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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #850 on: Thu, 11 July 2019, 13:13:56 »
Got burned from Pokemon after White. Well, I mean I played White for about an hour and realized it's just the same formula over and over and over.

Yup, that's why I cannot understand how Pokemon lasted so long as a franchise. it's the exact same **** over and over and over. The peak was Ruby and Sapphire imo, it was all downhill/or should I say the same hill from that point on. That was the last one that really felt like a true sequel and upgrade to the series.


You're a 10-year-old kid with one/no parent(s). You begin by getting your first Pokemon from the main professor of the town. Mom kisses you goodbye and you leave.
You meet one/two main friends who help you throughout the game. You catch weak Pokemon, level them up, battle six gyms, then the Elite Four. All the while an evil/misguided gang is trying to capture/use Pokemon for their evil/misguided ways.
And throw in some gimmick to change the appearance of the older 'mon to make it seem "new."

All of the games I've played are like this. The other mainstream RPGs I played (e.g., Dragon Quest, FF, etc.) at least have different storylines and different kinds of characters. True, you start weak and grind up like any other RPG, but, as I mentioned, it's the story that keeps me engaged (and the attacks with flashy effects).

I started to feel the same way for TLoZ during Skyward Sword. In one of the levels, I even asked myself (alone in my living room), "Why am I even playing this game?" Didn't play a game in the franchise after that until BotW. I wasn't even excited for BotW until I started seeing streams of it after release. What a breath of fresh air for that series.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #851 on: Thu, 11 July 2019, 13:33:06 »
Got burned from Pokemon after White. Well, I mean I played White for about an hour and realized it's just the same formula over and over and over.

Yup, that's why I cannot understand how Pokemon lasted so long as a franchise. it's the exact same **** over and over and over. The peak was Ruby and Sapphire imo, it was all downhill/or should I say the same hill from that point on. That was the last one that really felt like a true sequel and upgrade to the series.


You're a 10-year-old kid with one/no parent(s). You begin by getting your first Pokemon from the main professor of the town. Mom kisses you goodbye and you leave.
You meet one/two main friends who help you throughout the game. You catch weak Pokemon, level them up, battle six gyms, then the Elite Four. All the while an evil/misguided gang is trying to capture/use Pokemon for their evil/misguided ways.
And throw in some gimmick to change the appearance of the older 'mon to make it seem "new."

All of the games I've played are like this. The other mainstream RPGs I played (e.g., Dragon Quest, FF, etc.) at least have different storylines and different kinds of characters. True, you start weak and grind up like any other RPG, but, as I mentioned, it's the story that keeps me engaged (and the attacks with flashy effects).

I started to feel the same way for TLoZ during Skyward Sword. In one of the levels, I even asked myself (alone in my living room), "Why am I even playing this game?" Didn't play a game in the franchise after that until BotW. I wasn't even excited for BotW until I started seeing streams of it after release. What a breath of fresh air for that series.

:)) you sound like me when I realized MMO's are just giant Skinner Boxes designed to waste your time.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #852 on: Thu, 11 July 2019, 14:05:03 »
Tp4 did spreadsheets for a long time.   Tp4 will no longer be doing spreadsheets for free.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #853 on: Thu, 11 July 2019, 14:22:14 »
Got burned from Pokemon after White. Well, I mean I played White for about an hour and realized it's just the same formula over and over and over.

Yup, that's why I cannot understand how Pokemon lasted so long as a franchise. it's the exact same **** over and over and over. The peak was Ruby and Sapphire imo, it was all downhill/or should I say the same hill from that point on. That was the last one that really felt like a true sequel and upgrade to the series.


You're a 10-year-old kid with one/no parent(s). You begin by getting your first Pokemon from the main professor of the town. Mom kisses you goodbye and you leave.
You meet one/two main friends who help you throughout the game. You catch weak Pokemon, level them up, battle six gyms, then the Elite Four. All the while an evil/misguided gang is trying to capture/use Pokemon for their evil/misguided ways.
And throw in some gimmick to change the appearance of the older 'mon to make it seem "new."

All of the games I've played are like this. The other mainstream RPGs I played (e.g., Dragon Quest, FF, etc.) at least have different storylines and different kinds of characters. True, you start weak and grind up like any other RPG, but, as I mentioned, it's the story that keeps me engaged (and the attacks with flashy effects).

I started to feel the same way for TLoZ during Skyward Sword. In one of the levels, I even asked myself (alone in my living room), "Why am I even playing this game?" Didn't play a game in the franchise after that until BotW. I wasn't even excited for BotW until I started seeing streams of it after release. What a breath of fresh air for that series.

:)) you sound like me when I realized MMO's are just giant Skinner Boxes designed to waste your time.

Did a few 10k+ farming sessions to spawn world boss for a 1-in-4 chance of cosmetic drop some years ago.  Can confirm; very racket.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #854 on: Thu, 11 July 2019, 18:42:02 »
Got burned from Pokemon after White. Well, I mean I played White for about an hour and realized it's just the same formula over and over and over.

Yup, that's why I cannot understand how Pokemon lasted so long as a franchise. it's the exact same **** over and over and over. The peak was Ruby and Sapphire imo, it was all downhill/or should I say the same hill from that point on. That was the last one that really felt like a true sequel and upgrade to the series.


You're a 10-year-old kid with one/no parent(s). You begin by getting your first Pokemon from the main professor of the town. Mom kisses you goodbye and you leave.
You meet one/two main friends who help you throughout the game. You catch weak Pokemon, level them up, battle six gyms, then the Elite Four. All the while an evil/misguided gang is trying to capture/use Pokemon for their evil/misguided ways.
And throw in some gimmick to change the appearance of the older 'mon to make it seem "new."

All of the games I've played are like this. The other mainstream RPGs I played (e.g., Dragon Quest, FF, etc.) at least have different storylines and different kinds of characters. True, you start weak and grind up like any other RPG, but, as I mentioned, it's the story that keeps me engaged (and the attacks with flashy effects).

I started to feel the same way for TLoZ during Skyward Sword. In one of the levels, I even asked myself (alone in my living room), "Why am I even playing this game?" Didn't play a game in the franchise after that until BotW. I wasn't even excited for BotW until I started seeing streams of it after release. What a breath of fresh air for that series.

:)) you sound like me when I realized MMO's are just giant Skinner Boxes designed to waste your time.

Did a few 10k+ farming sessions to spawn world boss for a 1-in-4 chance of cosmetic drop some years ago.  Can confirm; very racket.

Ran a 60+hr shift hunt with a girlfirend to get the Time Lost Proto-drake. Can confirm, it lived up to it's name.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #855 on: Sat, 13 July 2019, 01:26:15 »
Currently playing Dota 2, thinking about starting up Diablo 2 with the ladder newly reset.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #856 on: Sat, 13 July 2019, 13:44:24 »
gave ROTMG a try. It's not bad..

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #857 on: Sat, 13 July 2019, 17:30:27 »
I used to be SUPER into ROTMG. Back in it's heyday it was really fun before all the spammers and scammers took over.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #858 on: Tue, 20 August 2019, 13:05:58 »
Been playing Remnant: From the Ashes since yesterday; really fun so far. Pretty difficult; while I have played souls-like games, I am by no means great, even good at them. This one has a good mix of melee/ranged combat, neat world and aesthetic; and is procedurally generated, even the first bosses friends and I have encountered solo have been different. I could be understanding it incorrectly. The game kind of reminds me of The Secret World, except without abysmal gameplay.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #859 on: Tue, 20 August 2019, 14:32:40 »
Civilization 6. 

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #860 on: Tue, 20 August 2019, 14:39:58 »
School starts again next week (last year--yay), so of course that means I'm trying to squeeze as many games in as possible.

Switch:
Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled
Golf Story
Stardew Valley
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

3DS:
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Pokemon White

I recently installed CFW on my 3DS. It's pretty neat.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #861 on: Wed, 21 August 2019, 17:45:34 »
Been playing Remnant: From the Ashes since yesterday; really fun so far. Pretty difficult; while I have played souls-like games, I am by no means great, even good at them. This one has a good mix of melee/ranged combat, neat world and aesthetic; and is procedurally generated, even the first bosses friends and I have encountered solo have been different. I could be understanding it incorrectly. The game kind of reminds me of The Secret World, except without abysmal gameplay.

Remnant has been awesome. Co-op is so well done where friends can drop in and out and experience different fights each time.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #862 on: Thu, 22 August 2019, 09:59:16 »
Been playing Remnant: From the Ashes since yesterday; really fun so far. Pretty difficult; while I have played souls-like games, I am by no means great, even good at them. This one has a good mix of melee/ranged combat, neat world and aesthetic; and is procedurally generated, even the first bosses friends and I have encountered solo have been different. I could be understanding it incorrectly. The game kind of reminds me of The Secret World, except without abysmal gameplay.

Remnant has been awesome. Co-op is so well done where friends can drop in and out and experience different fights each time.

Agreed, tbh I couldn't believe how easy it was to co-op compared to other titles with similar ideas. They've done a damn good job making some AAA look bad at implementation of certain things.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #863 on: Thu, 22 August 2019, 10:42:30 »
Booted up Destiny 2 last night since they enabled cross platform save. Went from PS4 to PC. Sooo much better IMO.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #864 on: Thu, 22 August 2019, 11:28:06 »
Dwarf Fortress has been getting a lot of my attention lately.
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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #865 on: Thu, 22 August 2019, 11:33:19 »
There's a certain running GB that inspired me to pick up the Shadowrun Humble Bundle.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #866 on: Sat, 24 August 2019, 08:25:25 »
There's a certain running GB that inspired me to pick up the Shadowrun Humble Bundle.

Hmm.. wonder what it is 😳

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #867 on: Sun, 25 August 2019, 13:55:52 »
Terraria again for good old times

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #868 on: Sun, 25 August 2019, 15:02:54 »
Can be retro/modern/PC/mobile/Tiger Electronics/etc.

Currently playing Chrono Trigger. Been putting it off for so long. Now that I have a bit of a break from studies I’ve been hunkering down when the rest of the family is asleep and trying to play as much as I can until school starts again.

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Not far into it (about maybe a fourth, if that), but so far I really like it. The story and characters are a bit cliche by today's standards, but they are colorful and relatable. The battle system is very good, and I can see myself tweaking it soon to fit my needs. Playing on the DS Lite made me realize how small the screens are (been used to the 3DS XL screens), but it's definitely manageable.

Currently playing Super Mario World 2 and Buildroyale.io . I'm a true gamer guys B)

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #869 on: Sun, 25 August 2019, 15:25:36 »
Playing BF V with a couple mates because there's nothing we really fancy atm.
Bought Remnant: From the Ashes on a whim, still need to try that out though.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #870 on: Sun, 25 August 2019, 22:17:43 »
After reading about Far Cry in a gaming mag recently, I got the urge to play it again (the first one).

After about half an hour I remembered how frustrating parts of it are, how many times you have to replay areas because you didn't reach the checkpoint before getting killed.

Not sure it I'll be able to continue playing - it is just too frustrating for a quick run around a tropical island a couple of times a weekend.
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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #871 on: Mon, 26 August 2019, 07:20:32 »
I'm sure it has been mentioned here already, but I've been playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses on the Switch. This is my first Fire Emblem game and I'm really enjoying it. I will say the game gets a little repetitive but the various mechanics of the game keep it interesting.

Anyone else playing it? What are your thoughts?

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« Reply #872 on: Sun, 01 September 2019, 14:16:01 »
Just finished Firewatch. I started it like over a year ago and left it as some point when I got bored. Picked it up last night and finsihed it now.
Short story but nice adventure game.

Now, starting Metro Exodus.
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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #873 on: Tue, 03 September 2019, 12:14:40 »
Playing no video games now, have to focus on going back to school. Cannot wait to eat cake when i get home.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #874 on: Tue, 03 September 2019, 13:51:40 »
Wait, we can use this thread as a personal blog?  This opens up so many avenues of..  nvm, I played the crap out of Boulder Dash for virtualized C64 recently.  That and I keep coming back to Blades of Vengeance for vGenesis.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #875 on: Thu, 05 September 2019, 08:10:17 »
I'm sure it has been mentioned here already, but I've been playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses on the Switch. This is my first Fire Emblem game and I'm really enjoying it. I will say the game gets a little repetitive but the various mechanics of the game keep it interesting.

Anyone else playing it? What are your thoughts?

I started this game a few days ago and so far it’s very good.  I usually play a few rounds of Apex at night on PC and the Switch on the couch in handheld mode.  This is another great game for that.  I heard a lot of comparisons to Persona but it’s much more cheesy than charming in comparison to P4.  The school/battle structure is similar but being stuck at a religious school in a medieval fantasy world feels less slice of life than a moderately explorable modern rural Japan.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #876 on: Thu, 05 September 2019, 10:29:19 »
I'm sure it has been mentioned here already, but I've been playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses on the Switch. This is my first Fire Emblem game and I'm really enjoying it. I will say the game gets a little repetitive but the various mechanics of the game keep it interesting.

Anyone else playing it? What are your thoughts?

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« Reply #877 on: Thu, 05 September 2019, 17:09:22 »
been playing a game called rez on the dreamcast, its a pretty awesome shooter and has a banger sound track (https://youtu.be/_Z06bKvmK-U?t=1272)

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« Reply #878 on: Thu, 05 September 2019, 20:08:10 »
been playing a game called rez on the dreamcast, its a pretty awesome shooter and has a banger sound track (https://youtu.be/_Z06bKvmK-U?t=1272)


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« Reply #879 on: Sun, 08 September 2019, 18:25:16 »
been playing a game called rez on the dreamcast, its a pretty awesome shooter and has a banger sound track (https://youtu.be/_Z06bKvmK-U?t=1272)


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« Reply #880 on: Wed, 11 September 2019, 06:07:43 »
Currently playing UT3 (my go to game to relieve stress) and Gears 5, pretty nice looking game, scripted like previous games but that's what Gears' all about anyway.

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« Reply #881 on: Wed, 11 September 2019, 17:54:18 »
Playing Splatoon..


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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #882 on: Wed, 11 September 2019, 20:06:27 »
Playing Splatoon..


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I haven’t played Splatoon in about a year but I bought my Switch mostly for Splatoon, I love that game, just got burnt out on ranked.  Maybe I should play it up again.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #883 on: Fri, 13 September 2019, 16:04:33 »
Playing Blasphemous. It's good but far from great, or even being a flawed masterpiece. The game does seem to be on the short side, and ultimately it feels like a bunch of planned features were cut in the interest of time. I'm not a big fan of the soundtrack either, it is forgettable at best. There is a fair amount of backtracking, and it seems like the level designer has not worked on a Metroidvania game before due to how poorly areas flow together. The controls are tight and the combat is fun. I am always excited to encounter a new enemy type and see what they do. The art direction is amazing at times, but weirdly bland at others. I dunno, the game is good, but just feels rushed. There could've been so much more polish that would've elevated this from good to great. I like it much better than some similar offerings like Dark Devotion, Death's Gambit, and Slain. Honestly the aesthetic and story could've gone even darker. I think if we ever see a sequel it will come together as something really great, but this is still worth playing.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #884 on: Fri, 13 September 2019, 17:48:48 »
Devoted some time to reading reddit tips/tricks posts for Pixel Dungeon.  I'm at least making it to the fifth dungeon now so that's cool.  Not terrible for < 20 games played.

Also maintaining an extended Kingdom of Loathing aftercore run (lvl25 atm--130 day run so far).  Hopefully I'll remember to finish my guild orientation soon so that I can journey in to Hobopolis. 

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #885 on: Mon, 16 September 2019, 19:24:58 »
Playing Blasphemous. It's good but far from great, or even being a flawed masterpiece. The game does seem to be on the short side, and ultimately it feels like a bunch of planned features were cut in the interest of time. I'm not a big fan of the soundtrack either, it is forgettable at best. There is a fair amount of backtracking, and it seems like the level designer has not worked on a Metroidvania game before due to how poorly areas flow together. The controls are tight and the combat is fun. I am always excited to encounter a new enemy type and see what they do. The art direction is amazing at times, but weirdly bland at others. I dunno, the game is good, but just feels rushed. There could've been so much more polish that would've elevated this from good to great. I like it much better than some similar offerings like Dark Devotion, Death's Gambit, and Slain. Honestly the aesthetic and story could've gone even darker. I think if we ever see a sequel it will come together as something really great, but this is still worth playing.

I think this just help me decide to wait awhile before getting Blasphemous. At least until there's a better sale. The atmosphere really resemble Dark Souls, of which I'm a huge fan of. But I'm already in the middle of playing Hollow Knight and my usual multiplayer games Rocket league and Rainbow Six Siege.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #886 on: Mon, 16 September 2019, 19:54:49 »
Playing Blasphemous. It's good but far from great, or even being a flawed masterpiece. The game does seem to be on the short side, and ultimately it feels like a bunch of planned features were cut in the interest of time. I'm not a big fan of the soundtrack either, it is forgettable at best. There is a fair amount of backtracking, and it seems like the level designer has not worked on a Metroidvania game before due to how poorly areas flow together. The controls are tight and the combat is fun. I am always excited to encounter a new enemy type and see what they do. The art direction is amazing at times, but weirdly bland at others. I dunno, the game is good, but just feels rushed. There could've been so much more polish that would've elevated this from good to great. I like it much better than some similar offerings like Dark Devotion, Death's Gambit, and Slain. Honestly the aesthetic and story could've gone even darker. I think if we ever see a sequel it will come together as something really great, but this is still worth playing.

I think this just help me decide to wait awhile before getting Blasphemous. At least until there's a better sale. The atmosphere really resemble Dark Souls, of which I'm a huge fan of. But I'm already in the middle of playing Hollow Knight and my usual multiplayer games Rocket league and Rainbow Six Siege.

I'm still playing it a fair amount, but need to take breaks because the backtracking gets really old. And on top of that it's still fairly buggy. Last night I dodge-rolled away from a boss and wound up clipping through the wall and getting stuck in black nothing unable to finish the fight.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #887 on: Tue, 17 September 2019, 14:18:26 »
Not playing anything...

have to focus on schoolwork

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #888 on: Tue, 17 September 2019, 14:46:36 »
Not playing anything...

have to focus on schoolwork

Says the dude posting on a forum when they should be doing schoolwork  :rolleyes:

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #889 on: Sat, 21 September 2019, 14:30:55 »
Not playing anything...

have to focus on schoolwork

Says the dude posting on a forum when they should be doing schoolwork  :rolleyes:

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #890 on: Sat, 21 September 2019, 16:45:48 »
15 years old and still playing games intended for children B)

Currently playing Arsenal

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #891 on: Sun, 22 September 2019, 00:57:03 »
Threw a dart at my steam playlist and it landed on Deponia... Rufus, no! Don't touch tha... /facepalm
A lot of fun for a point and clicker, mostly due to all the dialogue. Someone had too much fun with the writing.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #892 on: Wed, 25 September 2019, 00:59:57 »
KOTOR 1 and 2.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #893 on: Mon, 30 September 2019, 16:09:34 »
Getting ready for some Shadowkeep tomorrow  :)

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #894 on: Mon, 30 September 2019, 16:14:04 »
Children of Morta and it's quite fun and challenging

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #895 on: Mon, 14 October 2019, 10:52:43 »
KOTOR 1 and 2.
Classics! It's been 10+ years since I've played those and I still think about them from time to time. For me, they are the gold standard of what makes a great SW game....well, next to the Dark Forces series, that is. You can't beat Kyle Katarn!
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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #896 on: Mon, 14 October 2019, 11:15:52 »
I recently got an Oculus Quest and am still learning the ins-n-outs of it. I'm enjoying Beat Saber and Half-Life, so far. I might even try to learn to make custom content for it.  :thumb:
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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #897 on: Mon, 14 October 2019, 13:53:04 »
After I played through Goonies II for the second time (a few weeks ago) I came across the material I used during my first play through as a youngster (~93'): The Official Nintendo Player's Guide (1987). 

Thought this might help anyone unaided by the original Japanese guide.  At the time of the first completion, I must have borrowed the guide from one of the local libraries.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #898 on: Fri, 01 November 2019, 15:54:48 »
Currently playing Q.U.B.E. 2 because it was in the Epic game store free games thingy. Really enjoying the puzzles and it's a good game to just sink a few minutes into if you don't have a whole evening for it.

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Re: What video games are you currently playing?
« Reply #899 on: Sun, 03 November 2019, 12:26:19 »
After not touching it for a while, started a new Minecraft world. Last I played was 1.9, so there's a ton of content I've never seen.
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