Replaying Silksong for the first time. Dove in and dumped like 90 hours into it the first time around, wanted to take an extensive break to go around again so it would be a less fresh on the brain
Unreal Tournament 2004. Someone made a post about a reworked version free to download a few days ago and I’ve been hooked ever since. I’ve mostly been playing story-driven single-player RPGs lately and having a game that you just boot up and play three action-packed matches in ten minutes is a breath of fresh air.
I loved that game so much. Are you playing against bots or are there a decent number of humans online?
There are, and it’s awesome! It was kind of shocking to see populated servers in a 20+ year-old game lol
Hell yes! Keep an eye out for my username over the weekend so!
Update: I got it installed and had a quick game of DM against the bots. I’m rusty with the ol’ movement but it was great fun. Will definitely give some Onslaught a whirl in the coming days. Thanks again for the heads up.
Glad to have been of inspiration! See you on the servers :)
I’m elbow deep in Fallout 4. I don’t think we need it described here at length, it’s very much Fallout, but great because of that. I’m enjoying the simple delights of romping about capping fools with a stubby lever rifle dressed in my nice shiny Vim-branded power armour
Not sure how patient it is, because I ordered the physical console version ASAP. But I just got my copy of UFO 50, everyone’s favorite new-old game compilation from yesteryear.
I’ve tried about 10 of the games so far, all very interesting. Some I really enjoy, some feel like they’ve intentionally added too many rough edges to make them feel retro.
Barbuta seems such an interesting one, but I really wish the character was just a little more fun to move and control.
Last week was rather busy so I didn’t have time to play much. I did however found a game I’ve been looking for for years now. A title, I pretty much gave up on ever finding again. This game is Tokkyuu Shirei: Solbrain for NES (some people might be more familiar with the version released in the west called Shatterhand).
So what is it? It’s a 2D action game, part platformer part beat 'em up, set in the future where you run through linear levels and beat bad guys. You can pick up Alpha/Beta icons to get a flying robot buddy whose attack patterns depend on the the combination of icons you got (you need 3 icons to spawn the robot). These buddies serve as your range attacks and allow you to fly up (it’s mostly useful for secrets and easier platforming, I believe).
All in all, gameplay here is kind of like a slower Mega Man focused on fist-fighting.Simple but fun game with pretty great art and music. I really lost any hope I’d find it again - looks like my good fortune finally decided to show up for once!
We started another Minecraft server with our friend group, hopefully this time it lasts a bit longer than a few weeks.
I’ve been mostly emulating Pokemon games this past week. It’s hard to find time to play anything right now so being able to pull out my phone or go to my computer, play for a bit, then set it down and not worry about it has been very useful.
Heavily modded Stardew Valley with twin again! We unlocked the bridge to…whatever that mod is called and we cleared out all the junk. Twin put down a winery but that’ll take a bit. I think that’s my job, the wine, but I forget.
Wasteland 3. This game is really good, but super whacky. We just fought against a tribe of Reagan worshippers with a giant articulated bust of God-president Reagan that shoots lasers out of its eyes.
Bloodborne
Having played this through including the DLC years ago on my PS4 I recently find that this can be emulated quite well on the PC now. When I say quite well I mean 3440 x 1440 at 60FPS, it’s incredible!
I’m going for an Arcane build this time which is quite a different pkaystyle from the more frantic parry and dodge that you would normally have, but it’s lots of fun.
Just killed the Bloodstarved Beast and got the first Chalice, so I’m entering the dungeons next.
