What are you nerds playing this weekend?

Finally finished Persona 5 Royal (127 hours, sheesh!) - game was solid, and, while I enjoyed the Royal additions, the added Third Semester content felt a little forced.

Starting up FF VII Rebirth on the PS5 Pro; It's looking and playing great on the new hardware. I played the demo areas on OG PS5 and was put off by its blurry visuals in performance mode, but the new graphics mode on PS5 Pro is great and it feels like Forbidden West's '40 fps' mode (in terms of texture quality and smoothness).
 
Picked up Helldivers 2 to play with my 15yo. Also some NMS since they dropped the Normandy Frigate expedition again. I missed that one originally.
 
Played some Märchen Forest yesterday. It's a cute little game. First chapter is a bit long, bit grindy, not sure I'll need what they pushed that much, but we'll see in chapter two.
 
Well Dragon Age thread seems to have been deleted but I spent a bunch of time actually playing the game and thus far it is not bad at all. I think it has a slow burn quality to it and now with more powers and me understanding the mechanics plus ability to pause game to give commands to my team mates, it is becoming fun. Seems to be same as Andromeda with around 7/10 type rating.
 
Finally got through Dead Island and Riptide Definitive Editions, not really that much different except better optimized for 4k and prettier.
Now I'm playing through Dead Island 2 for the first time.

It is definitely different than the OG in many ways and very linear.
I do not like the combat, all weapons feel weak af. Maybe it's because I'm only 2hrs in, but it just doesn't have the feel of the first one. Cracking skulls just isn't as satisfying for some reason.
It all just feels disconnected.

The graphics are pretty good. I'm playing @ 4k Ultra everything without FSR2 and I avg 72-75fps. I get major screen tearing when I turn quickly and during cutscenes, and some initial load hitches when entering a new area. Other than that it's ok so far I guess, glad I got it cheap months ago.
 
Just completed Return to Castle Wolfenstein on my MacBook Pro 14" using the Mac Source Port. Great game and it ran perfectly. First game I've played on my Mac.
 
TheHig said:
Picked up Helldivers 2 to play with my 15yo. Also some NMS since they dropped the Normandy Frigate expedition again. I missed that one originally.
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I've been back in NMS too for the last two expedition redux versions. The millenium falcon ship is awesome from the previous expedition and the ME Normandy frigate is nice on the current one. Nice, quick fun 8-10 hour journeys thru the game.
 
Call of doody
Failguard
Stalker 2 (maybe)
Outlaws sides (maybe)
Ff 16 (maybe)
HFW (maybe)
Banishers (maybe)
Alan Wake 2 DLC
 
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Setting up my rig for creating content for MSFS2024. I need to update COD6 overnight (ludicrous update size) MSFS is amazing... just saying
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Played a bunch of Timberborn. I was playing it safe, so I went through something like 20 cycles with <40 beavers. GoG version seems to be missing some recent updates, but maybe that yt series I watch uses some mods or is on the beta channel version from steam. 🤷‍♂️

Played some Momodora too. iirc last time it was nearly unplayable, but this time it was smooth as butter. Enemies are brutal and unforgiving, gotta bring your A-game if you want to get anywhere in this game.
 
I picked it up on sale and tried really hard to get into RDR2 this weekend, hoping it would be a banger that I'd play through the holiday. I had to delete it and gave up. It was SO boring. I'm starting to think that I have weird tastes - another game everyone raves about and it just didn't click for me. I'll be controversial on a Monday and you all can make fun of my bad taste.

Ahem... Games I didn't enjoy but everyone says I'm crazy:
RDR2
GTA
The Outer Wilds
The horizon games with Alloy
The FF7 remakes
Minecraft
Assassins creed
Call of duty
Breath of the wild
Resident evil 4
Undertale
Witcher

Sigh - I know. I'm handing in my gamer card and I'll go peacefully into the straight jacket ;)

I think I'll go back to factorio and conquer Aquilo. I also picked up LOTR shadow of war in the last steam sale - I liked the first one shadow of mordor quite a lot - hopefully the sequel lives up.
 
Kongar said:
I picked it up on sale and tried really hard to get into RDR2 this weekend, hoping it would be a banger that I'd play through the holiday. I had to delete it and gave up. It was SO boring. I'm starting to think that I have weird tastes - another game everyone raves about and it just didn't click for me. I'll be controversial on a Monday and you all can make fun of my bad taste.
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eh you're not wrong. I'd say Red Dead II is really only good on PC with mods, otherwise it is pretty much unbearable to play. I persevered through it because I liked the premise of it, and it has some of the best atmosphere ever witnessed in a game imo. I mean how many Western type games do we get on pc that are actually worth a damn?
 
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eh you're not wrong. I'd say Red Dead II is really only good on PC with mods, otherwise it is pretty much unbearable to play. I persevered through it because I liked the premise of it, and it has some of the best atmosphere ever witnessed in a game imo. I mean how many Western type games do we get on pc that are actually worth a damn?
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Please give a little more detail on these mods. How did they help with the RDR experience? I didn't care for the gameplay and couldn't get going in that game.
 
^meh no thanks I don't care to get into a discussion about it, srry. but quickly I'll say there are mods that greatly improve the controls, Just do the thing already, or some such shit, I think it called iirc, that let you just press the keys instead of having to hold the damn buttons down to perform actions. I was about to be done with the game very early on just because of that, until I discovered that mod.
 
Kongar said:
I picked it up on sale and tried really hard to get into RDR2 this weekend, hoping it would be a banger that I'd play through the holiday. I had to delete it and gave up. It was SO boring. I'm starting to think that I have weird tastes - another game everyone raves about and it just didn't click for me. I'll be controversial on a Monday and you all can make fun of my bad taste.
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It didn't click for me either. RDR2 is probably the most overrated game I've ever played in my opinion. I spent the entire 40+ hours waiting for this so-called 10/10 masterpiece to happen, but it never did. Hugely disappointing game, especially since I liked RDR1.
 
pendragon1 said:
after the first hour it picks up...
(rdr2)
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CaptainClueless said:
It didn't click for me either. RDR2 is probably the most overrated game I've ever played in my opinion. I spent the entire 40+ hours waiting for this so-called 10/10 masterpiece to happen, but it never did. Hugely disappointing game, especially since I liked RDR1.
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I made it past chapter one (the snowy start), and then started goofing around in that first town and I just... didn't care. Maybe I didn't play long enough but meh - I've moved on.

GoldenTiger said:
Outer worlds, or wilds, do you mean?

Games nowadays take some time to get going, it's not like the old days where it's fun from moment one.
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Outer Wilds - the one where the solar system blows up every 20 minutes and you slowly figure out what you need to do to win. It's like overwhemingly positively reviewed. I finished it and thought the entire thing was a repetitive slog.

I fired up hogwarts legacy last night - I read the books and watched the movies. I'm not a huge HP nut or anything - but the video game is immediately interesting. I think I'll give that a go through (with some factorio on the side).
 
Recently got back into gaming so have been easing in, playing call of duty, minecraft, and gta lol. Expanding horizons soon.
 
Kongar said:
Outer Wilds - the one where the solar system blows up every 20 minutes and you slowly figure out what you need to do to win. It's like overwhemingly positively reviewed. I finished it and thought the entire thing was a repetitive slog.
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Hopefully I don't think the same of it. I was about to play it soon :(. Thanks for clarifying. I see those two mixed up a lot!
 
Black Ops 6 campaign. Crashes randomly every 40 or so minutes, even when paused. Not sure if it is a Game Pass issue. The Xbox app itself freezes when minimizing half the time. What a shitty piece of software. For free its okay, but I can't believe people pay to rent games on this shitty service when you can buy them for just a bit more and not deal with the instability.

This game is so crash happy, not sure how this shit made it out the door. If I could get my hands on the guy who said this needed to be released as is, I would punch his fucking teeth out.
 
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Flogger23m said:
Black Ops 6 campaign. Crashes randomly every 40 or so minutes, even when paused. Not sure if it is a Game Pass issue. The Xbox app itself freezes when minimizing half the time. What a shitty piece of software. For free its okay, but I can't believe people pay to rent games on this shitty service when you can buy them for just a bit more and not deal with the instability.

This game is so crash happy, not sure how this shit made it out the door. If I could get my hands on the guy who said this needed to be released as is, I would punch his fucking teeth out.
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What makes you think it's gamepass causing the crashing? Are you overclocked and/or undervolted? Have you troubleshooted at all? Ignore me if this is a known issue. :)

Also, $70 a pop for games multiple times per year is more expensive than playing a couple per year on gamepass at sub-$10 a month on deals.
 
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Black Ops 6 campaign. Crashes randomly every 40 or so minutes, even when paused. Not sure if it is a Game Pass issue. The Xbox app itself freezes when minimizing half the time. What a shitty piece of software. For free its okay, but I can't believe people pay to rent games on this shitty service when you can buy them for just a bit more and not deal with the instability.

This game is so crash happy, not sure how this shit made it out the door. If I could get my hands on the guy who said this needed to be released as is, I would punch his fucking teeth out.
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Plays fine for me. I think I finished half the campaign or something in one sitting.
 
Flogger23m said:
Black Ops 6 campaign. Crashes randomly every 40 or so minutes, even when paused. Not sure if it is a Game Pass issue. The Xbox app itself freezes when minimizing half the time. What a shitty piece of software. For free its okay, but I can't believe people pay to rent games on this shitty service when you can buy them for just a bit more and not deal with the instability.

This game is so crash happy, not sure how this shit made it out the door. If I could get my hands on the guy who said this needed to be released as is, I would punch his fucking teeth out.
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27 hours on the Game Pass version here without a single crash. They love to gimp Game Pass with outdated buggy builds of games (The Ascent and Frostpunk 2 being standouts in my mind), but there's no way they'd let that happen with Call of Doody. It's their big money maker.
 
CaptainClueless said:
27 hours on the Game Pass version here without a single crash. They love to gimp Game Pass with outdated buggy builds of games (The Ascent and Frostpunk 2 being standouts in my mind), but there's no way they'd let that happen with Call of Doody. It's their big money maker.
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COD is also a first-party game to Microsoft, now, unlike The Ascent, Frostpunk 2, or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (which is also having issues on Xbox App currently).
 
GoldenTiger said:
What makes you think it's gamepass causing the crashing? Are you overclocked and/or undervolted? Have you troubleshooted at all? Ignore me if this is a known issue. :)

Also, $70 a pop for games multiple times per year is more expensive than playing a couple per year on gamepass at sub-$10 a month on deals.
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The multiplayer is 100% fine, over the 4 or so hours I played. The campaign is having issues. I think it may be related to game pass/Xbox app itself seemingly freezes randomly and kicks me out of the game. Could even be the DRM having issues with Xbox app/game pass.

I know this is a common issue for the CoD games though. They seem to fix it after a few months. MW2 and MW3 had the same issues. Eventually the crashes went away as they patched those games.

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27 hours on the Game Pass version here without a single crash. They love to gimp Game Pass with outdated buggy builds of games (The Ascent and Frostpunk 2 being standouts in my mind), but there's no way they'd let that happen with Call of Doody. It's their big money maker.
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I have to assume, general incompetence/instability.

Finally, I was able to finish the campaign. Probably had 7-8 crashes. Some of the missions were just lame. Thankfully checkpoint saves are frequent. I still hate the CoD HQ. You launch a game, which then makes you select a game to launch, and it exits, then launches the game. Xbox GP version takes an extra 12-16 seconds to launch the initial HQ area to.
 
Went back to an old game this weekend, Rise of the Dragon (1990).

The game also came out on the Sega CD, which included full voice acting. Unfortunately, the voice acting never made it back to the PC version.

It was a pet project of mine this year to implement the Sega CD voices into the game.

I initially got it working somewhat in the original DOS version, though it meant I had to do some manipulation to the music, as on the original Sound Blaster, digital audio shares channels with FM Synthesis as well as MIDI, and the game was never designed with digital audio. Plus, you had to play in Sound Blaster mode and couldn't use the Roland MT-32 for music. Now, someone put in a hack to allow both, but it really didn't work, as in, you had access to both but could still only use one or the other.

The Dynamix Game Development System finally got implemented (somewhat) into ScummVM, and that removed many issues that I had implementing it in the original system. Finally, MT-32 music and digital audio. I did have to fix some ScummVM bugs, though I didn't correct all the issues that plagued the game. But the issues are fairly minor and was able to complete the full game with VGA graphics, MT-32 music, and Sega CD voices, so the best of all worlds.
 
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Played through Remnant From the Ashes and Remnant 2 so far this weekend. I had bought Remnant 2 last year, played about 2 hours, got my ass clobbered repeatedly by a boss, and never launched it again. Not sure why I didn't get into it last year, but I was absolutely hooked this time and plowed through both games back to back in a couple 8-10+ hour sessions. I really enjoyed both, but the second improved upon the first in pretty much every way imaginable. Easily dozens if not hundreds of hours of content here if replaying single player games is your thing.

Now I'm back to staring at my enormous backlog with decision paralysis. My plan is to knock out as many short ones as possible to get the size of the list down, but that hasn't made picking the next one to play any easier.
 
CaptainClueless said:
Played through Remnant From the Ashes and Remnant 2 so far this weekend. I had bought Remnant 2 last year, played about 2 hours, got my ass clobbered repeatedly by a boss, and never launched it again. Not sure why I didn't get into it last year, but I was absolutely hooked this time and plowed through both games back to back in a couple 8-10+ hour sessions. I really enjoyed both, but the second improved upon the first in pretty much every way imaginable. Easily dozens if not hundreds of hours of content here if replaying single player games is your thing.

Now I'm back to staring at my enormous backlog with decision paralysis. My plan is to knock out as many short ones as possible to get the size of the list down, but that hasn't made picking the next one to play any easier.
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Steam has a "Play Next" shelf on the main page of your library that makes suggestions. Perhaps utilize that. There are game pickers out there, but I wouldn't trust them if they want you to sign in with your Steam account. The calculator on SteamDB lets you look up an account without the need to sign in, and it has a random game picker at the bottom of the page when you do.

https://steamdb.info/calculator/
 
I finally got around to getting through God of War (2018) I took two previous attempts at it and would get side tracked.

Finished yesterday evening, very good play on some norse mythology. Looking forward to Ragnarok.
 
Really jamming on Mad Max. An older game from 2015, a skosh repetitive, but pretty fun burning rubber across a wasteland ramming cars, fighting gangs, and gearing up to fight Scrotus.

If you like the Arkham games with respect to fist fighting, driving, and car mods then you'll most likely dig this.


View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/234140/Mad_Max/
 
Starfield with the latest update. DLC last battle was insanely intense. Character died way more than expected.

Mixed in Forge of Empires and Treasure of Nadia as well.
 
a few things, while testing new avr's atmos/dtsx.
rdr/rdr2, shadow of the tomb raider, forza MS/H4/H5, hogwarts, GotG. didnt play them for long though, other than a few rounds in pga 2k23. pretty happy with the new setup, once i got all the kinks worked out...
 
Armenius said:
Steam has a "Play Next" shelf on the main page of your library that makes suggestions. Perhaps utilize that. There are game pickers out there, but I wouldn't trust them if they want you to sign in with your Steam account. The calculator on SteamDB lets you look up an account without the need to sign in, and it has a random game picker at the bottom of the page when you do.

https://steamdb.info/calculator/
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Never realized there was a home page on the library, neat.
Of course Steam is recommending me all of the 50+ hour long RPGs I'm procrastinating on. Maybe it's a sign.
 
Been Playing Stalker 2 but might jump back to Diablo IV for a bit as I just picked up the Expansion on sale. Decided to utilize the Eternal realm free level 50 boost to start the expansion pack as a spiritborn character vs. running with my seasonal primary I used to complete the base story.
 
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