Castlevania: aria of sorrow, more raycrysis from the ray'z cronology, and I might finally buy the first leynos port for ps4.
where is the line between patient and retro gamer?
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
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Warframe, I'm at the point where I can start steel path, but for some reason I decided I wanted to max-level all factions before doing so, and I've come too far to not do it, only got 3 left.
Emerald dead redemption 2. Played out 8 hours so far, been enjoying it
Arctic Eggs :)
Playing Binding of Isaac finally. I was a little disappointed with the difficulty honestly! One of my most heavily played games ever is another Roguelike - DCSS. To be clear that one is turn-based, which is very different, but it took me years and dozens at least, probably low hundreds of runs to beat it.
I'm sure I'll be quickly humbled by the hard-mode difficulty and challenges and such on this one though. Super rewarding, fun, and extremely replayable! Great game. The different characters can play really differently, and through RNG you can def end up with some hilariously weak, or strong, builds.
Minecraft. Still on 1.21.4. Need to build a storage building/system, but feeling a little blocked.
I'm slowly continuing my playthrough of Divinity: Original Sin II and absolutely loving it.
I also recently bought Stardew Valley, finally, and started playing it a bit.
Last one, Mushihimesama as the c/shmups Game of the Month.
I, too, am playing DoS2 currently
Divinity original sin 2; is such a fantastic game!
Sekiro. The difficulty rises drastically with Demon of Hatred and Isshin.
You're not kidding. I think my death count on Demon is the highest for me in any FromSoft game.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Only have time to play on the weekends, so I'm in slow mode. But enjoying navigation on the sea.
I just set up Kingdom Hearts 2 on PCSX2 to try and decide if I'm gonna buy it on Steam.
Other than that, I'm finishing my The Wonderful 101 Hard playthrough on the way to 100% the game, and trying to beat all of Ken Amada's combo challenges in P4AU—27 down, 3 to go.
I got back into Mini Metro. Wonderful minimalistic game.
I love that game, I'm bad at it but it's a really chill experience. Until it all goes wrong.
I finally got my PS3 emulator up and running, so I'm finally able to play Sly 4 for the first time.
It's... different from the others. First in art, second on overall feel. The art is changed for a more cartoon aesthetic than comic book, so animation in the 2D cutscenes is more fluid and there are more details on everything (you can see the wrinkles in Sly's shirt, and the tufts of fur, for instance). The gameplay feels more floaty, like when you jump it looks like you kinda hover for a second before falling back down and it feels a little more weightless than the first three games.
I'm still liking that I get to play more Sly, so I'm not complaining too much.
It came out not super long ago (2023) but Jusant has been a lot of fun and chill.
I love the little orb thing it's very cute ☺️.
I love the noises it makes ❤️
I’m going back through the Pokémon series again (out of order). Currently playing through Yellow
I haven't got time to play anything these days :(
Final Fantasy VII Remake, finally. Put in 4 or 5 hours right off the bat, put it down 4 or 5 years, picked it back up and now I'm about halfway through.
Game list:
- NHL99 - tried again but no luck
- Colin McRae Rally 04
- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Full version
I once again spent some time trying to run NHL99 but couldn't get it to work. I'm honestly close to giving up on this one which is a shame because I really wanted to see how the game holds up.
To make myself feel better about this failure I decided to reinstall Colin McRae Rally 04. I already played this one last year so I'm well aware it works beautifully - this time was no different.
I mostly ran some random races as I'm not really in a mood for full championship this time. Either way, it's a fun game. I don't know why but I really love these old rally titles. Now if I could find some time to try running one of Sega Rally Championship games, that would be great.
Last week I mentioned getting close to the end of Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War and, well, I finished it. My feelings didn't really change since the last post - the final levels were challenging but fun (I'm not sure what is it with these guys and shoving you into tight hallways in a jet but whatever) and the game over all was a really enjoyable experience. While I don't think I liked this one more than 4, this playthrough still confirmed my plan to continue with the series.
I don't know when I'm going to play the next one (I'll probably give it a few months to focus on other titles) but it'll happen.
My only gripes with the experience have nothing to do with the game funnily enough but rather my platform of choice - the Steam Deck. While the small screen worked great for the most part, there were a few segments where I felt it ended up being detrimental to my performance. Not a game breaking thing but still.
The second, more important, issue has to do with controls. I'm not sure I like playing AC on the Deck. It really feels like there's something wrong with my ability to execute quick and precise manoeuvres in more difficult situations. I actually ended up switching to my desktop monitor and PS3 controller to finish the game (the latter brought an especially noticeable difference).
Last but not least, I'm once again plugging my Pixelfed account - I created it, might as well let people know it exists. I've added some more screenshots since last week, this time from The Elder Scrolls Online and Remember Me.
I'll try to keep a decent variety of titles posted there - both to keep it interesting (I hope) and because that's just how I play games most of the time. One thing I can promise though is that most, if not all, of the titles posted there will be worthy of the patient gamer community.
Your ESO screenshots look good! It has been my go-to for a while now, it's been fun. It's a shame the community on Lemmy isn't that busy, but I guess there's not a lot of players here yet.
Thanks! I don't really "play" ESO as much as I use it as a sightseeing simulator at the moment but yeah, both normal gameplay and just running around can be quite enjoyable. They did a great job with the world and quest design.
It’s a shame the community on Lemmy isn’t that busy, but I guess there’s not a lot of players here yet.
Well, it's a self-perpetuating problem of small communities - no one engages with them so they look like ghost towns scaring people away. Someone has to be the one to get the ball rolling if they're to thrive wink wink nudge nudge.
That sounds fun too! I take some screenshots here and there too, there's some really great landscapes.
Yeah, I've noticed that a lot unfortunately. I've got a community I moderate and try to post in when I have something to say, but there's so many others and not enough time in the day!
I feel you. I've been trying to kickstart a community for over a year now and the best I can hope for are a few votes. It can be pretty deflating after a while.
Yeah, same! There's a few others I've experimented with posting in, and gotten the same response. I would keep going, but I feel like people are also going to avoid the community if it's just me talking to myself! So it's tough to find a good balance.
I try not to overthink it - if it's a topic I'm interested in I just keep posting, even if I'm alone. There's no point (in my mind) in worrying about people being put off of a community with a single poster since the only alternative is a completely dead one. It might be just me but I feel like the latter is less inviting - if only because you have no idea if anything you post will get a response. With a single poster you know there's at least one person passionate enough about the topic to engage with you.
Very true! Being early adopters of something new like this is definitely fun, but it has it's challenges!
I've been playing x beyond the frontier, great space exploration game, there is a story but i don't really care about it.
Just "flying" through space with that soundtrack is such a relaxing thing, is great to play while a watch a cartoon or youtube video, or maybe just listen to a podcast.
I also got x2 and x3 with that one, once i'm finished with this one i might go for the sequels
Haven't been playing much this week yet. I guess Airborne Kingdom relaxed me too much and I felt the need to mellow down for a while longer.
Someone shared Grounded with me to try it out, but I haven't felt the desire to give it a go for now. Maybe by weekend time I'll be in the mood to feel tiny and fight giant, scary bugs/spiders.