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Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 29th (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 months ago by chloyster@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Whatcha all playing?

I've got a few on my list this week.

Ufo 50 continues to be one of my favorite purchases in a long time. It's the best collection of games since the orange box imo.

The new Zelda has also been stellar. The frame rate issues are certainly unfortunate, and it may be worth it for some to wait on a more powerful switch 2 to play this title, but I highly recommend checking it out at some point. The game is really creative and the Hyrule you get to explore is super fun imo.

I want to get back to the plucky squire, but these games have kept me busy unfortunately

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[–] JCPhoenix@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

Late to the party, but I finally picked up Helldivers 2. My friends have had it since it came out, but I was being the "hipster gamer" and didn't get the popular game. Plus, our group has a tendency to do "flavor of the week"/FOMO gaming, where 1 or 2 people buy a new game, convince/guilt trip others into buying the game, we all spend $30-50 on it, play it for like 2 days, then never touch it again. So I was hesitant to get it, lest I get burned again (a la Starfield). Lastly, I'm also not a huge shooter player.

But I wanted to played with the boys, and they were playing it again recently, so I picked it up. And I'm glad I did. Because it's fun. Stupid fun even. Which is right up our alley. Already put 20hrs in over the last week.

The mechanics are simple. The missions are straightforward. And I like that it's a pickup/putdown game. Play a 20-40min round, then come back later or tomorrow. It's not like we're playing hours on end, which is great. We'll play a match or two, then maybe do another before we start signing-off for the night.