What Video Games Are You Playing Right Now?

[Kaadmanga]

Stray

Elden Ring

Super Mario Galaxy

Immortality

 

[suki1213]

Hi, I'm playing the VN "Tricolor love story" (I bought it when there were sales), and I'm playing SAO Hollow Fragment on PS VITA. 

 

[MikeB]

Not long started the Legend of Heroes series of games. I am on the first Trails in the Sky. Its very good. In-depth story and characters. 

[guzidi]

Been playing a few Roblox games lately and my friends keep playing battlebit, but I don't like the current state of the game mechanics.

Noobs in Combat [v5.0] - Roblox Noobs in combat is a turn based game set in old Roblox Guest vs Noobs war, WWII maps, Soviet Afghanistan setting, and some weird isekai where I think it was invading the cat girls (The dev is a weeb btw)

(2) Multicrew Tank Combat 4 - Roblox Somewhat similar to War Thunder for realism, but you are manning a 4 man crew tank as Driver, Loader, Gunner, and Commander. It can get stressful communicating with people unless you have friends. 

(2) [0.21.7] Deadline - Roblox Similar to Escape From Tarkov game where you can customize your gun to the max possible. Milsim game

State of Anarchy 0.17.88 - Roblox Similar to Escape From Tarkov again, but very milsim heavy, loot saving is not in-game yet. Yes you die by getting 1-5 shots depending on torso and rounds of the bullet. 

(2) [ALPHA 1.5] Frontline: Karelia 40 - 44 - Roblox It's a WWII Soviet vs Finland in the continuation war 1940-1944. Been having a lot more fun with this game than battlebit. It is similar to Red Orchestra 2. 

Edited August 2, 2023 by guzidi

[Templarseeker]

I've taking a break from playing VIsual Novels/Eroges for the time being and trying to go back my gaming roots lol

 

Pillars of Eternity The White March: If you're a Infinity Engine Veteran and playing Baldur's Gate 3 somehow seems disappointing, this is one of those games to play!

Gordian Quest: is an epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turn-based strategic combat

Stronghold Warlords: I always like RTS and got bored with the European middle aesthetics, time to play a eastern inspired game this time starting from Vietnam, China then to Japan lol! 

Sniper Elite V2 Remastered: I always like the seeing the ballistic X-Ray Kills!

 

 

 

 

[littleshogun]

I did play Chrono Cross around 13 years ago, and now I look at it I can say that the graphic is quite good and so does the music. However, the one that people criticize is definitely the gameplay and the story to a degree.

Story-wise, well if I may say perhaps it would be wise if they didn't try to connect it with Chrono Trigger because it can stand on it's own, although of course with the team already made Radical Dreamer that was advertised as further attempt of milking the sequel of Chrono Trigger, they have no choice but to make it as the sequel.

Gameplay-wise, well I should say that Venus Blood and Eushully VNs are more capable of utilizing 45 characters roster that the artist drew out of control, which to say is really a waste considering that you can only take two out of around 40 characters with the MC basically glued as the main party with the party limit is at three characters. In fact, I would like to say that the staffs probably have a lot of debate when they discuss on how they should go with the gameplay, and they just released it as it is when the deadline is already getting close. It didn't help that basically the characters are very customized with Element system can just make them the clone of each other. That said, at least the battle itself has potential to be interesting, which only to finally find it's form on Shadow Hearts 2 out of all series (I may miss some other JRPG that has the characters assigned to the elements though).

All in all, when it come to Chrono Cross, well at least it's still worth playing to a degree, as long as you didn't mind on how the game fail to utilize all 45 playable characters.

Edited August 12, 2023 by littleshogun

[arth_flick]

Howdy folks. Been playing Hearts of Iron IV after a lot of trial and error. Runs like a potato but damn is very fun.

If you love WW2 and starring at maps I'd definitely recommend, just the DLC policy that sucks. Honestly sometimes I feel the PDX is the EA of the grand strategy.

[adamstan]

WHITE ALBUM -Tsuzurareru Fuyu no Omoide- somehow fails to hook me, so I put it aside, and yesterday, 8 years late to the party, started playing Life Is Strange. I somehow missed out on this game, thinking that it was console exclusive (perhaps confusing it with Persona series), but I really like it so far.

And it seems to a bit VN-like. How to say it... Visual Novels kind of evolved from text adventure games. And LiS looks like their equivalent/counterpart for action-adventure games

Also, funny thing - just like my way to VNs was through some hentai shovelware, the title that turned my attention to Life Is Strange was its unofficial lewd spin-off called "Lust Is Stranger", which BTW looks quite promising, and can turn into nice game, but at version 0.15 it's faaar from completion. So in the meantime I decided to check out the original

Edited August 21, 2023 by adamstan

[adamstan]

Yesterday I finished "Life Is Strange". Overally it was enjoyable and interesting (except for annoying stealth sequences in final chapter), but the endings kind of sucked.

Seriously, we need "ustuge" tag outside VN world. I guess I should expect that with this kind of setting, but still...

The ending where

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in order to save the city Max reverts all changes she made to the timeline, so that means Chloe gets killed by Nathan

is very sad, but kind of makes sense, even if it is rather fatalistic. But I'd consider it "true" end.

And the second ending, where

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the whole city gets swept away by tornado, everyone dies, and two girls ride away into the sunset in their pickup...

it made me feel like shit, although I can imagine some people could consider it "good end" - but not me

[Ray-Out]

Just finished Little Goody Two Shoes.

It was 9\10. The atmosphere is gorgeous, the soundtrack is great, and the 90s anime art was generally very pleasing. The only negative is that 10 different endings have to be opened in almost the same way. In other words, after the first two playthroughs, you only play for the ending.
  The yuri elements are downright light, but the story itself and, I repeat, the atmosphere were very inspiring. Such a... scary fairy tale without plagiarism. It even reminded me of my favorite series of dungeon crawlers Labrinth Reefrain and Gallery. Of course, the gameplay mechanics are different, but the storyline... oh, how sweet and tasty it is. Recomended for some fairy horror fans)

[Novel21]

I'm playing Star Ocean The Second Story R on yuzu since I don't own Switch anymore and I can't afford to buy it on PS4. I love it very much, it has interesting story and I love compat in game. 

 

 

 

 

[Thebester]

I've been playing CS lately. Do you know where I can get some cool skins?

[Gyrookah]

Currently on a Skyrim binge because dragons and epic adventures never get old. Also, can't resist the allure of Fall Guys for some lighthearted chaos. Btw, stumbled upon this CS2 market recently—cool spot for gaming goodies.

Edited November 15, 2023 by Gyrookah

[mitchhamilton]

  On 8/23/2023 at 6:10 AM, adamstan said:

Yesterday I finished "Life Is Strange". Overally it was enjoyable and interesting (except for annoying stealth sequences in final chapter), but the endings kind of sucked.

Seriously, we need "ustuge" tag outside VN world. I guess I should expect that with this kind of setting, but still...

The ending where

  Reveal hidden contents

in order to save the city Max reverts all changes she made to the timeline, so that means Chloe gets killed by Nathan

is very sad, but kind of makes sense, even if it is rather fatalistic. But I'd consider it "true" end.

And the second ending, where

  Reveal hidden contents

the whole city gets swept away by tornado, everyone dies, and two girls ride away into the sunset in their pickup...

it made me feel like shit, although I can imagine some people could consider it "good end" - but not me

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yeaah, i think the first one has a ton of problems and the endings being one of the biggest issue.

 

try true colors. i was amazed on how much i loved that game.

[adamstan]

  On 11/27/2023 at 1:44 PM, mitchhamilton said:

try true colors. i was amazed on how much i loved that game.

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Thanks - I'll check it out when it goes on some kind of sale (Steam Winter Sale perhaps?) - full price is too much for me (I guess it's still too "new" game for price drop).

Edited November 29, 2023 by adamstan

[Tasuke]

  On 3/14/2023 at 1:21 AM, Mist Ephemeral said:

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

I really wasn't expecting to enjoy it so much~

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-YMMV- It Honestly is one of the greatest games ever made... and just about the finest "Metroidvania" at that...

That Said, i'm currently experiencing the last two titles in the "Adventure of Puppet Princess" Trilogy...

after playing the First title, - the only one to have been U.S. Localized up until this year - "Rhapsody; A Musical Adventure"

on the SONY PS1 about twenty years ago...

 

Edited December 15, 2023 by Tasuke

[Ray-Out]

I am trin to give an Evenicle and Rance another chance. They are to liner for me and Rance is too dirty... like BAD dirty (at least when i tried it a year ago). But that games are popular.... i am very wonder Why?
 Also slay the princess is out. realy glad to try it after 10 endings demo. Nice hollidays are coming!

[alexfang452]

Last month, I started playing the Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series. A week and a half ago, I beat the second game in the collection. Now, I am trying to replay levels to get 100% in all of them. 

[alexfang452]

I just started playing Mario and Luigi: Brothership. It feels so good to play a new game from this series. 

[Novel21]

I play Fantasian Neo Dimension on PS5 and enjoy playing very much, even though I just bought the game.

[Novel21]

I have bought Metaphor ReFantazio full version of the game and have completed the demo of Metaphor ReFantazio, pick up where I left off on Metaphor ReFantazio full version and like the game very much, it's an amazing game that is a bit like the Persona games. Have taken a break from Metaphor ReFantazio and am now playing Persona 5 Royal which I have bought, is a very good game and I am a big fan of the Persona games.

[alexfang452]

  On 12/11/2024 at 9:53 AM, alexfang452 said:

I just started playing Mario and Luigi: Brothership. It feels so good to play a new game from this series. 

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Since this comment, I have continued playing Mario and Luigi: Brothership. The game is still enjoyable with its characters, story, and fun side quests. Currently, I am over 30 hours into it. Also, I finished Battle Chef Brigade and The Vagrant, two games that I started last year. Battle Chef Brigade's story could have used some work in its later half, but the game is hard to put down thanks to the Daily Cook-offs. 

[alexfang452]

  On 1/13/2025 at 5:28 AM, alexfang452 said:

Since this comment, I have continued playing Mario and Luigi: Brothership. The game is still enjoyable with its characters, story, and fun side quests. Currently, I am over 30 hours into it. Also, I finished Battle Chef Brigade and The Vagrant, two games that I started last year. Battle Chef Brigade's story could have used some work in its later half, but the game is hard to put down thanks to the Daily Cook-offs. 

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Since this post, I have finished the following games:

- Kaze and the Wild Masks. It is a fun platformer with time trials to encourage replayability. The techniques that I have seen online from one person are impressive. 

- Freedom Planet. I went through the game as 2 characters. I might go back to this and play through the main story as Milla. 

- Pizza Tower. It is SO MUCH FUN controlling this pizza man. Currently, I am trying to get a P rank in all of the levels. Right now, I have one more level in the 2nd area. After that, I will move on to the third one. 

I am still playing through Brothership. The game has its ups and downs, but I'm still enjoying most of my time with it. One of its downs happened recently where one of the choices that I made in this game made the last 20-30 minutes on an island pointless. 

Also, I just started Tomb Raider 1 in the Tomb Raider Remastered Trilogy. I plan on going back to the Spyro Reignited Trilogy after finishing it since I did not finish the third game. 

[alexfang452]

  On 12/26/2024 at 11:43 AM, Novel21 said:

I have bought Metaphor ReFantazio full version of the game and have completed the demo of Metaphor ReFantazio, pick up where I left off on Metaphor ReFantazio full version and like the game very much, it's an amazing game that is a bit like the Persona games. Have taken a break from Metaphor ReFantazio and am now playing Persona 5 Royal which I have bought, is a very good game and I am a big fan of the Persona games.

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That's cool. I really need to get back to Persona 5 Royal someday. 

[Novel21]

  On 2/16/2025 at 7:09 AM, alexfang452 said:

That's cool. I really need to get back to Persona 5 Royal someday. 

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I don't know why I like Persona games so much, I just dogame it's different, I love the story, characters have different perspective and I love how intens game can be sometimes and it can be quite challenging as well.