I’ve been driving trains, learning how to build a medieval town and killing a bunch of zombies in Bel Air. How about you?
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As much as I absolutely hate the game, the open beta of Oaken Tower has been a game I find myself coming back to. It doesn’t make me nearly as angry as when I first started playing the beta demo thing, but it’s still enough to make me hate it just enough I keep coming back.
Completely different story for the KilaFlow demo, which has been real fun running and platforming at high speed, avoiding the viruses when possible. Great for not making me want to reach into the screen and strangle the game to death, all metaphorically. Too bad my desktop cannot run the demo all too well and I need my deck to do play it.
Outer Wilds has completely absorbed me. I went in knowing absolutely nothing about the game and am so glad I did!
I wish my computer could run this game. On my short list of games I know I’ll love.
Runs fine on the Steam Deck, just sayin’. 😁
I also went into the game blind, but the anxiety inducing loop I did not enjoy at all. I may give it another try some day.
At first the loop also made me feel like I had to hurry a lot. But the more I played the more I found calm in it. You can get to anywhere pretty quickly, and you find plenty of shortcuts if you look for them. And what you don’t have time for in this loop, you have time for in the next. Slow down, enjoy the journey.
For me it was when I was in another planet, doing some kind of progress, and then boom. When I spent most of my time just getting to, and landing on, the planet, just to get “blipped” again 5 minutes into solving a puzzle, was frustrating.
And, to me, it seemed like it happened at random. Trying to stay with the “playing blind” idea, I didn’t look into the actual timing of the booms. It was a constant dread when I was doing something, thinking it may pop at any time.
Once I got my head around the autopilot and the landing camera, the game became much easier. There are definitely still a few things I think I cheesed in unintended ways though.
Oh man, for me it was so much more chill than anxiety producing. Is, since now I’m tackling the DLC.
Once you finish the standard game and DLC, check out the mods. There have been annual game jams that do add some stories.
Didn’t knew about the mods, that might be a rabbit hole to dig into.
https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/
Quantum space buddies is good if you want to play coop. That’s how I played the DLC
Suitlog allows access to the computer from your suit
Scout stream makes the scout a video stream instead of a snapshot
As for story DLC, I’ve played “the vision” and “The stranger”. I liked the stranger much better, but it’s nice to have any new content.
Awesome! I’ve been worrying about what to do when I finish the DLC.
I caved and picked up Clair Obscur. It’s a genre that I’m really not a fan of, but it’s just so exceptionally well made that I’m thoroughly enjoying it anyway.
Aongside that, I’ve been playing Rogue Trader at last, after my wife has been bugging me to play it for over a year. It’s very, very good. Probably one of the best RPGs I’ve ever played. The degree to which your narrative choices matter is phenomenal. There are scenes in the tutorial that define the entire game. And it nails the setting.
Lastly, I picked up a founders pack for Soulframe. The only bad decision anyone made when working on this game was calling it Soulframe - it is in absolutely no way the “Fantasy Warframe” people are imagining. The designers say their big inspiration was Dragons Dogma. For me, I’d say the gameplay has a lot of the feel of Breath of the Wild. The combat is exceptionally tight. Easily one of the best combat systems I’ve ever played. There’s not a huge amount to do yet, but it’s early access, that’s understandable, and I think they absolutely made the right choice in nailing the feel of the game before worrying about how much of it there is.
Finally diving into Octopath Traveler 2.
Also played some good old Team Fortress 2.
Haven’t played yet but soon probably some hilarious lobbies of Lethal Company
I really liked OP2. It felt like a more polished version of the original, and the music was amazing. The boat mechanic and day/night cycle really helped expand the world.
Guild wars reforged. I was thinking of firing up the old cd roms and then I saw the whole thing was re-released on steam. Been giving it a go - has held up well over 20 years.
I should log on and see if my old Mesmer/Necromancer is still there. I can’t think of a single other game where you could build purely around debuffs and have it be fun to play and completely viable in both PvP and PvE.
Doing a new fallout 4 run. Been a couple years since I played.
Giving WorldWide Rush a solid go.
WoW Classic and Megabonk - both on the Steam Deck - have been a great holiday time sink.
official classic or a private server?
I play on the official anniversary classic servers. The average player age is 30+ and its amazing.
Ball X Pit. Just bouncing my baby balls all over the place is the best.
My latest obsession.
That game is insidious. I started it one day, played six or seven hours a day for a week, hit 30ish hours, and beat the game. I couldn’t do anything else. I was so sucked in. Great game!
Haha, I did the same exact thing. I stopped after I realized it has seemingly infinite NG+
It’s perfect for the Steamdeck.
Divinity Original Sin 2. I had this in my library for a while since i played BG3 and loved it. DOS is good too but way more difficult and the story is a bit weaker. Still a great game though.
Still wakes the deep. I love a good horror game and this one scratches the itch. The ambiance is great and the oil rig feels like a real place.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Playing the new DLC trying to cure a plague. Not as good as the other two dlcs but still good because more Henry is always good.
divinity original sin 2: definitive edition(I have to say the full thing every time, so it annoys my partner.)
diddy kong racing (craving chunky bright colored polygons, and racist charicatures flying on carpets gifting golden balloons)
and super mario world. (mandatory)
I expedited 33 obscur clairs (damn, the new area is awesome), rescued some Yoshi eggs in Super Mario World and am now triggering all chronos I can find.
I also played expedition 33 and my god man, I need to talk about it. What a mind fuck and depressing game. It’s beautiful and written well, but with dark themes and I came away not sure what to do after finishing it.
+1 to E33. I’m on Act 3 and just enjoying exploring. This is an absolutely amazing game. The Manor, Verso’s Drafts, the music. The list just goes on and on.
I was technically driving trains too, as I was playing The Trolley Solution.
I was driving yet another locomotive, in the sky though!
During what break? Xmas?
Ye kids get breaks
I’ve been repeatedly dying in Silksong the whole break :/
totally valid I used my days to take a break from dying in Silksong
