Keep on keeping on. What are we all playing, you old bustards?

34, haven't played vidya in a year and a half - been knee deep in gamedev. I'll play when I'm done.

Hello lads, hope you're all well. 32 here.

I'm gradually working my way through Death Stranding 2 and trying to come to grips with Soulcalibur 6 after not playing fighting games since I was a teenager. For me, it's Haohmaru despite never having played SamSho because I used to like him in CvS2

think the two or three game I'm currently playing is astrobot, bloodborne (again) and some modern warfare remastered, Which the game is somewhat kind of dead, the last time I play it

>>715212574 (OP)
I finished rebirth this year. Became one of the greatest games ive ever played in my life

I dont enjoy much anymore unfortunately. I will try E33 and Disco Elysium next

>>715212574 (OP)
I'm trying to figure out what to play next but it all seems so exhausting now. Maybe I'm just done with it but I don't know what else to fill the time with.

>>715212574 (OP)
37
Just started NG+ for Stellar Blade
I don't really know what to play afterwards though
Maybe focus on non-vidya like tabletop D&D for a bit before coming to something like Black Myth WuKong during the next Steam sale

Stellar Blade, reminds me of the good old days.

Europa Universalis 4. Playing Switzerland, fuck France.

Currently on the last level of The Nameless Mod

>>715213053
Maybe you just need to give video games a kick in the head for a while. Sometimes you'll feel a bit burned out, take a few months off from them and come back feeling energized and excited about the medium again.

What kinds of things do you generally like? Might be worth reading some books.

>>715212979
Only die hard literal "FF7 IS MY ENTIRE LIFE AND CHILDHOOD" tards seem to say shit like this about Rebirth. Why ill never trust that its good. Nobody, not a single person has been able to describe an actual "game" that is "good". Its all about tangentials. "The music", "So much charm", "I love the character interactions", "Side quests flesh out the characters", "Minigames so fun!". And then throw in the dude who says "Duuude the combat is so much better! Why you ask? And what makes it different from Remake? Well...uhhh you can do air attacks now! And...uhhhh cool synergy attacks! How does that add depth to the combat you say? Well uh! I dont know more stuff to do = good, what are you a rollslopper!?"
Okay I embellished a bit with the strawman rollslopper insult but you get the point.

34
I'm on chapter 10 of Ninja Gaiden Black, the aqueduct. I also just started Zone of the Enders, I like it.

>>715212574 (OP)
35 in a week
I'm almost done with a 130 hour playthrough of DS2 SotFS. Excellent game, but the later parts of the dlc are probably too hard for me. I'm playing solely offline due to playing a cracked copy so being carried isn't an option for me. I will have done pretty much done every single thing in the game, except:
>Old Iron King
>Old Ivory King
>Frigid Outskirts
I still got through all of Frozen Eleum Loyce and the bottom of Brume Tower (and beat that fucking Fume Knight) but I'm kind of burnt out on the game to bother getting my ass kicked with the green text above. I'm getting through Shulva/Dragon Shrine now, after that I'll probably beat the game for the first time and call it.

On the side, I'm playing Mario Galaxy 2 for the first time. It's great, but way more linear than the first, not sure how I feel about that. It reminds me of all the Yoshi platformers where there's always 5-6 points of no return, and if you blink you'll miss a collectable and have to play the level allnover again. That's a giant pain in the ass especially because I usually try to 100% all the 3D Mario games.

I cut contact with my mother this week and have been dealing with bad bouts of PTSD. On top of that, I've been trying to get sober from weed the last couple months. Playing excellent games is pretty much the only outlet I have right now of numbing all that. Happy Friday grandpas.

45 here

Oh god...

>>715212574 (OP)
>mom

americans are so cringe

just played through cast n chill and the horror at highrook
they were both pretty ok
suzerain which was pretty great before that

34. Playing the System Shock 2 remaster, currently on Deck 6. Game's fun, but quite on the easy side even when playing on Hard. Aside from that I'm enjoying it a lot, loving the atmosphere and exploration. Don't know what to play next... probably nothing for a while, would like to focus more on developing my game.

>>715212574 (OP)
40, SaGa Frontier Remastered. I ragequitted this shit when the original came out because the mechanics were too much for my lizard brain to comprehend.

>>715213250
>parryslop and yellow paint
>the good old days
lol

35
victoria 3 is so close to being good man, if this final hotfix next week fixes the last couple weird bugs i can finally start telling people to play this

33
Got Hades and Besiege ship dlc in the steam sale. Haven't tried the dlc yet but really loving Hades so far even if I suck at it

>>715213409
Used to like reading books, mostly fantasy and scifi, but I feel like I've read everything I really wanted to. Feel like I've seen all the shows and movies I really wanted to too. Used to like tabletop gaming but I don't have anyone to play with now. Used to like hiking but had to move to a shitty part of the state and can't do that anymore.

36, CK3 with the Princes of Darkness mod. Sitting in my comfy city stealing artifacts.

37. I just finished up all the Deltarune chapters (I only played the first one and never played 2-4). Started up Lost Judgement today and have been slowly working on Hundred Line. Sadly don't have as much time as I used to as a kid with full time job and GF.

Last games i played

Demon's Roots, FTL Multiverse and Gensouband.

>>715213670
Frigid Outskirts is the worst part of all the DLCs. I gave up trying to beat the 2 lions at the end, only because traversing to the boss fight is so stupidly tedious. I still liked the game overall, but the DLCs are kind of a mixed bag for me.

37, Dune Awakening since my buddy bought it for me and I love it.

34 next month.

Closing out my first run of Rogue Trader. Pyromancer Executioner has turned my Daring run into a visual novel. I'm out on workman's comp for at least the next month so I'm going to dive into Wrath of the Righteous next.

>>715213936
sorry forgot two dads is the norm for you guys

39, I finished Expedition 33. I enjoyed the plot for the 2/3 of the game, then it was meh. Combat was annoying with all this parrying, so I cheatengined it. Music was good.

Since I bought gamepass for a month, now I'm playing Refantazio. And it is meh. The only good part are Boschesque human monsters designs. Rest is meh. Main cast is bunch of uninspiring sissies and gameplay is a boring slog. I would not recommend it.

>>715212574 (OP)
Aviary Attorney and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

>>715212574 (OP)
37
I started FF6 (pixel remaster) for the first time ever (pretty much played all the 3D FFs from PS1 onwards). Im 3 hours in and cant get into it. Does it get better?

>>715212574 (OP)
32 here, about to finish up my first run of hard mode on Grandia 2. Fun game.

>>715215361
The first couple of hours for FF6 can be a bit weak, but it starts to get pretty good after 5-6ish hours. I recommend sticking with it.

>>715215152
for refantazio you gotta try and reach back to your childish, naive and hopeful mindset you lost decades ago. you might remember your mother telling you a tale before bed or smth. if you can just do that, the game is kind of a breath of fresh air imo. it's a fairy tale.

>>715215361
5 is easier to get into, has way less yapping and the job system makes for a more fun and engaging game. I'd recommend that one if you decide to drop 6... which you should, since the game is boring.

29. Playing nothing.

>>715212574 (OP)
37 reporting.
I'm currently playing Borderlands 3 and Elden Ring. Been having a blast playing both.

>>715215572
I admit that there is something to it, but I am not convinced yet. Starting with assassination plot and god king visage in the sky was interesting plot buildup. I just wish it wasn't such a slog gamplay wise and party members were more interesting. Music is also quite good. And grotesque human monsters taken from classic painting are a very interesting and worth applauding choice.

>>715212760
Nice, get it done dude

>>715212574 (OP)
Struggling through Dragons Dogma DA. It’s like this weird mashup of Elex and Skyrim, with someone simply replacing “dragon born” with “arisen” throughout the dialogue.
I should like this game way more than I do so far.
Next up is evil within 2. We’ll see.>>715212574 (OP)

36, got a job after being homeless and unemployed for many years, got a place of my own. Pretty easy to make rent. Mostly playing rts games when I can (total annihilation)but i'm mostly busy unfucking my life. Just got enrolled in community college. Maybe I won't die a wagie if I can stick with this shit and stay sober. Only time will tell.

>>715216160
Dragon quest does that feeling better for me imo

Anyways dungeons are lackluster, enemies are not varied enough, overall 7/10 game

37 here. It is hard to game anywhere near as much as I used to, but I still get in 5-7 hours a week. Mainly playing multi-player games with my younger brother and sometimes my wife. Namely Enlisted, Battlefront 2 from the steam sale and BG3.

Ill probably stop playing games almost entirely in the next few years. Ive been getting more into tabletop games and other real world activities with my son.

Finished RE2 OG, was going to do original 3 then 3 Remake since I haven't played either but got distracted now might wait. Atleast once I got used to the controls after 20m it wasn't an issue, and I can go play Silent Hill games.

>>715212574 (OP)
Playing old vidya on my RG Slide. Beat Super Double Dragon today. I had it when I was a kid (still do) and always enjoyed it, it became my favorite Double Dragon game. Also replaying FF7.

Do any of you own a computer?

>>715213508
I want to bet you dont think this way from anyone who praises a game that you like

>>715212574 (OP)
Played Nitro+ Blasterz awhile back and have played a bit of Wo Long and Pikmin 3. But honestly nothing much else. Gaming is in a bad spot there is not much out there currently that interests anyone.

>>715212574 (OP)
PEI is a very comfy island

>>715216528
Good luck lad. Remember, one day at a time.

>31 in a few weeks
>old enough to remember 911 and CDrom PC vidya
>too young to have played FF7 the icon oldfag game

shit feels weird anyone else feel the same?

>>715217426
>31
>too young to have played FF7
I think you drank a can of paint as a child

>>715212574 (OP)
I'm playing Guardian Heroes HD on my 360. Not sure what to play after, thinking on Strider, MN9 or begin with Prototype

>>715217426
>too young to have played FF7 the icon oldfag game
The icon oldfag game is Doom/Doom 2, anon.

>>715217071
What kind of question is that? Are you asking because nobody mentioned a PC game?

Chronicles of the Wolf - an old school sotn inspired adventure by Migami

>>715212574 (OP)
36
I'm playing Fantasy Life for the 3DS
man is the world design 10x better than i's(the sequel recently released)
there's a lot of QoL in i that is impossible to disregard but how the OG handles certain things was never surpassed and in some cases, actually got much worse(probably because of Inafune)
also a funny game called Thea 2 and Epic Mickey and Arkham Origins lol

>>715217162
You dont know me. Everygame I like. I like for different more particular reasons than what most people like the game for. Reasons I can write essays about.

>built new PC last month
>putting away decent amount into retirement accounts
>mortgage done in just under 2 years
Feeling comfy

>>715212574 (OP)
playing aura kingdom on steam because I played it back in the day

What MMO should I play tonight

>>715217780
Flyff

>>715217071
Fuck that, a laptop is the farthest I'll go; computers suck unless you know how to program nowadays. OS are so shit you may need to go back to the absolute basics of it to properly use one now

>>715217641

>>715217426
I'm 40, can't relate.

>>715212574 (OP)
In the last year and a half I finished:
FF7 Rebirth, Unicorn Overlord, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Yakuza 8, Monster Hunter Wilds, We Love Katanari Reroll + Royal Reverie, and Dragon's Dogma 2.
All of them were Elder God tier.
FF7 Rebirth was so good all I've been able to do after getting it's platinum is check every single day for info on Part 3.
Part 3 has all of the FF7 content I love essentially back-ended into it, so that's most likely going to be my "game of the generation" for me.
I fucking cannot wait to play that after how good Rebirth was.
WEAPONS, Knights, Cid and Vincent, Sunken Galnika, Midgar raid, the huge materia quest line...
Holy shit man and I have to have a job when that comes out?
Fuck me man.

>>715212574 (OP)
Death Stranding. Waiting a year for 2 to come to pc is going to be a bitch. I like that I can grind out a delivery or two for a couple hours and feel satisfied with myself. Kojima weirdness in a new non MGS setting is refreshing.

Went ahead and bought Frostpunk because I liked the Alters so much. Feeling like I want to play something that's a change of pace before I jump into another euro depresso survival game though. The kingdom hearts thread thats up currently has me wanting to finally get to checkout the 2.5 super final remix whatever version, ive only ever played the base PS2 game, might be nice to revisit.

>>715217956
Do you have any tips for the combat in rebirth?
Its been a while since i stopped playing so I dont recall what issues exactly I was having. I do remember there being an option for scaling. And that most of the time I would use abilities as soon as i could.
I really need to get back to it. But Death Stranding 2 is currently taking up all my time.

>>715213508
>>715212979
I'm firmly in the camp that FF8 and 9 are better than 7, but I still adore the original and really dug Remake.

I dropped Rebirth at Gongaga. It was just too much, and I would have rather played Dragon's Dogma 2 (which came out shortly after).

>>715216528
proud of you anon. 32 here and struggling to find decent work cuz depression left a gaping hole in my resume

finished triangle strategy today. I enjoyed it a lot but im not sure I have it in me to do the other routes. I hadnt played an SRPG in 15+ years. going to try devil survivor soon
also started FF5 on my 3DS
I'm temporarily NEETing and have finished 35 games this year because of it. it's been extremely comfy but I gotta go back to work soon..

>>715217854
the fuck are you babbling about, retard?

>>715212574 (OP)
Friendly reminder that the oldest zoomers turned 28 this year

>I'm firmly in the camp that FF8 and 9 are better than 7
I dont believe I can enjoy 8 honestly, but ive been waiting to be sold on 9, ever since a 9 defender said that it and 13 were some of the only genuinely good jrpg combat systems.

I only trust people with the intelligence to understand how well designed 13 is. Because those who hate it tend not to value gameplay nearly as much as the abstraction of gameplay i.e menuing, NPCs and minigames. Which is ironic considering 13's item system is probably overly complicated compared to its predecessors.

>>715219051
9 is my favorite game of all time but it's combat is nothing special. it's good but I would never claim it is some rare example of good jrpg combat systems
it's also extremely flawed on original hardware because of load times

This board is so hostile over petty shit

>>715219341
cope

32, and I can't really enjoy games anymore unless I can play as a cute girl. Trying to avoid falling into gacha territory for my fix, any obscure recs? Already played everything of the like you'd see on the steam frontpage.

>>715219310
>9 is my favorite game of all time but it's combat is nothing special. it's good but I would never claim it is some rare example of good jrpg combat systems
Dammit. Whats the appeal of the game then? What makes it so good?

I go through lists of hundreds of new games I might like every 6 months and probably just pick one to play that seems like it's a good match, put in a bunch of hours, then forget about video games for a while again. Just an itch that needs to be scratched sometimes. I do get super obsessed with that one game for a week or two though

>>715212760
>been sitting on my game idea brainstorming for several years at this point
>posts like this reminding me of the sheer trek that awaits in order to get it done
>already ready, have enough game dev knowledge and experience here and there to know what i need to do
>only hurdles are graphics and any potential advanced programming roadblocks, which i've opted to handle solo anyway since the game is intended to be low-fidelity
Just so fucking scared to take the dive. I know it's going to eat a chunk of my 30s, especially because I need to do it fucking right. For all intents and purposes it should even give me a jolt of life again after years of stagnation.

None of that is any excuse at all, but it's still so fucking terrifying bros. Fuck.

>>715218408
My only advice is to practice basics and build from there. They added like 4 new combat systems on top of the base combat system from Remake, so it has a pretty high skill ceiling this time around.
Just like older games with certain late/post-game fights you have to pay attention to how you build out materia, and enemy phases and stuff. Rebirth also has a lot of emphasis on materia combinations compared to the first game, so the more you get and the more you experiment with the more broken you become.
This is basically a non-answer but there's so much depth to the combat system that I would practically be writing out a guide to explain everything.
You can look up "Yuffie ATB Cheese" for a cheat code build if you ever need it. Aerith and Tifa are also super broken to use with the right setups.
Darkside Cloud is safer and easier to use, but a bit risky. He'll still shit on anything though.
Barret is mostly there to be a stagger machine or full blown tank support/atb battery...
It's a lot man. My hard mode run required every neuron in my brain firing at max output to beat.

>>715217956
To this date after I don't know how many thousands of games beaten I've never experienced a final boss fight more epic and larger than life than the original FF7's and I wonder how they plan on surpassing that in the Remake.

Also very interested on the new heavier angle on the war between Wutai and Shinra, there's also supposed to be a bigger focus on Tifa as a character too and her role on bringing Cloud back. I wish there would be a conclusion to Yuffie's story after what happened in the Intermission DLC but of-course that is all Dirge of Cerberus stuff, a game I wish didn't exist. Oh and the combat, how much better could they make it? Because from Remake to Rebirth the improvements were absolutely massive.

>>715219545
literally everything else. the characters, story, music, world, etc is all elder god tier and the peak of video games
don't get me wrong the combat IS good, it's just not what makes the game so great. I actually prefer the combat in 5, 7, 10, and X-2

>turned 28 last week
>scared of making it to 30 as a khv
how many of you have never had a gf?

>>715212574 (OP)
I'm playing E33, but I've gotten sidetracked and have started rewatching Chuck for the 3rd time.

>>715219642
Is there anything to lose? If not, just do it. Life isnt so meaningful that its worth experiencing in and of itself if you cant realize some facet of yourself in the world. You must make it meaningful how you can.

>>715220098
>rewatching Chuck for the 3rd time.
I enjoyed watching it as it aired, but I assumed it wouldn't hold up very well. Maybe I'll give it a try, worst case I still get to look at Yvonne again.

Nine Sols. Good shit so far.

A guy who I went to school with asked if he could stay with me for two weeks because he couldn't pay for his hotel. His card got stolen and whoever stole it spent his money. Am I a dick for refusing to let him stay with me because I really don't like having roommates?

>>715219832
For combat stuff all I can think they could do is triple team attacks, and out of party assist attacks.
Materia is going to have to be running on full cylinders in the next game because we're still missing iconic Enemy Skill stuff like Beta, Trine, Aqualung...
Ultimate Materia, Mime (if they're buttfuck insane), Combo up stuff..
Then there's limit break stuff - Lv. 4 limits are going to be a thing so they'll have to revamp how we can get limit faster or distribute it around faster.
The ceiling has to go higher because this 3rd part should be getting INSANE endgame fight just on normal mode.
I DON'T even want to think about hard mode WEAPON and Sephiroth fights.
That video game is going to be INSANE.

>>715220312
It's still pretty good. A lot of sexy shots of Yvonne. It feels like classic TV in an era where all shows have to be mini-movies.

>>715220016
Being a kissless virgin I can sort of see because some people are just comically unlucky or super conservative when it comes to that shit but how do you get to that age and never have gotten a hug even in a social context

>>715220543
I think it's a little assholish but some people just need their privacy so I don't really blame you
I'd have been fairly hesitant to do so myself

>>715220543
Based. nine sols was my goty last year, it's a fucking masterpiece. go for the true ending, it's important
no, fuck that I wouldn't let anyone stay with me either unless it's one of few people I'm very close with

>>715212574 (OP)
>tfw your tiny little island gets mentioned
:)

>>715219642
By the time you start AI will be able to prompt the game from scratch. Start today or wait for technomagic to print your game for you.

>be 33
>finished e33
>now enjoying NO
>realized if my gf moves in i will have drastically less gaming or /v/ browsing time
>gf still doesn't know i use 4chan either

>Warcraft 3 RoC Campaign on Hard
Just beat the Awakening of Stormrage mission, genuinely a pretty tricky mission. Everything after sounds like it won't be too bad, looking forward to Frozen Throne's campaign.

Started getting into fighting games after hating them my whole life. Currently addicted to 3rd strike on fightcade 2 and dabble in some SF6. Randomly watched the "community cup" tournament and it got me into fighting games.

Been playing a bunch of PS1/PS2 roms since I barely played any of those games during my childhood, and the Sly Cooper trilogy captivated me so much that I'm replaying the first game before tackling the Misadventures of Tron Bonne. I love these games so much: the atmosphere, the music, the snappy dialogue, going on heists with my animal bros... a shame that 4 catastrophically shit the bed from what I've heard.

>>715217025
>RG slide
Is it good? Where did you get it? Aliexpress? How is ps2 emulation? Anything stronger? Does it have 4 shoulder buttons? How is Shadow Of The Colossus?

>>715222702
>Is it good?
I like it a lot, so far.
>Where did you get it? Aliexpress?
Anbernic's official store, which I don't really recommend because they used a horrible shipper called UniUni.
>How is ps2 emulation? Anything stronger?
I haven't tried it yet, I've only done PS1 and earlier. It is supposedly good enough to play most PS2 games at full speed, but it gets dicier with games that are more demanding.
>Does it have 4 shoulder buttons?
It does, some people don't like them because they are in-line instead of stacked, but that doesn't bother me.

>>715212574 (OP)
My pp feels weird

>>715212574 (OP)
This makes me simultaneously happy and a little sad.

I am mostly playing Limbus Company and some horror games that I play streaming with with friends on Discord. Most recently we finished Killer Frequency which was tons of fun.

E33 is the next big game I'll play probably but I just need to find the time to start. Went back to EO:Nexus and FFVI on portable but didn't get much further in either because it was a short trip.

>>715221491
Never tell her, ever

>>715222937
Awesome, thanks anon, feel free to talk more about it. I want one but wanted linux instead of Android but hey, spring slider action
I can install .apks I suppose right?

>>715223070
Yeah, you can install apks, and you will need to if you want to use EmulationStation instead of Anbernic's frontend. I was more of a Linux handheld guy myself after having a bad experience with an older Anbernic Android handheld, but this one has been good so far. Retro Game Corps has a video on setting up Android for emulators. His video is based on an Ayn handheld, but the same shit applies.

38
Story of seasons trio
Spent the last 3 days between sleeping and playing on my 3ds. It was super comfy. I had to go my nephew's birthday party and I couldn't for the life of me connect with any of the adults there. It's like as soon as I walked in, I was sent into isolation. It's incredible how normalfags operate. I genuinely despise them cuz I know they know what theyre doing. Lasted about two hours. Went back home, exercised in my garage to get all the stress off, and went back to bed. I hated it but it did make me appreciate the game I was playing so it's all good.

>really enjoying umamusume not because of the girls, but because of the gameplay loop and the really close races
So this is what it feels becoming an old man, huh...
Betting on virtual horses is the most exhilarating thing I've experienced in video games for a while.

>>715224360
Don't feel bad about enjoying stuff. That's stupid.

>>715224664
I'm not sad, I'm actually pretty happy a game I wasn't expecting anything of gave me so much joy.
If I had to be sad about something is that I'm not gonna enjoy something this much for a while, and at some point the novelty might wear off and I'll end up dropping it.
But at the very least I'll have fun until that happens.

>>715219341
been like that over a decade.

>>715224908
Yeah but it's somehow worse.

36. Watching friends do repo (Not big on those games but they're fun to watch), I did reforger earlier (hate snipers) and I do a lot of texturing/modding for total war. It's my version of miniature painting but others are able to use my stuff, so it's nice.

>>715216528
Good work anon.

>>715219642
I find pleasure in the process when it comes to modding. I abandoned projects I did in the past, but in most cases people were able to use the stuff I made so it didn't go to waste. It wasn't time wasted any more than other hobbies are that don't produce something in the end, and it was rewarding for my imagination the way I am sure shows are for others. I'm always grateful that aside of when I am anxious about money or being let go that I've kept my imagination going strong. Shit is more precious than gold, and part of the reason I hold off buying a game is "I could use that time to try and write more"

I've got Arma 4 in 2 years to look forward to and whatever total wars are coming next. Past that and I guess the star wars Xcom-y game.

>>715219341
>Board
Internet. People are much meaner and nastier than they used to be, with the cruelty being the point. You stop and realize it's been 15 years and it makes sense why it's so different from 2010, but you still get surprised if you think back. Honestly even just 10 years ago and the difference is big.

>>715213752
What's it like anon?

>>715219341
Most of the time when someone flies off the handle over nothing, it's a literal teenager or a schizophrenic, don't worry too much about it.

>>715212574 (OP)
Actually started replaying FFX the other day after not playing it since it came out.
Mainly just been playing OSRS and SF6 as of late.

>>715212574 (OP)
36
Just finished building a new rig so I will finish playing E33 from Act 2.

Otherwise, I have no idea what I'm playing... What did I build a new PC for again??

>>715224871
What's your favorite horse. I don't play it but I was unga bunga for Sirius Symboli art wise.

>>715225741
I have a pet theory that it's the greater volume of ESLs online, and more so that they are lower class. You can be a foreigner and be chill, articulate, ect. I have a friend I am sure whose been on 4chan whose El Salvadorian but he got acclimatized to that mainstream internet culture, I've got a Brazilian officewoman friend and plenty others. But you start to think about schizophrenic writing, boomer writing, ESL and not fluent writing and it all has very similar qualities.
>elipses....
>RANDOM emphasis of CAPITAL letters
>Poor punctuation
>Weird syntax - be it run on sentences, stream of consciousness, formulaic writing (the "Non-Chinese women were sex slaves in history" poster)
>They are soaked in their non internet culture or their non english speaking mainstream culture.

Just imagine if you suddenly knew enough Japanese to JUST get by, got transported to 2chan. Not permanently, you want/need to post there but you also still regularly post on 4chan.

You'd come across as a schizo jerk who doesn't behave like a normal person to the Japanese. Same as these schizos do.

>50
>be here long enough to see millennials hate my generation's games and enshitify gaming
>be here long enough to see zoomers hate millennials generation's games and enshitify gaming further
>be here long enough to see alpha hate zoomer's generation's games and enshitify gaming further

i've been depressed, so lately i just play tft for fun to kill time.
i got a random itch to play a pokemon game (haven't played since gen 4) and downloaded citra and ultra sun since it's apparently the hardest iteration.
gonna start that tomorrow.

>>715215361
Once the three diverging paths link up again the game gets much better. Play at least up until that point then make a decision.

I've been playing Nioh 2 but my heart is longing for some more automation autism, might finally try Satisfactory.

>>715225934
>What did I build a new PC for again??
To get slightly better FPS in the same things you always play. You should play something really demanding like Thief Gold to put it to the test.

>>715226201
I hope it's better than normal Sun because that was dreadful.

>>715212574 (OP)
Republic Commando. Tonight, I'm playing Skyrim with mods on it.

>>715226283
Is there only one time when you get three differing paths? I think I just finished that section.

I'll continue playing this and then I'll play Raidou 2 on pcsx2.
>>715226151
I'm 32 and have witnessed all of this too. I've been very picky about what I play since about 2011.

32
elden ring playthrough #3

>>715217675
43 here and I just finished 100% Chronicles of the Wolf. I think I actually like it better than SotN, although it is a close call. While I think that Lecarde Chronicles 2 was better for its unsettling atmosphere (the "random" deaths and other oddities were way creepier in that game, but Wolf has much, much better gameplay and level design). My only real complaint is that you have to spam triple jumps for the last 50% of the final area and holy that gets old fast.

I also played Zortch - it was a very quick playthrough, 5.5 hours. Generally I like Doom more than Quake, but Zortch had great movement and gunplay. I'll take a look at the sequel when it eventually comes out.

Next up is...probably just more Final Fantasy XI.

>>715226643
I liked it better than sotn as well and also think Lecarde 2 is a better game overall. The visuals are better in Wolf and the weapon variety and "charge" mechanics are better in the latter as well, but I have to give it to Lecarde 2 for the soundtrack and creepy atmosphere. Both are 9/10 games for me

>>715212574 (OP)
This reminds me of that screenshot from the Bioware forums that always used to get posted in rage threads, that one where the guy talked about quoting Mass Effect at his dead relative's funeral.

>>715212574 (OP)
36yo unmarried jobless man that has barely had sex.

I've been playing Switch a lot. Prime Remastered and I'm king of interested in playing some Kirby now. Something about the Switch makes me want to just collect all sorts of games and peripherals for it. I think these hybrid tablet/consoles are the way to go for the industry. If its not going to be a PC it might as well be something you can play on the go and on the TV when you want.

34

Meeting people who share my interests and have a similar temperament is unfortunately really difficult. Everyone's either too extreme or has no opinions at all. I just want to be friends with people who are passionate about something, especially video games.

I just finished Stellar Blade. It was alright, can't see myself ever replaying it. Want to go back to Khazan, start the Lies of P DLC, and have a bunch more games with no idea what I want to play now...

>>715226587
A kindred spirit. Good gaming, dude.

>>715226980
Wow I can't read. I went on a Deltarune binge when ch3/4 came out and am now playing Death Stranding 2. Bit of MtG here and there.

35
Genshin and Lord of the Rings Online
I care not about any other game

>>715226783
The only creepy death that was better in Wolf was the slow moving ghost that whispers to you in the dead end, that was done really fucking well and it even has different voice lines for you trying different strategies (and failing), which is nuts for a single event like that. Felt really good to go back and fucking annihilate it in 3 hits.

>>715220543
>>715220751
9 Sols Chads. One of the most memorable games I beat this year.

>>715212574 (OP)
I turned 40 in March. I mostly just play shit online games that I can pick up and put down at a moments notice like FFXIV and Marvel Rivals these days. For some reason I find big single player games very difficult to get into anymore, they feel less like games and more like chores.

I did play Expedition 33 when it first came out though and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I didn't think it was the greatest thing ever made like so many people seem to, but it was solid and a lot of fun to play through.

>>715227397
Getting a steam deck helped me get back into single player games because it made them more pick up and put down.

>>715226147
>What's your favorite horse
I dunno. Probably Haru Urara since she does she looks so incredulous and dumbfounded at the fact she won whenever she gets in 1st place.
I find it pretty endearing.
I think it activates my parental instincts or something.

>>715212574 (OP)
Closer to 40 than 30, I'm currently in ng+ for fantasian, then plan to finish pixel remaster ff5, and start pixel remaster ff6 after that. Then I'll just jump into whatever gamecube game sounds good

>>715213508
7 was my entire life and childhood and sephiroth is literally me but I fucking hate rebirth, its a shit game and shit reimagining.

>>715212574 (OP)
45 here. Playing Atelier Ayesha. It's pretty fun. Dunno why I didn't play it till now.

>>715227540
The haru stuff is pretty cute from what I'd seen. Everybody can sympathize with that kind of downtrodden loser who keeps at it. I'm glad the horse is just living up a comfortable life with sunshine and hay now

>>715227397
I picked up helldivers 2 this summer sale and end up playing mostly solo as I can't be bothered with powertripping hosts
t. 36 yo

>>715213508
FF7 is my childhood and I think the remakes are cringe slop.

>>715227813
All I remembered was winning the first few fights as everything was in JP. I had no guidebooks too so my 10 year old ass dropped it

>>715217956
You're a fag with no taste and shouldn't have survived this long.

32
Getting bored of Space Marine 2 and Helldivers finally, I’ve tried a bunch of single-player games but I just bounced off them
My brain has been rotted by the multiplayer need to show my character and skills off to other players, I’ll get a few hours into a single-player game and realize no one can see how cool my character is and lose interest
Trying to get college done because I’ve been dragging it out for the last 5-6 years
Also now that I’m living with my fiance I’ve found that a lot of days I’d rather just lay in bed with her and just watch old movies or scroll through her tiktok feed to find cat videos instead of playing anything
Rimworld’s Odyssey DLC just dropped though, hopefully that can keep me engaged for a while

>>715212574 (OP)
At least he remembered his fingerless gloves.

I bought Wo Long on the sale. I never even played the demo, kept hearing it ran like ass. Surprisingly, it runs even better than Nioh 2 or SoP. So I'll be playing that for (hopefully) the next 100 hours.

>>715212574 (OP)
>…”so I asked my mom if I could mimic the cover to Final Fantasy X”

>>715212574 (OP)
I just started P5x a week ago and am starting to wonder if I should have gone with FF Ever Crisis instead. I don't have time for both, so I guess I'll just stick with P5x.
One more year until I hit 40 y/o virgin status. Not lookin' good.

Games to play to help me cope with my balding?

38. Just boned. Laying in bed while my wife draws porn of our stupid dnd characters on the tablet beside me. I'm playing ds3 on the steamdeck. Been meaning to replay morrowind now that that one big mod has a massive update. I keep trying to get into skyrim but just can't for some reason.

>>715219908
I can confirm. IX's formula has not been surpassed.

>>715228165
Just own it, believe it or not women don't give two shits about men balding, it is all men losing their shit over it. There is nothing you can do about it, so just live with it and adjust your haircut every once in a while to work with what you've got or just start buzzing now. Either way, just roll with it - confidence and comfort are way more valuable than what your hair looks like.

>>715220712
All the rest of the acts in the acronym refer to intimate acts with a partner. Hugs from family don't count or handshakes with a colleague or something.

>>715228165
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480560/Lawn_Mowing_Simulator/
Get the practice in.

>tfw trying to play my vidya with a screaming newborn in the room

>>715217780
im gonna play ffxi

>>715212574 (OP)
37.
The last PC game I played was PoE2, but I quit after getting to the dogshit endgame. I bought Expedition 33, but I have yet to play it, the blurryness puts me off. I only play ssbu, despite having a 4090. And KKS on the VR, mostly the studio, if you count that as playing...

>>715212574 (OP)
Street fighter 6
SaGa
FFXI

Turning 32 in a few weeks. Haven’t really been playing anything except Assetto Corsa and that horse girl game. I don’t have time for the RPGs I loved. The idea of buying the Oblivion remake and even downloading it felt like a waste of time.

How you boys feeling? Ya’ll feeling super brain rotted at all? It’s getting hard to avoid the pitfalls man.
I swear I’m in a walking coma for months on end. Something will pull me out long enough to have a crisis about self awareness, then I’ll slip back into my upright slumber.

>>715228502
kek never noticed how quick the kid in the back sits up. He must have heard the spine crumble to dust.

>>715227727
>>715227813
I mostly mean only die hard ff7 fanboys consider rebirth greatest everything. Not that every diehard ff7 is life fan thinks rebirth is good. Ive met enough of you contrarians (you just hate anything new, but i happen to agree with you this time because open world slop will never be good) to know that there are ff7 fans that seethe at the remakes

>>715228165
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yehk_h_Uj6k

This helped me A LOT. Plus i roll my head on the wall for 10 minutes to cause inflammation. 1 zone per day. Not more than once per week.
>>715228386
This is true. But if you want to score with young zoomers and alpha girls (in the future) you need good hair

>>715228315
Morrowind has good macro mods?

>>715212574 (OP)
ugly receeding chin final fantasy fanboy
yup that sums up the entire fanbase

getting my ass handed to me in darkest dungeon 2. i still cant tell if im just really bad or the enemies are ridiculously powerful

>>715212574 (OP)
30
Arcade games only. Gradius V now

Currently playing Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 for the first time. It's comfy playing these old semi-obscure RPGs without a guide and not everything is easily google-able. On the other hand it feels somewhat depressing to be hearing the beeps and bloops of a gameboy color when you're a 30 year old virgin working in retail.

>>715228887
You play ddr/ itg?

>>715228706
Tamriel rebuilt.
>>715228629
I am a contrarion, but in this case this is just the game being utter dog shit. Lame ass side quests, bad combat, just a bad game.

>>715212574 (OP)
I barely manage one game a year. 31. I also had a bad habit in my late teens and early 20s to go through phases where I only play TF2 every day or MC.

>>715228526
I wish I could get into KoiKatsu or whatever the other one is, but I imagine getting everything set up just right is a massive undertaking. I'd rather just AI gen a handful of pics and imagine they happen in sequence.

>>715228502
Yikes that shit makes my skin crawl. Did that kid die? His spine straight up snapped in half.

>>715228386
>women don't give two shits about men balding
This is absolutely gargantuan cope dude. They absolutely do. Everyone does. Hair makes or breaks your appearance and that's the first thing anyone notices before your "confidence" or "comfort"

>>715212574 (OP)
Been playing monster hunter wilds and Mario kart. Also playing a bit of modded Skyrim on the side

>>715229465
I wish I had gotten dad or mom's hair, instead it skipped a generation back to the wispy thin grandfather on my dad's side.
>Dad had thick jewfro style curls
>Mom had long thick straight black hair such that you'd think she was latina

So far and my eyes are good unlike the rest of the family though. Everybody gets and loses something genetically so I appreciate what I have.

>>715212574 (OP)
32 and playing Minecraft

>>715228315
>while my wif-

Stopped reading.

>>715212574 (OP)
same thing i have been playing for the last 15 years, mountain blade

>>715217025
looks really neat, watched a couple review videos on it and ive seen options for ps2/GC/wii (and switch? surely not lol) so i think i'd like to see how well it handles those emulations since PS1/2/N64/GC is probably what i'd be most interested in trying out

>>715212979
E33 shits on the FF7 remakes

>>715228315
>draws porn of our stupid dnd characters
I can virtually guarantee you are both as morbidly obese and bulbous as that cat

Still debating to buy a steamdeck as my main computing device. I was always a handheld guy after all, but maybe because I'm too poor to have a space for a PC.

I'm still conflicted on the switch. Perhaps I should have hacked it years ago, but I just don't like the form factor. The lite doesn't feel that good either when I tried it. I just use my 3DS the most after all this time, but I'm wishing I could play PC games on it.

>>715229940
>>715230016
Keep coping, jealous losers.

>>715230721
she settled

>>715230796
So are you a virgin or divorced?

>>715213508
Rebirths biggest draw over remake is you aren't stuck in aushwitzgar, the tutorial area of the original. The combat was just made smoother, not many changes.

I don't understand why rebirth has caused so much tard rage

>>715212574 (OP)
32
I've been replaying all the gtas and rivals with the bros

>>715230929
oof, who's coping now?

wish I could enjoy vidya bros

>>715231039
that's because it's ubisoft tier open world slop

>>715231225
Ok who cares? It's been out for almost 2 years. People don't seethe over other random "slop" games that came out over other games in the same time frame.

You guys go to threads to just sperg, bring it up unprompted just to sperg about it

>>715231343
i dno who "you guys" is.
but i care about ff7r being an ubisoft tier open world slop game because i wanted it to be good.

>>715212574 (OP)
32yo hiki+neet

I'm like 2 hours in Mother 3 wtf ;_;
And I play a lot of ow and Genshin

ninja gaiden black but on the xbox one because it makes it look really good. Starwars battlefront 2 2005 online with people sometimes Master chief collection to play the older halo games in multiplayer. This is more or less all i play because i dont like most modern games. i occasionally will go back every few years and play through resident evil 4 or some of the older mechwarrior games such as 3 and 4. Truthfully games from the late 90s to early 2000s were the best. I also occasionally will play stuff like deadspace 1 and dead rising in their original xbox 360 versions. as you can see these are all older games. if i play something new it typically is something older. usually something like a ps1 or ps2 game i have never tried.

>>715231343
>massively beloved game finally gets remake after years of rumors.
>it's not only a bad ubislop game but a terrible remake. It ruins characters and plot.
>praised by zoomers and retards
>people still annoyed seeing retards praising it years later

Really boggles the mind!

i play a lot of virtamate and make futa models with dark buttholes AMA my fellow redditors

>>715212574 (OP)
Been playing that Mycopunk game since it came out today while also looking for another career to kill some boredom and get some extra spending money. It's actually pretty fun, reminds me of older run n gun games but with some progression and a robot I wanna fuck.

Playing Death Stranding 2, Digimon World Next Order and Dodonpachi Ressurection. Making good headway with Digimon, but the game is tough as nails. Also pretty close to 1CCing Dodonpachi, heres my most recent attempt.

https://youtu.be/uAQ3DbLzoBI

Pretty much stopped playing shooters and only play Strategy and rpgs. Problem is everything that I haven't already played to death is in early access and I'm waiting for content updates
>manor lords (big update soon)
>bellwright (had a massive update I need to try
>Railroad empire 2 (I have a newborn and I can play it while he sleeps on my lap
>farthest frontier (1.0 soon)
>Medieval Total war 2 Stainless steel(the GOAT)
>Medieval Dynasty (good but gets boring once you figure it out)
>Len's Island (was playing with friends but baby's put a stop for now)

>>715214141
>le epic 'everything is le shit' teen
lel

>>715226865
>barely had sex
How does this go? Like you only had sex once or twice? Or you got it in for a couple seconds once and were like fuck it I’m done

>>715216528
Good shit anon. I got caught up in the surge back in the late 2000s and wasted my 20s in the army but getting fucked up managed to make waging an option rather than a requirement to live. Wasn't the way I expected it to happen, but it's just life I guess. I wanna play some Dawn of War, but waiting for the remaster

>>715212574 (OP)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the new season of Diablo 4.

>>715231127
this world is a demonic shithole and no amount of bing bing wahoo can, or should, bring happiness or fulfillment to a sane man

is triangle strategy as cutscene heavy as the demo suggests? I just can't sit and do 30 minute cutscenes anymore

>>715220016
i was that till after my 30,now my gf is making reservation for my birthday.
Nothing is ever over

>>715229098
It's not. Just download from nyaa (screwthisnoise), and that's it. If you want the studio's assets, download and drop them on the right folder. Characters, scenes, and outfits go into the correct folder. And if you want to play in VR, put the files in the right folder, and you're done. Everything is idiot proof.

>>715224360
i mean there is a reason why there is so many old men betting on horses all over the world

>>715212979
34, Fellow Rebirthbro here, I spent literally 4 months of this year pretty much just playing Rebirth, clocked in a little over 160 hours. Did every single map marker, damn near everything in the game. There's a little bit more to do if I wanted to actually 100% it but I am satisfied. It's probably the most fun I've ever had in my life playing an open world game. Was playing with mods on PC to make the game run drastically better using DLSS and Engine optimizations.

Do not be fooled by /v/, there's a huge number of people in their mid 30s and 40s who consider Rebirth one of the greatest games they ever played in their life. Pretty much entirely people who played the OG as kids and never stopped loving it.

I would say it was an incredible experience, but the pacing of the last two chapters got really strange and unfortunately muddied what was otherwise one of the best gaming experiences of my life. I am very unsure of how it will be possible to make a better game than Rebirth for the 3rd game.

After finishing Rebirth I grabbed a Switch 2 and have been playing through a bunch of the improved Switch 1 games while waiting for Bananza to drop.

>>715220016
30 is the new 20. Tons of men are virgins in their 20s and then end up typical married with kids guys by their mid to late 30s.

>>715232473
It’s more dialogue and cutscene than it is actual gameplay by a long shot. I just wanted to battle too but nope gotta listen to people talk forever

>>715224360
Can I recommend my favorite mobile game Robinhood with options trading

>>715232689
that blows

42 here
40+ thread wen

On my 2nd run of SMTV Vengeance
Did law canon of Vengeance, now doing true neutral canon of creation after fucking it up in vanilla (killed Khonsu)
Got every glory apple, treasure chest and Milan so now it's just side quests and main story so it's a fucking amazing boss rush from here on out
Man I miss the qaditsu thoughbeit there's no way to get them on CoC right? This isn't on ng+, my first playthrough of Vengeance was on switch then I double dipped on ps5 for the graphic upgrade so had to start fresh on hard

>>715232734
People still trust and use RobinHood after the GME fiasco ?

>>715212979
Please tell me what made Rebirth so good for you.

I want to finish it but it's so exhausting. Every new area has too much stuff to do. I just finished Gongaga and am 50 hours in. I just want it to be over already but, based on playing the original to death, I know there's at least two more of these massive areas that overstay their welcome.

>>715213984
Have you played Nightdives SS1 remake? I enjoyed that and was looking at 2's various remakes or HD mods

>>715214008
It's much easier if you use the new New Game+ options. You can blaze through every character past the first one.

>>715214291
Have you read much Robert Heinlein? He's 50/50 on quality but his good stuff is good

>>715214141
back in the day instead of yellow paint we had shining glow and glitter sparkle all over whatever we could interact with and big arrows pointing where to go.
and half the combat was about blocking in the right moment to stun the opponent and get a combo in.

>>715212760
>>715212574 (OP)
Yup, just turned 30 here
Spending all my free time what little of it there is drawing concepts, practicing 3D stuff and getting the little assets out the way (shit I want to make myself but isn't like main PC/NPCs)

I haven't even started learning Unreal shit man.
Long road ahead, I guess.

I played wartales a couple years ago and loved it, felt sad when I ran out of stuff to do. It's had a few updates since so I thought I would try it again. For some reason now I really don't like and and cant see past its flaws.
I got Battle Brothers recommended to me but I can't get past the art style, and I cant find anything else that seems to fit the same mould.

>>715232852
I find this state of mind so incredibly bizarre to understand. You DO understand that you can just beeline through the game, right?

It's literally the most bizarre complaint about a game I've ever heard, and I've heard so many people say it. Not even specifically about Rebirth, I mean about things like Cyberpunk, Tears of the Kingdom etc. You are basically complaining that the game gave you a wealth of things to explore and sidequests to do, minigames to play and so on, and you're acting as if the game is forcing you to do everything.

Granted there is a small portion of things like minigames which are mandatory, but I don't think it's excessive at all if you're intention is just going through the story and skipping most of it. But man, I feel sorry for the people who do that, because the Protorelic quest and final fight is unironically so much more kino and worthwhile than the actual final boss fight. Even the summon fight challenges were intense as fuck on Protorelic quest.

>>715219051
Yeah I'm officially done ever taking popular opinions for granted after playing XIII this year. It's a top tier FF game and the reception to it probably killed the series.

>>715233572
This but 13-2 actually

34
3ds is acting super weird. Started to get brighter and brighter and it's almost just a white screen now. I need a new handheld but im new to the market and barely know what to buy. Youtubers are shilling every device so I cant decide. I think zi might go for a Steam Deck but it's pretty old at this point and I Wana comfortably play it on my bed without it falling on my face and breaking my nose.

>>715233620
just mount it with mechanism mounts bro

Thirty year olds play the stupidest shit. Fuck so do I god damn it. Computers are bullshit gay demon boxes.

>>715223290
Cheers
Might pick up one

>>715233476
Not him but if there's a plethora of optional bullshit in a game it tells me the devs had no confidence in the main content on its own, and thus I can quit the game and safely ignore it because it's slop and not worth my time.

>>715233476
My problem is that there's so much stuff (equipment, materia, etc.) that is locked behind map completion that it feels like I'm leaving my characters underpowered by skipping all of the Ubislop content.

My worry is that if I just choose to skip it all, I'll get to some point in the main story that requires having access to the mcguffin you get from 100 percenting all the maps, or the final fights are balanced around you getting all of that gear and levels, thus forcing me to go back and grind all of that content later (if it's not missable).

I've been burned by games like that in the past.

>>715233615
I was very mixed on 13-2. In a vacuum it was a fun story, with more of the combat from XIII, but only having 2 party members didn't do it for me, and the plot felt very unnecessary and contrived just to make a sequel, felt like it took away from the ending of XIII rather than added to it.

Then again I usually don't like time travel stuff so I think the premise of it would be a hard sell on me no matter what.

>>715233572
If you liked XIII then you need to play XIII-2 and Lightning Returns.

I put off XIII for too long because I bought into the doom and shit talk about it too, but even though I enjoyed it, I felt each game in the trilogy was better than the last.

>>715228502
kek

>>715212979
I loved FF7 in 90s. It was my youth years defining game, story and characters. Bought Remake day 1 and enjoyed it. Bought Rebirth day 1 and enjoyed it. Buying part 3 day 1.

>>715213508
>>715218415
Rebirth and Remake are good.

My main drawing subject is Tifa wrestling with other vidya babes.

>>715234296
See >>715234252

I still need to play LR ,(probably starting it this weekend, if not then during the week). I enjoyed xiii-2 but not to the same level as XIII. But as I said in that post time travel stuff usually takes me out of stuff so it could just be that.

Definitely still excited to see how it all ends up though, and hopefully see more of the original cast in this one.

>>715213647
At least you lived long enough to see the decline.

Also 34 is too old for the drafts so you lucked out. lol

>>715234141
>>715234171
These are both utterly ridiculous statements. Can I just ask, did either of you play the original FFVII at all?

There was a fucking TON of optional content, it was entirely possible to beat the game without Vincent or Yuffie in your party at all. I spent tens of hours as a kid doing the chocobo races because that was how you got the golden chocobo, which would let you get Knights of the Round. You didn't have to do it, but it was cool if you did because Knights of the Round was probably the coolest summon in the game, and you got the golden chocobo which could go anywhere fast as hell. Plus there was the Emerald and Ruby weapons, you had to do a ton of Golden Saucer side quests to get Omnislash.

Seriously every time someone comes with these types of complaints towards Rebirth I have to genuinely ask, have you ever played FFVII before? Because Rebirth felt immensely loyal to the original game in the sense of giving you a massive amount of extra side content to do, that again, you completely do not have to.

To address this guy's >>715234171 concerns, no, there is no point in the main story where you """had""" to do any side content. That's the whole point of it being the main quest. Also all the boss fights are generally scaled towards the level of your characters on Dynamic difficulty. You could probably get to the final boss at the lowest level possible and still beat it because that fight is scaled towards your level. Again: you do not have to do everything or even most of everything.

And as for this guy >>715234141... dude why are you playing Final Fantasy VII? Why are you playing an open world game at all? You are literally saying the only good games are those that are linear and have little to no side content. Just go play some Sony movie game or something.

As for me, unironically Final Fantasy VII has always been the Dragon Ball Z of video games even back in 1997. That is to say, The Filler is the Best Part™.

>>715228587
>The idea of buying the Oblivion remake and even downloading it felt like a waste of time.
I pirated it and played for 3 or 4 hours then remembered its a pretty shitty game and it's even worse than Skyrim.
I played the fuck out of it back in the day and even then its flaws were pretty glaring but there was nothing else like it.

>>715212828
>pussy game
What's that? Stray?

>>715234171
No. What you want to do is check what materia Chadley sells for each region. Only do map stuff so much that you can buy what you want. Are you going to need 2 Morph materias from Grasslands? No. Then only do enough to buy one. You need to understand what things grant you the things you want.

>>715232583
>>715233476
Larping jeet.

I'm almost forty and I play Foxhole and some random engineering games.

rhythm games to keep my pep

>>715234691
Yeah, I played through the original. A ton of times.

And yeah, the original did have a good amount of side content, but it didn't dump a ton of it to the world map after each new area. There wasn't 10 or so hours of side content right after Kalm, or Mythril Mines, or the boat ride, or driving by Gongaga, etc.

Going to a new area and seeing that if I want the new summons materia I have to put the Main Story on the back burner for 5-10 hours kept taking me out of the experience.

>>715235237
I only went to get Gongaga, Cosmo and Nibelheim summons after completing the story. Calm your autism and do things in the order you want to do

>>715212574 (OP)
Son i been playing that Captain of Industry and let me tell you its Factorio all over again!

Akso you only use summons in boss battles and only one summon per battle so exactly how many summons you going to need?

>>715235354
My first time playing FFVII, I somehow completely skipped the entire Wutai portion of the game until I started breeding to get my gold chocoholic. I just somehow never found myself exploring that part of the map. It kind of sucked to do that stuff so late with such high levels, but it's just a game where it's easy to overlook side content I guess.

>>715235628
Lmao chocobo*

30 here
Finishing up Wario Land 2 and going to move on to Bioshock 1 next.

>>715233620
Could always buy another 3DS

>exercise and do some normal activities
>Too tired to sit on my PC and game by the end of the night
>Just watch TV or YouTube
How do you guys deal with it?

>>715236754
Save a day or two for games only. If you can't, then games are no longer for you and it's fine.

>>715217240
This. Gaming sucks hard currently. It feels so anti-male.

I just turned 40 this month and only play gacha games and DbD.
Gacha games because they're a blend of old AA JRPGs and early 2000s MMOs which are two genres that I used to love, plus all the hot sluts. I have lots of money (for now) so I don't mind buying a pack here and there, but not too often.
DbD because I always loved horror movies and games in the 80s and 90s and what other game will let me play as characters like an Alien, Chucky, or even Albert fucking Wesker against other players? Community is shit but since I main killer and don't interact with the fandom in any way it has no effect on me.

I want to play Stellar Blade and E33 at some point, but getting the motivation to start a single player game gets harder and harder each year.

Ever notice how remake defenders come out of the woodwork when it's prime pajeet and sea hours? Really baffling.

>>715236754
I turned my PC into the perfect emulation station but I still option out for gaming on my bed. I can always just put the handheld on sleep whenever I want and it's way more comfortable. I even got a super comfy laziboy desk chair. Nope, still prefer to game on my bed.

>>715238217
I only play PC from my bed on tv. My room looks retarded, but I live alone.

>>715218415
>I dropped Rebirth at Gongaga.
Lol same except in Cosmo Canyon, I just couldn't take it anymore. Game's trash and the constant mini games are annoying

>>715212574 (OP)
Rogue Trader, Return of the Obra Dinn, Blue Prince

>>715213752
Oh shit I'm 45 too.
>>715225683
It's honestly great. Something happens at 40. You just stop giving so much of a shit and things fall into place. Hang in there anons
Dune Awakening with one friend. Nightreign with another, and Rogue Trader when solo. Thinking of dropping RT for E33 tho. And then... a gacha. Dunno which one. I like male furries. Shill me your recs.

>>715237287
Yeah I'll prob have to dedicate days for PC gaming
>>715238490
How do you have it setup?

I've never jived with standard control schemes. To me it just makes sense that

>right stick for aiming
therefore
>right bumper to ADS
>right trigger to fire

and

>left stick for moving
therefore
>left bumper to sprint
>left trigger to jump

>>715238797
>45 and liking male furries
Wew lad. How did you make friends to game at your age?

>>715238957
The Dune friend is an old friend from 20+ years, he's in his 50s. The Nightreign friend is someone I met from a previous job and we grew close, he (and his friends who are now my friends), are all in their mid-20s. They all know I'm on 4chan and we have a great relationship (I ministered one of their weddings this year). I'm telling you anons, things get better.

>>715238957
Sometimes I wish I was a furry. They're really welcoming. Probably because of how fucked up they are, and they're desperate to add another person with the hope that they won't be as fucked up.

>>715239108
I don't recruit. I stay in my lane. I just wanna play a gacha.

>>715239089
You seem like a normalfag except for the furry shit. are you married?

I am 37. I don't know why I'm still here. I just want to call people slurs and laugh with friends in online games again. Those days have been gone for over a decade now.

>>715212574 (OP)
Dragon Quest V PS2 and then Death Stranding

>>715212574 (OP)
32, playing The Sims 2. It's comfy. Everything fits together perfectly and makes sense. I can see everything coming and nothing chnages unless I want it to. 10/10 game. Best Sims.

>>715239265
I think you answered your own question. This is pretty much the only place left on the internet where you can call people slurs.

>>715239263
Negative. High functioning autistic with a career in tech. I compartmentalize well, and have observed normies enough to know how to act around them. Not a virgin, been in relationships, decent face and winning smile, but last relationship one was in my 30s, and I'm done. I'll wizard the rest of my way to the grave, I've made my peace with that.

>>715239419
I know how to act around normies too but I can't be arsed too anymore. I stopped caring or care enough to try to conform. I'm pretty grouchy.
I'm younger than you but I think I've also realized I won't marry and be a wizard (also not a virgin). My last relationship was too draining for an introvert like me

>>715238816
PC on the floor below tv switched to 45 degrees, sofa unfolded and opposite to tv

>>715212574 (OP)
30, I'm on a bit of an autistic JRPG spree. Playing E33, P4G, Star Ocean First Departure R all at the same time while buying thinking about starting more...

>>715239354
it's not really even slurs per-say, I just want to be able to shit talk again without risk of my account being banned and my game "taken". I miss when people remembered the mute button exists, now everyone is just a giant bitch that you get reported if you call them retarded for not doing basic shit line doing the objective in a match.

>>715239635
Do you just have your keyboard and mouse next to you in bed?
Also how do you see text well on your TV?

>>715239586
I feel that. You need to find joy. Something to numb or help you get through the day to day of being an introvert and being surrounded by retards. For some that's hobbies, for others it's healthy and fitness, for others or drugs or alcohol. I went through a phase where I numbed myself with whiskey and drugs. Today, I've got my medical card and take a THC capsule a day (or 3 of it's the weekend) and that helps me acclimate and keep my thoughts in tow. I also fucking love the kitchen and spend time on /ck/. You gotta find joy.

>>715212574 (OP)
I recently started playing a lot more games since I got into team ninja slop after dropping some 300 hours into nioh 2 over the last year. I even upgraded my pc in anticipation of nioh 3. I haven't been this into games for a long time. Playing rise of the ronin currently while also making my way through my backlog of shin megami tenseis on my deck

>>715239889
I try to avoid drugs and alcohol completely. Health is important to me and those substances make me feel like shit afterwards. Also kills your liver.
My cope is I go to therapy, lol. I'll prob get a dog at some point too

>>715239978
The fat cats are great cats

>>715212574 (OP)
32yo
Melee grind

>>715240027
Yeah bro get a pet. Best decision of my life, they're my babies and give me more reasons to keep going. Find joy.

>>715239978
Did you get a chance to play the demo for 3? If so, what'd you think?

>>715240047
My then-gf got me one of those giant Scampuss plushies. He's even got a funny little felt butthole.

>>715212574 (OP)
>35
>Finished Clair Obscur last month
>Finished the story of Death Stranding 2 and am working my way towards the platinum now (Had to play Death Stranding 2 in front of my wife and see was constantly mocking the cutscenes and Kojima-isms)
DS2 was my most anticipated game, so I have no idea what I'll play next. Might actually look into getting a PC at some point, because Clair Obscur was a bit of a struggle on my Steam Deck

>>715240047
I'd kill for a stuffed scampus

>>715240135
No, I play on pc but I did spend a great deal of time watching others play/discuss the alpha and I really think it has potential to be better than 2 if they actually manage to make open levels feel just as dense and make other changes like making ninja style more in depth. In the meantime I've enjoyed Jack's game, wo long johnson, ninja gaiden etc

>>715240202
>35 and a PC-let
..how?
>Wife
Ah okay makes sense

>>715240202
PC + deck combo is great. Especially with a good pc where you can stream games to tv via deck so you can play e33 in 4k on tv and still be present to engage with your wife's yapping

31 here, just finished Sonic Frontiers since anons recommend I get it in the Steam sale and I have fond memories of the old Sonic games. It was complete shit.

>>715212574 (OP)
>Grown man goes to the beach with mother
>Asks her to take a photo of him standing in the water doing nothing
>Water isn't even clear
>Weather is overcast/crap
>Regular clothes
>DOOD I COULDN'T STOP HUMMING ZANAKAND RUINS OST!"

I miss cringe photos like this.

>>715212574 (OP)
nightreign
lots of fun
you get more action in 45 minutes of it than in hours of other games

Any single and happy over 30 gaming bros

>>715212574 (OP)
38, Just played Enderal and then into KotOR, both for the first time.

>>715241591
Yes

>>715242009
What do you play and do to survive?

Life might be getting better in some aspects, like being able to afford most of what I want whenever I want it but I have virtually 0 alone time where I'm not tired and can take advantage of it.
>woke up at 12pm due to crashing down
>working tomorrow at 7am
Fuck me... Most of the time I don't have the power to move my hands to play vidya. I forced myself to play an hour of Syberian Mayhem yesterday. I guess I'll be more willing to forcibly enjoy something when Banquet for Fools is fully released as I'd rather play an RPG.
>>715214598
Kult was fun. I beat it last year. It damn feels like yesterday though. 2025 has been flying by.

39
Won't buy PC on principle, what with gpu price jewry. Playing what I can on integrated graphics, last was Dragon Quest Builders 2, but nothing really good in the last year, even in older games.
Trying to gamedev but keep hitting a wall. Still keep trying tho.

>>715241717
How's endreal?

>>715212574 (OP)
38 this august
I'm replaying old FFs since I got the itch from MtG. Will play Wuchang in a few days and the MGS delta remake later.

Currently away for home for the next 3 months for work and I honestly can't play anything with my shitty 8 yo laptop. Maybe I should buy a new laptop soon.

im currently designing pic related, its up to us to save the gaming hobby. projects made by gamers for gamers. im currently integrating in version 5.0 technology in the next blueprint. an anon here suggest some kind of shotgun cocking gimmick somewhere on the midshaft. another anon suggested some sort of area to drink juice from on the top of it.

>>715244041

>>715243883
What the hell do you think people were playing in 2017? Like no one's laptops could handle any games at that time?

>>715243297
I have the money to splurge on an RTX 5070ti but it's so lackluster I feel like I would regret buying it, I was talking to this other guy, probably 50+, took out a loan to buy a gaming PC, and honestly it looked like he wasted his money, good for whoever sold him the parts and assembled it, they made a mint.

>>715243883
I did that once and ended up playing a fuckload of old games, but if you're away to work why not buy something to play games on.

>>715243562
It's a game that I tried to get into 2x before but quit after maybe 2 hours due to the higher difficulty and kind of slow start, I decided this time I'd push through it and my single playthrough was 152 hours. The gameplay is harder than skyrim, it used leveled areas rather than level scaling, all new location, music, voice acting and a story that blows away anything Skyrim could do. I'd definitely recommend it. I'd put it up there with some of my favourite games. How it's a free mod I'll never know.

>>715213508
jesus christ dude you sound like such a loser

>>715212574 (OP)
Peak with the lads, short but fun as fuck if you got a good group, just as most flavor of the month games

Avowed and you dont miss anything if you skip it, its nothing special. Artstyle is hideous, story is forgettable, everythings too colorful and harmless (barely any blood) and most mechanics are dumbed down af (stealth, magic, etc), lgbt stuff is barely noticable though.
Howevery the melee/gun combat system is fun, Im going double pistol/rifle and at that point Im pretty much playing a fantasy rpg like a fps, just gunning down dudes with swords and wizards is brainless fun, and thats exactly what I was looking for.
Oh and companion Yatzli is great, flirty ladygremlin energy. But yeah, you can skip that one, I think Tainted Grail might be a better choice, havent played that one yet though

38. Death Stranding 2 mostly right now when I feel like I have a free couple of hours. It's hard to play that game in bursts and find free time right now but I like it.

>>715244428
Oh I have the cash, but we went from game producers becoming shit, to hardware becoming overpriced; the cost-benefit has grown infinitesimally tiny. The only argument I can give myself is for VR, and that's just tumbleweeds.

>>715242782
I'm this guy
>>715238797

>>715212574 (OP)
I don't really play anything for long stints any more. I just go back to shorter games like Taiko or something less story focused like Nintendo games, other than that I'm usually building models.

Are there any anon here that's actually old? Like 50+ old?

>>715212574 (OP)
Finally beat White Knuckle.
I was so tense in the final section when the hands started coming out of the walls that I stocked up on a whole heap of items. Spent ten minutes just getting everything ready and deliberating what I could bring and how much weight would slow me down too much.
Then it was over in like five minutes and I didn't use more than a quarter of my gear.

Looking back, it was honestly the least difficult or threatening part of the game, but I psyched myself out.
Now my spine's all stiff because I was a lot more frightened than what I needed to be.

>>715243883
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Runs on anything, and it can last three months.

>>715245673
Try SA if you want to contact a grand wizard

>>715245454
It's funny how disappointing GPU gens have become, even ray tracing performance is barely improving per gen.

>>715245454
>>715246821
I hear that, I'm perfectly content with my 1080. I really don't play new games because they've all disappointed me in some way, and it runs everything I do play without issue.

>never played Oblivion because of my weak PC back then and it looked like shit anyway
>installed mods that removes the gay ass level scaling and piss filter
>thought I would refund it but actually have a blast with the game
unexpected but I welcome it

>>715228315
Anons hating on you means that you did something right, enjoy it anon

Completed Quake 4 of the highest difficulty, moved on to Doom 3 to complete it on the highest difficulty.
Playing Football Manager during my busy hours when I can just sneak a turn here and there.

I've been playing San Andreas just like every summer.
Last month I installed Morrowind and modded it, and took my time to read the manual and fully understand how the game works. Played for a week or so and eventually got bored of the quests.
I think my taste in video games has changed and it makes no sense to fight against it. I cannot enjoy RPGs anymore, or pretty much anything that isn't purely focused on gameplay, I mean no (or little) cutscenes, no walls of text, no wiki reading at all, and no plot I don't care about. On the other hand I can read a book for hours.
I'm considering learning to play Fire Pro Wrestling Returns.

>>715247483
>I think my taste in video games has changed and it makes no sense to fight against it. I cannot enjoy RPGs anymore, or pretty much anything that isn't purely focused on gameplay, I mean no (or little) cutscenes, no walls of text, no wiki reading at all, and no plot I don't care about.
I can relate to that, except I did a bit of the opposite, RPG's are pretty much all I want to play now. I think a lot of it is trying to live vicariously through the characters and just avoid real life for a little bit.

>>715212574 (OP)
Stellar Blade and Tainted Grail - The Fall of Avalon

38 here. I finally got around to playing Creeper World after hearing only good things about it occasionally over the years. I blazed through the first game and bonus missions in two days, it was great. Felt like playing flash games in high school again, simple but with peak polish.

Then started the second game, but either I'm getting burned out or the second game just isn't as good. I don't like how the later missions in 2 start breaking the established rules just to destroy your base in a surprise attack and force you to start over. I'm still going to force myself to finish it so I can get to the third game.

Also got Iconoclasts from the steam sale but it's very very meh. I'll try to finish it too and then probably analyze why a game with such pretty art and decent platforming mechanics can feel so bland. I suspect it's the soundtrack.

>>715239978
TN games are special, they're the only ones that actually "get" action games. I'm playing Jack's game now.

Age of wonders 4
Warriors abyss
Against the storm

I'm pushing 50 and just got done beating Lies of P on hard. I plan to do First Berserker next. I'm trying to finish as many difficult games now before I am too old to react to anything and can only play limp dick games like Rimworld or Europa Universalis.

>>715247957
Iconoclasts is a masterpiece. I hope you give it sometime. It’s my favorite game of all time.

>>715212574 (OP)
Nier Automata on PC
I like it so far
Pokemon Red on RG35XX
Kinda boring ngl but I'll finish it
Crash 4 on PS4
Trying to get all the gems, it's slow and annoying

I want to play Crisis Core on PSP once I'm done with one of those

33yo

>>715212574 (OP)
E33 with my wife, Pajama Sam with my kids, and the best game, Whiplash of course.

>>715245673
There was one the other day who was ~70

>>715212574 (OP)
Diablo IV (Thanks PS+)
It's... weird. You open the for the first time and it bombards you with DLCs, cosmetics and trinkets you can buy. Being online is mandatory, you can't pause, the whole thing feels like it was conceived to be either a grindfest or a pay-2-win.
I'm playing the story, I don't care about the pseudo mmo nature of the game; I disabled all the online options I could. I'll drop it as soon as I finish the story.
I just turned 31, got axed from my dream job and was sick. But I'll live.

>>715227923
Gonna cry?

32, I only play ffxiv, I married my femlala to another grown man femlala and indulge a lot into clique feuding and drama, i enjoy being able to get some friends together to bully people i don't like, i wish i could do that irl too

>>715212574 (OP)
31, dropped Elden Ring, Metaphor and E33 one after the other. I can't seem to enjoy any new games anymore. I still enjoy replaying stuff I liked before so it's not like i'm burnt out.

>>715212979
I'm close to 100%ing Rebirth and I feel the same man.
I was afraid of the "open world" thing until I actually played. They somehow found a way to make the "open-world" stuff actually fun and important. Loved it.

I also don't understand why it's still called "open-world" stuff because it's "open-zones", actually.
It's curious that anybody who shits on the game still says it's "open-world" when that's completely wrong.
Interesting.

>>715217426
Mate I’m 31 and Deus Ex 1 is one of my childhood games, I played it when I was like 9, I’m sure you could’ve handled a fucking ff game of all things.

I've been playing Xenoblade 2 to stave away my anxiety over losing my job. Perhaps this will be the year I an hero but for now I'm just trying to stay resilient. Maybe that's why I like Xenoblade 2. The whole game is about finding hope in hopelessness.

35

First playthrough of Subnautica, cool game. Great atmosphere and sound.

>>715212574 (OP)

Elden Ring Convergence Mod with several sexy character models.

How's TF2 these days? I need something familiar I can just play without much thinking.

half-way in Rebirth
playing a little randomly the only good remake in existence so i remember what to do again before i decide to stream it/record it

36:
playing doom eternal again and the falloff feels noticeable.

when I first play I struggled a bit with some arenas but now I feel like a retard

>>715212574 (OP)
Heretic

>>715212574 (OP)
I just finished Expedition 33 and started Atomfall. It feels like a game from a previous era, in a good way. I quite like it so far at about 10 hours in. Playing the new Darktide character with my wife and soon Daemon x Machina co-op (we both got it for 2 dollars recently).
Also playing a few older games I missed out on by not owning a Switch with my Switch 2 (so is my wife). We're both at the food world in Odyssey.

>>715212760
let me guess, its going to be unreal engine slop?

>>715248305
I'm that anon and I hope you enjoy Jack's game as much as I did. I kinda got burned out I think around rift 50 of dlc2 but it's a real gem. Honestly all TN games are.

>>715253178
Great game, one of the last that I truly enjoyed.

>>715254961
well i assume unreal engine is the easiest to learn
i only know because i did some shitty maps for ut2k4
i wish i could learn again but no games deserves moding anymore

>>715234767
its called the NTR game

>>715229201
if it's quick enough and you're fairly limber, what can often happen is you'll suffer hyperextension and get the ungodly mother of all charlie horses
and in the small of the back(I had horrific back spasms as a child) that's absolutely no joke
definitely needed an ER visit after that kinda fall either way

>>715255150
Fuckin hate this meme.

>>715248492
>Against the Storm
FAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGG-
>Age of Wonders 4
all is forgiven

>>715258042
I think it's fine but it is annoying how that's the only thing people mention when discussing sop

>>715212574 (OP)
30, I've never played a single Final Fantasy game, besides FFXIV a few years ago. I felt bad knowing that all of the references to the franchise were going right over my head.
I finally decided to try and play through them now, starting with FF1 (the original NES version because apparently the remakes kind of decimated the difficulty).

Boy is it grindy, unforgiving, and they don't explain a damned thing. I'm using wikis to see what the spells do (because what the heck is "Afir" or "Fast") but otherwise trying to find my own way through for the most part.

>>715228315
>skyrim but just can't for some reason
I skipped the early elder scrolls and started with skyrim. Skyrim is not a bad game, but its nothing more than that. It has no story, no redeeming qualities. Back then it had nice graphics compared to the rest of the bunch.

>>715258542
I would drop it if I was you. You can royally fuck your party if you don’t know what you’re doing. Besides, all the references came later. FF4 is the one to start with, 1,2, and 3 if you’re looking for the extra challenge.

>>715240525
>I miss cringe photos like this.
nowadays you cant be cringe anymore, people will bash you till death for it. It unironically better to be a murderous nigger then a cringelord

>>715259726
STFU chink
Nobody likes niggers or (you)

>>715259376
I feel like I'm pretty far in (just beat the Lich), and I'm kind of liking it honestly, I'm gonna try and stick it out unless things get really shit suddenly

But I am really looking forward to 4 (jump from the NES to SNES) and 7 (it's gotta be good if it's had like 10 remakes/spinoffs)

>>715222452
I still don’t really know what went wrong with Sly 4. The graphics I don't even know what happened, Sly looks like a fucking rat now, and aside from the Japan level and Rioichi himself most of it felt underwhelming.
The other ancestors didn’t feel fleshed out at all. I get that the story is about the timelines falling apart and the Coopers being erased, but that’s not exactly fun to play through. And their arcs all follow the same tired formula: “Thank goodness you’re here, but you’re too late.”
After all the buildup across three games, It felt like I finally got to meet these legendary ancestors just in time to miss out on actually playing as them at their best.
Honestly though, I’d still play it. At the very least, they didn’t recast the main voice actors besides Carmelita, which will never not be funny. The core trio still has some great banter, and the animated cutscenes are really well done.
That said, it’s just not… good. The characters feel like tropes now. Sly’s just cocky and overconfident to an extreme instead of the quick witted thief. Murray’s not The Murray anymore he’s just the fat one. Bentley, who used to be the thoughtful strategist, now comes off as condescending and even talks behind Sly’s back. That felt really off, especially after Sly 3, where he specifically rejected being anything like Dr. M. He doesn’t need Sly or Murray, sure, but they’re his friends and the game seems to forget that.
And then Carmelita, who’s basically been reduced to “the angry girlfriend.” She’s emotionally tied to Sly and doesn’t really stand on her own anymore.

>>715212574 (OP)
DS1 PTDE because it actually looks better than remastered.

34, only play osrs

>>715249827
It is mainly because people lump together all the open world games and think they all, in practice, all work the same.
In far cry and AC games, the side content IS the content. Usually if you do the main missions you finish the game quite quickly. In games like the witcher 3, they litter the map with "?" notifications and you dont even know what you are gotta get, but it is almost always just another camp with shitty lvl 1 enemies, or a fucking lvl 99 gryphon.
This isnt the case for FF7 rebirth.

>>715212574 (OP)
33. Playing Mario Kart World when i have free time. It's better than people say I think. About to go spray the weeds along my fence line again. POS neighbors put up a privacy fence right up against my chainlink fence and now there's no way to deal with anything that grows between then except to nuke it with chemicals.

37

finally finished the expedition with a stealth knife build
pretty fucking op

No idea what to do next

>>715212574 (OP)
33
have been playing steam world dig but for whatever reason I can't progress to the second area and I can't find anything else to mine. trying to figure out what the fuck is going on.

Still feel like a loser that can't catch a fucking break but I guess some people have worse than me.

>>715212574 (OP)
34 by Semptember, i'm about to upgrade my PC so it can run decently more recent stuff. I'll probably test the waters with another run of Elden Ring.

Haven't played anything in weeks because my PC gets unbearably hot and loud in the summer
I'm moving to a new place soon-ish where I'll have AC in my room, so I'll resume my playthroughs of CP2077 and Oblivion Remaster

i was doing the mini battle pass thing for ESO yesterday got it all finished surprisingly
also playing marvel rivals and got really annoyed that i missed the last mission for the free skin reward. i think it was locked behind a timer so it was physically impossible to

>>715212574 (OP)
30, almost a year NEET-ing,
I think i don't enjoy gaming anymore bros,
thinking of selling my gaming PC so i can spend my time better (applying for jobs, reading books, excercise more, etc)
but i'll probably spend most of it browsing 4chin as usual

Been playing Metal Gear Solid.

Metal Gear Solid = MGSV >>> MGS2=MGS3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MGS4>>>>>Dogshit>>>> revengeance and death stranding

that is all thanks for reading.

>>715212574 (OP)
Vermintide 2. At least i would if i hadn't connection issues all week.

Being born in the 90's in crazy.

It sucks that old people post on this board totally ruins the vibe

>>715212574 (OP)
36, I've been playing pic related for the first time and I'm currently be filtered by the final mission, feels bad man.

>>715248609
I'm glad to hear it, I'll definitely try to stick with it. I've had experiences before where I only started to really appreciate a game after I finished it.

>>715212574 (OP)
>I asked my mom

>>715263604
nice one seniletard

>>715212574 (OP)
playing magic arena, playing darktide, chillin'

waiting for my new computer (9800x3d/9070XT) to arrive so I can play games without turning everything down. (currently playing with an ancient i5-6600k / 2070).

it's harder to make buds with people online these days even though gamers are older now, just because modern day americans are really hard to deal with when you're european. i guess it's okay as long as you avoid saying anything remotely "woke". lmao

>>715263209
hipster take

>>715263670
Not that guy but I second his statements.

It's a surprising fantastic game. I played it probably 10 years ago but some of the scenes and characters are so good I still think about them to this day.

I should really replay it.

>>715212574 (OP)
I'm playing Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom with one of my daughters, and playing Donkey Kong Country Returns with my other daughter.

I've been doing streams lately because I want to talk with someone else about games and my old buddies are all either working all day or moved over to another state or died.
I probably need to do more than just streaming since I'm almost always just talking to myself, but I don't know a lot about this stuff. I just want to play vidya and share my thoughts with someone...

I'm 33, I do consulting for a mental health facility. I've been playing Death Stranding 2 and for this one I've been trying to avoid what I did in the first (trivialize all deliveries ASAP with roads/ziplines) and just enjoy the views. I got kind of sad and nostalgic about the start of the game in Arizona, it really looks EXACTLY like the Sonoran Desert I've hiked and dirtbiked all over.

>>715212574 (OP)
FF9

>>715263856
I wish I could bring myself to try Arena. I've spent far too much money on physical cards to justify paying for digital ones.

I'm going to head out to a local game store to play in person with randoms as I don't have any friends that play anymore, but I'm worried about dealing with woke crap. My town is incredibly left and one of the game stores was boycotted out of business when the owner was discovered to not be an "ally".

>>715213670
The double tiger fight in the Frigid Outskirts is the only hard part of DS2 to solo, but I recall there being at least one summon along the way. You still have to extremely aggressive to win since your summons will die in about one minute and if you don't kill at least one tiger before your summon dies then you are going to lose. The Ancient Dragon can be tough too, but is doable if you stack all possible fire defense buffs.

Never understood why people struggled with Fume Knight. If you're good at timing your rolls then he's pretty easy.

>>715220016
31 khv. I don't try. But I also don't care about going for it just so I can fit in with normies. I also need to fix everything else with my life first, so I'll probably be ready by the time I'm 40 and by then, it'll be so late, I will ascend from my biological programming.

>>715263570
Time will come for you as it does everyone.

>>715212574 (OP)
31 yo married anon with a baby on the way

I've unfortunately been in a rut of
>Buy huge fucking game
>Play either a little or a lot and set it aside
>Move onto another
For fucking years now.
I got a Switch 2 and that pushed me to finish TOTK and that was great. Glad I finished it and happy to put it aside until the kid is born and old enough to replay it with them.
Now I'm playing Death Stranding.

Games I started but are now sitting aside are: Cyberpunk, Elden Ring, Persona 5, and RDR2. Plus a replay of Half Life 2

I think Death Strandings gameplay loop, tight missions, are easy to digest in the small chunks I get/like to play vidya.

>>715212574 (OP)
33 and I played Lies of P. It was great I mean I suck at it but it was good. I also finished the DLC and got the Gunblade which is my favourite weapon in the entire game. Also Lea is a cute.

>>715212574 (OP)
Been playing this for 2 days straight, freakin love this game. I'm 41. The english VA is so bad it's funny.

>>715266601
Don't stress yourself out about not finishing games you aren't having fun with. Life is too short to feel obligated to push through media that bores you just because you want to justify your purchase or get your money's worth.

>>715234767
He's asking how japanese girls fuck

>>715266889
why is everyone so smug?

>>715266601
>31 yo marri-

Stopped reading.

>>715267210
They're going to BEAT.
YOU.
UP.

>33
Replaying TotK on Switch 2. I did the new MsgNotFound glitch

>>715212574 (OP)
Noticed the Sword of Jade win version has finally released on steam in January, so I've been playing that. It's exactly as good as I remember it, a lost ambitious jrpg masterpiece with a charmingly 18yo ayn rand screaming story.

It seems there have been some balance changes, but I'm shocked that Ensnare didn't get nerfed. Guess there are some encounters which are just unwinnable without it.

>the furry who made it has made comments under the steam page
>he plays mortal kombat unironically and has 1000+ hours in Destiny 2
Grim.

>>715212574 (OP)
Terminator Resistance

38 here, listen to the elder grandpa of this thread: go back handheld and play Pokémon

>>715214419
I've been trying to finish judgement for over 2 years now. My kid adores undertale/deltarune so there were periods of time where we only played fangames instead of me working on beating games on my backlog.

>>715214291
I was in this same boat until I decided to start obsessively watching movies. Think about the amount of time you spend looking at a TV, monitor or smart phone. I bet if you transfered just a small percentage of that to watching a movie, you could probably watch a movie every day without really sacrificing anything. With all of the different films made in the last 100 years, with each different era and region from which they hail, you have certainly not seen every movie you would have liked to. Just seems like an easy hobby because all you have to do is sit there.

>>715238797
>>715213752
Turning 45, myself, in August. I'm in education. so I have a bit of time to dick around in the coming weeks before I have to start prepping for the next school year. Sunk about 100 hours into Nightreign, so that's been kind of fun. I do kind of hate how all the randos have turned it into entirely a nonstop run for the highest tier items possible only and if a single thing doesn't pan out, they DC on you. The most fun I had was back when we were all learning it and you'd open a random chest just somewhere and a random purple would spawn and it would decide your playstyle for the rest of the run. I guess I'm just old and cranky now.

Other than that, I've been doing a little BG3 with my sister on weekends, working though my backlog (I love snapping up indie horror games on sale for no good reason), and waiting on some Fall releases: Kingmakers, Hell is Us, probably not Silent Hill f, maaaybe the Painkiller remake?

>>715218490
Just what ever you do, avoid gas station work. It may be good for a little bit to get on your feet but that's it. Use low end work like that as a spring board to a better job.

35.
I was playing Bejeweled 3 lately. Got some other games to play. I'm playing to replay the Half Life series, and Portal games and finish Vividlope. I'll also try to play Undertale. I am trying to get back to enjoying things in general.

>>715212574 (OP)
I'm playing octopath traveler, ghost of tsushima, kingmaker and rogue trader all at the same time, not loving any of them desu. Everything pales in comparison to expedition 33.

Just turned 30 this year. Mostly playing small cutesy indie games like point&click adventures.
I might get fired this year from a job I wasn't really qualified for, and I'm not sure if I can find something else afterwards. But oh well.
>>715216528
Absolute king

>>715216528
I went to college at 30 and only have the state exams and a bit of other stuff left, we're all gonna make it!

>>715220016
The crazy thing is I've had many oppertunities to not only have a GF but also not be kissless and my autism got the better of me every time.

>>715218490
Same man, it really does suck

diablo 2 resurrected while drinking bud light

Am I really a milleninal at 31? I feel so much closer to zoomers. It is a strange feeling. It also feels just like yesterday I was 19 and posting on /v/ while playing tribes ascend every day.

33
Started playing Crime Scene Cleaner, as it seemed more up my alley than other cleaning games. It's very relaxing. Also gonna pick up Donkey Kong Bananza this week. And I'm two days away from getting a nephew, which is awesome.

>>715229201
i had that happen to me and the vertebrae perforated my stomach and liver or kidney or something, but anyway i did survive technically and they fused my spine back together and after a few months i could walk again

>>715228646
Not that this applies to a lot of anon's here, I found out because I work on cars a lot and I lay on the ground with my head rolling around on the ground a lot, I was pulling my hair out if I didn't wear a hat. I kept it fairly long and it would get caught.

>>715267119
Yeah I'm not like overlay stressed about it. Honestly I got them all on sale besides Elden Ring which is probably both the reason I didn't feel obligated to keep playing them, as well as why I don't feel guilty not picking them up ... That and the fact that I know they're a bunch of big fucking time sinks. I didn't find any of them not fun but life gets in the way or I don't feel motivated to game at all

I miss the highschool/college/fresh out of college days when I had less obligations and could just spend all my waking free time gaming but I'm more at peace with that not being super realistic anymore.

I think if I get to these backlog chunkers then cool, if not then my kid(s) will.

>>715267270
You deserve love too anon

>tfw 35 year old NEET

>>715268275
Just find yourself a quirk chungus who thinks you're cool or something. You can tell yourself she's a practice gf.

>>715235672
>chocoholic
Is there something you needs to tell us anon?

>>715267210
they are all shitheads

>>715266601
I got 2 kids of my own. Don't play more than 1 long game at a time. Also elden ring and persona 5 are hella boring so I don't blame you

>>715246929
I did the same with my 1070 up until May. Nothing really warranted anything stronger and most new games were boring to me. I still impulse bought a 3070 for 200 though. I still use a 6700k and I don't plan on upgrading.

>>715259376
This. You can start with 4 if all you want is the callback information. 1, 2 and 3 are basically just novelties at this point - worth checking out for a bit but you don't need to complete them to understand the "experience" of them.

>>715267710
Does playing pokemon on my phone count? I've been playing romhacks. I used to do this on my PSP, I miss those days

>>715269174
Nice fat girls are angels. A lot of them will suck your dick just for the courtesy.

>>715269812
They are really only good for fucking though. They completely implode if you stick around for too long. It gets to their head or something, idk.

Turned 40 today. Currently playing Stellar Blade although I don't really enjoy it that much. Next up will be SaGa Frontier 2, that one I'm actually looking forward to.

>>715267858
This is the main issue with any online game these days - there is a glorious period where everyone is learning and having fun, trying out different things, etc and then it eventually gets "solved" and 99% of the players will just mold to exactly that and refuse to budge.

Same thing happened with Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. The first month or so that game was on 360 was the most fun I have ever had playing online with randoms - just lobby after lobby of people all playing different characters with different gear and just having fun...then the "4+ Soma and 1+ Charlotte" thing started...

>>715270046
They have extremely low self esteem leading to insecurity and mental problems

>>715267847
>discussing /tv/ on /v/

>>715220016
I never had one. Never liked the idea of dating and I'm not Indian so no one's gonna pick one for me.
Gaming is more fun that talking to women anyway.

>>715220016
My heart breaks for any guy who never experienced teenage summer love.

>>715268768
I don't want love, I want to die. I want a GOOD DEATH.

>>715212574 (OP)
>35
>last year med school

playing the shit out of white knuckle rn

I learned to just avoid games that have shitty padding mechanics - so all F2P, all modern multiplayer games, etc. Time is valuable and gameplay is king.

>>715212574 (OP)
is 30 a hard limit in human lifespan?
If you are 31 , you are a ancient asshole?

we're all gonna make it bros

>>715270619
you start to feel your age around 35

>>715270619
No but by then you are expected to be established with a house, family, career etc.

>>715263209
Play Peace Walker anon
Really contextualises mgsv
it's also the best mgs

>>715270675
not me, not in this world. I'm here to suffer than my soul can go where it belongs

>>715270695
As a bonus, it is also where the don't give a fuck arc begins.

>>715270619
Yes. You feels your bones start to creak and feel tired much more easily. I'm not using hyperbole here, I became 30 and it was fucking rough.

38y

chivalry2
replaying rogue trader
the only new game i played this year was exp33

everything else in my gigantic backlog im just too lazy to start and invest the time to get into

>>715212574 (OP)
What's wrong with his chin?

>>715212574 (OP)

>>715212760
Same, but I'm working on an online service.
Being burnt the fuck out at my regular software dev job doesn't help.

>>715270675
I'm seeing a lot of normies itt with shit i can only ever imagine of having. I'm never going to be able to achieve that.

>>715212574 (OP)
Gears Tactics
I hate it here

>>715270675
You don’t know me. You don’t know what I’m going through. You think just saying stuff makes it real? What are you, twelve?

>>715271609
Nta, but the only thing stopping you is you. Grow some balls.

>>715271585
The normalfags are full of shit. They start off with mentioning all the things they have (job, house, wife, kids) and the followed with a second paragraph about how much they don’t time for video games or how tired they feel or how much their life sucks.

>>715270675
I hope so, I want to have nice things for a change.

>>715271768
Blow it out your ass.

I'm finally going to beat REmake. I think I've gotten a few hours in and dropped it at least 3 times since I first got the game when I was 14 or something and was too scared to play it

>>715270675
just be happy
it's as fucking simple as that. Being happy is a choice

>>715271585
me too bro

>>715271905
I did, right from behind my swinging balls.

>>715271908
finish re1 first ! !

>>715272084
I beat Deadly Silence when I was a teenager because playing it with PSX graphics on a tiny DS screen was nowhere near as scary

>>715212574 (OP)
33, Rimworld, remembering how slow the base game is.
>>715270675
I'm hoping to have at least another 67 years on this planet. I sincerely hope things get better, but I only see hard times ahead.

I'm playing a game called making money and fucking my wife

oh, but tell me about your cool camos or whatever

>>715269784
You know it doesn't

>>715212574 (OP)
Currently at Rusty Maiden in Metal Max 3 (Yes, the entire franchise is based off of Mad Max, and you can actually pilot and customize your tanks weapons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URKeIQsnOGA

>>715272347
>fucking my wife
Multiplayer garbage, get better tastes.

>>715271609
Aren't you over 30? If that mindset is really somehow beneath you, you're only implicating that a 12 year old is more mature than you are.

>>715272347
>Goy wageslave
>Married to obese foid
can't get anymore boomer than that

Playing Helldivers 2 and Total Warhammer 3, the closest thing to a “story” game I’ve played in the last 5 years was Oblivion.

I’m tired, lads. I want games that understand they’re games, and let me play them within an hour of starting it up. If I wanted a story I’d play in a tabletop campaign with my boys, and if I wanted mindless busywork I’d pull weeds in the garden or make firewood for fall. I had a lot of fun with ZZZ but I can only take it in 1-2 week bursts or else it becomes busywork.

>>715273079
>Helldivers 2

I played this with friends back when it first came out and they all dropped it, so I have no one to play with. I heard they added a ton of shit. How is it now? The performance got worse with every update back when it launched.

>>715212574 (OP)
I don't want to make this into an FFX thread but I really enjoy the instrumentation of Yuna's theme I think it is wonderful with its harpsichord and the final xylophone leaving that childish longing...
It's wonderful

>>715216528
>got a job after being unemployed
fake
>easy to make rent
fake

Whatever you do, don't do a PhD

>>715216528
Fuck time. Time doesn't tell you. You tell Time.

>>715274509
I'd go even further and say, don't go to university unless you have a VERY clear image of what it will enable you to do.
Was easily the worst decision in my life and ruined it in a lot of ways.

>>715273175
Any comparison would be guesswork. I bought it in January just before they added the Illuminate. It’s total guesswork; sometimes it runs great, other times it feels like my connection’s held together by bits of twine. The average seems to be good, though, and the game is still flawlessly cinematic.

I’ve definitely hit the end state of the game, though. That point where the only currency that matters are Super Credits, and you only really play to enjoy the game itself. With that in mind, it’s fantastic. Helldivers 2 has an awesome end state, though I’m finally going to cave and be a good goy with a $20 SC purchase. I’ve already internalized it as being my way to secure the next 4 Warbonds, and that paying $60 for a game I’ve already put 400hrs into is a damn good deal, especially since I’ve bought full-price games I’ve beaten in less than 12 hours (looking at you, Doom Eternal.)

>>715272347
ntr fetishists aren't human

>>715270805
hey, this is literally MGSV at buttery smooth 15fps. Kojima is a hack

>>715274509
A masters degree was more than enough academia for me
Plus I lack the discipline for a PhD

>>715214141
Look I haven't played it okay, I just need to take part in the culture war so that I can feel like part of something. kys tranny

>>715270735
Bullshit
In this day and age most people can't afford any of those things by 30

>>715220016
36 khv. Don't worry about it, you'll give up after awhile.

36, now I'm really aware of how long is a typical first-time playthrough before purchasing a game. I can no longer do 60h+ games

>>715274509
I've been considering it maybe another two or three years down the line, but I have a masters and a decent engineering job for now. I know it would lock me into research if I did find a university that would take me back after a few years of work, but why do you think it's a bad call?

>>715212574 (OP)
1 hour of genshin daily, mostly shitposting, watching they/thems speedrun games fast this week

>>715212574 (OP)
Listenin, I'm so drunk riht now that if I'm rihgh now, if I had a name right now I'd be Soppy Wet Towel, I think I'm gjust going to finihs DKC2 but thats about it

39yo, currently playing e33. Last month my wife and I were shopping on main street and decided to stop into the retro underground game store, I haven't been inside a game store for over a decade. They were having a smash tournament. She complained that it stunk inside, but besides that I was thrown off by how many mtf trannies were there. I swear it's like the neckbeards from back in the day traded in their fedoras for ill fitting dresses. Just a bunch of fat disgusting dudes pretending to be woman. I'll stick to playing video games either single player or with my kids.

>>715212574 (OP)
31
lets see this year I've played and finished Wukong, metaphor, Doom Dark Ages, Avowed, last of us 1, Blades of Fire, FFXVI, Oblivion remastered, MH Wilds.

Dropped list:
POE2(dropped but I did play a lot), Rise of Ronin(dropped but I did play a lot), dragon quest 11(dropped but I did play a lot)

Games which I still play in between other games: WH3, MTGA, AOW4 and a bunch of other stuff.

Games that I've stopped playing for now either because I'm burned out and basically have seen all there is to see(marvel rivals) and because I dislike the new region and its aesthetics(genshin) medieval fantasy>over this weird ass setting.

As for games that I'm planning to play, maybe I'll finally get into Helldivers 2 since I've been putting it off for so long now. I have a HoMM itch regardless of how Olden Era turns out but sadly early access has been postponed. Ah and also maybe I'll check out first berserker finally, endless legend 2 is also on the horizon so will grab that as well, that's about it when it comes to games.

>>715212574 (OP)
I'm wasting time on Mario Kart World with /v/tards these days.

Before that, I played each of the Xenoblade titles at least 10 times each.

Now I'm just waiting for the graphics updates to come out.

I think I could play FF7: Stillbirth, but I thought the first one was really bad. The first one was the first new game I played for a while. Big mistake on my part.

>>715280819
>SlopConsumer award received

>>715280356
Austin?

>>715281356
I only play what I enjoy otherwise I drop them.

>>715280356
Its different now, dont let your kids get into video essays, video game addiction, gacha, discord, any of that shit. Good luck

>>715212574 (OP)
33. Me and the buddy both had the week off so we put 30ish hours into Satisfactory. He tends to build quick and dirty and I plan better for operating at scale, so it synergizes well. Other than that I picked up a dozen random cheap games in the steam sale so I'm chipping my way through those. Sadly Creepy Castle, Elephantasy, and Copy Kitty all weren't quite what I'm after.

>>715212574 (OP)
Damn that striking is uncanny. He looks JUST like Cloud.

>>715212574 (OP)
Age: 38
Currently playing: Witch Spring R
Thoughts: This game is cuteness-overload

>>715265018
Streams are cringe, just make youtube content. Compressed videos where you share your thoughts.

41, currently playing Rise of the Ronin on pc and having a fucking blast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXSugjtzM4c
>2 hours, 43 minutes for all possible moves plus their actual combat application
Any other open world game cant even hope to hold a fucking candle to the combat

>>715283474
not that anon
i just ignore my twitch channel
>stream/record
>focus on youtube
>ignore twitch
of course i dont talk i spend most of the day throwing racist jokes around my friends . dont want to get banned

>>715283501
How's the performance? That's been my main point of reticence towards getting it on PC