What are you playing currently?
Previous Iterations:
2024
I'm aware the dates aren't exactly right but I like to keep things refered to their planned date. They are still weekly after all.
#1 --- 043 - [07 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #43 -- mayflyalt 
#2 --- 044 - [14 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #44 -- lc
#3 --- 045 - [21 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #45 -- lc
#4 --- 046 - [28 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #46 -- lc
#5 --- 047 - [04 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #47 -- lc
#6 --- 048 - [11 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #48 -- lc
#7 --- 049 - [18 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #49 -- lc
#8 --- 050 - [25 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #50 -- lc
#9 --- 051 - [03 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #51 -- lc
#10 --- 052 - [10 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #52 -- lc
#11 --- 053 - [17 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #53 -- Ninjjer 
#12 --- 054 - [25 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #54 -- lc
#13 --- 055 - [7 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #55 -- Ninjjer
#14 --- 056 - [14 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #56 -- Ninjjer
#15 --- 057 - [21 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #57 -- Ninjjer
#16 --- 058 - [28 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #58 -- Ninjjer
#17 --- 059 - [5 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #59 -- RWBY
#18 --- 060 - [12 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #60 -- Ninjjer
#19 --- 061 - [12 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #61 -- Ninjjer
#20 --- 062 - [26 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #62 -- Ninjjer
#21 --- 063 - [2 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #63 -- RWBY
#22 --- 064 - [9 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #64 -- RWBY
#23 --- 065 - [16 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #65 -- Ninjjer
#24 --- 066 - [23 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #66 -- Ninjjer
#25 --- 067 - [30 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #67 -- Ninjjer
#26 --- 068 - [7 July 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #68 -- Ninjjer
#27 --- 069 - [14 July 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #69 -- Ninjjer
#28 --- 070 - [21 July 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #70 -- Ninjjer
#29 --- 071 - [28 July 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #71 -- Ninjjer
#30 --- 072 - [4 Aug 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #72 -- Ninjjer
#31 --- 073 - [11 Aug 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #73 -- Ninjjer
#32 --- 074 - [18 Aug 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #74 -- Ninjjer
#33 --- 075 - [1 Sept 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #75 -- Ninjjer
2023
I'm aware there are previous weekly or so megathreads and I'll eventually add them ( green = official, red = fake, yellow = misc, blue = losercel)
#0 - [22 Jan 2023] - some1 should make weekly vidya threads marseytf2spy
#1 - [28 Jan 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" Thread #1
#2 - [4 Feb 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" thread #2
#3 - [11 Feb 2023] - Weekly Gaming Thread #3
#3.5 - [13 Feb 2023] - [Weekly Gaming Thread 2] You will own no NFTs of video game microtransactions and you will be happy edition-- dramamine
#4 - [18 Feb 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing?' thread #4
#4.5 - [20 Feb 2023] - Welcome to the new weekly vidya thread! Week 1 - 2/20/23 -- robotron2084
#5 - [25 Feb 2023] - Weekly "What're You Playing" Community Thread #5
#5.5 - [2 Mar 2023] - So, what do you dipshits play all day? -- horned waifu shill
#6 - [4 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing' Thread #6
#7 - [11 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' thread #7
#8 - [18 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #8
#9 - [25 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing?' thread #9
#10 - [1 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing?' Thread: #10: Whooaaaa Those are some HILARIOUS patch notes edition
#11 - [8 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing' Thread #11
#12 - [15 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing' thread #12
#13 - [23 Apr 2023] - What're you playing thread #idk
#14 - [29 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What Are You Playing' thread #14
#15(1) - [6 May 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' thread #15
#15(1).5 - [10 May 2023] - marseyg*mer Gaming Thread - What are you playing this week? -- cynic
#15(2) - [13 May 2023] - Weekend 'What've you been playing?' Thread #15 -- he fricked up the ordering here I'll just go with it
#16 - [20 May 2023] - Weekly "What Are You Playing?" Thread #16
#16.5 - [28 May 2023] - Weekly "What are you playing" thread -- carp
#17 - [3 Jun 2023] - Weekly "What have you been playing?" Thread #new one
#18 - [10 Jun 2023] - Weekly "What are you playing" thread #18
#19 - [17 Jun 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing' thread #19!
#20(1) - [24 Jun 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are you Playing?' Thread #20: Modern Warfare III
#20(2) - [1 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #20: Summer Salestice -- same reason as above
#21 - [10 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #21: loli_esports forgot got chudded edition -- basad
#23 - [15 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing?' thread #I think it's actually 23 -- should be 22 but I'll go with his ordering
#24 - [22 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing?' thread #24: Lot of stuff coming out all of a sudden, feels like
#25 - [29 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What games have you been playing' thread #25
#26 - [5 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #26
#27 - [12 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #27
#28 - [19 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #28
#29 - [26 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #29
#30 - [2 Sep 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #30
#31 - [9 Sep 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #31
#32 - [16 Sep 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #32
#33 - [23 Sep 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #33
#34 - [30 Sep 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread # 34
#35 - [7 Oct 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #35
#36 - [27 Oct 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #36 -- tulpa
#37 - [26 Nov 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #37 -- losercel
#38 - [03 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #38 -- losercel
#39 - [10 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #39 -- losercel
#40 - [17 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #40 -- losercel
#41 - [24 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #41 -- losercel
#42 - [31 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #42 -- losercel
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Last week's game: Devil Daggers
Final Score: (10*3+9*0+8*1+7*2+6*2+5*0+4*0+3*0+2*0+1*1)/(3+0+1+2+2+0+0+0+0+1) = 7.2
All Previous Games:
[26. Nov 2023] Hades = 7.60
[3 Dec 2023] Rimworld = 8.93
[10 Dec 2023] Baldur's Gate 3 = 7.54
[17 Dec 2023] Age of Empires 2 = 8.59
[24 Dec 2023] GTA V = 6.62
[14 Jan 2024] Skyrim = 7.25
[21 Jan 2024] Cuphead = 6.97
[28 Jan 2024] Celeste = 5.27
[04 Feb 2024] Planescape Torment = 9.33
[11 Feb 2024] Palworld = 7.39
[18 Feb 2024] Nier Automata = 5.80
[24 Feb 2024] Might and Magic 6 = 5.33
[04 Mar 2024] Balatro = 9
[11 Mar 2024] Helldivers 2 = 7.3
[17 Mar 2024] Heroes of the Storm = 6.79
[25 Mar 2024] Dwarf Fortress = 7.81
[7 Apr 2024] No Man's Sky = 5.96
[14 Apr 2024] Lethal Company = 6.25
[21 Apr 2024] SpaceChem = 6.91
[12 May 2024] Fallout 4 = 5.33
[19 May 2024] Disco Elysium = 7.13
[26 May 2024] Crusader Kings 3 = 6.75
[2 Jun 2024] Warthunder = 3.63
[9 Jun 2024] Dragon Age Origins = 7.69
[16 Jun 2024] Halo: Combat Evolved = 7.85
[23 Jun 2024] Elden Ring = 7.91
[30 Jun 2024] Kenshi = 6.70
[7 Jul 2024] Two Point Hospital = 7.4
[14 Jul 2024] Stardew Valley = 7.43
[21 Jul 2024] Teardown = 6.87
[28 Jul 2024] Lobotomy Corporation = 6.05
[4 Aug 2024] Elite: Dangerous = 6.27
[11 Aug 2024] Enter the Gungeon = 6.92
[18 Aug 2024] Fortnite = 5.87
Game to Discuss?
This week, let's discuss Hollow Knight. At one point I'd thought it was a 2D dark souls, but in replaying it (some) this week, it seems like it's actually a more typical metroidvania! Who woulda thought? It's shockingly well put together, especially considering that it's an indie game, with gorgeous art and a decent soundtrack. Enemies are pretty varied. The losing your soul on death mechanic is pretty annoying, and doesn't really make a big difference in how the game works, but there are few other missteps. Discuss below, and vote in the pinned comment.
Future game discussions:
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September 29: Huniepop 
carp, capy, geto, donger pin please 
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I've been playing Age of Mythology Retold. I guess this can be a mini review.
It's a pretty solid remake, although clearly done on a shoestring budget given how cheap a lot of the 2D art and menus feel. It also continues the strange trend with more modern 'Age of' titles in being completely bloodless, which in conjunction with the conspicuous redesign of a couple of units is almost certainly done to peepeeride the Chinese market.
It actually makes readability of fights an issue: since there's no blood and no corpses left behind after a battle, in large fights it can be quite difficult to tell what's going on until the fight is over, to the point where I've had battles I thought I was losing where I came out with only minor losses. Compare this to something like Starcraft 2 - for example, you can tell your marines/zerglings/zealots/etc are getting hosed because not only do they explode in a torrent of blood but they make distinctive noises when they die.
Not that big battles are particularly common due to how the population cap works. Unlike Age of Empires 2 where 1 unit = 1 pop no matter if it's a spearman or a trebuchet, each unit has a different population size, with only villagers using 1 pop. Combine this with a basic cap of 200 and larger units taking up to 5 pop and you never really find yourself commanding large armies. This is just how AoM works rather than anything unique to the remake, but it would have been nice if they had just significantly upped the pop cap as was done in AoE2 DE.
I've also encountered a few pathing issues and instances of units getting stuck on props, but hopefully this is something that can be ironed out after a few patches. On the plus side, units are now much better at moving past each other, which was a major problem I had with the original.
Visually the game is obviously a big upgrade from the fugly early 2000s 3D models of the original, while very much capturing the visual style of the earlier game. I feel they could have done more with lighting however, since things like torches, fires etc don't work as a light source as you'd expect they would, which is an odd oversight.
But other than these nitpicks, it's still a fun game with a ridiculously long and varied campaign and a number of key refinements over the original version.
I've also been playing RimWorld and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Not much to say other than that they're rad. I'd be really interested to hear the opinions of anybody who has played Sins of a Solar Empire 2.
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I don't care, sorry boo
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good post
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I've been playing SoSE2. I'll do a brief write up this weekend if I remember. I say that often and forget, so we'll see.
tldr: improvements across the board with minor balance issues particularly in certain factional weapon types being exceptionally hard to counter throwing off balance
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