A new week and a new thread.

What are you all playing!

  • Stillhart ( Stillhart@lemm.ee ) 
    11·
    3 years ago

    I’m surprised nobody else is playing Remnant 2. It just came out and it’s pretty damn fun.

    They called the original “Dark Souls with guns” and it’s definitely that sort of game in the sequel. But it’s not as punishing as a typical souls-like since there’s no death penalty. It’s perfect for my preferences since I hate the “losing all your money when you die” thing in Elden Ring.

    Apparently it’s very fun in co-op but I have been playing solo so I can’t speak to that.

    At only $50, it’s a pretty solid recommendation from me if “dark souls with guns” piques your curiosity even a little. AA title with no jank and I’ve only seen a single bug so far in my playing on XSX.

    • Mr_Vortex ( Mr_Vortex@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
      2·
      3 years ago

      I was just watching a couple friends of mine stream Remnant 2 earlier and it does look pretty slick. It seems there is at least one puzzle that requires co-op to fully solve, and there may be more further in just so you and others are aware.

  • saigot ( saigot@lemmy.ca ) 
    8·
    3 years ago

    I’m playing Dave the diver. It keeps me surprised, constantly adding new sections, while keeping the cor game loop fun. I suck at navigating though so I frequently get lost.

  • Ignacio [he] ( Ignacio@beehaw.org ) 
    7·
    3 years ago

    I’m playing Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (DCSS for friends), trying to get the Orb of Zot unsuccessfully.

    My best runs so far are with a Minotaur, although a Gnoll is good too, more or less. The farthest I’ve arrived so far is Dungeon:12, and Orcish Mines:2 were nasty the two times I achieved to get into it.

      • Stillhart ( Stillhart@lemm.ee ) 
        5·
        3 years ago

        I thought the game was spectacularly bad, but I seem to be in the minority. Makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills! It’s a very pretty game with super shallow mechanics and it’s designed for maximum grind. I can handle grind in an ARPG since it’s kinda their thing, but you gotta have some good mechanics to go with it or it’s just an idle/incremental game with prettier graphics.

        • zachary3752 ( zachary3752@lemm.ee ) 
          3·
          3 years ago

          I enjoyed the campaign of Diablo 4, but as you mentioned the game has a serious lack of depth.

          It became especially obvious to me once I hit the endgame and realized there just wasn’t that much to do.

          In Path of Exile especially there is so much depth and content around the endgame that it feels like there’s almost too much to do.

          I don’t think Diablo 4 is bad, but I do think it’s far too casual. The combat is satisfying and the graphics are great. But the skill tree and RPG systems are massively lacking.

          • Stillhart ( Stillhart@lemm.ee ) 
            2·
            3 years ago

            I, too, enjoyed the campaign. But the campaign alone wasn’t worth $70 and once the campaign ended, the game just turned into a boring grindfest.

            I don’t even feel like casual is the right word because you can have a deep, interesting game without a game feeling like it requires a huge time and energy investment. Something like Last Epoch manages to have depth while still being approachable to casual players.

            Diablo just seems… I don’t know, hollow. It looks great on paper but falls apart in practice.

            • zachary3752 ( zachary3752@lemm.ee ) 
              2·
              3 years ago

              I really love how Last Epoch approaches skills. Feels like the near perfect balance between casual and complex.

              I wish the game felt a little bit more polished and refined overall, but they have a very strong foundation to work from.

              • Stillhart ( Stillhart@lemm.ee ) 
                2·
                3 years ago

                I bought LE ages ago and the progress they’ve made makes me confident the game will continue to improve in good ways. The designers really seems to understand the genre and what players want. The way they are handling “the trade issue” is a perfect example of that.

                The biggest issue right now is a lack of endgame systems. Once they get that fleshed out a little more, they’re going to be sitting pretty.