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Let us know what games are you playing this week. Have you been enjoying it? Have you any recommendations?

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Replaying Hellblade. I absolutely loved it on my first play-through a couple of years back, and I’m excited to go through it again.

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The sound design on that game is amazing.

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I’m so bad at games, I got stuck at one of the earlier levels in this before abandoning it lol but it is such a beautiful game, I’m definitely going to try it out again sometime when I get better!

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FF6. Not playing the pixel remaster, but the “Ted Woosley Uncensored” patch with bug fixes. I’ve tried many times to play this, and I’m now the furthest I’ve ever been through it! Have also started Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart on PS+, and I really should be playing that before it inevitably gets removed, but I’m sticking with FF6.

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Hades. I’m not a fan of rogue-like games, but this one is awesome! I bought it second time on a different platform and trying to beat it on 100% again. I think for me one of the most appealing things of that game isdesign. Like, it’s done amazingly well, “with love and care” one would say

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For me it is Hades as well. Impulse purchase and I like so far. I’m progressing very slowly though. Still hesitant to active Godmode.

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@MrPozor @uglo don’t hesitate if you feel like you want to progress the story. The boost is pretty transparent, I believe it’s like -10% damage on each subsequent run where you die. If you quit the game you start again with without any buff.

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Hades is so cool, what’s the highest heat you’ve played?

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4 points

Hollow Knight - started last week and got through initial frustration, now I’m enjoying it and expect to love it by the end!

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It’s an amazing game, you end up feeling quite immersed. I love it.

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Personally, I’m not a big fan of metroidvanias, but HK is the best metroidvania I’ve ever seen

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Ahh another game I need to finish! My track record with Metroidvanias is terrible.

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This weekend I managed to get in some time with Boltgun and Signals. Apparently I was in need of chunky pixels.

Botgun - Warhammer 40,000 boomer-shooter nonsense.

Signals - Dead space but Silent Hill via the inventory management from RE (6 slots are enough for anyone, right?)

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I just finished signalis today. What do you think about game with abstract/obscure style of narrative? Where you have to speculate a lot, fill the gaps yourself and maybe, ultimately, getting out without any clear picture, about wtf happened there at all lol?

It’s one of those types of games. I personally tend to like them. Pathologic, for example, is one of most special gaming experiences for me. But after finishing Signalis, I felt mostly frustrated with how incoplete the story was - I haven’t even managed to feel any connection with the protagonist and her goal.

Anyway, yeah, it’s a great game, that will definitely live in my head for some days, but it’s a shame the story didn’t click for me.

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Yeh, I don’t know how far in I am, probably not very, I just entered the mines. I suspect much of the plot is passing me by. Though understanding German is probably a help.

The plot not making much sense is very Silent Hill. You basically needed to get a secret ending to have any idea at all what was going on in SH1. Got the same vibe here.

But I’m happy soaking up the atmosphere and looking at the freaky shit.

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I’m not the most patient gamer, and usually I would skip story/lore related notes in games, and even main story cutscenes. Here I was kinda invested.

I looked through the wiki for a couple of hours, and I got the impression, that even the connections between the main story bits are just fans’ speculations. But anyway, I think, it would be a good idea to recollect the facts on your own, read about the references and build your own picture first before checking online - I feel like I kinda spoiled it for myself a bit by rushing to the wiki.

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Signalis is a masterpiece that will not get out of my brain. And I’m not even big into survival horror.

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