Have you ever wondered what the awesome writers and techies at GameSkinny play in their spare time? Well, wonder no more! We’ve asked everyone that same question and compiled some of their responses for your viewing pleasure. Don’t think this piece doesn’t include you, though. We want to know what you’re playing this month, too!
Stephen Johnston
GameSkinny founder Stephen Johnston found an October-appropriate outlet for his love of strategy gaming. I’m playing Dungeons III quite a bit. Good solid game, a tad easy, but it has funny, if a bit childish, banter, fun gameplay and dungeon builds, light RTS elements, and quality graphics.
Ty Arthur
Halloween also helped featured contributor and lover of shooters Ty Arthur’s choice of game.
The Ashes Of Malmouth DLC has me back into indie ARPG Grim Dawn again, freezing and electrocuting Chtonian horrors from beyond and Aetherial ghost creatures by the thousands! Couldn’t ask for a better Diablo 2 style game, and it fit my October preferences for horror games perfectly, with its heavy focus on the Cthulhu mythos and a grimdark, post-apocalyptic setting. Enjoying trying out new Necromancer builds in the base game and taking my Arcanist / Soldier combo through the new game acts added with the expansion.
Jonathan Moore
Senior editor Jonathan Moore took the opportunity to check out one of the year’s biggest releases -purely for professional purposes, of course.
I’m currently indulging in Destiny 2, much to the sheer surprise of anyone around the office. Having put some 300 hours into the original, I’m finding more and more that Bungie mostly learned from their mistakes and corrected course into what we currently have in Destiny 2. My primary takeaway after a solid month of playing is that the game respects your time, which is increasingly important for me. Sure, there’s grinding and sometimes-“unfair” RNG, but overall, it’s a game that I can pick up and play and then put down when I need to, not feeling as if my clan is going to leave me behind because of it. The gunplay is tighter this time around and activities more varied. It’s a solid improvement over the original in almost every way.
KatherineZell
Katherine Zell, contributor and fan of 3D exploration games, also found herself pulled into another highly anticipated release.
I bought Super Mario Odyssey for my husband for his birthday. I played it with him for a little while, but then he continued without me, since I was busy doing other things ha. But the bit that I played was awesome.
Two player mode is great fun as well. My husband doesn’t like using the Joy-Con sideways, but I think it is just fine. For those of you who haven’t played it in 2 player mode, here’s a breakdown of how it works. As Mario in two-player mode, it is a bit of a pain to deal with the camera angle, especially if you’ve already gotten used to playing the Switch normally. But if you are just jumping in as a spare and controlling Cappy, it’s a blast. As Cappy, you don’t have to worry about the camera angle as much, so the awkwardness of controlling that is irrelevant.
You also feel like you are still useful, and you don’t get bored. The boss battles we did do were really easy because whoever was controlling Cappy could focus just on projectiles and getting the enemy ready for Mario’s attack, and then Mario just attacks. there are a few things Cappy can’t help with, though, not to mention he gets kidnapped for a short time, and that is really sad if you’re playing as Cappy. Suddenly useless, ha. Anyway, it has been a lot of fun. Both one-player and two-player are great. It has met all of my expectations of a 3D Super Mario game.
Brandon Janeway
Destiny 2 is proving to be quite popular among the site’s writers, with contributor Brandon Janeway also enjoying it -if not so much as the original.
I am playing Destiny 2. The game just has visuals that I love, and I like the RPG and FPS mix as well. The story is the not the same as the first and does not strike then same grand atmosphere I got with the firs,t but nonetheless, it is still very satisfying.
Kieran Desmond
Mentor and contributor Kieran Desmond’s choice of new release is more on the lighthearted side of things.
I just finished South Park: The Fractured But Whole. It 100% lived up to the hype and my expectations after theThe Stick of Truth blew me away when it came out. Clocking in at 26 hours, I felt that it maybe went on a little long, considering it’s essentially just a long South Park episode. Also, after hearing it was a little easy, I cranked it up to the highest difficulty from the get go and still never lost a fight. But it was hilarious all the way through. Awesome game.
Rothalack (Brian Schaaf)
There’s still plenty of enjoyment to be had in older games as well, as bug master and support guru Rothalack shows.
I’ve been playing Factorio. It’s a rabbit hole of complexity that makes me feel exhausted after playing. 10/10
Spacechaser
Site contributor Spacechaser is balancing new and old, while also planning on working through a sizeable backlog.
I was replaying Ocarina of Time, but that was cut short with Super Mario Odyssey’s release. I’m enjoying it so far; Nintendo heard the term “open world” and really ran with it! I’ll probably finish up my OoT playthrough after I’m done, and after that, I have a couple more games I need to, ahem, finish up. Mainly Hyper Light Drifter, Cave Story+, and Song of the Deep.
From the biggest and best of the year to some hidden gems and classics of days gone by, if you’ve got a favorite genre, chances are, a GameSkinny writer is playing it too.
Drop a comment down below and tell us your favorites and what you’re playing this month too!
