Space Marine 2. By the Emperor, what a blast!
And looking for Battle Brothers and Sisters to play with! https://lemmy.world/post/19894473
War Within
Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] - Haven’t had a whole lot of time to practice, but I’m working on charge partitioning. Managed to get double ball a few times in a match.
Mahjong Soul/Riichi City/IRL mahjong - After getting demoted to Expert I went on an even worse losing streak for a bit, but I seem to be clawing my way back now. It’s just sample size, or so I keep telling myself.
Splatoon 3 - Grand Festival was rad. Not the Turf War part, Turf still sucks, but it was the second best concert I saw all week.
The rerelease of Doom 1.
This time with Pistol Start, as I recently learned that the levels were balanced around that. It is challenging, but feels so right. The beginning of a level often plays like a little puzzle. Who to kill in what order to get to a decent weapon, before your 50 pistol shots run out. Can’t wait to play the new semi-official expansion they added with the rerelease.
Yakuza 3 Remastered
I’m about halfway through it, so I probably won’t finish this week, but I’m really enjoying it. I’m hoping to finish it before the new Zelda game releases, which is what I plan to dive into next.
I also plan to play a few indies as well, so please reply with any you think are worth checking out. I have a list, but I’m always up for recs.
+1 for Yakuza. I hope you have played 0, Kiwami 1 and Kiwami 2 before 3.
What genre of indies are you looking for?
Yup, started with 0 and working my way through.
Some genres I especially like:
- puzzles - Return of the Obra Dinn, Manifold Garden, etc
- platformers - absolutely loved INSIDE and LIMBO, currently enjoying A Hat in Time, loved Psychonauts (Psychonauts 2 is on the list, but it’s not really “indie” anymore), little nightmares
- metroidvanias - Blue Fire, Hollow Knight, etc
- point and click - Darkside Detective, Deponia, etc
- fighting/souls-like - Furi, Titan Souls
- story - What Remains of Edith Finch
- other - Recettear, Grand Mountain Adventure, Human Resource Machine
Basically, if it has really good gameplay or story, I’ll probably like it.
It’s probably more interesting to point out what I tend to not like:
- roguelikes
- city builders - I like high quality builders like Cities: Skylines, but indies tend to not have the budget
- rhythm
- stealth
- shooters - very samey; I’d rather play AAA, such as Doom
But then again, there’s an exception to each of these (e.g. I loved Slay the Spire and Black Mesa). So honestly, I’d probably enjoy anything that really stands out as being unique or interesting.
I haven’t played Obra Dinn yet, but I keep hearing that anyone into that game is also into The Case of the Golden Idol, which I can confirm is fantastic. I’d recommend the DLC as well, which has a neat story hook to it after the main game.
I’m not sure how literal you meant the “fighting” tag, as opposed to something like a boss rush, but I’d call Skullgirls the best game ever made if you’re into the multiplayer aspect.
Nice. Of the classic Yakuza games I liked 4 the best, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
I will just mention some of the games I played from the genres you like. They are all pretty well known, so you probably played them already or have them on your list.
Puzzles: Does Turn Based Combat count as puzzles? Tactical Breach Wizards and Into the Breach (A rogue like, but it is sooo good).
Platformers: Celeste, Horace, Dustforce and Little Nightmares
Metroidvanias: Guacamelee
Point and Click: Everything by Wadjet Eye Games. Seriously, everything they developed or published.
Story aka Walking Simulators: The Suicide of Rachel Foster, Firewatch, The Beginner’s Guide, Dr. Langeskov (It’s free!), Jazzpunk, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter