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never even occurred to me that gone home would code as a horror game to some. makes sense I guess. great game

and slay the spire is everything. nails but

yeah I was bringing my thinking about the artist to it, she does horror stuff, as well as my general fear of the whole Marie Celeste scenario. Great game though, loved piecing together the various storylines gradually.

I also assumed Gone Home was a horror game until I finally played it in recent times. The images you see from it, description and logo all make you think there's going to be murder or ghosts involved. But really it's not, it's more like, a nostalgic, period-piece family indie film? But yeah, very cool. Makes me interested in trying other first-person-walk-'em-ups.

it was the progenitor of that whole subgenre, pretty influential game

You are definitely meant to think it is something of a horror game and is more effective if you think it is

I don't know about the first half of that, but I agree that "it's not a horror story" is an unfortunate spoiler.

The developer commentaries are a) very good and wide ranging (including several from Corin Tucker of Heavens to Betsy / Sleater-Kinney) and b) take very nearly to listen to as the game to play.

they were good! I blew through a couple hours watching them on YouTube today. Getting Corin Tucker was super nice

doom 64. the babies crying is fscked up

Steadily progressing through Ori 2, which is still definitely more challenging than the first, at least at times. There was a big deal made of getting it to run on the Switch, technologically speaking, but it doesn't seem to look or play (as in, gameplay) significantly different from the first one, on the surface. Some invisible under the hood specs must be different, though, because it definitely runs worse. Frame rate drops, a few crashes here and there. Nothing that impedes or breaks the game, but you can feel the console struggling. Still a beautiful, great game.

Well this is interesting, if you are a creative type.
SuchArt_Creative_Space

(it's a free demo at the moment)

very cool

ha, is that title intentionally in doge speak?

Pretty sure I am almost done with Ori and the Will o the Wisps, but man, the (I assume) final level is just driving me nuts. For those unfamiliar, a lot of levels don't end with a boss, per se, but a chase, requiring you to use all of your abilities and reflexes to outrun something like a giant wave, or lava, or some monster. The last one in Ori is this giant worm, and it is just soooo unforgiving. Just need to do it again and again and again, and every time you mess up it's all the way back to the beginning. Came close to beating it once, but it requires some serious breaks from the stress.

dang, that sounds fun! i still haven't played an ori

They're really quite beautiful. Great games.

i was reading about the new dead cells DLC (a game i haven't played in a year or so, but which was in still in development and i'm excited to check out now), and it mentioned it in the same breath as hollow knight, hades, and ORI! i think i was mixing up ori with a different game (okami? which i've played, so i don't know why...)

anyway, sounds pretty cool. for someone who is unlikely to play both games, should i just start with the sequel? i don't know mind missing out on any story or anything like that

just play the Definitive Edition of the first one, its probably available on the cheap and its a classic "indie" game at this point

Hmm. I say start with the first game. Though the gameplay of the first and the second is very similar.

Lol beat the worm, but no, not the end. Looks like I have another level of tricky platforming to go.

Lol beat the worm, but no, not the end

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has anyone delved into nerts online yet? spent a few hours playing with pals and im hooked

also i just hit a (the?) huge difficulty spike in yakuza 7 and while i'm THRILLED abt where the game is going im worried im gonna hit a wall here. not ready to grind in an arena to progress past the nastiest tag team of all time

Finished Ori 2. What a lovely game, with I guess a predictably bittersweet conclusion. Just challenging enough on normal mode, and like its predecessor it's incredible to look at and listen to, with a really effective environmental theme. It's always satisfying to me when excellent design and gameplay can result in an effective and truly emotional payoff.

Next up: RDR2 (I think)

anyone here have geforce now? thinking about buying cyberpunk and playing it that way through an old mac

Anyone else tried the Moonlight app? I used it to stream Destiny 2 from my PC to my iPad and it worked great. Much better than Steam Link which is kind of buggy for me.

Playing Gris finally. I almost want to recommend it on the ILM ambient thread.

i don't know if i'd call it ambient or new age but it's definitely very good at being the video game manifestation of whichever thing it is

Exactly my point! Enjoying it so far.

I started Cyber Shadow after a friend kept telling me to play it, and guess what it's great so far. Very much a Ninja Gaidenvania. The original NG is one of my favorite games ever, and the mechanics of this feel great to play. Difficulty really cranks up after the first boss, but as far as I can tell there isn't any penalty for dying, so it's easy to get back in there.

The Messenger might be a good one to try too. It takes itself less seriously than Cyber Shadow appears to. Fun jump mechanics.

anyone here have geforce now?

Yep it's been my primary gaming method over the last year and it's pretty consistently great in my experience. Just about to transiation away from it actually, because I managed to convince work to get me a new laptop which also happens to be a ridiculously overpowered gaming machine. But still, gfn's only real downsides are all the things you can't play through it. The ones you can work really well though.

Anyone else tried the Moonlight app?

Yes! Just stared with it now, in line with above gaming pc upgrade. I've got a cruddy kindle fire tablet and a cheap 3rd party bluetooth controller to go with it but those plus Moonlight mean I can play Forza Horizon 4 with zero lag and visuals all set to maximum on the loo in bed. It's pretty amazing really.

started cyberpunk via geforce now last night on my 2014 MacBook. so far so good

Oh yeah, I didn't know the Messenger had a PS4 release finally, it would be a good companion piece after I finish this retro ninja game.

Maybe the 'story' in Cyber Shadow is trying to be serious, but it doesn't get in the way, it's mostly tough action sequences trying to get to the next checkpoint, I'm into it.

Well not saying there's anything wrong with however serious it is or wants to be, but Messenger by contrast is definitely light hearted. Cyber Shadow appeared more gritty from what I saw.

Kinda surprised we don't have a running Metroidvania thread now that I think about it. Feels like there's a notable one or two every year now. Messenger's on my Switch, waiting to be played, as is Hollow Knight.

i'm back in Dead Cells full-time again

it's hard. it rules

i can't play games right now and it's pissing me off. can't get my mind in the state necessary to pick up a controller and disconnect. prob worth bringing up in therapy.

Ah that sucks, man - hope it unlocks soon.

thanks. it's a weird gripe but it's real.

not playing this now (it's still in development) but this looks amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK47XbFsdqo

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwJUHMIkmaO7PzAp2KtKaP6MbCdcFGQNP

Destiny 2 still slaps

been playing a lot of luigi's mansion 3. we got it as a present for my 6-year-old but it was too hard and too scary so now i play it and she watches. good game.

I'm back on the Final Fantasy 14 grind, boys. that game really does get its hooks in ya.

did i never say forza horizon 4 in here? because it was free on gamepass so i was like oh huh maybe i'll try a racing game as a diversion and everything about this game is just so JOYOUS. like truly a labour of love, care and thought and excitement packed into everything in the game, feels really good to play, excellent soundtrack, always something to do in its open world but never feels like its pushing you to do "completion," you can just tool around in a silly car or go really fast on the highway in a scary car, just LETS YOU LIVE. this game fucking rules and i am so glad its on pc so i can play it

FH4 is the best, pretty sure i talked it up a bunch on here when it came out