Hello Everyone!

(Post got too long, if you want to skip, game names are in bold, you can just read those)

June is ending, and July is starting. For the US folks, that means 4th of July is coming! Another day to just play games, without worrying about work or school!

I am still playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kindgom, about 75 hours in and very near the end, will probably finish it soon. Would have to wait and see, if I lose interest in rest of the stuff after finishing the main story, or want to keep exploring and doing other stuff. Details next, move to next paragraph, if you want to skip. I have done the last regional quest, I originally wanted to go back to exploring after that, but after getting all Tears and completing all regional quest, I wanted to focus on story and see how it ends, so left everything and went to the Castle. Haven’t reached the final boss yet, but I think I am near the end now.

In non-Nintendo games, played a bit of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge with my kid. We both had lots of fun with it, and going to continue playing it when we both have time. Only complaint I have is that 2nd player doesn’t earn any trophies, but that isn’t a big issue for me.

Also played a little of Monster Hunter: World, and I must say, Capcom, improve your multiplayer setup! It’s so confusing. Only the host can watch cut-scene, and you can’t play a mission whose cut-scene you haven’t watched. So, if 4 players are playing, they all have to start the story mission separately, then during the mission when you come across the monster first time, there’s a cut scene, after you have watched cut scene, all of you must abandon the quest and then one person can host the mission again and everyone else can join it. (Or all person except one can leave their mission and join that person’s mission mid-way). Took us more than an hour to figure all that out. Not counting that, the game is really fun, but still not sure if we are going to stick to it.

Other than that, Marvel’s Avengers is leaving PS+ Extra on 12 July. I usually don’t prioritize games based on when they are leaving, but the game is shutting down in September and I don’t want to spend money on it. So, even though I don’t want to start another game right now, I am going to give it a try. The campaign is only 12 or so hours, and I have heard it is fun enough. So, plan to start it too. Not sure if I’ll play the full campaign, but I want to give it a try.

So, what about all of you? What are you playing?

  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world
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    I’m going to finish Pikmin and then start Pikmin 2.

    I’m feeling a real nostalgia hit at the moment for the GameCube so hopefully I can get stuck in to some favourites too!

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    1 year ago

    Also on TotK, slightly behind you. Finished the fourth regional quest but haven’t reported back to Purah yet.

    !Spoiler alert! My plans are to do that, then the Korok forest, followed by the extra tear and the fifth sage (who I had stumbled upon before even finishing my second temple). Then I’ll just… dick around for months instead of going to the castle. :D

    • bamboo
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      Basically the same as me. I finally went to Purah and most of the dialogue was “Ohh you already did that?”

      I still have only have half of the depths explored, and finally have hero quest to figure out which sky Islands I haven’t visited.

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        I wish they would recognize more quests though. I had done all the Tears, and I knew about Zelda, but still, all dialogues are, along the line of no one knowing what happened to Zelda.

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          Yeah my head cannon is that news doesn’t travel at all throughout Hyrule (even with the newspaper), so that’s why no one knows about Zelda.

          • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPM
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            Yeah, well, I don’t care about other people not knowing, it’s Link not telling them, when he keeps going around telling everyone, from kings to stable boy about what happened to Zelda, when we meet them first.

            Anyways, it’s not a big deal. Zelda is mainly an action-adventure game, not a RPG, so I can ignore these things.

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      Ah, interesting. BTW you can use spoilers tag, for spoilers

      spoiler

      I haven’t done much sky islands, so didn’t stumble upon the fifth sage quest. And I don’t know what’s there to do in Korok forest, since I haven’t been there, but will check it out after finishing the game.

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    I’m also at 75 hours in TotK, but not much closer to finishing the main quest than last week 😅

    I played a bit of Doom Eternal since I finally got my phisical copy from Limited Run Games. It was very fun, and it feels different to Doom (2016). Still looks amazing on Switch! I’ll probably be playing some more during the weekend to take a break from Zelda.

    Shredder’s Revenge is so much fun. Played all the story and some arcade in co-op and it’s always a good one to go back to. The DLC will make me play it again for sure!

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      I’m also at 75 hours in TotK, but not much closer to finishing the main quest than last week 😅

      Heh, it’s same for me this week, haven’t progressed much.

      Glad to hear about about Doom Eternal, it recently came to PS+ Extra, so would play it there.

      As for Shredder’s Revenge, yeah, it’s a great game, going to follow whatever the devs make next.

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        I recommend you check out Streets of Rage 4 (also from DotEmu, developers of Shredder’s Revenge) if you haven’t yet. It’s one of the beat 'em ups I keep coming back to, so good!

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          Thanks for the recommendation!

          Streets of Rage 4 is pretty high on my list. I played Street of Rage 2 a lot on Sega Genesis, and love what they have done with Street of Rage 4. I was planning to play it before TMNT, but then they added TMNT to PS+ Extra, so went with that one first.

          BTW I didn’t know that they are both of same devs. That just makes me more excited to try it. Thanks!

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    I’m playing Mario Galaxy in the 3D All Stars bundle. Pretty great game so far :)

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      Nice. Is this your first time playing it, or have you played the original before?

      I skipped on 3D All Stars bundle on principle, didn’t like the idea of limited time release to force everyone to buy right now. Would give it a try if it’s ever available in non-limited release.

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        First time! I played galaxy 2 when I was younger but because I was a kid when those games came out I kinda just played whatever I got for chistmas/birthdays lol.

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    I finished Tears of the Kingdom today! The ending is very sweet. I enjoyed the game immensely and I’m glad I spent so long wandering around, because I needed every last heart for the final boss!

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      Wow. That’s great to know. With how the story progresses, I wasn’t sure if it will have a good ending, but I guess it’s Nintendo, so I shouldn’t have been too worried.

      I remember talking to someone here how BotW boss was so easy and I wish TotK boss isn’t like that. Maybe I shouldn’t have wished for that 😃 I haven’t reached the final boss, but I did face the one before that.

      spoiler

      Phantom Ganon

      and it wasn’t a very easy fight, if the final boss is tougher, I can understand needing enough health.

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    1 year ago

    not this weekend but next weekend, i am hoping to get the harvest moon remake and maybe we love katamari remake. loved these games as a kid so a lot of nostalgia there.

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    Just started Zelda TOTK, slow burning it at the moment, will probably play persona 5 after this.

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPM
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      If you have just started TotK, and you are slow burning it, there is no need to think of what to play next yet. You have a looong journey ahead of you.

      Have fun!

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    Just a heads up OP, Capcom did improve the multiplayer experience in Monster Hunter Rise. No more waiting to join a friend till after they’ve seen a cut scene. Honestly, makes playing with other people a lot smoother. Also, Avengers was kinda rough imo. I picked it up for about $8 a few months back after they mentioned it was going down and all the content was included, found the main story pretty meh, and gave up on getting to the DLC since it would take take a good bit of grinding to get to it. Certainly not the worst I’ve ever played… but wow does it leave a lot to be desired. Here’s hoping you have more fun with it.

    As for me: if I’m counting Friday, PowerWash Simulator dropped the SpongeBob DLC on Thursday, so I finished that out. Really fun, super high quality, though a shame it doesn’t appear to have the music present. That being said, music licensing is wild, so I don’t really hold it against the devs.

    Planning to get back into Final Fantasy XIV some more as I’ve been out of it for months and just kinda wanna play it some more. It has literally been months though, so I’m super terrified of getting back into like, the actual new content. Just gotta shake the rust off I guess, so I’ve been cleaning up some solo stuff to get the feel back.

    And since I’ve got the 4th off as well, probably going to tip into some Boltgun as I haven’t finished it yet. It’s good, but it hasn’t grabbed me like some of the other boomer shooters I’ve played lately. Oh well.

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      That’s great to hear about the MH: Rise, but we have gotten used to MH: World (and we all already have it), so going to stick to it and play that for a while.

      As for Avengers, I am liking the start of the Campaign, but it could just be my lowered expectations. Let’s see how it holds up.

      I have always wanted to play a MMORPG, played a bit of FF XIV, but the amount of time needed to play a MMO is just something I don’t have. Good luck getting your groove back.

      Boltgun is on my wishlist, thanks for your impressions, will check out some reviews before getting it.

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    Pokemon violet. I passed on it on release because of the bad reviews but I got a used switch lite with pokemon violet on facebook marketplace for 100 eur so I thought I might aswell. Super into this game. Played for 6 hours after “just one more gym”. I might even buy the overpriced DLC

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Glad you are loving the game. Have you played the previous Pokemon games? Or are you new to the series?

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      It’s one of my favourite RPG, still listen to to the title music sometimes. The game-play, the combat, the pawn system. Loved it all. And with the sequel releasing soon, it’s the best time to play it.

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      Dragon Quest XI is a great game. I started it, but the game is on pause right now, will get back to it after TotK… How far along are you? Reached the first city?

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        Yep! Made it to the first city and now I’m’ off again where I’m going to where the adventure takes me next.

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          Yeah, the game is really fun. I am at the stage where I have just got the full party together. Let’s see if I can resume it before you reach that point 😀

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    Pinky: What are we doing this weekend, Brain?
    Brain: The same thing we do every weekend…We’re going to take over Hyrule!

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        TotK. I’m going the maximum exploration route, so I’ve only gotten the Travel Medallions, Tulin’s Sage, and the locator so far. I’m leaving the main story until much later. 135 hours in, though, and only playing an hour or two most days.

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      Reading your name is making me hungry!

      How are you liking the demo? Planning to buy the game?

      And what about Diablo IV? I am very excited for it, but probably won’t have time to play it any time soon. What is the main class you are using?

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    GTA Online with my friend who only has an Xbox. I bought an Xbox and XBL just to game with him and he only plays sporadically every few months so I hop on when I can. After he gets back to not playing again I will go back to TOTK.

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    I’m still in the middle of TOTK. It’s been fantastic, but in trying to savor the moment. I’ve also started playing Rocket League on my PC again. It’s nice to jump into an arena and get my butt kicked🤣

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Yeah, TotK is not a game that you should rush through. How far along are you in the game?

      Rocket League is very fun, but it has a very high skill ceiling. The people who are good in it, are VERY good, they are flying around, doing things you don’t even know are possible in the game. It’s still a fun game though.