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PayPalWelcome back, dear readers, to another community article for us all to have a little chat about what we've been playing recently. It's been about a month since we last did this, so it's time to see how you're all doing.
Last time I was completely hooked on ARC Raiders, clocking up a current total of 135 hours. I'm at a point where I feel like I've seen pretty much everything the game has to offer, and so I've taken a bit of a break from it for a while to see how it evolves across a few updates. Very enjoyable though, as long as you don't mind the PvP where you end up losing your good stuff constantly.
Now that I've kicked the ARC habit, I've been jumping into a few other games including the truly excellent Sektori. Mixed in with some Overwatch 2 for the new season and winter events, because family members love it. Despite a brief hiccup with the latest season, it continues running great on Linux.
I also properly tried to get into Fallout 76 with the partner recently too, but something about it just feels a bit off. I can't quite put my finger on why. I think, perhaps, I just enjoyed Fallout 3 and New Vegas too much that it doesn't do it for me as an MMO? More time needed to see for sure. Am I really missing too much if I skip over F76?
Over to you in the comments - what have you been playing lately?
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mr-victory 3 hours ago
Outer Wilds & The Finals these days
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I just bought Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story because they are going to remove it from Steam, and it was heavily discounted. It's, well, ... more "Lost Phone".
And I played Year Unknown. The demo already is half of the game. There's that one big choice in the end...
I don't regret playing either, but they're no must have played to me.
And I played Year Unknown. The demo already is half of the game. There's that one big choice in the end...
I don't regret playing either, but they're no must have played to me.
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Not much due to lack time, energy and willingness. Occasionally, Super Mario Bros Remastered.
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EVE Online, since 18 years straight now.
Pax Dei, from some of the guys who developed EVE.
The Lords of the Rings - Return to Moria, and we're digging deeply and greedily (what can go wrong?).
Elite: Dangerous, basically since 1984...
HumanitZ, but we stopped the EA playthrough, as we wait for release.
Pax Dei, from some of the guys who developed EVE.
The Lords of the Rings - Return to Moria, and we're digging deeply and greedily (what can go wrong?).
Elite: Dangerous, basically since 1984...
HumanitZ, but we stopped the EA playthrough, as we wait for release.
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Mostly Outer Worlds 2 ... It's good. Not excellent, not groundbreaking, but it's fun to play. The stealthy sniper build I have going is super fun. I'd say I'm probably 2/3 finished. I'll get it done by the end of the year. Then next I'm REALLY hoping they'll fully release the turn based mode for Pillars of Eternity 1 (currently in beta) so I can play that one. Really looking forward to that.
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Melvor Idle and Luanti (Hades Revisited) for the most part. Looking in on other games here and there, but nothing sustained.
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I was super hoooked on Arc-Raiders for a few weeks too, probably in large part because a discord I'm in made it their game du jour. It's a great game, but I've not felt the urge to play it for a week or so now really.
Instead I first started paying Diablo 1 again since I wanted to see what I actually think of a game I really only played when I was 13 years old. Then after a tip from my younger brother who's even more of a Diablo head than I am, I checked out Children of Morta again. I played it a couple years back but never got hooked then. I would like a co-op partner for it (my brother has it on a different device), but it's pretty good for what it is so far. Like Diablo 1 it's also more of a dungeon crawler than an arpg, which I like.
Instead I first started paying Diablo 1 again since I wanted to see what I actually think of a game I really only played when I was 13 years old. Then after a tip from my younger brother who's even more of a Diablo head than I am, I checked out Children of Morta again. I played it a couple years back but never got hooked then. I would like a co-op partner for it (my brother has it on a different device), but it's pretty good for what it is so far. Like Diablo 1 it's also more of a dungeon crawler than an arpg, which I like.
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I've been playing Legend of Grimrock 2. I like old-type dungeon crawls similar to Dungeon Master, and Grimrock 2 adds outdoor areas that work better than I expected. Having a lot of fun crawling around the sewers. 
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blindcoder 3 hours ago
Oooh, bit of everything. Haven, Little Rocket Lab, Until Dawn on the PS4, Viewfinder are the most recent ones.
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WHERE WINDS MEET is taking nearly all of my free time. Incredibly impressed with it for a Free game. It seriously feels like a game they could’ve charged top dollar for. Theyve seemingly created a huge community for it. Unreal how much content is in there, how graphically beautiful it is, how clean the combat plays, how fun the puzzles are, and again how FREE it is.
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I came back to Hero Siege, after 2 years since I played last time. It is still as amazing as I remember. I played a good amount of hours to Astroneer, and started a couple days ago a new game in Pokemon Añil, a fangame GBA style Pokémon. A good variety of genres 
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williamjcm 3 hours ago
Tokyo Xtreme Racer (I beat it and started a NG+ run), Blood Refreshed Supply, Chasm, Xuan-Yuan Sword 7, Halls of Torment, Yet Another Zombie Survivors, and I went back to Earth Defense Force 5 too. And that's just the PC games.
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After spending most of this year gaming on my desktop, I've finally returned to the Steam Deck OLED and "fixed" the awful static issue the 3.5mm jack had on a lot of launch models by slightly loosening the screws holding down the audio board. So to fully make use of a static-free headphone jack, I've been relaying Furi.
Banging soundtrack and an overall exhilarating game. I'm about halfway through and love it just as much as I did the first time round many years ago.
I haven't abandoned my PC completely though and have been making my way through Two Point Hospital. Another game with a fantastic soundtrack (though for wildly different reasons) and it's generally a relaxing time. I'm currently at the Tumble hospital and my receptionists keep whining about needing to go to the toilet despite the overwhelming amount of toilets I build for them, but it's otherwise going smoothly.
Banging soundtrack and an overall exhilarating game. I'm about halfway through and love it just as much as I did the first time round many years ago.
I haven't abandoned my PC completely though and have been making my way through Two Point Hospital. Another game with a fantastic soundtrack (though for wildly different reasons) and it's generally a relaxing time. I'm currently at the Tumble hospital and my receptionists keep whining about needing to go to the toilet despite the overwhelming amount of toilets I build for them, but it's otherwise going smoothly.
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[quote=Eike]I just bought Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story because they are going to remove it from Steam, and it was heavily discounted. It's, well, ... more "Lost Phone".
I just picked the bundle, thanks for the tip. Years ago I played through Simulacra and enjoyed it. Sounds like it may be similar.
I just picked the bundle, thanks for the tip. Years ago I played through Simulacra and enjoyed it. Sounds like it may be similar.
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Still Duet Night Abyss. I also play Wagotabi to practice my Japanese and some Umamusume from time to time. So nothing fancy really ;)
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In an effort to finish some uncompleted games in my library, I'm back to MechWarrior 5: Clans after dropping the difficulty. Once I realized I just wanted to finish the story and was sick of getting stomped in every campaign it became a much more enjoyable experience.
I've also been jumping between Demonschool and Blippo+. Demonschool's good for when I want a bit of tactical puzzle action, and Blippo+ has been great when I just want to watch some TV without actually picking something. I also enjoy it's general weirdness and impressively accurate reproduction of 80's public access.
I've also been jumping between Demonschool and Blippo+. Demonschool's good for when I want a bit of tactical puzzle action, and Blippo+ has been great when I just want to watch some TV without actually picking something. I also enjoy it's general weirdness and impressively accurate reproduction of 80's public access.
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After 70 hours or so I just finished Immortals Fenyx Rising that was recently given away by Ubisoft. Overall a good game in the Ubi style of a large map with lots of "points of interest" to explore. Decent, if relatively simple, puzzles and combat, but the story and dialog are terrible. After 60+ hours it was all getting a bit same-y so I rushed through the main story to finish the game.
I just got War Mongrels from a Fanatical bundle which I hope will fill the real-time tactics void that Mimimi left. I've only played half an hour or so and, though I don't think it'll be up to Mimimi standards (and the controls are annoying), it looks pretty good.
Also tried once again to get into Outer Wilds with not much luck but will persevere...
I just got War Mongrels from a Fanatical bundle which I hope will fill the real-time tactics void that Mimimi left. I've only played half an hour or so and, though I don't think it'll be up to Mimimi standards (and the controls are annoying), it looks pretty good.
Also tried once again to get into Outer Wilds with not much luck but will persevere...
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