Touhou 8: Imperishable Night.
I earned my first-ever 1CC there three days ago, on the Easy difficulty (ignoring the perennial “easy modo” memes within the games’ fandom), and slowly but surely, I’m learning both the fundamentals and the strategies towards passing various stages and spellcard patterns; hopefully, with enough practice, patience, and a bit of foresight, I can move up and do another 1CC on Mormal (both Finales), either with the Border or Netherworld team.
As for everything else, I found myself enthralled with the lore, story, and the music in this game, as if it were timeless, in a way. I’d say I like Eirin’s boss theme the most, befitting for someone who’s lived through time and knows everything diligently.
Project Borealis Prologue. Not patient at all.
But also Silent Hill 2 Enhance Edition.
Been playing FFXII international, been quite enjoying it so far.
Slogging through FFXIII here. It’s super linear and repetitive, but just what I need right now.
Yeah, I wasn’t able to get through xiii, too linear. XII is nice, mostly linear with some bounty hunting stuff to keep it fresh.
Deus Ex Mankind Divided.
Just getting started, but it’s been pretty fun so far. Not really appreciating how much it echoes the current happenings in society, though…
I played it last week. It was fun. Definetly better than HR.
The dev for that game recently said if they made it now the story would have to be very different because of the echoes with current events.
That’s interesting. Do you have a link, by chance? I’d love to read more
I was off, here’s the real tea.
“If someone made Deus Ex today, it might be perceived as a documentary,” says creator Warren Spector
Mankind Divided has some too close to home moments but the first game? That shit was almost like a playbook of the next two decades, it’s actually nuts.
to avoid disappointment: It doesn’t end… it just… stops
I just reinstalled NFSU2 because of the new big expansion mod underground2.net Between this, my brother wanting to play Halo, and the new Linkin Park album coming out this week, I feel like I’m in 2004 again.
I’ve been playing Hollow Knight this week. Working on Pantheon 5 for the last achievement. Made it to Traitor Lord last night. Best run yet!
Tooth & Tail. Bite sized RaTS
Haven’t played it yet, but just got the copy of Ratchet & Clank Future Tools Of Destruction in the mail today. Looking to hopefully start at least a little bit over the weekend.
I’ve finally gotten around to Mindustry after seeing a post about it in a FOSS community here. Hell of a game!
One of the bases near “Nuclear Production Complex” has shut my attack down… twice. Last time I was around wave 70 when it ended. I could just barely scrach their core bases with each attack. Several hours…
I had to give it a break after that. I was routing conveyors in my dreams but with a perpetual sense of doom.
Good game though. I really like how it addresses any gripes I have when playing factorio. The whole time I felt it was a little easy, but not anymore!
I’m in the same boat. I’ve made some headway but they weren’t kidding, it’s hard! I’m still struggling on new maps managing my time between building defenses and ramping up industry. I definitely prefer the part after finishing waves where I can relax and perfect my build.
Same here. I am thinking about finding a mod that either lowers the difficulty a touch or allows you to focus on the industry more. The waves start to get frantic fast.
A Mortician’s Tale was a nice relatively short interactive experience about what it is like to work in that occupation and its ups and downs, and an opportunity to reflect a bit on the reality of death.
I really liked this game. Felt like the perfect length for making one introspective about death.
I’ve been playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) for the past month or so. Haven’t been this immersed in a game world in a long time. Sure it’s a bit janky at parts and gets a while getting used to, but the world is beautiful and the attention to history and realism is incredible!
Another convert! Once the game mechanics clicked with me it’s been the most immersed I ever remember being in a game.
I started playing that one a couple of years ago but found myself horribly lost on one of the introductory quests (I think the first lockpicking was what did me on?) and kinda lost interest from there. I can see the appeal though and at some point I’ll certainly circle back to it
It’s worth getting into ahead of the release of the second one in a few months time
You say that but there’s basically 0 chance I’ll buy it anytime soon because I wait for games to be down to about $20. If I really really want it I’ll snag it at $30-40 but I don’t think I’ve ever bought a title at $60
Just finished the 5 main endings of Nier Automata and enjoyed it! Wanted to see what the fuss was about (especially after seeing the meme about how doitsujin was motivated to develop DXVK to play it). Enjoyable time and I plan to get all the endings.
Next on my list is Mini Motorways and Alien Isolation :)
If you’re a sucker for side content, there’s a ton of short stories and novellas (even a musical) that the fans have translated: I just got Ending E | The Ark Wiki
Kept the setting alive for just a little longer, and added some more context to the world and characters. Massive spoilers for anyone who hasn’t beat Automata though.
Monument Valley 1 & 2.
Quite short but excellent. I love good games that I can play with my 9-yr old daughter (like [email protected])
Zen Pinball 2 on PS Vita. Got every single table, played few dozen and still got a ton left.
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
