I just finished Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and started playing Balatro.
Other games in progress:
- Hogwarts Legacy
- A Hat in Time
- Lair of the Clockwork God
Nearly done with Trails in the Sky. Apparently it’s getting a remake in 2025, which I guess might make it more attractive to Kids These Days, but really I suspect is money and effort that could have been better spent elsewhere—the remastered version is pretty good IMO
Mechwarrior 5, Outward, and Dwarf Fortress
Stalker 2… but this being patientgamers, and I’m always playing a classic game.
Burnout Revenge. I’m about halfway in.
Yeah, it’s the best racing game ever made. There is no other sense felt while playing it other than pure joy, bewilderment and holy shit.
What do you play Burnout Revenge on? I own it for the OG Xbox but never played it, I might boot it up in the near future. That sounds up my alley
PCSX2, on a Steam Deck and a Retroid Pocket 4 pro. The memory card is in a syncthing folder.
I just started Mass Effect Legendary Edition a few weeks ago on steamdeck. I’m somewhere in ME2 currently and really enjoying it. I played the original ME back in the day but never finished it. This time I plan to finish the whole trilogy.
Dragon Age Origins. It’s definitely a bit rough to play on steam deck without proper controller support, but after playing Veilguard, I want to see what I’ve been missing these last 15 years.
Installed GTA III yesterday, done the first few missions and plan to continue that tonight
For me that was the peak of the series. Absolutely great game
Got Baba is You during last sales
Awesome brain killer.
Phoenix Wright: Justice for all on the ds
I played Zapper: One wicked cricket
Ys 1 & 2 Chronicles. I always liked the idea of Ys as a series, but couldn’t get into it, now I’m forcing myself.
Ys 1 is my favorite game in the series, I hope you enjoy it too.
Join us. Also this: http://digitalemelas.com/m.index_ys.php
The website gives a non spoiler intro into the world of ys, as well the best order(s) to play rest of the games. Their discord is also active, if you have questions.
Grim Dawn; ARPG from 2016, currently on sale for a few $ on steam. Very well rated with solid story, mechanics, and campaign focus (instead of more on seasons and grind).
Very good ARPG with tons of depth to build making and a nice dark fantasy theme. One half of my favorite Diablo-likes, the other being the much simpler and more casual Torchlight 2.
Especially co-op, Torchlight was fantastic. Basically all of the right QoL implementations so everything was just about having fun.
My two favourites as well. I never made it far in Torchlight 2 though, once I started getting further in; Grim Dawn came along.
Bought the tomb raider games (the modern ones) earlier this year on sale, summer I want to say? Finally getting around to playing them
They’re pretty good and fun. Shadow starts to get to be a bit of a slog though, especially if you play each game right after the other. It’s still pretty good though, it has the best gameplay of the trilogy (you can FINALLY sprint in that one).
Currently I’m playing Doom (2016).
I have had it in my Steam library for years at this point and I have tried to pick it up and play it many times in the past. My attempts to get into it never worked out.
Earlier this year I remember reading some posts comparing Doom and Doom Eternal (plus there’s been some excitement about the new Doom game in development), so based on that, I decided to give Eternal another chance. Still wasn’t getting into the game but I remembered reading suggestions that Doom is a little more laid back and more of a take it at your own pace kind of game. So, once again I fired it up, and it drew me in this time.
It really helps that this is the first time I’ve tried playing it on the Steam Deck. Not only does it run decently well on the hardware, this is the first game I’ve played that takes advantage of the gyroscopic aiming. That has vastly improved my enjoyment since it makes aiming so much easier for me and takes a lot of the frustration out of the battles for me.
I don’t get much time to game, so I probably won’t be finishing the game for awhile. After I’m done, I may give Eternal another try. Then again, I’ve been itching for some Resident Evil game play and I have several of those waiting for my attention.
I think the newest Doom game I’ve completed was Doom 2, but I’d like to try out the new ones. I bought them on steam, they’re in my backlog, maybe I’ll check them out soon. A friend of mine says Eternal is his all-time favourite game
From what I gather, the general consensus is that Doom Eternal is the better of the two most current (at this time) Doom games. That opinion is fairly consistent from reviews and posts I’ve read.
Doom Eternal is a go-go-go-go-go never stop moving always be shooting kind of game, as far as I can tell. IIRC there are even in-game hints that pretty much say “don’t sit still”. I’m just a super casual occasional gamer, so the always under attack game play in Eternal is a bit much while I’m also grappling with learning the controls since I don’t really play first person shooters.
So for that reason, Doom is currently a better fit for me and my preferences. The game play is broken up into exploration that’s punctuated with enemy encounters. And the encounters are largely set-up so that I can take on enemies at my own pace. Slower, more calculated, gives me time to think things through and consider strategy.
Also for some reason, the gyroscopic aiming wasn’t enabled by default on the Steam Deck when I tried Doom Eternal. There are some settings I can adjust that are supposed to enable it, but I haven’t spent much time testing those out. If I can make those work for me, then I suspect I’ll have a much better experience with Eternal than I’ve had thus far.
Huh, good to know. 2016 sounds more my style than Eternal too actually, just judging from what you’ve said. I’m replaying the modern Hitman games at the moment but when I’m done with them I might give Doom a shot
Recently got Far Cry 5/3/New Dawn when they all went hella on sale in a bundle. I play 5 with my sister when she’s free, and have been soloing New Dawn in the meantime. Fell in love with the series all over again. Last Far Cry game I really played was Blood Dragon.
I loved Far Cry 3. I haven’t played it in years and never finished it, but always enjoyed messing around with it and I did get a fair ways through the story. I can’t remember much of it now, but I might play it again in the near future. It’s the only Far Cry game I’ve tried
I highly recommend Blood Dragon if you enjoyed 3. It’s one giant love letter to 80s pop-culture and action movies. New Dawn has been nice because it feels like an updated Blood Dragon experience.
I’ll have to check it out then. Thanks. I don’t know much about New Dawn but I might look into it more if I get through Blood Dragon
