InEnduringGrowStrongMonthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?
I’ve been playing Minecraft for the first time.
Yup.
Idk why I hadn’t, probably just the timing with my life when it came out I guess.
I’m a big fan of legos so that’s not too far.
I’m playing it vaguely like Deep Rock Galactic, although even a diamond sword pales compared to a minigun or flamer.
Yup.
Idk why I hadn’t, probably just the timing with my life when it came out I guess.
I’m a big fan of legos so that’s not too far.
I’m playing it vaguely like Deep Rock Galactic, although even a diamond sword pales compared to a minigun or flamer.
moreeniOhhhh, you are going to have a lot of great time. My favourite thing is building something in Survival mode. Anything looks better after you’ve put so much effort into creating it
If you are playing the Java edition of Minecraft there may be a mod that adds what you are looking for.
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Just started The Outer Worlds, which I got free on EGS during the holiday.
I love the aesthetics and voice acting. The movement feels a bit floaty, but it’s alright. At least the configuration of the controls is intuitive.
I know some people who’ve played it. Some say they really enjoyed it, while others said it was rather bland. I’m really enjoying it so far, but I’m not too far in. It seems like a game where I could get caught up in the side quests without ever advancing in the main quest.
I loved it when I played it, but that was before I had played any Mass Effect games. Now that I’ve played Mass Effect, I don’t know that I would have liked Outer Worlds as much as I did. I wouldn’t be surpised if that’s where the differing opinions come from: those who’ve played Mass Effect vs those that haven’t.
I’m in luck then because I never could get Mass Effect to create saves on my PC for some reason.
kurcatoviumI played ME1 years ago. It was decent overall, but I would hardly call it exceptional.
I remember a little. Just that story was mostly good, main quests okayish, side quests mostly terrible and repetitive. It always felt like cheap knock off of KotOR (cheap in content, not presentation).
Everyone was hyping the game so hard I was quite disappointed in the end. So disappointed I haven’t even started ME2 despite having it in library. And it probably won’t ever happen, especially when I discovered they ditched the bare minimum RPG elements ME1 had.
DARbarianJust finished Doom 2016 the other day. What an absolute fucking blast. I have not had that much pure stupid unadulterated fun in a video game in a long time. If Doom Eternal didn’t exist, I would not hesitate to replay Doom 2016 on a harder difficulty just to keep jamming to the soundtrack if nothing else. RIP & TEAR
I agree! That game is just pure fun!
I’m not sure why I didn’t feel quite the same about Eternal.
I still haven’t figured out what it is about Eternal that didn’t grab me as much as 2016.
Eternal’s difficulty comes from how many guys it throws at you. Sometimes I just felt like I just made it through a tough battle only for a second or third wave of enemies to show up. It’s like Doom turned up to 11, but 10 was already plenty for me.
smort7 is enough for me lol. I enjoyed it, but I couldn’t do it anymore after about 5 hours
Too much thinking for my liking. You need to juggle all the different weapons that are most effective on so and so otherwise you’re fucked.
Also a lot more storytelling, which was… fine? But, rereading my negative vote on Steam, was told using the worst possible UX/UI.
I recall feeling like they had this perfect game, but then somehow, someone decided to hand it over to Bethesda for a last pass because, no, it’s too simple.
I recall feeling like they had this perfect game, but then somehow, someone decided to hand it over to Bethesda for a last pass because, no, it’s too simple.
DOOM 2016 is quite literally a blast. Mick Gordon’s work on the soundtrack is stellar.
I can’t think of another non-cinematic video game that made me turn out all the lights and crank the stereo to 11 everytime lmao I cannot wait for Eternal
kratoz29I remember I enjoyed a lot this game in my PS4 and after I hacked my Switch I kinda wanted to try this ‘amazing’ port, even when it is surprising what they achieved with this it kinda hurts my eyes to play it there (especially in handheld mode if I remember correctly).
Recently I knew about Reverse NX and I think that might help to increase the resolution of the game tricking it to be in docked mode while the console is in handheld mode… I think that is my next “project” as I left the game unfinished.
Eternal made it really difficult to go back, everything feels so slow afterwards.
Idk if I just don’t play enough newer games, but Doom 2016 felt so fast-paced to me
Eternal is a lot faster, once you get used to it the original will feel like a tutorial.
Éternal doesn’t have the arcade mode though. That was such a blast. Also they complexified everything, which really broke my balls. Doom 2016 really was the peek.
I find DOOM 2016 too simple, even the 10 hour run time starts to drag when every single fight is just strafe and shoot.
I still think it’s a great game but Eternal is on a whole other level.
🏳️⚧️-🇵🇸 TGhost [She/Her]Nier automata, took the prequel too,
That’s really good shit.
Good “chilling” vibes.
Honestly, best series of all time. Came in blind and really fell down the rabbit hole.
Oh yeah, I’m not even in the mid game, but I’m on the hype for sure.
And I’m a keyboard addict playing it with controller (I tried just the first time with KB… XD). For now this is the only weakness I see.
I wish I was prepared for one of the game mechanics though. I won’t say more but it a chore for me, personally. It is amazing how much fans respect the game though it is hard to stumble on spoilers after all these years!
Nier games are day one purchases for me. One of my favourite series.
I recently finished the story of God of War (2018), it was on sale for $25 in the steam winter sale so I said why not.
It’s pretty fun. The combat feels great, the story and acting is extremely compelling, and it looks really good too.
After finishing that one, I decided to go back and try to finish Horizon: Zero Dawn, and that ones kinda fun. The acting and story aren’t nearly as interesting or good, but the machine combat can be kinda fun, and I’ve been treating it like a hunting game.
Zero Dawn’s story got interesting to me part way through.
One of the only games I’ve read/listened to all the lore books/tapes.
One of the only games I’ve read/listened to all the lore books/tapes.
I‘m mainly playing Black Ops III Zombies, Spiral Knights, DOOM (2016) multiplayer, and Genshin right now.
Out of these I can recommend DOOM the most, it does have notorious cheaters though that nobody‘s banning. You‘ll know once you get oneshot by guns you shouldn‘t get oneshot by.
Black Ops is fun but ridiculously expensive for its age. Spiral Knights is fun if you have friends to play with cause it‘s pretty dead. Genshin‘s Genshin.
I’m perpetually playing Deep Rock Galactic, Halo MCC, and Team Fortress 2, but besides those, here are some other games I played in the last 30 days:
Desktop (Pop!_OS)
- CarX Drift Racing Online (2017) - way more difficult than I expected, but fun once you get the hang of it
- Hylics 2 (2020) - incredible art and soundtrack
- Landfall Archives (free - 2023) - nice collection of demos from one of my favorite indie dev studios
- Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) - went back and played with some friends, still awesome
- MUCK (free - 2021) - tried this out with a few friends, very fun
- Outlast (2013) - finally completed this classic and loved it
- POSTAL 2 (2003) - not a game I’d recommend to everyone, but if you’re the type of person who would enjoy this type of humor, then you’ll really enjoy it
Steam Deck
- American Truck Simulator (2016) - nice game to chill out to
- Finding Paradise (2017) - incredible story
- Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2021) - also a nice game to chill out to, but some levels are a lot more difficult than expected (not a bad thing)
- Vampire Survivors (2022) - I am so addicted please help
CALIGVLAI was playing a lot of WWF No Mercy recently. Absolutely a gem of a game, it’s very fun despite the wonky N64 control scheme. Kid me would’ve probably loved this game back in the day, but alas.
Annoyed_🦀 Finished the Metro series, i played the first two years ago and playing it again now is still so good! The story is engaging and i love the setting, gameplay might be dated but it still work.
Then there’s Exodus, if the first two is a roller coaster, then Exodus is a 20 hours road trip, sometime it’s interesting, sometime it’s boring. It’s a downgrade from the linear story telling of the first two games, with 6 chapter split into 3 linear, 2 open world and 1 semi-open world. The open world chapter is basically ubisoft level of boring, with mostly empty landscape and not a lot of interesting thing to see(caspian level are the worst offender), and it takes away the urgency from the story, with character telling you need to hurry but you can just spend a few day cycles wandering without consequences. There’s some story element for the open world chapter that weird me out but i’m not sure how to talk about it without spoiling the story. Artyom being a silent protagonist this time makes it feels like he’s a mute, everyone have sooooo many thing to say but artyom is just sitting there quietly it just felt weird.
On the plus side, the linear level is all fantastic, with the final chapter bringing the game back to form, back to what Metro is really about. It just too bad half of the game just isn’t as interesting.
I’ve had the second game in my library for years but haven’t got around to it yet. I really should.
ZephrCI’ve been replaying Subnautica. It feels like a completely different game the second time around, but still fun. Plus they’ve got it running much better now than it was on launch.
Had a blast playing Subnautica last year.
I then waited to start playing Subnautica: Below Zero on the Steamdeck while on a flight for a work trip and that was a great experience.
The story hadn’t gripped me as much though.
Played it for a few weeks, but eventually lost a few days worth of progress when the deck reset and I hadn’t saved in a while so I haven’t gone back to it just yet because I was bummed.
It’s been long enough that I could get back into it without unconsciously trying to retrace my exact steps. Thanks for reminding me about Subnautica.
I’m loving Mindustry recently. It’s fun to see what I can do with the logic system.
It’s especially good on mobile
I’ve just finished Inscryption and it was one of the best gaming experiences i’ve ever had. On the surface it seems like a simple card game but it’s so much more than that. Strongly recommend you play it, don’t look anything up about it.
I bought it along with some other Daniel Mullins games for about 5 bucks total on sale. I almost feel bad cause it’s certainly worth more than that, lol.
I say feel free to look up a walkthrough if you get stuck doing the same thing over and over. The game does change a bit the further you go, so if you’re not seeing “progress,” you’re probably missing something.
[AFK] Mario13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, it’s beautiful!
What a roller coaster of a story. Enjoy!
Yoooo 13 Sentinels
To this day the most unable I've ever been to put down a game. I think I beat it in two days that were fully dedicated to it, even while eating. It's a drug and each hit is a Memento-tier reveal or twist.
What a game
iAmTheTotMonster Hunter Rise. I've been a big MH fan since Tri and have hundreds of hours in each one since then, but for whatever reason, when Rise was announced and came out I just wasn't really excited for them. Partner and I picked it up over winter sale for an all time low thinking, ah at least we won't be too disappointed at this price. Got just as sucked in as previous MHs and am approaching 100 hours right now, lol.
The bitter vets always whine about the newest MH but it ends up being just as good. Not to say there aren’t valid complaints (clutch claw wall ramming is too easy, MH3U underwater hunts felt pretty rough, etc) but I’ve been around since Freedom Unite and I always have a good time.
I will specifically note that Hunting Horn is so much nicer in Rise, wow.
Heh, funny you should say that. My partner plays HH and doesn't love how much they simplified it in Rise, but she's still enjoying it overall.
GadolElohai@InEnduringGrowStrong Apico! Very relaxing game.
Semi-Hemi-DemigodIt's not actually a game, but I spent the weekend migrating a bunch of my Minecraft servers to Docker from standalone boxes. Went surprisingly well.
Now I just need to switch from Infrared to BungeeCord+Geyser.
Containerization really is cool. The problem is that once you start you will get increasingly angry about all the game servers that just will not run that way, like Conan Exiles and Astroneer.
Maybe I should. I have mine starting with systemd, but they’re not containerized, so moving them to another system would be annoying.
brenticusI picked up Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth and have been doing runs now and then. I played the original when it first came out and couldn’t get into it; the years of development seem to have done it a lot of good, feels much more playable than I remember.
mercWith friends:
- Age of Empires 4
- Deep Rock Galactic
On my own:
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- XCOM 2 (a steam sale got me the War of the Chosen, plus some other stuff, for less than $10)
Red Dead Redemption 2. Everyone seems to love this game but I’m still on the fence about it. I feel like I’m spending so much time hunting to not be underweight that I’m not really playing the game. The controls are weird to me and I’m not sure why.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl. A classic, it still has decent graphics that could be improved with mods.
No game beats the level of immersion STALKER series’ atmosphere gives me, especially the first game.
I could replay the trilogy over and over, but there are also tons of mods with unique stories, mechanics and new levels.
Captain PoofterAtomic Heart. DAMN this games good!! I know it won the steam award for visuals, but it feels like no one is playing this thing? I’m a little ways before the end of it, but it’s already rocketed up to the levels of Prey or Titanfall 2 or the bioshocks for me.
The game is definitely interesting, but I just don’t want to support the developer.
I can’t even remember the high seas since steam and non stop sales became a standard. So… Doesn’t Atomic Heart come with denuvo?
Oh! Wow I actually don’t know, I played it off of Game Pass and didn’t even think about it
I’m currently playing Brotato. This game ist 7 months old, but due to its low price (currently 4€) and hardware requirements I bought it.
