random: tell me a videogame you're enjoying right now

[Artanis]

I will leave, but in a bit. Right now it’s good for farming cheevos.

Man, I just got a mental image of a big midwestern wheat field, but where the tops of the wheat stalks are replaced by Cheetos.

[NeoVid]

I'm currently over halfway through Fuga: Melodies of Steel, have managed to avoid any traumatic losses yet, and I'm hooked enough that I'm almost certainly going to play the rest of the trilogy as they release. I also happened to find out that there have been several other games in this setting over the years, went looking into it so I could find out more about the world without spoiling Fuga for myself... and wait, this setting started with freaking Tail Concerto!? That game led to the heart-wrenching war story, Fuga? My brain hasn't been thrown off track this hard for a while.

Playing Dead by Daylight. Haven't gotten too infuriated yet. Expect to happen soon.

Now that the DBD devs have mostly killed my interest in their game after the years I put in, I'm very glad the new Evil Dead game is free this week, and have picked that up. Fun as heck so far, but also tough... way more technique to it than DBD, but that's a low enough bar that it's kind of a decorative inlay in the floor. Also caved to a friend's pestering and tried out Video Horror Society during the Halloween event, and found it much more fun than I expected. Neither of them is grabbing me the way Last Year: Afterdark did, but since we can't play that one any longer, I'll take what I can get.

[Triaxx]

Battletech by HBS with the BTA modpack installed. There's about to be a big pack update but it's already a lot of fun.

Oddly enough I've reached the point where I'm enjoying Fallout 4 for the game if not the story.

And of course building and exploding stuff in Space Engineers is still fun. Sometimes there are even enemies involved in the explosions.

[Giggling Ghast]

Now that the DBD devs have mostly killed my interest in their game after the years I put in, I'm very glad the new Evil Dead game is free this week, and have picked that up. Fun as heck so far, but also tough... way more technique to it than DBD, but that's a low enough bar that it's kind of a decorative inlay in the floor.

I actually played Evil Dead first, then tried DBD at Halloween. Evil Dead puts a lot more emphasis on teamwork, as a strong group of players that sticks together is basically impossible for the Demon to beat.

[AlanBruce]

I actually played Evil Dead first, then tried DBD at Halloween. Evil Dead puts a lot more emphasis on teamwork, as a strong group of players that sticks together is basically impossible for the Demon to beat.

I have seen Evil Dead gameplay and it looks infinitely more fin than Dead by Daylight. They just released a new DLC today featuring “The Knight”, a clunky mess of a killer that, nobody’s surprise, has disappointed the community even more.

If I had to give the game one redeeming quality is the cosmetics. The art department really goes all out for the survivor & killer looks.

[Velaryon]

I've really been enjoying Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising this week. For those not familiar, it's a 2D Metroidvania-esque tie-in game for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, which is coming out next year and being billed as a spiritual successor to the Suikoden JRPG series.

The gameplay isn't particularly deep, but there are a few neat things about it. You have three characters and you can switch seamlessly back and forth between them as you fight. I like the way you build up your hub town as you progress through story and side quests; it's not only reminiscent of Suikoden in that respect but it does a great job of making me feel invested in the town itself and the story. The story isn't Shakespeare by any means, but it's decent enough and even had a couple of twists and red herrings that fooled me. For a $15 game it's been well worth the price of admission for me, and it's definitely got me more excited for Hundred Heroes when that drops next year.

[Rakaydos]

Pacifist run of Factorio.

[animorte]

Warning: It’s not me, but my 4-year-old has just recently gotten into games.

She’s abysmal at Rocket League but is in love with the car she made (with some navigational assistance). She has figured out how to run Overcooked, but consistently catches the place on fire and will ask me or my wife to put the fire out because she’s not yet proficient with the fire extinguisher. One could argue, by the name of the game, that she plays it the most accurate. Her favorite game though, is Sonic Mania. She’s quite good, just very slow, and her favorite is Tails. She’s played through the first level about 894,000 times, doesn’t like the second level because there’s water. Every once in a while she’ll get stuck briefly and request my 2 seconds of help, then proceed to talk me through how to do various other parts.

It’s adorable and I’m so proud!

[Bohandas]

Heat Signature, it's about space pirates and heisting

[Dame_Mechanus]

Actually lately my jam has been Mega Man fan games, following my girlfriend sharing a video of a game which is not yet out but does look like precisely my thing. One thing led to another and now I've got a whole little mine of good fangames to dive into. The down side is that most of them are a bit too enamored of the 8-bit Classic aesthetic; the up side is that most of them are using that as an aesthetic decision instead of mucking up series designs like Mega Man 9 and 10.

[LibraryOgre]

Warning: It’s not me, but my 4-year-old has just recently gotten into games.

My 7 year old has gotten into Roblox. Gotta fight him for my computer, these days.

[Wookieetank]

My 7 year old has gotten into Roblox. Gotta fight him for my computer, these days.

Pretty sure my 9y/o has put more time on my steam deck than me at this point XD. Helps that she's hooked on narrative/puzzle games (Portal, Stanley Parable and the like).

[Spore]

My 7 year old has gotten into Roblox. Gotta fight him for my computer, these days.

I was a gamer from as early as 5. It was a Game Boy with Duck Tales were I repeatedly died to the first spike pit since my mom didn't read the instruction manual to me, so I did not know the Pogo jump was a thing. That being said, I hope you limit his screen time somewhat. I have developed some nasty habits from being able to game all day everyday.

Pretty sure my 9y/o has put more time on my steam deck than me at this point XD. Helps that she's hooked on narrative/puzzle games (Portal, Stanley Parable and the like).

Is the thing still chugging away battery life like its nothing? I was absolutely thinking about getting one (mainly to play Baldurs Gate at work) but the battery life is a bit dissuading me. Yes I know there is BG on the switch, but with my gaming habits it might be cheaper to access my Steam library than buy every game for Switch again.

[Wookieetank]

Is the thing still chugging away battery life like its nothing? I was absolutely thinking about getting one (mainly to play Baldurs Gate at work) but the battery life is a bit dissuading me. Yes I know there is BG on the switch, but with my gaming habits it might be cheaper to access my Steam library than buy every game for Switch again.

Mine seems to last 4-6 hours before needing charging (depending on games being played), and that's without messing with any of the settings. I've seen some threads where people have gotten it up towards 8+ hours, but it seems to require a decent amount of mucking around in the settings. Might eventually get around to optimizing things, but right now my trend of working through my backlog of Metroidvanians, Visual Novels, and 16bit RPGs doesn't really need it.

[Gnoman]

The commercial version of Dwarf Fortress released yesterday. It is everything we hoped it would be.

[animorte]

My 7 year old has gotten into Roblox. Gotta fight him for my computer, these days.

Fortunately, she’s on PS4 so I still have access to my PC during game-time. Been thinking about getting her used to the switch instead so she’s not also occupying the tv.

I've seen some threads where people have gotten it up towards 8+ hours, but it seems to require a decent amount of mucking around in the settings.

Every time I get any new device it’s a multi-hour ritual for me to go through all the settings and adjust everything to improve performance (or at least I like to think so). That’s oddly one of my favorite parts about getting a new toy.

[Wookieetank]

The commercial version of Dwarf Fortress released yesterday. It is everything we hoped it would be.

If I wasn't already in the middle of a number of longwinded games I'd be hours deep into this (and sleep deprived). Likely won't pick it up till early spring sadly.

My current go-to chill/mindless game is Vampire Survivors. Its essentially a roguelike game of dodge ball, and stupidly fun. If you've played Crimsonland, its sorta similar in the topdown view and loads of enemies, but you have no active control over your skills/abilities. Despite the lack of control on when abilities trigger, choosing which abilities to go with is surprisingly complex.

[Bohandas]

The commercial version of Dwarf Fortress released yesterday. It is everything we hoped it would be.

does it differ from the free version? and if so, how?

[NeoVid]

does it differ from the free version? and if so, how?

The most fundamental difference is that it has graphics.

[Bohandas]

The most fundamental difference is that it has graphics.

That UI looks good, but those main screen graphics arguably look worse than the old graphics; they're like something out of an RPG Maker game

[Eldan]

How's the interface? It seems to have one now, other than "semi-random keyboard layout". That one was my main problem with the game however many years ago I first looked at it: going online and finding out you need to press Shift+V to bring up the Nobility menu, or whatever.

[Gnoman]

There's a few rough patches and bugs, as you'd expect from such a major overhaul. For the most part it is pretty easy to use, unless you've been playing the original game for a long time and have to fight muscle memory.

[Artanis]

How's the interface? It seems to have one now, other than "semi-random keyboard layout". That one was my main problem with the game however many years ago I first looked at it: going online and finding out you need to press Shift+V to bring up the Nobility menu, or whatever.

Two words: Mouse. Support.

[NeoVid]

I was a bit worried about how incomplete Darktide felt at release... but I've been totally addicted to it anyway. If it's this much fun when it's clearly only partly ready, I can't even guess how amazing it'll be when it's had as much support as Vermintide.

[Peelee]

I've gotten back into Burnout Paradise. Forgot how much I loved this game. Sadly the Diamond P12 is on my 360, which is a shame - it was such a great flex car.

[Bohandas]

The most fundamental difference is that it has graphics.

Can the graphics be toggled? One of the things I always liked about Dwarf Fortress was that it kind of looked like the Matrix.

[Artanis]

Can the graphics be toggled? One of the things I always liked about Dwarf Fortress was that it kind of looked like the Matrix.

Not that I've found. But the original graphics-free version is still out there (and will continue to be developed, from what I've read).

[Eldan]

Two words: Mouse. Support.

Also for building?

If yes, I'm in. Dragging rooms and corridors with the mouse would be a huge improvement.

[Gnoman]

Yes. The entire interface is now mouse-driven, with WASD scrolling.

[Bohandas]

I've been playing Orion Trail, which is a Star Trek themed parody of Oregon Trail and that general genre of games