What video games do you like playing?

[nlogax]

How is No Man's Sky, in terms of gameplay, replayabilty, performance (dependent on the platform you're using ofc) etc?

It's all fine on a PS5.. it's not particularly taxing from a performance perspective, nothing like, say, Fidelity mode on GTA where frames are noticeably missing in action. Playability is also easy, quick to get to grips with and no issues with the control system. Replayability is a different story though. Once I watched a few Starfield and Star Citizen clips in YT my hours in No Man's Sky started falling off. Grass is definitely greener there!

 

[Strathclyder]

It's all fine on a PS5.. it's not particularly taxing from a performance perspective, nothing like, say, Fidelity mode on GTA where frames are noticeably missing in action. Playability is also easy, quick to get to grips with and no issues with the control system. Replayability is a different story though. Once I watched a few Starfield and Star Citizen clips in YT my hours in No Man's Sky started falling off. Grass is definitely greener there!

Noted, cheers. As I say, Minecraft keeps pulling me back in and stopping me from actually making a start on NMS (and the likes of Hollow Knight, which I heard really good things about before I picked it up).

 

[TheSmiths82]

The three games I play the most are: Open Tycoon, Cities Skylines (the original, I don't have a graphics card that is good enough to play CS2), and Hospital 2.0.

I do also occasionally play Commodore 64 and Amiga games as I am a Commodore fanboy.

 

[Silver Cobra]

The main game genres I play are racing games, RPGs (particularly JRPGs) and some Real-Time Strategy and Simulation games, playing these either on PS5 or my gaming PC. Unsurprisingly I'm playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at the moment (Final Fantasy VII was my first true JRPG experience way back in 1999 when I got my first Playstation, so I have a soft spot for all things FFVII), while also dabbling in Forza Horizon 5 and heavily-modded Fallout 4.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

I play a decent number of bus/train games on Roblox (like British Railway (250 hours played), Yapton and District, Manchester Retrolink). Most of my time playing games is spent there since it's free.
I (as of now) have 715 hours in BTD6.
Cities Skylines 1+2 (only 75h in 2) added together is 400 hours.

I only really play Minecraft when I have people to play it with, probably have a few hundred hours there.

In general I'd say Puzzle / Simulator are the main two genres of game I play.

Although plenty of games leave that kind of area such as, Among Us (66h played), Undertale (and Undertale Yellow, which I could only manage thanks to easy mode), Pokemon Games (given my username I think that's no surprise).

 

[D365]

The comments above do make me yearn for the days when I had time… and the will… to carry on sitting at my computer after work. Cities Skylines [and SimCity 4 before it] were all-time greats for me, but Cities Skylines 2 has come at exactly the wrong time in my working life.

 

[Jimini]

I bought a Nintendo Switch a year ago or so with the intention of trying some new stuff out. I have dabbled with Mario vs. Donkey Kong and the latest version of Mario Kart, but I do spend most of my time on it playing old SNES / NES / GameBoy games on it! '90s nostalgia action is just too appealing

 

[brad465]

Bloons Tower Defense 6 is my top one, which unlike previous versions is interactive and features several competitive events.

 

[DynamicSpirit]

My one is Sid Meier's Civilization - Specifically Civilization 4 - which is now a very old game, but I've never really got into the more recent releases. The game has so many nuances and problem-solving challenges involved in building a civilization, protecting it from enemies and researching enough science to still keep me hooked even today, despite the graphics doubtless being very dated by today's standards.

And If I'm allowed a free plug, I also help run a monthly game-of-the-month competition in which people across the World independently play a Civ4 game, all starting with the same map and see who can get the 'best' victory. Competition at https://gotm.civfanatics.net/, and discussion forums about each game at https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/civ4-game-of-the-month.165/. I don't think it'd be hard to deduce which person I am on the discussion forums )

A long time ago I used to be addicted to Chris Sawyer's Transport Tycoon (I guess not surprisingly for a rail forums site ), but eventually lost interest because, although I loved the theme of that game, I found the gameplay just too limiting. To be fair, it must have been cutting edge when it was first released back in the 1990s. Sawyer later released a follow-up, Locomotion, but to my disappointment it was basically the same game, with all the same gameplay limitations and just slightly better graphics - and no longer cutting edge.

 

[Miker15]

At the moment, I'm into Satisfactory.
You build, create, explore. It's immersive and beautiful, with a great soundtrack. Progression is smooth. It's balanced so that there's creative freedom and choice. You need to find new ways to make things. Overall, it's a lot better than Foundry and Techtonica.
I play it with my friends almost every day, for at least two hours. Their servers pretty much suck when you play as a group. Slow and laggy. We rent a server from SuperCraft for $8. For us, it's totally worth it because of the stable connection, and the fact that the server runs nonstop gives us the freedom to play whenever we want.

 

[najaB]

At the moment, I'm into Satisfactory.
You build, create, explore. It's immersive and beautiful, with a great soundtrack. Progression is smooth. It's balanced so that there's creative freedom and choice. You need to find new ways to make things. Overall, it's a lot better than Foundry and Techtonica.

You're the second person to recommend that recently. I must take a look at it.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

I just discovered a chrome extension that lets you play old flash games which might be useful to people who miss playing some games that are now locked behind flash since no-one's updated them.

Right now I'm playing Building Rush on Coolmathgames, which is a simple game but I enjoy it, and it's great to be able to play it without ads (unlike their app)

 

[JohnMcL7]

Satisfactory is an absolutely amazing game and very much lives up to the name, what I like about the game is that it's not fussy about how you build anything so you can make an absolutely mess of a factory line which you don't get penalised for at all. However I found as I progressed through the game I became more focused on making more optimised layouts and making them look better etc. - I like that the game lets you do this all as you want. I played the game in early access and been toying with getting back into it now they've made a lot of changes but also wary about getting sucked into it.

At the moment I'm playing My Time at Sandrock which is a sequel to My Time at Portia and their games I feel that have gone a bit under the radar. It's sort of a cross between Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing and Satisfactory, you've moved into a run down workshop in a small desert town and as a 'builder' you need to assemble increasingly complex items for the town. So you need to harvest resources, build machines and gradually increase your complexity but there's a social element to storylines and a lot of flexibility in the cosmetics as well so you can focus on what you want. It's a nice chill game to play and what I particularly like is that unlike some games it keeps everything quite convenient, for example if you place storage chests for your items when you open any one chest you can tab through to any other chest rather than having to tediously go to each chest to find what you need. Furthermore the machines on your property can all automatically take items from any chest if it's on your property so it stops it all getting annoying.

At the other end of the spectrum I dip in and out of Returnal which is an incredible third person bullet hell shooter which has stunning visuals and audio. The game has a steep difficulty curve but the fast movement, responsive controls and satisfying game combat makes it hard to put down.

 

[Pinza-C55]

I play Fallout 76 on PC. The game had a rough launch in November 2018 but most of the bugs have been ironed out and it is famous for its friendly community and how helpful experienced players are to new players. Camp building is a lot of fun.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

I just discovered a chrome extension that lets you play old flash games which might be useful to people who miss playing some games that are now locked behind flash since no-one's updated them.

Right now I'm playing Building Rush on Coolmathgames, which is a simple game but I enjoy it, and it's great to be able to play it without ads (unlike their app)

Turns out Building Rush was adapted to work on Coolmathgames some time between when I last checked and when I installed the chrome extension, tried playing building rush 2 and it doesn't work.

 

[Strathclyder]

Bumping this thread up to say I've been sinking my teeth into the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake on the Switch (never owned a Gamecube and thus never played the 2004 original; have recently seen copies of the original going for £80-90 in local CEX stores) and have been having a utter blast with it. Easily one of the best Mario spin-off titles and one of the best RPGs to play if you want to get into the genre or just want a different Mario experience from the platformers.

Have also started a new game of Luigi's Mansion 3. Partly cos of the Luigi's Mansion 2 HD remaster due out later this month and partly cos I wanted to get back into it. One of the best Ghostbusters games ever made (lol) and easily one of the best-looking titles on the Switch. It's another one I'd heartily recommend if you're looking for something a bit different from the usual Mario fare.

 

[SteveP29]

PS4 here.

have a Playstation Plus subscription, I usually take 1 game out of the free ones each month, even if I don't download and play it.
I've not paid for a full game since Red Dead 2 came out.

Main games I play:
Cities Skylines
F1 2023
NHL 19
PGA 2K23
Train Sim World 2
Wreckfest
GTA 5
Read Dead 2
Hitman

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My one is Sid Meier's Civilization - Specifically Civilization 4

I never managed to get my hands on Civilisation, any of them, but I do adore Sid Meier's games.
Favourites being Colonisation and Sim Golf, both pretty low key, but addictive.

Never completed Colonisation on the Amiga, but did it first time (and well within the time limit) on PC, then lent my copy to a mate and we both ended up moving away in opposite directions.
I can't get Sim Golf to run on my Windows 10 PC (run in adminstrator mode doesn't seem to work for me), so my days of designing difficult golf courses are over I'm afraid