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Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 13th (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 days ago by chloyster@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Whatcha all playing?

Continue to be away so not much except some crosswords and nonograms on my phone. Going back to ds2 when I get back though!

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[–] axib@beehaw.org 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I recently discovered Celeste and love it so far. It's a skilled platformer that doesn't seem as punishing (edit) compared to other platformers that I've played, but still challenging enough to be satisfying. (edit: And the base story difficulty is not as bad as some other platformer games). The story is also really nice (overcoming depression and mental health stuff), not something I usually play but I was really engaged with it, and communicated in a nice simple way (not a ton of cutscenes like story-heavy games). edit: Celeste is similar to Hollow Knight, though I got stuck at a part of Hollow Knight and haven't picked it back up in a while. Celeste is much easier than N++ and Super Meat Boy, IMO.

(I had intended to play it on my 4k TV, but I found that it has a significant delay that makes it hard, and I somehow didn't notice it in other games. It's much easier to play on my PC).

Also RE the OP's mention of simple phone games, I really like "Simon Tatham's Puzzles": iOS, Android on Google Play and F-Droid. It's a collection of simple puzzle games that I enjoy idly playing for a few minutes at a time.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Isn't Celeste supposed to be rather difficult? Or is that the Ori games? Or both? Regardless, I don't think I'll ever play these games sadly as I'm not a god gamer, and I especially suck at platforming. Same reason I don't think I'll ever attempt Hollow Knight either.

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's very difficult at the hardest level but it ramps you up very smoothly. The main story is something most people (and children) can beat fairly easily, getting all the strawberries takes some time and some tighter skill but it quite forgiving and generally requires only one "advanced" move at a time. After that you get B sides and C sides which are when the real challenge starts and you have to start chaining multiple advanced moves together.IMO it's an amazing game for transitioning from a casual platformer to a "hardcore" platformer if that is something you want to do, but you can also stop at a casual level and still get a full experience. There's also an accessibility easy option if you really just want to get the story.

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

It was really difficult for me, although I don't play platformer games much

[–] axib@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago

It is fairly difficult, but there are a few reasons why I found the difficulty more pleasant:

pacing: the most difficult parts you'll first encounter are optional bonus objectives (strawberries) that you can skip and come back to later. So you can take your time and get them as you go when you feel like it, and if you get frustrated you can continue with the main storyline for a bit (this happened to me a few times when I was playing, so it was basically continuous enjoyment)
very forgiving: in Hollow Knight, it's like Dark Souls where if you die, you lose your in-game currency and need to make your way back to your corpse to recover it, and if you die again then you lose it completely. But in Celeste, you get a checkpoint at every "screen", so it's very forgiving to experiment new techniques and just keep trying over and over again. There are some longer patches so that it doesn't feel too easy, but overall I really liked it
most of the storyline is accessible without having to do much extra. There are some more challenging levels at the end that require finding some hidden unlocks earlier in the game, and beating some tougher challenges that I'm going through now.

But fair point, even the base storyline is quite challenging, especially if you don't love this genre. I'll edit my comment to be more clear. They do add some "assist mode" to make it easier if you want to enjoy the story, but I'm not sure if it's still fun to play it that way.