They Are Billions
This game is awesome, really bring us back to the RTS era but now with pause. I wonder if the dev is working on anything else, couldn’t find any news on their next project.
As a big fan of the genre I’m sad to say that there’s not much else that looks like it.
Darfall is decent but lacks depth and variety. Having a hero Is nice, but the item drops can make or break your run.
I’ve yet to play age of darkness: final stand. But from what I gather there is not alot of variety in the endgame that can lead to a lot of wasted time if you’re not doing the 1 thing that works 100% of the time.
Still working my way through Crosscode.
Grounded 2 released into early access recently so that sounded like a perfect time to play through Grounded 1. Can report, this game slaps. For people who like narrative open world survival games (like subnahtica and abiotic factor) this game is probably the best among them in my opinion. The writing is probably a very love it or hate it thing though, since the entire game is riding on 90’s nostalgia there.
mmmmm sales of the original game when a sequel comes out is regularly :chefkiss:
Final Fantasy 2.
Been playing a bit of Hollow Knight again. The world is so incredibly vast and beautiful. Got to the distant village and found one of the dreamers, Herrah.
Love that game. Can’t wait for the sequel, whenever it actually comes out.
The great thing about being a patient gamer, (hopefully)there’ll be just a short wait for me!
Shadow Labyrinth might be a good filler in the meantime.
im not sure if this counts because its still in early access, but this game is one of those that is perpetually in early access without plans to legit release (like project zombiid, etc).
i picked up Turing Complete and have been learning(painfully slowly) how to make cpu’s : D
Project Wingman
I’m almost done with the second playthrough, still having a ton of fun even if it’s not perfect. While I really like Prez, limiting your plane choices to two-seaters can feel really rough in certain missions and I probably won’t be doing that again in the future. It’s unfortunate that all the late-game planes are solo only as stat and load-out differences can make things way easier (or at least more fun).
I also took the time to read through all the lore documents available in the game and it only made me more interested in a direct sequel. We have new conflicts against the Federation flaring up around the world, a bunch of global players we haven’t seen yet (Periphery countries, West African Concordat, the European alliance). We could have Federation megacities as mission backdrops in contrast to the more natural and modern environments from this game.
There are some many interesting things they could do with all this world building, it would be a waste to stop here.Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight / Persona 4 Dancing All-Night
I’ve decided to finally set up PS Vita emulation on my Steam Deck and what’s better for that than Persona dancing games? Not like I have many other Vita games but still.
I had to change the graphics API to OpenGL as for some reason both games crashed with Vulkan (didn’t have such problems when testing on desktop), other than that they work great.It’s been years since I last played one of those and boy am I rusty - even basic songs on normal feel overwhelming at times! I just started and should be able to get back into the rhythm soon enough but man, seeing how much I suck now was a bit of a surprise.
Umurangi Generation - Macro DLC
Finally got to it and after all this time I feel a bit mixed - both on the DLC and the game overall. I’m still mulling things over so here are the highlights:
- DLC keeps the atmosphere of the base game nicely. It’s cool to see how things were before the original stages.
- Music is once again pretty great if a little too bombastic compared to what’s happening on the screen. I don’t particularly care for the edgy dolphin in the club stage though.
- At times things feel like they were done in an afternoon (not literally but still):
- There are once again objects without collisions and plenty of places where you can randomly phase through when walking.
- I found a few spots where you can get stuck, sometimes in the open.
- Lighting in the club stage feels messed up (everything is super dark except for blown out “lights” that don’t give any… well, light).
- The skybox of the first stage looks completely misaligned (maybe this one was intentional, I don’t know - still doesn’t look great).
As much as I like this title it kinda depresses me. I’m someone who takes pride in their work and spends a lot of time on even the smallest details so seeing something with this many simple and easily fixable issues being released as a finished product (and a paid one at that!) pains me on a personal level.
I realise this game is intended to exude the grungy “I don’t care” and “everything is screwed” energy but that should not spill into the technical aspects in my opinion. There should be SOME bar of quality there.I’m still glad it was created and had fun with both base game and DLC but man…
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Yup! Started playing about two weeks ago, became an instant favourite and now I crave more.
I just started playing the original Star Fox. Having a lot more fun with it than I thought I would.
Do a barrel roll! Solid game!
This week, I’m trying Dune: Imperium.
The original? Uprising is far superior imo :o
I‘ve finished New Super Lucky‘s Tale and while it might be good for like 8y/os, it‘s painfully mid even if I ignore the glacing cringe. I‘ll give it that the DLC challenge levels were fun, but yeah, those are like 15% of the game.
Otherwise I‘m slowly crawling through DiRT Rally 2.0, I‘m not a big fan of RX but I‘ve grown to like the rallies a lot. And fuck cars with rear drive (is that what it‘s called?), these are a guaranteed eight spinouts for me.
I‘m gonna try to pick another one of my started games (64 left) back up tonight, dunno which yet. It‘s my big goal to eventually™ cut that pile in half, simply because I‘ve realized that I kept buying and starting new games while slowly losing the plot on games I‘ve started and liked which lead to me never touching them again cause I was midway through them with no idea as to who, why, where, what, and how (Yakuza Like A Dragon etc.). The ones I have no fond memories of will stay in that pile though (Darkest Dungeon, not my thing and Idk why I thought it‘d be).
I have too many games on the go (Blue Prince, Sea of Stars, Guild Wars 2, Grounded, way more, cause I get sidetracked) So, I decided to add Lies of P in there, since it was on PS+.
I’m not usually one for Souls-likes, but dang, the setting, style, and story in this one grabbed me. Playing on their medium setting is just the right amount of difficulty for me. I like some challenge, so I tried the hardest one, but am terrible at pattern recognition on bosses, so I’ll just live with it. I don’t have much time to enjoy the story, before I have classes in the autumn, anyway.
I really need to play that game. I love Souls games and have heard nothing but good things about it. It looks awesome. Maybe this is my sign to finally check it out.
I’ve been holding off on Lies of P for like a year but this is it! I’ll have to clear my schedule a bit to dive in properly, so juuust a little longer…
It’s really fun, I have barely touched anything else, and really could go for multiple hours, if I let myself. A couple times, I’ve gotten my butt kicked really bad multiple times in a row, that’s usually when I stop for the day haha Either I do better when I get some sleep (or food or whatever), or I can stand the grind to make sure I’m levelled enough.
I think my only complaint is the voice acting. It has an odd feeling to it, everyone in the game has this cadence to their lines that sound somewhat awkward. Kind of curious as to what they were going for, it’s not the worst I’ve ever heard, more just makes me start thinking about the work behind it more haha
Good to know, thanks for your input!
No problem! Hopefully, the game is just as fun for you when you get to it!
Devil May Cry 3 (2005)
About six months ago decided to start Devil May Cry V on my Steam Deck after keeping it in my backlog for a year. After watching the intro cutscene, I decided that I definitely have to play all the previous games before it.
I have been playing the first trilogy (HD collection) a few hours every week or two (full-time jobs suck) since then. I think I am mid-day through the third game - just beat the nude lady.
Running with Rifles, Army Men II (comparing the game mechanics) and on my first playthrough of Mass Effect 2
Enjoy Mass Effect! That trilogy is one of the best sci-fi series ever imo.
I think everyone saying this has blown my expectations to the moon, I dont know mass effect will ever live up to it now. I even own the trilogy on steam. Is the remastered or whatever the right version if I do play it?
That’s fair, it is very highly praised. I definitely recommend playing them in order as choices you make in each game affect the future titles too. ME2 is the most popular, I personally like the first one the best but I get that it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, at least compared to its sequel, but if you’re playing through the first one and find it a bit lacking or a touch boring I’d recommend pushing through anyway because CD 2 and 3 will probably be more enjoyable for you, and you really do need to play them in order imo. Otherwise it’s kind of like watching Empire Strikes Back without first watching A New Hope.
As for remastered vs original, I actually haven’t played the remastered before, only the originals (which I’ve played many times), but I’ve read it’s a good remaster so it’s probably safe to go with it.
Tried out The First Descendant for the first time since launch. Since then I’ve upgraded my PC and no longer have the insane performance issues I had back then. Truthfully I reinstalled for the Nier stuff, but when I found out that it only comes as a $70 bundle I immediately uninstalled. There’s no reason a company should sell a few skins for a price like that even if the game is free to play. What baffles me even more is the idea that there are genuine players out there who aren’t rich who’ve actually purchased the pack. Especially given the fact that there are so many other ways out there to see 2B. Actually insanity to me.
Haven’t had time to play much else this week.
Derail Valley Simulator, and Vintage Story
