After kinda stopping Just Cause 3 (just got same-y after getting the jetpack and taking over most of the world) but barely done any of the missions I decided to finally start Hollow Knight. Loved it but I can already tell it’s going to be challenging (I’ve got to the Fungal Wastes) and I just don’t have the patience to get gud enough to finish it. But it scratched my metroidvania itch. I wanted a more narrative have and as I’ve recently upgraded to a 9070xt and 5k2k (G75f in case anyone was wondering), so I started playing The Longest Journey! HD modded version but it’s still a 25yo game so can run on a potato. Seems good so far.
Close to finishing my first playthrough of Black Mesa. Turns out that this is a great game. Maybe going for Abiotic Factor next…
still bg3. I have to say that I really wish you could swap characters for conversation. Like why couldn’t you bring you specialist in when examining a book or even in a conversation. What might even be good is roll for everyone and then have an option like. Let astarion but in. Its a good game though. Just about to do the goblin assault but had fun clearing out the hideout goblins in small groups and using the spiders and such to the point the chief only had a few helpers in front of his throne. Of course I did the undercover powder keg delivery guy thing. Says here you ordered two powder kegs, two barrels of oil, and two barrels of firewine. No no don’t get up its all been signed and paid for. Have a nice day we are just going to leave up this ladder here.
Crysis, the first one. I had played 2 before around when it came out but i was barely old enough to be congizant, its interesting seeing backwards sorta, how the mechanics evolve from the first to the second installment.
Pretty damn good stealth mechanic honestly, holds up pretty well, makes you feel powerful if engaged with correctly. Difficulty scaling could be a bit better but ive seen worse
I played a bit of 3 back in the day but never finished it. I loved it though. I do own the trilogy on pc, I should really go through the series.
I just finish Disco Elysium. I think it’s more like reading an interactive novel with choices. But damn isnt it an excellent novel.
I recommend it wholeheartedly. It made me really question my conviction to my own ideology.
It’s the best game of all time, I think. Nothing else in gaming has ever moved me like the awful phonecall or the final dream.
Ultima Underworld, I feel like getting back into retro gaming, so the first thing I have to do is to follow the tradition: read the manual. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have known I could make popcorn with a lit torch; that is an early prototype of “combine items” like in survival horror games.
I have tried a little Ultima 7: The Serpent Isle just to test how it runs on my machine; they definitely made sure that you pass the test of the history of Britannia before you can even continue the game.
Really like the old days when they still made booklets like History of Britannia (as told by Kyle the Younger), just so that you get immersed in the game world before you even play the game.
Airport CEO.
Just started Horizon Forbidden West, absolutely gorgeous game. I’ve had just finished Zero Dawn remastered (almost, missing parts of the DLC) so it made sense. All I can say is the story is borderline transcendental and I’m all here for it.
The “slim” option of helldivers 2, it looks bad but is way way less glitchy and buggy and crash prone.
Just restarted The Witcher 3. I burnt out in skellige 5 years ago.
Godspeed. I also nearly beat the game and then put it down and forgot most of it so ended up beating it almost twice. It’s a great game. Still haven’t finished the Blood and Wine DLC though…
Everything is soooo slow and, idk, tiring for the brain in that game
“Ori and the Will of the Wisps” for me. I played the first one a few years ago and really liked it. So far, the sequel is even better!
Lol same. Overall I’m finding it to be a big improvement over the original, but I just got through a boss fight that was absolutely terrible. They really went all out on everything; movement abilities, progression, visuals, the whole shebang!
Minishoot adventure
This game was made for me…dual stick shooter with metroidvanias elements. Strongly recommend it. I’m having a blast.
Such a fun game! Felt like it just kept getting better as it went
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I’m having a blast
I see what you did there.
Demon souls remake ! I’m doing upper latria and I’m liking the vibe in this archstone so far.
This remake is lacking the quintessential FS atmosphere, but it’s not bothering me that much on this section.
level design is great, boss fights are very different from what I’m used to. It’s quirky. Really wish I could play the OG.
I just started Wildermyth and I’m having a good time with it. Part of me wants to install some of the visual mods for faces and hair types, but part of me wants to wait until I finish one game.
Two of my childhood friends helped develop that game. One of them wrote the music for it, the other was a programmer who helped code it.
Hey that’s super cool! I hope they’re very proud of themselves. It’s gorgeous
That music is absolutely beautiful!
Chrono Ark
I’m at the “end” of the story. I have one more run to get the first ending, and then an uncertain amount of optional grind to get the true ending. I will probably reserve my final thoughts for when I see the endings, but overall this game has been fantastic. Regardless of what you think of the story I’d say the gameplay is solid enough to be worth giving it a shot if you enjoy the genre, and if the story interests you then that is just a cherry on top. Despite not really being that into anime I found myself enjoying several of the characters and getting pretty interested in the plot once it got going, and I’m intrigued to see how it closes out. Mechanically I think it’s just really great, with both solid core gameplay and some really fun and interesting boss designs.
Ninja Gaiden 4
I haven’t played a whole lot this week, but I finished another chapter. Still very early on in the game. It’s very good. I have some issues with it (and it’s one of the most egregious offenders of “yellow paint” in recent years) but overall it’s a great Character Action Game. In some ways it feels more like a cousin to the earlier entries than a core family member - removal of specific combo strings combined with addition of parrying and stance switching has altered the DNA quite a bit. That being said it’s fantastic in its own way and really fun and fluid. Plus the bosses are actually good in this game (so far), which is… not really something you can say about previous games.
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black
The fantastic “White” mod is about to get a huge update with more or less 1:1 recreated spawns of the original NG2, and at the same time a Modified Moveset Mod released, so I had to to back and play some of the best chapters. NG2 combat still is really something special, and the moveset mod really makes it even better.
