I play a match or two at nigth with a friend and it’s always a lot of fun. Everything from the people to the mechanics are enjoyable. At the beginning it was a bit confusing but I’ve gotten used to it.
I picked up horizon zero dawn again after a year since i dropped it. I really liked it more than a year ago. This was a really big deal for me since I felt like I lost enjoyment in gaming since 3 months ago. Playing HZD, really helped me find my groove back in gaming.
Since I finished Starfield. I’ve had an itch for more space exploration. I decided to get back into Elite Dangerous. I haven’t played it for a good couple years. I bought the latest DLC for it when it was released. I just never got around to playing it. I’m absolutely loving the space legs.
I’ve been going from system to system. Mapping each planet and moon. Landing on those that I can. Exploring for geological features and biology samples. All while marathoning my favourite YouTube channels.
Elite and Starfield are like night and day. In Starfield, you can’t actually fly through space and it’s more of a decoration, while in Elite you’re there from the liftoff, to the travel, to the descent.
I recently finished Hyper Light Drifter. It was decent, pretty good level of challenge in boss battles or when the enemies surround you. Backtracking to find secrets was a chore though. And cloud saves didn’t work which was a bummer.
Before that was another attempt to enjoy No Man’s Sky. I just can’t do it, too many bafflingly stupid design decisions.
Now I’m loading Red Dead Redemption 2 onto my Steam Deck. Finally time to undertake what I hope to be my favorite wild west adventure ever.
I might start RDR2 alongside you. The controls and lack of time have kept me away from the game, but I have been itching for a game like it for such a long time.
When I’m not playing baldurs gate 3, I’m stopping in on baldurs gate 1 which I didn’t play back in the day(I only had 2), The original kingdom hearts, a second playthrough of final fantasy remake in anticipation of rebirth, outer worlds, midnight Suns, guardians of the Galaxy, star ocean the last hope, and thr ever present vampire Survivors and Binding of Isaac. I’ve been hopping games frequently recently.
I admire your ability to keep track of all that. I actively play FF14 to fill my MMO slot and then some other game that is my mainstay at the time. If I dare even touch another serious title, it tends to completely push out the prior one, so I have been really trying hard not to start another bigger game while I’m not done with the last one.
It’s how I’ve been playing Yakuza 0 for the last entire year, coming back every half eternity. I really need to just sit down and play a title or take forever.
Ff14 is the reason my Backlog got as bad as it did. My plan was to quit after end walker but instead I never even finished the story and I hate myself for it cause I played since 1.0, but every time I go back I just keep thinking of every other game I could be playing instead and don’t wind up playing more than an hour.
I am just barely at the start of Shadowbringer now and I’ve been playing for more than two years now. I personally really enjoy having an MMO to continuously play next to other games, but it definitely doesn’t help with my backlog either, lol
If this is your first total war experience, then I can see why you like it, but Troy is by far and away NOT the best of the total war games. Honestly, the further back you go, the better they are. Shogun 2 and Medieval 2 are absolutely fantastic games, with deeper mechanics than many of the more modern ones.
Shogun 2 and older games massively lose out on the UX. Especially in combat, the games have much less quality of life.
Furthermore, the newer games simply work towards a somewhat different audience. The studio has clearly picked up on the success of Warhammer and after stumbling both through all of Three Kingdoms and the launch of Troy, they seem to have firmly settled towards the more fantasy direction which is counter to the philosophy of the earlier games.
While I certainly support trying out the older titles too, calling Troy a simply worse game than the older titles is a bit reductionistic and definitely has a personal bias and may be somewhat misleading, even if your advice was in good faith.
I recently tried Original Sin 2 two weeks ago with the Baldur’s Gate craze. I’m not really a RPG player but I wanted to try it to make sure I wasn’t missing anything.
I’ll throw down the factorio card for this week.
Trying it out on the steam deck. Plays pretty good so far. Bit clunky in the controls, but I’ll keep messing around with them. Plus it’s great for the pick up and play, although I’ll prob need to leave notes or something when things get more complex so I don’t lose the thread
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I’ve been playing a lot of BattleBit recently.
I play a match or two at nigth with a friend and it’s always a lot of fun. Everything from the people to the mechanics are enjoyable. At the beginning it was a bit confusing but I’ve gotten used to it.
I picked up horizon zero dawn again after a year since i dropped it. I really liked it more than a year ago. This was a really big deal for me since I felt like I lost enjoyment in gaming since 3 months ago. Playing HZD, really helped me find my groove back in gaming.
Jedi Survivor. It ran like shit when I bought it at launch, so I waited a bit and it’s been great so far.
I was just thinking about this one. Loved the first one and have been waiting for it to be all patched up. How did you play it?
Since I finished Starfield. I’ve had an itch for more space exploration. I decided to get back into Elite Dangerous. I haven’t played it for a good couple years. I bought the latest DLC for it when it was released. I just never got around to playing it. I’m absolutely loving the space legs.
I’ve been going from system to system. Mapping each planet and moon. Landing on those that I can. Exploring for geological features and biology samples. All while marathoning my favourite YouTube channels.
Elite Dangerous - £4.99
£19.9975% Off https://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/Elite_Dangerous/Elite Dangerous: Odyssey - £10.49
£29.9965% Off https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336350/Elite_Dangerous_Odyssey/I love Elite, but i always quit when i try to follow builds and everything requires engineering, and those are just too much of a grind for me.
Elite and Starfield are like night and day. In Starfield, you can’t actually fly through space and it’s more of a decoration, while in Elite you’re there from the liftoff, to the travel, to the descent.
Uncharted 2 - making my way through the original trilogy
I recently finished Hyper Light Drifter. It was decent, pretty good level of challenge in boss battles or when the enemies surround you. Backtracking to find secrets was a chore though. And cloud saves didn’t work which was a bummer.
Before that was another attempt to enjoy No Man’s Sky. I just can’t do it, too many bafflingly stupid design decisions.
Now I’m loading Red Dead Redemption 2 onto my Steam Deck. Finally time to undertake what I hope to be my favorite wild west adventure ever.
I might start RDR2 alongside you. The controls and lack of time have kept me away from the game, but I have been itching for a game like it for such a long time.
I’ll download it on my Steam Deck tonight
When I’m not playing baldurs gate 3, I’m stopping in on baldurs gate 1 which I didn’t play back in the day(I only had 2), The original kingdom hearts, a second playthrough of final fantasy remake in anticipation of rebirth, outer worlds, midnight Suns, guardians of the Galaxy, star ocean the last hope, and thr ever present vampire Survivors and Binding of Isaac. I’ve been hopping games frequently recently.
I admire your ability to keep track of all that. I actively play FF14 to fill my MMO slot and then some other game that is my mainstay at the time. If I dare even touch another serious title, it tends to completely push out the prior one, so I have been really trying hard not to start another bigger game while I’m not done with the last one.
It’s how I’ve been playing Yakuza 0 for the last entire year, coming back every half eternity. I really need to just sit down and play a title or take forever.
Ff14 is the reason my Backlog got as bad as it did. My plan was to quit after end walker but instead I never even finished the story and I hate myself for it cause I played since 1.0, but every time I go back I just keep thinking of every other game I could be playing instead and don’t wind up playing more than an hour.
I am just barely at the start of Shadowbringer now and I’ve been playing for more than two years now. I personally really enjoy having an MMO to continuously play next to other games, but it definitely doesn’t help with my backlog either, lol
Halfway through playing Batman Arkham Knight on Xbox.
Xonotic. It’s an open source fps supposedly similar to Quake. It’s free, so no harm in checking it out!
Troy, a total war saga. This is my first total war experience and I’m having a blast. Still getting to know all the mechanics though
If this is your first total war experience, then I can see why you like it, but Troy is by far and away NOT the best of the total war games. Honestly, the further back you go, the better they are. Shogun 2 and Medieval 2 are absolutely fantastic games, with deeper mechanics than many of the more modern ones.
Shogun 2 and older games massively lose out on the UX. Especially in combat, the games have much less quality of life.
Furthermore, the newer games simply work towards a somewhat different audience. The studio has clearly picked up on the success of Warhammer and after stumbling both through all of Three Kingdoms and the launch of Troy, they seem to have firmly settled towards the more fantasy direction which is counter to the philosophy of the earlier games.
While I certainly support trying out the older titles too, calling Troy a simply worse game than the older titles is a bit reductionistic and definitely has a personal bias and may be somewhat misleading, even if your advice was in good faith.
I started playing Monster Hunter Rise! I’ve played Monster Hunter: World before for a bit, so I understand something of how it works.
That didn’t stop me from trying to skip ahead in quests and getting pummeled a bunch of times though. Whoops!
I’m also finally trying to get a little further in American Truck Simulator. I’ve had it for a few years and have struggled to play consistently.
After years of Skyrim losing me to its jank, my mod list has reached a size of 450 and thus critical mass: Skyrim has finally pulled me in!
I‘m also playing Hollow Knight and a bit of Mario 3D Land on the Switch, so I‘m havin‘ a grand ol‘ time these days
Picked up Dvinity Orginal sin Enhanced Edition
On sale and native for Linux ;-)
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I recently tried Original Sin 2 two weeks ago with the Baldur’s Gate craze. I’m not really a RPG player but I wanted to try it to make sure I wasn’t missing anything.
Conclusion: I really don’t like RPGs :p
Well now you know :D
I mean there are different kinds of RPGs. Maybe you just didn’t find your specific one It’s out there Waiting for you
Hope you have more fun with it than I did. XD
I’ll throw down the factorio card for this week. Trying it out on the steam deck. Plays pretty good so far. Bit clunky in the controls, but I’ll keep messing around with them. Plus it’s great for the pick up and play, although I’ll prob need to leave notes or something when things get more complex so I don’t lose the thread