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Hey folks, what is everyone playing this week? Are you trying something new or returning to a previously played game or genre? How are you liking what you're currently playing?

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[–] folkrav@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Been on parental leave, for a couple of days. I hooked up the PC to the living room TV and I've been casually playing No Man's Sky. It's utterly cathartic to fly around space with a 5 day old sleeping, his chest on my belly.

[–] bluespin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, congrats. Ours is due early next year so I'll be doing similar

[–] folkrav@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks! It's my second, the other is 6yo now. It brings me back to my first parental leave - I played through The Witcher III with my first sleeping on my belly in a similar manner haha

Congratulations to you and the mom!

[–] dirtySourdough@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice! How do you like No Man's Sky? I've heard it's much better now than when it was released

[–] folkrav@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't speak for your interests obviously, but good enough for me spending a good chunk of 10h on it in the last 2 days. I'm a huge space nerd though, so the interstellar travel alone is worth it for me. The storyline is mostly a pretense for exploring, trade, mining stuff, which I don't mind at all given how pretty it can be. I also really like playing alone lol. I don't know how long it'll stick, but it's scratching an itch for the time being!

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It lost its appeal for me... Every world is similar, or was when I was playing. There was no point exploring.

Same minerals everywhere, so no point going looking for something interesting either.

I guess I was hoping it would be more of a "explore and find really rare things, trade them with others at high prices" kind of a thing.