Board, card, or video games - what’s being played this week?
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
I’ve done the 4 regional phenomena and all the geoglyphs, I’m clearing off some side quests before continuing (finishing?)
Not sure why but I bounced off of Tears hard. I played and finished Breath, but within 5 hours I’d had my fill with TotK.
Suspect it’s a me thing more than the game.
I think it is a great game - I’m loving the sandbox feel and the “anything goes” way of traversing the map, solving problems etc - but I admit it doesn’t have the same sense of wonder and immersion (I think?) as BOTW somehow.
It’s also the first time I’ve made use of any item duplication glitches (it seems like the only “fun” / non-grindy way of making use of the new building mechanic) so maybe that, plus being able to just fly around everywhere on DIY contraptions, has taken some of the fun / point out of wandering around the map 🤷♂️
A box has just turned up with My City: Roll & Write and Lost Cities (unintended city theme in this order), so I’ll be playing those!
Lost cities is great! Hope you enjoy it
If you’re after other 2 player games 7 Wonders Duel is also amazing
Yes, already have that :)
I’ve been getting back into No Man’s Sky, I hadn’t played in a while so I’m trying to catch up with the recent updates. It’s always been a great chillout game for me, just exploring systems and finding odd new life forms.
Just bought the War of the Ring board game - my partner and I are in for a loooong Saturday.
I’m still playing Deep Rock Galactic. It’s on sale right now. Fantastic value for about £8 in my view.
I’ve finally got round to playing Blasphemous on my Steam Deck. So much better than I thought it was so far.
I downloaded Hitman from game pass last night and managed to get an hour or so in. Haven’t played a Hitman game in a long time so quite enjoyed it.
Otherwise it’s been the usual rotation of Rimworld and Forza, but also very much looking forward to Cities Skylines 2. Not sure I’ve ever been this excited about roundabouts.
Tears of the Kingdom, still. But also I played my first game of Starfinder and it was really fun! I’ve mostly played D&D 5e so it was a big step up in complexity, but everything just sort of…makes sense, so it wasn’t too much of a shock to the system. Scraped through session one by the skin of our teeth after a brawl in a cyberpunk nightclub, excited to see where the rest of the game goes!
I’ve been playing disco Elysium, after the latest video from upisnotjump really enjoying it
@snake_case this is one of those games I bought on steam after everyone raved about it but I keep putting of starting it
Tears of the Kingdom every evening since it arrived. It’s so good.
My steam deck is gathering dust somewhere, barely used since I got it!
Battlebit remastered, it’s crazy fun
Pikmin was released on Switch last week so I’ve been playing through that. Almost finished 1 and looking forward to starting 2 soon.
I got myself one of these little RG35XX handheld emulation devices for £60 and stuck on some custom firmware. I’ve been having blast. About halfway through a bug fixed Final Fantasy VI ROM hack, also playing some Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga.
That RG35XX looks neat. I’ll pick one up. Thanks.
Bloodborne on the PS5. Never played it before but after falling down the Elden Ring hole last year I’m slowly working my way through the From series. I beat Sekiro over Christmas, now I’ve got this in my sights.
Also thinking of starting up a smaller, less… mentally draining game to play on nights where I just want to kick back and relax after the kids have gone to bed. Any suggestions?
Sorry but ‘Elden Ringhole’ lol.
As for relaxing games - Stardew Valley springs to mind. I really enjoyed Slime Rancher too, and there’s now a sequel. If you want a game to just shut your mind off to, Diablo is good for that.
Played some Starview before the kids came along and kind of bounced off it.
Maybe the time is right though. Animal Crossing absolutely owned me for a year, maybe it’s Stardew’s turn.
Prepare to not get any sleep!
Fallout 4 on steam deck. Level 66 just mopping up side quests before the point of no return.
