Finally started Kingdom Come: Deliverance and I’m still very much in the “Learning to play, God this controls like a monkey on rollerblades with too many 'ludes in his system” level of skill…
But, aside from that, also playing Mutant Year Zero and Peglin.
Oh, God. I started Kingdom Come Deliverance a couple of years ago and spoke to a girl in the starting farm which, apparently, is how you trigger the DLC. I finished the whole thing thinking it was just a long mission and ended up with her becoming a badass only to be thrown back to the main game in the body of the useless kid and haven’t touched it ever since.
Just started Celeste. It’s hard because I suck at platformers but I love the music + art so much.
I love Celeste! I sucked at it too but still managed to beat it anyway. If I can do it, you can too. Have fun with it! It’s an awesome game
Mad Max, a really cool and chill game and a no brainer for 2 bucks.
Abiotic Factor. It’s like playing through the Black Mesa facility but as a survival game, something I never knew I wanted until I experienced it.
Picked up Cyberpunk 2077 on GOG sale, crashed only once(in abou 25h of gameplay) so I count is as good wait.
Star Citizen. Can’t recommend it for anyone unless they’re really really really patient.
Had some friends try to get me to play. Gave it a good 20 hours or so, spent most of it just trying to get anywhere. About a quarter of the time some random guy would zoom along and blow me up before he even showed up on radar, and now I was on a timer waiting for my ship to come back. Another 10% of the time I’d get sucked through my ship when I tried to use FTL, there goes another ship recovery timer.
The time consumption even when things go right is absolutely ridiculous, and they often go wrong. The random PK shit feels so fucking awful that I’d really rather just play something else.
I have played and enjoyed games that require patience, like Wurm Online and EVE Online. Star Citizen is on a level above even those and I’m not sure I would have liked it even before I had kids, but now? Forget it.
How 2 Escape with a friend (can recommend, not mindblowing but a good time), Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes with gf (pretty fun experience)
Solo I‘m bouncing around between games, but shoutout to NFS Unbound which I like less the more I play it lol
Even for 5 bucks, it‘s NFS Heat but worse in basically every aspect
I thought Unbound was marginally better than Heat but almost every character in the game is completely grating. We’re running from the cops at 100mph, stop talking about your abusive childhood.
I don‘t know… the soundtrack, the presentation, the map, the car handling, the story (although I‘m already skipping cause I couldn‘t take it anymore), it all seems inferior to me. Although neither is a masterpiece, but Heat left a more competent impression on me.
Maybe the graphics are better which I‘d hope after all this time, but the goofy pedestrians take away from that as well. The police could be better as well, they were obnoxious in Heat and practically couldn‘t be shaken off without a ramp/jump.
Just started Hogwarts Legacy with my kids (they pick my decisions). I only play with them watching, so here’s some other stuff I’m playing:
- Lair of the Clockwork God - probably 1/3 done
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - started around Halloween, probably 1/3 through
- Bombrush Cyberfunk - just got on Steam sale
- Mad Max - also got on Steam sale
I’ll probably finish one of the first two in the next week or two, and the last two will probably be games I play off and on as the mood strikes. I also picked up some random games in a couple Fanatical deals (got the Leisure Suit Larry $1 deal, for example), so I might get distracted with some smaller games.
Anyway, this should last until the winter sale at least.
Project Highrise - the unofficial sequel to SimTower
Whoa what? Going to find info on this!
Damn. 20 bucks is a little more than I’m willing to drop at the moment but I’m glad it’s on gog!
Dark souls 3
Coming back after finishing Elden Ring, and I must say, the concise, “railroaded” world works much better for the FromSoft formula, IMO
No hate against ER, it’s a great game. But it definitely drags on a bit long
DS3 really nails that balance. Mostly linear but usually has some sort of side option if you need a break from your current wall of a boss. Playable end to end without devoting like 100 hours. It also comes after Bloodborne where From nailed down more fun active combat vs. relying on a shield, and before Elden Ring where they went hard on crazy delayed boss attacks.
These days DS3 is probably my favorite of the series overall.
Might be my favourite game of all time. It’s got tight competition but it’s definitely top 3
Had a friend ask me if I was going to play Path of Exile 2 when it comes out, so I decided I should probably play the first one.
Just picked up a game called Hellcard that is basically co-op Slay the Spire. It’s a lot of fun and the look of the game is really unique, I think. I really love StS so being able to co-op basically the same thing is a ton of fun.
I also wanted to mention Fields of Mistria. I don’t really like Stardew Valley very much, but this one is really pulling me in for whatever reason. It’s still early access, but it’s got a bunch of QoL improvements from Stardew and the characters are really fun.
Graven
Everspace 2
TerraFirmaGreg, I’m about to get the EBF which unlocks some materialsneedefd for MV.
