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What Are Ya'll Playing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PKscope@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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Just thought I could get a discussion thread going. What is everyone playing lately?

I just finished playing Metal Gear Solid Delta, it was great! I decided to play through the series finally after years of watching video essays on the game, and I'm glad I did! I played Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Subsistence through emulation (4k HD for the win!) It was a great experience and I can see why the series is so highly venerated. It holds up remarkably well, and the long cut scenes were really enjoyable. I thought it would be annoying, but I actually found myself looking forward to them. Delta was like jumping forward in time 30 years, but still extremely fun. I'm glad they stayed so close to the source material so I could just play the new release instead of booting up Snake Eater through emulation.

Now if I could just play IV without a PS3, that would be awesome. I might have to try emulation on that, but from what I read, the experience isn't great.

Regardless, now I'm replaying Max Payne 3. This game IS SO FREAKING GOOD. I had forgotten how good it is. The noir narration is just amazing. The gameplay is tight as a snare drum. The art style and visuals are still amazing even when compared to modern games. Rockstar really knocked this game out of the park. I still haven't played Max Payne 1 or 2, and maybe I should. Also, I found out that one of the bands I've recently discovered and have been listening to like crazy, Health, did the score for Max Payne 3. The music is fantastic. If you haven't played it, I highly recommend giving it a go.

Other than those games, I plan to play through The Last of Us 1 for the first time soon. Not sure how "retro" it is, but I think it is borderline given the original release date and hardware. Looking forward to trying it for the first time. I've never had Sony consoles, so I've missed out on a ton of first-party Sony games over the years. Trying to make up for that by playing modern PC releases and through emulation.

So yeah, what do ya'll have going on right now? What do you recommend playing and why?

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[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ive been playing through the gens 1, 2, and 3 Armored Core games, and got most of the way to my second ending on 3 before my controller broke. The x and square buttons both go into rapid-fire when held down, making maneuvering even more difficult and the tougher stages fully impossible.

So I jumped ahead to Formula Front since you can play it fully with Ai controls. Im seeing a lot of complaints about this title online, but I personally love the pure engineering challenge it offers. Fiddling with my mechs is the best part of the series imo, so this one is easily my favorite non-core story title so far. Would recommend to anyone that likes experimenting with different builds and sinking time into deep thought on strategy and counterstrategy. Good stuff

[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I have fond memories of playing AC in Walmart when they used to have the demos in the electronics section you'd have to break your neck to play because the monitors were so high. After the great experience I had playing Elden Ring (my first souls-like), I decided to jump into ACVI when it came out. What a great game. I still haven't beaten it, as I just haven't been in the mood to play lately, but I intend on finishing it at some point soon.

[–] goombakid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's too many games to play on my list right now. At the moment, I'm playing through Tokyo Xtreme Racer on PC. Loved the series from PlayStation days, but really fell in love with the RPG elements and gameplay from the Dreamcast series and PS2 series.

Also planning a playthrough of Silent Hill f. I haven't played a Silent Hill game since 3, so I'm looking forward to playing f.

And just casually playing in the background when either TXR or SHf get hectic/frustrating, I have Earth Defense Force 6 and Infamous Second Son on PS4 to mellow out with.

[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I literally just installed and started playing TXR myself. I'm a racing game freak and I had never tried the series before. Figured it was time after seeing the HokiHoshi video on it. I mainly do sim racing, but it's nice to play some arcade every once in a while. I've been getting my fix with Dirt 2 and NFSU2 underground2.net mod.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 week ago

I got goblin cleanup but my work hours are too many to play it much before digimon comes out.

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

Playing through Golden Sun again after picking it up and dropping it an hour in for the last few years. I remember getting into the Djinn/class system a lot when I played it growing up, and its still a pretty unique system. Im kinda regretting not playing the QoL/reworked ROM hack, but thats for another play through in a few years

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I completely forgot I purchased this game like a decade ago. I need to actually go play it.

[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You sure do! Hope you have a great time. I am!

[–] MisterMoo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Playing Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon on 3DS. Cute but not loving it as much as the original. Not sure why.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

balaro, hunnie pop, breath of the wild, mario kart.

trying to get everything off my computer so I can install linux. Suggestions for Debian based , easy install, rock solid distros are welcome here :

https://lemmy.world/post/35450797?scrollToComments=true

[–] lath@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Mount and Blade Warband with conversion mods. All the different settings are interesting and each mod has its own specialty that makes it stand out.

[–] HouseWolf@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Started playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 again after being disappointed by the "remaster" which was just a THPS 3 and 4 map-pack without all the maps and a premium price tag...

Kinda did it backwards since I actually replayed THPS4 again after they announced the original single player mode wouldn't be in 3+4 >.>

[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I had some fun messing around with that remake they recently did. I unlocked all the levels in three and got most of the challenges done. I'm more of a Skate guy to be honest. Skate 2 and Skate 3 are all-time greats for me. The new skate game that is free to play is the biggest piece of shit I've ever played. It makes me so mad every time I think about it. Been waiting on that game for like a decade and they absolutely shit all over it and us. They absolutely ruined it.

No I'm not upset at all about it I always have steam coming out of my ears.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk 2077. Felt like a good moment to buy it as its finished. It's basically modernized skyrim and I love that.

[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Probably my favorite game and game world of all time. Though, to be honest, I'm having difficulty in relating it to Skyrim. Then again, I was never big into Skyrim. I always got bored half way through the game and never finished it. Probably just a setting thing. I really like sci-fi and less into fantasy.

Did you get Phantom Liberty? If not, I highly recommend it. It's ridiculously good. I'm on my 5th or 6th playthrough and still finding new things and details I missed previously. The world is ridiculously dense.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm running Phantom liberty right now! I'm liking it quite a bit. I'm at the part where you gotta get into the big hotel.

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I haven't played anything this year.

Well aside from like the sort of mobile games that ads sometimes have before you can close them.

I'm not sure if it's depression or a lack of a good GPU. Still running my 1060.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I finally started Roboquest last week. After getting my ass handed to me nonstop on standard difficulty and realizing grinding like that would take forever, I went with Discovery (super easy) to unlock stuff faster. It's a pretty fun game, though not retro by any measure (EA started back in 2020)

I might also bite the bullet and try to finish Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Sorcerer. I managed to successfully finish the two previous Silver Box DnD games (they really fucking suck), but this 3rd game throws so much shit to fuck your progress that ragequitting seems like the only correct option. As to why bother, it makes for a good conversation topic with RPG players and aspiring game devs

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Max Payne is nothing like the original and its sequel. I found it to be a dispassionate mess lacking any of the compelling elements of Remedy's games. Rockstar took the name and nothing else.

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