OT: Video Games/Computers/Gadgets/Gizmos

jschligs · Post #1541 » by **jschligs** » Sat Oct 18, 2025 1:12 pm

Buddies and I recently started playing Stardew Valley together. I'd played a ton solo back in the day, but man, playing with friends is so much more fun.

The Steam Deck is saving my butt right now, otherwise I wouldn't be able to play anything right now.

MikeIsGood · Post #1542 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sat Oct 18, 2025 2:19 pm

New POE league details are starting to leak so my brain has become broken. Bouncing off of literally everything within an hour of picking it up. This has happened almost every league for the past 7 years. It's brutal, lol.

tydett · Post #1543 » by **tydett** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 4:03 pm

There's a few games I'm still looking to play, but damn has this been incredible. Rankings with 2 months left in the year:

1. Expedition 33
2. Hades 2
3. Death Stranding 2
4. Silksong
5. Blue Prince

Haven't played Split Fiction, Final Fantasy Tactics, Trails in the Sky FC, or Yotei - won't ever be able to play Bananaza (obligatory **** you Nintendo). Crazy crazy year.

MikeIsGood · Post #1544 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 5:10 pm

KCD2 is still my GOTY. That's probably in the RPG pantheon for me.

jschligs · Post #1545 » by **jschligs** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 8:08 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:KCD2 is still my GOTY. That's probably in the RPG pantheon for me.

I really need to revisit it. I just wish I could turn down the difficulty a bit.

Post #1546 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 10:05 pm

tydett wrote:There's a few games I'm still looking to play, but damn has this been incredible. Rankings with 2 months left in the year:

1. Expedition 33
2. Hades 2
3. Death Stranding 2
4. Silksong
5. Blue Prince

Haven't played Split Fiction, Final Fantasy Tactics, Trails in the Sky FC, or Yotei - won't ever be able to play Bananaza (obligatory **** you Nintendo). Crazy crazy year.

There's a bunch I still want to play more of, like Ender Magnolia, Avowed, Hades II, The First Berserker: Khazan, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Ghost of Yotei, and Absolum.

Haven't played Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance but want to.

Still can't wait to play Ninja Gaiden 4, Double Dragon Revive, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Satisfactory, and Terminator 2D: No Fate.

But my GotY is pretty easily Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

engelmartin · Post #1547 » by **engelmartin** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 12:51 am

tydett wrote:There's a few games I'm still looking to play, but damn has this been incredible. Rankings with 2 months left in the year:

1. Expedition 33
2. Hades 2
3. Death Stranding 2
4. Silksong
5. Blue Prince

Haven't played Split Fiction, Final Fantasy Tactics, Trails in the Sky FC, or Yotei - won't ever be able to play Bananaza (obligatory **** you Nintendo). Crazy crazy year.

Blue Prince was my favorite game of the year but it’s really not a game in the sense of the word. It feels more like you’re playing a roguelite mansion drafting boardgame, really a unique experience. And there’s just so much more there, every time you think it’s over. The mysteries really captured my imagination.

FrieAaron · Post #1548 » by **FrieAaron** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 3:19 am

Blue Prince is also my game of the year. We've almost solved the final mystery, but even just finding room 46, which is much easier, was an incredible experience.

machu46 · Post #1549 » by **machu46** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 3:35 am

Enjoying the hell out of Battlefield 6 even though I'm worse than usual at the shooting in this game lol. Having a ball reviving folks, droning, etc. though and just the general chaos of the game.

Also checked out yet another beta of ARC Raiders...if you're into the looter extraction genre, it's probably the best there is, at least in my opinion. I'm not really into the genre but have been having a great time with it.

jschligs · Post #1550 » by **jschligs** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 3:30 pm

I'm not a big looter extraction game guy, Tarkov whooped my ass. But I watch The Burnt Peanut on Twitch from time to time and seeing him play Arc with Shroud looked pretty fun.

Post #1551 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 6:10 pm

Watch on YouTube

Good lord...

I was hoping to use the New Zealand trick after work but it sounds like this is getting a universal release around the globe at the same time. So after work tomorrow.

Looking forward to the review embargo dropping this afternoon.

machu46 · Post #1552 » by **machu46** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 6:20 pm

jschligs wrote:I'm not a big looter extraction game guy, Tarkov whooped my ass. But I watch The Burnt Peanut on Twitch from time to time and seeing him play Arc with Shroud looked pretty fun.

My friends are obsessed with Tarkov. I really, really tried to like it but it is just such a chore to play. I get the desire for realism but that game essentially requires you to have two monitors so that you can figure out where you have to go on the map. ARC Raiders took basically every issue I have with Tarkov and fixed it.

Post #1553 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 6:46 pm

machu46 wrote:
jschligs wrote:I'm not a big looter extraction game guy, Tarkov whooped my ass. But I watch The Burnt Peanut on Twitch from time to time and seeing him play Arc with Shroud looked pretty fun.

My friends are obsessed with Tarkov. I really, really tried to like it but it is just such a chore to play. I get the desire for realism but that game essentially requires you to have two monitors so that you can figure out where you have to go on the map. ARC Raiders took basically every issue I have with Tarkov and fixed it.

My favorite PvP shooter experience ever was Ghost Recon: Wildlands 4v4 Ghost War. Arc Raiders looks pretty similar. I'll check it out at some point, I'm sure.

Post #1554 » by **ReasonablySober** » Yesterday 12:38 am

Reviews for NG4 are pretty much what I expected. Disheartened to hear that Ryu is an afterthought in his own series. The on-the-rails sections sound bad. No doubt PlatinumGames put their whole thing into the combat. That said, reviewers are praising the hell out of the action. I'm sure I'll end up liking it.

New Zealand trick did end up working. Glad I tried it out. I don't see a lot of people online talking about it.

5 minutes later ETA: Holy SH*T, this combat!

tydett · Post #1555 » by **tydett** » Yesterday 1:54 am

Love Tarkov, despised ARC Raiders. It's certainly more polished, but I was hopelessly bored in my 3 rounds of playing. Hope it's good for others though!

BMatt07 · Post #1556 » by **BMatt07** » Today 1:27 pm

Really been enjoying BF6, looking forward to some new maps though.

Very strange that the MP5 is better at range than any AR or Carbine. I have to think SMG's are going to get the nerf bat real soon. Some of the distance kills I've pulled off with the MP5 should not be possible lol.

Matches Malone · Post #1557 » by **Matches Malone** » Today 2:34 pm

Read on Twitter

ReddRum · Post #1558 » by **ReddRum** » Today 2:53 pm

tydett wrote:There's a few games I'm still looking to play, but damn has this been incredible. Rankings with 2 months left in the year:

1. Expedition 33
2. Hades 2
3. Death Stranding 2
4. Silksong
5. Blue Prince

Haven't played Split Fiction, Final Fantasy Tactics, Trails in the Sky FC, or Yotei - won't ever be able to play Bananaza (obligatory **** you Nintendo). Crazy crazy year.

Why can't you ever play DK Bonanza?

MikeIsGood · Post #1559 » by **MikeIsGood** » Today 2:58 pm

Matches Malone wrote:

Read on Twitter

EA's money is gonna buy up all the sports leagues now.

Licensed to Il · Post #1560 » by **Licensed to Il** » Today 3:01 pm

Era Mode in NBA2K has gotten so good. I took the Bucks from “The LeBron era” and its so accurate. Jennings is the fastest guy on the floor but misses contested layups. Mbau Moute locks guys up. Gooden hits mid range Js, rebounds, and doesn’t defend. Redd is cooked. Bogut is frisky but fatigues in about three minutes. Dooling and Boykins and Chris Douglas Roberts and Larry Sanders bring back a general feeling from that time of WTF?

I don’t know why the developers want to memorialize and preserve my deep pain. LOL. I have found a way to move Maggette for picks and then steal Jrue from the 76ers.