Q: So what games are you folks playing right now?

[Grog6]

I got the queen and king icons reversed. makes a difference, lol.

 

[XR7-4.6]

These games are great, I played the Police Quests several years ago but never got around to trying the Space Quests. Using the text bar adds to the challenge

Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon | Play game online!

Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon is a 1989 graphic point 'n click adventure by Sierra On-Line. Play Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon online!

playclassic.games

 

[Vicinity]

Any tetris players here? Been getting back to that. Tetr.io is a great website, they dont even ask for your email if you sign up. The problem is there is a lot of ridiculously skilled players, but its pretty amusing to watch two skilled players going at it

 

[gunn]

Any tetris players here? Been getting back to that. Tetr.io is a great website, they dont even ask for your email if you sign up. The problem is there is a lot of ridiculously skilled players, but its pretty amusing to watch two skilled players going at it

Tetris was finally beaten after 34 years, game kill screen pops up at Level 157 — hypertapping and rolling were key techniques

Willis, AKA Blue Scuti, was the first human to reach the Tetris NES killscreen.

www.tomshardware.com

Did you see this news? Interesting article recaps a final victory over the nes version and how the serious gamers invented new ways to get beyond some limitations baked in the game design.

 

[gunn]

I love fortnite: not because it's a great game (I think I've played once) but because epic uses the revenues to give away games to bolster up their storefront

I had been meaning to buy The Outer Worlds: Spacers Choice version for a while but never got around to it and then epic gave it away EOY 2023.

- I had read that the game wasn't well optimized and... They are right..my quality with my existing GPU is pretty mediocre (RX580) and I guess I need to swap in my gtx 1080TI.
- unfortunately, it's not playable on Nvidia cloud (my other go to)
- it's still pretty fun as a shooting game with quest elements.

 

[kirkm76]

Duke Nukem' 3D

 

[Vicinity]

Tetris was finally beaten after 34 years, game kill screen pops up at Level 157 — hypertapping and rolling were key techniques

Willis, AKA Blue Scuti, was the first human to reach the Tetris NES killscreen.

www.tomshardware.com

Did you see this news? Interesting article recaps a final victory over the nes version and how the serious gamers invented new ways to get beyond some limitations baked in the game design.

Oh yikes, Tetris is timeless. I can't imagine playin on the NES version. Buds and I used to pass around the same gameboy cartridge

This is coming around on Wednesday

Save 10% on Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft on Steam

Play the original three Tomb Raider adventures with all expansions and secret levels in this definitive collection.

store.steampowered.com

 

[XR7-4.6]

I used to play Tetris on my ti 83 all the way through geometry class every single day in high school. These kids today and their iPads think they pioneered goofing off, pfft!

 

[gunn]

I've been playing The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice edition for a week or so now and its pretty fun.
Its a FPS similar to Fallout/Cyberpunk 2077 with the ability to have crew members join your party much like Mass Effect. Has some humous bits lke Borderlands but with a more significant corporate distopia vibe.

Guns are upgradable/moddable but its not a grindy loot shooter like Borderlands. I think there were complaints about the lack of optimization with this remake (Spacer's choice) being poorly optimized but after an optimization 11 months or so ago it seems to run pretty well at 1080p on ultra settings on my 1080TI (FWIW, it sucked on a similarly aged but much less powerful RX580).

 

[Wile E. Coyote]

Still here playing Snow Runner. And I've learned its possible to double tow heavy loads if I tether two trucks together. You can control both from the lead, which is pretty neat. Essentially becomes a push-pull act

 

[gunn]

I finished the Outer Worlds - Spacer's choice the other day. Good game, hit all the same vibes as Mass Effect with an interesting story of how hyper Capitalism can go astray and screw over the little people. Never felt repetitive but you o end up looting a lot and then unloading your crap to get more crap. Guns can be modded to be improved but every so often you'd pick up a newer gun as a base and then go back to upgrading IT for giggles.

I'd recommend picking it up if its ever on deep sale or free again from epic games. Next game I'm playing: Ghostwire Tokyo. Definitely cool looking, detailed render of Shibuya with all sorts of creepy characters from japanese folklore. Not sure I love it yet but not bad for a commercial flop.

Ghostwire: Tokyo's Shibuya Is More Impressive Than It Should Be

Ghostwire: Tokyo is worth buying just for Shibuya.

screenrant.com

Works quite well on NVIDIA cloud w/ RTX turned on.

 

[rampagingsloth]

Haven't played it yet, but I ordered a Vectrex homebrew game that is a close copy of the ye olde Sea Wolf arcade game from the '70s -

Sea Pup by PortAuthority

portauthority.itch.io

It would be interesting to add this hack, if I had that kind of free time and knowledge -

 

[gunn]

Bringing up an older thread I started a while ago, I dunno if any of you have played it yet but here's a decent recommendation.

Q: Have you ever played games from Amazon's streaming service Luna?

You might already be aware that Amazon Prime Gaming gives away games on Epic, GOG, and their own licensing service every month to subscribers to Amazon Prime.

Amazon Luna: Gaming-Service

Amazon Luna ist ein Gaming-Service, bei dem Sie eine wechselnde Bibliothek von Spielen spielen können, plus Partyspiele mit GameNight. Keine Downloads, keine Konsole und in Prime enthalten.

luna.amazon.com

In addition, they offer a cloud gaming service that competes with NVIDIA's GeForce Now and MSFT's Cloud Gaming, with the key difference being:
- Unlike with GeForce Now, you don't need to own the game license on Steam/EpicGaming. Amazon supplies the licenses in addition to the compute/GPU power. You just need a decent connection.
- Quality wise, it works pretty well. I found it stuttered a few times but unlike Geforce Now, its never crashed on me yet.

Right now, I'm playing Indiana Jones and The Great Circle

Its kind of a sneak around and collect shit game but you punch a lot of Nazis/facists, dump their bodies into various holes/water, and swing around with your whip. Puzzles aren't incredibly hard and it is fun kind of exploring. Its no Cyberpunk 2077, but its decent. Esp for free.

You can play on any device since it streams through your browser. I use my game controller but apparently some games support using your phone as the controller for an even lower barrier to entry for gaming.

Other titles available on Luna include:
- Goat Sim 3 (my kid bought this game and loves it. Has 2 player couch coop. GTA with goats)
- Fallout 3/4 GOTY
- Lots of Tomb Raiders
- Dave the Diver (I bought this on steam; fun casual spear fishing and sushi bar management game)
- Death Stranding (walking sim)
90+ games which are a mix of more involved and casual titles

Its worth trying out even if your PC is a potato as long as your network connection isn't dialup grade.


Now, one thing that's unclear to me is how long the licenses stay with Luna. Will you get advance notice if games will stop being available? I have no idea.

 

[Vicinity]

I love the old tomb raider games (1-3), the remasters honored the gameplay completely. It's difficult and tedious but a work of art. There was at least moment where our family called a hotline to get us through a level

 

[XR7-4.6]

I’d really like to play the Indiana Jones game but my internet speed does indeed suck(I’m a cheapskate) and I refuse to buy a PS5 until GTA VI comes out… so probably next decade

I really haven’t played many games recently tbh, last new-to-me one was Assassin’s Creed Black Flag about a year ago. I had never played an Assassin’s Creed game before(or since) in my life but I heard it was a great pirate game apart from the franchise lore and it didn’t disappoint. Beat it 100%

 

[gunn]

I’d really like to play the Indiana Jones game but my internet speed does indeed suck(I’m a cheapskate) and I refuse to buy a PS5 until GTA VI comes out… so probably next decade

I really haven’t played many games recently tbh, last new-to-me one was Assassin’s Creed Black Flag about a year ago. I had never played an Assassin’s Creed game before(or since) in my life but I heard it was a great pirate game apart from the franchise lore and it didn’t disappoint. Beat it 100%

The Indiana Jones game is worth it and the voice actor is pretty close to Harrison Ford. Pretty uncanny. I haven't played Dishonored but I hear its very similar "sneak and steal stuff". Sometimes though, because they don't have great memories, I say fuck it and go into an area and lay waste to all the nazis. Once they are all stacked and dumped into a pond (not that it matters since they never wake up again other than I think the guards don't notice them just under the water), a fascist free area makes it easier to go looking for whatever note/code I need to unlock a safe, take their sandwiches/fruit, or take pictures for XP.

As far as your internet sucking, well it might jsut be worth trying if you have PRIME. I was pleasantly suprised with GFN at least as I was able to play it when I visited my MIL's house (which only has 100-150Mbps service, not gigabit fiber).

Oh, if you want to test GeForce Now, their free tier lets you play 1hr sessions. I don't really play longer than that so I unsubscribed recently to see what else in the Amazon Luna catalog I want to play/try first.

 

[Trunk Monkey]