Games you are currently playing: ROUND SIX

[Osprey]

I'm trying to play Call of Duty: Black Ops and am dumbfounded at how this is one of the best-selling games of all time. It's everything that's wrong with gaming, IMO. It's hardly even a game. It's more of a slightly interactive movie. Like every COD, all that you do is play Follow the Leader (a leader who barks everything at the top of his lungs) and do everything that he tells you to do: follow him, stop when he stops and then charge ahead like an imbecile with a death wish unless you want the enemies to keep re-spawning until you run out of ammo. The whole "game" is on rails, heavily scripted to ensure that every player has exactly the same experience. The combat isn't even fun. It feels like filler until Treyarch can show you another scripted event, cutscene or movie that they put all of their time into. I'm fully aware that this is what COD is all about, but I still managed to find some enjoyment in earlier entries. This feels like the moment when the franchise really jumped the shark... and it's only 2010. I'm afraid to try any in the franchise that came after it.

Phew. It feels good to get that rant out of my system.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

I think the second Black Ops game did a few different things to bring forth multiple endings and the like, but COD definitely kept getting more and more scripted as time went on. BO3 might be the exception, though I felt that one felt like a poor imitation of better sci-fi shooters and COD.

 

[mouser]

Bought Subnautica about a year ago and still waiting until it exits early access before I start playing. Supposedly only 6 weeks away now for the official 1.0 release.

And Subnautica pushed out to January 2018. One of these days I'll get to play.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

BotW still, and recently been getting back into FTL on my iPad.

 

[subi]

I am playing old good Rayman Legends

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Playing my PS1 version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 on my PS3

 

[Commander Clueless]

I caved and bought Pyre despite the backlog.

Loving it so far. Very beautiful, very unique game.

 

[Desdichado93]

Planet Coaster. It's really nice if you liked RCT1-3 but it needs allot of improvement though.

 

[blue425]

Progear (Got that 1 CC!), Super Turbo and 3rd Strike on Fightcade. Handles Stevens if anyone wants to throw down.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Midnight Club LA: Complete Edition - PS3

 

[Commander Clueless]

Played a bit of Kingdom: New Lands from the latest humble bundle.

Interesting simple builder game. Maybe a bit too simple. Certainly not easy though.

 

[The Head Crusher]

South Park The Fractured But Whole.

After I am done with that game I am going to move onto .hack//GU Last Recode which just came in the mail yesterday.

 

[Unaffiliated]

Cuphead is awesome

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Who buys CoD for the single player? The first two Modern Warfares and Black Ops were fantastic multiplayer experiences when console multiplayer was first taking off.

Anyway, OT, I fired up Diablo 3 again with the new patch. Lots of grinding for buffed weapons I already have.

Oh, and after 900+ paragon, I finally got my first Primal Ancient. Good times.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Who buys CoD for the single player? The first two Modern Warfares and Black Ops were fantastic multiplayer experiences when console multiplayer was first taking off.

Anyway, OT, I fired up Diablo 3 again with the new patch. Lots of grinding for buffed weapons I already have.

Oh, and after 900+ paragon, I finally got my first Primal Ancient. Good times.

......................................I do?

To be fair, I also usually get them when they are on sale or something. Not paying $70 for a 4 hour experience. Except for Infinite Warfare. f***ing spaceships get me every goddamn time.

New game: Bomber Crew. Amusing little game where you manage a bomber crew during WWII. Pretty darn hard.

 

[KingBran]

Spending more than I thought I would so far lately. Ugh. Lots of games im getting some time here and there to play.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

......................................I do?

To be fair, I also usually get them when they are on sale or something. Not paying $70 for a 4 hour experience. Except for Infinite Warfare. ****ing spaceships get me every goddamn time.

New game: Bomber Crew. Amusing little game where you manage a bomber crew during WWII. Pretty darn hard.

I mean, I'm not saying you're wrong for valuing a single player experience, but the entire replay value and selling point of those CoD games has always been multiplayer.

 

[flyingkiwi]

Getting back into games with a more relaxed work schedule leading into summer.

Currently playing Horizon Zero Dawn. It's quite nice, definitely one of the very few big open world games I've clicked with.

Speaking of Horizons... can anyone recommend a racing game on PS4 that's somewhere in between a sim and arcade? I miss Forza Horizon 3 way too much.

 

[Hagstrom]

Been playing a whole lot of Destiny 2 since it came out for PC a couple weeks ago

 

[The Head Crusher]

Just finished South Park The Fractured But Whole so now I am moving onto .Hack//GU Last Recode.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

About 13 hours into Wolfenstein and I love how semi-open the game is at this point. It lets you go do side missions and whatnot from a hub area, but still has a main story line. Also, the cutscenes just keep getting better and better.

 

[DrFeelgood]

Been playing a lot of Assassins Creed Origins as well as Crusader Kings 2 with the new expansion that came out

 

[Commander Clueless]

Back into Rocket League. Hard. Yet again.

I'm pretty sure the amount of enjoyment I get out of that game is unhealthy.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Bought the Mount and Blade games. Went through four hours in the first one, and oh my goodness where has this game been all my life.

Looked it up and apparently Warbands is a better version than the original game in every way, so I am going to just restart and try a campaign on there. But this could be the first 100+ hour game I have played since TW3.

 

[Suxnet]

Middle Earth: Shadow of War and Nioh. Calling Nioh "Dark Souls with more action" is very accurate. Nothing wrong with that, though. Already got a ton of deaths racked up and I'm ready for more.