Games

Rollercoaster Tycoon 1, 2, and 3. Been on a coaster kick.

It's gone largely unnoticed on Lemmy (at least it hasn't come up on my feed) but I've been playing The Finals since it launched during TGA. I don't normally play F2P games but The Finals is made by ex-DICE employees so I had to try it out. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say it's the most fun I've had in an online shooter in almost a decade. It has pretty much killed my Satisfactory factory (because no longer remember what I was doing there) my Remnant 2 playthrough and my plans to return to Destiny before The final shape. And I don't care about any of those other games because there's something so addictively fun about the core gameplay of The Finals that I just can't put it down. I'm probably going to spend the next week(s) also playing this game.

Overall, despite it being F2P game and having the obvious negatives of a F2P game I still strongly recommend The Finals. If this was a full priced title I'd buy it full price.

Vermintide 2 has finally hooked me. I now completely understand what it truly means to collect books and kill rats, and how much fun such activities can be.

Got all the characters up to lv30 so now I’m finally dipping my toes into Legend QPs so I can prepare for the hardest difficulty, Cataclysm.

Been enjoying lethal company with some friends. Never have I felt that exact combination of the nearly shitting my pants while also dying of laughter.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate! I just recently got Citra emulator running on my steam deck and it runs great. Plus, Citra can emulate local multiplayer over the internet, so I'm playing with my old buddy who moved to california. Just like we did back in our highschool days.

I actually just finished playing Dredge. It was a lot of fun, though not as horrifying as I had hoped.

Borderlands 2! Graphics may not be hyperrealistic but the artstyle is amazing, not to mention the fact it can run on pretty much any setup (even a PS Vita)

Hmm, me and my buddies have been playing Warhammer 40k Darktide. I only really play it because they like it. I am actually starting a new playthrough of outward and wanna use less mods this time. Maybe even get further in the story and not take the hardest route from the start! 😑

I got myself a new computer, and now I can finally play one of my favorite games, which is Warhammer Dawn of war II. Haven’t played it in maybe 5 years. Glad to be back

Avatar! What an amazing game!

I tend to jump between games quite a bit depending on my mood and what else I'm doing at the time so this ended up a bit longer than planned. Sorry for the wall of text, just wanted to vent somewhere.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

I'm still pretty early into the game (chapter/world 2, I think?) so all the puzzles are rather easy but that doesn't matter - I'm having fun. It looks lovely too.

Ico

I'm a bit torn on this one. I really like the idea, (so far limited) story and the atmosphere of this game. On the other hand, I'm not a huge fan of the camera (I get what they were going for but it can be quite bad at times) or combat. Oh boy, the combat...

I can live with it being janky and not particularly involved but why in the name of our lord satan did they have to put it on display so often? There are SO MANY combat encounters and all of them feel like a chore. Combat made me go from "oh yeah, let's play this legendary title" to asking myself whether I want to go through it that day, each time I'm thinking about booting it. Hell, there were a couple of times where I entered a new room, saw the game spawning another batch of enemies and thinking "you know what? I'd rather play something else right now".

I'm still going to finish the game as I do enjoy it for the most part but it'll definitely be a rougher experience than expected.

NFS Most Wanted (classic)

It's a classic so no much to write here. Still plays well and it's perfect to pop in for a race or two in between doing other things. I do miss some of the events and atmosphere from Underground games but MW is good enough for it to not be a problem.

Katawa Shoujo

I've been in a mood for VNs recently and decided to start with this little gem. I played it once before, and wanted to see how well it holds up (it's still pretty fun so far). I'm probably going to try a few different routes this time just to see how they go - not going for a full completion though.

Puzzle Quest

It's a RPG/match 3 title for PSP. I'm not a puzzle game aficionado but I do like to play them from time to time and this one is really fun (I think I played more of it than all the already mentioned games combined so far). I do have 2 problems with it - they aren't particularly serious but still something I'd like to mention:

• I really don't like the music - it's not bad, I just can't stand it for whatever reason. It's the same issue I have with Skyrim funnily enough.
• RNG can be rough - the amount of times I lost a battle on turn 1 is not even funny. RNG gonna RNG so whatever, it's even less of an issue since defeat doesn't have any real consequences as far as I can tell (non important to matter anyway). I really like this one.

RimWorld

It's something I drift to whenever I don't have anything else to play. It's good, though how much fun I have depends on where my head is at the time - right now I think I'm getting close to being done for a bit.

Tetris DX

This might be my most played game on my Steam Deck. It's a Gameboy Color version of Tetris, what else is there to say? It's really addictive.

Wizorb

A fun and colorful block breaker game. I played a little bit of it some years ago but stopped thinking "I'll get back to it when I'm done with other stuff". This time installed it to ~~steal some ideas~~ get some inspiration since I'm working on a similar project right now. I like it (for the most part) - there are some technical issues (game doesn't scale properly for ultrawide screens) and some that come from being used to my own game but it's good. I'll definitely play more of it for fun rather than just research.

Special mentions:

• Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - saying I played it would be a bit much. I tried it for a bit and can see it being fun once you're familiar with how to play but I'm just not in a head space where I can be bothered to get used to the controls at the moment. I'll try again some day.
• The Sims - I mostly just wanted to see how it fares on linux. No issues so far.
• Bang Dream / Girls' Frontline - my two daily drivers. Both are gachas, both are F2P friendly, both are fun.

Path of exile: Affliction. It's fun.

Very very slowly playing through Sea of Stars still. I’ve just gotten to the second island and the combat has hit a decent difficulty spike, which is fun.

Also been trying (and mostly failing) to play Mass Effect Legendary. Been about 7 years since I beat them last, and I love the trilogy and really want to revisit it. The music in Mass effect 1 is just so good.

Still playing Street Fighter 6 pretty much every day. Still absolutely loving it.

Spider-Man Remastered, going through on Ng+ and ultimate difficulty to 100%, having just 100% Miles Morales. Those games have really clicked with me and makes me want to play the Arkham games again.

The Finals, have really enjoyed the betas and the full release being shadow dropped was a nice surprise. Definitely going to have more time when Spider-Man is done.

Next on the list to play is Sea of Stars, and Granblue Vs Rising.

The Ascent with my wife in local co-op, really nice one as she's not really intro video games, but killing everything on screen and having to coordinate ourselves seems to be enjoyable.

As it's almost Christmas, watching Harry Potter and playing Hogwarts Legacy creates quite the atmosphere for holidays.

Don’t mind me, just doing everything 16 year-old me despised just so I can say I defeated the Max-Tac operators.

For context, the first time I shot a pedestrian in GTA IV just because I could, I felt an immense amount of guilt.

Now I’m a full-blown cyberpsycho trying to dismantle the police force in Night City gonk by gonk.

Jumping between Warframe and BG3, two games that are more than capable of keeping me busy with something Def excited for Whispers in the Walls

Got back into Kerbal Space Progam.

Funny I get bit by the KSP bug once again just before the Science update drops for KSP2, but c'est la guerre, I love playing with a buncha mods and trying to do complicated remote controlled missions while trying to factor in communications issues and times when the craft isn't in the sun.

Diablo IV, picked it up during the last Steam sale

Currently playing Lords of the Fallen and enjoying it so far. I would probably enjoy it more if I didn't suck, but with enough full sends I have gotten past every boss I've made it to.

celeste, planning to start undertale yellow soon

Mount and Blade Warband with LOTR mod!

playing through Dragon's Dogma again, super hyped for the sequel.

I've been cleaning some achievements for Stardew valley and it's really good. I also restarted Metroid dread for a hard mode playthrough. Oh, if you like Metroid I just found a romhack called Super Metroid Arcade and it's really fun, you might want to play the original game first though.

Just so much of the OSRS league, it's honestly like crack.

Red Dead Redemption 2. Finally!

Coming off the heels of NG++ on Lies of P, it's rather hard to get into. Hoping it becomes more engaging over time.

I'm playing Risk of Rain Returns and having a great time with it. I'd love to see how it feels on a Steam Deck, since it seems like a perfect game for that. Still haven't had a successful run solo but the journey is what matters.

Sometimes fitting in Super Mario Wonder when I'm feeling whimsical. It's really fresh and the one off mechanics that pop up are really entertaining.

I'm also getting into Slay the Spire for my lunch break game every now and then. Boy howdy is this a great game. My current run was a near bust as I discarded a core card of my deck by accident. I suspect I would have been better off, but I'm still trudging through haha.

Taking some lighter games at the moment but very much looking forward to picking up Metro Last Light and V Rising as my winter games this year. Hoping they'll be good ones since my gaming sessions will be decimated next year when my daughter is born!

Against the Storm just hit 1.0, it's pretty amazing to see a game come out fully formed unlike some AAA titles. It's not genre defining but pretty unique, the same vein as Frostpunk and Banished but with an overworld and a WC3 aesthetic

I recently reinstalled monster hunter world only to find I need to grind anjanath a hundred times to get my artillery charm upgrade.

I'm not sure how long this will last before I uninstall it again.

I‘ve actually continued playing Reus which has been collecting dust in my Steam library for a decade. I‘m still 50/50 on whether I know what I‘m doing or not, but I am aiming for all the achievements, let‘s see how that goes lol

Shout-out to anyone who has even heard of this game.