EU5 has been my sole game for over a month now. It needs some work, and I don’t love paradox, and I think think the game is too much of a cookie-clicker reskin… but it’s scratching that grand strategy itch.
I’ve also been on turtle-wow (private vanilla+) which has really been recapturing the spirit of 2004-08 wow for 7(?) years now.
No break for me but I’ve been doing “old dog, new tricks” by picking up some SMW Kaizo. I’m four exits out of seven in Shell’s Retriever so far. I think I’m doing fair for only being a couple weeks into playing romhacks and for last playing SMW in the 90s. I don’t think I’ll ever get around to “Baron of Shell” or any other crazy hard hacks but it has been fun working on a few of the “easy” ones.
I’ll probably get back to Factorio after I finish Retriever. Possibly not until after the sequel, Shell’s Redeemer, but I’ve previewed it and it looks substantially tougher.
I’ve been hung up on Unnamed Space Idle for a while, an incremental game that involves moving your little ship forwards through little sectors watching it blast infinite enemy ships while numbers go up. It’s insidious how it layers system after system for making those numbers go up to make the whole process interesting. At first you just slot stuff in as it unlocks because there’s space, but then there’s more to equip than you have slots for and you have to start focusing one or two things at a time. There have been days where I have just sat watching and every few minutes clicking something to shave just a few minutes off a major upgrade.
I’ve been burning through some Gamepass offerings that I’ve passed over.
The Wolf Among Us is a fun Telltale game.
Superliminal is a good mindfuck puzzle game. There were a few times that it took me a while to find the key to the puzzle, but I never felt “stumped” throughout the game.
and I’m a few hours into Monster Sanctuary which is essentially Pokemon in a classic Metroid map. Having fun so far and planning on sticking with it for a while.
I finally finished Metal Gear Solid 4 (❤️!). I played a bit of Helldivers 2 with friends. And I’m still working on my first playthrough of Tomb Raider 2 on my Anbernic handheld as my couch game.
At first the loop also made me feel like I had to hurry a lot. But the more I played the more I found calm in it. You can get to anywhere pretty quickly, and you find plenty of shortcuts if you look for them. And what you don’t have time for in this loop, you have time for in the next. Slow down, enjoy the journey.
For me it was when I was in another planet, doing some kind of progress, and then boom. When I spent most of my time just getting to, and landing on, the planet, just to get “blipped” again 5 minutes into solving a puzzle, was frustrating.
And, to me, it seemed like it happened at random. Trying to stay with the “playing blind” idea, I didn’t look into the actual timing of the booms. It was a constant dread when I was doing something, thinking it may pop at any time.
Once I got my head around the autopilot and the landing camera, the game became much easier. There are definitely still a few things I think I cheesed in unintended ways though.
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EU5 has been my sole game for over a month now. It needs some work, and I don’t love paradox, and I think think the game is too much of a cookie-clicker reskin… but it’s scratching that grand strategy itch.
I’ve also been on turtle-wow (private vanilla+) which has really been recapturing the spirit of 2004-08 wow for 7(?) years now.
I’ve been playing mega bonk. It’s very addicting and fun
In order of most played recently to least played recently:
GTAV
Dark Souls Remastered
WWE 2k25
No break for me but I’ve been doing “old dog, new tricks” by picking up some SMW Kaizo. I’m four exits out of seven in Shell’s Retriever so far. I think I’m doing fair for only being a couple weeks into playing romhacks and for last playing SMW in the 90s. I don’t think I’ll ever get around to “Baron of Shell” or any other crazy hard hacks but it has been fun working on a few of the “easy” ones.
I’ll probably get back to Factorio after I finish Retriever. Possibly not until after the sequel, Shell’s Redeemer, but I’ve previewed it and it looks substantially tougher.
Bitcraft Online, Outer Worlds 2 and Palia. im in my cosy crafty era lol
Luanti, voxelibre
Cs2
Motortown
Such fun!
I’ve been hung up on Unnamed Space Idle for a while, an incremental game that involves moving your little ship forwards through little sectors watching it blast infinite enemy ships while numbers go up. It’s insidious how it layers system after system for making those numbers go up to make the whole process interesting. At first you just slot stuff in as it unlocks because there’s space, but then there’s more to equip than you have slots for and you have to start focusing one or two things at a time. There have been days where I have just sat watching and every few minutes clicking something to shave just a few minutes off a major upgrade.
Megabonk.
Intravenous 1.
No third game. (This could be the name of a game, but sadly I’m referring to the fact that I only played those first two games during the holidays)
Factorio Minecraft and rimworld
But that’s been the same for last few years so shrugs
I’ve been burning through some Gamepass offerings that I’ve passed over.
The Wolf Among Us is a fun Telltale game.
Superliminal is a good mindfuck puzzle game. There were a few times that it took me a while to find the key to the puzzle, but I never felt “stumped” throughout the game.
and I’m a few hours into Monster Sanctuary which is essentially Pokemon in a classic Metroid map. Having fun so far and planning on sticking with it for a while.
Ultimate chicken horse with the GF BF6/HD2 with the boys Slay the Spire when I have nothing I wanna do
WoW Classic and Megabonk - both on the Steam Deck - have been a great holiday time sink.
official classic or a private server?
During what break? Xmas?
Ye kids get breaks
I finally finished Metal Gear Solid 4 (❤️!). I played a bit of Helldivers 2 with friends. And I’m still working on my first playthrough of Tomb Raider 2 on my Anbernic handheld as my couch game.
Outer Wilds has completely absorbed me. I went in knowing absolutely nothing about the game and am so glad I did!
Once you finish the standard game and DLC, check out the mods. There have been annual game jams that do add some stories.
Didn’t knew about the mods, that might be a rabbit hole to dig into.
https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/
Quantum space buddies is good if you want to play coop. That’s how I played the DLC
Suitlog allows access to the computer from your suit
Scout stream makes the scout a video stream instead of a snapshot
As for story DLC, I’ve played “the vision” and “The stranger”. I liked the stranger much better, but it’s nice to have any new content.
Awesome! I’ve been worrying about what to do when I finish the DLC.
I wish my computer could run this game. On my short list of games I know I’ll love.
Runs fine on the Steam Deck, just sayin’. 😁
I also went into the game blind, but the anxiety inducing loop I did not enjoy at all. I may give it another try some day.
At first the loop also made me feel like I had to hurry a lot. But the more I played the more I found calm in it. You can get to anywhere pretty quickly, and you find plenty of shortcuts if you look for them. And what you don’t have time for in this loop, you have time for in the next. Slow down, enjoy the journey.
For me it was when I was in another planet, doing some kind of progress, and then boom. When I spent most of my time just getting to, and landing on, the planet, just to get “blipped” again 5 minutes into solving a puzzle, was frustrating.
And, to me, it seemed like it happened at random. Trying to stay with the “playing blind” idea, I didn’t look into the actual timing of the booms. It was a constant dread when I was doing something, thinking it may pop at any time.
Once I got my head around the autopilot and the landing camera, the game became much easier. There are definitely still a few things I think I cheesed in unintended ways though.
Oh man, for me it was so much more chill than anxiety producing. Is, since now I’m tackling the DLC.