Got a new wheel and pedals, so back in to Gran Turismo!
Still playing Vintage Story, the hardcore survival minecraft for adults. I just finished my cementation furnace to make steel, so I’m prepping a lot of charcoal and iron ingots.
Also, a game I wasn’t patient for: Iron Nest. A pretty good dieselpunk tank game where the focus is on mapping, reconnaissance and calculating firing solutions. The sound of the massive cannons is just epic. Most satisfying BOOM ever.
Rogue Trader
Still on Caves of Qud. I must’ve pissed off the wrong person at some point because now everyone at Six Day Stilt attacks me and I can’t turn in the books I found anymore.
Cyberpunk 2077
Iron HarvestIs The Talos Principle old enough to end up here? If it is, then I’m recommending it with great ease. Feels like such a great puzzler with little to no action or reflexes required, a lovely magnitudes of secrets to hunt, both apparently tied to progression and just Easter eggs, and a lot of optional reading if you’re into lore-diving.
It’s from Croteam, the people behind Serious Sam, although I can’t say how much of the original crew worked on The Talos Principle. Still, their own engine offers itself very well to puzzle-solving and exploration through walking (or sprinting).
Such a gem.
I’ve been delving back through my backlog and checking out some roguelites that I wasn’t done with — or that weren’t done with me…
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- Children of Morta
- Inscryption
- Soulstone Survivors
- Atomicrops
- Nuclear Throne
- Pathogenic
- The Land Beneath Us
- Ember Knights
BeamNG.drive
I put on a podcast, load the Italy map in free roam mode, pick an interesting road and drive it back and forth, trying to go fast.
Continuing my first ever Portal 2 playthrough. Currently I’m stuck, but I’m motivated to try again. There has to be a way to get through this level. And I want to do it without searching for solutions online.
There was one (1) spot that got me seriously stuck in Portal 2, I think about halfway thru? Here’s hoping you can work through it better than I did (I had to look up the solution).
You can do it!
I’m jealous. I’ve played it so much I have all the puzzles memorized. I wish I could be challenged by it again. I miss those days.
Enjoy it. It’s a great game. A triumph, even.
finally got my steam machine (yaaaaaaay) and am revisiting arkham asylum.
and I plan giving the Ys series a try! foes someone have a recommendation which one to start with?
The first two games (sold as Ys I & II Chronicles+ these days) are simple but still hold up pretty well, especially graphically. I haven’t played later ones so I can’t say anything about the rest of the series unfortunately.
Fantastic game, I need to replay it soon.
Bruh wut‽ My deck says it’s not functional. Wonder what the difference is.
arkham asylum you mean? it also said unsupported (forgot the term, the gray icon I think) and when I tried it I struggled with the little lau hner that did not react on input.
I switched to proton 11 manually (was set to proton 10 for that game) and it worked fine. You night just give it a try? 🤔
Wunderling DX was on for €1.50. There’s 144 levels. Nice silly way to spend the week.
Got through all the Hitman 3 mastery achievements and half the Hitman 1 ones. Gonna finish 1 and then go on to 2.
You’re talking about the IO interactive Hitman games, right? Can you play them offline yet? The games look very good but this has kept me from buying them.
Sort of? The main campaign is playable but not the other game modes, and you can’t progress location mastery or get unlocks. The game also differentiates offline and online save files and you can’t go between them. It’s by far my least favourite part of this game. It’s one of my all time favourites but the online semi-requirement is awful. I really wish they’d change it.
Final Fantasy XIV
Whenever I play online games I tend to lean towards support gameplay - usually medic. That was also my plan for this attempt at getting into FFXIV but I wasn’t really feeling it and, since I don’t expect to play in a group, decided to play a combat role instead. Specifically: Pugilist (punch girl).
I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t fun under current circumstances but at the same time, it’s still FFXIV so I feel rather neutral about the whole experience. I’ll keep trying to stick with it, at least for now, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be moving on the moment I find something else that catches my interest. This game doesn’t really gel with me and that sucks, because I do think it’s a solid title.
Well, at least I don’t hate it.
FTL: Advanced Edition
This is more of a one-off as I installed it to check out whether achievement synchronisation between the Heroic Launcher and GOG works for this title (it doesn’t for the Croc remaster for example but that might be a problem with the game rather than Heroic). Still ended up doing a near full run, dying only to the final boss.
I’ll have to get back to this game for real some time but for now my experiment ended up being successful so I happy with that.
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
I love Shantae. It’s the only series I can say this about without a doubt - no ifs, no buts, just pure enjoyment. It’s something I didn’t expect to say about a game, let alone a series and yet here we are.
I played through the base game of HGH a year or two ago, now I decided to come back to complete the pirate mode. It’s the same set of levels with remixed challenges and played from the perspective of Risky Boots (Shantae’s main antagonist). She has her own set of mechanics - some of which might feel familiar for anyone who played Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, others completely new. All in all, it’s a rather different experience compared to the base game.
The early game was pretty rough, as base Risky (without her gadgets) can feel a bit limiting. The lack of options mixed with her levels relaying more on off screen and constantly respawning dangers can lead to moments that feel less like a challenge and more like a chore. Thankfully, finishing each level grants you new abilities, expanding your movement and attack in ways that quickly make you forget about the initial frustration. What started as a worrying session of annoyance ended up being a very enjoyable playthrough. I still have a few more modes to play through but considering they all make use of the same set of levels, I’ll leave them for the future to avoid burnout.
Shantae: HGH isn’t a perfect game nor is it the best title in the series. Despite its flaws however it’s still a part of my favourite series ever and a game I have a very hard time disliking. I hope the remaining games I’m yet to play through (original, Risky Revolution and the Seven Sirens) will keep this trend going.
Been playing the new Quake episode - Dawn of the Machine.
It’s very ambitious. Makes changes to enemies, weapons, and even the fundamental gameplay.
I don’t dislike it, it’s just an unsettling new take on what’s normally a comfortably familiar game for me.
I’m enjoying it. I liked the little glitch at the beginning where the environment suddenly changes, which took me by surprise. It’s harder in some bits, but not overwhelming.
Yeah, it’s a good challenge and the dimension-hopping is neat. I typically play on hard and so far it’s put up a decent fight without being cheap or frustrating, which is more than I can say for some of the original expansions.
I’ve been playing Hob recently. It’s fun, but I think it could have been more if the reins had been a bit looser. I came in expecting an exploration puzzle game and it’s much more of a linear adventure. Maybe my stardards are just really high after playing Tunic haha. The world is really cool and visually interesting (lots of verticality), and there is some metroid-esque exploration to go back to as you gain abilities. It’s certainly good enough to continue with!
I played and beat Duke Nukem 3D for the first time. Great game, especially considering where tech was at before it. Definitely feels like a game you could play over and over again and get into speed running or secret hunting.
