Silent Hill (Duckstation) - classic survival horror game
- great atmosphere, strong sense of mystery and dread
- oldschool approach to mystery/horror where everything doesn’t have to be explained or logical
- some outstanding puzzles
- combat is kinda annoying, but when you play with emulator you at least have saves everywhere
Sekiro is really testing my patience with my own skills
Is it your first time playing it? Sekiro is probably my favourite game of all time but it’s definitely not beginner-friendly. The steep learning curve is pretty intense but so worth it when it clicks!
Yep, first time. It feels so good when it clicks!
Enjoy! I wish I could play it for the first time again. How far have you made it so far?
I’m at the top of ashina castle. Spent a good couple of hours on that boss, was super happy to get past it. Then he threw off his clothes and got all lightningy. Haven’t managed to get back to that phase yet.
Oh man, Genichiro is one of my favourite fights. Have you figured out how to do a lightning reversal yet? It’s pretty important for the lightning phase, and the game does a pretty poor job at explaining it
I’ve read about the lightning reversal before I knew he would use it, so I know what to try. The one time I had the opportunity, I timed it completely wrong, jumped too early and was on the ground again by the time it struck.
I’ve been playing a bunch of SSX tricky. It’s super old, but I absolutly love it even 20 years later. I’ve been playing on the PC using a ps2 emulator.
I’ve also been playing simpsons hit and run which really holds up. It’s a simpsons version of grand theft auto & it’s just fun. It’s another emulated ps2 game.
Lastly I’ve been playing survival fountain of youth. It’s a fairly recent release. You play as a shipwrecked Spaniard looking for the fountain of youth. I enjoy the base building & exploration – the story line is fiiine but nothing special.
Which emulator are you using for ps2?
Pcsx2 – it works pretty well, the only game I’ve had trouble running was monster rancher 2
Playing Steam World Dig 2 for the 4th or 5th time. Trying a no death run, because I know there’s an achievement for that.
Unlock The King: Cheap, simple puzzler that uses chess pieces and how they‘re allowed to move, but otherwise has nothing in common with actuall chess. Recommended.
Orcs Must Die! 3: Comic-y 3rd person tower defense game (here: traps) that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I was a big fan of OMD2 and thought 3 was their weird pvp game called Unchained or whatever, so this one went completely past me and now I get to play a complete and new (to me) OMD for cheap! Recommended.
Potion Permit: Harvest Moon but you’re making potions instead. The pixel art is absolutely amazing. The game feels a bit too small and has weird technical issues (stutter, sudden increase in CPU load or controller input crapping itself until you restart), but it‘s still fun af. Recommended.
Fields of Mistria: Early Access Harvest Moon clone in Gameboy Color style. It may be Early Access, but it runs smooth, I‘ve experienced zero bugs and after ten hours I‘m not even in my first fall. It‘s already well worth a buy. Recommended.
I’ve just finished replaying Killzone 3 on PlayStation 3 and it’s still really impressive.
I might start Little Nightmares 2 tonight or tomorrow on my PlayStation 5.
Ooo. I’ve been wanting to pull my PS3 out again and you just gave me a reason to.
I still haven’t beaten the DLC for the 1st little nightmares. I plan to get to 2 once I do. I hope it’s as good as the original
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The Spirit and The Mouse is free on Epic Games right now. I’ve been enjoying it - gentle, cute game where you play as a little electric mouse in a french village trying to help it’s citizens. Rough around the edges with a lot of heart.
Grow home, it surprisingly gives me Death Stranding vibes
Aaaa! This game’s so good. I freaking bought the second one and completely forgot about it in my library. I’m definitely playing it when I get home now
I love this game so much. It’s so chill but also blood boiling lol
Can I ask for recommendations here?
I mainly play on PS and Switch, and have a long list of games that I want to play, so am fully covered there, but recently updated my laptop, and this one has a nice Nvidia card in it, so was thinking about catching up on the PC only games I missed.
I am currently playing Trails in the Sky series, and plan to get Age of Empires and other Xbox / MS games like Halo, Gears of Wars, Fable etc.
Any other PC-only, must-play recommendations from last 10-15 years?
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Well, I am generally a fan of RPGs but I play pretty much any kind of game. Most of the AAA games end up on consoles, so have played most of them (or have them on wishlist). Played both God of War (all except Ragnarok, which is on my wishlist) and Control on PS. And Guardians of the Galaxy is on my wishlist.
Oh, not a big fan of MOBAs or any PvP game. Same with very old or retro game. Don’t have a nostalgia for 8-bit games. Don’t mind 16bit era that much though. Also don’t like horror.
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Destroy and Humans. I just started playing 2 days ago, it is enjoyable for what it is.
Currently spending my time revisiting Fallen London and Sunless Sea. It’s really nice to be able to engage with the setting from multiple games that share the same universe and has some limited crossover. During the day I check in on my adventures in Fallen London on my phone, while I roam the Zee in the evenings at home.
Very much recommended if you’re into story based games and deep world building!
Still finishing Yakuza 3, and looking for something spooky to play.
I’ll probably go back to Alan Wake and the Metro series, but if anyone has some great indie suggestions that work well on Steam Deck, I might pick some up.
I’ve had it for a while but finally it dug it’s claws in - Tunic!
Apparently this is a devisive little game. I absolutely adore it and think the combat difficulty is just about perfect while the puzzle solving and the exploration is masterclass levels of design. The show, don’t tell approach is used so perfectly here. Ah I love it
I’m playing through the Plucky Squire. It’s lovely to look at, and really wholesome! Feels a bit hand-holdy with some of the puzzles but nevertheless I’m enjoying my time with it.
