Putting this in place of @[email protected] 's weekly thread since it’s Wednesday so it’s late! Title, what are you playing this week?

I’m on my bullshit playing Korean MMORPGs again, this time playing Dark Ages by Nexon. I plan on trying out Maple Story and Mabinogi too. I like this game but it’s kind of bullshit they charge money for it still and the private servers are totally dead sadness

@[email protected] if you could pin this please.

  • BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    5 hours ago

    I’ve been playing minecraft, some bedwars and trying to learn the 1.16.1 speedrun. Right now I need to practice my bastions and learn how to 1 cycle the dragon.

  • Inui [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    7 hours ago

    I got halfway through Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and now the game just won’t get past the loading screen anymore so I can’t finish it. nl-despair I was having fun too. The game is pretty easy and not at all like a Souls game mechanically even though that’s a common comparison, unlike the Pinocchio game I still haven’t played yet. Fitting with the theme, the first difficult boss was Lu Bu where the game really expects you to know how to parry. I’ll try booting it up again in a few weeks and hopefully it randomly fixes itself after a Proton update or something.

  • BRINGit34@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 hours ago

    I started playing the new factorio dlc and then I remembered I suck at factorio. So I started playing viccy 3 and I remembered I suck at that too.

    So now I am planning on playing some openttd after work because somehow I am good at that game

  • regul [any]@hexbear.net
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    11 hours ago

    Canceled the WoW sub after 2 months. Really put into focus that the part of WoW I enjoyed was playing with my friends, and they don’t play anymore. Anyway, maybe I’ll dip back in in 15 years again.

    Since then I’ve been playing Pacific Drive with all the fiddly crafting systems turned way down thanks to the recent update they put out. I’ve got to say, though, as someone who has been to the Olympic Peninsula, they kind of did a really bad job of capturing what it looks like. It’s not nearly wet enough. There’s no moss. There are no rivers. No waterfalls. Idk. In execution, it’s not as cool as the concept, and I think at least some of that can be laid at the feet of the art direction.

    And I’ve done a few runs in the new Hades 2 update, but haven’t managed to stay alive long enough to see the new content because I got rusty.

  • Moonworm [any]@hexbear.net
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    10 hours ago

    Been playing Satisfactory for a bit and it’s clicking with me in a way that Factorio and Dyson Sphere Program never did. I think verticality is just a lot more fun for me, and lets me feel a little more architectural.

    Foolin’ around with Qausimorph some too - pretty good roguelike, don’t know if it really goes anywhere yet, but it’s enjoyable enough to do a run or two. A little more tonally edgy than my preference.

    I have Banquet for Fools installed, but apparently it only has a few hours of content? It has a really interesting style and the qausi-turn-based ARPG system looks interesting, but I’m not sure if I should crack into it or wait.

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 hours ago

    I’ve been playing the occasional Balatro run. I’ve gotten to that point of my life where I appreciate the consistency of the high card build more than the power of the usual flush spam. Also I had a successful Obelisk run, one of those jokers that’s very good in theory but you need to have the right setup to successfully pivot using it.

  • roux [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 hours ago

    After Portal 2 I started up Quantum Conundrum and remembered real quick that the game can be annoying. A lot of the puzzles feel like chores and aren’t really fun.

    I’m in shutdown/waiting mode so Instead of being functional, I hopped back on X4 and let it idle a bit to work on my substrate factory and then did some stuff on the PHQ. Got attacked by a pirate and he nuked my shields before I realized what was going on since I was tabbed out browsing Hexbear. My pilot flew to an adjacent sector before I could get blow it up so that was cool. 60k in repairs.

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    10 hours ago

    Final dlc for Alan Wake 2 is out so I’m going to give that a try and hope it is full of tasty lore nuggets that crave for the control universe.

    And next week we get the monster hunter wilds bets so that will be consuming my time for a week.

  • vovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 hours ago

    Ashamed to say I’m quite hooked to War Thunder… Playing soviet tanks hits the spot.

    I really wanna do another Baldur’s run and the Elden Ring DLC but I’ve decided I’m not doing those until I’m done with my thesis

  • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    11 hours ago

    Battletech (2018) - it came out when I was totally burnt out on tactics RPGs, but I’m totally enjoying it right now

    Not much else - I’ve played a little of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, but it’s not quite grabbing me

  • Blep [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 hours ago

    Tried kof15. Game is like skullgirls levels of horny. Not really a fan of having to play 3 characters, but if fatal fury plays like this i might get it