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[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

I've been playing mega bonk. It's very addicting and fun

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 38 minutes ago

In order of most played recently to least played recently:

GTAV

Dark Souls Remastered

WWE 2k25

[–] __hetz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 48 minutes ago

No break for me but I've been doing "old dog, new tricks" by picking up some SMW Kaizo. I'm four exits out of seven in Shell's Retriever so far. I think I'm doing fair for only being a couple weeks into playing romhacks and for last playing SMW in the 90s. I don't think I'll ever get around to "Baron of Shell" or any other crazy hard hacks but it has been fun working on a few of the "easy" ones.

I'll probably get back to Factorio after I finish Retriever. Possibly not until after the sequel, Shell's Redeemer, but I've previewed it and it looks substantially tougher.

[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Bitcraft Online, Outer Worlds 2 and Palia. im in my cosy crafty era lol

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Luanti, voxelibre

Cs2

Motortown

Such fun!

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I’ve been hung up on Unnamed Space Idle for a while, an incremental game that involves moving your little ship forwards through little sectors watching it blast infinite enemy ships while numbers go up. It’s insidious how it layers system after system for making those numbers go up to make the whole process interesting. At first you just slot stuff in as it unlocks because there’s space, but then there’s more to equip than you have slots for and you have to start focusing one or two things at a time. There have been days where I have just sat watching and every few minutes clicking something to shave just a few minutes off a major upgrade.

[–] thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 hours ago

Factorio Minecraft and rimworld

But that's been the same for last few years so shrugs

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Megabonk.

Intravenous 1.

No third game. (This could be the name of a game, but sadly I'm referring to the fact that I only played those first two games during the holidays)

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I've been burning through some Gamepass offerings that I've passed over.

The Wolf Among Us is a fun Telltale game.

Superliminal is a good mindfuck puzzle game. There were a few times that it took me a while to find the key to the puzzle, but I never felt "stumped" throughout the game.

and I'm a few hours into Monster Sanctuary which is essentially Pokemon in a classic Metroid map. Having fun so far and planning on sticking with it for a while.

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 6 points 9 hours ago

WoW Classic and Megabonk - both on the Steam Deck - have been a great holiday time sink.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Ye kids get breaks

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 15 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

Outer Wilds has completely absorbed me. I went in knowing absolutely nothing about the game and am so glad I did!

[–] Hafler@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Once you finish the standard game and DLC, check out the mods. There have been annual game jams that do add some stories.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't knew about the mods, that might be a rabbit hole to dig into.

[–] Hafler@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/

Quantum space buddies is good if you want to play coop. That's how I played the DLC

Suitlog allows access to the computer from your suit

Scout stream makes the scout a video stream instead of a snapshot

As for story DLC, I've played "the vision" and "The stranger". I liked the stranger much better, but it's nice to have any new content.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago

Awesome! I’ve been worrying about what to do when I finish the DLC.

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[–] Professor_Piddles@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I finally finished Metal Gear Solid 4 (❤️!). I played a bit of Helldivers 2 with friends. And I'm still working on my first playthrough of Tomb Raider 2 on my Anbernic handheld as my couch game.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 hours ago

I caved and picked up Clair Obscur. It's a genre that I'm really not a fan of, but it's just so exceptionally well made that I'm thoroughly enjoying it anyway.

Aongside that, I've been playing Rogue Trader at last, after my wife has been bugging me to play it for over a year. It's very, very good. Probably one of the best RPGs I've ever played. The degree to which your narrative choices matter is phenomenal. There are scenes in the tutorial that define the entire game. And it nails the setting.

Lastly, I picked up a founders pack for Soulframe. The only bad decision anyone made when working on this game was calling it Soulframe - it is in absolutely no way the "Fantasy Warframe" people are imagining. The designers say their big inspiration was Dragons Dogma. For me, I'd say the gameplay has a lot of the feel of Breath of the Wild. The combat is exceptionally tight. Easily one of the best combat systems I've ever played. There's not a huge amount to do yet, but it's early access, that's understandable, and I think they absolutely made the right choice in nailing the feel of the game before worrying about how much of it there is.

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Ultimate chicken horse with the GF BF6/HD2 with the boys Slay the Spire when I have nothing I wanna do

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Been fucking around with pals in Palworld again. Also trying to get matching free time with a friend so we can play Space Marine 2

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago

My partner and I got Palworld when it came out, played maybe five or six hours…. I tried again solo later and got to level 10 or 15. Just recently, my partner saw me playing Enshrouded and mentioned wanting to try Palworld again… we started it up and put ten hour into it in one day. Yesterday we picked it up again, and put another ten hours in. Having a really fun time.

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 8 points 11 hours ago

divinity original sin 2: definitive edition(I have to say the full thing every time, so it annoys my partner.)

diddy kong racing (craving chunky bright colored polygons, and racist charicatures flying on carpets gifting golden balloons)

and super mario world. (mandatory)

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 points 9 hours ago

Got Megabonk working on my Retroid, and can’t stop playing it. I thought I would try getting some other games going, but I just play Megabonk instead.

[–] teft@piefed.social 8 points 11 hours ago

Divinity Original Sin 2. I had this in my library for a while since i played BG3 and loved it. DOS is good too but way more difficult and the story is a bit weaker. Still a great game though.

Still wakes the deep. I love a good horror game and this one scratches the itch. The ambiance is great and the oil rig feels like a real place.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Playing the new DLC trying to cure a plague. Not as good as the other two dlcs but still good because more Henry is always good.

[–] fascicle@leminal.space 2 points 8 hours ago

Got back into arc raiders just in time to do the expedition, and close to finishing the flickering flames project

[–] SpicyTaint@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Ball X Pit. Just bouncing my baby balls all over the place is the best.

[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago

My latest obsession.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That game is insidious. I started it one day, played six or seven hours a day for a week, hit 30ish hours, and beat the game. I couldn’t do anything else. I was so sucked in. Great game!

[–] SpicyTaint@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Haha, I did the same exact thing. I stopped after I realized it has seemingly infinite NG+

It's perfect for the Steamdeck.

[–] keyhoh@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago

You all have enough time to play such a variety of games you can pick three best? Damn. I played one game. And it was a mobile one... :(

[–] TechnoCat@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago

I only played one game, but it has been great: Tunic.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 2 points 9 hours ago

I got a bunch of games on sale on Steam but I got sucked into a replay of the Nonary games. It's been long enough that I've forgotten most of the puzzles.

[–] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Skate story has been great, playing it a chapter at a time has been really nice.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Finishing old games for me:

  • Opus Magnum
  • Mages of Mystralia
  • Trying (and failing) to beat the attack helicopter level in Teardown.
[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 points 9 hours ago

Opus Magnum

That game scratches my brain in such a satisfying way

[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Finally diving into Octopath Traveler 2.

Also played some good old Team Fortress 2.

Haven't played yet but soon probably some hilarious lobbies of Lethal Company

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

I really liked OP2. It felt like a more polished version of the original, and the music was amazing. The boat mechanic and day/night cycle really helped expand the world.

[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Guild wars reforged. I was thinking of firing up the old cd roms and then I saw the whole thing was re-released on steam. Been giving it a go - has held up well over 20 years.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

I should log on and see if my old Mesmer/Necromancer is still there. I can't think of a single other game where you could build purely around debuffs and have it be fun to play and completely viable in both PvP and PvE.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

haven't played any games in months. too busy and too tired.

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