Video Games

[mbenigni]

Mewgenics looks amazing. :)

I'd hit a major dry spell with video games these past few months, but 2026 has been very generous already. I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or bad thing LOL. (It hasn't helped with my practice regimen one bit, and my very occasional workout routine... wait, which workout routine was that?)

 

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[RiffDuck]

Just finished my 3rd playthrough of Breath of the Wild. Attempted Tears of the Kingdom, but just couldn't get into the MacGyverass weapon system.

"Here's your weapon! It's a rotten stick glued to a pottery shard. When that breaks, we have your backup weapon, a bear femur glued to a pineapple"

 

[Jynx]

It's only... what?... February?

Nah. Calling it already. Mewgenics is GOTY 2026.

The depth here is staggering. The amount of stuff packed in is phenomenal. The variety is near infinite.

If you like tactical games at all then this one has my tacit, but also explicit approval.

The soundtrack is Bloodborne level of awesome too.

 

[the swede]

Just finished my 3rd playthrough of Breath of the Wild. Attempted Tears of the Kingdom, but just couldn't get into the MacGyverass weapon system.

"Here's your weapon! It's a rotten stick glued to a pottery shard. When that breaks, we have your backup weapon, a bear femur glued to a pineapple"

Understandable. I couldn’t quite get into Tears either. It doesn’t really have the same vibe as breath of the wild which i played a lot and many times. There’s some magic there that gets you, a kind of magic that was initial when the game released and that sticks you. There’s magic of a completely new Zelda game that changes everything. Tears is cool, the same, but somehow to much. It’s a good game. But breath has the vibe.

 

[laxu]

Just finished my 3rd playthrough of Breath of the Wild. Attempted Tears of the Kingdom, but just couldn't get into the MacGyverass weapon system.

"Here's your weapon! It's a rotten stick glued to a pottery shard. When that breaks, we have your backup weapon, a bear femur glued to a pineapple"

The building of ridiculous transportation etc is my favorite part of TotK!

"Why yes, you can build a Batmobile out of planks, tree trunks, some spare tires and freakin' rocket boosters!"

 

[Devin]

Yeah the whole building system in TotK is legit one of the most genius mechanics in gaming I've ever seen


Started playing God of War: Sons of Sparta and Nioh 3 over the weekend - both are killer

 

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[mbenigni]

Started playing God of War: Sons of Sparta and Nioh 3 over the weekend - both are killer

I've played a LOT of Nioh 3 but it's still a love/hate thing. Half the time I'm not entirely convinced I'm having fun. There are just SO. MANY. SYSTEMS that it feels like barely controlled chaos.

Stare at the menus for skills or martial arts or spirit guides or whatever for 10 minutes. Re-learn your controls to suit. They're all overloaded on top of one another, so... Spend 10 minutes in battles wondering whether you're genuinely doing more than button-mashing? Win anyway, because let's face it - this is WAY easier than Nioh 2. Gather 10 pages of loot to sort through and offer/ sell/ disassemble... who knows which? Repeat.

In the moment it's all kind of meh. And then I walk away and can't wait to get back to it, because addiction LOL.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Level 7 and some change on RE4 remake. Lots of colorful vocabulary on display and I am playing on toddler mode

 

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[Devin]

I've played a LOT of Nioh 3 but it's still a love/hate thing. Half the time I'm not entirely convinced I'm having fun. There are just SO. MANY. SYSTEMS that it feels like barely controlled chaos.

Stare at the menus for skills or martial arts or spirit guides or whatever for 10 minutes. Re-learn your controls to suit. They're all overloaded on top of one another, so... Spend 10 minutes in battles wondering whether you're genuinely doing more than button-mashing? Win anyway, because let's face it - this is WAY easier than Nioh 2. Gather 10 pages of loot to sort through and offer/ sell/ disassemble... who knows which? Repeat.

In the moment it's all kind of meh. And then I walk away and can't wait to get back to it, because addiction LOL.

For the most part I'm ignoring 90% of all that and just equipping max damage gear and YOLO'ing it lmao

 

[Devin]

I've just been using spears as samurai for the majority of the game (with deflect)


I did set fire,wind,and bolt ninjutsus for the ninja but generally only use that for the ultra annoying flying enemies (or those water jelly dudes)

That aside, I have like at least 25 skill points unspent lol

 

[mbenigni]

For the most part I'm ignoring 90% of all that and just equipping max damage gear and YOLO'ing it lmao

The problem in a nutshell: I feel like I'm not even quite playing the game, but at the same time, the game doesn't demand that I do.

The martial arts/ skills seem almost superfluous. The Ninja is overpowered vs. the Samurai, so button mashing the Ninja is almost encouraged. You have to kind of invent your own objectives to make anything much of all these systems. ("I think I'll spend a few hours trying to perfect this one move before I forget it exists.")

 

[mbenigni]

That aside, I have like at least 25 skill points unspent lol

Yes, those excess skill points keep me up at night.

 

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[JiveTurkey]

So on chapter 15 of 16 on the PS4 RE4 remake. Having a great time with it. Definitely have video game triggered anger issues but it's a good outlet to vent some random steam. I am glad there is total noob Assisted Mode as I would never be anywhere near this far if not. I have slowly begun to think strategically versus just annihilate with an underpowered weapon. You know; with one chapter left in the game Though I have broken my knife more times than I can count.

My thumb hurts and I haven't established much more than a once or twice a week at most habit with it. I can see myself grabbing a used PS5 and the new RE at some point down the road

 

[Jynx]

I don't think CRPGs are for me. In the last year I've played BG3, WotR, and Rogue Trader. I tend to like them at first but at some point they feel like too much effort and I abandon them.

Prefer my RPGs in the first and third person and have a skill element.

Been looking at Avowed and Lord of the Fallen, but I kind of want to see how Crimson Desert is recieved next week.

 

[mbenigni]

I don't think CRPGs are for me. In the last year I've played BG3, WotR, and Rogue Trader. I tend to like them at first but at some point they feel like too much effort and I abandon them.

Prefer my RPGs in the first and third person and have a skill element.

Been looking at Avowed and Lord of the Fallen, but I kind of want to see how Crimson Desert is recieved next week.

CRPGs were totally my bag until Demon's Souls came around and changed everything. Well, that and then a wife, and then a kid. I can't stand the sometimes glacial pacing of CRPGs anymore; I need to feel like I'm playing the moment I pick up the controller, until the moment I put it down (which might be 10 minutes later, or 2 hours later.)

Baldur's Gate 3 was an incredible achievement and I wish I could have enjoyed it more, but it presupposed that anyone playing it had a thorough understanding of D&D 5th Edition rules... which I do not.

I played the heck out of Nioh 3 for a couple of weeks, having picked up an axe and a "crucible skill" that turned me into a wrecking ball. Good fun until all of a sudden the repetition did my brain in and I had to walk away. For now, at least.

 

[Aleksi]

I picked up Hollow Knight switch 2 edition when it launched and I just beat the final boss (radiance). Having beat Silksong first I basically walked through most of the game There was a huge difficulty spike at the end but nothing as brutal as Silksong. I probably would have enjoyed the game a lot more if I hadn't played Silksong first