2026-09-02 14:19 UTC
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@_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-02 14:35
Warframe: It’s a free to play third persion sci-fi shooter where you control characters with different powers. There are a wide variety of weapons and, while there is in-game currency, it’s not necessary to play the game or unlock characters or weapons. It’s fast paced and fun enough that I’ve played it for years without completely ditching it.
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@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2026-09-02 15:03
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Things are moving pretty smoothly so far, as I reached a bit over 50% last night according to the in-game progress tracker. I know it includes secrets and that I don’t need 100% to finish the game but that’s the most specific metric I’ve got so… I’m quite happy with the game overall. I did start to notice some things I’m not a huge fan of but they’re not enough to make we want to quit or even degrade my experience in a significant way. The main annoying element are probably the constantly respawning flying enemies - I know they are a staple of the series at this point and they aren’t difficult to deal with but that doesn’t make them any more enjoyable (especially when they try to block your climbing routes in certain rooms). Still, game is more fun than I expected it to be before starting so that’s good. Jack Orlando A Cinematic Adventure Ahh, another instance of a rare point-and-click adventure game. I played this one years ago and I’m pretty sure I even managed to complete it back then but I wasn’t certain and that’s not good enough. Because of this I decided to go through the game once again to make sure that yes, I did in fact play through the whole thing - it wasn’t easy. For those unfamiliar, Jack Orlando is a game about a private detective in 1933 America (something they really commit to with the writing, character prejudices etc). On his way home from a night of drinking Jack stumbles upon a murder, gets knocked out at the scene and ends up being the main suspect. Due to his status as a hero cop and years of friendship with the police chief, he get 48 hours to clear his name and find the real culprit - that’s where the player steps in. So yeah, I said I didn’t remember much about the game, right? Boy was it true. I thought I remembered some bits and pieces from my old playthrough but besides the very beginning of the game everything else turned out to be a complete fabrication on my part. I’m actually shocked how wrong I was about the whole thing. That said, while my faulty memory is one thing, there are some completely out there sections I would’ve never guessed they were from this title. Did you know prohibition era America had medieval-fantasy-like catacombs with an indoor fountain and automated, Indiana Jones style mechanisms in the middle of the city? Yeah. My lack of experience with adventure games really shined here but even if I wasn’t THIS bad at the genre, the strict and often extremely weird progress requirements, mixed with a ton of junk items strewn everywhere meant I would never finish this without a guide. A straightforward game this ain’t. Presentation is pretty good. We have nice looking backgrounds and smoothly animated characters (even if I’m not a huge fan of the art style used for them). Voice acting is pretty solid for the most part, except for some really bad accents here and there. Music is also great though it can get a bit grating after one too many loops. That’s probably just me though, as I have a hard time listening to saxophone and similar instruments for long stretches of time. Not great position to be in when playing a noir detective story. I can’t say it was my favourite point-and-click played so far but it was enjoyable enough. I’d just like to know where my completely fake memories came from…
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@lath@piefed.social 2026-09-02 16:12
Dunno. Finished Metro Exodus in the weekend and now I’m thinking on where to go next. They added OpenMW and Tamriel Rebuilt on GOG, so I might give Morrowind another go. But I’m not into lengthy endeavors anymore…
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@HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-02 16:49
Finished AC shadows after the DLC has been cracked. Reinstalled RDR2 because I never finished it.
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@mohab@piefed.social 2026-09-02 16:52
This week I’m having a lot of fun unlocking skills in Lost Judgement. Apart from the RPG elements, which I do not mind so far even though I typically do, my only criticism is combat is not challenging enough even though I’m playing on Hard, and I refuse to unlock any damage boosts because I wanna take my time styling on enemies. Too had the highest difficulty isn’t available on first playthrough.
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@strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-09-02 17:05
I’ve been getting excited for Wardogs, the last playtest was working nicely with Linux, but they’ve just started a beta test and have disabled Linux access which is a huge shame. So I’ve been playing ARMA 3 & Reforger with the King of thr Hill mod, this is the inspiration behind Wardogs and it’s really bringing me back those old school FPS days I’m loving it
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@psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2026-09-02 17:05
Monster Hunter Wilds. This is a mix bag of “woah it’s great” and “damn they ruined it” for me. The sound design is weaker for some reason, there’s a lot of ride & talk sessions with the story, and lots of “look at that stuff, just look at it” instead of letting us explore ourself and discovering stuff like World, but then the actual gameplay is great. I like that they actually bring back character from past game instead of just referencing them, making the series feels connected instead of disjointed from each other.
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@NelDel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-09-02 17:13
Ace Combat 7 in VR! It’s so much fun having to track targets by moving my head inside the cockpit is such a unique experience. I’m a way better shot in VR too
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@Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2026-09-02 17:20
Have barely played any games this week, a few hours total if that. I started on Roadwarden, and so far it looks promising. It’s very slow though. It is pretty much just a choose-your-own-adventure book. I’m liking the writing and the world building and setting, but it’s just walls of text upon walls of text. Not at all bad text (in fact it’s quite good), but I have to be in the mood for reading to sit down with it, not gaming. I also played a bit more Wanted: Dead. Still not in love with it but I want to finish it before moving on to a new game. Let’s hope I can. The combat does get a bit better after you unlock most of the skill tree, but I would still not claim it to be good, even though it has its moments. And there are loads of questionable design decisions in there. It’s a very bizarre game in every way.
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@YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2026-09-02 23:59
I’m at the tail end of BotW. I first got it during one of the rare times it goes on sale a few years ago, gave it a few hours and it just wasn’t clicking. But I was determined this time and it’s been fairly pleasurable. I loved twilight princess, and did not like skyward sword at all, but I’ve enjoyed breath of the wild. I might try tears whenever/if ever it goes on sale.
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@the16bitgamer@programming.dev 2026-09-03 02:00
Rounding out my Metroid playthrough with Fusion. Trying to play the classic games on my Anbernic and so far no issues. Even was able to play AM2R
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@lustyargonian@lemmy.zip 2026-09-03 04:15
After having finished Witcher 3 main story for the first time (110 hours, including almost all side activities except Gwent), I thought of giving Cyberpunk 2077 a shot. Then CDPR told how they’re gonna remaster Witcher 3, so I’m going to wait for it to come out before I play the DLCs. CP2077 threw me into a world, much like Witcher 3, where I don’t understand anything at all. There’s so much stimuli all around the world that I was really overwhelmed and hating the dystopian future. But after Act 2, game opened up a bit, and now I’m slowly taking it in and enjoying it. It seems it will be off GamePass this month as well, so I’ll probably buy it as now I do like it a bit. I’m ignoring main quest as usual and only focusing on side quests right now. I collected all Tarot cards for example lol. Apart from that I’m also playing Resonance plague tale legacy, it’s pretty cool. Combat is quite fun, and music is amazing.
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@Quazatron@lemmy.world 2026-09-03 07:49
Reinstalled Control, slowly trying to progress. The story is interesting, the gameplay is hard for me. Tried Tamriel: Rebuilt, a mod for Morrowind. If like to explore the world, but it’s just so damn slow, and the combat is strange too. I guess that is to be expected for such an old game. I think there’s an ongoing project to bring this world to Skyrim, maybe it will be more fun that way for me. Still playing Dark Messiah. I like it.
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@christian@lemmy.ml 2026-09-03 10:07
I recently played through Slice of Sea, which is an adventure game, a bit similar in spirit to the old LucasArts games. I could give a lot of criticism on the gameplay, but it was so artistically captivating that I’d call it worth my time regardless. I got through it in about nine hours without a guide, but I think trying to play it in a couple sittings would be miserable. If you get stuck put it down and come back a couple days later.
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@kossa@feddit.org 2026-09-03 20:54
Playing Rogue Trader. Just arrived in Act 3. ::: Grrrrr I hate games, where you know something is a trap, but you have to trigger it nonetheless to progress. Such surprise, a trap, wow. Now my character lost all her inventory etc. yaddayadda…yawn. That’s so lazy, I hate it. My inventory and character build literally is my whole gaming progress and you strip it away mid-game, even when it’s just temporary?! That’s not fun. Especially if I could see it coming miles ahead. ::: Really slowed my progress, as I did not want to pick up the game, and thinking about ditching it completely, if this part is going to last that much longer.
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@FrugalBlue@discuss.online 2026-09-04 02:06
Modded Fallout 4
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@Rokil@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-04 05:42
I’m trying Into The Breach, the Normal difficulty level feels so hard! I had to launch an easy game just to finish my first island