Rocket League, Diablo 4, and Minecraft are all games I've played cross play and have never felt compelled to spend a dime after the initial purchase.

I love my modded Vita. It's a perfect little handheld emulation machine.

Man, I've thought these exact thoughts so often.

I'm doing a Druid and not looking at build guides, just doing what seems fun. I use Storm Strike and the Werewolf core ability with various synergies that cause them to build off of each other. I'm only around level 25 but it's a lot of fun so far.

Reddit is Fun for around 10 years, Bacon Reader for around 2 years before that. I have quit Reddit since last week and don't intend to ever go again outside of the random Google search result.

Tears of the Kingdom Diablo IV Dark Souls 3 Final Fantasy XVI demo

FF12 is my favorite Final Fantasy after 6.

Pausing during cut scenes is huge.

I finished the demo this morning and pre-order the game. It's light, fun, easy combat similar to Nier Automata or Kingdom Hearts mixed with a good story and voice acting and beautiful visuals. It is definitely very different than previous Final Fantasy games, though.

Also, FightingCowboy on YouTube has great build videos. And in is through walkthrough of DS3, he does a Quality build.

In every Souls game, a quality build is a great first playthrough build. With Quality, you prioritize STR and DEX more or less equally until you find a weapon that suits you and then stop leveling up the stat you don't need. Other points can go to health and stamina.

Alternatively, the Sellsword class starts with one of the best weapons in the game, the Sellsword Twinblades. They particularly pair well with a DEX build.

Yeah, I'm trying to decide between making a new character or finishing the level 50ish wizard play through I never finished.

As is the tradition.

Enh, just switch between them. I usually play only 2 at a time, sometimes just 1.

Same, actually.

Red Dead Redemption was the last game I beat, about 3 weeks ago. Currently playing Diablo 4, Tears of the Kingdom, and Marvel Snap.

Does that include your saved posts? That's what I'm worried about losing the most.

I 100% agree with your colleague, though I don't agree with his purity test. You're allowed to feel the way you do about medicine and still use whatever products you want. But, yeah, I don't own or use any Apple products, though I would like to own and restore an Apple IIe.

Chrono Trigger

Final Fantasy 6 (the opera aria was played at my wedding)

Castlevania 3, specifically the six channel Famicom version

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

I'm old, if you couldn't tell

This is great news, thanks. I played the game originally on Stadia (actually made $40 profit) and intended to replay it anyway, but this sounds even better.

I'm reading The Fifth Civilization by Peter Bingham Pankratz. It's very good, sort of a blend of Mass Effect and the first book of The Expanse.

If you liked Persona 5 then don't sleep on Persona 4 Golden. And there's an upcoming remake of the excellent Persona 3, but they recently ported Persona 3 Portable to modern systems if you don't want to wait.

If you want something more traditional, I think Chrono Trigger holds up very well and is very accessible for new players compared to some of the other JRPGs of its era. If you want something traditional but a bit more modern, I think Final Fantasy 9,10, and 12 are all very easy to pick up and are on basically every system.

-I'm currently playing on PS5 and I love it. I have had zero bugs. -I don't find it very complicated, but it is more so than the previous entries. -It's easily the best the series has been in 20 years.

Ok, everyone telling you no mods isn't wrong, BUT...I kind of find a few mods to be all but essential. Specifically, making your horse invincible but also unable to do damage will really save you a headache. You want both because if he's invincible then he'll just start kicking dragons to death. And then SkyUI because the default UI is awful.

Those look great!

I personally agree that they are, but I recognize that that's nostalgia. My 11 year-old's favorite is Sword/Shield. He tried some of the older ones but couldn't get into them. I think the oldest one he's enjoyed was X/Y.

I'm not sure what my favorite is. My family and friends and I love Pandemic, Catan, Ticket to Ride, Throw Throw Burrito, and the first Walking Dead board game, the name of which is escaping me currently.

Oh, yes, but I wasn't subbed. Thanks!

Oh, yes, but I wasn't subbed. Thanks!

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out.

Every few months, I will do a randomizer run of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I've played it so much that it's like taking a relaxing walk through a familiar neighborhood. It also has a great soundtrack.

I'm a Dark Souls addict, so Iron Pineapple, Ymfah, VaatiVidya, Lobos Jr, and The Backlogs are all weekly watches for me.

And of course the MVP, Dunkey.

So, Breath of the Wild is my favorite video game of all time, and Tears of the Kingdom is BotW+++, so I'm doing great game wise. I also started Diablo 4 last night and so far I love it. It's like if they took Diablo 2, then added in only the good parts of Diablo 3. I might change my tune as I continue, but so far I'm loving it. I'm still enjoying my daily Marvel Snap addiction, but I've gone from regular sitting in the 70s to struggling to break out of the 40s. But still fun, even if I lose, which is a mark of a good game.

Will do :)

Yeah, I figured that out last night, thankfully.

Yeah, same

Definitely, I'd wager. Check out https://www.nexusmods.com/kotor and https://www.nexusmods.com/kotor2

There's basically a mod for everything. If you just want to play the game on easy to enjoy the roleplay and story, use the save editor and give yourself godly stats.

I was 14 when Ocarina of Time came out and it was my favorite video game for a decade or more. Now, I rank it kind of middle of the pack. I don't think it holds up as well as the 2d games or most of the 3d games, but it was groundbreaking at the time.

To avoid recency bias, I'm going to not say Tears of the Kingdom and say Breath of the Wild, which is my all-time favorite video game. Not counting the newest game, my top 5 are:

1. Breath of the Wild
2. Wind Waker HD
3. A Link to the Past
4. The Legend of Zelda
5. Twilight Princess