(Archived 2022) The thread in which we talk about games we are currently playing

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Zelda 1


  • - Right now some friends and I are concurrently playing through the original Zelda and having a pretty good time with it. We’ve all only ever finished the first dungeon (or « labyrinth » per the manual—I like that this is before the series’ glossary of terms was firmly established). We’re allowing ourselves to read the manual and to ask each other for help, but no looking anything up online. I’m drawing a map!

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    Which I know I don’t need to do, since there is a partial map in the manual, but it’s fun. :}
    The Gamecube controller is not the ideal controller for this game! Oh well.

    **Suikoden**

  • - Digging pretty much everything about this. The battles are fast, the music sounds good, the characters are stiffly animated at times but charmingly adult-sized (there do seem to be a lot of unique animations, though). Joining the resistance!! There’s a whole thread for this.

    • **Dusk**

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    The world/pop culture zeitgeist I grew up in made me believe Halo and Call of Duty 4-9 were the only shooters (I’m 24). It makes me kind of mad in retrospect that those games made me think I just didn’t like this entire genre. These past few years I’ve kept saying « Well, maybe I should give Lauded Shooter a shot since people seem to like that thing, » and I’m continually surprised by how much I REALLY REALLY LIKE first-person shooters. I like Halo 3 and had my fun with the multiplayer but it is not my favorite flavor (I share your confusion, @billy). Dusk sure is, though.

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    I probably ought to go and play Quake after this.

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    That G String game looks pretty cool!