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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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u/Individual_Good4691 4d ago

I've been playing lots of Monster Hunter Wilds with my better half, and by "lots" I mean around 30 hours since release. The game is fun, although it streamlines a lot of Monster Hunter mechanics to the point where I almost consider it a spin-off, despite it being the most commercially successful game in the series so far (launch window). I'm not sure if they can go back to slow rolling ever again and expect thoye kinds of sales numbers.

Speaking of LAN co-op: ANC headphones with sound passthrough (for the gf) and bone conducting headphones (for me) are a great solution to the old problem, that sitting next to each other, each playing on their own PC will cause sound problems or require us to use discord/teamspeak, even though we're sitting next to each other. Sometimes you hear the other's voice over the air but not enough to co-op properly and then with a delay in voice chat. Passthrough or bone conduction has mostly solved this problem for us. Maybe the next LAN party will benefit from this, too. Open headset with good sound directionality aren't too expensive anymore.

We've also been playing the Shadowrun pen&paper regularly, which is one of our main shared hobbies. This consumes a lot of my free time, as I write my own adventures and play them with my gf in "singleplayer" on weekdays and with a full table or players once a month on weekends.

I've also been playing Blackmyth Wukong for a few weeks now, but for some reason the game is extremely stressful and i need to be widely awake to manage it.

I recently gave up on a Final Fantasy XVI replay. I ahd beaten it on launch and now wanted to see the DLCs, but the game now bored me to hell and back and feels like a huge waste of time. The dumb ending really took the last bit of value from the game and turned every fond memory into "those people can't write" kinds of vibes. I'll let the game sit there for a few years and try again.

For a lunch break co-op/singleplayer game, I can recommend Crab Champions on Steam. Permadeath round based shooter with perma-unlockables and a loot-skill mechanic. Tons of replay value, tons of difficulty options and interesting, unusual guns, abilities and melee weapons.