Games you are currently playing - Part 7

Rodgerwilco

Entertainment boards w/ some Hockey mixed in.
Feb 6, 2014
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6,932
Roger wilco. Yep, name checks out. Those games were the shit back in the day. Back in the day you would be dragged along to the grocery store with your mom and they used to have the old DOS floppy disk video games on sale AT THE GROCERY STORE. Tricked my mom into buying a Liesure Suit Larry game... it didn't end up great for me when she figured out what those games were about. Lol. But I also scored the Space Quest games and some sweet dragonlance games so it worked out in the end

Also, I have no idea if your name is based on the game. If it isn't, heads-up, Roger and wilco mean two different things but you shouldn't say them together!
Thanks for the blast from the past, buddy. I never got into LSL, as I was a bit too young when it was in its hey-day. My parents were/are big gamers, so I never had to convince them to buy me anything in the gaming department.

It's a common misconception that my name is from Space Quest, it's actually not lol. I've had it corrected many times as "Rodger" and "Wilco" really aren't meant to be said together. It's a funny story how I got my name. Someone gave me an account with this username in an MMO when I was a kid and I just always kept that handle.
 
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Mikeaveli

Registered User
Sep 25, 2013
5,893
1,857
Edmonton, AB
Starting Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance tonight. Apparently the new route is 80 hours long in addition to the original 60 hour campaign. This is gonna be a long one lol
 

Soldier13Fox

jävlar anamma (f'ing embrace, get with it)
Sponsor
Oct 8, 2013
6,933
3,126
Coon Rapids
Started Super Mario RPG last night, so far, so good thru about an hour or so
I'm curious if this is your first playthrough. I'm old. I remember playing this as a kid on the SNES and it blew me away. Super fond memories of it, but who knows if my nostalgic memories actually hold up!?
 

Unholy Diver

Registered User
Oct 13, 2002
19,522
3,382
in the midnight sea
I'm curious if this is your first playthrough. I'm old. I remember playing this as a kid on the SNES and it blew me away. Super fond memories of it, but who knows if my nostalgic memories actually hold up!?

Yeah, the SNES was one of the few consoles I skipped between the Atari 2600 and current gen, so this is my first go-round with it
 

PK Cronin

Bailey Fan Club Prez
Feb 11, 2013
34,499
23,940
Chained Together, have made it about a third of the way up so far on the normal difficulty. Then attention spans starts to drift and you know the rest.
 

Turin

Erik Karlsson is good
Feb 27, 2018
23,547
27,593
Trying to finish Phantom Liberty and the random survival horror mission at the end is driving me insane.
 

542365

2018-19 Cup Champs!
Mar 22, 2012
22,394
8,783
Trying out The First Descendant. It's not breaking any new ground. It's basically a combination of Warframe and Destiny 2. Seeing as I really enjoyed both of those games, I really enjoy this one as well. I'm having a lot of fun with it, but I do recognize that it's quite repetitive and won't be for everyone. It's free, so if you're the looter shooter type it's worth a play IMO.
 

Jovavic

Gaslight Object Project
Oct 13, 2002
15,378
3,044
New Born Citizen Erased
Trails From Zero. I wanted to get into The Legend of Heroes series and I don't have access to a PC to play the first arc so I started on this one. Pretty good so far, the characters are a standout.
 

Turin

Erik Karlsson is good
Feb 27, 2018
23,547
27,593
Trails From Zero. I wanted to get into The Legend of Heroes series and I don't have access to a PC to play the first arc so I started on this one. Pretty good so far, the characters are a standout.
Never tried the series, might need to check this one out
 

JediOrderPizza

Registered User
Apr 15, 2012
5,883
7,364
Tampa, Fl
I've been trying to get caught up with trails for a while now, but as pointed out you need to take breaks. I've played the Sky games, Cold Steel 1-2 and am on Azure now.
 

Frankie Spankie

Registered User
Feb 22, 2009
12,392
413
Dorchester, MA
I got the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Collection during the summer Steam sale. I'm having fun living through the nostalgia playing the beat em ups with a friend through Remote Play. I still can't get over how awesome Steam is. I can buy a game and a friend can connect to my machine and play it flawlessly without him having to own the game. It's so damn good.

Also started Coromon, it's a Pokemon clone. About 6 hours in, it's pretty fun so far.
 

Turin

Erik Karlsson is good
Feb 27, 2018
23,547
27,593
It was a shame that there was never a sequel, I thought it was a very solid game back in the day
Yea I remember I was interested back in the day when i saw Ken Rolston was involved but never picked it up. It’s pretty great for a new IP, you’re right it’s a shame they couldn’t expand on the setting.
 

Unholy Diver

Registered User
Oct 13, 2002
19,522
3,382
in the midnight sea
Started Dragons Dogma 2 in May then put it down after shoulder surgery limited my gaming capabilities, went back to it yesterday, and was completely lost and forgot what I was doing. I'm not terribly far in, but I still don't know if I want to restart or just muddle thru till I get back on track
 

Chaels Arms

Formerly Lias Andersson
Aug 26, 2010
7,371
7,052
New York City
I'm really enjoying Pentiment. I wanted something story based and similar to Disco Elysium in structure after spending a few months hooked on Dave the Diver. The game assumes you have a working knowledge of Catholic church history and the Protestant Reformation but if you like dialog and choice based games it's a good choice.
 

The Mars Volchenkov

Registered User
Mar 31, 2002
49,698
3,892
Colorado
Pentiment was fantastic. Some of the story arcs change depending on your conversations.

I knocked out the first 3 dungeons in Dungeons of Hinderberg. This game is great so far.
 

Frankie Spankie

Registered User
Feb 22, 2009
12,392
413
Dorchester, MA
I've been playing Horizon Zero Dawn. I'm liking it but some of these bigger enemies just feel more tedious than challenging. Everything feels so bullet sponge-y even on normal difficulty. It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.
 

PeteWorrell

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Aug 31, 2006
4,892
2,094
I've been playing Horizon Zero Dawn. I'm liking it but some of these bigger enemies just feel more tedious than challenging. Everything feels so bullet sponge-y even on normal difficulty. It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.
It's a lot about learning weaknesses and exploiting them. Once you understand that and know what to target and with what type of weapon, i felt that fights were over quickly.
 
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Frankie Spankie

Registered User
Feb 22, 2009
12,392
413
Dorchester, MA
I think one of the big problems with it is the fact that there's all sorts of different gear to get but aside from the electric trap bow early, none of them are unlocked through any form of progression. It seems like everything has to be bought from merchants and when you can't find weapons in the open world or through main line quests, I just forget they're even there.

I know to use the focus on enemies to find their weaknesses but there are some weaknesses I've seen that I still never even got a weapon for and I'm in the end game. Granted, I've just been focusing on the story, but this kind of thing needs to be something the game presents to you as you play the story. It shouldn't be something you discover.

That being said, I didn't even realize until yesterday that you could pretty much rapid fire the fire arrows. I've been pulling back the string the whole way every time making the fire effect take forever to stack. lol
 

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