Still gonna keep this goings; people from before will be pinged.

Discussion questions:

What video games have you played recently?

What are your favorite video game genres?

Question of the week:

What did you like most from the recent TGA 2024, assuming you watched it or know of the announcements?

and

What did you enjoy most from the year 2024 in terms of gaming?

Well, a lot of bad news has happened politically IRL, but let’s make this thread a good one, and enjoy ourselves here!

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
    6·
    2 months ago

    Just played The Quarry, and it was a blast. Can highly recommend if you enjoy choices based story games. My favorite genres are story games, turn based tactical, and roguelikes. I find I don’t have a huge amount of time to play, so I like games that aren’t too complex and that you can pick up and play without having to remember how the game works.

    Didn’t follow TGAs this year. For 2024 games, I really enjoyed Selaco, Spiritfall, Portal Revolution, and Arco.

  • SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml
    5·
    2 months ago

    I only played around 5 minutes of the My Sims Kingdom that came out on the Switch. I am in my finals week so I haven’t been able to play anything, but after the 19th I’m free (until January)! My favourite genre seems to be cozy games, so that’s interesting, although I also like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Legend of Zelda, so I don’t know what to say about that.

    I don’t pay attention to the game awards, I think CaseOh won something. I liked playing my switch games and some on steam this year, not much gaming from me unfortunately. I imagine next year will be even less games because it’s my final year of undergrad which means I have to lock in.

  • TTH4P@lemm.ee
    4·
    2 months ago

    I was soooo excited for Veilguard. Guess which game I kinda hate? 😅

    • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I will never forget the intense and deep disappointment I felt after playing DA2. I hear Inquisition was better, but the entire series was dead to me from that point forward and I lost faith in direction of the series from that point.

      I’m not the “stop having fun” type, but it’s a bummer to hear that they never managed to bring it back to the great to the same spot that made the first game so phenomenal.

      • TTH4P@lemm.ee
        2·
        2 months ago

        I know what you mean. I really enjoyed Inquisition, I still play it today. It’s not perfect but it’s great. Veilguard just feels like a bad cartoon. Example: I’m playing as a Shadow Dragon and everyone keeps explaining to me what the Shadow Dragons do. Ok, yep, read the codex, read my own intro, I got it.

        • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          It was originally supposed to be a heavily monetized live service game and they had to pivot really late in development because of backlash during playtesting. A lot of the weirdness you see like that is because they were reworking what basically amounted to a bad mmo. I hear the last few hours of the story are pretty good though.

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Damn.

      I want to desperately enjoy The Veilguard and I still plan to buy it. I loved Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age Inquisition growing up.

      Too bad only three decisions carry over from the third game…

  • nephs@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    2 months ago

    Still on factorio. About 120 hours into the save. Pausing now to study programming a bit, but will play less hard, for the upcoming months, likely.

  • Kras Mazov@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    I’ve been playing some Pokémon. I’m mostly finished w/ Fire Red, just need to rematch the Elite 4, and I’m mostly done with Let’s Go Pikachu too, which I started playing because a friend is also playing right now. And although it is extremely easy difficulty wise, I’m doing a living dex since catching Pokémon in this game is, at least, fun.

    I’m getting the urge to go back to Baldur’s Gate 3, Breath of the Wild and Disco Elysium, all which I haven’t finished yet, unfortunately.

    About TGA, I wasn’t expecting another FromSoftware game, and it being an Elden Ring alternate reality 3-player roguelike? SIGN ME IN, the trailer was cool, I want to see where this goes. Other than that, the only other games that caught my attention where the football game which looked so fucking cool, and this comes from someone that absolutely hate sports games, specially Fifa; The Long Dark looked super cool too and the new Ninja Gaiden looked amazing. I’m also interested in Onimusha after the trailer on TGA, so I’ll take a look into the games some time.

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Ah, I can see that you have Kras Mazov as your username, but you haven’t finished Disco Elysium.

      Shows the effect the game had on you just like it did to all of us…

  • Lesrid@lemm.ee
    4·
    2 months ago

    This was probably the best TGA ever. Even the skits were funny. Definitely intrigued by the idea of an Elden Ring spin-off but the football game from the Sifu devs looked really cool too.

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, definitely the best TGA ever. And I’m actually interested in the Elden Ring spin-off. I actually want it, warts and all. I know it’s a GaaS-type deal. But I don’t care, provided it’s done well for a good enough time, at least…

  • Hexahedra@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    2 months ago

    caves of qud 1.0 out now babeyy!!! also been playing gyruss for the arcade and panel de pon/puzzle league/tetris attack.

    fav video genres are roguelikes, puzzle games, and arcade games like shmups.

    there was a game awards…?

    ring racers is THE game of 2024 in my heart and soul and spirit and its factual go play ring racers

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    2 months ago

    Replayed two flash games from my childhood that held up incredibly well. First was Battle of Britain 303 Squadron, and the second 1066. Would recommend if you have 15 minutes to spare!

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPMEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Damn, flash games. They still around? What about Tetris on the Internet or as a flash game?

      I was watching a video saying that they were held in “flash base,” as an archive.

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      “deconstructionist/2deep4me era?”

      I wish we’d get out of this era entirely. Might be that we’re already seeing the end of it, but it can’t come fast enough. To be honest, a lot of “rethought what you think of the goody-two-shoes plot or goody-two-shoes cast” is very boring to me because it doesn’t say anything beyond “What you actually liked as a child was a lie.” What type of message is that? Some may say it’s “mature” but I don’t see it. It just promotes mindless cynicism.

    • Kirbywithwhip1987@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I got into RDR and Metal Gear solely because of memes, best decision I’ve ever made.

      These 2 are like BB/BCS of games in terms of it.

  • BRINGit34@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    What Video Games Have You Played Recently?

    I recently finished Indika which is this strange little indie game where you play as a nun in the Russian Orthodoxy and my god. It was perfect, an insane story, the set-pieces were excellent, and the discussions on theology were very well written and for someone never really exposed to religion much it was very interesting.

    Favorite Video Game Genre?

    Probably social deduction multiplayer games. I do really enjoy a good single player story, but nothing is as addictive to me as a good game of SS14 or 13. There is so much fun to be had and every game you play is unique.

    What did you like most from the recent TGA 2024, assuming you watched it or know of the announcements

    Probably my most anticipated game from there is The Long Dark II just because a multiplayer version of that game should be fun. I anticipate zomboid but without zombies which should be fun

    • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
      2·
      2 months ago

      i really like Indika’s style, i haven’t had a game grip my attention like that in a very long time but I kept getting stuck in the chase thing with the beast and finally just gave up

      • BRINGit34@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I really do recommend you finish it. The game gets a lot more depressing after that and the ending really does hit you like a brick. Would recommend

  • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
    3·
    2 months ago

    i played the Indiana Jones game a bit last week… it’s not really all that great but somehow it’s just good enough to keep me trying to collect the things and whip Nazis

    I download just about every game that comes out but most of them i delete within an hour or two of playing

    i actually started playing tf2 again after many many years of not playing it … it’s still the same game i remember and loved, but i would love it if there was a MegaTF mod for it like there was for TF on Quake

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Well, it seems that this Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (I presume that’s the one you mean) game was an improvement for you.

      Oh, and punching and whipping the ass of Nazis; what’s not to love?

  • albigu@lemmygrad.ml
    3·
    2 months ago

    Finished Berwick Saga recently. Definitely one of the best and most unique turn-based strategy games I’ve ever played. Will probably take forever to play it again because the level of long-term strategy is draining at some points, but I absolutely loved it.

    Not sure if I am just too busy or if it’s an industry thing, but I honestly didn’t get excited for anything out of TGA. Don’t even know much about the nominated games. None of them run on my PC either way.

    Depending on my level of energy I might play Möbius Front or Xenonauts 1, or just sit back and enjoy some random couch co-op games with my holiday visitor.