What game are you currently playing?

Cronos the new dawn.

Loving it so far. The cosmic horror vibes are awesome and the creatures you encounter are terrifying. Bloober also uses the crimson head mechanic from REmake where you have to burn bodies and tissue so the enemies can't merge with them so they can become stronger and more deadly.

The music is also very good. It has a sort of synthesized soundscape, bringing Stranger Things-vibes into the mix, and making the game feel like an 80s sci fi horror flick. Cool sound effects overall with creepy noises coming from the biomass that's infested the landscapes. Playing this game with headphones is almost as scary (and awesome) as SH2. Bloober really knows what they are doing in the sound department.

And it looks awesome on Switch 2. It doesn't feel compromised at all, in fact it feels like an incredibly competent port so far. These kinda graphics you could only dream of on Switch 1. Massive leap in graphical quality.
 
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Tales Beyond the Tomb: Route 86 - Finished - 7/10
Decent hour and a half of horror. Friends breakdown on the a country road and a few go off to look for help where they find an abandoned house. It has Texas Chainsaw vibes. Not much interactivity outside of picking up a couple of items and opening a few doors, but it's decent. Worth buying when on sale if you're a big horror fan.

About to start this next:
 
Dr. Suchong said:
Amazing game.
I'm currently doing a no needles run.
Tough, but my natural frugality has helped a lot.
Oh, and I'm going to try Mooncrash dlc next too.
Superb game.
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Never knew a DLC existed for it all these years....time to get the popcorn out and watch the walkthrough as a movie..
 
I beat Sea of Stars, 2 days ago. Very good title. Afterwards started dlc Throes of the Watchmaker. 4h in. Is ok, but don't like new skills and combos.
 
The same old staples for casual weekly games with friends: Phasmophobia (PS5/Crossplay), Helldivers 2 (PS5/Crossplay), Walkabout Mini Golf (Quest VR).

And then just playing through Colony Ship on PC myself. Nice atmospheric sci-fi rpg.
 
Massacre at the Mirage - Finished 8/10
Really enjoyed that. Obviously inspired by the Terrifier movies. Good story, some really gory kills, and the music was really fitting - a sorta riff/ripoff of the Halloween theme. Felt like an 80s horror movie throughout.

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You can tell that Bloober has learned a lot from Silent Hill 2 remake when playing Cronos. It has the dna of SH2 all over it. You're investigating old apartment complex, multiple dimensions, terrifying monsters that kinda moves like the nurses etc. The sound effects are equally good. Scary and repulsive. Just brilliant stuff for a horror lover like me.

Cronos also has the best "The Thing"-vibes I've seen, with the creatures merging with each other to become even more scarier. The atmosphere is so good and together with the ominous music, this feels like a game that could've been directed by the master himself, John Carpenter.

The story is very interesting too. Set in Poland in the far future, where everything has gone to shit, it details a lot from the country's socialist era that ran from 1947 to 1989, with a lot of interesting back stories and information about various people that lived there. You play as some sort of futuristic astronaut, a traveler, who needs to investigate what has happened in the past. Very exciting stuff Bloober has cooked up here. At least so far.
 
Downloaded hollow knight onto my switch 2 and started over after years of having played it.

Metroid zero mission on nso. Enjoying that alot

MGS and then dead space remake when I dust the ps5 off.

Started a woodworking program and 3 pc/Xbox guys were all excited for helldivers 2. It was jarring cause I only talk to 1 person, in person at work about video juegos.

The woodworkers are 15 years younger than me but I might give HD2 again. Really liked it at launch but it just fell out of the rotation
 
I have a couple of weeks to finish Trails through daybreak 2 before Trails in the Sky FC remake arrives. I usually bounce between a few games, but I have to put the others to one side as I cannot have two Trails games on the go at once, that would be too much.

Path of Exile 2 new league is a masterpiece so that is also a big distraction...
 
I'm playing Civilization 7 right now.
Now, i know i should hate the game because age transistion blah blah blah.
I surely have fun with it and i hope with future support and addons it will blossom into something worthy of the Civ series.
 
Robocop Rogue City - Unfinished Business.

It's basically playing Karl Urban's Dredd movie but with Robocop. I really liked Rogue City so I'm enjoying this as well.


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Mostly focusing all my attention on the new Dragon Age game these days. I really like it, despite some obvious flaws. The main thing is that it wears its heart on its sleeve. and the characters dynamics are fun. I guess the woke complaint is mostly because characters are less mean, sexualised, sleazy or cynical, and their relationships are instead rooted in empathy, understanding and teamwork. In that regard, it feels like a fantasy version of these last four or so Mission Impossible movies - a bunch of weirdos working together and trying to save the world.
 
I've finished Deadly Premonition 2 and honestly I don't get the hate. The tone isn't as strong as the first game but mechanically it's an improvement in nearly every way.

Now will focus on Silksong.
 
I've just finished Death Stranding 2 (I liked the first one waaaay better), now I'm going to play MGS Delta while waiting for KCD2 Legacy of the Forge.
Then Silksong up to Silent Hill f's release, then FFT and Yotei.
Quite the stacked Sept-Oct, uh?
 
Max Payne 3

I remember loving this game on 360 despite all the controversy. Rockstar, bald head, brazil. I've been waiting forever on a remaster but I had the game sitting in my Steam library for years now so I decided to really give it a play again. Im in chapter 2 now and while liking it, still looks great maxed out, there's just too much shooting at times and little else. I thought the game had more gore too where you could dismember enemies but alas maybe with a mod. Still gonna finish it tho and Im even more curious about Remedy's remakes now. How will they handle the cutscenes for example.
 
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Sticks said:
Max Payne 3

I remember loving this game on 360 despite all the controversy. Rockstar, bald head, brazil. I've been waiting forever on a remaster but I had the game sitting in my Steam library for years now so I decided to really give it a play again. Im in chapter 2 now and while liking it, still looks great maxed out, there's just too much shooting at times and little else. I thought the game had more gore too where you could dismember enemies but alas maybe with a mod. Still gonna finish it tho and Im even more curious about Remedy's remakes now. How will they handle the cutscenes for example.
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Don't hold you breath for a remaster, they would have done it by now if they wanted to...
 
Sticks said:
Max Payne 3

I remember loving this game on 360 despite all the controversy. Rockstar, bald head, brazil. I've been waiting forever on a remaster but I had the game sitting in my Steam library for years now so I decided to really give it a play again. Im in chapter 2 now and while liking it, still looks great maxed out, there's just too much shooting at times and little else. I thought the game had more gore too where you could dismember enemies but alas maybe with a mod. Still gonna finish it tho and Im even more curious about Remedy's remakes now. How will they handle the cutscenes for example.
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I love Max Payne 3. One of the best gaming series there is, i'm really curious about Remedy's remake as well.
 
Glanced over a few more games that I have bought over the years on XSX but never even installed:

Perish - a first person rogue-like. Interesting lore and visuals and even the gameplay is janky and not particularly innovating, I did quite a few runs, because I was curious. Maybe, just maybe I will get back to this to have a more in-depth look at it.

Chronos: Before the Ashes - I wasn't aware that this is a prequel to Remnant games. Vey janky and low-budget and a more obvious From Software games rip-off, but it has one interesting mechanic. If you die, you age one year and as you get older you become weaker with the sword but better at magic. I think it was supposed to be a 30 fps game originally, but it runs at 60 fps on XSX and auto-HDR make it look better than it is.

Heaven Dust - Isometric Resident Evil rip-off. The camera angle and cartoony graphics make sure it is less creepy/scary/claustrophobic than the real thing.
 
I didn't expect Cronos to be so challenging as it is. It plays like an old school survival horror. Ammunition is scarce, enemies shit hard and come in multiple numbers and inventory is very limited. Safe rooms are few and far between and you are constantly on your edge, thinking if you'll make it out alive or if you'll have to replay a large section of the game. It can be frustrating and feel tedious when you die, but I like the old school approach. It keeps you on your toes and prevent you from making mistakes.
 
No More Heroes 3 - finishing up the last bit of grinding to craft the last few death glove chips for the platinum trophy on PS5
 
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Got through the first two sub-chapters in Gears 5. Damn this is a nice looking game. Real time lighting, high frame rate, shit blowing up everywhere.

Some of these guns are a work of art. Enforcer I believe is a returning one from 4 but it just feels so good. Lancer Grenade variant is new and feels and sounds totally different, like an AK. Ember sniper rifle only showing the targeting reticle after you hit RT is a nice touch and fires when you release. They just know how to make cool guns.
 
Finished -> Citizen Sleeper -> Scorn -> Little Nightmares 2
Started Playing -> Ori and the will of wisps -> Control Ultimate Edition -> Ninja Gaiden 2
 
Robocop Rogue City - Unfinished Business

Surprisingly this is a much bigger 'expansion' than I anticipated. It's set in a single mega-structure but does well to keep things mixed up so it isn't the same sterile grey wall environment.



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Been playing card games.

Been back into Hearthstone. The game is fun but is not in a great spot. There is too much powercreep, you can't win with a deck that you made yourself as certain cards are insanely more powerful than the rest. This leaves a game where the same few decks stomp the rest.

Pokemon TCG pocket. You get lots of packs, and after a month I have many decks to play. It's similar to MTG in a way. Has a good amount of singleplayer content.

I've started Slay the Spire. Finished the game with the first 3 characters. It's hard at first, but finding synergies is where the fun is.

I might pick up Balatro next.
 
Recently, Fate/Samurai Remnant (PS5). I've been meaning to get the platinum and the DLC trophies, so I managed to hit a groove over the weekend towards that goal. Its very solid overall albeit repetitive.
 
GTA: Vice City Stories - I'm in a second half of the game. Not a big fan of its story, but missions are fun and quite varied
Mafia III - got about a third of the game completed so far
 
Dazraell said:
GTA: Vice City Stories - I'm in a second half of the game. Not a big fan of its story, but missions are fun and quite varied
Mafia III - got about a third of the game completed so far
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GTA: Liberty City Stories was also great, haven't played VC Stories very far, though.
 
amigastar said:
GTA: Liberty City Stories was also great, haven't played VC Stories very far, though.
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I've played it last year. I really enjoyed it overall, but didn't liked that game constantly reused mission handlers to the point things felt a bit stale. VCS did it much better and has a much better sense of progression where you go from one handler to another

I also like how they reverted the islands and you start on one that in regular VC was the second island and go back to the "first" much later in the story. LCS was a mess on that end as it was primarily Portland, a bit of Stauton Island and Shoreside Vale felt a bit like an afterthought
 
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I've played it last year. I really enjoyed it overall, but didn't liked that game constantly reused mission handlers to the point things felt a bit stale. VCS did it much better and has a much better sense of progression where you go from one handler to another

I also like how they reverted the islands and you start on one that in regular VC was the second island and go back to the "first" much later in the story. LCS was a mess on that end as it was primarily Portland, a bit of Stauton Island and Shoreside Vale felt a bit like an afterthought
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Hmm ok, maybe i should give VC Stories another go.
 
Finished my no needles run in Prey.
Really satisfied that I finished the game in the most empathetic way possible (I And Thou)
Giving it a break before starting a Typhon run.
Kind of want to play Starfield to its conclusion, but it's so grey, bureaucratic, and lifeless.
Probably finish my Witcher 3 second run, then on to something a little more lightweight and palette cleansing.
 
Finished Donkey Kong Bananza. Very fun game. I'm impressed that Nintendo always finds new gameplay twists for their franchises. Having Donkey Kong smash things up seems like a no brainer concept and Nintendo executed it really well. Destroying the different levels and finding bananas never got old, despite my initial concern that it would get repetitive amd tedious. Game is super fun from start to finish. Clocked in at 30 hours but there is a good amount of end game content to clean up so I suspect that it'll keep my busy a couple of more hours. But first Cronos and Eiyuden Chronicle!
 
Donkey kong country.
One of the cheapest piece of shit games I've ever played.
A lot of unavoidable deaths, some levels require memorising sections to see you through.
I remember going through it at launch in 94(?)
I didn't think much to it then either, I sold it and used the cash to buy Stunt race FX.
I've heard the sequels are much better, so I'll give them a whirl.
 
Evil Tonight
Bought and played a little bit of this lovely yet horrifying pixel art survival horror title over the weekend. I really like it but it has one massive issue: no map. Kinda easy to get lost and there's quite a bit of backtracking, but I'm willing to look past those flaws at the moment.
 
Dr. Suchong said:
Donkey kong country.
One of the cheapest piece of shit games I've ever played.
A lot of unavoidable deaths, some levels require memorising sections to see you through.
I remember going through it at launch in 94(?)
I didn't think much to it then either, I sold it and used the cash to buy Stunt race FX.
I've heard the sequels are much better, so I'll give them a whirl.
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Really? I found that game to be extremely easy. The only difficulty I experienced in the whole trilogy was maybe just the secret missions in DKC2.
 
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Really? I found that game to be extremely easy. The only difficulty I experienced in the whole trilogy was maybe just the secret missions in DKC2.
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Don't know what to tell you tbh.
I've finished stuff like lost levels and megaman games and they were less tedious to me.
I didn't say it was hard, more that some stuff (like enemy placement) was cheap.
I suppose playing it on Switch in handheld mode without a decent d-pad and my shitty eyes makes it a little more awkward.
 
Play sessions lately have consisted of: Indiana Jones (the main game..) Mario Strikers released on the Cube, Luigi's mansion (the first one..) and Virtua Tennis on the PS Vita..
 
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