Weekly "What are you playing" Thread || Week of July 9th
Hey all!
Figured we’d try something like this. Let me know what you all think, and if you have any feedback on what you would like a weekly thread like this to look like. Thanks
What are you all playing? Anything you got from the steam sale you’re enjoying?
I’m playing through The Last of Us: Part 2 for the second time. I was inspired by watching HBO’s adaptation, so I played through part one remastered and then started on Part 2 on my PS5. It’s even better this time around as the PS5 60fps patch was released about a week after I first completed it!
Then I’ve got a stack of other large games to get through including Death Stranding and Cyberpunk 2077.
I just finished Call Of Duty Black Ops - Cold War, and it was kind of ¯*(ツ)*/¯. The campaign was short and the story felt kind of patched together - graphically it wa surely top notch, but I guess nothing will ever come close to MW2.
Yeah NGL I loved that game. I obtained it… Maybe not legally so that I wouldn’t give JKR money. But oh man did the kid in me who grew up with those books absolutely love it.
Though… The slytherin dudes plot goes kinda Hog wild.
I just started going through the Resident Evil series with my friends and we’re still on Resident Evil 1 (the 2002 remake), but it’s a blast! I love the atmosphere and how terrifying the crimson heads are.
The gameplay and movement is a bit frustrating but I think that’s the point, and I know later games have easier controls, so I’m just enjoying a historical look at an old game.
I’m really looking forward to seeing/experiencing the different evolutions that RE goes through over time. Not looking forward to Code Veronica though, cuz I know it’s really really hard :(
Yesssss resident evil is one of my favorite series. 4 in particular (both of and the remake) are in my top 5 all time. I hope you have fun! The 2002 remake is one of the best remakes ever made imo
I liked it, it’s certainly an improvement on the first game, but I do kind of miss the snark the first game had that set it apart from other adventure platformers. The characters, especially Raz, seem a lot less, I don’t know, jaded, cynical? I get that they probably had to tone it down a little bit because there was certainly some crap they got past the radar in the first game that probably wouldn’t fly today and they wanted to appeal to a wider (and younger) audience, but it almost makes the returning characters feel less well-rounded than they were. It’s a weird juxtaposition, but I guess some tonal shift is to be expected over 14 years.
Getting pretty deep into FF16, really enjoying it still, the combat seems to be opening up which is making it more fun, will try and do all the side quests before the end, but will see how it goes.
Fire Emblem Three Houses again - So much changes between the 3 different stories in that game, it is so much bigger than I initially realized. When my partner was talking about what happened in their playthrough and it didn’t at all resemble my Golden Deer playthrough I realized I’d have to get back to it one day.
X4 Foundations. The Kingdom End expansion is awesome and I absolutely adore everything Boron. Just yesterday I finally broke the mexican standoff my fleet (and that of the Argon) had with the Xenon. For multiple real life hours, we had our fleets parked menacingly at the respective ends of the jump gates that connect two sectors. I charged through the gate with my entire fleet after the Xenon sent through a large portion of their fighters (which got obliterated by my ships) so only their capital ships were remaining. Had to hit the bed during a short break in the battle, though, so the outcome is still to be determined.
In other news, I’m also playing a lot of The Isle again and having a lotta fun with the new dinos and mechanics that have recently been added/tweaked. I’m positively surprised how chill many deino (crocodiles basically) players are about sharing the rivers with beipis (think penguins but in tropic climate)
Been making my way through totk. I think I enjoyed playing the first one more but it’s still pretty good. I’m stuck at the lost woods though, have no idea what I’m supposed to do. I might have done a main quest early so maybe I just have to progress to that point?
I started replaying Grand Theft Auto V since it was added to GamePass. Aggalos, Sword and Fairy: Together Forever, Tunic, and started replaying The Elder Scrolls Online.
I’ve been playing through Powerwash Simulator on Gamepass recently, among other things. The game has just enough going on to keep you engaged while also being super zen (until you’re trying to find those last 6 things that are only 99% clean agggghhhhhhh). Progress goes at what seems like the perfect rate, you’re never spending long cleaning an individual item, yet there’s so much to clean that you get a pretty good sense of accomplishment from finally finishing a map.
It’s pretty good for playing in the background too during useless wfh meetings while being able to stay fairly attentive
Honestly it’s ADHD heroin. Every little ‘ding’ you get when you finish an item is a dopamine hit, and some jobs feel overwhelming at first but as you get started and work your way up structures, you start making a plan to hash out certain parts and go from bit to bit until suddenly, it’s all clean.
Just make sure to turn down the water noise, because it’s definitely hard to hear anything over PSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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