Another week, another recommendations thread.
Let everyone know below a game (6+ months old), that you have played recently, are currently playing or intend to play soon.
I just started Prey. I really liked Dishonored 1 and 2 and I love sci-fi, so I’m looking forward to it.
I didn’t really get into Prey as well as the Dishonored series. They went for a Bioshock kinda thing where you start off weak as fuck and, I guess, become more and more of a badass, but I’ve been quite a few hours into it and now I got myself into a conundrum I see now way out of, and I have not once felt like a badass so far.
The game really is aptly named, so no hate on Arkane on that one. You are supposed to be a prey, not the ultimate predator of the Dishonored series.
Maybe I’ll get back to it because otherwise it’s great and they did an awesome job on all the environments, monsters, in-game UI, varied approaches etc.
I just finished Prey and now I’m on Alien: Isolation! I kinda preferred Prey but that’s probably because it wasn’t so stingy with the saving mechanism.
I really like Prey and feel that it was underrated because of the IP name they used.
Prey (2017) $7.49 at -75%
Elden Ring. I had never played a FromSoft game before so I really had no idea what I was getting into. I played through it seven times with my main character, got the platinum trophy, and then spun up a new character on my sons playstation account to platinum it for him as well.
Definitely got value for my money on that purchase.
Elden Ring really is a nice evolution of the Fromsoft style, I’ve been playing their games since Demon’s Souls launch day on the PS3 and have 100hrs in Elden Ring.
I have no idea how far I got before other games pulled my attention, but I’ve also never finished a Fromsoft game, maybe Elden Ring will be the first one eventually.
For me it was Dark Souls 3 for a long time, it felt like the most easily accessible around the time of it’s release. And then Elden Ring hit, and just blew that and all the other Souls games that FromSoft have made out of the water. Talk about outdoing yourself lol.
I’d say that DS1 stayed my favourite thru til Elden Ring launched, but it was a linear progression in playability.
I’ve yet again fallen back into grim dawn. Recently got my conjurer to 100, my second pet class to hit that milestone. Running through the forgotten gods expansion before i move into ultimate difficulty.
Grim Dawn (2016) $12.49 at -50%
Both the expansions are 150% worth getting. Ashes adds a huge new campaign and the Inquisitor & Necromancer masteries - Inquisitor is a great secondary to many other masteries and Necromancer is an amazing primary. Forgotten Gods is a shorter campaign and more of a side story, but the Oathkeeper mastery it adds works very well as both a primary and secondary, and it adds the shattered realm, which functions as an alternate endgame (as well as an efficient stepping stone to get there, and a testing ground for new builds). Both expansions add a tonne more items, with AoM raising the level cap from 85 to 100 (you must have AoM for Forgotten Gods to function)
Personally, I’ve logged something like 2.5 thousand hours in the game, and i haven’t exhausted its potential yet. Just so you get an idea of what you’re getting.
Killer Instinct (2013)! Booted it up again just yesterday and it just felt so damn good to play.
I remember that one, I tried playing it before MK11 turned me into a fan of the genre.
I haven’t been into MK since their design changed from 9 to X. Regardless, if you’re a fan of the genre now, I recommend you give KI another shot, it’s like the definition of bad ass!
If you can get into the Resident Evil style camp and fun, MK11 is a very fun, balls to the wall story between the fights.
Sniper elite 4 for $6 (5 is good too, and $20) is everything I wanted MGSV to be. It’s its own game so the stealth mechanics are different (sound is a major factor), and the gunplay is much more reliant on sniper rifles (though I use a silenced pistol a lot too, plus melee takedowns), but it’s every bit comparable in terms of an excellent stealth engine with responsive, engaging AI. Where it shines is that unlike metal gear, which was forced out before it was populated, the mission areas are huge and jam packed with enemy action. If the ground zeroes map was a little bigger and built out into a full game, that’s how Sniper Elite feels.
Also, because they can, you can snipe grenades off of enemies to explode them, and they’ll chain to other environmental explosives (I haven’t seen this in 5; not sure if they removed it or I just haven’t noticed an enemy with a grenade on them), and the sniping is extremely satisfying with slow-motion x-rays of the body parts hit (also can be turned off) and good physics based on bullet drop, wind, velocity, etc.
Sniper Elite 4 (2017) $5.99 at -90%
Sniper Elite 3 (2012) $4.49 at -85%
I just started Final Fantasy 7R, it’s my first Final Fantasy, and I‘m really enjoying it so far!
Currently in Act 3, really like the world and characters so far.
My first Final Fantasy was X on the PS2, we didn’t have a memory card so I had to keep the console on for weeks with a risk of losing all progress with no savegame, It was the first game I finished.
I started up The Sinking City after looking through my PS5 purchases. I bought it months ago and totally forgot about it.
Unfortunately, I do recall there being issues with the publisher and something about sales of this game being basically a “fuck you” to the talent who made it (which I only heard about after buying it).
The game itself is pretty dope. I love the detective work you actually have to put in; especially if you turn the detective difficulty up so it’s not hinting at how and when to use things. Really great CoC tabletop conversion. Just be sure to support the actual devs if you decide to find it!
For those on PC;
The Sinking City (2021) $5.99 at -85%
I like the art style, looks like an interesting AA game.
I just got Quake, and I enjoy every minute of it
Are you playing on the DS or via an emulator?
I’m using a DS lite, but I know it is possible to play with an emulator, indeed someone from the discord server uses a Stem Deck lol
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I just started playing Divinity Original Sin 2. It’s been a lot of fun so far and I’m enjoying it. I’m considering adding Baldurs Gate 3 to my wishlist since they seem similar even though that is based on D&D.
To me it feels like BG3 will be like DOS2 but better with full CGI cut scenes etc
I’m playing Lego Jurassic World with my 4year old daughter.
We finished Jurassic Park after 1 year (she was 3 years old that time so patience was really tested, specially on parts that needs both of us to be coordinated).
Its hard to find time for us to play together, and she has been very patient with me because I travel 240kms dialy for work.
Hey just letting you know that I used to be in a similar situation (215km daily; 3 hrs of commuting), and I feel your pain.
I did it for several years and the dangerous part is just getting used to many hours of your day evaporating into thin air. Ages 1-7 are critically formative years for a child, and you should be around as much as possible. Every time I think about the days where I left the house before my kids woke up, and came home after they were in bed, kills me.
Please try your best to find a job with a shorter commute. The time you don’t spend with your family gets lost forever. I’m rooting for you!
The Lego games are surprisingly fun for adults.
You got me :D
My wife suspects that I’m using mydaughter as an excuse to play the games/movies I missed when I was growing up.
We still have about 90 percent to finish in lego jurassic world.
Cyberpunk 2077. 2 years after its disastrous release, it’s a really good game. As someone who has played a lot of RPG games, I think this is probably one of the best (if not the best) RPG I’ve ever played.
I’m on a pretty good PC (with an RTX 3060 + 32GB ram), so my graphics are pretty good. This game has beautiful graphics, emotionally touching storyline (the only game where I started tearing up during the ending) and really fun gameplay (with tons of different playing styles).
Is it worth $60? Not sure about that, but it’s definitely worth $30 (sometimes there is 50% off during sales, for example during the summer sale on Steam that’s currently active).
If you’re on PS4 or an older Xbox, then I don’t know whether you’ll get the same magical experience as I have, because I read some bad reviews about the performance on older consoles. But moderate PCs and PS5 should be able to run the game nicely and allow you to be completely immersed into the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
Currently playing rogue legacy 2 and I must say, the gameplay loop is so satisfying. There are even options to make your runs easier on the fly and revert back to defaults before the boss fight, if you wish to hasten your grind.
I bought that one Xbox Series X and haven’t gotten around to it, I did enjoy the first one.
Venetica: old eurojank action RPG. It shows its age and the jank is real. But underneath all that is a fresh theme, cool atmosphere and interesting story. Also, it’s 1€ during the Steam sale.
Looks similar to God of War.
Maybe graphically, but the gameplay is nothing like GoW
