Sorry this discussion post is a bit late, I should probably set a reminder for it.
Balatro - trying to beat black stakes on blue deck currently
Black Book - fun little deck building game with surprising depth when it comes to lore, I’d day the amount of game mechanics makes it a wide but shallow game, it’s not a bad thing, it’s easy to get into, easy to play, and gives just enough to have this RPG feeling
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor - haven’t played in a long time so I just discovered the new biome, beautiful, and I like the new challenges, I still think it’s the superior “survivor” game, but I’m afraid once it comes out of early access, the genre as a whole will be out of fashion
Animal Crossing for the Switch, at the moment.
Just got Risk of Rain 2 and am enjoying it much more than I thought I would! Usually shooters aren’t my thing.
Dragon’s Dogma 1
I am flying the shit out of attack and transport helis in Operation Harsh Doorstop on my steam deck which is truly a joy to fly with. The helis are fairly realistic which means flying them like a maniac is addictive as hell .
I have also been playing a lot more pvp Beyond All Reason as I continue to get more comfortable with playing using onboard joysticks and gyro controls. The biggest problem I have is RTS players can’t wrap their head around me not using a mouse (they aren’t very imaginative I guess, I don’t understand). This means that in situations my control scheme is less efficient than a mouse, players have ZERO patience with me but in the situations where joysticks + gyro is more efficient than mouse (certain types of micro, also placing buildings accurately but quickly) people either think I am a much higher level player trolling or that I am drunk or something because my cursor movements just don’t look like a mouse is doing them.
sigh just gotta wait longer until stuffy pc gamers who think a mouse is the only way actually shut up and listen, not holding my breath…
Thinking of firing it up and trying Kirby air ride with my wife. My daughter is way to Needy for me to play anything real.
Three games I played recently:
Among Ashes - Somewhat short, but ended up being quite good. It does a good job at building tension and generally doesn’t rely on cheap jump scares.
10 Dead Doves - One of the few games I that made me want to play through a second time. Interesting story, some funny moments, emotional moments, good voice acting. I highly recommend this one.
In Sound Mind - This was sitting in my backlog for a while and I wasn’t really expecting much, but I ended up really enjoying this one too. The ending even had me feeling emotional, which is very rare, but
(potential spoiler)
it made me think about my own cat who died a few months ago.
Appreciate the links. Apperently i have In Sound Mind, so i guess I’ll give that a go soon.
Hollow Knight; I’m playing it for the first time and I’ve progressed enough to get the true ending, but I’m going to do some of the side content before I do. Probably not 100%ing, I’ve already struggled to get this far, but I’ll try to get every charm and finish the Troupe before finishing off my playthrough. It’s a great game, and I’m definitely excited to play Silksong, if that manages to release within my lifetime.
My coworkers keep telling me to do The Witcher. I’m interested in doing civ7 but also c/patientgamers lol.
I have been liking Halo Wars, MCC, Hollow Knight and Hades on the deck.
If you like Halo, and I know this is scandalous to say, but try Halo Infinite on the Big Team Battle playlist!
Halo multiplayer has never been this good and I don’t necessarily say that because I am a massive fan of Halo Infinite, it is just undeniably damn good halo.
I am not quite into MP at the moment, but maybe I will. I did like H3 MP so much back in the day.
It feels like halo 3 MP+, don’t listen to people who still bash the multiplayer, their opinion is out of date, whoever is currently calling the shots at Halo infinite’s multiplayer dev team clearly genuinely loves halo multiplayer, it is unmistakable in the whole vibe of big team battle.
There is also a forge mode like halo 3!
The Witcher is amazing, highly recommend it, especially if you are into RPGs with meaningful story
A bit of Balatro and Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip when i want a short session.
Have also installed Borderlands 2 to try out Stick Flicking. Aiming is going great, still trying to learn to turn around in hectic situations. But at least the steam controller configurations are great.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1 and I’m overwhelmed by the dexterity required in combat. KC:D has a really dirty combat system: Even if you’re doing everything right and unless the fight is decided very quickly, you’re gonna get some serious hits.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Played through that last month, had a great time with it. Made me want to go back and replay Jet Set Radio, but the movement in JSR felt really bad after having recently played BRC.
I’ve been replaying horizon zero dawn, however I’ve been struggling to keep going. I keep coming back to Celeste instead. I also just started sonic adventure 2.
Celeste is so good. SA2 for the Chao gardens, they are so cute!!
Replaying Sonic Adventure 2 was interesting, the sonic/shadow levels were still pretty great but the tails/eggman levels were way worse than my childhood memories led me to believe.
Cassette Beasts. I tried Brotato its okay but I’m not as much of a fan.
Casette beasts just launched on mobile.
Sd card beasts
I’ve mostly been emulating lately. I’ve been playing Quest for Hat, which is an Earthbound rom hack, and Donkey Kong Country 2 since those have RetroAchievement’s achievement of the week and achievement of the month respectively.
