General Game Discussion thread for April 2026

[Zed Clampet]

I thought I was going to play Ark Survival Ascended, but I spent over an hour looking at mods, and now I I'm tired of it for the day 🤣

Sadly, most of the mods I'd really like are "premium" and cost actual money.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I started up Marvels Midnight Suns on a whim yesterday. I really enjoyed the combat mission I got to do yesterday, unfortunately I had half an hour to play it today and all I had time to do was key through some pretty wooden dialogues with the Temu Avengers. Seems how I feared so far, gameplay fun, story tosh, but maybe it gets better later. I'll give it a bit more and hope it lets me play it enough to keep me interested.

Still really liking Resident Evil 4, the combat is really good and the story is fun in a badgood way so I dont mind it. I even bought the other games that came to PC on sale for like €12 because it was a ridiculous deal. Maybe Im an RE person now, RE4 definitely has me hooked, just wish I had more chance to play it.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I started up Marvels Midnight Suns on a whim yesterday. I really enjoyed the combat mission I got to do yesterday, unfortunately I had half an hour to play it today and all I had time to do was key through some pretty wooden dialogues with the Temu Avengers. Seems how I feared so far, gameplay fun, story tosh, but maybe it gets better later. I'll give it a bit more and hope it lets me play it enough to keep me interested.

Still really liking Resident Evil 4, the combat is really good and the story is fun in a badgood way so I dont mind it. I even bought the other games that came to PC on sale for like €12 because it was a ridiculous deal. Maybe Im an RE person now, RE4 definitely has me hooked, just wish I had more chance to play it.

RE4, just imagine how the original version was viewed when it came out in 2005. Its third person shooter style was different from any previous attempts and is basically what has been used ever since. Like the Half-Life games, it's still 100 percent enjoyable now, but the remake is the way to go, of course. They definitely got it right. And the story dialogue is pretty hilarious. Sometimes games come across cringy when they have dialogue like this, but it somehow hits differently with RE4.

Marvel Midnight Suns dialogue, on the other hand, is insufferable. That's actually the reason I quit the game.

 

[Johnway]

Just seen the humble choice for this month and i've got all those games and the rest i don't want. Another miss for me!

Thats about it for now. no new updates on my front. Still playing path of exile, but i should be getting stuck into mapping now as i've been gingerly making progress in setting up end game content.

 

[Zloth]

Below is a pic of how Embark has "darkened" maps so it forces players to use their flashlights more. Aside from cheaters using stuff to make it lighter and this not being realistic at all, we cant change the brightness or anything in the game options.

When I maximize that to fill my screen and turn off the lights in my room, it seems about right. I presume the game takes place after nearly all city lights have been extinguished.

 

[Pifanjr]

I've had some problems in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain where enemies that I had knocked out started waking up and alerting the entire outpost. So I looked up how long an enemy stayed down using different techniques and discovered that, if you manage to approach an enemy unseen with your weapon drawn, you can tell him to drop his weapon and lie on the ground and he'll stay there until another soldier tells him to get up or an alarm is triggered.

However, after trying it out, it turns out that the unseen part is pretty strict. You can jump out in front of an enemy and still grab him and choke him out, but shoving your rifle up his nostril after he's just spotted you doesn't discourage him from trying to fire back.

Some other things that happened:

- I got a doggy buddy and he's amazing. He automatically tags nearby enemies and can harass an enemy for a bit so I can more easily close in and take him out.

- I captured Quiet. I happened to have a sniper with tranquiliser darts on me when she showed up and I guess I'm the better sniper.

- I tried to blow up a tank with C4 and it just tanked (heh) all 4 of them. I immediately upgraded my C4 and my missile launcher so I'm better prepared if I run into another one.

- I also had to take care of another armoured vehicle, but as I went to put my C4 on it I discovered I could just attach a balloon to it and fly it to my base, which was pretty funny.

 

[dxchase]

Just seen the humble choice for this month and i've got all those games and the rest i don't want. Another miss for me!

Thats about it for now. no new updates on my front. Still playing path of exile, but i should be getting stuck into mapping now as i've been gingerly making progress in setting up end game content.

Honestly, there are some months i feel this too but i still wind up getting them and if its a game i have i just gift it to someone even if the donation factor isnt always the driving force, still feels nice some of the proceeds go to that.

The next month actually looks promising for me as i dont have any of the 3 games lol. Ive played Daemon x Machina but not all that much and im interested in the LotR game but never bought it and then forgot about it.





IGN posted a video of 12 minutes of gameplay from the upcoming Diablo 4 expansion:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KSBys3K1oU&t=486s



It looks...the same to me. I like the dialogue here, ive been watching blizzards PR revving up to the expansion that can be found here. Theres also some online comics you can read up on the new warlock class etc. The story part is fine enough to me.

Still, looking forward to having a new area at least to explore. Thats the biggest thing for me, not even the new warlock class which is still great but i want to be able to run down a new area and have it not be a big jungle. Its been too long.

They are bringing back the Horadric Cube and adding a loot filter too but im not holding my breathe for a good long campaign or good endgame outside of whats already there. Maybe for newer players or returning players but ive been there every season.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Forget anything I've ever said about the games I'm looking forward to the most. The correct answer is Forza Horizon 6. I don't think I've ever been this hyped. I've bought the max version for $119 and will get 5 days early access.

 

[Zloth]

I've had some problems in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain where enemies that I had knocked out started waking up and alerting the entire outpost.

I just stick a balloon on him and let him wake up on the C-130, or whatever is picking them all up. Needless to say, I went into that technology as much as I could.

- I got a doggy buddy and he's amazing. He automatically tags nearby enemies and can harass an enemy for a bit so I can more easily close in and take him out.

D-Dog!

- I captured Quiet. I happened to have a sniper with tranquiliser darts on me when she showed up and I guess I'm the better sniper.

Naaaah. She must have seen your cute D-Dog and decided to let you win.

- I also had to take care of another armoured vehicle, but as I went to put my C4 on it I discovered I could just attach a balloon to it and fly it to my base, which was pretty funny.

Balloons rock! Errr, as long as the tank crew doesn't get stupid and start shooting inside the C-130. Naaaah, they wouldn't do that! Would they? Naaaaaah!

 

[Pifanjr]

I just stick a balloon on him and let him wake up on the C-130, or whatever is picking them all up. Needless to say, I went into that technology as much as I could.

I do that as much as possible, but since other enemies get alerted if they see their buddy being airlifted it's sometimes easier to just leave them.

Balloons rock! Errr, as long as the tank crew doesn't get stupid and start shooting inside the C-130. Naaaah, they wouldn't do that! Would they? Naaaaaah!

Considering how the vehicles go sideways and are then yanked up, I think everyone inside is too dazed to respond before they are pulled out.

 

[Pifanjr]

Honestly, there are some months i feel this too but i still wind up getting them and if its a game i have i just gift it to someone even if the donation factor isnt always the driving force, still feels nice some of the proceeds go to that.

The next month actually looks promising for me as i dont have any of the 3 games lol. Ive played Daemon x Machina but not all that much and im interested in the LotR game but never bought it and then forgot about it.

Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria was given away on Epic a while ago.

 

[Frindis]

Only way I can play Grim Dawn now would be to brutally delete some of my characters as I have too many lol.

Makes me wonder how many of the older items have been nerfed or removed, because having an old character can be a gold mine with item stats/effects that are no longer obtainable in-game.

I thought about that since I recently watched a Path of Exile video about a super-rich trader getting banned, and he had tons of stuff no longer possible to obtain and supposedly it was a huge deal since he had a lot of items from other players also.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqdFA2T19Xs

 

[neogunhero]

The past three weeks of my life have been dominated by Crimson Desert. I don't want to muddy up this thread with me blathering on about it, there's already a thread for that.

What I will say, I feel like I'm emerging from a manhole after spending years underground. I still keep up with gaming news but feel out of touch for some reason. I haven't been this addicted to a game in years. I have started to think about what I want to play later, or even perhaps start a game to play in-between sessions.

I randomly stumbled upon Everspace 2 which seems like a good break away. I haven't played a good space game in a long time, this seems pretty great. I like the idea of Diablo-style loot grinding, but with spaceships instead of swords and magic. For $10 it's very tempting.

 

[Colif]

What I will say, I feel like I'm emerging from a manhole after spending years underground.

I do that, I may not have played anything so far this year but I spent about 6 weeks towards the end playing Slormancer and only came on here to post screenshots or progress.

Its all or nothing with me. I play games until I get bored of them (or run out of save spaces).
I should look into offline saves on Grim Dawn... I know you can do it, one way to have more than 24.

I should have played more in the last 19* weeks since I fell over, but I just didn't see anything I really wanted to play. Back onto watching game play videos now, maybe something grab me.

*slormancer may have been two of those weeks, right at start. Nothing since. (I want to go back and do it again)

damn shame Sacred 2 remastered had been so bad, I could have spent entire time playing it... but the controls were just wrong.

 

[BeardyHat]

With the recent patch and DLC for Starfield, I started playing it again. I got the DLC for "free" because apparently the Premium edition is what came with my 6700XT when I bought it three years ago.

But am I having fun? I'm honestly not sure. I just ticked over 90-hours with this recent playtime and the game is very much the same it's ever been; sure I can fly to different planets in a system and that feels ok, but I also just don't think I'm in the mood for a "talky" game like this. And if I were in the mood for one of those, I should probably just play Kingdom Come 2 instead, given I only put 27-hours into it and by all accounts it's a better game.

Really, I kind of just want to play more Retro Rewind or Peglin or something that's not so eager to talk to me and wants me to listen.

 

[Colif]

Starfailed DLC isn't going to convince anyone who doesn't like it now to play, its more for those who are still enjoying it.
That was what I heard on a few videos I watched of it.
At least you didn't lose any money

 

[Pifanjr]

I continued Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain today. I unlocked the Africa map and completed the first two missions there.

The first mission introduced a new type of soldier that you cannot hit with lethal ammunition. Not because they're really good at dodging nor are they just immune to bullets. Quite the opposite in fact, they're child soldiers and the game told me not to hurt them or I'd fail my mission. So I avoided them entirely, but then after I finished the mission I saw that there was an optional objective to extract all of them. I feel kind of bad knowing I just left them behind when it was apparently possible to save them. I might have to replay that mission.

However, the game is getting a bit repetitive, so I'm not sure I will. It also doesn't help that I have no context for the story as I haven't played any of the other Metal Gear games.

Then again, I won't be able to play it as often any more anyway, since the only reason I was able to play so much this week was because I called in sick to work because of a bad cold, which is mostly over by now.

 

[neogunhero]

Its all or nothing with me. I play games until I get bored of them (or run out of save spaces).

I'm typically not that way with games. Sure I'll have games that hold my attention, but typically I'm bouncing off of multiple games at once. Many times in these general discuss threads have I mentioned I felt like I'm in a rut. But when I find that one game that just speaks to me, it really grabs ahold me of and doesn't let go for a long, long time. The game just came out three weeks ago and Steam says I've clocked 53 hours into it, absolutely insane for me.

With the recent patch and DLC for Starfield, I started playing it again. I got the DLC for "free" because apparently the Premium edition is what came with my 6700XT when I bought it three years ago.

But am I having fun? I'm honestly not sure.

My most recent playthrough was just a few months ago and I felt the same way. The game runs much better now than at launch, but the core flaws with the game have not been fixed. I did like how they've introduced free roaming to space exploration but it still seems barely passable. I can see myself still using fast travel more often than freely flying to a planet.

It's not a horrible game, but it's also not the kind of game people wanted from Bethesda. On the surface it looks much like all of their other games, but the flow of gameplay is marred with all of the traveling you have to do. I played it I do Fallout, loot every single possible item in the areas I'm exploring, sell off most of the junk, and become filthy rich within a few hours of gameplay. After that I got pretty bored again.

If you continue to play, I highly recommend mods that make load times and animations faster. I got so frustrated after the third time I had to watch a 5 second animation of my character sitting in the pilots chair.

 

[Colif]

I mainly play ARPG and there are so few of them that I spend a long time in one if I enjoy it.
I disappear for months

TL2 was over many years, the other 3 were all one block.
Sacred 2 would have more but I played it before it hit steam, I played it for about 3 years
Diablo games are also in a similar position.
The rest on steam are way below those. 5th only 200 hours, for instance.

So there is plenty of downtime between games to make up for it.

I haven't even watched any game play of Crimson Desert. Wanted to wait till I played.

 

[Frindis]

Playing a lot of Crimson Desert and also some PUBG since they have a new event going on and I'm a sucker for free cosmetics. Other than that, I will be playing some Path of Exile 2 this weekend as I want to push further with one of my characters.

This recently arrived at Fanatical and it seems the bundle got some family-friendly games.

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Also, a historical low price on DOOM: The Dark Ages from an official retailer and one I have used a few times before.

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[BeardyHat]

My most recent playthrough was just a few months ago and I felt the same way. The game runs much better now than at launch, but the core flaws with the game have not been fixed. I did like how they've introduced free roaming to space exploration but it still seems barely passable. I can see myself still using fast travel more often than freely flying to a planet.

It's not a horrible game, but it's also not the kind of game people wanted from Bethesda. On the surface it looks much like all of their other games, but the flow of gameplay is marred with all of the traveling you have to do. I played it I do Fallout, loot every single possible item in the areas I'm exploring, sell off most of the junk, and become filthy rich within a few hours of gameplay. After that I got pretty bored again.

If you continue to play, I highly recommend mods that make load times and animations faster. I got so frustrated after the third time I had to watch a 5 second animation of my character sitting in the pilots chair.

Yeah, I think it's fine. I've had fun with it and about on par with the other fun (measured in hours played) as any other Bethesda game. And to sing its praises a little bit, it actually still looks pretty fantastic even on Low when running on my laptop.

That said, I don't think it should run as poorly as it does, when Kingdom Come 2 runs AND looks fantastic.

Anyway, I think I'll drop it for now, because I'm not interested in being talked at. So I'm going to go back to Abiotic Factor for now.

I mainly play ARPG and there are so few of them that I spend a long time in one if I enjoy it.
I disappear for months

TL2 was over many years, the other 3 were all one block.
Sacred 2 would have more but I played it before it hit steam, I played it for about 3 years
Diablo games are also in a similar position.
The rest on steam are way below those. 5th only 200 hours, for instance.

So there is plenty of downtime between games to make up for it.

I haven't even watched any game play of Crimson Desert. Wanted to wait till I played.

Man, I wish I could play any game for that long. My most played is XCOM2 at like 400-hours, but that's far and away higher than anything else I've played...maybe with the exception of the original WoW, which I don't have a measurement for.

 

[Johnway]

Alright more progress in POE, I've finally got the 100 maps completed so all tech trees are open and we can begin work on red mapping and getting some of the challenges sorted. its all a grind atm, hopefully i can just sit back and breeze through maps and simply splurge cash to get what i need. i have several challenges that i'm sort of at the cusp of completing and its a question of when it happens.

That said, the last few challenges still prove elusive and i think i'll need to look up a guide for advice to succeed. I'm tempted to level up some more (currently at lvl 94) so i would like to get a few more points to round out my character but at this point its good enough to do some of the end game content.

unfortunately, i've never really beaten most of the end content except the searing exach and the hunger and that only influences one area. Which isn't the end of the world, i simply have to focus in that one section for all my end game needs.

Challenges completed: 15/28