I’ve gotten back into Guild Wars 2 and I’m enjoying it a lot more than where I left off. The game definitely matured since the end of the first expansion where I was and it seems like it’s in a good way. I like that there’s a lot to continually do and the grind to get to new fun stuff doesn’t seem too high.
Other than that, my take my mind off of stuff game has been Sailwind which is an early access sailboat sim/merchant sim game. It’s pretty cathartic to haul stuff across an open sea from point a to point b.
System shock remake… Pretty incredible. Never played 1 but beat 2 a few years ago and it’s awesome playing an old school game again with a modern flair. Hoping to finish before baldurs gate comes out.
Naraka Bladepoint. It’s a shrinking-circle-style battle royale focused around fast-paced melee weapon combat. It’s been out for around 2 years but just went free to play a couple weeks ago. It’s fantastic. I’ve always loved invasions in Dark Souls, and while the combat is definitely different (maybe closer to Sekiro, but that’s not quite right either) it honestly feels like an improvement, as its designed for PvP first.
Just got the Spyro and crash trilogies on sale on my Xbox. Haven’t played spyro since it came out on the ps1. Nostalgia hit to the max, and my 3 y/o daughter loves watching it too.
I recently got a ps4, and am catching up on things I’ve missed. This week I finished Infamous: second son Infamous 2 was my favorite open world game of its generation, and Second Son felt like a lot of the same. I feel like it was short, a lot of the missions felt copy/pasted, and I think the karma system wasn’t as interesting. The multiple power gimmick was fun, but I wish it was easier to swap around. It was disappointing that my favorite power is unavailable for the last few boss fights.
Overall I felt it was a 6/10, I liberated all the regions and beat the story with the “Good” end, but I’m not compelled to go back and try the evil route or finish everything 100%
Beat Squidward’s Legacy (excellent) and still had an itch for more open world game, so decided to buy Red Dead Redemption 2 on sale. Beat it on PS4 a few years ago and it’s just not hitting the same way Hogwarts Legacy did or like it did back in the day.
Slow start, combat is straight up boring compared to Hogwarts, there is no difficulty mode adjustment other than turning off auto-aim which the game was clearly built around, extremely limited way to approach missions (oops you stepped off the designated trail, gotta retry again), audio mixing is fucked between gameplay and cut-scene dialog, already had a couple crashes including one that a lot of other people reported years ago that can only be bypassed by skipping a cutscene. Also that horse traversal is so slow in comparison. It’s still alright and the story and presentation is fun, I had much more fun with it 4 or so years ago. Maybe it will be more fun once it opens up a bit, but I’m already a few hours in.
I’ve been giving Exoprimal a try (free on GamePass). It’s actually a really fun mix of PvE and PvP so far! The story is hilariously strange as well. Not sure I’d think it’s worth $60, but for free it’s been a blast!
Exoprimal has been my surprise of the year. Really thought it was mediocre after a couple hours in but then it opened up with more game modes, dinos and became way more team focused and fun. The 10 player raids are some of the most fun coop I’ve had in the last years
I don’t remember exactly the number of hours, but I’d say less than 5! It’s tied to player level/story progression. You get your first one a couple of story beats after your first mission with a cutscene in it ( the data collection one)
I’ve played terraria for years, but somehow my buddies and I were discussing games and it came up. So we started playing it and while I would’ve made progress in a world much faster, they’ve had a lot of fun, and it’s been so refreshing playing a game I love with my friends that also begin to fall in love. I may have gained a few years to my life during our playthrough
Remnant 2. I didn’t like the first one but man they’ve made an awesome sequel. It’s a ton of fun and very replayable, they’ve really managed to nail the Souls-Like formula while acing the procedural aspects as well.
Diablo 4, I wish it was more fast paced in every aspect of the game.
I also played dordogne yesterday, it had a cute story, beautiful art, but the gestures needed for many things would have played better on a tablet than on pc that I played it on.
Just finished Sleeping Dogs, strange hybrid game from 2012. On one hand story mission structure from GTA games, melee combat emblematic of that era (focused on countering like Batman: Arkham or early AC games), shooting feels terrible and it borrows heavily from Max Payne. Then you have Hong Kong setting, but the game is made by a Western studio which allows for more graphic violence than say Yakuza series. All in all recommended for open world aficionados, who enjoy that GTA-feeling story, but definitely the ideas become stale after around 3-4 hour mark.
Doing a New Game Plus playthrough in Final Fantasy XVI for the platinum. It’s my favorite game this year so far. Love the story and the characters, and the boss fights are excellent. After I’m done with that, I might do another playthrough of The Witcher 3.
Hunt Showdown with my mates, really loving this event. Had been burned out of the game for a long time but it feels sorta new now.
Crusader Kings 3, loving Tours and Tournaments. Hadn’t played much ck3 till now, I miss some features from CK2 but, I’m sure it’ll get there eventually. Not like CK2 was perfect out of the box.
Project Zomboid: doing a TLoU inspired run with a bunch of mods on apocalypse settings. It’s pretty hard, but very fun.
Rimworld: always there when I need it. Currently running a mafioso vampires run, pretty fun, but I think I’m ready to move on.
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I’ve gotten back into Guild Wars 2 and I’m enjoying it a lot more than where I left off. The game definitely matured since the end of the first expansion where I was and it seems like it’s in a good way. I like that there’s a lot to continually do and the grind to get to new fun stuff doesn’t seem too high.
Other than that, my take my mind off of stuff game has been Sailwind which is an early access sailboat sim/merchant sim game. It’s pretty cathartic to haul stuff across an open sea from point a to point b.
System shock remake… Pretty incredible. Never played 1 but beat 2 a few years ago and it’s awesome playing an old school game again with a modern flair. Hoping to finish before baldurs gate comes out.
Steelrising is pretty cool, I’m like 10 hours in and it’s super fun.
Naraka Bladepoint. It’s a shrinking-circle-style battle royale focused around fast-paced melee weapon combat. It’s been out for around 2 years but just went free to play a couple weeks ago. It’s fantastic. I’ve always loved invasions in Dark Souls, and while the combat is definitely different (maybe closer to Sekiro, but that’s not quite right either) it honestly feels like an improvement, as its designed for PvP first.
Just got the Spyro and crash trilogies on sale on my Xbox. Haven’t played spyro since it came out on the ps1. Nostalgia hit to the max, and my 3 y/o daughter loves watching it too.
I recently got a ps4, and am catching up on things I’ve missed. This week I finished Infamous: second son Infamous 2 was my favorite open world game of its generation, and Second Son felt like a lot of the same. I feel like it was short, a lot of the missions felt copy/pasted, and I think the karma system wasn’t as interesting. The multiple power gimmick was fun, but I wish it was easier to swap around. It was disappointing that my favorite power is unavailable for the last few boss fights.
Overall I felt it was a 6/10, I liberated all the regions and beat the story with the “Good” end, but I’m not compelled to go back and try the evil route or finish everything 100%
Beat Squidward’s Legacy (excellent) and still had an itch for more open world game, so decided to buy Red Dead Redemption 2 on sale. Beat it on PS4 a few years ago and it’s just not hitting the same way Hogwarts Legacy did or like it did back in the day.
Slow start, combat is straight up boring compared to Hogwarts, there is no difficulty mode adjustment other than turning off auto-aim which the game was clearly built around, extremely limited way to approach missions (oops you stepped off the designated trail, gotta retry again), audio mixing is fucked between gameplay and cut-scene dialog, already had a couple crashes including one that a lot of other people reported years ago that can only be bypassed by skipping a cutscene. Also that horse traversal is so slow in comparison. It’s still alright and the story and presentation is fun, I had much more fun with it 4 or so years ago. Maybe it will be more fun once it opens up a bit, but I’m already a few hours in.
Where do I sign up?
Been enjoying Ghost of Tsushima: Legends. It’s a lot of fun. Deeper than it appears from the surface.
I’ve been giving Exoprimal a try (free on GamePass). It’s actually a really fun mix of PvE and PvP so far! The story is hilariously strange as well. Not sure I’d think it’s worth $60, but for free it’s been a blast!
Exoprimal has been my surprise of the year. Really thought it was mediocre after a couple hours in but then it opened up with more game modes, dinos and became way more team focused and fun. The 10 player raids are some of the most fun coop I’ve had in the last years
Yeah I’m not sure if I just went in with low expectations, but really great so far!
How many hours do you think you had to play to unlock the 10 player raids? That sounds pretty awesome!
I don’t remember exactly the number of hours, but I’d say less than 5! It’s tied to player level/story progression. You get your first one a couple of story beats after your first mission with a cutscene in it ( the data collection one)
I’ve played terraria for years, but somehow my buddies and I were discussing games and it came up. So we started playing it and while I would’ve made progress in a world much faster, they’ve had a lot of fun, and it’s been so refreshing playing a game I love with my friends that also begin to fall in love. I may have gained a few years to my life during our playthrough
Remnant 2. I didn’t like the first one but man they’ve made an awesome sequel. It’s a ton of fun and very replayable, they’ve really managed to nail the Souls-Like formula while acing the procedural aspects as well.
Diablo 4, I wish it was more fast paced in every aspect of the game.
I also played dordogne yesterday, it had a cute story, beautiful art, but the gestures needed for many things would have played better on a tablet than on pc that I played it on.
Just finished Sleeping Dogs, strange hybrid game from 2012. On one hand story mission structure from GTA games, melee combat emblematic of that era (focused on countering like Batman: Arkham or early AC games), shooting feels terrible and it borrows heavily from Max Payne. Then you have Hong Kong setting, but the game is made by a Western studio which allows for more graphic violence than say Yakuza series. All in all recommended for open world aficionados, who enjoy that GTA-feeling story, but definitely the ideas become stale after around 3-4 hour mark.
Doing a New Game Plus playthrough in Final Fantasy XVI for the platinum. It’s my favorite game this year so far. Love the story and the characters, and the boss fights are excellent. After I’m done with that, I might do another playthrough of The Witcher 3.
Hunt Showdown with my mates, really loving this event. Had been burned out of the game for a long time but it feels sorta new now.
Crusader Kings 3, loving Tours and Tournaments. Hadn’t played much ck3 till now, I miss some features from CK2 but, I’m sure it’ll get there eventually. Not like CK2 was perfect out of the box.
Project Zomboid: doing a TLoU inspired run with a bunch of mods on apocalypse settings. It’s pretty hard, but very fun.
Rimworld: always there when I need it. Currently running a mafioso vampires run, pretty fun, but I think I’m ready to move on.