Topic: What Game(s) are You Currently Playing?

@AstralRedStar705 Sorry for the late reply. No I haven't beaten it yet. My backlog of games I need to finish is quite high. But do I recommend playing them, especially the newer ones since you don't need have to play the way older ones to enjoy the series. 😂

Began playing Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom. It's a Kemco-published game, so the production quality is on the lower side. But at the same time that's part of Kemco's charm, much like how you'd know a Camelot rpg when/if you saw one. Anywho, rather than a linear jrpg, this one is a dungeon rpg.

You go into the dungeon, get some resources, go back to town to gear up, go back into the dungeon, repeat. It's familiar and cozy.

Fired up Into the Breach to scratch that SRPG itch. So far so good. I've made it to the 2nd region.

Also still playing some M&L. I'm enjoying it alot. I think I've completed the 2nd light house. About 15hrs in.

Began playing Gungrave G.O.R.E. yesterday. This...is awesome. Perhaps not an all-time great like Nier Automata or something like that. But if you come to terms with the fact that this is an arcade game, built with the intention of being played in short bursts, it's pretty fantastic.

Gameplay is pure and simple. Hold down the shoot button, run forward, occasionally use your melee attack to destroy a riot shield. Rinse, repeat.

Textures are a tad muddy on Switch and the audio design is a mixed bag (you'll hear the same death cry from enemies over, and over, and over again). But if you want a gaming experience akin to Christian Bale in Equilibrium. Brother, let me tell you...

Just started Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary which comes with a directors cut that adds in a storyline (weird little radio broadcasting voice acting between areas). I do love a first person puzzler though and so far some of the puzzles have been fun

@Bunkerneath
I played through Q.U.B.E. 2 back when I got the Super Rare Games physical, and I've been curious to try the original since I got the LRG physical for that too.

Myself, I've been playing through Hatch Tales. It shouldn't have taken 6 years for the Kickstarter campaign to deliver something, but I ended up enjoying it well enough like when I played Chicken Wiggle on the 3DS. The later stages do get pretty tough and demand you play competently, but I had a few nitpicks like with it not saying upfront you have a time limit because you can easily overlook the small timer in the corner, and there's no ticking clock sound effect to alert you. There's also that enemies can remain active when they're on different screens, so you can take unexpected hits after a screen transition.

@RupeeClock This is the physical from Limited Run, and I only got it because I played the physical of the second one which I got from Super Rare Games

Began playing Core Keeper over the weekend. Sheesh, what have I gotten myself into? This game is basically a top-down Terraria. Dangerous. I blink...and before I know it I spent a dozen hours in resource gathering, crafting, and survival bliss.

This is one of those 100 hour plus kind of experiences and I'm here for it.

Kingdom Hearts 3 really is a great game for the Christmas season. It is magical, fun and full of good vibes.

I love the Toy Story level. The developers must have had a great time, developing the game.

I just started Antonblast. I'm already having a great time.

@Jhena I like Kingdom Hearts 3. It still probably prefer the first two but the game has the best exploration and world design in the series, hands down

@SplatRay001
I like how the game feels more lighthearted than the rest, but I love every Kingdom Hearts I played in its own way.

Lately been playing Modern Combat Blackout, just to scratch that online multiplayer FPS itch. Thinking about going back to playing Princess Peach Showtime, especially after seeing it nominated for Best Family Game at the Game Awards (yes, I voted for it too). On the PC side of things, I want to play Jagged Alliance again, maybe I'll do that this week.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - Near the endgame now after taking a half voluntary, half involuntary long hiatus from the game; I've had it since launch. I'm trying to wrap up the collectibles before heading off to the final dungeon. So far EoW has been a fun game. It isn't in my Zelda top five due to a couple issues, but the game is worthy of the series.

Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind (Switch) - Started this short VN over the weekend. I'm already on Chapter 7 out of 11 (plus the prologue). A prequel to The Missing Heir, and definitely on the creepier side. I already have a couple guesses about what's going on, but I'm expecting this to throw a couple twists my way that I won't see coming.

Still playing Mario & Luigi: Brothership. I think I'm in the homestretch, without spoiling anything. Also been playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete. Got my save data transferred too, so everything's OK on my end. It's like Pocket Camp never left... it's my favorite Nintendo mobile game so I'm glad I got to keep it.

Holy moly! I am in the third big level in Kingdom Hearts III and I already had around 10 black screens. Maybe I should drop the game and replay the first one.

Played Princess Peach Showtime the other day and actually managed to get all the sparkle gems for on all four levels of first floor. Getting some of these sparkle gems can be tricky and well hidden too.

Playing Kingdom Hearts I after III reminded me again, that gaming moved on quite a bit over the years. I still love the game but I have alot more fun with III, so I tried re-installing it and it seems like it works for now.

Kingdom Hearts III is so fine. I just want to spend my time with it and enjoy it.

Maybe watching old games and playing new ones is more my style.

Still grinding through mario and luigi. Also started up DK Land 3 since I never finished that game from the GB trilogy.

Also, this might be the wrong thread to toss out this hot take, but it's mind boggling to me how much more enjoyable the DK land games are compared to the Rare N64 platformers. Granted, the country games were top tier too, so the ground work was already there but still. I'd pick those 3 GB games over the N64 rare games any day of the week. I do however love me some goldeneye though. And Diddy kong racing.

Infinity Nikki. Semi addicted. Super pretty and fun platforming and exploration and activities. It's funny to see all the BotW like aspects thrown into a fashion game but since the lead developer was one of the BotW directors I suppose it makes sense.

The game also has one of the cutest dungeon bosses ever:

It has cute eye shadow as well but you can't see in that picture.