Board, card, or video games - what’s being played this week?
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
I’ve done the 4 regional phenomena and all the geoglyphs, I’m clearing off some side quests before continuing (finishing?)
Not sure why but I bounced off of Tears hard. I played and finished Breath, but within 5 hours I’d had my fill with TotK.
Suspect it’s a me thing more than the game.
I think it is a great game - I’m loving the sandbox feel and the “anything goes” way of traversing the map, solving problems etc - but I admit it doesn’t have the same sense of wonder and immersion (I think?) as BOTW somehow.
It’s also the first time I’ve made use of any item duplication glitches (it seems like the only “fun” / non-grindy way of making use of the new building mechanic) so maybe that, plus being able to just fly around everywhere on DIY contraptions, has taken some of the fun / point out of wandering around the map 🤷♂️
I suspect that feeling of not having the wonder or immersion is because you played BOTW first so the novelty isn’t there, I had never played BOTW so it was definitely wonderful for me
I’ve decided to try and find every bubbulfrog before I actually finish the game, I’m at the same point as you and I’m not ready to let it go! It’s been so much fun.
(Might regret that by the time I get to the last few frogs haha…)
Tears of the Kingdom every evening since it arrived. It’s so good.
My steam deck is gathering dust somewhere, barely used since I got it!
Lol I played totk on my deck before switching to my PC because I don’t have a steam dock.
I’m still playing Deep Rock Galactic. It’s on sale right now. Fantastic value for about £8 in my view.
Just started on the Mass Effect LE for the very first time - after spending waaaaay too long trying to make Shepherd look deccent, I’m finally underway and enjoying so far!
Enjoy it. I did that too with my character but then it will randomly cut to a camera angle that makes Sheppard look ugly…
Fallout 4 on steam deck. Level 66 just mopping up side quests before the point of no return.
Currently playing The Last of us on PC. I wanted to play it on day 1, but it was a mess at the time of release. So waited till the updates had put it in a decent enough shape.
I haven’t encountered any major bugs, just 2-3 minor ones. I’m thoroughly enjoying the game. It’s an emotional experience, like a movie which really pulls you in. Gameplay is also nice with subtle variations as I progress to keep things interesting.
And it’s just beautiful. Definitely recommend
Have you played it before/watched the show or are you going in blind?
First time playing, hadn’t watched the show. Finished the game yesterday. I was really sad when I finished it.
Just bought the War of the Ring board game - my partner and I are in for a loooong Saturday.
Ok I am genuinely jealous.
My bass.
I played Thrive, a sort of open source, more realistic version of Spore. It’s really impressive how far they’ve come from an ‘impossible dream’ to an actual functional game, albeit one with only one stage. However, as I mostly played Microbe and Creature stage in the original Spore anyway, that’s like half the game to me.
I’ve been getting back into No Man’s Sky, I hadn’t played in a while so I’m trying to catch up with the recent updates. It’s always been a great chillout game for me, just exploring systems and finding odd new life forms.
Finally started Mario Odyssey after getting a Switch last xmas from my ex, and I’ve got to say I’m loving it. Otherwise on PC I’m rotating between Battlefield 4, Rust and Mudrunner at the moment
Mario Odyssey is genuinely amazing. It’s like they just got everyone together and said “ok let’s take everything we’ve learned over decades, pick just the most absolute pure FUN mechanics and systems, and shove them all together to make the funnest game ever”.
Tears of the Kingdom, still. But also I played my first game of Starfinder and it was really fun! I’ve mostly played D&D 5e so it was a big step up in complexity, but everything just sort of…makes sense, so it wasn’t too much of a shock to the system. Scraped through session one by the skin of our teeth after a brawl in a cyberpunk nightclub, excited to see where the rest of the game goes!
I got myself one of these little RG35XX handheld emulation devices for £60 and stuck on some custom firmware. I’ve been having blast. About halfway through a bug fixed Final Fantasy VI ROM hack, also playing some Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga.
That RG35XX looks neat. I’ll pick one up. Thanks.
Yeah, I got it on a bit of a whim and wasn’t expecting much. The stock firmware is poor, but GarlicOS is great. A wee bit of mucking about to get things nicely scaled, but I wholeheartedly recommend it.
I’ve finally got round to playing Blasphemous on my Steam Deck. So much better than I thought it was so far.
I’ve been playing disco Elysium, after the latest video from upisnotjump really enjoying it
@snake_case this is one of those games I bought on steam after everyone raved about it but I keep putting of starting it
