It feels really good.

It’s kind of crazy how well this 20 year old game is designed. Each NPC has a life. Each house is a real house, and not just a closed box for background setting.

The gameplay feels so good that it’s a bit startling when things are buggy, or just not as modern. Like when you have a fetch quest, but you already have the item: there’s no option to say: here it is! You have to literally walk away to trigger something in the quest engine, and then come back to deliver the item.

Also, the way enemies are not at all aware of each other stands out: 2 bandits standing next to each other. I snipe one of them, and the other doesn’t even react. Must have been the wind…

But overall I’m loving it.

Driving to tracks is 100% a chore. It’s made me not enjoy any new racing game in the last 5 years. I really hope this game has an option to skip that and jump right into a race. I don’t look forward to wrangling my family to drive to the same track just to start a race. I’m sure at least one of my kids would drive in the opposite direction because they think it’s funny.

I still don’t use gog much. Last game I got there was free through Amazon prime, I think. It was Lego star wars episode 1, and while I usually really enjoy the Lego games, controller support was totally busted, so I ended up not giving it much time. 🙁

I don’t really see it being a sandbox. I mean, all answers are given, and you select from those choices. That’s the same as other games that have pc vo. I feel like it would have made more sense to have no voice options at all, and to just get rid of the ridiculous quips. That way, you create your own voice in your head. In no universe would the character I created complain about having to put her hands onto everything before opening a door.

Anyway, not a big deal, but like I said, it was a bit jarring.

One thing I find jarring about BG3 is the lack of vo for the player character. It seems like a weird omission in this day and age. (Not counting the dumb ‘I clicked here, so my player has to say something’ vo. Like, shut the fuck up with your dumb chess references, Gale!)

Specifically Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle. The sequel was a massive disappointment.

Solasta Crown of the Magister for $8.99.

For me it’s the best game ever to capture the D&D feeling. The custom Warlock subclass, Timekeeper, is ridiculously fun.

People don’t accept that, perhaps, something isn’t just “not for them”

I think this is my favorite comment on this whole thread.

It was the first Dragon Age game I played, and I loved it.

Dragon Age Inquisition. It’s fuuun.

Ooo, I loved Veilguard, so maybe I’ll love this, too.

I bought it a few months back. Looking at my play time, I guess I didn’t care for it too much. Oh well, I guess it’s better to buy that on sale and see if you like it, than plopping down more money when the new one comes out.

Finished Dragon Age Origins + the Awakening expansion, and am now playing Dragon Age Inquisition. It’s taking me a bit of time to get used to the differences in spells, skills, and crafting. And why is there no crafting station in the Hinterlands?!? Let me make the things!

Yes, the combat is awesome. I just played Origins, and sure, there were a lot of opportunities for my character to be a dick, but I really wonder how many people choose those options. I didn’t. I liked how close you could get to the companions in Veilguard. It felt much more impactful in the end game.

I, for one, loved it. That may not be true for a lot of people, but I’m glad the game was made.

The game was really solid right from launch, so I guess it’s not lacking any updates. Bummer that it’s perceived as such a failure.

Playing Sea of Stars with my 2 kids. We’re having a lot of fun with it so far.

Playing Solasta. Our D&D group had fallen apart, and we just didn’t seem to be able to get a new game together. Solasta scratched that D&D itch like no game before it has. My wife got really into it, too, so we ended up adventuring for hundreds of hours together.

Playing through the entire Dragon Age series, then Pillars of Eternity and Sea of Stars.

Dragon Age: Origins. Playing on the Deck, and it’s taken a while to get used to the remapped PC controls. The game definitely feels 15 years old. Still, the story and characters are good.

I see some similarities to newer games like BG3, like the idea of the camp, and having a large number of companions to switch between. I actually didn’t like this in BG3. I think the Lighthouse setup in Veilguard, while mechanically similar, felt, and fit into the story, much better.

This is my last one, too. First time playing it, about 30 hours in now. Planning to play through all the older DA games before doing another playthrough of Veilguard.

Oh, I didn’t even realize it’s already out!

I just played Dragon Age Veilguard, and I’m now playing Dragon Age Origins, which was released 15 years ago. The difference in graphics and animation are startling. And it has a big effect on my enjoyment of the game. Origins is considered by many to be the best in the series, and I can see that they poured a ton into story options and such. But it doesn’t feel nearly as good as playing Veilguard.

Amazing graphics might not make or break a game, but the minimum level of what’s acceptable is always rising. Couple that with higher resolutions and other hardware advances, and art budgets are going to keep going up.

Dragon Age Origins. It’s definitely a bit rough to play on steam deck without proper controller support, but after playing Veilguard, I want to see what I’ve been missing these last 15 years.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard | 9/10 I loved this game so much. It literally made me cry at one point. The story and characters were phenomenal.

Super Mario Wonder | 7/10 fun with the family.

Solasta | 9/10 Finished yet another playthrough with my wife. It’s the best D&D video game.

I just started Inquisition. I’m looking forward to learning more about the characters that appear in the Veilguard.

Well, it crashed on launch, for one. I saw there’s a ‘4GB’ fix, but that doesn’t let me launch from steam, and I wanted to stream to the steam deck, where I do almost all my gaming these days.

I really loved Veilguard, but I’ve definitely seen people who played Origins complain about it. I thought the characters, story, and combat were fantastic though.

I just finished The Veilguard at 68 hours. I loved it, but haven’t played Origins. I bought it, but refunded after I saw how buggy and unsupported it is on new hardware these days. Maybe they’ll have a remaster some day, since everyone seemed to love it.

Hah, I actually just busted out pen and paper for Dragon Age Veilguard, although it was to compare companion stats, and nothing to do with the story.

This actually sounds like depression. Being unable to find joy, and then unsuccessfully searching for it in places where you used to find it. I would consider talking to a professional if you can.

Or try Dragon Age Veilguard.

I’ve been playing the Ballionaire demo, which is pretty damn fun.

I miss good arcade racers. I don’t remember the name of them, but I remember on the Xbox or 360 there were some really fun ones where you race around cities and nice landscapes. You could just jump in with friends and race. These days any racing game I try is like a job. Oh, you want to race? First drive to the garage, pick your car, talk to the mechanic, then spend 20 minutes driving to the race track. Mario Kart is about the only fun racing game I can think of, but I’d prefer something with real cars.

At this point the screenshot thing needs it’s own sub

This looks so good. Hope there’s a demo

Tactical beach wizard. Wish it were multi player, but enjoyed it a lot either way.

I wish it had co-op play

Back in the day I was always impressed with Tekken’s graphics, but it never felt as good as Virtua Fighter. I think VF made even better use of 3d space, and also added interesting environment interactions. So thats where all my quarters went.

Marvel’s Midnight Suns has similar top notch graphics, and somewhat similar mechanics, but with deck building added. I don’t remember if there’s a class system.

If you like the d&d mechanics, check out Solasta, which I like a million times better than BG3. The graphics aren’t as good, but it’s also not as gore/horror focused.

Against the Storm. Picked it up way back in early access and kind of thought it sucked. Saw some people talk about it recently and decided to give it another go, and it doesn’t suck anymore! I suck at it, having lost every round, but I keep going back in, so I guess I like it now.

Picked up Sonic All Stars Racing on the Deck, and it’s super fun. Never heard about the game when it came out. It’s basically Mario Kart with Sega characters, but thats… really fun.