What are you playing at the moment?

[Kid_Eternity]

Still on Space Marine 2, can't stop playing this game! Went back to Helldivers 2 last week for a run, it was like being hungry and being served popcorn instead of a full meal....

 

[Looby]

If you haven't played Witcher 3 then you really should. It's amazing. Be prepared to play it non-stop for about a year though. There is a seriously large amount of things to do.

That really appeals. We loved doing that with both Zelda switch games.

 

[magneze]

Just started playing Witcher 3 again. Doing the two big expansions.

 

[mojo pixy]

I think I asked before but I’m really struggling to find a game to get into.
I kind of got bored of Zelda TOTK completed Hogwarts Legacy. Then went back to Zelda and there was tons more we hadn’t done and we completed it last week.

Now I’m bereft.

We like
LA Noire
Red Dead
Zelda BOTW and TOTK

We also love Mario but more the open world games like Galaxy.

I found Ghosts of Tsushima but then realised it’s only on PS. We have an Xbox One and a Switch.

I’ve looked at Assassins Creed but I’m not sure it’s for me. Maybe Elden Ring?

Any other ideas?

Echoing tommers I have to say Cyberpunk. If you like a really dynamic open world that feels responsive and immersive, there's not much better IMO. And it's funny too.

Have you played Horizon Zero Dawn or Forbidden West? Again really good open world stuff though you're always quite tightly tied to the main story.

 

[mojo pixy]

On it being funny (and it is, all over the place) one of my favourite spots in Night City...


Anyway I can't remember how this little job becomes available, but there may be a group of friends up here having a little couch party, who give you a chance to fix the roller coaster. Afterwards you can ride it whenever you want.

 

[Chz]

I must have missed than one! I'm sure I missed plenty in such a huge game, but I sort of had CP fatigue and just went for the endgame eventually.

 

[CALJO]

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PS5) - really enjoying this. Surprised how big it is.
Astro Bot (PS Portal) - dipping in and out of this fantastic platformer.

 

[mojo pixy]

I must have missed than one! I'm sure I missed plenty in such a huge game, but I sort of had CP fatigue and just went for the endgame eventually.

I have to say, if you get to the point in CP2077 where the very end is available (Op.550 or whatever it's called where you meet the woman in the empty piano bar and it's Point of No Return) which you can do by level 20 no problem, there is an absolute fuckload of content potentially available, depending on choices you've made. Plus 40-odd character levels still to go (tops out at lvl 60 / 50 street cred)

 

[tommers]

Tarnished Blood.

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It's Kingdom Death: Monster but in a 2D turn based battle, like Shogun Showdown

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Exactly the same structure as KDM. Seems a little bit less willing to just arbitrarily kill your party but you're killing monsters to get bits to make armour to try to survive the next monster. There's the same kind of design choices and some pretty mad enemies. I've only fought two but it was quite intense. You can view what's going to happen this round and alter your actions to try to avoid enemy attacks and rewind time to get the best outcome, like in Phantom Brigade, if you've played that.

It's good.

 

[BristolEcho]

Played through the Rizia DLC for Suzerain and it was pretty good. I was going to play through as a really pious religious king, but I always end up failing and cave in to what I would do. Like letting my daughter marry whoever she wants. I did seem to navigate it well though and didn't get killed. I'm going to play through the original story too.

 

[ruffneck23]

I'm on the last 2 bosses (1 secret) of black myth, so have started the following, working out which one to concentrate on first whilst trying not to get too freaked out.

Until Dawn
Silent Hill 2

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Currently enjoying the Dead Space remake (free with PS Plus this month), though I did think for a while that I would need to turn the difficulty down to easy.

 

[Orang Utan]

Currently enjoying the Dead Space remake (free with PS Plus this month), though I did think for a while that I would need to turn the difficulty down to easy.

Just start from easy ffs!

 

[Looby]

Thanks for the recommendations. We got The Witcher 3 and really enjoying it.

 

[magneze]

It's a fantastic game. I'm currently stuck on the Toad Prince. Relentless!

 

[souljacker]

Thanks for the recommendations. We got The Witcher 3 and really enjoying it.

Nice. I just checked and I have 118hrs on the game with only 32% complete

 

[Orang Utan]

Nice. I just checked and I have 118hrs on the game with only 32% complete

It’s too hard. I got stuck too early on.
Why don’t all games allow you to fast forward any difficult bits so you can keep playing and enjoying them?

 

[ohmyliver]

It's the only game I've not finished, because then it would be over and I wouldn't play it again.

Best fantasy WRPG game I've played, quite easily. Preferred it to Skyrim, because the enivornment felt more grubbily medieval, actions felt more consiquential, places felt different to each other more, dialogue, characters and the plot with its twists and turns were better.

The combat did take some getting used to, but jumping was surprisingly helpful in combat.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's the only game I've not finished, because then it would be over and I wouldn't play it again.

Best fantasy WRPG game I've played, quite easily. Preferred it to Skyrim, because the enivornment felt more grubbily medieval, actions felt more consiquential, places felt different to each over more, dialogue, characters and the plot with its twists and turns were better.

The combat did take some getting used to, but jumping was surprisingly helpful in combat.

I prefer to play through fights without dying and having to repeat myself. If it takes more than 3 goes to finish a fight, I usually give up and move onto another game. This is what happened here. God Of War too, And AC Odyssey. And plenty of others

 

[ohmyliver]

Yeah, I hear you. I really wanted to love Cuphead, as the 'homage to 1930s/40s golden age of cartoons' animation is amazing. But even on easy mode I can't get more than a few levels into it, and I got bored with that quicky. Still looks fab though

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't know how I ever had the patience to play Manic Miner and Sonic.

Oh hang on, I didn't! Not for very long anyway. Especially Sonic. Hated losing those fucking rings.

 

[BristolEcho]

I decided to load up Civ6 again and am deep into it. I didn't realise how well it plays on the Steam deck which is a curse really as I'll probably play it quite late tonight. 7 is out in the new year.

 

[Ax^]

late to ps5 so only completed last of us 2 over the weekend .. the gory stuff you can do with the explosive arrows was a surprise when i started using them late in game

 

[CALJO]

Destiny 2: The Final Shape
(PlayStation 5 Online co-op)

Finished! An epic ending to what is, in my opinion, one of the best first-person shooters ever made.

9/10

 

[Chz]

Yeah, I hear you. I really wanted to love Cuphead, as the 'homage to 1930s/40s golden age of cartoons' animation is amazing. But even on easy mode I can't get more than a few levels into it, and I got bored with that quicky. Still looks fab though

The one thing I enjoy watching the Boy play. It's beautiful.
Now he's moved on to Limbus Company and Lobotomy Corporation and they're not really interesting to watch. Though he does give me a running narrative about it.

 

[Crispy]

I decided to load up Civ6 again and am deep into it. I didn't realise how well it plays on the Steam deck which is a curse really as I'll probably play it quite late tonight. 7 is out in the new year.

I've been playing loads of Civ 6 recently, but co-op and I gotta say it's a great way to play.

What happened was, I saw back in June that civ 7 had been announced, thought to myself "ooh I haven't played civ in ages, and ooh the complete set of expansions is on 80% sale on Steam!" Then I messaged my brother, who plays a fair bit of it, saying "any tips? actually why don't I stream it and you can tell me what I'm doing wrong?" and since then we've played a few hours a couple of nights a week using Steam remote play. We spot things the other has missed, make up silly names for our cities (but our religion is always K-RABZ because the capital in our first game had 2 crab tiles), do terrible sean bean impressions and just shoot the breeze. It's just like childhood, crowded round a 14" CRT playing Civ 2.

 

[Crispy]

Oh and I am also utterly addicted to Tiny Glade, which isn't really a Game, more of a Toy. In some ways it's a far more responsive, intuitive and immediate architectural design app than the ££££ CAD package I use at work.

I'm making a little Venice diorama. Fingers crossed I burn out on this soon because it's ruining my sleep.

 

[emanymton]

It’s too hard. I got stuck too early on.
Why don’t all games allow you to fast forward any difficult bits so you can keep playing and enjoying them?

Because then it's not a game just an interactive movie.

I don't remember Witcher 3 being hard, but I did play on one of the lower difficulties. But the combat isn't really fun, it's not what makes it a good game.

 

[Orang Utan]

Because then it's not a game just an interactive movie.

I don't remember Witcher 3 being hard, but I did play on one of the lower difficulties. But the combat isn't really fun, it's not what makes it a good game.

There’s a fine line between grinding and fighting for me, so anything that feels repetitive or too much of a challenge gets given up pretty quickly. It needs to feel like fun rather than work

 

[starfish]

Bought a 2nd hand Ghosts of Tsushima (Directors Cut) last week & have been enjoying roaming the countryside slaughtering the Mongolian barbarian invaders. Ive also done a couple of missions.