Hello Everyone!
Another week without me playing too much.
- Playing and enjoying New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. The game is super fun, but can be a bit tough sometimes, or maybe I am just not good at platformers. I am at 2nd boss, would try to clear it and the 3rd area.
- Finished Carto, loved the game. Some of the puzzles require you to think a bit, and there’s one puzzle near the end that I couldn’t figure out. Saw a YouTube video, and cleared the puzzle, but still can’t figure out the logic behind it. Other than that, there are some secrets that I didn’t get, I may go for them, not sure yet.
- Back to Monster Hunter: World, cleared couple of missions. Going to keep at it.
Now that I have finished Carto, going to start another smaller game, not sure which one yet, have a few lined up, will go through my list and decide.
What about you guys? What have you been playing? And what are you planning to play over the weekend?
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I’ve just started playing TotK, and so far it’s great! I also try to make some time for Diablo IV and Catan with my SO.
How are you playing Catan? Actual board game or some digital version? I have the boardgame version, and just got the Cities & Knights expansion pack (though haven’t played it yet).
TotK is a great game, just don’t try to rush through it, and enjoy it at your own pace.
Who are you playing as, in Diablo IV? Finished the campaign?
Both the Catan Universe android app and board game. We just got Seafarers as well! But We’ve also been playing a bit with the 5-6 player expansion, even if we’re only two or three, and it’s been great!
Yep, I’m going to take my sweet time with it. I only have a limited time with it with two kids and my SO that also plays it (she’s only got Ganon left though).
My eternal character is an Arc Lash Sorc. I can’t say I noticed the nerfs that much, but I’m quite hyped for the buffs that are incoming! On Seasonal I’m trying out Druid. The leveling is quite slow, but I’ve heard it’s going to pick up quite a lot after 50, so I’m holding on to hope!
Ah, using 5-6 expansion for 2-3 players, interesting. Will check that out.
Yeah, gaming can be tough with kids and family. That’s why I like the hybrid nature of Switch, gives me a lot more gaming time (still pretty limited though), compared to what I would get with just a home console.
Good that you are enjoying the Buffs coming, while I have mostly seen positive reaction for Diablo, the season had somewhat of mixed reception.
Will I ever stop playing TOTK?
Nope. Not for the forseeable future. 😎
Though there are some new tracks on Mario Kart 8 i might want to try a bit.
Though there are some new tracks on Mario Kart 8 i might want to try a bit.
I was wondering what I had forgotten! New tracks on Mario Kart!
TotK is a game that you can play for a long long time. How far along are you?
storywise i just have to go for Ganondorf at this point. Currently exploring the depths and using it to track missing shrines.
Regarding Super Mario Bros Ultimate, If you think it’s hard in the 2nd world wait till you get down the way. Especially the hidden levels and the star levels. But the game is very fun regardless.
This weekend I am off for vacation and left the Switch home so I am not playing anything
Not hard in general, but there was a certain portion in world 2 where I lost about 4 lives.
Vacations are great, stay away from screens, and have lots of fun!
I’ve been playing Pikmin 4, it’s chill and fun. I probably won’t get back to TotK until I’ve finished Pikmin 4. I might play some Sonic here and there too, and I’ve been wanting to get back into Smash Ultimate for some time now.
I received Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons physical yesterday. I only booted it up to download the update and have a quick 5/10 minutes play, so it’s ready for the weekend. I’m looking forward to playing that one with my girlfriend!
How good are you in Smash Ultimate? If you are somewhere between not good to bad, we can have a few challenges sometimes 😀
Double Dragon Gaiden looks pretty good. I am glad the beat 'em ups are coming back. It’s one of my favourite genre.
I’m probably as good as in Mario Kart. I think I’m good when I play with friends, but then I play online and get my ass handed to me 😆 I haven’t paid for Nintendo Online for about two years now, but I could get back to it for some Smash and Mario Kart online!
I love beat 'em ups too. I have a decent beat 'em up collection for Switch now! Both classic collections and modern ones.
Haha, I am pretty much same. Good enough with friends and family, really bad globally.
As for online, I don’t play much online either (maybe once or twice a year), so don’t get it specifically for me. But if you do ever get it, we can try couple of matches sometimes.
I’ll hit you up when I get it 👍
@picandocodigo What are your favorite Beat ‘em Ups…I played Streets of Rage 4, have River City Girl, but I’m trying to find games that last for more than 3-4 hours.
These are some of my favourites off the top of my head:
- Fight N’ Rage, probably the one I’ve played the most on my Switch after SoR4.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, amazing game. I’d recommend the Cowabunga Collection as well, the best titles in the collection are beat 'em ups.
- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
- Capcom Beat 'em Up Bundle has some amazing games. I just wish there was a legal way to play Cadillacs and Dinosaurs!
I played River City Girls 1 and got the sequel but haven’t gotten much into it yet.
Nice list!
I have played TMNT and Scott Pilgrim from the list. Haven’t gotten the Capcom Beat’em Up Bundle yet, but played so much of it in olden days.
Fight’N Rage is already on my wishlist (my wish list is so long I don’t even remember half the games on it. Searched “Fight” in it, and found it already there), will check it soon.
If you prefer physical games, there’s a new version of Fight N’ Rage coming out soon which will hopefully be easier to get than the Limited Run Games one: https://www.play-asia.com/fightn-rage/13/70g31v
Don’t care about physical games. Digital FTW!
I’m falling deep into the Pikmin nostalgia hole. Bought Pikmin 1 and 2, played the crap out of them. Beat 3 two days before Pikmin 4 dropped, now my girlfriend and eye are casually taking turns (‘2 player’s mode’) working out way through that. I’m usually the type to like difficult and challenging games, but something about the chillness of this new one has got me in a good way.
Wow, nice! I am glad you are enjoying Pikmin! I should show it to my wife too, it looks like a kind of game she might enjoy.
3 is the best for an active 2 player experience (at least as far as the story goes). The multiplayer battle modes are good in both
Okay, will show her that. Thanks for the info!
For New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, if you have one of the SNES controllers (or something similar), that may help. I found it played a bit better than the Pro controller, for some reason. Probably my muscle memory from playing so much SNES back in the day! I thought New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe was really difficult to get through even though I played through and conquered the other Marios.
I think it’s the kind of game where it’s better to use the D-pad than the stick. And the D-pad from the Pro Controller is an absolute joke, registers random stuff all over the place. I use the 8bitdo SNES controller for anything that’s better to play with a D-pad.
Hmm… maybe I can try my DualSense, I have couple of adapters that allow you to connect different controllers with different systems. Would have to look up if they support DualSense.
I don’t have SNES contollers. Pro Controller is all I have (or JoyCon)
Now that I finished Tears of the Kingdom, it’s time to get back to finishing the last two stories in Octopath Traveller 2.
Nice! Which 2 are left? I haven’t played it yet, but have seen all the characters.
The final chapters of Agnes and Partitio. And I guess there’s gonna be a final final boss again, like in the first game.
Interesting. Good luck!
Pikmin 4. Had to get it after playing the demo. Fun and relaxing and very well suited for quick sessions… then I saw Octopath Traveller 2 was on sale and now I’m 10 hours deep into that…
Ah, didn’t know Octopath Traveller 2 was on sale, maybe that’s why so many people are playing it this week. How are you enjoying it?
I’m liking it overall. The story being 8 separate ones, one for each character, makes it so they are somewhat limited in their depth. It could also do with some QoL stuff compared to like Bravely Default 2 (what’s up with those weird jrpg titles?)… auto-battles would’ve been much appreciated with how grind-y it gets. The atmosphere and graphics are great though. It’s like how I remember rpg’s from the 90s to be
Haha, JRPG titles are often like that.
Glad you are enjoying it.
Been doing a side by side thing where I play my n64 games then play the equivalents or remakes of them on the switch. Think this weekend will involve some pokemon snap and new pokemon snap action.
That sounds like fun! Just having fun or do you stream / post your videos somewhere?
There’s also a !pokemon_snap@lemmy.piperservers.net community, where you can post your Pokémon Snap Snaps (though currently it’s just one person sharing their snaps, they are sometimes to fun look at)
Mainly just for fun, usually do it when I’m watching over my nephew. He just turned 10 and loves the Nintendo games, and I’m just an avid retro collector who likes to somewhat “teach” / keep the history of the retro games. He can’t get enough of “how different everything looked back then”.
Maybe I should do some documentation and share the differences some place! Thanks for pointing me at the snap community btw 😀.
Ahan, nice.
Do share it here, if you make something!
I’m trying to finish Mercenary Kings. I’ve gotten a long way but it’s taking so long to finish. You really gotta commit to this game.
How are you liking the game? Doesn’t it become repetitive? I played a bit of the start of the game, and it was pretty much all in same area, doing same kind of things? (I am seeing the irony, talking about same area and doing the same thing, while playing Monster Hunter myself…)
Yeah it is at first because you do multiple missions in the same area which are very similar. As you move up the ranks you unlock new levels with new enemies that are much harder, but it takes a long time to get there.
If I enjoyed the game-play of the 2-3 missions that I did, would you recommend me to keep playing it? I just saw that it’s too long and switched to something else, thinking I’ll play it later, but then didn’t get around to it.
Honestly? No.
The game is fun and the graphics and sprites look amazing. I mean it’s Paul Robertson that did the artwork. But, man it’s repetitive. Even the bosses are always the same. One you figure out the pattern you barely even have to think.
It’s too long for nothing and you keep doing the same thing over and over.
Don’t know why you have gotten downvotes without anyone giving a counter argument.
Thanks for your feedback. I am going to keep ignoring it for now.
Still playing Smite but it crashes on modes that aren’t assault
Is that a known issue? Or just something with your game?
Maybe you can try contacting the devs, maybe there’s some workaround in the works.
I sent a feedback message because I’m on switch and this didn’t happen as often on pc
Let’s hope they fix it! Not all devs have good reputation when it comes to fixing issues on Switch.
I just picked up Mario + Rabbids. Just got to world 2 after beating Rabbid Donkey Kong and boy was that a difficulty spike. I’ve always been a big fan of Fire Emblem, and this is very fun with all the movement options and such.
Does anyone know how the sequel holds up? Obviously not a masterclass in terms of story, but very very fun gameplay.
I would compare it more with X-Com than Fire Emblem. Technically, they are very similar, but in my mind, they are very different games.
As for the sequel, I haven’t played it myself yet, but have heard great things about it. I loved the first one, and from what I have seen second one improves on it a lot.
Ah I never played XCOM. But from what I’ve seen they do look really similar.
If you like Mario+Rabbids, and don’t mind playing umm… a “rugged” version of it, without Mario characters, and some base-building mechanics included, check out XCom 2. They also a released a Marvel: Midnight Suns, which I think is more approachable than XCom 2, though I haven’t played that yet.
That game was so much fun. Haven’t played the sequel yet.
Playing no-build Fortnite with some buds tonight. Will try to get some Tears of the Kingdom or Octopath Traveller 2 in as well
I am not a fan of BR, but Fortnite has become pretty good, specially the no-build mode. The feel of the game has improved a lot since it’s earlier days.
How far along are you in Tears of the Kingdom and Octopath Traveller 2?
I am not a fan of BR, but Fortnite has become pretty good, specially the no-build mode
Exactly how I felt too. They regularly switch out weapons and items so it keeps it fresh, but a little frustrating when they take away something you like.
How far along are you in Tears of the Kingdom and Octopath Traveller 2?
Not very far at all in totk, I thin I’ve done 10 shrines maybe. We have a new born in the house so that keeps me pretty busy. For octopath I’m nearing the end, most characters are high lvl 30s or 40s. Almost time to start some chapter 4s
Yeah, but they generally stay for whole season, so you know when to expect the change.
Good luck with TotK and OT2.
Still side questing/shrine hunting in TotK. Didn’t play as much as usual this week, it’s been a bit busy preparing for a vacation I’m taking next week, so I probably won’t play much next week either. Any tips on how to beat lynels?
As I told Dougas above, vacations are great! Stay away from screen, and have fun!
I might start NSMBUD myself, we’ll see. I’m still playing Dragon Quest and it is really heating up. Love this game. Also I think there’s a Rilaboom available in SV Pokémon raids this weekend, so I’ll fight for that.
I need to get back to DQXI too, but after TotK, trying to clear some smaller games before fully getting into such a long game again. How many hours in are you?
Good luck with the raid!
