So, what're you playing?

[Rendakor]

Picked up Bravely Second; hope it's better than the first which I got bored of because you could frontload 4 attacks which trivialized most of the content.

[Father mike]

My daughter loved the first one (Bravely Default) so much, I'm not letting her buy the second one until exams are over.  Let us know how it goes.

[lamaros]

Well Witcher 3 just didn't take, but Invisible Inc. has got its teeth in.

[Rasix]

Picked up Bravely Second; hope it's better than the first which I got bored of because you could frontload 4 attacks which trivialized most of the content.

Yah, let me know how this one is too.  Especially if the last half isn't just pure repetition this time. That pissed me off so bad.  I'm still probably only an hour away from finishing it but I doubt I'll ever bother.

[Soulflame]

My youngest, who beat the piss out of Bravely Default, is now playing Bravely Second.  She likes it so far.

I'm currently dabbling.  Another multiplayer Terrraria (with youngest), Pokemon Picross, Bravely Default.  And waiting for Season 6 of D3 so I can start that again.

[Strazos]

Chewing through XCOM 2 on Commander Ironman still - I think I finally have the right playthrough to do this. And this is with a few mods that change things up, such as fatigue (so I actually have to maintain 2.5 squads).

[apocrypha]

Space Engineers. Bit of a learning curve to it, and quite a few early access janky issues, but there's a really good space ship/station building sandbox in there.

[Yegolev]

Ratchet & Clank 2016 still.

My wife is experiencing the shock of going from Assassin's Creed Syndicate to Black Flag.

I have no idea what the shit my son is doing other than Angry Birds 2 in the car.  Also making bad grades.

[Rendakor]

My youngest, who beat the piss out of Bravely Default, is now playing Bravely Second.  She likes it so far.

Good to hear; I haven't had a chance to open mine yet. Been busy with work and family stuff, and what little gaming time I've had has been Ark.

[Rendakor]

Finally started playing it; pretty good so far. I hate the slow rate at which jobs are acquired, and wish they were just unlocked like FF:Tactics instead of handed out arbitrarily. However, they've got some cool minigames to break up the monotony, and the ability to just toggle the encounter rate from 0 encounters to twice as many at any point makes the game only as grindy as you need it to be. I turn off all encounters once I reach the top end of any dungeon's recommended level.

[Mandella]

Gods help me, friends finally dragged me into Hearthstone.

 

Last week, I was having fun bouncing between Sunless Sea, Kerbal Space Program, and Darkest Dungeon. This week, Hearthstone, Hearthstone, and some more Hearthstone.

Hey, I hear there's a big patch coming!  

[Paelos]

More cards, yes. Coming soon.

[Jeff Kelly]

I've been playing Enter the Gungeon.

The game is interesting but caters to a very small niche. It's basically a rogue-like like bullet-hellish dual stick shooter NuclearThrone/Binding of Isaac hybrid. So basically a niche product catering to a very small niche of players. namely those that can decipher my one sentence description and like things that are very difficult just for the sake of it being difficult.

It's pretty clearly inspired by Nuclear Throne and Binding of Isaac and also arcade bullet-hell schmups. Unfortunately the developers didn't really study and try to understand their sources of inspiration in detail. The game is pretty well made but it has pacing and balancing problems and it commits the cardinal sin of rogue-likes - the early game is simply not interesting or engaging enough to keep you going.

The base weapons are bland, the game only has 6 floors and all item sources (chests, bosses and shops) drwa from the same item pool. The floors all have about the same number of rooms and this makes the early game tedious. Expect that you'll probably have to clear the first (and likely second) floor with your base weapon because of RNG. Given the length this gets tedious fast. For a game that makes you do the first levels over and over again it simply doesn't have the variety and potential for bonkers runs that Isaac has or the pitch perfect adrenaline rush pacing that Nuclear Throne has. It also only features a limited number of bosses.

I'm now 20 hours into the game and I wish I could skip the first floor right to the boss because I have no interest to redo the first level with the slow-firing and low-damage starter weapons over and over again just to get a few lacklustre drops or chests I can't even open because no keys dropped and no keys were in the store.

Right now it lacks the perfect pacing and shooting mechanics of NT or the huge item pools that give you guranteed drops from different categories Isaac has. Playing the early game in NT and isaac is never boring in Gungeon it unfortunately is a very tedious affair.

[Rendakor]

Stranger of Sword City is kicking my dick in. This game is brutal in the best way.

[Zetor]

Stranger of Sword City is kicking my dick in. This game is brutal in the best way.

I heard it's actually a decent dungeon crawler (after the disappointments of Demon Gaze and Operation Abyss). Is the Vita version different from the (upcoming) PC version in any significant way?

[Rasix]

Thanks to the chatter about the sequel, I finished Bravely Default.  I was already 99 and maxed enough jobs to have a solid team. The end wasn't bad, although it was strange knowing you're a dupe and still going through with the dupe path.  I saved myself a bunch of agony by just turning off random encounters (forgot you could do that) and ignoring the optional fights. 

Makes me kind of want to play the sequel. 

For now, I'll move on to Fire Emblem Awakening.  First one in this series that I've played.

[Xuri]

I just started re-playing various Amiga games like Kick Off 2 and Sensible World of Soccer in WinUAE, using an original Zipstik joystick connected to PC through USB adapter. *nostalgic trip down memory lane*

[Rendakor]

Stranger of Sword City is kicking my dick in. This game is brutal in the best way.

I heard it's actually a decent dungeon crawler (after the disappointments of Demon Gaze and Operation Abyss). Is the Vita version different from the (upcoming) PC version in any significant way?

No idea, I didn't know we were getting a western PC release. I liked Demon Gaze too, but not OpAbyss; the modern setting felt a little too much like they were trying for an SMT vibe and failing.

[apocrypha]

I find myself in a bit of gaming limbo. Space Engineers proved too buggy and janky still. Fallout 4 patch 1.5 (the GECK) has really messed with existing mods and is now a crash-fest for me. Kerbal Space Program has had a major patch (1.1) followed by two smaller patches (1.1.1 and 1.1.2) that have turned it into an unplayable mess of bugs, crashes and broken mods. I'm still waiting for several key Minecraft mods to transition to 1.8.9/1.9+ and feel kinda done with 1.7.10, so I don't really know what I want to play.

I might start putting together a Minecraft 1.8.9 modpack, even if it's only a partial one. Also, in the middle of house decorating and a lot of helping to look after our 2 year old and 3 week old (non-goddy) godsons while their parents deal with a pile of crazy shit, so not exactly a lot of free time right now either.

[brellium]

I've been playing the hell out of KSP currently, the only annoyance is wheels, which are broken (apparently some are indicating problems with landing gears). With over 70 mods installed I have a random problem with ONE of them that likes to kill my ability to exit buildings. It's a stupid dependence mod that acts up and just results in me shutting and restarting KSP after deleting a file it writes.

[Sky]

feel kinda done with 1.7.10

Bonus to being a slow player! Also truncated plays, but I've learned my lesson and install aromabackup now :) I'm a fan of HQMs, if you haven't tried Blightfall yet, it's probably my overall favorite MC experience, though the endgame seemed like it might drag a bit. You would be much better with your knack for automation, though.

Ozone was pretty cool, as my first skyblock with lots of dimensional travel. Just started Regrowth, which somehow I never played.

So getting in some Regrowth now and again, but mostly lots of Avengers Alliance 2 on the phone. The pve has gotten a bit grindy for achievements/farming research materials to level up skills to tackle the harder (but more interesting tactically) pve content. The 'pvp' stuff got a bit tough but stayed interesting and was a good way to learn how to set up heroes, I had been doing ok with 27-29 level guys vs 30s (the cap), when my guys hit 30 with pretty optimal setup and great team I hit a win streak of 17 to jump to the highest bracket for a nice slew of rewards, including Nova and his rare power.

Then it put my almost halfway up the ladder to remove the low-level run for this month's competition. Nice because it means newer players don't have to get whomped on by my dudes (there is boosting to 30 for all characters, but even a non-power gamer like me is going to have leveled skills and mods). Reward is the not interesting Agent 13, who actually looks like a great hero to field despite being boring.

They did remove the ability to include Iron Man in specops this month "for story reasons". Which sucks because I focused hard on 3 characters, one of which is Iron Man. So. Looks like no specops, though Bucky I mean Winter Soldier and Falcon aren't lighting my fire as rewards.

[Falconeer]

Playing a whole lot of Dark Souls 3. Fooling around with friends looking for something too play together but with the usual jadedness that makes everything harder, so Ghost in the Shell, Smite, MechWarrior, D&D Online, Rust, Ark, Planetside 2, Tree of Savior, Black Desert. Each and everyone has something that doesn't appeal to this or that friend so we are back to the drawing board.

So I paid 20€ for the closed beta of Crossout. You know, the new Auto Assault by the Warthunder folks. 

[Yegolev]

Still making mistakes in Demon's Souls 1-3 for some reason.  I didn't really need those 25k souls.  I just need to get that gate open.

Unrelated, I had to get Dark Souls III due to peer pressure.  So far it's kinda cool.  Very colorful.  The controls are more responsive, but then last time I played (2) I was wearing the heaviest armor I could find and using a Black Knight sword, so I might be imagining things.  After I buy it, I'm told that poise doesn't work.  I will have to google that.

EDIT: I think I'm remembering DS1 so there you are.

More Ratchet & Clank, and I went to see the movie.

I started ACIV: Black Flag.  It's not undelicious.  Wife prefers Syndicate.  She will try Unity next.

Also started Styx: Sneaky Goblin and it's a tad jarring.  Controls are a bit arcadey.

[Rendakor]

Lots of Stranger of Sword City. It manages to keep it's difficulty up even at the 30 hour mark. The story is also pretty good for a dungeon crawler, and there's a bit of moral choice going on with (at least) 3 different endings.

[Strazos]

So I finally managed to beat XCOM 2 on Ironman Commander. I had already watched a youtube series so I had an idea of how the final mission would go, but still...what a bitch when one slightly-too-far-forward moves means you agro 2+ pods.

Still, managed to wipe a pod with 2 Sectopods and 4 Archons in two rounds, including a 5-shot serial run, an execution on one of the final mobs, and rolling through while almost constantly having an extra two troops via mind control.

Good times. Another run with mods and the coming expansion should be interesting.

[apocrypha]

I've been playing the hell out of KSP currently, the only annoyance is wheels, which are broken (apparently some are indicating problems with landing gears). With over 70 mods installed I have a random problem with ONE of them that likes to kill my ability to exit buildings. It's a stupid dependence mod that acts up and just results in me shutting and restarting KSP after deleting a file it writes.

Yesterday morning I'd have said I was envious and considered 1.1.2 unplayable, but I did a fresh install, re-installed mods amd started a new career game and it's been fine since then. Of course I only got about an hour to play yesterday so the crashiness may yet return, but so far it's looking good :)

Bonus to being a slow player! Also truncated plays, but I've learned my lesson and install aromabackup now :) I'm a fan of HQMs, if you haven't tried Blightfall yet, it's probably my overall favorite MC experience, though the endgame seemed like it might drag a bit. You would be much better with your knack for automation, though.

Totally forgot about Blightfall! I'd started it ages ago then got distracted. Will give it another go soon. Also well done on Aromabackup ;)

[PalmTrees]

Been playing Black Desert. Wasting time on life skills, gathering, crafting, etc. I know the best way to get anywhere is to get max lvl and grind but I'm ok with my meandering inefficiency. The forums are a hilariously sad repeat of history with arguments over open world pvp and making a pve only server.

[brellium]

I've been playing the hell out of KSP currently, the only annoyance is wheels, which are broken (apparently some are indicating problems with landing gears). With over 70 mods installed I have a random problem with ONE of them that likes to kill my ability to exit buildings. It's a stupid dependence mod that acts up and just results in me shutting and restarting KSP after deleting a file it writes.

Yesterday morning I'd have said I was envious and considered 1.1.2 unplayable, but I did a fresh install, re-installed mods amd started a new career game and it's been fine since then. Of course I only got about an hour to play yesterday so the crashiness may yet return, but so far it's looking good :)

Bonus to being a slow player! Also truncated plays, but I've learned my lesson and install aromabackup now :) I'm a fan of HQMs, if you haven't tried Blightfall yet, it's probably my overall favorite MC experience, though the endgame seemed like it might drag a bit. You would be much better with your knack for automation, though.

Totally forgot about Blightfall! I'd started it ages ago then got distracted. Will give it another go soon. Also well done on Aromabackup ;)

I've only had my fourth outright crash with KSP and two of those were on boot up (one with a new mod and the second by not clicking through the mod manager pop ups). It's pretty stable with close to 80 mods.

[apocrypha]

Yeah it's funny, I've (briefly) browsed a few KSP forum threads about the 1.1.X crashes and it seems that some people get them, some people don't, regardless of mods. If you get them there's not much you can do.

It's been a moot point for the last week since every single time I've fired up KSP I've had to deal with a child and/or a baby so it's been open a lot but not much actually going on!

[Druzil]

Anyone played Leap of Fate?  Looks fairly similar to Hand of Fate minus the cool dealer but with cyber punk and a little different combat.   It looks fun but a little repetitive.

Stranger of Sword City looks like it comes out on Steam in June, maybe I'll give that a shot.  Not much on the releases list for the next month or two that's grabbing my attention.

I'm in between games at the moment, so maybe it's time to delve into the backlog... 

[Yegolev]

Not having looked to see if Poise will be enabled in Dark Souls 3, I started a sorcerer... and shortly afterward clicked the "dislike" button on the first boss' Facebook page.  Switched to Black Flag for now.

Previously started Challenge Mode in Ratchet & Clank 2016.

[Sir T]

Bought FTL yesterday. Getting spanked really really hard. 

[kaid]

Bought FTL yesterday. Getting spanked really really hard. 

FTL is probably up there with the best 10 dollars I ever spent its an excellent game and the add on patch they did for it added a lot of good stuff. Normal mode is a real nut kicker I recommend people starting out start on easy. You still probably won't manage to beat it that often at first the end guy is pretty beast mode and early on you won't have the ship classes that start with the gear that makes it easier to take it out like the mantis.

[kaid]

For myself I have been playing a lot of atlas reactor beta. I am finding this game really scratches an itch I did not know I had. It is an odd game thats a bit hard to describe but kind of like league of legends and xcom had a weird but amazing baby. They are having a free weekend this weekend I believe for anybody who wants to try the beta. Also if you like it and act fast they switched their model a bit to a buy to play model but still have their 10 dollar into beta offer last I looked which is 10 dollars for the full game and all current and future characters unlocked.

[Sir T]

Yeah. I've been buzzsawing myself on Normal, but I think I'll wave the white flag and drop to easy. I did manage to make it to the 5th sector once though.

One criticism I'll make is that it seems to be very luck dependent in the events you run into, which is mildly irritating at times. The Combat is pretty fun though.