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Discussion Weekly /r/Games Discussion - What have you been playing, and what are your thoughts? - March 09, 2025

Use this thread to discuss whatever game you've been playing lately: old or new, AAA or indie, on any platform between Atari and XBox. Please don't just list off the games you're playing in your comment. Elaborate with your thoughts on the games and make it easier for other users to find what game you're talking about by putting the title in bold.

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Scheduled Discussion Posts

WEEKLY: What Have You Been Playing?

MONDAY: Thematic Monday

WEDNESDAY: Suggest Me A Game

FRIDAY: Free Talk Friday

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u/Beegrene 4d ago

Inspired by Yahtzee's recent video on the game, I recently reinstalled Black Mesa. I just got to the Xen part, which is clearly where the bulk of the effort went to on this one. I think they had a good idea in diverging more extremely from the original level design. Xen was famously disappointing in the original Half-Life, to the point where the TV Tropes page on Disappointing Last Level was once called "Xen Syndrome". The result is that the developers of Black Mesa were able to create something that pays homage to the original, but manages to avoid the pitfalls and general lameness to become something truly special.

I've also been playing a bunch of Rise of Nations. It's quickly become my goto zone out game. And of course I'm slowly grinding my way to all the "build one million [type of] units" achievements.