Whatcha all playing? I finally finished persona 5! Loved it!
Now I’m on to Cairn. Really cool so far! Pretty tough too
Currently looking over my GOG list and thinking of going for either Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight or SiN (a game I vaguely recall was reviewed as 6.5 or 7/10 back in the day)
Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight was a huge part of my childhood, I have such a love for that game. I had just gotten into Star Wars after my family introduced me to the original trilogy and the FMV videos between chapters were just the coolest thing ever to me. Kyle Katarn is still one of my favourite Star Wars characters.
That being said, I recently watched Mapocolops play through the game and I was flabbergasted at some of the peak 90s level design in the game. Literally have no idea how I managed to beat it as a kid.
Playing Zelda tears of the Kingdom with my son, slay the spire 2 with my friends (and some solo) and dark age of Camelot with random people. Good times.
Valheim again. I need some calm meadows music.
I’ve been slowly working my way through my first run of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. I haven’t played any of the Metroid Prime games in a long time, and it’s interesting how it has changed yet it has not.
I just got into Mudborne after having nearly 100 hours into Apico.
On a related note, I know I could never be a game dev because the discussion boards on all my favorite games are just ‘this should be a sandbox sim instead’ and I don’t know how they handle it.
Well, to no surprise, Slay the Spire 2. Still in early access, and still an amazing game. The balance is a bit all over the place, but that’s expected with it in EA. Compared to the first game, it’s a direct improvement (save for the balance). The new characters are a lot of fun to play and bring new, interesting mechanics to the game. Heck, Defect has some new content as well, including a status build of all things.
Otherwise, modded Terraria on a server I’m hosting with some friends. The new update is really good, but even 1.4.4 (which tModLoader is still on) has some awesome mods. Honestly, I’m excited for when tModLoader releases for the new update, though I know that will take some time.
Portal 2 with a friend, after a two-year long hiatus. Looks like we accidentally went to the last level after level 2, watched the ending cutscene, now we’re back to playing level 3 lol.
Backpack Hero is my current daily game. It’s a nice fun roguelite although I sometimes wish it was a little harder. Taking a break from Hades II for a while even though I am possibly one step away from finishing the main story.
I’m enjoying Backpack Hero, too, but I agree that it’s too easy. That might be needed, though, since there are so many items that it’s hard to get the items you need for a specific strat. Like, the other day I got a legendary bow and my build was already OP enough that I could afford the space to pivot and grab the bow, but then I only ever saw 1 arrow until the end of the run. So, it was easy enough that I could beat the run with 5 dead inventory slots the whole time, but “hard” that I could never implement a build pivot.
Regardless, it’s pretty fun, and it being a bit easier makes it more chill. I might go back to Backpack Battles instead, but I’m intimidated by needing to know all the meta builds to have any chance of longterm success in runs.
Monster Hunter Stories 3 just released and it’s insanely good. As usual it’s way too expensive as all AAA games are now, but I’m a sucker for Monster Hunter so I was going to pay no matter what. It’s a lot more open than the previous games, which makes it feel a lot more interesting and the new gameplay sytems really play into that in a good way. It’s also a lot of fun as a Monster Hunter fan seeing all the monsters they chose for the game. Some of their picks are very surprising!
I also picked up Dragon Quest Builders as it was recently on sale and I need to satisfy my extremely intense desire for Pokopia while not supporting Nintendo. I played through the second game a long time ago but I never played the first one until now. It’s fun but you can definitely feel that this was their first attempt at this kind of thing. I’ll probably replay the second game when I’m done with this one.
MHStories3 is so good. I love that they put the dual-element color variations back into the game. It’s a small thing with very little effect on the gameplay (I think it’s +10% for corresponding skills) but the special color variation is what makes it my Monstie instead of all the wild ones.
Absolutely! And did you notice the canynes actually have different features based on which element they are! I love seeing little details like that.
I picked Subnautica back up because I wanted to try a randomizer mod. Thought it might add a fun twist to the game, but even though it made the start a little bit more difficult it really just made everything more tedious because I had to swim to shallow water to get early game materials. Basically all that’s randomized is my spawn location and the blueprint fragments are semi-randomized.
I only made progress after restarting twice because the first time my lifepod spawned way too far towards the edge and I was eaten by a ghost leviathan as soon as I left the lifepod. The second start I had a good spawn but I had randomize recipes on and did you know there are like a million different seeds in the game? That’s not really the experience I was looking for lol.
I’m early in Act 2 in my latest Baldur’s Gate 3 run.
Rolling around with the increased party limit is nice, because I get to hear a bunch of banter, that I’d never hear otherwise. I’ve basically never used Minthara, Jaheira or Minsc, and Halsin only once (he wouldn’t stop flirting with Shadowheart in that playthrough). Since I’m trying to fuck everyone as well (except maybe Squid Man), there are also a ton of camp events. Act 1 had so many, that I had to long rest five or six times back-to-back at the end, in hopes of not missing one. Act 2 looks to be a bit more quiet right now, but Act 3 should get a ton again, with all the dates or conclusions to the companion quests.
Increased party limit always feels too OP for me, but the banter is a big upside. Every play through I hear banter or dialogue that I had never heard before and I’m slowly making my way through my 4th run, trying to make my way through each origin character after my first run as a tav.
I finished the story Pacific Drive, and I’m not sure how I feel about the ending. It was nice, but it just kind of… happened? It was a bit anticlimactic, imo. But, I still find the gameplay super fun, so I’m still driving around the Zone and seeing what all I can collect and upgrading the base.
Also started Diablo 4 Season 12. I’m trying the Spiritborn class again and hoping that I have a better time than last time I used that class. It is really fun being the Butcher though, lol.
I bought a seventh copy of Skyrim on Sunday. I’ve never owned it on PC and I’m going to mod it till I break it. I know I’m over a decade late but that’s what’s happening this week.
It’s never too late! I don’t even like Skyrim but it’s literally never too late to have more fun with older games.
Replayed halfway through Resident Evil Requiem, this time without using the blood collector (for the challenge/achievement). I think it’s more fun without being able to craft ammo or ribbons whenever you want, but it also doesn’t seem like it makes the game any harder. I did end up pausing the playthrough after reaching the more open area with Leon as I couldn’t get a stable framerate on the pc I was playing on and I was kinda bored of playing him.
I played through AI: Somnium Files - The Nirvana Initiative. I thought it was fine, I liked the original more. The “twist” was honestly really dumb and I don’t think it works, and in general the story felt weaker than the first. I appreciate that there were more real puzzles, but I still prefer 999 and VLR (I still have to play ZTD).
Coal LLC
It’s been my very much needed weekend destress game. One of those games, similar to Cloverpit, where I thought I wouldn’t like it… until I played it.
Slay The Spire
I’d love to play STP2, but I am saving money for a trip first weekend of April. It’s probably gonna be some time mid April or May when I can finally get the early access, assuming they don’t take it down for whatever reason.
Sonic Rush Adventure
Also a much needed destress game. Perfect for on the go on my 3DS.
I wonder if you’d enjoy:
Frostpunk
It’s a bit too short in my opinion, but fun. It does rounds of building and preparing then you have to endure the winter.Equally along those same lines, Timberborn is really cool. It’s another city builder, but with beavers. You have to survive waves of drought.
I’ve tried Timerborn once before and wasn’t able to get into it since my toaster desktop couldn’t run it well under windows. 10, but I’m willing to give it another try on either my deck or laptop some day in the future.
I’d also be down to try Frostpunk some day since it’s been long enough since I watched a playthrough that I wouldn’t mind trying it.
As to whether or not I’d like either, that’s the question of the hour. Kinda forgot both existed until you brought them up.
Rise of the Ronin
Still having fun with the game, but a small hint of “fuck me, this is a long game isn’t it?” is beginning to crop up. I am itching to explore some more fighting styles but there are still like a dozen of them I haven’t found and another dozen whose final moves I can’t access because they simply say “continue story” or “spar with ??? in the dojo to unlock”. Maybe I should have beelined the main quest more, but… that’s not really how you play an open world game is it?
All the same, the combat is super awesome, Ryoma is a great character and I can’t wait to romance him. If you can pick it up on sale and have a good PC that can run it, you enjoy parrying (and don’t mind open world games) I would recommend it.
Ninja Gaiden
Finished chapter 6 of NG4. It was pretty tough even on Hard, and quite annoying at times. I don’t want to know what Master Ninja is like. The playthrough is going slowly since Ronin is taking most of my time, but I don’t want to completely lose track of it since I am really enjoying the game. I also snuck in some random chapter challenge gameplay of modded Ninja Gaiden 2 Black since there is just something special about NG2 and the moveset mod is so much fun. Still waiting for the release of the final version of the White mod, at which point I’ll probably do a full playthrough of it on Mentor difficulty (Master Ninja is… probably not in my skillset).
Chrono Ark
I started another run, but really haven’t played much as Ronin sidetracked me so much. I really need to get back to it. This is a great game and I really do want to see that true ending.
