Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
2026-07-02 14:23 UTC
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@Drasglaf@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-02 14:52
I finished Quantum Break, the game is ok, but I don’t find it to be among Remedy’s best games.I think the story has potential to be better than it is, and it’s not bad at all. I still have to watch the rest of the endings, but I’ll watch them on YouTube or whatever. Overall I’d give it a 7, maybe 7.5. Next stop is Control’s DLCs, but I’m having trouble getting into it. I replayed the base game like 2 months ago and now I can’t get into it again, I’m progressing through the Alan Wake DLC but I’m not really feeling it, might end up looking for a summary if it keeps feeling like this. I might play Alan Wake 2 afterwards, but I’m definitely not giving a cent to Epic, so if I play it, I’ll just borrow it. My PC should be able to play it at a decent quality level and frame rate, especially considering I’m playing all games at 1152x864@75hz on a CRT monitor lately. I’m still working my way through Cronos: The New Dawn: spoiler I just finished the steelworks area and saved the turning brother instead of my original target. I’m guessing the game has several endings and the choices in conversations affect which one I’ll get. I restored power and I’m about to perform the second ascension. The story is definitely keeping me engaged.
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@AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 2026-07-02 15:44
Finished Hotline Miami a few days ango and currently in the tail end of the sequel: Wrong Number. The first instalment is pretty much a masterpiece, if one is okay to overlook the copious amounts of violence. Played it on the Vita, so the controls were a bit tricky at first, but lost track of time once I got a hang of it. Have my sights set on Heart of Darkness next. I played the demo more than 2 decades ago on a Windows 98 PC. I recently became aware that it has been ported to Vita.
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@MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2026-07-02 15:53
I started Cyberpunk 2077 but I’m not quite ready for anaother big RPG yet. Got Deep Rock Galactic and played a few hours. I also played some Heroes of Hammerwatch 2. Mostly though I’ve been playing Wayfinder which has been a pleasant surprise. The art has some real WoW BfA vibes (first area reminds me of Boralus).
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@Drewmeister@lemmy.world 2026-07-02 16:22
Last time it was Metro Last Light Redux, now it’s Metro Exodus Enhanced PC Edition. I liked Last Light, but it want as good as 2033. The mechanics may have been better, but the atmosphere wasn’t as good. Not bad though. Exodus is so different from the first two. No actual metros anymore, and semi open worlds above ground. Gameplay and story are good so far, but a long way from the claustrophobic fight for survival of the first game.
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@Broadfern@lemmy.world 2026-07-02 16:36
Finished Creature Kitchen, which was charming and bite-sized. Loved the retro inspired graphics. Alternating between replays of Cult of the Lamb and Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Dabbling in Cyberpunk when I’m home and feel like firing up my desktop so I can stream it since my Steam Deck doesn’t handle it locally at the levels I want it to. Also got a gift copy of The Force Unleashed so will probably try that out this weekend too 😄
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@sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 2026-07-02 17:45
Kerbal Space Program, my one true love. I’ve got a few games with 100-300 hours of playtime, but KSP is EASILY in the thousands, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m over 10,000. And before you ask, no, I’m not an expert, most of my rockets are named either “1.4.2.A.1(b)[rev. 5.0]” or “bendy fuckstick 9000 (mun)”
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@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2026-07-02 17:49
I mentioned last week that things aren’t great and that’s still the case, leading to a situation I can’t really focus on anything specific and been bouncing between various titles trying to find something to occupy my time. Didn’t have much luck so far but I’m still trying. Bouncing between a bunch of games My first idea was to play some Division 2 however that game had other plans. I once again have issues with Easy Anti-Cheat except this time my usual workaround doesn’t work so I can’t even load beyond the main menu. Next was Assassin’s Creed Unity, which ended in another failure. This time the issue had with the game not reacting to any input from my controller (well, I could press start on the title screen but nothing else). I tried playing directly from UPlay, I tried launching everything through Steam to use Steam Input - still no reaction to the controller, regardless of what I did. I tried playing with keyboard and mouse but that was a miserable experience so I stopped immedietly after the prologue section. Playing this way is just too stiff and not fun at all. Alright, my library is pretty big so I can go further - how about Terraria? I had it in my backlog for years but only tried it for less than an hour total. Let’s go with that. Well, I did. Then I went back to Starbound (Glad Giraffe beta specifically). Terraria might be a better game I man do I not vibe with its art style. Not only that, I actually find Starbound to be more intuitive (why can I destroy blocks with a pickaxe but can’t do the same to background walls for example?) and enjoyable to play. It’s one of those cases where a thing doesn’t have to be the best, it just have to be the best “for me”. So yeah, Terraria was also a bust. I also tried Heroes of Might and Magic III but as much as I like the game, I’m just not in the right headspace to play titles like this. Two titles I actually managed to stuck with for now are: Ghost Recon Wildlands and D1AL-ogue. I have some mixed feelings about GRW. Graphically it looks great (except for characters’ hands, which look like everyone is 80 year old) and the gameplay feels just as good. Gunplay is smooth and satisfying, weapon customisation is simple but does its job well. I also really enjoy its movement system, even if there are some times where it controlled more like The Division (there are also some things I’d from this game I’d love to see in TD). One thing I wasn’t ready for was how fragile you are in this game - I like it. It forces you to approach missions more tactically instead of running in guns blazing. Writing is… fine. It does its job but it’s not really my cup of tea. Voice acting (at least for the main character) can also be hit or miss depending on the line. I do however like the approach to in-combat callouts. They are calm, professional and feel perfect for characters who suppose to be an elite combat unit. Despite all of those things ranging from good to decent, I have a difficult time actually clicking with this game - no idea why. Might be my brain’s fault. All in all, it’s a decent time waster that should tide me over until I’m ready to go back to Stalker. Probably won’t be something I’ll keep returning to regularly, unlike TD, but it’s enjoyable enough. D1AL-ogue is a cyberpunk visual novel with puzzle elements, heavily inspired by VA-11 Hall:A. You play as an android repair man instead of bartender but the vibes, gorgeous visuals and (not as great) music leave no doubt about that inspiration. Puzzle gameplay is simple but fun, and each “stage” for visiting character is followed by a dialogue segments about various topics. Writing could use a bit more polish (studio is Korean, I think, and there are some weirdly worded parts here and there) but it looks like devs are working on an expanded version of the game and improved English localisation so we can expect that to change in the future. Game is free on Steam so if anyone’s looking for VA-11 Hall:A vibes, this title is a good choice.
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@frittoBee@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 07:17
I just finished the main questline in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Now I will deal with the rest of the side quests and the DLC’s. It’s been pretty good so far.
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@Artopal@lemmy.ml 2026-07-03 15:45
Uncharted 4 Collection. Bought on sale on GOG. It’s basically Pitfall (for those who remember), but 3D and with good graphics. 😬 Never played an Uncharted game before. It’s been good fun so far. It run out of the box on Linux with the Heroic Games Launcher and latest Proton GE.
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@Fierro@piefed.social 2026-07-05 16:39
I got blasphemous 2 and am quite enjoying myself, the map feels a lot more linear since I often can only go one way until I unlock the correct skill for the next area, but other than that it’s pretty fun. I also miss the style of the cutscenes in the firt one. I’d say overall the game so far is less good but importantly it’s fun (and it’s not full of annoying bugs like the first one). I’m enjoying focusing on the combat. I also somehow convinced my friend to play terraria with me and we’re enjoying it a lot, haven’t played in like a decade, there’s so much new, we went straight to the hardest difficulty and it’s kicking our asses, really fun.