What are you playing?

[GodisanAtheist]

Ok, might have another replay on deck: Batman Arkham Asylum.

Beat the game years ago, only recently realized I have it on Steam but it's sitting a 0 achievements so as good a time as any to replay the game.

It's pretty far from child friendly but my kids are tagging along for the journey so far. I think I'll be able to keep them on for the ride until my wife sees what we're playing cause I think her last impression of Batman was Adam West or Val Kilmer's iterations. Then I'll just have to weather the questions about my judgement and the decay of society etc later.

Game still looks great outside of the lower res textures and playing it on my Steambox with 980Ti means I get to enjoy all the goofy physx tacked on crap at a clean 60FPS. Suck it 5090 owners!

Having played a ton of "flow" style brawlers at this point, its actually a little shocking how stiff and un-flow-like the combat in this game is. I played Arkham Knight relatively recently (like, 2 years ago) and its wild how much the series managed to improve while still retaining the same feel.

Still early going, but I always liked Asylum's more deliberate, compact, and "metroidvania" style level design over the mushy open world sprawl of City and Origins (that IMO Knight managed to more or less perfect).

Anyhow, here goes nothing...

 

[Space Lynx]

Ok, might have another replay on deck: Batman Arkham Asylum.

Beat the game years ago, only recently realized I have it on Steam but it's sitting a 0 achievements so as good a time as any to replay the game.

It's pretty far from child friendly but my kids are tagging along for the journey so far. I think I'll be able to keep them on for the ride until my wife sees what we're playing cause I think her last impression of Batman was Adam West or Val Kilmer's iterations. Then I'll just have to weather the questions about my judgement and the decay of society etc later.

Game still looks great outside of the lower res textures and playing it on my Steambox with 980Ti means I get to enjoy all the goofy physx tacked on crap at a clean 60FPS. Suck it 5090 owners!

Having played a ton of "flow" style brawlers at this point, its actually a little shocking how stiff and un-flow-like the combat in this game is. I played Arkham Knight relatively recently (like, 2 years ago) and its wild how much the series managed to improve while still retaining the same feel.

Still early going, but I always liked Asylum's more deliberate, compact, and "metroidvania" style level design over the mushy open world sprawl of City and Origins (that IMO Knight managed to more or less perfect).

Anyhow, here goes nothing...

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i keep launching this game from steam but getting an error and it crashes me at launch every time...

Game Crashes at Start. :: Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition General Discussions

Had this problem on 2 computers for the last 2 years. I have windows 10, have tried a lot and it still crashes before the start menu. Can't find a solution that works.

steamcommunity.com

this is the issue i have. something i need to install dx files manually? i don't know

 

[GodisanAtheist]

i keep launching this game from steam but getting an error and it crashes me at launch every time...

Game Crashes at Start. :: Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition General Discussions

Had this problem on 2 computers for the last 2 years. I have windows 10, have tried a lot and it still crashes before the start menu. Can't find a solution that works.

steamcommunity.com

this is the issue i have. something i need to install dx files manually? i don't know

-Interesting, worth pointing out that I am not running the GOTY edition or any kind of remaster, its the base game on steam. Installed and ran without any issues.

Edit: Sorry I am deeply stupid it absolutely is the GOTY edition.

 

[Kovoet]

Sniper elite resistance and enjoying the latest update and DLC map

 

[nomdeplume]

Unexpected Albino Blue Wildebeest in COTW followed by guiding someone around a map.

 

[taka]

RDR2 still has something new for me each playthrough.

 

[nguyen]

I have come to the end of Expedition 33 and boy what a journey from start to finish, easily one of the best games I have ever played

Spoiler

My waifu got thanos

 

[NSR]

Ok, might have another replay on deck: Batman Arkham Asylum.

Beat the game years ago, only recently realized I have it on Steam but it's sitting a 0 achievements so as good a time as any to replay the game.

It's pretty far from child friendly but my kids are tagging along for the journey so far. I think I'll be able to keep them on for the ride until my wife sees what we're playing cause I think her last impression of Batman was Adam West or Val Kilmer's iterations. Then I'll just have to weather the questions about my judgement and the decay of society etc later.

Game still looks great outside of the lower res textures and playing it on my Steambox with 980Ti means I get to enjoy all the goofy physx tacked on crap at a clean 60FPS. Suck it 5090 owners!

Having played a ton of "flow" style brawlers at this point, its actually a little shocking how stiff and un-flow-like the combat in this game is. I played Arkham Knight relatively recently (like, 2 years ago) and its wild how much the series managed to improve while still retaining the same feel.

Still early going, but I always liked Asylum's more deliberate, compact, and "metroidvania" style level design over the mushy open world sprawl of City and Origins (that IMO Knight managed to more or less perfect).

Anyhow, here goes nothing...

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The artistic depth and attention that went into so many of these older games feels absurd compared to what we get now. Just in these screenshots this looks like something that'd compete for GOTY (again) in 2025.

 

[RUSerious]

Ok, might have another replay on deck: Batman Arkham Asylum.

Beat the game years ago, only recently realized I have it on Steam but it's sitting a 0 achievements so as good a time as any to replay the game.

It's pretty far from child friendly but my kids are tagging along for the journey so far. I think I'll be able to keep them on for the ride until my wife sees what we're playing cause I think her last impression of Batman was Adam West or Val Kilmer's iterations. Then I'll just have to weather the questions about my judgement and the decay of society etc later.

Game still looks great outside of the lower res textures and playing it on my Steambox with 980Ti means I get to enjoy all the goofy physx tacked on crap at a clean 60FPS. Suck it 5090 owners!

Having played a ton of "flow" style brawlers at this point, its actually a little shocking how stiff and un-flow-like the combat in this game is. I played Arkham Knight relatively recently (like, 2 years ago) and its wild how much the series managed to improve while still retaining the same feel.

Still early going, but I always liked Asylum's more deliberate, compact, and "metroidvania" style level design over the mushy open world sprawl of City and Origins (that IMO Knight managed to more or less perfect).

Anyhow, here goes nothing...

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Cool. Never played it - may give it a try. See if I can handle a game that isn't some sort of shooter. Extra points for having me look up metroidvania

 

[Space Lynx]

I have come to the end of Expedition 33 and boy what a journey from start to finish, easily one of the best games I have ever played

Spoiler

My waifu got thanos
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everyone i know is loving it! glad you had fun, I wonder if the MBA's that run EA and Ubisoft are taking notes? or just shoving nonsense up their ass like MBA's usually do?

on topic: Monster Train, and binge playing Uncharted 1-3 campaigns at the moment

 

[skizzo]

Post Trauma is a new survival horror game. Admiring this pretty serious battle station setup here, maybe not the best for your neck/ergonomics though lol

 

[Vayra86]

Still contemplating on picking this one up. I was an old school lover of Oblivion with many great memories. I need more convincing on this on atm.

Maybe I don't want to take away from the original. Not quite sure how my psychology is working here. Some things are just best left alone.

I can conclude right now that its best left alone.

The game isn't fun. Combat is clunky as it always was, but (for me at least), the initial sense of discovery kinda made that problem go away. You know, you're gonna loot that chest after the kill, just get it over with, as long as I get to peek inside. But above all... its pretty hard work now if you get serious about levelling. The lack of exploitable progression makes you farm, or console-use, to move ahead in the game. Are you ready to farm thousands of gold again to buy whatever looks cool in the store? I wasn't... And if you're ready to cheat it, you're sucking the life out of the game.

Realistically, beyond the discovery and surviving said discovery gameplay loop, there's not really a game is there. You just engage in ultra floaty combat, your spells miss half the time, and their effects still look meh. But its not fun. If combat is hard, you resort to kiting, running circles, save scumming and basically exploity-kind of gameplay to get around the complete lack of depth to the whole affair.

I did love making spells again. But... again. Five minute after the fact, I closed the gameand haven't managed to look back..
So... try before you buy, is my advice... that's what I did. No way in hell I'm spending >10,- for a remake and this definitely doesn't warrant more.

Post Trauma is a new survival horror game. Admiring this pretty serious battle station setup here, maybe not the best for your neck/ergonomics though lol

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It almost looks like that center screen is showing SOKOBAN

 

[Princess Garnet]

Post Trauma is a new survival horror game. Admiring this pretty serious battle station setup here, maybe not the best for your neck/ergonomics though lol

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That was a game I've been waiting for for around two years now, and I picked it up when it launched. Unfortunately, Clair Obscur launched soon after and has claimed my time, so I haven't gotten around to trying it just yet. I will after I finish Clair Obscure.

Given the low price point, I'm not going to hold it insane expectations in regards to polish and game length. As long as it's not too different from what I experienced in the demo a couple of years ago, then I'm expecting that I'll be happy with it.

 

[Outback Bronze]

its pretty hard work now if you get serious about levelling.

Yeah, this is what I was mainly worried about. Putting in all those extra hours (not to mention the 600+I did previously) to get ahead. I remember the game well. I'll probably still pick this game up at some stage and check out the newly discovered graphics but I'm not sure I'll go anywhere beyond that.

Thanks for the update. Much appreciated

 

[Frick]

Really trying to play Fallout 4 and the main story but ... it's impossible. Because of how bad the game is at dialouge, and meaning. That intro is really terrible. I can play an asshole, but I'm not. I'm a war hero, a loving father who stumbled out of a vault into a totally new world, just having witnessed the death of my wife and the kidnapping of my son (and the intro makes it clear I love them both). But that is not what the game is about. The game is a silly freestyle shooter/RPG-lite that literally has "Sarcastic" as a dialouge option. I cannot fathom the mind who thought having that base of the game (the opening/main story) was a good idea. Incidentally it's another thing that makes Starfield the superior game.

And the loading times are long, even on a fast NVMe drive.

And I can play an asshole (through dialouge) but also a common opening line is "Something wrong?" Meaning I'm not an asshole.

 

[Vayra86]

Really trying to play Fallout 4 and the main story but ... it's impossible. Because of how bad the game is at dialouge, and meaning. That intro is really terrible. I can play an asshole, but I'm not. I'm a war hero, a loving father who stumbled out of a vault into a totally new world, just having witnessed the death of my wife and the kidnapping of my son (and the intro makes it clear I love them both). But that is not what the game is about. The game is a silly freestyle shooter/RPG-lite that literally has "Sarcastic" as a dialouge option. I cannot fathom the mind who thought having that base of the game (the opening/main story) was a good idea. Incidentally it's another thing that makes Starfield the superior game.

And the loading times are long, even on a fast NVMe drive.

And I can play an asshole (through dialouge) but also a common opening line is "Something wrong?" Meaning I'm not an asshole.

Starfield superior to FO4... thats probably the biggest insult to FO4 anyone could ever make. I just walked through Oblivion again and its... really... so clear nothing ever changes in Bethesda games. Same shit different paint. Okay maybe they hired a few more voice actors than 3 this time... but... every time... its floaty combat, a fcked up progression and combat system, faces that look like ass and quests that bug on you left & right. But oh oh the immersion... the world they created... yeah. Its true, the world is there. But Ive come to realize that these worlds are mere empty promises and every minute you play youre just hoping those promises are gonna be true. Maybe this playthrough? Maybe the next sequel? But nope.

 

[KrazyT]

Played Overload (PC)
Choose it randomly in the game library, didn't know what to expect.
In the first minutes, it was clear, it's a Descent clone.
Normal, the studio behind is composed from veterans who made the original Descent.
So it's the same experience with a better look.
Played a handful of hours but I don't go further.
Not because the game is bad, but it grows repetitive to me, go trough the mine, destroy the core, always the same.
If you're a fan of the original Descent, and want something new, you can grab it, it's solid (and as close as Descent as I reminds it)

This screenshot doesn't render justice, the game can be more enjoyable to watch. And remember the 1st rule : ennemies can attack on every sides !

 

[Ruru]

Still going with my FF X-2 HD playthrough on PS3, so far looks very much possible that I'll hit 100% completion on the first playthrough, over 90% completion already.

 

[Cvrk]

I have come to the end of Expedition 33 and boy what a journey from start to finish, easily one of the best games I have ever played

Spoiler

My waifu got thanos
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Just comes to show how much STORY and artistic design can do for a game.
Gameplay-wise, what you will be doing 90% of the time (combat + exploration) is boring. The only time you wake up from sleeping is when you try to block on medium pr hard difficulty. Otherwise ... so many games do turn-based fighting sooo much better than his.

But yeah, when the story hits, is great, each cutscene matters. and when exploring, turning the camera and looking around on my 4k TV it looks amazing.

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Gameplay should be king for each video game because that's what you are mainly doing. Yeat, too often we see in the industry that is never the case.

here you are saying this is one of the best games you have ever played, and everybody on Twitch is streaming this, because it's pretty.
We love pretty things.


Gameplay wise, you press B to dodge, and A to attack. You do this for hours, cutscenes pass and the game is over.
And if you wanna wake up from the sleep, press RB to block.

 

[Princess Garnet]

It sounds like you just don't like the gameplay. And that's fine because not everything is for everyone. But you'd be mistaken if you think people are only playing it for the graphics or story. There are plenty of people who actually like the gameplay or the exploration bits. There's been a number of games with good graphics and artistic design, and seemingly a good story (as far as I saw anyway) that I either dropped partway through or didn't start solely because of the gameplay (namely, battle system) wasn't to my liking.

You can reduce any game down to "you do this for hours, and then it's over" if you gloss over the things you don't think matter. That's what all games are; they are systems of gameplay loops. You either like those gameplay loops or you don't.

Yes, it's being really hyped right now, and I somewhat agree that it's being hyped to slightly greater heights than it should be, but the key word is "slightly". For those who like what it is, the game is very good. With turn-based RPGs not being as common as they were decades ago, for a lot of us it's therefore a bigger deal when a good one does happen. Some of us are not thrilled it's so reaction-based as opposed to being pure turn based, but regardless, there's a lot of people who do like its gameplay aspects. Yes, streamers will do streamer things and try and draw in views, but there are plenty of people who do like it beyond the graphics and story.

 

[Space Lynx]

I just finished Monster Train, full completion, I even beat the final DLC boss in the Last Divinity expansion. Was super fun. Same kind of thrill as Slay the Spire, just with a few twists. Monster Train 2 comes out May 15th, so that will be a day 1 buy for me.

I'm about 80% done with Uncharted Remastered, then I am moving on to Uncharted 2 and 3 in the Nathan Drake Collection. Lot of fun so far, wish it was in high refresh with my mouse and keyboard though, aiming with a controller is really annoying as piss.

 

[nguyen]

Just comes to show how much STORY and artistic design can do for a game.
Gameplay-wise, what you will be doing 90% of the time (combat + exploration) is boring. The only time you wake up from sleeping is when you try to block on medium pr hard difficulty. Otherwise ... so many games do turn-based fighting sooo much better than his.

But yeah, when the story hits, is great, each cutscene matters. and when exploring, turning the camera and looking around on my 4k TV it looks amazing.

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Gameplay should be king for each video game because that's what you are mainly doing. Yeat, too often we see in the industry that is never the case.

here you are saying this is one of the best games you have ever played, and everybody on Twitch is streaming this, because it's pretty.
We love pretty things.


Gameplay wise, you press B to dodge, and A to attack. You do this for hours, cutscenes pass and the game is over.
And if you wanna wake up from the sleep, press RB to block.

Are you implying that the gameplay is too boring because you play at easy difficulty when hard difficulty is crazy hard that require lots of brain storming and precise timing for dodge/parry (IMO even harder that Soul games )

Well it took me 6 hours to beat Golgra, I'm so proud because I didn't need any guide

 

[skizzo]

That was a game I've been waiting for for around two years now, and I picked it up when it launched. Unfortunately, Clair Obscur launched soon after and has claimed my time, so I haven't gotten around to trying it just yet. I will after I finish Clair Obscure.

Given the low price point, I'm not going to hold it insane expectations in regards to polish and game length. As long as it's not too different from what I experienced in the demo a couple of years ago, then I'm expecting that I'll be happy with it.

I called it survival horror but it's technically "puzzle horror" as the game's own page correctly describes it. the survival aspects are basically non-existent. there are not many enemies and inventory management isn't a high focus. good game for puzzles though. story is most vague I've ever played. still some random bugs they are ironing out like shotgun shells default to 2 when you switch to said gun, which means if you loaded it up to full capacity of 4, you just lost 2 shells due to switching weapons. game length would be 10 hours or less depending on how much puzzle clue hunting you do. I played through a couple times to get 100% achievements and spent about 15 hours doing that. I'm a rabid fan of the genre and liked it but a recently released game like The Mute House is more traditional survival horror in my opinion

 

[zenlessyank]

ATM I am back and forth between FarCry 6 and Starfield. I have about 30 other games installed that I play on occasion, but these are the main 2.

4 TB SSD's are great!

 

[KrazyT]

Still playing Forza Horizon 5 ... and, hey, how did you get there ?