Goldfinger played a quarantine version of Superman:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=h0rSYEoBMYM
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Not to go too far offtopic, but yeah, Goldfinger was a band I really got into in the early 2000s. Part of it was that they had a song in THPS. Another part of it was that they had a new album coming out around that time with a cover of 99 Red Balloons which drew a little attention from german press because it contains a verse in german. I distinctly remember seeing some sort of interview with them on a german TV station while waiting for the german version of Big Brother (I was a stupid 14-year old back in 2000). I think a day or so later our newspaper came with an advertising insert from an electronics chain and in it the album was advertised. Had to get it then. So yeah, Stomping Ground was the first punk album I bought. Still a decent album. Kind of unfortunate John Feldman (the lead singer) kind of went off the deep end with his PETA advocacy over the years.
Picked up Chronicon on the black friday sale, itās been really fun. Itās an indie arpg that hits all the right buttons and excels where it needs to. Graphics are sub-par and enemy variety is below average, but it absolutely nails the feeling of stomping around a map busting hundreds of mooks while loot explodes out of them. Subworld has squared the circle of creating a game with tons of depth that can be quickly picked up to start busting heads. I wish the AAA arpgs focused on speed and gamefeel the way this one does. Itās not perfect, but Iāve played way, way worse arpgs for $12
Playing Hades. Got to what could be the final boss on the last run, but then died. Iām sure Iāll beat it soon-ish. Weāll see how much I keep playing. Pretty sure itās a play forever sort of thing, as itās a roguelike and there are many many things I have not unlocked.
Without spoiling it, Hades does have credits at a specific point in the game, at which point it essentially becomes an endless game with self imposed āChallengesā to make the game harder.
I stopped after the credits, but loved every second of it. Fantastic game.
I didnāt stop at the credits, but taking a look at the achievements thereās apparently an āepilogueā which comes after youāve done enough post credits, weāll see if I make it to that.
Just got absolutely consumed by Demoncrawl. Itās Minesweeper: the rougelike. The base game is exactly the same, but now you have HP, money, armor, and items. Adding campaign mechanics and random items works surprisingly well for a game that was already procedurally generated. Like classic roguelikes, it is ruthless. There are absurd effects like āthe open squares have items that you can take, but deal damage to youā or āclear an entire row of the board, if you kill a monster (mine) refund 50% of this itemās chargeā and you need to abuse your items to get a leg up on a system that isnāt quite one hit kill (like normal minesweeper) but damn close.
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Jet Lancer is a blast so far, very similar feeling gameplay wise to Luftrausers from a while back though with a lot more color and anime vibes and a lot less Nazis. Well worth the current steam sale price
Playing these games right now:
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (on Slippi, FUGU#174 if anyone wants to play, this is my favorite game)
- Hades (I saw a couple people in this thread are playing it, I got it about a week ago and made it out of the house three times so far)
- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (this game is still amazing)
- Chess (so I donāt become dumb)
- Slay The Spire (on Ascension Level 14 with The Silent right now, trying to make it to Level 20)
- Heroes of Might & Magic III (Iām just playing the campaigns right now)
- Teamfight Tactics (this game is a bad game but for some reason I enjoy it too much, Iām hardstuck Diamond rn)
Anyone share any of the same game journeys as me currently?
Iām trying to game, again. āDoomscrollingā is killing me, and if I refuse to be productive, I might as well have some fun.
Fallout: New Vegas is the first of the āModernā Fallout Games Iāve played. Itās very enjoyable, so far. I have only achieved the default āWell done, you didnāt quit during character creationā achievement.
Brigador is still terrific. Itās like the old Strike games, but even crazier.
Final Fantasy VI as a Steam port is passable. Iām told people donāt like the ports, but I enjoy it well enough. Iām still in the early part of the game, grinding using Edgarās crazy weapons.
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Trying to get through a backlog on my PS4. Played through the first two Arkham games. Man those havenāt aged well. Starting the third one tonight, so weāll see how long it lasts.
Played through a digital PS game (maybe itās on other things?) called Erica that was pretty fantastic. Itās an FMV-style interactive game, which I realized that I guess I had nostalgia for? Super short, but pretty replayable, I think. Definitely recommend this if you ever get a hankering for those types of games.
Itās funny, as I get older, I want long games less and less. Like, I will play an 80+ hour isometric RPG, but I might not finish it. I will definitely finish an 8-10 hour game. I wish that more games were made that catered to that market, because I canāt possibly be the only adult in the world that has less and less time to videogame in their life!
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I got bit by the Genshin Impact bug. Do I recommend it? Uhā¦ maybe? Iām having a lot of fun, and as gacha games go itās reasonably generous. I spent $10 a couple of weeks ago mostly because I felt like supporting the creators; I havenāt spent any other money, which makes it cheaper than most other games Iāve played this year. It doesnāt have a real āpartyā system, though ā thatās kind of counter to the gacha system. Since they can never know which character(s) a player will have access to, they have to treat them all the same (ie they all have different abilities, but NPCs talk as if itās the central protagonist even if youāre playing as someone else). Itās frustrating. I canāt wait to play more. ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Iāve also played a looooooooot of Slay the Spire recently. Iāve still never beaten the last boss. Some day.
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I grabbed an early access of a game called Solasta: Crown of the Magister, which is a cRPG that is sticking very closely to D&D 5e tabletop rules. Iāve always been fond of video games that try to replicate tabletop D&D mechanics, and this is definitely doing that. Itās still pretty rough, but the team is tiny (13 people) so Iām not expecting greatness. Still, quite promising.
So when I finished the EA content thatās out right now, I went and grabbed Hades and uhhhhhhhhhhh anyway I havenāt gotten anything else done since I started playing it. Damn does that game live up to the hype.
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A friend of mine got me a copy of Hades as a present and I started playing it last week. Iāve become totally engrossed. Rogue-likes/lites arenāt even my genre, but Hades is just so good that I keep playing it over and over again because Cerberus needs pets.
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Cerberus is best boyo.
This may honestly be the pinnacle of rogue-likes as far as Iām concerned - it strikes a beautiful balance between control and chance, and itās difficult without being bullshit.
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Dionysus is second best.
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Odd way to spell Artemis.
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