Topic: What (Non-PS4) game are you playing??

The list is long, but I will limit myself to only the games I play in the last month.

Path of Exile (PoE)

I spend the most time on the Path of Exile, this is my favorite MMO game. Some people love killing monsters in PoE, I am very much into economic and alchemical aspects - which is about collecting and buying poe currency and crafting new items using poe orbs. In this I find the most fun.

PlayerUnknown's BattlegGounds (PUBG)

The game I play almost every day, but I manage to win only once, sometimes twice a month. A complete and quite realistic Battle Royal type game with a very high level of difficulty (I do not think there is any matchmaking here).
In my opinion, one of the better games that have been created in recent years.
However, most often I return to PoE, also due to financial reasons, because buying and selling poe currency is pure gold - that's why in PoE we should have our own opinion and buy currency in trusted PoE Markets - or poe store.
It is not an unprecedented fact that wise people have more orbs, but currency lies on the street - it is enough to pick them up or buy them https://odealo.com/games/path-of-exile

Celebrating 10 years of Dead Space playing it again on my fat 360 which keeps working somehow!

I haven't been showing either of my DSes much love recently, so I've started playing Fire Emblem Echoes again, tackling the postgame dungeon. Well, specifically the boat ride there at the moment. I also haven't finished Ocarina of Time on 3DS yet, so there's also that.

On my old DS, I also have New Super Mario Bros. (almost done) and Mario 64 DS (about halfway). And whenever I get to it, there's still the postgame for The World Ends With You.

@DerMeister I enjoyed New Super Mario Bros alot when I played through it a few years ago before that I never played it. I can see why it sparked the whole New SMB series there, after years of 3D style Mario games NSMB was such a refreashing change and it was done really well. It felt to me like it was a proper sequel to SMW. When you finish I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.

I've been ignoring my PS4 for months now, but I've decided to try and finish at least one PS4 game a month going forward until I bring my backlog into shape (five games or less is what I'm comfortable with). Not including PS+ games, of course.

I still mostly play on my Switch, though. Having a lot of fun with Splatoon 2 and Ys VIII, although I'm very close to pulling the trigger on Octopath Traveler.

@Ralizah Do it man. I've sunk 26 hours into Octopath since Friday. It's really good.

I was enjoying YIIIs a bit but it got tiresome quickly so I've let that one go. Not for me.

@kyleforrester87 I've largely gotten over my concern about the lack of party interaction in this game. This is about a bunch of strangers traveling together on their own respective journeys, and that's fine. Games like Xenoblade Chronicles 2 where the party feels almost like a family unit by the end are wonderful, but not every JRPG is going to be, or even should be, like that.

Octopath's visual style, music, and combat are all pretty awesome, and I really like how it goes against the grain by resisting the totalizing and often apocalyptic overarching plots the genre is known for.

@Ralizah yeah man. And the lack of interaction honestly isn't really a big deal, at least in my opinion. I'm really enjoying the games structure and the "travel banter" moments are a nice touch. Despite the stories being separate it does still feel like everyone's on a journey together, and there is plenty of interaction between the main party character and supporting cast during their story sections.

Of course, a more interwoven story would be even better, but I can appreciate why they weren't able to do it, and it shouldn't really detract from all the other awesome aspects.

Perhaps it's something they can build on in some kind of sequel?!

But yeah, leave your doubts at the door and enjoy it for what it is.

I haven't had much time for gaming this last week after taking on more responsibility at work but I've been ploughing through Golf Story on the Switch. Real gem of an indie and suits Switch perfectly.

@JoeBlogs Congrats! Hard mode is a beast, though.

Started playing Ori and the Blind Forest last night on Xbox One and what a treat this game is. The graphics are gorgeous. Gameplay wise it's a Metroidvania but that's ok. If you have a Xbox One or a PC this is a must play title.

Currently playing Enter the Gungeon on my switch, and playing fallout 3 for ATLEAST the 4th time on pc.

Spent about an hour on Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker this morning. Cleared the first 8 levels with all gems and all but one special objective. Pretty unique and charming so far.

Also started up Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon recently, and am on the last level. I haven't had much experience with Castlevania before (other than Adventure & the demo for Mirror of Fate both on 3DS), but I'm really enjoying this. I'm playing "Casual" (infinite lives) right now, but once I'm through I'm gonna try a "Classic" run (as far as I can tell, I would've lost about 5 or 6 lives about now if they were enabled).

Both on Switch.

@RR529 Don't want to sound rude but you can't compare Mirror of Fate to Classic Castlevanias they are two different styles of games. In fact the only comparison they have is they have Castlevania in their names.

It be like me saying I drove a Model T and a Formula 1 race car and comparing the two. Yeah they both are cars but nothing alike.

@RR529 I enjoyed Curse of the Moon a lot. Nightmare mode was quite fun to go through. Nice little game that scratches the classic 'vania itch.

@Kidfried It surprised me a lot considering it was a Kickstarter stretch goal - they really nailed it. I played it on the Vita because I love its D-pad.

Cannot wait for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. A lot of people have moaned about it but I think it looks ace!

@Kidfried Yeah, I'm not too keen on the 2.5D, preferring the lovely pixel art of Iga's Castlevania games. The 8-bit style of Curse of the Moon is really detailed and colourful.

@KratosMD If MGS4 ever got the remastered (it won't) I would jump at the chance to get it. MGSV never clicked with me for various reasons and would love to play a more 'traditional' MGS game again.

It'll make even more sense when you fully finish MGS4 too!

That game was a weird one as I think I had a blast playing it at the time but, like MGS5, it was soooo long that I was never going to replay it, whereas MGS 1-3 I must have played through loads of times each (I think I collected every dog tag in MGS2 despite there being no incentive to do so).

I take it you played Peace Walker on console though? It was one of only a few games I ever got for my PSP and was utterly enthralled by it on that. Playing it on console must be great but, again, it's not something I'd feel the urge to go back for.

Oh, and as for me, I'm working night shifts this week so will probably get another game of Civ 5 on the go on my ageing Macbook. It does get a tad annoying as the game makes it go super hot so I have to close the game down every now and again to stop it from imploding..