What games are you playing now?

[FuriousDemon]

Playing through Ghost of Tsushima and it’s a pretty good game. Decent story so far, good voice acting overall, enjoying the combat system, and it has good visuals, considering it launched on PS4. It’s not perfect though, as some quests are really not very interesting and a lot of the come down to “clear out this village of mongols”. One of the legendary armor quests has you do that 8 times all to complete one quest, which gets really repetitive and tiring. I’d say the game makes a great first impression but goes from “great” to “good” as you progress. Still on Act 2, so it may end up getting better again. Overall, maybe it was a little bit overhyped, but it is a good game and worth a buy.

Now one game that does not make a good first impression that I’ve just tried is Death Stranding. I’m on episode 2 right now, and I’m really not excited to keep playing. The story, which is probably the least of its problems, is typical Kojima with tons of exposition and constant cutscenes, weird lore and millions of acronyms. I used to like his stuff in my early 20s but I think nowadays I’m not as excited about it. Even ignoring all the typical weirdness, it is not something that makes me care about playing the game yet. Maybe that’s the point as it seems like Sam is of the same opinion, but still, not a great impression. Still, if the gameplay was great, it’s not a showstopper. However, so far it feels like fetch quests dialed up to a 1000. Absolutely mind numbingly boring. I did hear that it gets better after episode 2, so I’m still trying, but it’s just really, really boring at this point. Not only that, but I think the UI design and the way the information is pitched to you is also bad. So yeah, if this game is supposed to make you care about Sam’s quest it does a terrible job of it in the first 6-7 hours. I almost fell asleep at some point.

 

[Chris30]

My cousin has an old ps2. I'm going to play at his house for a while on there, he has 64 games total. I'm gonna play Asteroids. Remember that classic shooting game?

 

[Sprite]

I’ve been playing some Slowroads (online version) and some Pro Golf on the iPad.

 

[CMGMS]

I want to write house flipper 2 here, but there is no discount yet. If you had bought it, I would have written here saying I've been playing for 2 months

 

[TypeRDC5]

EA WRC - Took me a while but I finally bought the game for very cheap and it's a great rally game, screen tearing can be awful on some stages though which makes already a tough game with tight stages even harder, that's my only con.

The sims 1 - i'm a teenager again and loving every minute of it, I can see me putting in hundreds of hours in this game. Nostalgia overload.

 

[Nacho Libre]

This weekend I'm finishing Dungeons of Hinterberg. If you are weary of the action RPG tropes these days, give this charming indie a try.

And I finished it. A clever premise done right where the engaging narrative is supported by solid and fun gameplay. It has the perfect length (15-20 hours, more if you are a completist) and the difficulty is never too high or low, just right. The visuals have a pop art aesthetic that is quite charming, and the music is pretty good too. A 9/10 IMO and the third game I finish this year!

 

[Chris30]

I'm fixing to play Syphon Filter 2 on the ps2. Crazy game with a lot of R-rated action.

 

[Nacho Libre]

I finished another game today: Banishers Ghosts of New Eden, which I had paused near the end. It's a fine action RPG with excellent all-around production values (I wish we had a modern Castlevania that looks and sounds like this). It felt longer than the almost 33 hours it took me, and I probably didn't explore 30% of the world, so there is a reason to come back in the future and get the other possible ending. My rating is 8/10.

4 games finished out of the backlog this year, and maybe it's time to download God of War (PC) which I picked from a Steam sale. Yes, another action RPG-ish game.