What VIDEO GAME(s) have you been playing?

I prefer playing it without sound. I hate listening to any of their hosts.

The sound cuts in and out for me which makes the hosts 100x more irritating

Played some local multiplayer last night...

Mortal Kombat X - I completely stomped my friend, as it should be. Scorpion is my main, he is the coolest MK character, and that's just science.

Crawl - My son joined us for 3 player Crawl. This game is so cool, it has come so far from its early access days. There is a lot of content we don't have unlocked. Check it out if you want competitive dungeon crawling.

Door Kickers Action Squad - Two player cooperative side scrolling tactical madcap SWAT action. Very fun, highly recommended. Actually, all of these are highly recommended.

Playing the Far Cry series. In Africa now with Far Cry 2 which is one of the most boring, griefy game I’ve ever played. Only reason I’m playing it is that I’m out 6$ on it and I refuse to not play it. 70% done.

Next up Far Cry 3, then Blood Dragon which I’m most excited about, if you can call it excited, then skipping FC4 and Primal since I’ve beaten those already.

Figure I’ll do Far Cry 5 next year when GOTY edition comes out and all the bugs are gone.

Sevej wrote: I finally started up Farcry 4. Farcry 3 is among my most favorite games.

I just can't stop playing it. It's totally nothing new, more of the same, with quality of life upgrades. The story is... well, it's just Farcry. The world is filled with nut heads... hippies who're trying too hard to look crazy. But it's ok. The gameplay is fun, vehicle is fun, running from tiger when stalking enemy camp only to end up bitten by a snake is hilarious. The tasks are repetitive, but they ARE fun. So doing repeatedly fun things? Fine by me. Of course, the best part is the maps showing loots and other collectibles. A lot of people hate this, as it's filling the map with icons. But again like Farcry 3, this leads to some very exciting exploration, in caves, climbing mountains and temples.

Far Cry 4 is one of my favorite games of all time. That said, I think Dying Light is similar in scope but WAAAAY better

I thought I would like Blood Dragon, and really wanted to like it. The reality is that I found it boring as hell.

that's good to hear. I had downloaded it for free but never played it and always felt guilty about that.

I've been taking a break from Into the Breach to play the game Slay the Spire. It's a deck builder with some roguelike elements (shocking for an indie game, I know), but it's a lot of fun. It has a good level or replayability with daily challenges and an increasing difficulty level mode. I'm pretty terrible at it, but I still keep coming back. For whatever reason I seem to go in bursts with three or four wins in a row followed by a dry spell. Each takes about an hour or so, so is a nice chance to get a quick game in when I have time.

Without playing any other Far Cry games, I tried Blood Dragon recently, and quickly realized that that type of game is not for me. I got bored with it during the intro, but figured I should at least get to the point where it opened up. As soon as it did, and started talking about hunting animals, I was done (not from an ethical point of view, just a waste of time point of view.) Of course it might be related to where I am right now and I just want bespoke experiences, but FPS open world games don’t seem like my thing.

Blood Dragon was about 20 minutes of funny 80s stuff in a multi-hour game. With some cringey-assed "humor" thrown in. I finished it, but it didn't make me curious about any other Fars Cry.