Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.
If the game happens to be on sale, a link would be fantastic.
Been making my way through Return of the Obra Dinn. It’s so different from anything I’ve played before. Really neat, though I wish there was some more help/guide info available in game on the mechanics of it. I feel like I stumble into things most of the time.
I’m playing Starcraft 1 again. We’ll see how far I get this time. I’m not certain I’ve ever finished all the way through Brood War without cheats.
Hah, I definitely never got the bonus mission without cheats.
Last night I finally finished MGS The Twin Snakes, and soon about to be starting MGS2. Was pretty fun even if I had no idea what I was doing most of the time.
The Twin Snakes is excellent. I’ve not played 2/3 or 4 so kinda makes me what to go play them.
MGS3 is the best one in the series. They really nailed the MGS formula with that one.
I’m honestly not a big fan of Twin Snakes (I think the mechanics ported over from MGS2 broke a lot of the original design of MGS1, and I don’t prefer the cutscenes over the original), but if you think it’s excellent you absolutely should play 2 and 3 at least. MGS3 is a masterpiece.
Have you played any of the series before? MGS2 and 3 are some of the best games ever made, IMO :) Twin Snakes is ok, but I much prefer the original.
Make sure to play the original version of MGS1 eventually. It’s different enough (and arguably superior) to Twin Snakes to be worth a play.
Playing through:
- New Vegas
- 13 Sentinels
- Might start on Skyward Sword on Switch, now that I’ve finished TOTK
YES!! new vegas is soooo good, i got it for 3.00USD and its a great game!
I started playing it years ago but quit after reaching the Strip - this time I will make sure to actually finish it! The writing is great and the quests are really memorable.
Can’t comment on hope good it is yet, but I picked up Disco Elysium for $10 and have been playing that. Also Open Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
Disco Elysium is on the Playstation prime or whatever it is called. currently enjoying the game. slow and steady.
I’m replaying this one right now (more or less, I hadn’t played Final Cut before).
I know it’s too highbrow for some people, but the writing absolutely pops in this game.
I haven’t had much time for games lately unfortunately but when I have found a few minutes here or there, I finally started Morrowind. I’m thinking of making a post about it soon, but it’s still an awesome game 21 years later
Nothing this week but I built my kids their first PC so looking forward to loading it up with games for them. It’s old (i5 4690K + R9 370) but good enough for most games I own.
Control and Fallout 3.
Control is a masterclass at world building and storytelling.
Fallout 3 is as excellent as always, but even on the Steam Deck it suffers from random crashes. Save often.
I recently finished Grime (I got it for free on EGS). Not 100% tho.
A metroidvania with lots of difficulty to it.
Tho I found it to be a great game, but not amazing.
The bosses have great music and a beautiful design, they offer a great challenge, and often a respoin point is close enough to not be an annoyance.
There was some (multiple) places where area music was absent, and seemed sketchy.
Weapon balance is, well not that great, due to stamina. The game heavily pushes towards using low stamina consumption weapons, which also attack fast and do low damage per hit.
Higher damage per hit weapons are slower and use more stamina which is very punishing.
The inability to change the mouse binds is also a disappointment. Tho good thing I had ghub to create macros for the game and allow me to change those.
I just did unga bunga (strength) and had a fairly easy go of it. I put a good many trait points into stamina as well. I also invested into stamina regen abilities.
Assassins Creed: Odyssey, but wait for the sales.
Fuck yeah, I’m maybe three quarters done with that game, only the DLC left. I’ve been playing it for like a year and I’ve fully completed all of Greece, just finishing up quests. One of my favorite games at this point.
Rip. And. Tear.
Currently working my way through Doom Eternal and I think it’s one of the best first person shooters I’ve ever played. If you ever even touch a FPS game, you’ve gotta play this. The music alone is worth the price of admission.
Side projects I have are Tails Noir, It Takes Two (also an incredible game imo), and Crash Nitro Kart. I have Nitro Kart on a bit of pause since the steam deck can’t emulate it well. Will have to move emulation and saves over to my PC sometime.
I’m playing Paper Mario 64 for the first time, it’s not a typical Mario game by any stretch but it’s an ok jrpg.
Baldur’s Gate 3! It’s such an amazing game that I used a week of vacation time to do nothing except play that game. I’ve never done anything like that before. Forewarning, laying on the couch for a week straight doesn’t feel great physically.
Starcraft 2. Two friends and I have been going through a 3-player coop version of the single player campaigns. We just finished the first one, onto the expansions now. It has been pretty fun.
Timberborn, Europa universalis 4 and the perfect Tower 2 😊
Just started playing Timberborn, super fun!
Which version of EU4 are you on? I’ve been playing it with some friends for a while (on a converted save from CK2), but because we have limited time that we’re all free together we’ve been getting through it very slowly. As such, we’re still on v1.33, although I have modded in some things from 1.34. Having fun, but it has been interesting seeing the newer versions. It looks like there’s an awful lot of power creep and the proliferation of mission trees seems to make it less of a sandbox, but I haven’t actually played the up-to-date version of the game so I’m very much just looking in from the outside
