Ask HN: What video games are you playing?
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I've been bouncing between the new Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem: Three Houses on Switch. FE3H in particular has a ton of replayability, and a regular playthrough can provide a fun timesink that doesn't get old.
If you don't like strategy games or how chill, happy, and stop-and-start Animal Crossing is (eg, around 20 mins per day), the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series is a really immersive and difficult (but fair) shooter with RPG elements. It's roughly based on the Roadside Picnic novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and is probably the best shooter (and the best post-apocalyptic game) I've ever played.
There's a free mod called S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly which combines the maps of all three official stalker games and adds a tone of features, quality-of-life changes, and is generally the best version of the franchise on the market (despite being completely free).
Other than that, I'm looking forward to both the Resident Evil 3 remake (the RE2 remake was excellent and the demo of this one seems to be of the same quality) and Final Fantasy 7 remake. It's a bit of a shame that the biggest games to look forward to this year aren't fresh IPs, but the remakes and sequels are high enough quality to still be worth your time.
If you don't like strategy games or how chill, happy, and stop-and-start Animal Crossing is (eg, around 20 mins per day), the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series is a really immersive and difficult (but fair) shooter with RPG elements. It's roughly based on the Roadside Picnic novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and is probably the best shooter (and the best post-apocalyptic game) I've ever played.
There's a free mod called S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly which combines the maps of all three official stalker games and adds a tone of features, quality-of-life changes, and is generally the best version of the franchise on the market (despite being completely free).
Other than that, I'm looking forward to both the Resident Evil 3 remake (the RE2 remake was excellent and the demo of this one seems to be of the same quality) and Final Fantasy 7 remake. It's a bit of a shame that the biggest games to look forward to this year aren't fresh IPs, but the remakes and sequels are high enough quality to still be worth your time.
Pokemon Card GB2. The game is not too bad, although some cards are not implemented (such as stadium cards), and the AI isn't so good (using Defender uselessly (sometimes on cards which I am not attacking anyways), repeatedly using attacks that don't work, drawing too many cards and then complaining of losing due to running out of cards to draw, failing to retreat even when doing so is free, preferring attacking even in situations where defense is necessary, etc).
I play other computer games too, including ZZT, and some of the BSD games, and some free NES/Famicom games (from the NESdev competition; some are pretty good, such as the Gruniozerca series, and I also like We Are Hejickle).
I play other computer games too, including ZZT, and some of the BSD games, and some free NES/Famicom games (from the NESdev competition; some are pretty good, such as the Gruniozerca series, and I also like We Are Hejickle).
I've been playing Warhammer Age of Reckoning and Inferno Wizards.
The Warhammer Age of Reckoning private server is alive and kicking - it's such an engaging time sink. The open world pvp truly captures something unique to the genre.
Inferno Wizards is an interesting multiplayer spell caster battle game.
The Warhammer Age of Reckoning private server is alive and kicking - it's such an engaging time sink. The open world pvp truly captures something unique to the genre.
Inferno Wizards is an interesting multiplayer spell caster battle game.
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. Well, I know what my YouTube viewers want, and much of it includes glitches and challenge runs related to that game. Had a fair few popular videos based around stuff there, like a recent one about how to get infinite Korok seeds via a new glitch.
Other than that, Luigi's Mansion 3 (often the online mode), Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and whatever fan games and mods I feel like playing right now.
Other than that, Luigi's Mansion 3 (often the online mode), Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and whatever fan games and mods I feel like playing right now.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 for PS4. Before this I played FIFA and Rocket League exclusively. My buddy got me into FIFA and then we got tired of playing that and looked for a new game and he suggested CoD:MW. It is my first CoD game since I briefly "played" (couldn't get past the first scene) CoD 3 on XBox.
I seldom play videogames, just too little time to spend that way. However, I am currently playing Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Platformer exploration game where you pick up new skills and progress the story. Previously, the game that I gave time to was Breath of the Wild.
I’ll playing America’s Army Proving Grounds on PS4. When you get a good team that co-operates and communicates it can be a lot of fun,
Lately however, the game is full of young children who’s goal is not co-operation and it is less fun.
Lately however, the game is full of young children who’s goal is not co-operation and it is less fun.
The new Mount and Blade came out yesterday and I played that for a while last night.
Funny enough I managed to find a bug, but the crash reports couldnt be submitted, seemingly because of the Azure issues going on.
Funny enough I managed to find a bug, but the crash reports couldnt be submitted, seemingly because of the Azure issues going on.
Is there Azure issues?
Theres been news the past few days of Azure having a massive increase in traffic thanks to COVID-19 and that prioritization rules were out in place.
Could be completely unrelated though, just convenient timing.
Could be completely unrelated though, just convenient timing.
I picked up Borderlands 2 and its DLC on a recent Steam sale. The gameplay is just fun enough to keep me interested so far, and it runs surprisingly well on my aging laptop with integrated graphics, but by God, do I hate the dialogue and all of the NPCs. I kind of expected it knowing the insufferable Anthony Burch was the lead writer on it, but still… Damn.
Conosle-wise, I've been playing Red Dead Redemption… the first one. I don't have any of the current generation of consoles (unless you count the Wii U) so I've been playing through some older games that I missed. I'll probably give MGSV a try next.
Conosle-wise, I've been playing Red Dead Redemption… the first one. I don't have any of the current generation of consoles (unless you count the Wii U) so I've been playing through some older games that I missed. I'll probably give MGSV a try next.
A lot of One Step from Eden, Dead Cells, and Hades. I've been on a bit of a roguelike kick ever since the quarantine started. One more run...
Im a creature of habit. Civ 5 has been providing me a great deal of fun these past few weeks.
I just got Civ 5 and I don't really get it. It's just so slow.
The slowness of Civ5 is intentional. Take your time. Plan your moves. You'll see the fun of it eventually.
I kind of enjoyed it, but it just took so long. Like any military decisions just took like 15 mins to even get started. There's like a fast mode you can enable?
Resident Evil HD on PS4 and Forza 7 multiplayer once a week with coworkers
Plague Inc
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Anyone want to sell me a Switch?
PUBG (PC)
To boot, there are extensive options for manipulating how the space is projected and the geometry itself.
Really cool stuff!
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