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[Aguero9320]

Persona 3 Golden (or whatever it's called).
Starfield Shattered Space
That Hot Wheels game which just appeared on Game Pass and is really good.

 

[Calico345]

Ender Magnolia: Bloom of the Mist is entertaining me. However, I'm hitting that spot that makes me stop playing Metroidvanias. I can't access the spots I'd go to next because I don't have those keys or abilities, and the areas that I can go to are difficult with my current abilities which make me wonder if I missed something.

I might pick a Tank to learn in Marvel Rivals. We'll see how that goes. Games with coworkers are not happening as usual, and teaming with randoms might as well be like teaming with bots since no one talks or has fun together. I also dislike the toxic chat.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins is still fun, albeit a bit too formulaic and padded. I got the Wheels weapon but it seems more annoying and troublesome than it's worth. I'm sticking to my Spear for now. I am still focused on getting the Staff.

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. I play in short bursts. I love the action, I love ninjas, but man the camera is awful in these games. I do hope that Ninja Gaiden 4 fixes that.

 

[Redeeming Casualty]

I have been playing a few games right now. I've been playing a lot of these on my Switch.

Fire Emblem Engage has been a fun and interesting strategy games I didn't think I would like this game because of its visual style at first glance, but giving myself some time to get into the game. I really enjoy the game so far. I love the strategic element of the fights and the placing you have to do on the board or field to complete your missions. The character perma death is so interesting! It makes me think about every move and how to utilize all my units in the best way possible. Also its nice to have these characters talk so I can get to know. I know when I lose a unit in a fight a part of me feels awful for getting members of my squad killed and makes think how I am going to go on about it. First Fire Emblem game and I have really been enjoying it.

Inscription is an interesting little card game. Another game I looked at and thought I wouldn't like. I'm not sure how I feel about roguelite games so far since this is the first one I have really played. I think it can get repetitive, but I think its spooky and uneasy atmosphere make up for it. My brain is transfixed on it and the gameplay is tightly designed around the aesthetic of the game and the world. I need to dive more into it but I keep dying at about the 4th boss. I'm going to make it to the next boss at some point!

Breathe of The Wild I just started back up. I was picking up where I left off at on an old save, but decided to start over. I can't even begin to explain how adventure games make me feel and Zelda knows how to enchant my little ass everytime I turn the game on and start it. My new run I just got the glider and heading to Kakariko Village to meet Impa. Six months later and this game is still showing me stuff I didn't know was in the game or I approach my adventuring different then how I originally played it over the summer when I got my switch this last year. The scale of the world that complements the adventuring parts of the game are so magical and the music accompanying the landscape is beautiful. I am excited to start up this new play through.

 

[Roberts]

I've got flu, my brain is a mush so I wanted to play something relatively simple. Decided to go for Eternal Strands and I'm pleasantly surprised. It is indie RPG made by some ex-Bioware people (I think) and Bioware influence is evident, but it also takes some ideas from Zelda games, Shadow of the Colossus and so on. Not open world, but has numerous hubs (sort of like Dragon's Age: Inquisition) that you return to frequently, because sometimes you need to be there during the night or in specific weather conditions (kind of like DeathLoop)

You fight bosses by climbing onto them - some are easy to beat, some take some effort.

I love that half of the world is destructible and using environment helps you fight the baddies. There is a lot of focus on elemental damage so after a longer battle your surroundings can look totally different than at the beginning of the fight.

That said, I don't think this a game for an average Gaffer. While not exactly woke, all the characters in your team (unlike Dragon Age, they don't participate in exploration) are super nice, they never quarrel etc. All the dialogue options are devoid of any nasty remarks. I'm fine with that as I really felt like playing something relatively simple from dramatic/narrative pov.

 

[Duchess]

Sea of Stars
Wow, this is rather charming. Got real good PS1 era vibes off this one. Difficulty seems about right, too. Passed the first major boss, and enjoying it quite a lot.

 

[midasmulligan]

Btw, I'm running Arma on PS5 Pro in Performance mode.

As far as I've noticed, the onscreen frame counter shows ~59fps on average (and good servers 20-30ms ping).
Framerate might dip during heavy fights or something, but haven't ran into those yet, and didn't notice any major framedrops during some skirmishes or whatever.

Any screen tearing on Pro?

 

[FoxMcChief]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Silent Hill 2 Remake

 

[Celcius]

Just finished FF7 Rebirth. Will start the Ninja Gaiden 2 Remake on Saturday.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Mass Effect 3.

Somehow, we went from this...

...to this:

Whoever thought of turning the faceless AI into a hot robot chick deserved a raise.

We need to make gaming great again.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Any screen tearing on Pro?

All the time.

 

[DragoonKain]

Beat Ender Magnolia. Liked it a lot. Not sure if I liked it more than Lilies, it's close. There's a true ending which I got that requires you to collect almost everything. Man I love Metroidvanias.

 

[Calico345]

Marvel Rivals went terribly last night. I played Doom Match to practice with a few characters. I can't kill real players for some reason. I guess i cannot adjust to their speed and movement. In Practice I can move around and kill bots, so at least I know WHAT to do, I just can't actually DO IT in a real match. FeelsBadMan

 

[touchfuzzy]

Inscription is an interesting little card game. Another game I looked at and thought I wouldn't like. I'm not sure how I feel about roguelite games so far since this is the first one I have really played. I think it can get repetitive, but I think its spooky and uneasy atmosphere make up for it. My brain is transfixed on it and the gameplay is tightly designed around the aesthetic of the game and the world. I need to dive more into it but I keep dying at about the 4th boss. I'm going to make it to the next boss at some point!

Inscryption also goes completely bananas at a point, there's a lot more to it then what it first presents.