CIV V
I am new to it and I like it.
I have wasted so much of my time already in Europa Universalis V (cracked) just with Hungary and I’m still only in the 1450s
Started a new vintage story run, currently living my best life as a stone age bozo
Finished Skate Story and now I’m working through Hi-Fi Rush.
I just beat Hi-Fi Rush on Very Hard a couple of days ago and working through some achievements on Hard now. My Just Timing is still shit and tanking my score, but I intend to start focusing on that at some point. I get like 50~60% in every fight.
How is it for you? Which Track are you currently playing?
Also, how was Skate Story? Does it have fun mechanics or does it focus more on story?
Kingdom Come Deliverance, I decided to finish it, after playing the second game in the free weekend and also bought the DLCs on the cheap.
I am thinking of buying the KCD2 during the winter sale and finish that one too.
I’ve got KCD2, and I mean it’s awesome, but the prologue drags on my god. I just got the darn thing finally started and I was bored of it. I’ll pick it back up at some point. It’s great, it just needs a special kind of attention and dedication that I’m not sure I totally have.
Yes, I agree, I have KCD for a bit and never made it past the prologue. I started playing it again after I played the second part.
Guild Wars 2! It’s been improved quite a bit since I last played it over 12 years ago.
Heck yeah! Picked it up again about a week ago. It has improved so much and is a lot of fun again
Carmageddon Max Damage. I used to live for the original Carmageddon, back when I was in high school. Between me and my old man, we annihilated that game and all the add on packs. This version is a pleasant return to a simpler time, but it’s a nice shake up of the classic too, it’s actually a bit challenging. I’m really enjoying it, about 55% done. I pick away at it here and there, and have been doing that this week. Probably going to replay Modern Warfare 2 (the 2009 version) on the weekend, as I just finished Modern Warfare 1 last weekend.
SpongeBob SquarePants and the Cosmic Shake. Nothing spectacular but it’s a solid kids platformer
I’m at the halfway point of Alan Wake 2, picking it back up after a bit of a hiatus. I like the story a lot and how it’s unfolding… Good acting and art direction, love the vibes… but combat is not super interesting to me. (っ- ‸ - ς) so I kinda got distracted with other stuff…
Still playing Persona 3 Reload, I think I’m around 75% of the story. The game is, eh, okay-ish.
To be honest, was bored most of the entire game, so bored that I just used a Trainer to rush through the dungeons. Only now it is getting a little bit interesting.
Project Gotham Racing 4
It’s a shame that the series isn’t backwards compatible on the newest Xbox because they are awesome games. Driving has a really nice feel to it (not so much for the motorcycles), the circuit locations are all so well done and genuinely interesting to look at and race on. £2 well spent!
I’m almost done with Shadowrun Returns - all that’s left is the grand finale. Looks like my breaks for Unbeatable didn’t affect my progress as much as I thought they would.
I’m still surprised by the balance between dialogue (or non-combat gameplay in general) and combat - the former is the more interesting part of the game for me so the current state of things is right up my alley. Not that combat is bad, I actually enjoy it way more than I thought I would, but talking with characters is something I always look forward to the most. This is even more highlighted here as I also love the feeling of community in the “Seamstresses Union”, the main hub of the game - there’s not much to do there nor is there a huge amount of interaction with characters but what’s there is enough to make the place feel like home away from home. It’s great.
Writing is pretty engaging for the most part. There were a few less interesting parts but they didn’t really affect my enjoyment though I can’t say I’m a fan of the last minute swerve into the “gotta save the world” narrative. It’s “fine” but I would simply prefer the game to stay with the small(ish) personal stakes instead. I did end up liking pretty much all of the side characters at least (and even some of the random mercs which have no character or conversations at all).
I was worried about two things when I started this playthrough:
- Complexity of the game - I haven’t played Shadowrun before and I don’t really play many isometric RPGs these days so I wasn’t sure how well I’ll handle it.
- I have a bad tendency of starting games, then taking multi month breaks because I got distracted by something else. Thankfully, I managed to power through my mind goblins and finish (well, I will tonight) the game in “one go” - it’s not much but I’m proud of myself considering how big of a problem it can be.
The only issues I have with the game are the fact that some etiquette options are pretty much useless in the campaign and that for some reason game always starts on my second monitor, with a borked resolution. Both issues are a bit annoying but they not game breaking so whatever. Other than that nothing stood out in other negative ways.
All in all, I had a great time and can only hope most of my remaining backlog will be just as entertaining. Time to search for another pick.
Edit: Just finished the game. Final section was my least favourite part of the playthrough - it wasn’t terrible, just kinda “meh” compared to the rest of the game. Still liked the game overall and will be happy to play the other two I have.
Twin continues to want to play together, and Stardew Valley with lots of mods continues to be the best option.
The addition of Jorts and Jean is a delight. I’m stuck on how I’m suppose to be unlocking some of the Expanded stuff though. I’ll have to wiki it eventually.
I‘m playing Neon White and thankfully the gameplay manages to make up for the dialogue/voiceover or else I wouldn‘t have lasted long in that game lol
Evil Within, didn’t think it take me so long to beat…
