Games

Just finished playing Shadowrun Hong Kong, can definitely recommend if you enjoy RPGs with tactical combat. Started playing Killer Frequency. It's a pretty clever concept, and only around 5-9 hours to finish. Can also recommend Turbo Overkill, which I finished recently. A truly amazing boomer shooter.

I tend to enjoy games that are story focused, and not too grindy.

Haven't really kept up with Nintendo. Haven't touched my Switch since I got the Steam Deck.

I've been bouncing between games a lot the last few months trying to find something to hyperfocus on.

I tried Going Medieval for a bit. Its a medieval rimworld clone in 3d. Its ok but too easy and needs a lot of fleshing out.

I played some Delta V Rings of Saturn. Its a 2d top down asteroid mining game. Sounds kinda lame but its pretty good. The physics are done really well. (No friction 100% preservation of inertia) On the one hand it is really calm and peaceful and low stress... until you are trying to catch a beacon that is spinning and every time you fail to get it through your cargo bay doors you add more velocity to it and then the next thing you know you are screaming through the asteroid belt dodging giant hunks of ice where its just a matter of time before you crash.
The story is pretty thin to non existent so I got bored. Its one of those games where the grind is the game and the loop does end up getting a bit dull.

I tried Jusant. Its a rock climbing sim that tries to do thing where the lore is imbedded in notes between people. Its not bad. It makes you control each arm as you climb. Kinda like how death stranding had you control your leaning so you don't fall over.

Played a bit of Star wars Episode 1 Racer which I hadn't played in like 20 years. Fucking wato had me cracking up. "outlanders, they come here, how do they find me, they come here, they mess up my store"

Also played a bit of Darkforces remaster.

Played a bit of the latest Medieval Dynasty update. The towns have been fleshed out so they look more lived in. The new bandit camps are good, The new weapons and armor are pretty cool, I think there might have been some positive changes to the AI because the animals and bandits seem a bit more tricksy. I imagine these upgraded bandits will be really rough in the early game.

And then the last few days I have been playing X4. X2 was pretty good X3 pissed me off with the tiny UI so I never got into it. X4 seems pretty good but we will see.

@Makan Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Best purchase I've made this year.

Been playing with new God of war

He estado jugando Temtem últimamente y porque los desarrolladores son de España, el juego no solo se puede jugar en español, pero hasta usa lenguaje de género neutral. No voy a mentir, es dificilísimo leer y toda la jerga europea no ayuda. Pero me gusta el juego aunque hay demasiadas batallas y si piensas en algún momento cambiar tu equipo, tendrás que moler un montón.

I'm really looking forward to Rhythm heaven groove! It's the only game that caught my attention and I'm glad that the series got another entry after the last one on 3ds a lifetime ago.

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I'm still playing Dynasty Warriors Origins, but will probably move on to focusing on Silent Hill 2 Remake soon.

I plan to play Rise of the Ronin next.

I got Victoria 3 after that reddit post appeared asking why the petite bourgeoisie become so racist during times of turmoil. After watching a couple of tutorials, I think I've gotten a grasp of the game. Just replaying the Sweden tutorial until I make it to the end, aiming for small achievements here and there to set a small goal.

I have to stop playing a I stayed up all night playing on Sunday - noticed it was 7am and had to go to work..

Otherwise my wife and I are almost done with our second playthrough of Baldurs Gate 3. We really sped through after taking months to finish our first. Probably gonna do a third once the new patch comes out.

Super hyped for the new raids in FFXIV. I really want to go in as Black Mage but I'm not sure if I'll be doing well enough to prog with it.

I've also been playing Octopath Traveler on the side. The burst system makes the turn based combat far more engaging to me for some reason.

I'm not playing any 2025 games, in fact the only game I even know that released this year is the new Assassin's Creed, and I quit that series a long time ago.

I don't care for nintendo games, so all I know it's that there has been a new metroid announced.

Been really deep in Aneurism IV. Still play a bit of Helldivers 2 and I started renting a Vintage Story server

I'm currently playing Avowed, which does not deserve the hate it got - it's really fun. Also picked up Inzoi.

Haven't played anything for the last week+ because I recently moved out. Fuck my previous pos landlord.

I think the Direct was pretty good game-wise, but fuck Nintendo too. Every single game upgrade is paid and they are raising the price of first-party games. Their games here in Brasil is already too expensive, this is gonna become interely inviable here. I can only hope people find ways to jailbrake it as soon as possible after it launches.

FarCry2 and SpecOps: The Line

Over the last few weeks I've been playing Microtopia which is a game about ants that are microprocessors/mechanical. It is a factory simulator, but the base components are the ants and production buildings.

The ants have a lifespan, so you are managing them as a resources that is also required to make more of themselves. And there are not any belts or inserters as in most games, but instead the ants act as the logistics system, the resource gathering system, and the productive system.

It's a slightly fresh take on the genre, and it was fun to learn the novel systems. However, it really could use some QOL and some options for lower graphics settings.

These sorts of games are fun for me because they allow me to solve small problems that slowly lead to complex systems. I really enjoy the feeling of accomplishment from building something complex like this.

I've been playing the communist birds in Stellaris. I haven't played in a few years, and a big new patch is coming soon. I had a hankering for a 4X game, and figured it would be a good time to play a game. The patch will probably take a while to stabilise, and I also wanted to see what had happened to the game in the last couple of years before the rework. I've also been dabbling a bit with The Pale Beyond and SpaceVenture. I'm not that far in SpaceVenture yet, but it seems like a solid rebirth of Space Quest. The Pale Beyond is like a choose your own adventure version of The Terror Season 1. I'm also not too far in that one, but I can see it getting really bleak really fast. I like it so far.

I liked the Nintendo Direct. The hardware seems solid, if entirely too big. It'll probably just sit plugged into my TV though, like my Switch, so it's not the worst thing in the world. And I have some excitement about maybe getting to play Bayonetta 3 at full speed. I'm surprised that the only big 1st party launch title seems to be Mario Kart World though. I'll probably pick that up, and maybe the upgrade pack for Tears of the Kingdom, which I still haven't finished. I'm less than pleased about paid upgrades and the pricing in general, but I'll live with it.

Been replaying some Azur Lane lately.

Since they have so many whales I would appreciate more free features, ngl.

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help me i've been playing vintage story for a long time i am addicted help

I haven’t played any games recently due to school, but once I am off/during Spring term I hope to get back into playing Fields of Mistria and other games I got on my steam deck like Dead Rising. I am also looking forward to playing REPO. I do not know how to determine my favourite genres because I am fairly eclectic.

I liked the most recent direct but I will say that most of the games did not interest me, which makes sense, so I am looking forward to the next one. I am excited for Pokemon legends ZA, Witchbrook, Story of Seasons, and Tomodachi life 2. Tomodachi life was a big part of my childhood and I am looking forward to playing it again with better graphics and hopefully gay marriage, I really hated having to make one of the miis the opposite gender just so they could get together.