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Discussion questions:

What video games have you played recently?

What are your favorite video game genres?

Question of the week:

What are you most looking forward to in the rest of 2025 in terms of gaming?

and

Are you excited for the Nintendo Switch 2? Why or why not?

  • 矛⋅盾@lemmygrad.ml
    2·
    13 hours ago

    Revisited Planet Crafter recently, love it. However, once I take a break from it, I can’t really get back in, because I have to acclimate to that style of uh, camera control? I really easily get dizzy/disoriented with similar 1st person POV games, not sure why but having your character model on screen has always reduced or eliminated that effect on me. I guess that’s my one gripe, I really wish Planet Crafter (or even Subnautica, another big fav of mine but can’t replay it much for same disorientation reasons) had a third-person player model, even as an option.

    Anyway, been on a break from video games since then, aside from occasional “social hours” dota. Looking forward to any more news from The Bustling World, hopefully we’ll be able to play it this year? fingers crossed

    edit: don’t really pay attention to console games unless interested enough to look into emulators, hehe. sorry switch

    • CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml
      2·
      6 hours ago

      I was never really able to get into planet crafter. It feels too empty and like I’m just waiting around for the stats to build up. What tips would you give?

      • 矛⋅盾@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        3 hours ago

        I played it while it was in beta/before full release and progress (terraforming %) did feel pretty slow. On my recent playthrough though, post-full release and having some understanding of the map/general progression, it went along much faster. My suggestion if you haven’t played much of it is to explore the map, the random blue chests are nice (and so are the golden ones) but the real prize is access to new resources. Also, the map is actually much less empty than you think it is, and it changes somewhat as terraforming progresses :)

        The default starting area is fine, if a little boring at first, as you’re initially limited by how far you can explore by oxygen tank size (so at the very beginning of game you wanna focus on upgrading that first)

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPMEnglish
      11·
      10 hours ago

      Never heard of this game.

      Tbh, I think Switch 2 will definitely be an emulation powerhouse.