Currently Playing?

[Pellie]

I'm playing at the moment Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled for the Switch. Got the game yesterday, I'm
so happy that they made a remastered version of it, like the last time where I played CTR was when I
was a kid and still had my old PS One. It's a lovely game, makes a lot of fun, but also pretty tricky? At
least I have that feeling that the NPCs are brutal to you, as if it's not that easy to just go ahead and
win the trophy.

 

[Romaki]

Stuck at the true ending of Katana ZERO, so I moved on to Not Tonight. If you liked Papers Please you'll love this one, I'm just surprised that they actually licensed relatively small and unknown songs and sell the soundtrack as a DLC on Steam. I kinda want to buy it too, but so far I only really loved one song. Definitely recommend playing the game with headphones though.

 

[Midoriya]

Don’t really have any games to beat at the moment (besides Fire Emblem Warriors), so I went back to Fire Emblem Fates and deleted all my saves on my Conquest and Birthright cartridges, and then started up a [Lunatic] [Classic] file of Fire Emblem Fates: Revelations. I’m going to try to beat the highest difficulty on the most difficult path without anyone dying since I’m accustomed to the franchise by now.

 

[makonatu]

majoras mask hd. i got the game a while back, but i'm finally getting around to beating it. i also got minecraft for the switch a few weeks back and i've really been enjoying it! (also playing acnl lol)

 

[demoness]

nitro fueled and bloodstained. i played ctr for over 20 years, so i have a pretty good grasp on the deeper boosting mechanics going in. they're easier for beginners to grasp now, but i'll say this, if you have never played it and are expecting a mario kart clone that isn't what you're getting. there are no equalization mechanics during races. you could treat the offline adventure mode on easy as mario kart, but online is a major focus of the reboot, as online matches are really the only efficient way to earn the in-game currency that unlocks things in the pit-stop. if you're new, since their online does not parse players by skill level, you're probably going to notice other players near lapping you going at speeds and taking shortcuts only usable at those speeds, which require precise use of the jumping and drift-boost and reserve speed mechanics the game mentions, but leaves you to work out. i always liked the ctr racers more than the handholding of mario kart.

as for bloodstained, love it. probably iga's best work in the genre and great spiritual successor to symphony of the night.

 

[Psydye]

Started up a game of Bloodstained so that'll be my poison for awhile.

 

[Chris]

I was annoyed that a guest didn't charge my PS3 controller after they were done using it so I couldn't play Dynasty Warriors 8. Then I remembered I bought Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires at launch and barely played it! It feels like a completely new game.

 

[Dim]

I keep playing Smash Ultimate despite the fact it's making rage. Imma have to play Splatoon 2 soon though. I don't want to be rusty for the last splatfest D:

 

[Rusolando-Kun]

Hatune Miku Project Mirai DX - 30 songs out of 48;
Drakengard 3 - Chapter 2;
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Ace - Chapter 1.

Professor Layton vs Phoenix Ace is very hilarious. I did not expect to like the puzzle aspect of the game so much!!

 

[Alienfish]

Restarted Omega Ruby yesterday, let's see how that will go aha. Otherwise NL as usual and some AQW.

 

[Chris]

Dad convinced me to renew my FFXIV sub so he has someone to play the new expansion pack with. There goes my summer!

 

[lexinator]

Finishing Saints Row 2 right now on the PC. I never actually completed the game or got 100% despite me finishing all of the others Saints Row games lol

 

[Markiemania95]

Super Mario Maker 2 and Pok?mon GO, mainly. Also played a bit of Tetris 99 and Let's Go, Eevee the last few days as well.

 

[Rusolando-Kun]

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 on Steam.
I'm going to finish up the main story today! Just a few missions left.

Spoiler

Pirate Warriors 4 will be out in 2020, yatta!!!

 

[MasterM64]

Currently playing Minecraft on survival after not playing since the Horse Update. Good lord has the game changed since I last played!

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Just playing Tomodachi Life atm. Uploading some of my favorite in-game screenshots to Twitter.

 

[Psydye]

Going through a 2nd run of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

 

[jvgsjeff]

I'm not focusing on any one game in particular, but I've been spreading my playing time around. Lately I've been playing a little Endless Ocean (Wii), Katamari Damacy Reroll (Switch), Worms WMD (Switch), Splatoon (Wii U), and Sonic Mania Plus (Switch).

 

[Romaki]

Breath of the Wild. I'm 55 hours in and I've done so little of the main quest. I don't even like boss fights, I just want to explore the world and solve more shrines, the new Tomb Raider series gave me the same feeling.

 

[Tao]

I've gone back to give Breath of the Wild another go since I really didn't like it the first time through.

I'm not hating it near as much as I did last time, but I still don't think it's fantastic. Just another open world with samey stuff everywhere. It's neat that I can go and do pretty much what I want, but I still feel having everything you'll ever NEED from the start makes everything feel the same since everything outside of combat is balanced around you having what you started with. Nothing new and interesting happens when you're never getting any new permanent equipment for unique challenges to be designed around.

I think previous experience of knowing it's barely a Zelda game as I view it at all has lowered my expectations enough for it to be playable for me. I've not been playing games as much or for as long per session for a while either, so I guess that's helping preventing me from getting tired of it as I'll get a couple hours at a time every now and again rather than "all day every day".

7/10, enjoyable.


Probably going to start Horizon Zero Dawn soon too. I've always wanted to play this. In fact, it's literally THE game that made me buy a PS4, being on my Amazon wishlist like 2 years before it actually released...But I just never got around to it. Picked up the 'complete edition' last week though, so hopefully this will be the game to truly christen my new 55" TV (because really, Breath of the Wild starts to look a bit nasty when those low res textures are stretched across 55 inches. Shame the Switch doesn't have a bit of extra hardware in the dock so it looks as good docked as it does in handheld).


Saying that, Fire Emblem is out soon, so I imagine I'll probably move onto that next.

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 on Steam.
I'm going to finish up the main story today! Just a few missions left.

Spoiler

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Pirate Warriors 4 will be out in 2020, yatta!!!

I never finished Pirate Warriors 3. I really liked it, but the Steam version would always crash when I tried to load the final level. After the sheer amount of time I spent trying to do as many of the challenges as I could along the way, I just didn't have the motivation to buy it on another platform and start again.

I had nothing but trouble with the Steam version. Took ages and a lot of fiddling to even get my controller working.

I look forward to Pirate Warriors 4, but I think I'll be skipping the Steam version.