whatchu playing now

yup, it's been around for years. good resource

See also Dealzon and Cheapassgamer

kinda loving firewatch

kinda feeling massively indifferent about the third act of firewatch

been playing the uncharted collection & nuclear throne (fun!)

i got really into StarBreak, but quit after getting disconnected from the servers became a constant thing. still, i'll probably check back in if/when they get that fixed. RIYL if you like Realms of the Mad God (think it shares one of the same designers, even)

i could not figure out what was enjoyable about rotmg and i tried a bunch

yeah, it's not for everyone. it's kind of relaxing in a way, just being part of a swarm. StarBreak is a 2D contra-style platformer version of it.

also ponyisland is v. frog fractions esque and worth checking out imo

finished uncharted I started uncharted II - from the opening it's obviously a significantly better game than the first which i had to force myself to finish. picked up stellaris and looking forward to giving it a try. nuclear throne is still addictive as hell. pony island was fun as heck and i highly recommend.

man pony island was not fun. it was 'ok this is kinda neat'

aw, i liked it.

heartily loving the first two episodes of the new hitman game, don't even feel stupid for giving them all the money, blew up an Italian with a golf ball last night

Doom a hoot

ok, playing some ninja gaiden (NES) over at https://www.twitch.tv/weinventyou

hate those birds. you should play hyper light drifter if you haven't already!

I want Doom and overwatch and 12 hours a day I can game.

I am playing dark souls 2 and trying to pursuade my wife that buying a ps4 is more important than fixing the plumbing.

nuclear throne is kinda a minor classic btw

depends on what plumbing imo

man, i could reliably get to 6-3 in ninja gaiden, but i would always die at the spot right before the boss. if not there, then on the boss, or one of the two bosses you have to fight in a row after that. i think i got to the final one once, but never beat the game. still one of my favorites ever. that music!

uncharted 4, doom, diablo 3 for some reason.

all while i break from dark souls 3 which is probably calling me for a second character already

xp - i was so hooked on nuclear throne over the winter, had to stop cold turkey. watching youtubes of it has been the most humbling experience of the twitch era for me so far.

if you have ios, any interest in strategy games, and little interest in your life this weekend, run to the app store right now to buy imbroglio. some talk on tooch thread.

vampire the masquerade: bloodlines (modded up and w/ steam controller) -- atmosphere galore, pleasantly sleazy, elegant+robust stats system, unexpected and genuinely scary haunted house section, terrible combat.

DOOM (2016) -- at least one upgrade system too many, but has the alchemy: continues to function as ultraviolent power fantasy even as it kills me dozens of times in the same place.

DOOM II -- these maps! the formal ambition, and the taxing confidence in the audience, of someone's "late style".

the witcher 2: assassins of kings -- what happened to me is i beat the first one so now i feel invested in this stupid bullshit and can't just skip to the one everyone likes. witcher 1 was no triumph of elegant minimalism in crpg uis but this one may actually have the worst inventory interface i've ever seen? every time i open it up i'd say there's a 40% chance i accidentally take off my pants.

unreal tournament -- so conservative it could be a kickstarter project -- they even kept the biorifle, hardly a hallowed piece of fps weapon design -- but if it were a kickstarter project the aging, grumpy player base (hi) would presumably act even more entitled than they do now. neither as good as the original nor different from it in a single meaningful way, so hard to recommend to those for whom its existence isn't recommendation enough, but very pretty and not a betrayal.

subnautica -- my go-to oculus demo: a standard post-minecraft survival game of the kind that now seems to be most of steam, but in the (alien, cartoony) ocean. can't play it that often, at least not with the thing on my head, cuz it scares me -- the 360-degree vulnerability; the distant groans of vast, unseen fauna. mostly play it as an environment, not a game, but wish i had the patience to craft myself a submarine or whatever. (would be less scared if i had a submarine.)

never got past 6-3 in ninja gaiden either, usually died in 6-2 anyways

renowned explorers - my 6th rated game for last year - has new dlc out today:

This expansion pack for Renowned Explorers has one goal: giving you More To Explore! The main features are:

Two complete new expeditions: the Andean Adventure & The Lost Island.
The Campfire mechanic: crew relationships, back stories and game-changing upgrades.
Treasure Bonus Choices, turning treasures into surprises that boost your strategy.

I have downloaded total war: warhammer (which should obv have been called total warhammer) and have got back in touch with people I played actual warhammer with when I was 11 to play it with

much more fun than I was expecting tbh

Grabbed Dangerous Golf on launch today before seeing any reviews, because how could an indoor smash-as-much-as-you-can golf game by the guys who made burnout be anything but great, right?

Well, it's not great. It's the most unpolished game I've seen in YEARS, and 5 or 6 stages in I've hit a point of "wait I'm not even sure what the game wants me to do here" - just smashing stuff isn't it, apparently, they've hidden the hole and it's really unclear what I need to do to find it again (but it won't let me progress until I do).

So that's a big disappointment.

Am flagging on Doom. Might have to tick down the difficulty by one. Don't feel comfortable with that.

lol guess what game I'm playing

http://i.imgur.com/9eRt0Vv.jpg

Fifa 97!

tried the doom demo. the controls seem really basic but i guess thats a good thing. looks nice n smooth but i'll probably wait for price drop. also doing the latest witcher 3 dlc

OG Doom and Doom II and Duke Nukem 3D and Star Wars: Dark Forces. God damn ID for never porting Quake to PS3 or Vita. God damn them to hell.

assassin's creed: black flag

the controls seem really basic

what are you looking for, the crafting interface

(wise to wait for a price drop i think; it's a complete blast but the multiplayer's kind of a feint so it's a single-player game you almost certainly won't play through more than twice and i doubt that's a $60 value.)

didnt mean it as a complaint, its more just being used to destiny since i don't do fps much

it's bethesda so i expect to be able to grab it for $15 by the end of the year

http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Yahoo/ept_sports_fantasy_experts-378688165-1224777141.jpg

this looks good
http://waifubartending.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/447530/?snr=1_5_1100__1100&mc_cid=d28860c812&mc_eid=338521f8a3

wishlisted for inevitable bundle inclusion

whatever zappi's playing, i want to play it

The Witness??

oh ok i don't want to play that

yes The Witness! Some really clever puzzle design, or at least it makes you feel really clever when you solve it.

Just added the Witness based on that screenshot:)

Because I am nothing if cutting edge, I've just finished the Beginner's Guide - I liked it a lot more than JimD and forks, though partly _because_ like Jim I didn't buy into the autobio nature at all. It's def. on the "games are art" spectrum though - like it costs as much, and lasts about as long, as a good thinky movie.

was a bit disappointed with the ending of The Witness but was expecting that tbh, still a fun puzzler tho.
now playing Tokyo Mirage Sessions (SMT backwards, I see what you did there), which so far feels like Digital Devil Saga on industrial strength SSRIs. Funny how this the first Atlus RPG in HD, only took them a decade.

what that sounds fun. is there a good core of JRPGs on the WiiU? would like to remain neutral on xbone vs ps4 as long as possible, but seeing as wiiU is nearing end of gen, it'll be a good value system for a while.

nah just this and XCX. PS4 is the way to go if you want console JRPGs in the near future, although who knows how the next Nintendo hardware will work out. There has also been a steady increase in JRPG releases on Steam recently, whether C-Tier console stuff like Agarest/Neptunia or re-releases of classics like Grandia II. Would love to see Atlus bring their stuff to PC :/

Man, the Vita is hot shit for JRPGs on the go, if you didn't already know. They seem to comprise most of the new releases these days.