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PaperclipPerfector  3d ago (text post)   1963 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for May 29, 2026

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What are you playing?

Dunno why I'm starting the thread when I'm barely playing anything but I finished an Ascension 2 and an Ascension 3 run in Slay the Spire 2 this week! :D

I saw that a Sims-like game released this week, called Paralives. Hopefully you can do horrendous things to the characters. That was half (all?) the fun in those terrible old games.

I wouldn't mind trying the new Lego Batman game at some point.

I haven't really been gaming for some years now, but I'm strongly considering picking up Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition from GOG on sale and giving it a whirl. Been a fan of the cyberpunk genre ever since it became a Thing, and AFAICT it actually grew into a good game years ago, so why not?

I recommend it, especially if you're interested in highly story-based games and enjoyed The Witcher 3. It's not the "be literally anything you want to be!" game that it was pitched as, but it's very, very good for fans of story-based games. The gameplay is also excellent, and I say this as someone who usually doesn't enjoy first-person shooters. You feel like your cyberware actually enhances your character, makes you more powerful. At a certain point in progression you feel invincible.

I didn't play until a few years after it came out, so most of the major bugs were ironed out. There are still lots of bugs, but they're manageable.

Thanks, appreciate the recommendation!

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