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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?

Edit: June doesn't have 31 days! facepalm

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[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] fartdumpster420@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] isatistinctoria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

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[–] Smooth_Riker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just got the Harvest Moon remake on switch and it's been great. It's still difficult but they added in more to the plot with the wonders. Oh and they yassified Gordy.

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[–] picandocodigo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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!

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] picandocodigo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] Zed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

After 240+ hours on TOTK, I finally finished it, I didn't know what to play for a few days, but then I started South Park The Fractured But Whole and I'm having a blast, I am a fan of the show and I love how the games feel just like an episode or a movie, I hope they make a third one down the line.

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[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nintendo-wise I'm still on Tears of the Kingdom, over 230 hours in - I beat the main quest a while ago but I'm still trying to fulfill my completionist side.

I doubt I'll make it anywhere near 100%, but I'd like to get a lot more side quests completed and a lot more armor fully upgraded. Might be nice to get max inventory size for my shields too.

Non-Nintendo-wise I picked up Bloons TD6 recently.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This game has so much stuff to collect and complete, you can spend an eternity getting everything maximized.

With the amount of stuff I am doing, I may not even reach 50%. I don't care about most of the things, but I do want to complete most of the side quests, and get as many armour sets as I can. Upgrading them all to max might be too much for me though...

Bloons TD games are really fun. Playing the Netflix version?

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think I have all the armor except a single piece - which I know the general location of and just need to make a good push for. I don't have any full sets upgraded to max yet though - just a few stray pieces. I did recently learn how to reliably farm star pieces, though, so it shouldn't be as painful as I thought it would be. I don't really have any leads on how to find the rest of my missing side quests right now - the method I was using kind of crapped out, and I feel like I've searched most obvious locations pretty thoroughly.

I'm on the Steam version - doing pretty alright, not as good at it as I thought I might be though

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Wow, that's cool. Good luck with the last remaining piece.

Heh, I didn't know Bloons TD games were also available on Steam. I have always played them on mobile, and since I don't play much on mobile, never really played them much. I have started Kingdom Rush maybe half a dozen time, never finished it even once.

[–] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dragon Quest XI. About 6 hours in and I'm absolutely loving it!

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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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[–] TimesEcho@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hyrule is the best place to be!

Playing BotW or TotK? And how far along are you?

[–] TimesEcho@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I've been on Visual Novel mood, finished Robotics;Notes Elite earlier this week (which was excellent!) and started playing the sequel, Robotics;Notes DaSH. Just completed Phase 02 of the sequel, and managed to unlock the five different routes that branch from this point.

However, so far DaSH has been a disappointment. The plot of the early portions of the game is just terrible, and Daru's perverted jokes get old really fast with him as the main character. Since there are hints of some bigger conspiracy behing the nonsense of these early parts of the game I'll hold my judgment until I finish the game, but it'll have to be some really great twist to make up for this painful start.

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] treed@lemmy.zenithia.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still on TotK. 115 hours in. I've been at the last bit for a while, just going around and doing lightroots and shrines still. Lightroots are done, and about 20 shrines left.

I'm still considering if I want to do FF16 next. The demo had really bad motion blur and I kinda want to wait to see if they patch it before I spend money.

I still have plenty of other games in my backlog, so I don't know that it's a big loss if I wait. (Unless serious spoilers start getting out, which seems like it might be a problem with this one?)

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lightroots are easy to find if you have done enough shrines. I still have more than half of them remaining though.

I am a very patient gamer, generally speaking, most games I play years after release, and for some reason I have been pretty lucky with most spoilers, still haven't played The Last of Us 2, and haven't seen any spoilers yet. Final Fantasy XVI is on my must play list, but there are so many other games I still have to play, so probably won't get around to play it before at least an year (well, a few years if I am completely honest).

[–] treed@lemmy.zenithia.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly, I found all the light roots even before I think I had even half the shrines. It was sort of my favorite part of the game for a bit. Just hop on an airbike and roam around looking for light, and stopping to look at interesting stuff I found on the way.

On the other hand, finding shrines tends to be either much, much easier (just look around after launching from a sky rower) or annoyingly harder (hidden in a cave). I guess that's why I'm only just now finishing them. At this point, I'm just using an online map to help me do the last ones.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I haven't made the hoverbike yet, maybe that's why. I probably should make one now. And I agree, with how the map expands, finding a lightroot is much more rewarding than finding a Shrine.

Well, you probably found all the shrines that are

spoilerlinked with the lightroot.
So, only the ones in some weird places or sky islands should be an issue now.

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[–] tomcatt360@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll be shooting bugs in mines with dwarves in Deep Rock Galactic. ROCK AND STONE!

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I played one or two missions of Deep Rock Galactic, didn't enjoy much playing solo, but I have heard it can be lots of fun when playing with friends. Maybe I should convince my friends to give it a try...

[–] Jujuki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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!

[–] Sourweasel@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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🤣

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