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Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

A while ago I posted about playing Pokémon Platinum and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. I didn't want to get into older games, because I felt they may be too ancient for me.

Well, now I'm playing Pokémon Yellow and the original NES Castlevania. Turns out I was completely wrong and these old ass games are a lot of fun.

I'm about to get the 5th badge in Pokémon, but my Pokédex is only at 41/151. As for Castlevania, I'm mostly hunting for achievements (retroachievements). Haven't really felt like sitting down for 2-3 hours to beat the entire game yet, but will definitely do at some point.

EDIT: Also updated from an R36s to a Mangmi Air X. I'm absolutely in love with this retro handheld. Umbelievable value for the price.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I love Pokémon Gen 1, I’m always hesitant to recommend them but I’m glad you also like them too. Have you played anything else from the series yet or just Platinum and Yellow?

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Just Yellow and Platinum for now, except some FireRed 15 years ago. I'm not sure if I'll play all of the games. I'll see how it goes. I'm very much looking forward to romhacks though.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

I’d definitely recommend checking out Emerald and either Crystal or HGSS before dropping the series, if you’re willing to do two more games. Those are the highlights of the series for sure, in my opinion.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Dredge. It was on sale and I like fishing. Very good and normal fishing.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I like very good and normal fishing, maybe I should try it then.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Extremely normal fish, no really fucked up things here!

(In case my silliness is not coming across, ostensibly is horror but you can absolutely play it calmly and just fish during the day and be normal! But there's horror)

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

I haven’t played it before but I have heard of it, I think it’s on my wishlist too. I didn’t know you can play it calmly though, that’s neat.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I've been burnt out by Star Wars and was in the search for more sci-fi lore so I've been getting into Warhammer 40k games.

Currently playing Space Marine and Mechanicus. Mechanicus is the first turn based tactics game I've played and I'm loving it. Very straightforward without a big learning curve, big and non-complicated UI, fun mechanics.

Lovely for a casual session.

[–] dovahking@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't afford battlefield 6, so playing delta force. Pretty nice. I just wish it had a mode without all the operator powers.

Other than that, trying to 100% shadow of mordor. Just started bright lord dlc.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Delta force as in the Novalogic game??? If so I had the demo as a kid and played the crap out of the pyramid level where you get flown in on a Blackhawk and go into a burial tomb.

Shadow or Mordor is so good. I put like 80 hours into it and have been toying with the idea of starting again.

[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Just installed and tried out Echoes of the End. After having played extremely story driven titles - like the two Horizon games - I just couldn't learn to love this one. Which is weird, since I LOVED Nier:Automata, for instance.

On another note, this week, I also installed and beat three times, MiSide. I'm absolutely in love. What is wrong with me. 🤣

On yet another note, anybody going to this: https://www.musicofsquareenix.com/tour

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Onirism. GOD, that is an enormous game. There are JRPGs I’ve finished with less playtime, even being a completionist.

For reference, it’s an adventure shooter with dozens of weapons, boss fights, giant levels across numerous locales, vehicles, etc.

It is also very glitchy and basically still an early access title, but I still found it worth the asking price for being so ambitious as an indie.

[–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

The DOOM reboot from 2016. Grabbed it on sale for a few dollars and it's quite fun

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not me, but over the weekend a buddy of mine asked me which Zelda is best to play all the way through. He's never played a Zelda game before. So he's emulating Ocarina of Time on Steam Deck and I'm following his progress through it.

He's committed himself to not looking anything up, though he's allowing himself to ask me for hints which I'm gladly giving. I feel like the Nintendo Power Line guy.

He keeps me updated with these little gems every now and then like "this owl is really annoying" and "fuck Mido, all my homies hate Mido" which I'm really appreciating.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

"HEY LISTEN"

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Walkscape on my phone and Graveyard Keeper on my computer. GK is really fun.