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RE: What games have you been playing recently? - fireball3k - 07-16-2026
The first Mega Man is an outlier in terms of difficulty, in my opinion. The later games are easier, 5 in particular, but not tremendously so.
For instance, there's a bug in the first game where, if you're standing on a moving platform, the game keeps incrementing your gravity value as if you're falling. This is why you'll drop like a brick if you miss a jump in Guts Man's stage and the moving platforms dump you off of them.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - VinnyVideo - 07-16-2026
MM2 is the only Mega Man I've played for any significant amount of time. It's easier than the first one, though I would probably not be very good at it on the original hardware!
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - littlelum - 07-16-2026
The only Mega Man game I've played with the intention of playing it through was Mega Man X. I got it as a gift from my mom's coworker a few years ago. I gave up in the final gauntlet of levels, though.
The GameBoy games are available to me via Switch Online, so I may play those. Eventually.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - fireball3k - 07-18-2026
@littlelum If you give the Game Boy games a play, it might be worth skipping the Game Boy version of Mega Man II. It's... well, it's a step down in quality from the other games and a big step down from 2 on NES. 3, 4, and 5 on GB are so good that they make up for it. Mega Man X1 is a great starting point, though.
Also, game I've been playing recently: X-Men vs. Street Fighter via the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection on my Switch and Xbox Marijuana Series X. If I had a PS4 or PS5, I'd get it there, too. I love Marvel vs. Capcom. As of today, the longest I've been able to keep infinite combos with Akuma going is 21 hits against the wall. Also, the Raging Demon only costs 1 bar of meter in this game and works really well for setting up those infinites I'm talking about.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - MarioSyndicate - 07-25-2026
Played 2 digimon fan games I played last year (But now on a steam deck):
https://gamejolt.com/games/digimonworlddestruction/473535/
https://dragonrod342.itch.io/digital-tamers-2
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - DJ Coco - 07-25-2026
Playing Spark the Electric Jester 3 on my Switch, and goddamn, what a good Sonic game
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - littlelum - 07-25-2026
I haven't really been playing FE7 very much lately. No reason in particular, I just don't really feel like playing it. This type of thing has happened to me with similar games, such as Awakening and Final Fantasy Tactics.
Anyways, I've also played the new Rhythm Heaven. It's fun. I think I may be losing interest in the series, unfortunately. Just don't really have the motivation to get all Superbs.
I have this problem with games where once I feel like I've beaten the "main" part, I tend to lose interest. Although I tend to lose interest in almost everything once I feel like I somewhat understand it.
Anyways, I hope I can find a game that I can get really into again soon.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - fireball3k - 07-27-2026
I've been playing Guitar Hero II because I felt like getting the Xbox 360 set up again. That game's 20 years old and Jordan still kicks my ass. Thank God for Practice Mode.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - DogToon64 - 07-28-2026
Started playin' Planet Coaster for the first time in a few years. It's pretty much like RollerCoaster Tycoon (which, funnily enough, Planet Coaster's developers, Frontier Developments, developed RollerCoaster Tycoon 3), there are some differences and you're not limited to an isometric view, but it's basically a lot like it. I saw a stream VOD of Cybershell playin' RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 a little while back, and I learned some tips from his stream and found out some of that logic can work for Planet Coaster too. Huh, neat! I'm also gettin' closer to gettin' the platinum trophy in the game, I just have several more scenarios to beat (one of the PlayStation trophies requires ya to get all of the stars, which means ya have to complete all of the scenarios). I do plan on checkin' out Planet Coaster 2 at some point (especially since it's included with my PlayStation Plus subscription).
And speakin' of games I played for the first time in a while, I played Among Us (for the first time in several years) with a few family members. Had to learn some of the "language" in the game, what some things meant, and relearn some things I forgot since I hadn't played it since 2020 or 2021.
I also recently started playin' the firrst BoxBoy! game for the 3DS. I've been really enjoyin' it so far! And I think I might've found another series I might get into! ^v^
(I might get BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! on the Switch after I beat and enjoy the first three games.)
Oh yeah, and other games I've played include Garry's Mod, Minecraft, and Princess Peach: Showtime!.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - Vert - 07-30-2026
I beat Splatoon Raiders, and I have a lot of thoughts about it. Game of the Year? For me, I genuinely think the answer is yes (so far). I loved the series up until Splatoon 3, which was meant to be themed around chaos, but the loadouts, specials and maps felt so restrained in comparison to 1 and even 2 to some extents that I didn't have much fun online. Mahi-Mahi, one of my favorite Splatoon 1 maps, was turned from a fun and unique map to a Tetris block. I heard map design got better as time went on, but the launch period soured me heavily on the game, with so many of my matches ending in stalemates because of boring, symmetrical maps that don't allow for flanking, so you're just stuck splatting each other in the center until one team eventually manages to push forward.
The single player campaign was somewhat of a retread of Octo Expansion but still fun, and I've never been very big on Salmon Run, so overall I'd give it a solid 6.5/10; it was fun sometimes but I dropped it faster than 2. I didn't even buy Side Order because I'm not that a huge Roguelite fan and I heard it was lacking, neither having much content nor that many possibilities for unique builds. Yawn.
Raiders is basically a mix of your standard Splatoon SP campaign, mixed with some Octo Expansion, Side Order and Salmon Run. Ironically, Raiders feels very chaotic in comparison to 3; the power of the Switch 2 isn't used so much to show off the much better visuals (although the 4k and slightly improved ink and hair physics are nice additions) but to show off just how much s*** it can handle. I didn't actually measure frames or anything, but I'm very good at spotting framerate dips and I didn't notice a single one; considering just how insane late-game levels can get, I found that genuinely impressive. I have to give due credit to the interface team; after TOTK and MK World had such dreadful interfaces, Raiders shows someone at Nintendo still understands how to design a convenient interface. I never felt like things got too chaotic till the point I couldn't tell what was going on anymore, and a big part of that was because of the great interface.
And you'll spend a lot of time in menus, tweaking your weapons, powers, gadgets and so on. In comparison to Side Order, there's a ton of customization and possibilities to tweak your build to do some absolutely crazy s***. I typically prefer my games to gate me based on skill rather than gear, but I can't deny this is one of the best ways to handle it. Harder levels aren't just hard cause your gear sucks (though you absolutely need to keep tinkering with it if you want to stand a chance), but because you really have to concentrate and pick off the right targets before engaging with the rest of the group, lest you get yourself absolutely wrecked by a Inkstrike or Maws you didn't see coming.
So yeah, really liked it. Got a few gripes, like how it should've been easier to restart levels or how the visuals are a bit too desaturated at times, but they're relatively minor. Good ass game, got 40 hours out of it and for fifty bucks that's pretty damn good.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - DJ Coco - 07-30-2026
Splatoon 3 was also the disappointment of the year to me personally, so it's good to hear Raiders kicks ass at least.
I will have to pick it up eventually, though right now I'm still busy with plenty of other games.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - MarioSyndicate - 08-11-2026
Played Donkey Kong Country last week on my Steam Deck, along with these games (Shorten the text for the sake of the thread):
(11-02-2025, 01:12 PM)MarioSyndicate Wrote: Well, last week played a few Mario fan games last week. Wonder if you guys can recognize a few
TLDR, Luigi mansion, Mario 2Dyssey and Odyssey (Ch1) lagged a lot, shame. The others played perfect on the steam deck. I uhhhhhhh also got co-op working for the GBA in big picture mode for the steam deck. Afterplay is still being worked on for multiplayer but No$GBA works. You install via Lutris via Desktop (I FORGOT TO UPLOAD THE RECORDING BEFORE DELETING IT), modify the controls and other options and save options (DO NOT ADD MORE EMULATED GAMEBOYS, IT WILL CRASH). Create a desktop shortcut. Add that shortcut to Steam. Boot back into big picture and modify the controls to match new controls, Modify the bottom right stick as a mouse with left click, also add a shortcut to load a file and to open emulation options. Then boom, you have this timestamp at 41:27. Did I mention I also played Donkey Kong?
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - fireball3k - 09-07-2026
I discovered that, yeah, Half-Life 1 has full controller support now, or at least a built-in Steam Input profile. It feels very nice to be able to plug my Xbox controller in and play without much remapping, and I managed to get it to let me use the D-pad to move around in addition to the left stick. With a little doing, you can even set up a controller to work with the Hammer Editor that comes with Half-Life 1's SDK, which can be useful to move around the map you're making.
I also have been playing TF2. It's that time of year. Around the time when the Halloween update hits and I get to play Ghost Fort again to kick Merasmus's ass. TF2 is a game that's been around since I was in high school, and it belongs in the same breath as Doom and Quake for me.
Also, I started playing Mega Man 3 on NES again the other day. I prefer 2 and 5, but if you pick a Mega Man game I probably like it no matter which one it is. I finally have all the quest items: an Everdrive, a SDTV, and an OEM NES that isn't my goofy clone console, so now it looks like it did when I was growing up.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - DJ Coco - 09-08-2026
The announcement of Dual Override and the subsequent interest in Megaman on social media has put me in the mood for some Megaman as well.
Coincidentally, I'm playing Gravity Circuit right now and it's pretty good. Definitely not flawless, and the price point is quite steep but overall I do enjoy it. The level design can be a bit hit and miss, but there are some cool ideas and setpieces in there.
But I'm trying to wrap it up asap since Marsupilami 2 just came out, and I thought the first one was amazing.
RE: What games have you been playing recently? - MarioSyndicate - 09-13-2026
Speaking of Megaman, On Steam Deck since last Sunday;
Almost every Megaman game on NES, SNES, Genesis & Saturn
- OpenNet https://onb.frameskip.net/ (Requires a lot of Mod set up and keyboard access)
- Chrono X https://www.mmbnchronox.com/
- Overclocked https://nick-west.itch.io/megaman-battle-network-overclocked
- Battle Chip Stadium https://discord.com/channels/501574457891225600/1455423218893455502/1458703068165177457
From 2025
- SF X MM https://archive.org/details/sf-x-mm
- Maverick City https://lierniwait.itch.io/mmx-mc
- MMZR Fan Game - Build #7 https://www.heyimkeelee.fun/
- ShanghaiEXE https://gitgud.io/SHNecro/shanghaiexe