Games you are currently playing - Part 7

[John Price]

I heard about that Fallout 4 update that killed save games and limited mods. I was surprised that many people said the original unmodded Fallout 4 was that bad, but I have not played it before.

I noticed Like a Dragon Ishin was on sale for 20 dollars on steam so I caved and purchased. The other game with Ichiban is on sale too but that one is 40 dollars and I'm not willing to spend that much yet. That said if you ever do splurge on games you can't go wrong with Ryu studio

 

[Turin]

The Fallout 4 revisionism I've been seeing on social media lately is pretty funny. Gotta wonder if Starfield will receive the same treatment once ES6 is out.

I think it got a little too much shit from the hardcores in that I found my first playthrough to be a ton of fun. The problem is the places where they drop the ball really hurt relatability. That said, I'm playing it on my Steam Deck 8 years later and having a decent time.

But hey, maybe in comparison to Starfield people are seeing it a grander light. The world does feel a lot more fleshed out being an established and popular IP.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Started Harold Halibut on gamepass, thought I would try something different after Robocop Rogue City, and this is certainly different

 

[Andrei79]

I heard about that Fallout 4 update that killed save games and limited mods. I was surprised that many people said the original unmodded Fallout 4 was that bad, but I have not played it before.

I noticed Like a Dragon Ishin was on sale for 20 dollars on steam so I caved and purchased. The other game with Ichiban is on sale too but that one is 40 dollars and I'm not willing to spend that much yet. That said if you ever do splurge on games you can't go wrong with Ryu studio

It really wasn't that bad. I thought fallout 3 was bad, but I had a lot of fun exploring 4. Ive started replaying just to explore the map and make bases. Hopefully, they fix the modding issues though Im not holding my breath.

 

[HanSolo]

It really wasn't that bad. I thought fallout 3 was bad, but I had a lot of fun exploring 4. Ive started replaying just to explore the map and make bases. Hopefully, they fix the modding issues though Im not holding my breath.

I can see where the complaints come from. There's less player agency in conversations as Fallout 4 was made to play out more like The Witcher 3 with animated and fully voiced character lines and Fallout 4's story is objectively not that strong overall. But it's not that bad either.

I think where it counts, Fallout 4 has a better designed open world and action/adventure/survival gameplay than its predecessors. And after giving it a fairer shake, I'd say Fallout 76 is a bigger improvement in that regard, at least in its current state.

But people saying Fallout 4 is *bad* are just being contrarians who preferred the storytelling and role playing of the older games. But just because those elements were diluted in 4, that doesn't mean it's a bad game overall.

 

[Turin]

I’m having a shocking amount of fun playing unmodded Fallout 4. Maybe I just feel nostalgia for 2015 or something

 

[SimGrindcore]

Just realized I had Game Pass Core. It seems it replaced my Xbox Live Gold subscription.

I started Gears 5. I never played a Gears of War game and I don't know how I feel about it.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Steel Hunters is in closed Alpha right now. Its kind of mid ngl. Im having some fun with it, only problem is I cant finish a single match without it crashing.

 

[Jovavic]

Started the Dead Space remake, damn good remake 90 minutes in

 

[Unholy Diver]

Started the Dead Space remake, damn good remake 90 minutes in

yeah, they did a helluva job on that one

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I beat the first world in Remnant 2, and really liked it. However, just a little confused on what I'm supposed to do next. Do I re-roll the campaign and start over or just keep going? I'm in Labyrinth now. If I reroll, do I lose everything and my save?

 

[Gardner McKay]

I'm about to start another playthrough of Star Ocean 2:R. Such an incredibly epic game and with the latest difficulty, weapons, and secret battles update, time to break it out again.

 

[SimGrindcore]

Playing Limbo lately. It's really fun. I plan to play Inside right after.

 

[Jovavic]

I'm about to start another playthrough of Star Ocean 2:R. Such an incredibly epic game and with the latest difficulty, weapons, and secret battles update, time to break it out again.

Definitely my next game when it goes on sale again, the demo was good

 

[Soldier13Fox]

I'm about to start another playthrough of Star Ocean 2:R. Such an incredibly epic game and with the latest difficulty, weapons, and secret battles update, time to break it out again.

I just finished Ghost of Tsushima (fantastic game btw) and was wondering what to do until Shadow of the Eerdtree releases. Pretty sure I bought this game and never played it. Sounds like that's my plan going forward!

 

[Frankie Spankie]

Started playing Shotgun King which is a roguelike Chess game where you only have a king with a shotgun. I haven't played Chess in years and this game makes me feel like an absolute idiot but it's still fun!

 

[Unholy Diver]

been playing Fallout 4 for a while to give the next gen upgrade a shot, it looks and runs a smidge better, but not sure if I'll finish it off, have quite a few newer acquisitions waiting in the backlog that are calling to me

 

[Osprey]

been playing Fallout 4 for a while to give the next gen upgrade a shot, it looks and runs a smidge better, but not sure if I'll finish it off, have quite a few newer acquisitions waiting in the backlog that are calling to me

I, too, have been playing it and am eager to move on after finishing the main game and Far Harbor DLC. I'm on the Nuka-World DLC now and pretty bored by it because it's been nothing but "clear this area" and "kill this single person" quests. I can tell that it was the last major DLC because it feels designed to take a while to make up for no more content coming after it.

 

[Unholy Diver]

I, too, have been playing it and am eager to move on after finishing the main game and Far Harbor DLC. I'm on the Nuka-World DLC now and pretty bored by it because it's been nothing but "clear this area" and "kill this single person" quests. I can tell that it was the last major DLC because it feels designed to take a while to make up for no more content coming after it.

I never finished the Nuka World DLC on previous playthroughs as it glitched and the blood/smoke effects turned into like blocky messes like from minecraft, and the first go round I just had fallout 4 fatigue much like you described, I want to finish it and there have been a few new things added or just things that I missed that were decent, but the underlying main quest tree was lacking for me, I really never cared about any of them like I did in FO3 or NV

 

[Osprey]

I never finished the Nuka World DLC on previous playthroughs as it glitched and the blood/smoke effects turned into like blocky messes like from minecraft, and the first go round I just had fallout 4 fatigue much like you described, I want to finish it and there have been a few new things added or just things that I missed that were decent, but the underlying main quest tree was lacking for me, I really never cared about any of them like I did in FO3 or NV

Yeah, I was underwhelmed by the main quest, as well. When I finally found Shaun, I shot him in the face because I was getting tired of the story and never wanted a son in the first place.

I've given Starfield some flak, but I did put in almost 100 hours into that before getting tired of it. With Fallout 4, it took about half that time. That said, I'm not sure if it's because I played Starfield only 9 months ago. If I had played them in the opposite order, perhaps I would've been a little more into FO4 and fatigued by Starfield sooner.