What are you playing this weekend? 06/16
Hello Everyone!
It's time for this week's, "What are you playing" thread.
I wasn't able to give as much time to gaming as I thought, who knew running a community can take so much time. Even when all members are so great, and I don't have to moderate anything.
I am still playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, mainly focusing on side quests and exploration right now. With so much to explore, this is going to take a long time.
Other than that, me and wife just got NSO Expansion pass, and started the Happy Home Paradise DLC, while resuming our Animal Crossing play-through. Just cleaning the long neglected island, and helping Harv build the shops.
What about all of you? What are you playing?
I never got around to playing Breath of the Wild so the release of ToTK felt like a great time to finally give it a try! Still working my way through veeeery slowly, just about to take on my second divine beast.
Heh, I do that too. With so many games to play, many times I only end up playing the game when it's sequel is announced or released.
BOTW is a great game, no need to rush through for TOTK, it's not going anywhere. Just play at your own pace and enjoy the game.
Almost at the end of the vanilla portion of my 100-hour journey through Persona 5 Royal. That'll leave just the extra semester/true ending left to play before I can finally move on to Tears of the Kingdom, lol. I tend not to play more than one game at a time, especially not really big games like P5R or TotK. Each deserves my full attention or I'd never finish them.
Are you planning to Play Persona 5 Strikers and / or just announced Persona 5 Tactica?
I am right there with you with not playing more than one big game. They do deserve the full attention.
Not Strikers, I have enough musou-style games and I don't need another one. I haven't seen Tactica's trailer yet, but if it's a strategy RPG like Fire Emblem or Triangle Strategy I'll probably get it since that's my favorite genre.
Tactica looks like a tactical game like FE or Triangle Strategy, with chibbi-ish characters. Would like to hear your opinions when you finally see it.
I'm playing Octopath Traveller 2! Just grinding at this point before I start the ending :)
Octopath Traveller is pretty high on my list. I never got around to playing the first one, so want to play it soon, so that I can get ready to play Octopath Traveller 2 in a few months.
Nice! Yeah the second one is way better imo -- a lot of these games involves grinding and they introduced the ability to run combat at double speed. I can no longer play the first one because it feels so painfully slow to me 😅
That is why I want to play the first one first. I have heard the second one improves everything about the game, so going back to the first one will be really tough afterwards.
I'm getting ready for a local Splatoon 3 tournament in Philly this weekend, put together a quick pickup team for it. Also slowly working through Persona 5 Royal, just finished the third palace.
Hey, good luck on the tournament! Oh wait, is it already over? How did it go?
Persona 5 Royal is a looong game. Have fun!
We went 1-2 in the round robin, which I'm plenty satisfied with. Wasn't really expecting to win with a pickup drafted less than a week ago, especially after seeing our first opponents had matching shirts with their team's logo on it. But somehow that was the set we won.
Wow, matching shirts and team's logo. That looks like big leagues.
Congratulations! That isn't a bad result. Are you going to stay with the current team and go for more tournaments?
FF Thearythm & Zelda TOTK on Switch, Baten Kaitos on GC, and Mario & Luigi Superstar saga on GBA (only short games of course :p). Oh and I am also playing Pokemon Stadium 2 on N64 😅.
Jokes aside, I started too many games this time, I am not generally this busy ^^.
This is a test; please ignore.
Heh, I have sometimes done the same thing, but when I do that, I end up not finishing any of them. So, now I prefer to start only one big game.
As I mentioned in the post, I just got NSO Expansion pack, so going to try all of these, but one-by-one, not all at once 😀
Any games that you specially recommend?
BTW sorry about those test replies, I just couldn't reply to your message (or anyone's from kbin.social, finally figured out, have to select English as the language, or it won't post)
Sure no problem!
Indeed, I was following your advice a few years ago, but started to say things like “1 modern game + 1 retro game” is fine, than I added handheld games as category of its own, and that’s how I failed to follow my mantra this year 😅. But it’s very rare I do not finish my games, even if it takes me 4 months playing the same games :).
Mario & Luigi surprised me a lot. I was a bit skeptical about a Mario RPG game, and I enjoy it much more than expected :). Oh and TOTK / FFTheathrythm are games difficult to quit, they are so good 😊.
Yeah, I have gone down that path, and it leads to just confusion. Someone mentioned a dutch word "keuzestress" in another thread, which means "choice anxiety", it describes the problem I face.
I do end pretty much all games though (as long as I am enjoying it), but a game that I could end in week, won't be finished for a few months.
Thanks for the recommendations! Already know about TOTK, but will check the others out.
Oh yeah TLOZ:TOTK is my go to right now. I'm at the point where I can battle Mr demon king but been side questing and all that jazz now first. I wanna go in and just obliterate him, so I'm focusing on getting the rest of the shrines etc beforehand and collecting better armour blah blah blah
I hope the final fight is better than BOTW. Calamity Gannon was kind of anti-climatic boss. Fighting a group of Guardians was tougher than Gannon. 😀
Good luck clearing the game.
Disclaimer I also haven't fought the final boss.
I wouldn't count on the Demon King being a terrible difficult fight. You have to remember that it's a storyline quest, so it has to be achievable by the least common denominator. If you really want a challenge, you should explore the depths under the southwest region of Hyrule Field ;)
You are right, it makes sense.
I actually don't want a very tough fight either, I remember some older games where I wouldn't have any trouble through out the game and then I would get stuck at the final boss. But they have conditioned me to not feel the game has ended until I go through a tough final boss.
I actually did explored those area, but I was mostly running away from things 😀
still tears of the kingdom. before that was a long dry spell for the switch because of the steam deck I got
Switch is a great place for indies... but Steam is even better.
How is Steam Deck's size, looks too big for longer sessions. Is it comfortable?
never had an issue with it. it's ergonomically perfect for me and more comfortable than switch with original joycons. I do often play it docked though.
That's nice. I haven't actually held it, just thought it looked too big from online photos.
Good to know that it's comfortable.
This is me right now. I owe myself do some exploring of the depths and sky islands. Having played BOTW the surface is so familiar that I kinda went quickly around it and probably advanced way too quickly on the main quests. It's time for me to slow down and do the exploration.
I played BOTW at launch, so while I do recognize few places here and there, for me most of the land mass is new, and with the different abilities, and all the caves and wells, there is so much to explore.
Sky islands I have explored least of, and need to focus more on. Specially because there are some things you can only get on Sky islands. 😀
Yes, of course. I need to explore more caves and wells too. And even familiar places have changed. But I feel like I went too fast because, despite the changes, it's still very familiar. It took me no effort to get to the main villages, because I kinda knew how to get there. It felt familiar yet new.
But that familiarity kept me from exploring the new places -and the dangerous places in the surface too-. I want to focus on that now. It's gonna be fun.
I guess sometimes having a bad memory is also a benefit 😀
TOTK still, because once Pikmin 4 comes out I will switch to that
still haven’t even beat a single ‘regional phenomena’ yet… can’t stop myself from randomly exploring, which is honestly my favorite part of botw/totk anyway
@lackthought @slimerancher I did rito village
That's the beauty of the game, you can play it how you like it. By doing the quests, or just exploring, or just going for some specific thing.
Tears
of the Kingdom?
Correct!!! It's sooooo good!!
It is! What a gaaaaame!
I'm bloody addicted mate!
Monster hunter rise was on sale so I might give it try I loved the previous game in the series. I also need to "finish" kenshi at some point
How do you play Monster Hunter? Single player or with friends?
I have been thinking about trying Monster Hunter World with some friends, if there are enough of use who are willing to play it.
I'll probably be playing TotK until Starfield comes out. Though playing TotK makes me want to play other Zelda games so I might try to squeeze in WW or TP.
Starfield is my most anticipated game, but I don't have a PC that can play it (or an Xbox), so won't be able to play on launch. Hope they don't mess it up.
I am also looking for more Zelda, but not going to start anything until I finish TOTK.
Pokémon Scarlet. I’ve got a bunch of the ominous stakes to find still, I was really trying to not use a guide but it’s been a few weeks now. Even with the performance issues I still really enjoy the story.
I also still need to get back to grinding for all the master trainer titles in Pokémon Let’s Go. We’ll see, as I get older it’s harder and harder to finish games at all.
Finding the stakes without a guide is definitely a pain in the ass. But I definitely agree that the game is very fun, even with all the bugs and the performance issues.
Still have the Trial of the Sword quest from BOTW to finish before going to kick sludge Ganon's ass.
Finally I managed to play and not lose interest, which is great, because I was mega hyped when it was announced.
And it is an amazin game (even if I still love A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, and Twilight Princess better)
Are you planning to give tears of a kingdom a shot? I personally loved it as well
Yeah, it's a great game. Personally I liked it more than A link to the Past, but then again, it was kind of my first real Zelda game.
So, as farizer asked, are you going to give Tears of the Kingdom a try? I would recommend to not go into it right away, give it at least a gap of few months so that you don't burn out.
Not gonna play TOTK for a while.
Gonna finish Bloodstained on PC, then I'll think if I go for a small game, or if I buy Dragon Quest XI and play it.
I have almost 140 hours in BOTW, playing TOTK just after it would not make me like the game ahahah
Dragon Quest XI is a great game, specially if you like Dragon Quest or traditional turn based JRPGs. It's a complete opposite of a small game though/.
I finished ToTK, and realised I'd been missing out on some lore, so I'll be playing Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity.
I don't think there is any specific canon lore in Age of Calamity, but it's still a fun game to play with interesting story.
I'm playing Tears of The Kingdom of course. Side from that I'm feeling like playing Persona 4 Golden. My local weather an vibes feel kinda like this game right now, do maybe that will inspire me trip finish it.
Persona 4 Golden is a great game, how far along are you? Or going to start a new play-through?
I think I'm currently a little after Kanji's Midnight Channel. I'll continue from there.
Ah, good luck!
I am still working my way through Tears of the Kingdom. I tend to lose steam on open world games and never end up finishing them. So far I am still motivated to finish this one.
BOTW didn't have a long main quest, and I think TOTK's main quest wouldn't be too long either, so if you are losing interest, just go for the main quest, and at least finish that.
You can always come back for side quests and shrines etc. later.
Finally finished my vanilla Persona 5 playthrough on my PS4 a few weeks back, so last week started my playthrough of Persona 5 Royal, and will likely continue that.
P5 Strikers is on sale this week. Get it now if you think you're going to play it.
I think I grabbed it on PS Plus back when it was free, I'll double check that
Probably some D4 and street fighter 6. Picked up Steins gate elite on sale though so might start that.
Diablo IV and Street Fighter 6 are both great choices.
I've been attempting Etrian Odyssey III on the switch but the controller feels clunky for mapping and the game feels so much more challenging than I remember ~10 years ago? lol.
I think we were used to playing difficult games back then, with all the improvements and changes in game design, the old games feel more difficult than they used to.
Have you tried auto-mapping? Does that make game less clunky? Or does it reduces the enjoyment of the game?
Thanks for the reminder about auto-mapping! I haven't got to try it out. I feel like that will help, I loved mapping on the 3DS but I don't think It'll hinder my enjoyment on the switch.
Do try it, and share your feedback!
nearing the end of the ToTK main story (i think), so i’ve been debating how heavy i want to go into all the side quests. I can’t believe how much this community has grown, you’re crushing it as the mod!
Thanks, it's really appreciated.
The game is huge, and sometimes it's okay to consider the game finished after the main story is done, nothing wrong with that. For instance, I am never going for all the koroks. Even all the shrines aren't necessary, but I'll try to do most of the side-quests. At least that's the plan for now.
i fully agree, but i’m also like 10 hours deep currently into exploring the depths as much as possible lol
lol. Keep going! I am cheering for you!
Same for me. I will keep going with tears. I am 80 hours and I feel like I have barely scratched the surface. There's so much to do.
Also I will play a bit of Pokémon Scarlet to farm the Chesnaught and Donphan paradox forms raids.
Yeah, it seems like it's a minimum of 100 hours game, unless you don't do anything other than the main quest.
I might try to finish Pikmin 3 before 1, 2 and 4 hit!
Well, 1 and 2 are already available on eShop. Unless you are waiting for physical, that isn't out yet, I think.
Yes I'm waiting for the physical release, as I already have 3 in physical, and wanted to have all 4 in my drawer, for some weird reason.
I can understand, once you start collecting, you gotta catch 'em all! 😀
I still haven't finished TotK and a couple of days ago I bought Octopath Traveler 1 & 2! It was a bit of an impulse buy but they were on sale and I've been eager to play them ever since I played the demo of the first one in 2018 I believe, I'm very excited!!
All great choices.
I have heard Octopath Traveler 2 improves on 1 in every way, so better to hold off on that until you have had your fill of 1.
Just gotten Animal Crossing and wanted to play, by curiosity.
For the rest, still moving of Cult of the Lamb, I know it had a lot of updates, but peoples says it's unplayable when you have 25+ fellows, so I'm still playing to get this number of fellows before making a review. For now, it's kinda good (15 fellows).
Animal Crossing is a very fun game... if you like these kinds of game.
About Cult of the Lamb, is that for Switch version or in general?
I play the Switch version. It's supposed to have bad performances but for now, everything is good (12 fellows, 1.2.4).
Let's keep the fingers crossed!
Octopath Traveler 2! Just starting
I still really want to pick that one up! I've been saving the demo for when I feel like I have enough time to really sink my teeth into it so I can get a jump on the story. Maybe next time it goes on sale if I feel like I've finished enough side quests in Zelda.
Did you play the first? It was awesome!
I did! Definitely dug the combat system and the general vibe of the game. I've been stoked for the second, but work and other game releases like Fire Emblem and Zelda has been my priority. I'm a teacher though and my summer kicks off in 3 days, so it's on my list of games for the next couple of months!
I am not playing the second because I want to play the first, and from everything I have heard, second one improves so much on first one, that it's hard to go back after playing the second.
So, going to start the first one soon.
I've been splitting my time mostly between ToTK and Metroid Prime Remaster, feels like a pretty good combo to break things up between. Just finally picked up It Takes Two, so I'll probably see if the wife wants to game with me a bit tonight or tomorrow after she's home from work.
That's a great combination of games. Have fun!
Super Mario Bros U Deluxe with friend, the princess crown powerup is a very stupid edition, why didn't they make it for all characters?
I haven't played Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, I am wondering if I should I get it now, or just leave it and go directly for Wonder.
How's the game with kids or non-gamer SO?
It's probably the most casual friendly game on the system
That's a bad news for my wallet. 😀
TotK now and for the foreseeable future. Must get all the koroks! 
I am not even going for 100% koroks, and yet it still feels like this is the only game I'll be playing for foreseeable future.
There's so much to do!
Recently got Splatoon 3, really fun when I don't get disconnected
How is the network now? I heard disconnection was a common problem in the beginning?
I've only played for a couple of weeks, but I'd say over 50% of games end early because of a player leaving or network errors.
Oh. Isn't there any penalty system for users who leave the game early?
Nintendo really need to improve their network, their games are most troublesome to play online. I regularly have lag when playing Smash, but I can play Brawlhalla without any issue. Same for a few other games.
I'd be playing Zelda: TotK but my wife currently has occupied the lazyboy almost every night for the past month. Thank goodness for Diablo and SF6...
Diablo 4?
Diablo 4 and Street Fighter 6 both are really good games, and very high on my wishlist. With Final Fantasy 16 coming up, it's a jam packed summer this year.
What is your wife playing these days? Assuming she is using the Switch.
We played Pikmin 3 together prior to her picking up Tears of the Kingdom. She is absolutely addicted to whatever she plays, and then doesn't play anything for long spells. Pikmin 4 is right around the corner, so there likely won't be much of a lull between TotK and that. In general, she plays Nintendo stuff on the Switch.
Heh, sounds like my wife, except she is not much of a gamer, and only play very few games, but when she does she gets addicted to them. For instance, I finish a Picross game in about 6-8 months, she finishes it in couple of weeks. Also finished Mario Odyssey and Yoshi's Crafted World much quicker than me.
She's back on Animal Crossing after about more than a year of break, so it's going to be a while before I need to find another game for her. She'll probably jump on next Mario and Yoshi's game, whenever they are out.
I'll probably get a couple hours of totk in this weekend, and that's it. I've got way too much going on outside of gaming this particular weekend lol
Happens to all of us. There'll be enough time for games afterwards.
I'm on my billionth play through of Legends Arceus, but I may give Etrian Odyssey three a try!
I guess there is no point in asking if you liked Legends Arceus, but how do you compare it with Scarlet and Violet?
Also, why Etrian Odyssey three? Why not 1 and 2?
Haha!
So, I love Scarlet and Violet as well, for different reasons. PLA was an excellent story. It felt very complete in terms of what it was. Meanwhile, I'm basically foaming at the mouth over the DLC for S/V. One feels like watching a really good movie and the other feels like watching a really great series, if that makes sense?
As for EO3. It's purely by happenstance. My husband was playing it and I decided to pick it up. :)
Heh, good for you!
I have only played Let's Go Pikachu, and then Sword/Shield. While I enjoyed them both, it didn't make me excited to try PLA or S/V, so skipped them both. I may give the next one they release, a try, but not sure yet. Will decide when they announce it.
I can relate. I don't enjoy every Zelda game or every Final Fantasy game and will skip multiple in a row. The earlier Pokemon games also don't hold my attention very well. My interest was someone piqued by Gen 5 (good story) and I've really enjoyed gens 8 and 9.
I am very curious about what the next gen will bring. I'm eyeing that Persona 5 spin-off too, but it's a series I haven't actually played before, despite its popularity.
Yeah, there are genres and series we love, and will play every game in it, and then there are games we don't care about that much...
If you are interested in Persona, just start with Persona 5 Royal, it's same as Persona 5 but with improvements, and one more semester at the end. But all the spin-offs are different genre, so just because you like the base game doesn't mean you will like the spin-off or vice versa.
That's really good to know! The games do look interesting. I mainly go for character driven stories, but I'm not sure if any of the games really touch on that or not. I really haven't looked into them, but the updated artwork caught my attention during the latest Direct and it got me thinking about the series in general.
Well, Persona 5 is a character driven story, so you should like that part, as for the combat and rest of the gameplay, you can watch some gameplay video to get the general idea.
Persona games are really fun to play. (Mainline games, as mentioned above, spin-offs are usually completely different genre)
Still playing Tears of the Kingdom! I've been playing it nearly every waking moment of free time since it came out and it still feels like there is so much left to explore. I'm at 3 sages and 80 shrines, so I know I'm roughly 75% done, but there are so many discoveries that I just keep tripping over constantly.
3 Sages and around 80 shrines, we are pretty much at the same place. I am hoping this isn't a 75% story wise, hoping for more parts in the main quest after the sage quests.
I'm playing Jack Jeanne, just started the game but I think I'll like it as I've been looking for a visual novel with more interactive elements than story only.
How is it? It look a bit like Persona from the trailer and screenshots.
Cannot afford it until I get paid at the end of the month, but I'm so thrilled about the Etrian Oddysey re-release. Usually I'm not big on re-release, but these games hold a special importance for me as my first dungeon crawlers. If only Nintendo priced things more accessibly. 😔
Not that Nintendo would be any better, but the pricing for Etrian Odyssey is on Atlus. The good news is that if you opt to be patient, Atlus games routinely have a habit of going on pretty good sales since their titles often have niche appeal.
Yes! That's a very good point. I'll probably splurge after getting paid, but thanks for pointing the finger to Atlus. 😁 I'll give them a pass just because I love EO games.
Some TotK and some Monster Hunter maybe some Advanced Wars sprinkled in.
So much to do so little time!
Haha, I know that feeling. I have such a huge backlog of games. Still haven't played Astral Chain or Super Mario Bros U Deluxe... so many games, and so little time.
Which Monster Hunter are you playing? Rise? I may start World with some friends soon, not sure how much we will play.
Yup, Rise is correct. I play with a buddy of mine once a week. Although we hunt since the release of rise, we just finished the sunbreak story and slowly fighting our way through the anomalies. Life often gets in the way but MH is easy to pick up where you left it or to play even when there is not much time.
That is completely opposite of my experience. You have to play the whole hunt once you start, so can't have any interruption for 30-40 mins straight, which can sometimes be tough with little ones around.
Still want to give it a proper try though. If I can convince someone to play with me. 😀
I've been playing a ton of Diablo 4, but definitely want to find some time to hop back into Hyrule and complete some side quests in TotK. I also want to play through Kirby's Tilt 'n' Tumble on NSO; I never managed to pick it up when it was new on GBC, so I'm stoked that I finally get to play a game that has eluded me for so long!
There's also a NSO mission to play Kirby's Tilt 'n' Tumble this week. For 30 coins. I usually don't care about these coins, but they are useful int buying those avatars.
Which class are you playing in Diablo 4, and how are you liking it?
Thanks for the heads up about the coins! I typically don't care either, but if it's for a game I'm checking out anyway...I mean, why not?
I've been playing Rogue and Sorceress! Both are a lot of fun; I'm using daggers with the Rogue so she's my close-combat character and my Sorc is ice, so going ranged fighter with her.
Nice. I only played with the Necromancer during the Beta, it was really fun, obliterating all enemies. Necromancer is (was, I guess, since apparently they nerfed it) very strong against a crowd of normal enemies, but much weaker against single strong enemy, like bosses.
I play Fire Emblem Engage. Just finished a Ironman run and maybe try to beat the DLC mapps as well with my now limited army
Someone else also mentioned in the post that they are playing Engage, and I asked them how they are liking it, and going to ask you the questions.
How are you liking FE Engage? Have you played Three Houses? Most people I know prefer Three Houses over it, and didn’t like Engage much.
I'm a very big Fire Emblem fan and play all story paths of Fire emblem Three houses which i played maybe over 300 hours and on Engage i'm on maybe 200-250 hours into the game. So obviously i like both game, i wouldn't spend so much hours if i don't like a game. I'm aware that Fire emblem Three houses get a better score and sold better, but i think Engage is a better game. As i already wrote up ahead, i finished a Ironman run and i waited for this so long, because the former game was quite bad for this. Armbush spawn all over the game, not that iteligent map design or boring maps and you don't get a lot more units over the game. Fire emblem three houses has the feature that you are able to socialise with other classmember. So a lot people compare it with Persona, but i think it's not on a level like Persona. I'm not a big fan ob this church mechanik, a lot tasks are just boring or even annoying and dialogues aren't always that good writen outside of the support dialogue that engange has as well. Three houses has a better story, at least people want to tell me that and i maybe see it, but as stupid as some of the character interactions of engage are, i just like the story and how characters are a bit more. But at one thing engage shines the most and this is gameplay and map design. The core mechanik of a Fire emblem game, because as a long time fire emblem player, the Fire emblem gameplay keeps me playing every game of the series. Out of my head, there are not much maps in Fire emblem three houses that are special, i think there a decents maps, but a lot worse as well. Of course it's easier for me to speak about Fire emblem engage maps because i just played it recently. Fire emblem engage has a lot more maps with interresting maps hazards or designs, choose interresting legacy maps and redesigned it in an interresting way. Playing against Ike was just, how do i ever get to ike and than he breaked though the north of the map, that suprised me a lot and was fun to play. The later maps that gave you a time limit to finish the map but always try to push you units back is for me a good map. And some of the dlc maps are awesome and a really good challange (engage has maybe the best fe dlc out of all games). The Engage mechanik is as well more interresting than the mechanik of three houses that let you do different moves acording to the (i don't know the name) soldier types you get arround you. The three houses was build arround destroying shield from big monster and some maps were quite good with that (like the map we fight this big turtle) and some weren't fun with this mechanik. I think the mechanik was decent, has pros and flaws like the pairup mechanik of the 3ds games. But the engage mechanik is so fun for me, play besides marth or other heroes and get stronger for a short amount of time let me solve problems in the games but i have to plan ahead because it will run out at some point (endboss use that to kill my precious dragon QQ in ironman). Skill system in Engage is weird and broken in three houses...
In the End i think Engage is better than Three houses, better for core fans of the series, but maybe not better for players that got into the series with three houses. But sadly if i rank all newer Fire emblem games (3ds and switch), three houses would be my least favorite game, but not the worst in the series.
I don't know if my text makes so much sense, just came out of my head and of course engage is more fresh to me than three houses, makes it easier to remember things in engage.
Wow, wasn't expecting such a detailed reply. Thanks for taking the time to write all that.
I haven't played much Fire Emblem. I was playing Three Houses, but I am not a huge fan of monastery area, put it on hold for TOTK, will get back to it afterwards. I am still in the early game, just reached the point ::: spoiler spoiler Where you go to a village where everyone is attacking each other. I think it's 6th or 7th month overall. Sided with Red Eagles, was planning to do a play-through with each of the house, but now I am not sure. :::
Going to try Fire Emblem GBA that's releasing later this month. Looks fun.
I'm still playing Minecraft, new update just dropped.
How do you play it? Creative or Survival? Or those themed DLCs, like the Incredibles ones that just dropped?
Creative mostly, I have a bunch of builds I cycle through. Right now I'm building a dwarven city. I have a few DLCs but I rarely play them.
Oh, Dwarven city sounds great. You should share your creations some times. Would love to see them.
Still playing TTOK and Gnosia. Gnosia is a really good werewolf style game with overarching story and the KI is actually quite good.
It has been so long since I heard "werewolf style" game, instead of "Among us style" game. I should check it out sometimes.
What's "KI"? 😕
I’m finally getting back to playing TOTK and my love for this game increases every single minute I spend in it.
I absolutely adore this game!
Yeah, I wasn't expecting to love it so much after the BOTW, I mean, how can you improve the formula further, but they just did. 😀
I finished Yoshi's Crafted World, finally after like 3 years of owning it. So now I've decided "welp I guess it's time to play Breath of the Wild". Enjoying it so far, I do need to get to Kirby tho... which I was planning on doing once I finished Luigi's Mansion 3, Paper Mario and Yoshi's Crafted World, oh well.
In non-Nintendo stuff, I've been playing Fallout 4 on PC because I've gotten that itch. I've only ever played in PS4, I think I got it on PC when it went on sale. It's really weird playing it with a mouse and keyboard, but it's a lot of fun building a new character and trying to figure out their personality... she feels like very sarcastic and mean but will soften up when you get to know her.
@landsharkkidd @slimerancher I enjoyed yoshi‘s crafted world a lot. And I played it together with my little ones.
Yoshi's Crafted World is such a beautiful game. Our whole family enjoyed it. I am looking forward to a sequel, hope they announce something soon.
I have so many games like that. Astral Chain is one of the big one, and Super Mario Bros U Deluxe... I play games slower than they keep releasing them, so they keep piling up, but the silver lining is, I always have a few great choices to choose from.
Fallout 4 is really good, but for some reason I didn't like it as much as 3 or New Vegas. I really need to go back to it someday, as I love the Fallout in general. What are your thoughts on Starfield, I am really hyped for it, though don't have anything that will be able run it on launch.
I was planning on finishing BoTW so I can start play ToTK, but I literally just bought another voucher and I have no idea what new games to get with it (if any at all at the moment).
Gosh it's overwhelming.
Wait for today's direct and see if there's anything new.
Also, you don't have to play the game you buy right away (thought the temptation is very hard to resist), you can just play the older game first and come back to new one later.
Or just play what you want, and then get back to BOTW later. BOTW and TOTK aren't going anywhere. It's not like they are live service games which will be completely different in few months or years.
Gonna try to complete my lunatic playthrough of Fire Emblem Engage on Lunatic Mode. Also try to get in some time to play Tears of the Kingdom.
How are you liking FE Engage? Most people I know prefer Three Houses over it, and didn't like Engage much.
I love it! The story is a lot more silly and not as serious but the gameplay itself is pure fun! The combat animations are really smooth and the dialogue between characters can be hilarious.
That's good to know. Thanks for the input!
Finished ToTK and now exploring and doing side-quests. I have a rule of no fast travel and it's so much fun
It's taking me so long with fast travel. Without fast travel, I may never play another game. It does sound fun though. I did that in Skyrim (but not in my first play-through), and enjoyed it immensely.
Yeah I will end up spending maybe 300+ hrs in ToTK but with BotW I often found that there were quests and details that I skipped because of fast traveling. First playthrough I skipped Link's house and Tarrey town entirely.
This time I want to take in as much as I can
Yeah, same with Tarrey Town, I for some reason didn't even stumble on it. Learned about it online, how it's the best quest line, so went back in looking for it.
I am not regularly jumping around with fast travel, but when I have to go far away, I just wrap to it, but if the place is somewhat near, I would sometimes just walk to it, and sometimes fast travel, depending on the area and urgency.
Been replaying Sunshine and just started Wind Waker again. I'm really loving these older games. I wish I could appreciate them more in the past. Oh well, there's always the future!
I think we live in a great time to both witness the earliest games, and also all the advancements we are witnessing, but let's say if you have to choose between:
Which one would you go for?
Easily the newer games.
Currently loving Cassette Beasts; a great new take on the Pokémon-like with an intriguing story. Still has some performance issues but the recent patch helped a lot and it’s got me hooked in that “I’ll do just one more thing real quick” mentality.
Oh, I came across Cassette Beasts recently, and added it to my "keep an eye on" list. It looked pretty interesting, glad to know it's good when playing too.
Hope they release more patches to fix the remaining issues.
I started playing an indie game called In Other Waters, played for a hour and I dig the vibe so far.
Other than that I will be playing TotK. I finished all regional main quests, I might try to push the main story further.
I also finished main story + secret ending of Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Finished the game at 84%. I will definitely attempt to get 100%.
Just checked the trailer and the game looks interesting. Also has pretty good rating. Going to add it to my wishlist. Thanks!
I still have one regional main-quest left, and I am afraid there won't be much story left after that, so not going for that, instead just doing exploration and side-quests. I am liking the story a lot though. Have you gotten all the Tears? I have more than half of them, would try to collect them all before completing the last regional quest.
Good luck with going for 100% of Kirby!
Regarding In Outer Waters, just get ready to read a lot when playing. The game was built around narrative first, gameplay second, although the gameplay compliments the narrative really well.
Yes, I did get all the Tears in the game. I got so invested in the story that I kind of rushed it just to see what happened next. It was worth it, final Tear cutscene was really unexpected, at least for me. But if you feel like doing more exploration and side-questing, don't rush it, enjoy the game at your own pace and make your own adventure out of it. :)
I like narrative games, will keep that in mind. Thanks.
Yeah, the story is really interesting this time around. I didn't expect to be this invested in the story after BOTW, but I can't wait to find out more.
For now, Bayonetta Next is 2 and 3
I have only played the fist one too. Have to play the 2 and 3 yet. Maybe soon...
After a few months of moving about between hotels, I finally got everything all set up a my new place, so I've been enjoying some splatoon 3 again, along with legends arceus.
Congratulation on the new place!
How are you finding Legends Arceus? I am taking a break from Pokemon games, but I have heard it's the best Pokemon game in a long time.