I primarily mean video games. However, if you’ve played some kind of interesting table top or card game I’d like to hear about that too! I’ve been replaying the Witcher 3 lately.
I’ve been hooked on Factorio lately. I think it’s helping with some of the decision paralysis shit I’ve been dealing with at work.
I got cyberpunk 2077 for the summer sale and I’m absolutely loving it. Put nearly 200 hours into the game in the first month or so. Only just now getting into mods. Despite its poor launch the dlc definitely makes up for it.
playing final fantasy 12 lately. I started it on playstation or playstation 2 I think and never really went forward with it. trying again on steamdeck.
Replayed Alan Wake and Control, now playing Alan Wake 2. The stories are so well written and interesting
Those games are a trip! Love all the FMV stuff they did.
I played Heartworm. It’s an indie survival horror game that came out recently. It’s a very unique game in the genre. I highly recommend it.
I played Blue Prince for a long time, currently taking a break because it’s incredibly mentally taxing.
Been playing the Iron Oath a lot lately. It’s a tactics game with permadeath and feels D&D inspired, it has a few issues but nothing game-breaking.
Board games, I’m always playing Betrayal at House on the Hill, but we also tried Call to Adventure recently and that was pretty fun, would like to give it another go and get the hang of it.I’m a sucker for nostalgia and a believer of game preservation, and I managed to figure out, with some guides, how to setup my own private World of Warcraft server using AzerothCore. It only goes up to Wotlk but IMO, that’s the best expansion anyway.
I’ve been using it currently to solo play the game with bots. Funny enough, the bots actually dodge fire! Lol. But since it has bots that means I can still do dungeon and raid content! And I don’t have to deal with the stress of juggling a raid schedule. I can just play whenever I want, however long I want.
It does also have the option to be port forwarded to allow friends to join. But I don’t have any good friends interested in that. And I don’t want to make the server fully public for reasons.
Unfortunately, its very complicated to setup. So I highly recommend finding a guide before trying to install it. It does require setting up a virtual machine and running a bunch of scripts. So it can be a bit complicated for anyone who isn’t tech savvy.
That’s actually amazing, can you choose the bots you’re filling the raid/party slots with? I’ve got wicked nostalgia for wotlk and my partner was interested in wow when classic came out but they’ve had bad experiences with pug raids in other games (heck, even issues with guilds). Would you mind posting a link to some of the guides you used?
Yes! You get to invite the bots and choose their talent specs and everything. And you can fill raids with them too!
The following YouTube video is a step-by-step guide to setting up AzerothCore with player bots. It is a bit complicated but if you follow along, you too can get a WoW server stood up ;-)
Once you have the server, you can use the ChromieCraft client and edit “WTF/Config.wtf”. And set the “realmList” to the local IP of the virtual machine.
https://www.chromiecraft.com/en/downloads/
Oh also, here’s a link to the player bot commands list. It’s a bunch of text commands. Nirv has a addon that lets him issue commands but for whatever reason it’s incompatible with some of my preferred addons. So I just create chat macros and use an action bar to issue commands.
https://github.com/mod-playerbots/mod-playerbots/wiki/Playerbot-Commands
Note: I feel like I should warn… Nirv is kinda an a-hole. But he is very smart and knowledgeable about this stuff. So maybe just focus on the tutorial and getting it setup etc.
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Thank you, I’ll have a look after work!
Still on the Slay the Spire-train. A downright excellent game.
Also playing some Hades 2
I played Clue for the first time yesterday! Super fun.
I’m trying to play different genres to see what’s out there, and have found some neat little games in the sale steam just had.
Nocturnals - This one was great. The game is obviously made by people who don’t have a team of a hundred artists under them, but they did a really good job crafting the story. It’s short, but has multiple endings, and I haven’t found all of them yet.
Digging a Hole - This one made me chuckle. It’s motherload from the miniclip era of website gaming, but in 3D. Wouldn’t spend a ton on it, but if it goes on sale it will be amusing for you. Still haven’t completed the speedrun challenge for it. First time took me about 12 hours, while the challenge is 30 minutes.
Roguebook - in the same ‘universe’ as faeria, which I enjoyed. It’s basically slay the spire with different themes and a more punishing/variable path to the boss.
and, finally my favorite right now: Young Souls - it just has a really fun visual appearance and gameplay. I’ve been surprised by how much I struggled with some of the fights. I haven’t beaten it yet, but the story has some of the classic elements, but the writers put some thought into their tropes and made the characters more than just shallow pictures playing a part.
I’m playing frostpunk again. Trying to win on ultra hard. But I recommend everyone on Lemmy play citizen sleeper. Best story I’ve ever played.
I think I’m about halfway through Stray and love every minute.
I’ve also been playing Pokemon Emerald: Seaglass as a really gorgeous re-imagining of Emerald.
Check out spirit of the north if you wanna play a game where youre a cute fox
I will! Thanks!
I really enjoyed Stray the world is gorgeous (in it’s dingy apocalyptic way) and I enjoyed how they used the mechanics with a couple change ups to keep it interesting but not out-staying there welcome.
The ending I thought was really good.
100%'d Silksong, my game of the decade so far.
It took them seven years to make it. I doubt they will release another installment in five years so definitely GotD.
I know… but DLCs confirmed!
After 6 years, Sekiro finally clicked with me and I got all 4 endings for it within few weeks.
I’ve gone back to playing Ghost of Tsushima, for the first time, a bunch recently. Took a long break from it after Act I, but just because I didn’t want to marathon it all at once. It’s probably my favorite melee combat game that isn’t a full-fledged RPG, and the story is fantastic. I’m really glad that it’s more grounded in realism, for the most part, rather than relying on fantasy gimmicks and magic. Plus playing it with Japanese audio is an absolute treat.
