People of Lemmy, what games have you been playing lately?

Factorio Space Age! It was Satisfactory 1.0, but I got distracted 😅
- Same! I finally "beat" satisfactory by delivering all the project parts. In early access I unlocked all milestones but never delivered the final project part.
  Starting space age, only got up to automating green science, working on military science now. Probably won't be able to play much this week though.
- My group is roughly about to head to space for the first time or launch our first rocket so that’s exciting
- Same! Telling myself I'll get back to it tho

Just started Baldur's Gate 3. Never played a CRPG before (does Disco Elysium count?) so it has been quite the learning curve for combat. Pretty stuck in the Underdark, it seems. Looks like I'll have to help out a slavetrader Gekh in order to proceed because I don't think I can defeat him and his buddies...
- Disco Elysium absolutely counts.
- I hope that you're having so much fun with BG3, after I finished it's definitely one of my favorites. The underdark is tough, I wish you good luck.
  
  Thanks :)
  What are you playing bpt11?
- If you don't want to help the slavers, here is a tip: you can destroy ladders.
  
  I'll add another one: get to them from the miconids village, do not engage them from the lower ground by the lake.
  Once you're done that, destroy the stairs first and push them down afterwards. You won't believe how easy this fight gets.
  Or you know, you could always lower the difficulty. No shame in doing so

Satisfactory!! 1.0 is great
- I saw that it released but I haven’t checked it out yet, I’ll have to make sure I do
- Completely agree. It's utterly addictive, and the further you get, more and more fun tech gets unlocked. Been playing it with some friends, and we're all hooked.
- I always describe satisfactory as subnautica but about automating machinery like a tycoon game but with more reminiscent of portal. Needless to say its really fun!
- I've played a bit of Factorio and enjoyed it a little too much, but watching some video clips of Satisfactory a couple of years ago really didn't grab me. Do you think it's likely that either watching the game have a very poor sense of what it's like (for someone already familiar with Factorio), or that the game has gotten a whole heap better over the last 2ish years?
  
  Hmmmm, good question, bit of both, it has changed a lot, but there is also heavy focus on the building mechanics also if that's your thing, rather than just straight up automation. So like you can make some very very impressive structures in the game. Saying that, you can mostly ignore the building for pretty and just go full on factory just grow mode.
  I guess also depends how much you like/are comfortable with the fps view point vs top down? If you like automation and or crafting games, def worth giving it Whirl IMHO!

My brother got me into Frostpunk recently. It's been kicking my ass lol
- Frostpunk 1 or 2?
  
  1
- Frostpunk has such weird balance. I found it to be an extremely difficult game until a few core loops clicked. Then it was suddenly completely trivial and I lost interest
- Oh nice, I just replayed The Last Autumn since the trees are changing color, just waiting on the first snowfall to play the main game. Let me know if there’s anything especially challenging you want advice on!
  
  I'm just on my 3rd or 4th run trying the New Home scenario. Haven't made it past the first month lol

Just reinstalled Satisfactory. Time to finish it for once.
- I didn’t even know finishing it was something you could do lol
  
  You just have to finish that one last thing...
  
  Well I am about to test that theory.
- Same, already but another 120 hours in!

Metaphor ReFantazio is amazing.
I doesn't look like it needs my help, because it's doing pretty well, but damn, it's good.
Maybe too much anxiety to play a game in which you're running for office in a fantasy land, at least until November, but... yeah, it's bonkers and it's well written and it's by far the most political game the Persona-adjacent studios have ever done in some really fun ways.
Also a triumph of UI. Not only does it look great, it's so frictionless. It's a turn-based JRPG and it plays faster and more smoothly than that abomination of an action game Square tried to pass as a Final Fantasy VII remake by orders of magnitude. Seriously, go play it if you're at all interested in that corner of gaming.
- All calendar based anxiety went out the window for me after getting the Merchant and Thief classes.
  
  Just because you can grind money easily or some other reason?
  In any case on Normal I haven't felt it at all, mostly because I've been single-day completing most dungeons and that gets you a bit overleveled.
  But it's still a lot faster and tighter than Persona on that front. And more flexible and nonlinear, too. For what looks like a long game, this thing moves. Much fewer, shorter stretches of just visual novelling with friends (although there's plenty of that, too).
- I wish Metaphor had amounted to more, and I’m frustrated to see yet another calendar RPG.
  It’s not a bad game, but it’s the same food they’ve made for decades.
  
  That's fair. I do see how it being nominally a new IP instead of a numbered sequel the ways it overlaps with Persona feel like a bit of treading water.
  For me there is way more than enough to separate it, though. The bonkers story alone and the super political spin on it are crazy, plus the gameplay ends up being different enough.
  But yeah, it's pretty much one of those. Still better than going full action RPG like Square has done with its franchises, though.

Like a lot of people, Factorio and Satisfactory. Been also playing a bit of Binding of Isaac and DRG. Also watching a friend play Morrowind because I love that game souch
- Rock & stone fellow miner !
  
  DID I HEAR ROCK & STONE?!

Just started playing deadlock, valve's new MOBA and I love it. I really hope when it's out of play test they add more champions to play as.
- There's a bunch of planned but unreleased heroes still in development that might drop in an update at any time. They are already in the game in a WIP state, so you can find videos of people who have used commands to access that stuff in sandbox or custom matches.
  Mirage was only just added, Valve doesn't announce or elaborate much on what is coming when, they are basically adding stuff as it becomes ready.
  Climbing ropes weren't even in the game a few updates ago.
  !deadlock@sopuli.xyz

Zelda a link to the past (emulated on pocket snes).

I took the month of Halloween as an excuse to replay all of Silent Hill and it has been a fantastic experience, very nostalgic. I'm already playing the 4th game and when I finish it I'm going to jump into playing short horror games on Itch.io.
- Did you play SH2 remake? If so what did you think?
  
  I wish, what I've seen of it is amazing, but I don't have the money or the specs to do it. 🥲

Do tabletop games count? If so, then... Dungeons and Dragons haha. I'm learning the ropes, having fun with it :)
- Tabletop games absolutely count! I love D&D, I’m glad you’re having fun!
- Oh damn I didn't even think about tabletop games counting! In that case I have to amend my answer to also include Pathfinder 2.

I was playing Dwarf Fortress, but the bugs made me shelve the game for the foreseeable future. It's great until the bugs kill your game.
- Were you playing the stable or beta adventure version?
  
  Stable release via Steam. Really enjoy the game until the bugs creep in.

I started Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth. I've been loving it, it's like they made the game for me. It's a perfect unwind game at the end of a day of work between the calming music, character conversations, and silly or cute mini games; but there's also enough strategy and action in battles to keep my mind stimulated when I want more than that.
- I took an entire week off for Rebirth, and the whole time was like "Whee! :D"
- I’m getting pretty antsy for the PC release. Cannot wait!

Almost everyone on Lemmy are huge nerds (me included) and are too busy playing Factorio to post replies to your question. THE FACTORY MUST GROW

Mindustry :)
- Ah, love

Minecraft and dwarf fortress. I may pick up factorios extension if and when I have time

I've been taking a video game break to play more board games. Zoo Vadis has been a top pick lately and I highly recommend.

Super Mario Bros 3 and GTA V!

Can't stop playing Balatro since picking it up. There's so many achievements to do. Even finished Jokerless challenge, took about month.
Otherwise Factorio, of course.

Factoio Cities Skylines Terraria Skyrim

Been giving deadlock a shot, still playing dead by daylight, and for solo efforts I have Total War, Tomb Raider, and Rogue Trader going
- Mind me asking how you get access to deadlock? I wanna give it a shot, too.
  
  I was lucky enough to have a friend send me an invite to the playtest. I'm not sure if that is the only way in or not
  
  Someone in the playtest has to invite you.
  You can ask for someone willing to do that over on !deadlock@sopuli.xyz. That's how I got in.

Currently Green Hell. Took me a bit to not be mauled by a jaguar or get bitten by a snake.
My last game was Skyward Sword.

Currently :
Solo version of Escape From Tarkov (with mods)
Baldur's Gate 3
Sekiro (even if i'm currently struggling against a boss)
I couldn't be happier about this list !
- I never finished sekiro, I played on steam deck and the repeated use of the parry button broke my left bumper 💀
  
  I can imagine ! this game is so intense ! I would be so afraid to throw my Steam Deck in the room after dying.. again..

I just bought Portal and Portal 2 and finished them both. Very good games, with great puzzles and story.
I am planning to buy more from Valve in the future.
- Try portal community maps.

Mechwarrior 5: Clans ! And my DnD group recently switched over to Pathfinder 2e
- And my DnD group recently switched over to Pathfinder 2e
  I suppose it's been a little too long now for me to claim "recently", but my group's been playing PF2 for 13 or 14 months now. I've been loving it as GM. How has your group been finding it?
  
  We're only a couple weeks in, but I think its good so far. I think the bigger pro to the switch is futurr proofing against dnd enshitification

Roots of Pacha - well polished, stress free farming sim. Highly recommended if you like Stardew Valley or Story of Seasons.

I can't get off Splatoon

Factorio (Space Age expansion).

Diablo 4 and Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush is amazing. Such a fun title, great story, great concept, great art style, great music.
Diablo 4’s new expansion is fun, I’m really enjoying the extremely broken, unbalanced new class. The game is a great companion to audiobooks or podcasts.

Finally got around to playing Disco Elysium. What a game!
- I walked the land telling whores and liars of the End to come. There are 9,855 days remaining.

Donut County. It's cozy and silly and perfect before going to sleep.

Deadlock
- Nice. Who are you maining?
- Me too, fantastic game!

Helldivers 2

RimWorld and modded Pokemon Scarlett.
On one hand i am adoring Scarlett more than i expected... On the other, what I enjoy is almost exclusively from the mod, so I don't know where to even talk about the fun i am having understanding I probably still wouldn't want to purchase the full game, even with all the fun I am having, because the jank is only tolerable for me on an emulator with mods.
RimWorld im really into a insectoids 2 mod run. About to try my hand at vanilla expanded genetics with Alpha Animals and Rimbees.
Im vibrating for stardew valley mobile update. It's been my favorite way to play and I wanna mod that, too. 😩

I decided to try and finish Assassin's Creed Odyssey after taking like a 2-year hiatus. I'm still struggling. The game is such a grind. There's just too much content and all of it's too similar.

Since it came out in the last week of August, I don't think I've touched any game other than Age of Mythology. It's just that perfect balance of being an excellent game in its own right and also absolutely nailing the nostalgia for me.

Warhammer 40K
It’s really deep, the community is pretty cool, we all 3d print and despise the company that makes the game. Sounds wonderful to me.
- Love minipainting but man the full sets for 40k are time consuming as heck
  
  That’s true, but, like I said, it’s replaced gaming for me entirely.
- Is there an AR app for warhammer 40k yet, to measure distances, get stats, roll dice etc?
  
  No, but we do have web apps for sheets… finally

Just went back and played the Witcher 3 Blood & Wine expansion. The main questline was really awesome! Many of the side quests feel like busy work, but some are good.
Tis the Halloween season, so I'm now playing Amnesia: The Bunker. It offers a new gameplay flow from their past, more linear games. Past games are more: here's an area with its own monster and a puzzle, solve the puzzle to get through this area. The Bunker (so far) is more: there are several areas with puzzles, but the whole time there is a monster living in the walls that you have to be careful not to alert. Makes it feel more sandboxy and freeform, I'm digging it.

Morrowind. But i beat it w the dlcs few days ago so might replay oblivion before replaying morrowind with mods. I got tamriel rebuilt tho to see a glimpse of what theyve built and the sheer size of the map is jawdropping.

Guild Wars 2 not really replaying it, just still play it. Came out 12 years ago. Got it when it came out,played for two years. Stopped for about 8 years then went back
- Best mmo on the market imo
- This is pretty much the only video game I play like I'll hop on Arkham Knight or Grim Dawn or literally anything else for maybe 30 mins and I'm like... Nah Mechanist go BRRRRRRT
  Wife and I both are currently finishing SotO storyline, already did Janthir so I guess we'll try and get sky scale after the story
  2300+ hrs since pre launch and I literally haven't done half of what the game has to offer
  
  Go the long way to get Sky scale. You get access to the masteries. Then re get it in soto you get a benefit from both (can’t remember the other benefits)

Just started playing Rainworld, good lord is it amazing

1m Bullet chess.
I finally understand why gamers obsess about ping.
- I like chess, but I can't think that fast. At that speed, I can only do !anarchychess@sopuli.xyz : push pawns, fork things with knights, always take en passant, and try not to blunder away the queen.

Stardew Valley and Brotato(New DLC). Will try Factorio Space Age DLC later.

pokemon emerald rogue, scream fortress, skyrim with bunch of mods thanks to wabbajack.
- Thank you for bringing Pokemon Emerald Rogue to my attention. I've got it patched, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm super stoked

Dead Space and Silent Hill 2 (once I get paid 👀), and replaying Ghost of Tsushima.
- I dunno a lot about ghost of Tsushima, but I’ve always thought it looks interesting, and very beautiful.
  
  It's an open world action game, and the story is very good! The writing is so good that I played the DLC in the middle of the game and didn't realize it until the end (bought about a year out of release) . It's that cohesive. It's one of those games that you can just lose yourself in. There's fast travel, but the landscape is so inviting. I also think the fighting is really well done. The way they integrate fighting styles and the story telling is too notch. Maybe look up a play through and see if it's your jam. I hope it is!

Old School Runescape.
- This will always be my answer. Other games are just xp waste.

Satisfactory currently has me. I'm just now starting into Tier 9 proper.

Vampire Survivor with my partner
- I love Vampire Survivor so much. I can't wait for the Castlevania DLC at the end of the month

Replaying Final Fantasy IX. I'm trying if I can make it through the Excalibur II perfect game guide by Atomos199 with the help of the built-in cheats in the Steam version of the game.

Satisfactory

Valheim

Got Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom last night and absolutely had a blast. It's like a collect-a-thon style game where you play as a living taxi who has to collect green gears to stop Alien Mosk and his oil.
I also got around to an updated version of Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate. It's chess, but you are a single chess king piece with a shotgun vs various other pieces on the other side who normally can only move normally. Beat the enemy king and get a card to buff you, and your opponents. Simple gameplay.

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, practicing the any% route so I can play it onstream soon.
That's when I'm not distracted with !Balatro@lemm.ee on my phone.
- That's my favorite Castlevania game!! Good luck with your runs! I'm so hyped for the Vampire Survivors Castlevania DLC.

Silent Hill 2 Remake. It’s been absolutely amazing so far. Bloober team knocked this one out of the park, and I’m really looking forward to Cronos: The New Dawn.

FFXIV
\ Deadlock
\ Signalis
\ Selaco
\ Zenless Zone Zero