can see why this got a lot of 7s.

[David P 28]

Bought RE4 for PS5. I just need GT7 and I'm ready for the PSVR2. 

[Remij 4,670]

1 hour ago, David P said:

Bought RE4 for PS5. I just need GT7 and I'm ready for the PSVR2. 

This isn't the "what are you buying thread"

 

jk David ❤️ 

 

[David P 28]

2 minutes ago, Remij said:

This isn't the "what are you buying thread"

 

jk David ❤️ 

 

You guys should be grateful. It spare you guys from my upcoming constant VR games impressions which 99% of you doesn't give two fucks about.

 

I have 0 intentions of playing any flat screen games. 

[Twinblade★ 3,891]

I heard good things about this point and click adventure game so I decided to check it out. Im really digging most everything about it so far, but man the puzzles can be really vague. Thats my only knock against it.

 

 

 

[madmaltese★ 2,549]

On 2024-04-14 at 1:04 PM, Twinblade said:

 

- There is wayyyyy too much loot. Like seriously. At first I thought it was cool especially since it all changes how you look, but every little thing you do in the game seems to 'reward' you with multiple pieces of loot.....but 90% of everything you collect is worse than what you already have equipped, so you spend a lot of time either selling it or disassembling it for materials.

 

This is a huge issue with ALL Team Ninja games. I have no idea why they carry over their horrendous loot system between games and who actually enjoys it. Nioh, Wo Long and now this all have this trash system where 99% of the loot is totally useless. Just a huge waste of time

[David P 28]

28 minutes ago, madmaltese said:

This is a huge issue with ALL Team Ninja games. I have no idea why they carry over their horrendous loot system between games and who actually enjoys it. Nioh, Wo Long and now this all have this trash system where 99% of the loot is totally useless. Just a huge waste of time

One of the worst thing about Nioh for sure. You end up with so much trash that actually good pieces of equipment gets lost in the shuffle. 

[madmaltese★ 2,549]

1 minute ago, David P said:

One of the worst thing about Nioh for sure. You end up with so much trash that actually good pieces of equipment gets lost in the shuffle. 

Yeah definitely. Not to mention just how stupid it is when every enemy in something like NioH is vomitting a rainbow of shit every time they die

[David P 28]

Just now, madmaltese said:

Yeah definitely. Not to mention just how stupid it is when every enemy in something like NioH is vomitting a rainbow of shit every time they die

It's literally like old school Diablo loot drop. But with every fucking enemy.  

[madmaltese★ 2,549]

Just now, David P said:

It's literally like old school Diablo loot drop. But with every fucking enemy.  

yeah lol except for some reason it works with Diablo. The loot drive is a major factor in that game. Having it as some added on bs to a souls-esque game is just dumb

[Casual 726]

9 hours ago, David P said:

It's literally like old school Diablo loot drop. But with every fucking enemy.  

This is more a problem with new school diablo tbh.

 

Diablo 2 has a lot of loot but it's very easy to parse what is and isn't worth picking up.

[Twinblade★ 3,891]

I’m not that familiar with Nioh but I guess it makes sense ROTR has a similar loot system. It was probably easier and more cost effective to leave that stuff in there instead of ripping it all out. However if they ever make a new NG they will definitely need to streamline all that.

[Casual 726]

Been playing a ton of season 9 of Project Diablo 2. One of the best fan made mods I can think of and it's really been gaining steam the last few seasons, probably more players online than D2R. They've done a great job expanding on the original game - added a ton of items/crafting, bunch of end game content, some new mechanics (corrupting probably being the big one) and really increasing the build variety by buffing some less powerful abilities. They also do a good job of shifting the meta every season.

[-GD-X★ 7,729]

Started playing Brotato. It’s like Vampire Survivors, but with guns and a series of 1 minute survival runs. It’s actually perfect for a 5 minute dopamine rush (super arcade-like).  I just don’t have the time for a proper game. 
 

edit: it’s not as good as VS, but it hits the spot. It’s like fast food gaming.

[madmaltese★ 2,549]

- Bit more Dragon's Dogma 2 but largely my thoughts are the same. Ranges from good to incredibly frustrating.

- Back in to Helldivers 2 and instantly in love with the game again. They've already added a ton of new stuff in the month of so I had stopped playing. Tripled the level cap, new ship modules, new strategmns, new missions plus the game is just ridiculously fun. Finished Suicide tier missions so have access to Impossible now. Some of the most cinematic moments I have ever seen in gaming and none are scripted. Just incredible. 

- Roguebook still taking me away from other stuff for a run here and there. 

- Randomly started Immortals of Aviuem. Didn't play much but surprised by the production levels. Literally is just a fps game with no guns though lol Seems as typical a 7/10 as you can imagine but can be mindlessly fun.

 

Dave the Diver is now out on PS5 and has been very keen to try that out so will prob give that a go.