Currently Playing?

[-Blue-]

Playing Metroid Dread. So far it is fun, but I've liked all of the Metroid games I have played. The E.M.M.I however kind of ruin the overall experience. The first few times it's kind of fun, tense, and thrilling to be stalked by these invulnerable killing robots. But it gets old quick. It goes from being able to explore the world to just running away and not having the time to appreciate the atmosphere of the level/layout.

It loses that tension/horror feel really quick and just becomes a nuisance.

Put down Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I did my best, made it to chapter 8 but damn, I just got absolutely sick of the constant dialogue and cutscenes. Played about 50 hours and feels like I've only had about 5 hours of actual gameplay. Really wanted to push myself since there's only two chapters, I still might, but I'm lead to believe that's another 20 hours...Pure nope.

Picked up Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Played it before but didn't stick with it, I think I was just playing it to fill time waiting for another game or something. I do quite like this one and will probably stick with it this time, especially since Xcom 2 wasn't a brilliant experience on the Switch (love Xcom but not great for consoles IMO).

I finished XB2 and I liked the story and cast. Many say that XB1 was better and sure it might've had a stronger story, but it fell flat to me due to how hollow and lackluster the characters were. XB2 had a more fleshed out cast.

But yeah I think the game could've been worked better. Literally all the bosses you fight are ones that you are scripted to lose to over and over. I wiped the floor all the time due to how high my level was. They really should had added more villains to the main group so it felt like you made progress opposed to what they did. Watching Rex and co. get their butts handed to them after the millionth time got old real fast.

 

[Tao]

I finished XB2 and I liked the story and cast. Many say that XB1 was better and sure it might've had a stronger story, but it fell flat to me due to how hollow and lackluster the characters were. XB2 had a more fleshed out cast.

But yeah I think the game could've been worked better. Literally all the bosses you fight are ones that you are scripted to lose to over and over. I wiped the floor all the time due to how high my level was. They really should had added more villains to the main group so it felt like you made progress opposed to what they did. Watching Rex and co. get their butts handed to them after the millionth time got old real fast.

I think the story is alright (obviously aside from the ending which I've yet to see) and I do like the cast, the combat is fun too even if it takes far too long for them to give you your whole basic toolset and not feel like something is missing for 20 hours. Most things I can't really badmouth with the game in terms of quality, just there's far too much of certain elements and takes too long to get the good bits.

Kinda similar to how I feel about the Metal Gear games which I absolutely adore. Every playthrough after the first is far more enjoyable to me because I can skip the 30 hours of cutscenes and dialogue that make me think "maybe they should have made a movie or something instead because they clearly want to" the first time around and just play the 5 hour campaign.

Totally agree with the frequency of them getting their butts whooped too. That in itself gets a boring and predictable but it's a major pet peeve that I have to win a fight in a game (especially if I lost a few times) only for the cutscene to make me lose anyway. Could totally do without that so much. There's also quite a few cutscene battles where I was just thinking to myself "this looks really cool, it would be awesome if I could be playing that fight...Like some sort of game or something".

 

[-Lumi-]

I picked up Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 since it's on sale! I've never played the first one but I've always been intrigued. It is so cute so far, I'm so happy I picked it up. Puyo Puyo is so much fun! Im not that great at Tetris but hopefully with practice I'll get better, lol.

 

[HopeForHyrule]

I picked up Garden Story and Kitaria Fables during the eShop sale, and I'm currently obsessed with Kitaria. Is grindy, but as an RPG fan, I low-key love that aspect of it.

 

[Autumn247]

Zelda BOTW, just made it to Kakariko Village (this is my first time playing)

 

[CrankyCupcake]

The other week I was playing a new game called Dysmantle because I felt like being destructive and wanted to whack a few zombie heads. But after an hour or so, it triggered a craving for Don't Starve. So I fired up Don't Starve again and now I'm still playing. Hooked. Again. After a few years of not playing it. I thought I was done with the game.

I first played Don't Starve in 2012 when it was in beta. I played it after it launched and kept playing it through every DLC like Reign of Giants and Shipwrecked. (Never the multiplayer though.) According to Steam, I've spent 2,950+ hours on the game. The last time I played it was 2018. I know Klei continues to update Don't Starve Together (the multiplayer). But they've been pretty much done with the singleplayer game since the last DLC, Hamlet.

Well, I'm glad to be playing DS again. It's one of the rare few games that I liked so much I actually learned to mod it. I'm playing with one of my custom characters. It's such a nostalgic experience for me.

 

[Newbiemayor]

I'm finally replaying paper mario and the thousand year door after a years long search for a copy at an acceptable price. Normally they go for $70-$90 for disk only and for a complete box they go anywhere from $110-$3,000+ and I was able to get one in original box with instruction booklet for $89 (still oof but best price I've ever seen). It's still just as fun as it used to be and I'm in my favorite chapter now (4).

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

Right now I'm playing a lot of Tetris, New Leaf, and Zelda Ocarina of Time. Tetris is strangely addicting, I'm playing New Leaf because I'm starting to get bored of New Horizons, and I just felt like playing Ocarina of Time. (But now I'm playing the N64 version, I beat the 3DS version like five times.)

 

[nightglow]

I've started Ultreia and I am really enjoying it. It is a point and click game. I played the demo last year and enjoyed it. I find it an interesting and beautiful game.

 

[Autumn247]

I'm waiting for The Witcher 3: Complete Edition to download on my switch, so I might be playing that tonight

 

[Autumn247]

Playing Calico, it's a game where you run a cat café

 

[Autumn247]

Just started my first playthrough of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Complete Edition

 

[Haru Okumura]

Yeah, I played Bravely Default years ago and dropped it because…. The lategame is literally just grinding. You have to grind your team until they reach max level, and only then can you beat the game. It became so monotonous that I just couldn’t deal with it anymore. I still love the game, and props to those who finished it, but I just… yeah…

I've just reached Chapter 5 and I can see what you mean. So far it's just been constant boss fights (especially since I want the 999 JP from the asterisk wielders) with the occasional cutscene. And the next 3 chapters are exactly like this? I've already reactivated 3 out of 4 crystals, doing it 13 more times is gonna feel like such a slog lmao

 

[Mr.Fox]

I just got Super Lucky's Tale for the Xbox One so I'm going to maybe play some this weekend. And I'm also playing Pokémon Shining Pearl and ACNH

I just picked up New Super Lucky's Tale for Switch because I always have a platformer on the go, and honestly it's probably one of the better ones available. It's close enough to Banjo Kazooie that it satisfied the completionist in me with all the collectibles...and it's DEFINITELY better than the mess that was Yooka Laylee.

In terms of just platformers on Switch...I'd say 1.) Mario titles (any, and unlikely to ever be improved upon), 2.) Rayman Legends 3.) Super Lucky's Tale.

 

[sleepydreepy]

I recently finished Metroid Dread and decided to pick up Dead Cells again in hopes to beat 5 BC and become a parry god (since Metroid kinda taught me how to parry). I am also playing Furi which is just a boss rush game where you also parry and its actually really fun.

But back to Dead Cells- I am currently trying to get through 2 BC and I'm doing really well except I keep dying in the final boss fight. It's so frustrating to get all the way to the end only to die within like 30 seconds lol. Dead Cells recently added an update where you can practice fighting bosses so I think I'm gonna do that for the final boss over and over again since that fight is just so hard for me. I have the other two bosses down (Black Bridge boss and Clockmaker boss) and even got no hits with both of them!! But that last boss....smh

Another game that I recently picked up again is Celeste! I stopped playing after I beat the main game plus the extra Core chapter, and was stuck in the beginning of the Farewell chapter. I decided to get back into the game and learn advanced movement strategies and perfect my platforming skills and I managed to beat all the B side chapters and the first 3 C sides!!!!!!! I am so proud of myself. If only I could somehow use my video game skills in real life lol.

Also my favorite B side is chapter 5, the music goes so hard and the mechanics are so fun. I frequently play it for fun and try to beat my own speedrun record which I think is a little under 10 minutes if I remember correctly

 

[Haru Okumura]

Finally beat Bravely Default on Monday - fun final boss, but incredibly repetitive after the first half. I've moved on to Bravely Second, still at the prologue which I'm guessing ends after the 4th party member joins? The 3rd member just joined so ch.1 might end be sooner than I think.

 

[Kamex]

Finally beat Bravely Default on Monday - fun final boss, but incredibly repetitive after the first half. I've moved on to Bravely Second, still at the prologue which I'm guessing ends after the 4th party member joins? The 3rd member just joined so ch.1 might end be sooner than I think.

I played both of the games and finished them years ago. The final boss fight in Bravely Default gave me some trouble and after losing several times, I eventually won with a good strategy. I honestly think Bravely Second is a lot easier because it requires less grinding than the original games. Also, the new job classes introduced in Bravely Second were very useful in battles and I developed all sorts of strategies by watching others on youtube. That's how I became an expert at playing the game. It's really fun how you can combine so many different jobs and abilities that can help you get an edge in battles. Plus, the characters in Bravely Second are so funny and I enjoyed the story a lot. Definitely one of the best 3DS games I've played.

 

[michito]

I started SMT IV last week! I know nothing about smt so I just got the 1st one i saw avaible lol but it has been very fun so far! I really like the monsters, pretty different from the cutesy stuff I'm used to, but they're cool (it has a wide range between ''ugly'' and cute/funny designs)

Also I finished a replay of mother2/earthbound recently and started mother1/eb0, I haven't played them since I was little ^^ My favorite is mother3, but all the games are enjoyable

 

[gigii]

acnl,pokemon sun and moon and teraria :w:

 

[Midoriya]

Currently playing Genshin Impact and Pokemon Legends: Arceus.