Sore Thumbs III: What Non-BT Video Games Are You Playing?

[Triptych]

After conquering Dune a few more times, I am now playing Dredge: its about commanding a small fishing boat thats sort of operating in a very strange island chain where theres monster fish and strange magics going on. The mix of cartoonish graphics and Lovecraftian mystery is pretty good so far. Just started, so we'll see how it goes.

[Luciora]

I saw an earlier attempt somewhere and wanted to give it a shot as well.  Moves so much faster than its inspiration for sure.  😆

Urbangundam? 

[Akamia]

Returned to Helldivers 2 and started unlocking stuff on the new warbond, Chemical Agents. It’s my new favorite warbond. If anything converts me to a Bugdiver, it’s this stuff. lol

[Euphonium]

I'm slowly working my way through the Vermintide II campaign with my youngest. I'm playing the elf and sniping, they're playing the merc, and the bot has filled the other two slots with the dwarf and the witch hunter. I'm having a lot of fun with it.

[ISD]

I decided to drop my Factorio world for a bit and play some Doom on the deck.
Warming up with some Knee-deep in the Dead before I think of checking Sigil and the newest megawad.

[greywolf79]

Lately, I’ve spent most of my time on Escape from Tarkov. The intensity of the attacks, the realism, and the high stakes make it unlike any other game I’ve played. The way you lose gear if you die, adds a layer of tension that keeps me hooked for hours.
I’ve also been trying out different strategies, from stealth runs to high-risk, high-reward loot grabs. It’s one of those games where preparation is just as important as your skills in the firefight. If you don’t plan, you’ll definitely pay the price during raids.
For those looking to enhance their Tarkov experience, it might be worth exploring Tarkov Hacks. These tools can give you the upper hand in raids, ensuring better performance and security while playing.

[idea weenie]

I decided to drop my Factorio world for a bit and play some Doom on the deck.
Warming up with some Knee-deep in the Dead before I think of checking Sigil and the newest megawad.

Next month's DLC for Factorio will have some nasty critters:
* Gleba has the Pentapods
* Vulcanus has the Demolisher

Now to give them Battletech stats

[ISD]

I've had my hands full on Nauvis, the only planet so far, so the Space Age is going to take a while to get to 

[Akamia]

Practicing for a 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far tournament.

[Gray_Noton_4lfe]

Playing the rest of the shrines and side quests in Zelda Breath of the Wild after beating the main story

Working through Hollow Knight, heard a lot of good things about it so I thought I'd give it a try. The music is great and the graphics are even better, I highly recommend it.

[Gray_Noton_4lfe]

Beat the story modes in Star wars Battlefront ll on the hardest mode. Took me forever.

[Triptych]

Finally finished Dredge. Great, nifty little fishing game that reminded me a lot of Subnautica, except that you stay on the surface lol. Usually I dont get satisfied on my first run-throughs with any game and will play it again if its fun, but I was very happy that I stumbled onto something that was important to complete the plot and so theres no need to play it a second time. I heartily recommend it, though it has very limited replayability- thats the only weakness of this game. Rating 8/10

[Sartris]

Zelda echoes of wisdom arrived today so I'll be holding all my calls

[Sapphirus]

played Doom + Doom 2 on my steam deck yesterday and, man oh man, the rearranged soundtracks are amazing!

[Akamia]

About to revisit Sonic Generations, this time on PC; I think the last time I played it was on Xbox 360 when it was brand new.

Can't afford the upcoming Sonic × Shadow Generations yet, but when I can, I'll be playing that as well. I want to have the original 100% complete before that happens, though. lol

[ISD]

played Doom + Doom 2 on my steam deck yesterday and, man oh man, the rearranged soundtracks are amazing!

I wasn't going to bother with anything but the Bobby Prince's tracks but somehow gave Andrew H's set a go. I approve, very nice stuff so far, and I'm only now through all of Doom 1 to Doom II: HoE's map 13 (Downtown), so there's a bunch of tracks yet to be heard.

[elf25s]

does any one remember doom when it was still on floppies?
heck i still remember when we had lan parties in our local public library lol...to chagrin of the librarians....

[PsihoKekec]

I remember having to start computer from boot disk in order to have enough system memory to play it.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Apparently there's a new Carmen Sandiego game coming out.  It's based on the Netflix series where Carmen is young and heroic instead of the classic games where she's the villain.  Seems to be more actionized than the originals, so there will be more "evading security guards" and less finding out that the suspect was seen driving away in a vehicle with a flag that had a lion on it.

[ISD]

does any one remember doom when it was still on floppies?

Doom on four HD floppies, ARJ and PK/Unzip, boot disks, config.sys and autoexec.bat tweaking. I'm so glad those old days are truly gone, and I could play Doom on my doorbell if I felt like it. The 12-year-old me would've been amazed by all of this Not to mention the glory that is zdoom and what it can do.

Not to mention that at 43 years I'd still play Doom happily, and own it on a bunch of platforms

[Prospernia]

I'm about to get Game of Thrones: Conquest for my new laptop; is it any good?  What I like was the character design program that looks like it comes with it?  Yeah, I happen to like the world of GoT.

Doom on four HD floppies, ARJ and PK/Unzip, boot disks, config.sys and autoexec.bat tweaking. I'm so glad those old days are truly gone, and I could play Doom on my doorbell if I felt like it. The 12-year-old me would've been amazed by all of this Not to mention the glory that is zdoom and what it can do.

Not to mention that at 43 years I'd still play Doom happily, and own it on a bunch of platforms

I had Doom on my phone once; I used to play it, full-volume, on my lunch-break in the break-room when I worked at tHD.

[PsihoKekec]

It is amazing how active the modding scene is, most new game can't boast fraction of this activity. I guess that Brutal Doom mod (despite the author quarreling with half the internet), by showing how far the engine can be taken, encouraged many to explore the limits of Carmacks code.

I also have soft spot for the Doom the Roguelike.


On unrelated news, I won the Grass Crown in Legionary's Life 

[Akamia]

100% completed Sonic Generations last night.

Honestly, on a revisit... While I absolutely did greatly enjoy it 10 years ago, trying to play it to 100% changed my opinion of it significantly. Some of the mission gates were pretty miserable (admittedly, that's kind of on me for trying to S-rank absolutely everything even if it wasn't a regular Act) and Classic Sonic controlled significantly worse than I remember, especially the Spikes Wisp. I'm not a fan of the Rocket Wisp either, which Modern Sonic gets, but at least what little control there is to that one, I can manage just fine.

I do hope there's significant improvements to the Sonic side of the game in Sonic × Shadow Generations. Aside from what's shown in trailers and the Steam page, I don't really know what to expect from the Shadow side of the game, which is what all the marketing is pushing; not that I blame them, considering the Sonic side is all but guaranteed to just be stuff we already had 10 years ago with regular Sonic Generations. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to the Shadow side of the game; he's my favorite character, and he draws mostly from Modern Sonic's gameplay, which I found I preferred not just here, but in Sonic Forces as well, where Shadow played almost exactly the same as Modern Sonic; in this new game, he's getting some new abilities, so he'll be set apart from Sonic in a way that'll be interesting IMO.

I dunno what it is about these anniversary games that bring Classic and Modern Sonic together, but for some reason Classic just doesn't seem to do well... His Spin Dash goes faster (in Generations at least) than it ever did in any actual Classic or Classic-styled Sonic game, which can be great for speedrunning, but there seems to be something fundamental about these games that makes him interact weird with the environment.

[Sapphirus]

yesterday I played Touhou 12.8 and it's a really fun installment of the Mainline TH games, challenging though, because, well... bullet hell.  Yes I applied the english translation fan-patch for my steam copy.  But I don't think it's stream friendly when doing it fullscreen because using OBS studios, I have to resize the gameplay recording.  It's better off to play it on my steam deck. LOL

[Prospernia]

Remember the helicopter-simulator game called Enemy Engaged?  Well, they published an html chart of all the weapons, range, ROF and damage-yields for every weapon of that game; I downloaded it, but, alas, I lost it.   I wanted to use that as a guide to create modern-weapons for RPG-games.

Does anyone happen to have that chart?

[chanman]

Remember the helicopter-simulator game called Enemy Engaged?  Well, they published an html chart of all the weapons, range, ROF and damage-yields for every weapon of that game; I downloaded it, but, alas, I lost it.   I wanted to use that as a guide to create modern-weapons for RPG-games.

Does anyone happen to have that chart?

Both games in the series are currently on sale at Good Old Games 70/74% off, so about the price of a coffee. It might be part of the extras like manuals?

[Triptych]

I played Raft for a few days. At first it seemed fun and all, but the constant gathering of resources and plus you had to eat all the time felt like a chore in the end. Uninstalled and got a refund. Not for me. Rating 4/10

[Akamia]

Played in a tournament for 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far this morning. Got a few wins, but ultimately placed 6th. Which is actually relatively nice, considering I was dead last in the previous tournament I played. lol

Gonna see about playing the next one, which will apparently be next month. Hopefully I'll be a stronger player by then.

[ISD]

The helicopter comments reminded me of the amount of time fooling around with helos in Operation: Flashpoint, and to much lesser extent in ArmA 1/2.

I got tLoZ: Echoes of Wisdom yesterday and we started it today. Especially the Project Assistant II was excited playing along.

[elf25s]

well the movie theater that i was dragged to to watch beetlejuice had a sit down cabinet of steel talons...a cabinet thats pretty rare and much less in working order....and it also had tmek multiplayer arcade and multiplayer was always a cut throat affair...had not seen either since 94/95 surprised i had the teeth almost 30 years later on tmek
what was funny teens and kids cursing getting their butts handed to them and them cursing and look akward when they met an adult thats same age as their parents