What are you playing right now?

I think I'm going to play the expansion of Sunless Sea.

If not, the new-ish version of Nethack.
 
Been playing Metroid Prime recently, I'm not sure if I want to try to get every item though.
 
I've been playing Rythm Heaven Fever for the wii for some time now and its actually a pretty fun game made by the people who made warioware
 
THIS WEEK I have mostly been playing Mafia 3.

I admit, I am saddened that there's a lot less customization of the cars in this game than previously (though Mafia 2's did get a bit insane).

Gameplay wise, not bad. Good paced combat, plenty of fun. Usual oddities of an open-world game. Managed to hit 60mph in a car with one tire.

It's the voice acting and story I am enjoying the most, and the soundtrack is just fucking baller. 1968 and every damn hit of the year is there along with a few other classics.

Hangar 13's done a good job. Perhaps should've been given an extra 3 months or so by 2K to polish it so it shone right, but then they'd have been in the tail end of BF1 and COD.
 
Cities: Skylines.

I missed it when it first came out and got it on a Steam Sale recently.

It's excellent and a TRUE AND HONEST successor to SimCity 2000. That EA Simcity is a pestilential crock of rancid shite. I particularly like that you can bulldoze or compulsorily-purchase someone's house if they criticise you on the in-game Twitter. That, and you can call the shit part of town "Soggy Bottom" or other amusing things.
 
Mafia III and Gears of War 4. Mafia III's alright, great story with some repetitive gameplay (for the takeover bits anyway), and Gears of War 4's a blast so far.
 
Still focusing on Phantom Pain. I have been doing FOB's for a time. Got caught a few times that I'm now on someones shit-list but at least the free insurance covers me until tomorrow. Also did Metal Gear Online and it's fun but somewhat frustrating when fighting the scouts since they have stealth camo. Doesn't help that because they were a higher level they had the bullpup style assault rifle. At least it was fun while it lasted.
 
Finally picked up Xenogears Chronicles X again. I got it almost a year ago and played through the first couple hours, but I had like four other RPGs I was playing at the time and realized I could really start another one right away. I'm glad I came back to it though, the game is a lot of fun.
 
Playing through Demon's Souls for the Return to the Nexus event that started today.
 
I'm currently playing a free "visual novel" on Steam.
It's called Honey Rose: Underdog Fighter Extraordinare, and you have to struggle having the life of a wrestler and a normal college student.
 
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Strategy rpg game for psp. I'm on chapter 3 lawful and so far:

+Gameplay is extremely solid, a lot of classes and even the worst ones have at least something nice/fun to use.
+Surprisingly balanced and challenging, at least compared to other strategy rpgs. Ninjas dual wield is obviously OP but the game isn't fundamentally broken like FF Tactics.
+First game where Archers are actually GOOD since they can shoot beyond their normal range if they have height advantage. Crossbows are also fun thanks to badass AoE firestorm finisher.
+This game has a "Chariot" function that lets you rewind up to 50 turns. Literally cheating but i'm too old to stress over rng bullshit and enemies not droping what i want.

?Localization is so good, it might be waaaay too good. Everyone sounds talks in such a knightley way you either love, cringe or has no idea what is going on. Look at this fucking exchange:

ARYCELLE: You ignore the will of your people - slaughter them - and call it revolution!? Who do you think it was first fanned the flames between clans, then pointed at the bonfire as proof of conflict? The nobility! Better the rams rise to lead the flock than such shepherds with miters for crooks and crowns for caps. And you...you are little better than the yapping sheepdog that does his master's bidding. To hell with you. To hell!

CATIUA: She has no ear to listen. If words will not win us free, our steel must!



(what the fuck does that even mean???)

?Story is decent but it might be a bit too dramatic. There is simply no room to breath or be happy, you're constantly fighting for the last hope of saving you kingdom, or fighting someone that hates you because you killed their twin brother, and everyone is constantly telling you how evil and wrong you are because you're no better than ____ etc.

-Boring AF crafting system that looks like it was added on last minute just to add more "gameplay" to the game. Interface is painfully cumbersome and slow, forcing you to craft everything 1 by one with chance to fail, not to mention requires tons of materials.
-You need to use items in order to change class. That's really really really stupid, especially if i don't have them unlocked on the shop yet. Unique class items can only be dropped from certain battles.
-Instead of leveling up characters you level up THE CLASS, which sounds good on paper until you realize that whenever you unlock a new class you have to train them all of them from the start. I want to use a warlock because it's much better than my wizard but if i want to i have to train it from level 1 to 15, this is unforgivable.
 
Shadow the Hedgehog. I have been challenged to beat it 100% before that friend of mine beats Sonic 06 and Sonic Heroes 100%.
 
Dragon Quest Builders and it's REALLY good. Great game man I love it 10 stars from this humble reviewer.
 
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