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·
    1 month 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·
    1 month 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.

  • Hexahedra@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    30 days 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

  • TTH4P@lemm.ee
    4·
    1 month ago

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

    • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 month 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·
        1 month 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·
          1 month 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·
      30 days 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…

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    1 month 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·
      30 days 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.

  • Lesrid@lemm.ee
    4·
    1 month 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·
      30 days 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…

  • Kras Mazov@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 month 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·
      30 days 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…

  • nephs@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    1 month 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.

  • pinguinu [any]@lemmygrad.ml
    3·
    1 month ago

    Just about to finish Oracle of Seasons after Oracle of Ages. It is an EASY game I have to say, specially after playing Ages which has some weird puzzles

  • Kirbywithwhip1987@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    Replayed Assassin’s Creed Syndicate(relevant), goated game and last good AC in my opinion.

    Next whatever is on sale on Steam.

    Favorite genres are horror(any kind), action/adventure and SCI-FI.

    I didn’t see it tbh and except SH 2 remake, there’s nothing special in particular this year.

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPMEnglish
      1·
      30 days ago

      The last good Assassin’s Creed game for me was Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. I love nautical games. What else can I say?

      I have yet to play Silent Hill 2 Remake. I hear it was great, but yeah, the only real one this year. There’s also Evil West but that’s not really horror. Well, more macabre than horror.

      • Kirbywithwhip1987@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        2·
        30 days ago

        Black Flag ruled, definitely one of my favorites, Unity was… eh. Syndicate is best for me because Victorian Era and has my favorite Assassin and gear.

        Yeah it was, Konami somehow exceeded expectations, I didn’t play it, but from what I checked, it seems that it’s shooter rather than horror.

  • FuckBigTech347@lemmygrad.ml
    3·
    1 month ago

    I’ve been playing a lot of Baldi’s Basics Plus (0.8 update) recently. Probably going to play either more FreedroidRPG or Songs of Syx next. My favorite genres are still the same: Any type of RPG (turn-based, action, …) and RTS games, particularly more complex city builders.

    I’ve watched TGA but there is nothing really in particular that stands out to me. Maybe Witcher 4? But I want to see some gameplay first. In terms of 2024 games I really enjoyed Portal: Revolution.

      • FuckBigTech347@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        29 days ago

        I haven’t played too much of the main quest yet but it’s a top-down isometric ARPG like Fallout or Diablo. Basically you play as Tux the penguin (the Linux mascot) on a quest to fight rogue robots who’ll attack anyone on sight. It’s licensed under the GPLv2 so it’s libre open source software. Most Linux distros and BSDs feature it in their native package repositories but it’s also on Steam as of last year.

  • darkcalling@lemmygrad.ml
    3·
    1 month ago

    I play very few games these days.

    Favorite genre is hands down RPG though I also have a soft spot for retro RTS games because the first video games I played were RTS (C&C).

    I don’t know anything about the situation (and haven’t played the game) but I also must chime in and say I think Black Myth Wukong possibly got shafted at the recent awards on geopolitical basis. I think the west is at that phase where they are going to actively suppress Chinese culture and media in ways that involve pressure and behind the scenes stuff to prevent them from gaining official recognition and a platform.