The Official "What Are You Playing?" Thread (Post Screens)

[-GD-X★ 7,740]

I’m enjoying Sea of Stars very much. It would actually make a perfect handheld game, since the battles are pretty short, in a pick up and play kind of way. The art design and music are top notch. The combat can get a bit repetitive, so it’s going to be a game I play in small dosages. I’m only a little over 3 hours in, so maybe new skills will change things up. 

[JonDnD 2,628]

Trying Wasteland 3 again. Wow this is a much different experience from when i tried this on my 3gb 1060. 

[-GD-X★ 7,740]

Ok, Sea of Stars owns hard! I’ve been getting new combos and each “dungeon” seems to add a gameplay mechanic ala Zelda. I’m definitely feeling this. 

[Remij 4,679]

Doing some more missions in AC6.  Still only a handful of hours in, but loving it.  The customization and paint/decal system is so deep in this game... I haven't really even messed with it at all yet.

 

Controls on keyboard and mouse are awesome.  Feels so good to play like that.

 

Visually I think the game looks great in its own way.  It's got a PS2 era charm to it with simplistic environment geometry.. but some of the textures are surprisingly detailed, and the structures and effects at times are cool.  I did this one mission in the snow (unfortunately I didn't take any pics of it) but it looks so cool with all the snow particle effects.  I love tons of particle effects in games and IMO can elevate games to the next level when done nicely.  In this game the particles and effects do a good job of adding to the atmosphere of the levels... but there's no denying that models outside of bosses and the mechs are quite simplistic.

 

Some pics of earlier missions:

 

 

 

 

[-GD-X★ 7,740]

2 minutes ago, Remij said:

Doing some more missions in AC6.  Still only a handful of hours in, but loving it.  The customization and paint/decal system is so deep in this game... I haven't really even messed with it at all yet.

 

Controls on keyboard and mouse are awesome.  Feels so good to play like that.

 

Visually I think the game looks great in its own way.  It's got a PS2 era charm to it with simplistic environment geometry.. but some of the textures are surprisingly detailed, and the structures and effects at times are cool.  I did this one mission in the snow (unfortunately I didn't take any pics of it) but it looks so cool with all the snow particle effects.  I love tons of particle effects in games and IMO can elevate games to the next level when done nicely.  In this game the particles and effects do a good job of adding to the atmosphere of the levels... but there's no denying that models outside of bosses and the mechs are quite simplistic.

 

Some pics of earlier missions:

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous! This is definitely on my radar. 

[Mr. House 3,371]

17 hours ago, JonDnD said:

Trying Wasteland 3 again. Wow this is a much different experience from when i tried this on my 3gb 1060. 

I loved that game. It's the true old school Fallout narrative experience and the combat is excellent. 

 

The Reagan cult is fucking amazing.  

[-GD-X★ 7,740]

12 hours into Sea of Stars. This game warrants the hype  The pacing (after the tutorial) is excellent! 

[kaz 2,439]

 

 

Demo is available on steam, this game owns. I'm not really too impressed by the perspective transition while shooting but the first part of the demo is more about exploring RE style.  Tasty pixels  

 

Polish TRA....uhh GODLINESS  GET FUCKED BHTRGAY

 

 

also reminds me of SIGNALIS too. GODLY GAME. INDIE TOO STRONG.  

Edited September 4, 2023 by kaz

[JonDnD 2,628]

5 hours ago, Mr. House said:

I loved that game. It's the true old school Fallout narrative experience and the combat is excellent. 

 

The Reagan cult is fucking amazing.  

Yeah its good. My PC got delayed until Wednesday 😐 But DOS2 just went on sale for 18 bucks so im gonna pick that up too

[Mr. House 3,371]

42 minutes ago, JonDnD said:

Yeah its good. My PC got delayed until Wednesday 😐 But DOS2 just went on sale for 18 bucks so im gonna pick that up too

Another amazing RPG. 

 

I know you got your hands full but I really liked Pillars of Eternity II. You should check it out sometimes. Obsidian goodness guaranteed. Tyranny is also awesome. 

[JonDnD 2,628]

1 minute ago, Mr. House said:

Another amazing RPG. 

 

I know you got your hands full but I really liked Pillars of Eternity II. You should check it out sometimes. Obsidian goodness guaranteed. Tyranny is also awesome. 

I tried that game and didnt like it. But it was before i really understood how those games work. Its on GP so i will go try it again eventually.

[Mr. House 3,371]

1 minute ago, JonDnD said:

I tried that game and didnt like it. But it was before i really understood how those games work. Its on GP so i will go try it again eventually.

You should. Just don't play it with the turn based mode. It's pretty bad, imo. Active time with pausing is the best way to play these games, it's much faster. 

[JonDnD 2,628]

Just now, Mr. House said:

You should. Just don't play it with the turn based mode. It's pretty bad, imo. Active time with pausing is the best way to play these games, it's much faster. 

It didnt have controller support on PC either ill have to try it on xbox

[Mr. House 3,371]

Just now, JonDnD said:

It didnt have controller support on PC either ill have to try it on xbox

I wouldn't know about that. Playing these games with a controller doesn't even cross my mind. Not saying there's anything wrong with that though. 

[JonDnD 2,628]

I may have put 100 hours into a nerd game and spent way to much money on a PC to play nerd games but i draw the line at clicking around a little character for 60 hours😂

[JonDnD 2,628]

omg this is just like BG3. What have i done😭

[-GD-X★ 7,740]

53 minutes ago, JonDnD said:

omg this is just like BG3. What have i done😭

I’ve seen BG3 called DOS3, so I’m not surprised  

[kaz 2,439]

dude discovers good games.... I can imagine the surprise and sudden shock being used to playing xbox for years....

[-GD-X★ 7,740]

I love how frequent boss battles are in Sea of Stars. I’m at the 16 hour mark, and I have fought a good amount of them. Also, the variety with the settings/mechanics continues to keep things engaging. 

[Remij 4,679]

Playing more AC.  Starting to get into modding and customizing my AC more.  This game is far deeper than I was expecting. 

 

I love when you get on good 1v1s with other mechs and are just dodging around and in and out... it's like a fucking beautiful dance of destruction and buildings and trees and containers are exploding and collapsing around you haha.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by Remij