Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!

Please don’t forget to use the spoiler tag as soon as you start talking about a storyline.

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    Factorio, hours upon hours of Factorio. I go to bed planning my next expansion. I wake up from dreaming about it. It’s consumed my life, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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    Finished Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk last night and picked up the next one Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk.

    It’s definitely very strange and unsettling, but I like it.

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      1 year ago

      I just played these a couple of days ago. Fascinating games, both of them. And the difference in production is staggering.

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    I’ve been feeling the Elder Scrolls itch and with the spooky season upon us, I decided it’s a good time to finally dig into Tamriel Rebuilt (which just got a new release BTW). The quality of what I’ve seen so far is stellar, it feels like it’s an official Bethesda content (and I mean that in the best way possible).

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        It really is! It’s honestly amazing how much love Morrowind is getting even even 21 years after it’s release! Between Tamriel Rebuilt and OpenMW, the game actually just keeps getting better and better with time!

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          YEP it is just great. There is still so many things to look foward to even though the game is 21 year old thanks to the wonderfull modding community and openmw. I just love it so much. Also on an unrelated note I love how tightly knit together morrowind community is, I got to interract with some amazing people and incredibly talented modders and you can tell that everything about the morrowind modding comes from a place of love and passion for the game and the community and I am just so glad to be a part of it.

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    Abandoned Starfield a week ago. Have been and mostly will be playing:

    • Batman: Arkham Knight
    • Death Stranding: Directors Cut

    Got them last week on discount.

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      It’s been a long time, but I remember liking Jaal, Vetra, Drack, and Peebee a lot. I also remember Peebee being controversial in terms of you love her or hate her.

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    Just finished Sea of Stars. I never 180’d from a game so much.

    I started it a week and a half ago, and I was in love with the game. The story was cliché, sure, but everything else was perfect, and the characters were kind of cute.

    But the third act feels too rushed and the ending… Oh boy, the ending. It just doesn’t feel like an ending at all. I was extremely disappointed with it, and too many setpieces just led to nowhere.

    And the true ending was even worse, in that it not only has very arbitrary requirements to unlock (including finding all 60+ collectibles scattered across the map in random locations), but ruins one of the best and arguably the most emotional moments of the game as well.

    spoiler

    I despise time travel. Always. It just doesn’t work, unless you put a lot of thought into it, and the Sea of Stars developers clearly didn’t even try.

  • MrGerrit@feddit.nl
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    Diablo 2 hardcore. Currently gearing up to take on hell with my javazon.

    Also playing some super Mario wonder. It’s a very fun and enjoyable game so far.

  • MetricIsRight
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    Got way too much on the go right now.

    • Baldur’s Gate 3
    • Astroneer
    • Ion Fury
    • Timberborn
    • Sea Of Stars
  • WideEyedStupid@lemmy.world
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    I went back to playing Slay the Spire for a bit, since it’s almost N7 Day, but I might just replay Disco Elysium in stead. After ME, maybe it’s time to try Starfield? Have seen too many negative reviews to really want to pay full price for it, but we’ll see.

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    Cocoon - Big puzzle game fan but this one has me underwhelmed so far. It feels disappointingly linear, and I haven’t needed to think very hard to solve anything yet. The design and atmosphere is fantastic, but I hope it gets a little more confident in its mechanics soon (just 2hrs in).

    Curse of the Golden Idol - Played the first DLC. Great stuff, still has all the weirdo charm of the main game with some new logic puzzles to figure out. I thought the last chapter here felt a little too straightforward to solve for how complex it seemed at first glance, but overall it was a good expansion. On to the next one!

    Factorio - 70 hours into Space Exploration and currently trying to plan a transition of my base from a main bus design to city blocks. I started SE immediately after my first vanilla Factorio victory, so it’s been a bit of an uphill climb but very fun. I really enjoy reaching a new science tier and then pausing for a while as I automate and upgrade everything that I unlocked. No rush in space!

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      +1 for city block design in SE. It has too much recipe interaction and breadth of ingredients for a main bus to be pleasant.

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        Thinking through how to transition from my bus to a modular design feels like it’s leveled up my Factorio-fu by an order of magnitude lol. I realized that I don’t need to start with full block design as long as I can work towards getting everything on trains. That’s gotten me moving again and I’m well on my way to the first off planet resources now. What a great game.

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          Same here! I started with bus, then moved on to train-based design that is slowly turning into a block design. Trying out many multiple block patterns spread wide and connected by rail.

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    Can only talk about my watch list :

    • Dave the Diver, on my Mac . Sadly, steam only.
    • dredge, PS4
    • thinking about cyberpunk but ps4 might grind
    • also BF2042 maybe for a shooter

    Also looking for some kind of chill farming / city building thing, for the mac, to play in bed, if anyone has anything ?

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      For farming, I’ll assume you’ve tried Stardew, but if not that’s the obvious answer.

      There’s a new one out called Vexland which might interest you. I haven’t tried it.

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          We all are. Looks like there will be a 1.6 update with some new content. I never explored the additional 1.5 content, but it seemed like a good bit.

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          Project zomboid might quench that thirst with its farming foraging and fishing mechanics it’s a really good game I’ve put 860 hours into it myself since buying it in late 2018

  • Mantis_Toboggan@lemmy.world
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    Trying to finish all levels with all characters on Mario 3D World.

    Then, it’s always “just one more race” on F-zero 99

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    Been going through Gotham Knights on Gamepass, it’s solid. It doesn’t stand up to the best of the Arkham series, but it’s at least an interesting twist on the idea, and the Arkham formula still holds up.

    Also been on a totally random RollerCoaster Tycoon kick. Haven’t played in years, but for some reason I felt like getting into it again. It’s incredible how well it still holds up.