What video games are you playing? What have you finished recently? What do you plan to play? - Video Game General Discussion Thread #28 : games

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My PC died a couple of weeks ago, taking the video card with it, and I've had a lot of real life drama to deal with as well. So I haven't been playing that much. Mostly moving parts between my computers in order to create something useable.

But I spent a good chunk of time looking for bargains and I somehow wound up with a decent price on a 7900XTX, and a 9800X3D, so my computer is absolutely godlike now. I've mostly been playing bits and pieces of games that formerly ran like crap, as my PC now handles anything I throw at it with ease. Victoria 3, Oxygen Not Included, Frostpunk 2, and Starfield come to mind. They all run well now, and I struggled with them before.

Genre wise, I mostly play strategy games these days. But I keep meaning to brush the dust off my consoles and finally finish Tears of the Kingdom and the Ghost of Tsushima DLC. My console backlog is massive.

For 2025, I think I'm mostly looking forward to Switch 2 right now. I'm a Nintendo gal through and through. But I'm also stoked about Ghost of Yotei and The Alters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same with you on Nintendo. Honestly, the PS5 has some interesting titles coming up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My PS5 has been accumulating a whole lot of dust. I use it to watch UHD Blu-Rays and that's really about it. What games have your interest? Ghost of Yotei and the new Naughty Dog game are all I can think of right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Currently I'm playing Silent Hill 2 Remake (great game) and, surprisingly enough, Dynasty Warriors Origins (an ever funner and better game than the aforementioned horror title).

Those are the main two.

Oh yeah, and Elden Ring, but that's on PC.

But so far, I've made good use of my PS5 with the first video games mentioned taking up my time.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Most looking forward to the new Monster Hunter. But the recently announced Endless Legend 2 has me very interested, looks like they've worked out a fun alternative to both winters and sea fortresses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Oh, that last one seems interesting!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I just picked up Heart of the Machine. It's a turn-based RPG/4X/city builder (which apparently also includes multiversal time travel) in early access. You play as a rogue AI trying to survive in a dystopian cyberpunk city. If that sounds insanely ambitious, that's because it is, especially for a solo dev. I played the (surprisingly full featured) demo and got immediately hooked. The different systems seem to tie together surprisingly well; the RPG elements provide a bit of drive to engage with the strategy side, and choices influence how you build out your tech tree. Probably not for everyone but the demo is free and worth checking out if it sounds interesting to you.