The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread!

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Envy@fedia.io⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

Hey everyone! I have no power in here, have not checked if anyone has started one of these but I feel like being the change I want to see in the world.

So! What are you playing this week?

I just started off Claire Obscure Expedition 33, and at the same time, have been getting my girlfriend to slowly wean off of Guilty Gear Strive and try out older fighter games like Guilty Gear XX and a more recent one, BlazBlueCrossTag (both to great success)

Also still haven't beat the first major boss of Nightreign, not looking forward to the trashtalk from friends after the nerf because they did it first

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cattywampas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Patient gamer here. Playing Skyrim for the first time and having a blast.

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- Quazatron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’ve sunk nearly 800 hours on it.
  
  Good luck.
  
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- LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Oh nice. Just remember to hydrate and get some sleep. It’s so easy to lose hours to that game!
  
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  - cattywampas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    youtu.be/XOHs183SaWQ
    
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psyspoop@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve primarily been playing Celeste and been enjoying it. I made it to the summit and now I’m going back through and trying to find all the strawberries, cassettes, and crystals without a guide and beat the B-Side levels. It’s kind of a slog though, so I’ll probably resort to using a guide eventually. Other than that I’ve been dabbling a bit with Elden Ring and GTA V and playing stuff like Pizza Possum and Plate Up with my fiancé.

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MycelialMass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
First Witcher, pretty good so far

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- ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  How far are you? I found chapter 2 to be a slog, in particular, but then it picks up right after that.
  
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  - MycelialMass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Lol literally sloging through a swamp in Chapter2
    
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yesman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I just got my favorite game (Sekiro) to run on Linux! It wasn’t hard or anything, just the first time I’ve gotten a Windows game to run.

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- Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Sword Saint is the single most satisfying boss victory I’ve ever experienced, no action game NPC has ever made me feel more like I was being outskilled by an actual person
  
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- sandflavoured@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’m playing Sekiro too! Such a fun game, so satisfying. And also kinda terrifying.
  
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Rinn@awful.systems ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve been trapped in a Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time addiction ever since that came out. I’m a huge fan of the original 3DS game, but it was kinda forgotten by gaming history. And now we have a much bigger and more polished game for more platforms! For those who haven’t heard of it: it’s a bastard child of singleplayer Final Fantasy XIV and Animal Crossing. Very cute and cozy, mercilessly addicting, simulates the experience of having ADHD incredibly well.

This is how it typically goes: you want new furniture for your house. You’re out of a specific kind of wood that’s needed, so you go to a place that has it. On the way there you see an NPC with a quest - some poor farmer is besieged by overgrown carrots, and wants you to kill 10 of them. Might as well, it’s only a slight detour. You kill the carrots, and then help yourself to some more crops on the farm, and get a rare carrot that you need to cook a dish to advance your Chef Life! Better get to that immediately, before you forget. You go back to town and cook the dish. You still don’t have that new furniture you set out to get.

About the only thing I don’t like is that the story quests are less weird than the original game, everything else is a straight upgrade.

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- CXORA@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I loved the first fantasy life. It was such a fantastic game for class mechanic junkies.
  
  Never ended up finishing it though.
  
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- ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Fuck me once I start playing it, I can see I’ll get addicted
  
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catalyst@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am still working my way through Expedition 33. I’m in Act 2 and I’d estimate about half way into that. I’m still absolutely loving it.

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chonomaiwokurae@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Finally started playing Baldur’s Gate 3. Based in impressions from the first 15ish hours, this may be a strong GOAT contender for me.

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- warbond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  15 hours, huh? Have you finished creating your first character yet?
  
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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon

Tried the demo and it hooked me. Great game so far.

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- RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It certainly looks like it would fill the Skyrim void my brain sometimes has! But also new story that I might finish because I hated skyrims one mostly.
  
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  - FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m only in the second zone of the game but there’s a lot to see and do just in the starter dungeon and the game’s first zone. I’m really enjoying it so far.
    
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- Crankenstein@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I want this game so bad. I’ve been itching for a Oblivion-style RPG for ages.
  
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meant2live218@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I just finished playing Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster and have started Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster. I keep checking wikis and forum posts for information, since I hate missing things (especially things that you can’t get back to). I think from here on out (I’m in one of the 3 Scenario Selects) I’ll keep it as blind as I can.

I finally downloaded Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, and think it’s pretty cool. But maybe it’s just because I haven’t played a Metroidvania in 2 years.

Last but not least, I tried the demo for Big Hops after seeing Giant Bomb’s Unfinished video on it. 3D Platformer that feels very good to move around in. Not sure how deep the story will go, or what mechanics they’ll be adding as the game progresses, but it’s been a delight so far.

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- kelpie_returns@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If you ever get the urge to replay FF6, the best version (by far) is the fan hack called Brave New World. It removes countless glitches and bugs while also enhancing the level-up, combat, and magic systems, as well as provides a far deeper and more thoughtful quasi-class system. As someone who has loved this game for 20+ years now, it is very easily the greatest version out there. Def give it a try if you want to see this game re-raised to its fullest potential!
  
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  - meant2live218@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thanks! Would you recommend it for someone’s first playthrough, or only for subsequent replays?
    
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Justdaveisfine@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve been playing this ‘medieval’ mod(s) for RimWorld which basically limits you to medieval tech and has a lot more crafting spaces to make materials for things, like a loom to make cloth or drying racks to make straw or dried meat. Its neat but a little quirky and doesn’t seem well tuned in parts.

I’ve also been convincing people to try out PULSAR: The Lost Colony, which is like a first person Star Trek adventure co-op game. The game gets pretty close to doing cool stuff, and has great moments, but doesn’t quite nail it overall. That’s almost more frustrating to be honest.

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JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
BLUE PRINCE! IT IS SO GOOD!

It’s a puzzle game like Myst, and a puzzle game like a board game sort of. So it has short term and long term puzzles. It’s so good! I’m obsessed.

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- overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Blue Prince was incredible. Any game where you need to keep a physical notepad next to you gets points in my book. If you’ve not played Return of the Obra Dinn I’d rec that for that same experience.
  
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  - JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I did play Obra Dinn! I loved it.
    
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Owlboi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Warframe never betrays me

Still waiting on that Terraria update tho

Replaying Dark Souls for the millionth time aswell

Some osu! on the side

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- Crankenstein@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Good ol Warframe.
  
  Should be the gold standard of free-to-play yet it is still one of its kind.
  
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  - Owlboi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    my favourite success story. finding devs that care about its players in an industry that only cares about profit is truly special. rock and stone brother
    
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- augustus672@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Warframe is my go-to whenever I don’t know what to play. Can always find a mission to jump into or a relic to crack.
  
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swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Just finished playing Morrowind for the first time in decades. Half-tempted to go back and do it all again as a pure mage.

Failing that, I have so many games in my catalogs that I’m not sure where to start. Maybe Portal Revolution, maybe Brütal Legend, or maybe I finally get into the Witcher III. I keep trying to like Ride, but racing games never feel remotely like actually riding or driving a vehicle and I always spend my time in the weeds.

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bitofarambler@crazypeople.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
just started journey to Savage planet, which is a lot of fun.

the humor reminds me a lot of outer worlds and the exploration feels a lot like outer wilds, coincidentally.

I’m having a really good time playing it and will probably check out the sequel when I finish.

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Soggy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Final Fantasy VIII, almost at the end of the third disc. Hot take: this is my favorite PS1 entry in the series (and IX is my second favorite). I’m not going to pretend it’s a perfect game but it takes a lot of chances and I think most of the them pay off.

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theTarrasque@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Oblivion remake, finished thieves guild and dark brotherhood and the crusader questline. Now I am starting the mages guild. Nostalgia hitting hard.

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hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Claire Obscure Expedition 33

Great story, character, gameplay and music. Easy GOTY.

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After 5 tries I finally beat Clea. Also why do we have to fight Lampmaster four times?

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officermike@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
DOOM Dark Ages. I’m about halfway through.

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ISOmorph@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Finally starteed playing Kingdom Come Deliverance 1. A lot of the design decisions in the game are antithetic to my idea of fun. But there’s a healthy mkd community and a handfull of QOL mlds later I’m having an absolute blast

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nfreak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Juggling a lot at once right now.

Been working on platinums/100% for every single RGG game since Feb last year. Currently on Yakuza 2 (HD PS3 port since it actually has trophies but is entirely in Japanese lmao) and Kurohyou 1. Kurohyou 2 and Kenzan are the last games left after these.

Deltarune Ch 3 and 4 are gonna eat up a LOT of time this week and next

Sunk 20 hours into Nightreign, still haven’t beaten the first big boss because matchmaking is a nightmare. Might revisit this when some friends actually want to run it for once idk. Fun game but one bad teammate can fuck the whole run.
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DarkMetatron@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am close to finishing my latest Skyrim mod list, so hopefully I can start playing Skyrim soon.

Until then I play Lunar Silver Star Remake on my Switch.

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braunda89@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Brotato 🥔

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Clair Obscur whenever I actually feel like playing anything. Though I can only take so much of it at once. The story and music? Amazing. The old-school turn based JRPG combat? Even with the dodge and parry mechanics it’s just as thrilling as an older FF game; and I hated the combat in those, too.

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- Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I feel the same. It kind of drags on with the combat and there are sooo many battles between story sequences.
  
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  - Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You can skip some fights by running past enemies, but if you're struggling with combat the best solution is to take some time to optimize your builds. The game incentivizes glass cannon builds where you generally kill mobs before they can even attack. If they can't attack you don't have to worry about dodging/partying. I won't give any build tips, those take too much effort and IMO it's more fun to figure them out yourself. But I will give some tips to make combat easier.
    
    If you have defensive pictos/lumina equipped swap them for damage or AP.
    
    Don't be scared to use color of lumina (for more lumina points) as you can get hundreds of them throughout the game. Trust me, having more lumina equipped will absolutely make the game easier
    
    Also don't be scared to use recoats to respec your characters, you can get plenty of recoats. Try out different skills as some of them are more useful than others.
    
    If you're struggling to strike first in combat equip first strike lumina on all characters. That lumina pretty much becomes mandatory in late game as even with all the speed modifiers stacked you still might not start first.
    
    Also invest points into agility. Agility is the main stat for speed and speed dictates how often you can attack.
    
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  - moody@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It took me a while to figure out how important higher level pictos are for their stat boost. Your base stats become basically irrelevant at one point when you can give a character 500 defense with one picto.
    
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swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve been playing Blue Prince. It’s fun.

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- Crankenstein@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Mixed bag for me. Love the puzzle aspects. Hate the roguelike elements. A lot of the puzzles relying on lucky draws makes testing theories for the more complex things a PitA.
  
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  - Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh look, another day where I barely ever even got rooms that had more than one door, and now that my winding path has hit a dead end all my resources are useless. Next day I guess.
    
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- Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I loved Blue Prince. It’s still putting up a good fight for my personal GOTY despite having just finished and loved Clair Obscur.
  
  Play it, take notes, enjoy it. Games like it don’t come along often.
  
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  - swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m working on the letter puzzle related to the pictures right now. Definitely couldn’t remember that without writing it down.
    
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- MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Blue prince is a DEEP HOLE. Just solved my fourth sigil. It is really relaxing to go in play one day, put it down for a couple of days ruminating on what you learned, then pick it back up and play 2 more days.
  
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  - swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh god, what sigils? I don’t think I’ve even gotten to that yet. I’ve opened up the side yard and the mine, and got 3 of the 4 torches lit. There are so many puzzles! I think it’s better to know nothing, though, and discover it along the way.
    
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Quazatron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Finally installed Doom 2016. It’s nice, but the gameplay is not clicking with me.

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- sandflavoured@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I prefer the way Doom 2016 looks and sounds, but Eternal is the more fun game I think.
  
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  - Quazatron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Now that you put it like that, I think what puts me off is all the melee and glory kills. Not my cup of tea. I need my social distancing from hellspawn. That, and the puny amounts of ammo. When I play a boomer shooter, I want to shoot. If I wanted melee, I’d play Mortal Kombat or something.
    
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MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve been addicted to Balatro. And Balatro is addicted to me.

🃏

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- swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Same, been trying for gold stake on all decks. I’m up to purple stake green deck right now, wish me luck!
  
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Emmie@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I actually try to play less, phone less and focus more on drawing, journaling and touching grass

But I finished expedition 33 recently and before that I played some crusader kings 3 lotr mod

E33 turned out to be really long game and I wanted to finish it to see what happens. That resulted in a few days or so of a marathon that has physically and mentally exhausted me

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- mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  E33 turned out to be really long game and I wanted to finish it asap to see what happens. That resulted in a few days or so of a marathon that has physically and mentally exhausted me
  
  Bro. You can’t do that. No one can handle that much feels in such a short span.
  
  OP: WITNESS ME!
  
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  - Emmie@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I was even balancing my weed consumption so that I am not stoned too much to get less immersion but just right to maximise the feelings.
    
    I love I love I love when games hit me in the feels hard as a truck. Just hit me you know, well
    
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eezeebee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Remnant 2. I have no idea what’s going on, but I’m having a good time. The systems are pretty complex and unexplained so I just equip things that seem cool. So far so good! Thanks to other players joining my game I’ve been able to solve the puzzles, which honestly I would have had to lookup solutions for if I were only playing solo.

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ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If you get any kind of consistency, you should reach out to the mods and get it added to the sidebar. I like having a thread like this in a gaming community.

I’ve been playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance in anticipation of the sequel, which I already bought. I feel like I never know when the next opportunity to do side quests will be, so I found a good break in the story around main story quest 8-ish, and I’m just doing those for a while. The first couple of missions set some false expectations for what this game is and what you’ll have to put up with, but it becomes much more straight forward after that.

I’ve also been going through the Borderlands games ahead of that series’ sequel, and I just got to Borderlands 3. Man, that game feels great to play. It’s been interesting to play through these games so rapid fire, because whatever my criticism was of the previous game, the developers also knew about it and addressed it in the next game. I hear the writing takes a turn for the worst in this game, but the first few hours are more than tolerable so far.

And for quicker sessions, I’ve also been playing through Devil May Cry 4. I started playing through these games back when Hi-Fi Rush completely floored me, and then some other games came out, and I put DMC4 down for a while. Now that I picked it up again, it’s still great, but I’m not really sure what to do with Nero’s revving mechanic.

Why are you trying to wean your girlfriend off of Strive? I love me some +R too, but both of those games are great!

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Mini_Moonpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m playing Oblivion Remaster. I never played it before, so I don’t have any nostalgia for it. But, its the first Bethesda game I’ve tried that has actually grabbed me. It’s just super charming and immersive to me. All I have left for my current character is the main quest and the Shivering Isles. I didn’t do all the guilds or explore everything - I’m saving some stuff to do on my next character that I’m already planning.

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