I’ve been playing a whole heck of a lot of Celeste lately. Been having a good time with some modded content after clearing all the vanilla content
D sides? Strawberry Jam?
I did a bit of 1-D. Did a little bit of spring collab advanced lobby but heard that strawberry jam was a bit more polished so I’ve been trying the SJ expert lobby and it’s very hard (~10 hours per level so far). I think it’s in the sweet spot of difficulty for me rn
As always, iRacing and DRG. However, for something new, check out Split Fiction. Very fun co-op game by the makers of A Way Out and It Takes Two.
What is DRG?
most likely Deep Rock Galactic
Deep Rock Galactic
I’ve been playing It Takes Two this week with my daughter and it’s really good. I highly recommend it too.
Such a great game. We really enjoyed our time with it. The boss fights were harder than I expected but quite manageable after a few attempts.
DRG
My life for rock and stone!
I’m still playing Divinity: Original Sin II.
I also picked up Hollow Knight recently and I’m making progress, albeit painfully sometimes haha.Hollow Knight has also had me a little stuck sometimes, just remember to check your map to see if there’s sometime you might be able to reach. I had to look up locations to get the other ending.
Yep, thanks - so far I’ve avoided any guides and went in completely blind, I’m starting to explore the map again for what I might have missed.
spoiler
I’ve been trying to beat the Mantis Lords for a while, but I feel like there’s some other place I might be able to go for now - I think I haven’t fully explored the City of Tears yet, but got my first nail upgrade
I’m on a hollow knight replay (only played through it once) and getting stuck is just part of the ride
Started playing through the Assassin’s Creed series again but completely disabling the hud, even the minimap. I did have to open the big map frequently at the beginning but you get used to it and it just feels cool having to scope out/explore an area to find and get to your target and deal with guards as they come
I will say the first game feels like it was made to be played this way, but the second game (which I’m on now) and later unfortunately don’t feel like that. Still gonna try to get through the whole series like this though
Iirc (and the story was not complete bogus) the first game was designed for it but some exec didnt like it and forced hud and minimap late in development and is why it feels easy and repetitive if you play with minimap. Wouldnt be surpirsed if ac2 then was not developed with that in mind and would explain why it doesnt work as well
I believe it. I’m just glad they kept the option to turn it all off
It’s still one day out but if the hype keeps building I might fall victim to it and jump on Blue Prince tomorrow. Not very patient of me I know. I should be ashamed, but sometimes you just want to be part of a zeitgeist and this looks like a gem.
Started No Mans sky a few weeks ago. I am liking it a lot. Very pretty game, lots of neat stuff. My umderstanding is that while its a very wide game, its somewhat shallow. What I have seen so far does not disprove that, but I have been progressing very slowly so I cant say one way or another.
It would definitely be nice if it was a lot deeper, but it has enough good points to entertain many people for a while.
Robocop Rogue city, free with the ps plus monthly games. Fun little shooter with RPG elements that feels more like an xbox 360 era fps. Good game but kind of short and lacking in any real depth, if it was any longer it would’ve been a slog. So glad I got it for free because no way would I be paying full price for it.
I picked this up for $10ish on steam. Still haven’t gotten around to it
Good to kill a bit of time with. I definitely enjoyed it.
I just got “The Textorcist”. Really unique, being a bullet hell typing game. Has been a pretty enjoyable experience, and I’m thinking about 100%-ing it if I can.
I just finished up Spirtfarer. A sweet gentle game, that really hits the feels. To quote Yahtzee “full of light and wonder and melancholy humor, which does rather juxtapose against the underlying knowledge that our job is essentially to take our passengers one by one into the woods and ice them in the back of the head”
Just added it to my Wishlist on steam. Looks like a nice game!
Roadwarden
Picked that up in the Dice & Destiny current bundle. It’s a take on old school text based RPG. I like it so far. It’s really more like an interactive book which is what I was after. Playing lay back on the couch with Moonlight
Citizen Sleeper
Text based RPG too. Barely touched as it came in the bundle too. I just don’t want to run 2 story game at the same time. This one is more gamy with dice placement. There seems to be just more mechanics and things to manage. Story looks promising :D
Pacer
Dug out Pacer, an antigravity racing game I never touched for some reasons (backed on Kickstarter). Think WipEout, F-Zero, Redout… It’s cool. It scratches my WipeEout itch, but its not at the same level of polish, even if it’s made by the same people.
Currently slowly going through Everspace 2. The first title was a roguelite arcade space game, which is not a terrible combination, but not really what I wanted from the devs. With this sequel, they ditch the rogue grippings and expand into open-world arcade space, much like Freelancer or Darkstar, and that makes a world of difference. Story so far is nothing to write about, the dialogue and plot beats range from tedious to annoying, but it feels really damn good to fly around shooting down pilots.
Not your typical recommendation but Unnamed Space Idle has also been consuming my free time. As an avid idle game collector, I genuinely believe this might be the current top of the genre - at least in the current year. Every aspect, prestige layer and mechanic builds on top of each other, always pushing your momentum and never having a “Now you’re going to stop having fun for hours” period of upgrading.
Game list:
- Colin McRae Rally 04
- Spyro the Dragon
- Original VA-11 HALL-A prototype from 2014
- Amagami
Full version
I had a rough week so not much playtime for me this time. I played some more Colin McRae Rally 04 and went back to my dusty playthrough of Spyro the Dragon.
I started Spyro last year, I think, played a few worlds then stopped for months for various reasons. I enjoy the game quite a bit but I don’t think it’ll join the list of my favourite titles from that generation. Maybe the sequel will fare better (whenever I get to playing it that is).Next, I played the original VA-11 HALL-A prototype from 2014. Despite some minor differences it feels pretty on point with the final game. I was also surprised that some of the backstory mentioned in the full release was actually about this version - it’s a neat detail.
Lastly, I decided to grab Amagami - a pretty famous dating sim for PS2. I’m honestly really mixed on this one. The game itself is great (art, characters etc) and I like it quite a bit. The event board (the main way of interacting with the game) can be pretty overwhelming early on but it’s not a huge deal. What is a big issue for me however has to do with game displaying changes of character relationships after every day as well as whenever events expire. I’m not sure why but both of these stress me out, even though neither is a failure state.
I would much prefer game not bring attention to these aspects and just update them in the background without forcing you to pay attention to them.I managed to almost finish one of the routes but the stress is actually making me less and less willing to continue. It’s a shame because I DO like the characters and writing, I’m just not sure I can keep up with the rest of it.
One thing I can say is that I never really had this problem with similar mechanics in anything I’ve played until now. It’s a new experience, I’ll give it that.
I promise I won’t be spamming this every week but I’d like to once again link my Pixelfed account - it’s fully focused on game screenshots and might be of interest to someone. This week I posted some shots from Cyberpunk 2077.
I’ve been playing Spyro the dragon on my raspberry pi Gameboy lately. Such nostalgia!
It’s simple but fun in all the ways that matter. Holds up pretty well too despite its age. While I don’t LOVE it, it did give me hope for an even better time with the sequel.
A bit of a meta comment, but @[email protected] could you please unpin the past threads? The community looks a abit cluttered 😄 :
Weird, on my end it doesn’t look like that. I’ll take a closer look on my break today.
I’m waiting for the BaldursGate3 update but until then I grabbed solasta. Also DnD based and more chill than BG3 but very fun. I love that you can design and play a whole party instead of just the “main char” like BG3.
Have you ever played Divinity Original Sin II? How would you compare it to Solasta?
I played and enjoyed both. They feel very different. Divinity was built without the pen and paper foundation and solasta is very true to DnD 5e. While 5e is nice for roleplay where in theory everything is possible, it lacks in a videogame setting. I don’t go into detail here but in all DOS2 feels more like a complete game that isn’t hold back by sticking to a rulebook that was designed for something else.
As already mentioned, DOS2 also has premade Characters on with the story builds. Solasta focuses on ‘White Canvas’ characters which I like.
I’m itching so bad for the BG3 update. It’s been one of those games where I’m in the shower and a new multiclass build pops in my head and next thing I know I’m reinstalling it. And now I get a bunch of new toys!
My least favourite character is Wyll so in my next run he will be my avatar. What multiclass do you recommend with Warlock? I (ofc) already did paladin and sorcerer.
I actually don’t have one with Warlock as the main class! I love debuffs/CC, and trying to get my spell DC as high as possible means staying in the class (and short rest spell slots).
Whenever I multi Warlock it tends to be in martial builds, getting the extra attack with Pact of the Blade, or a quick dip into it for Mortal Reminder. I have a crit build I do this with.
Got saints row the third remaster on gog from the amazon prime subscription so i decided to replay the game and man how i love that game, it brings inside me the same feeling that i had playing gta as a kid of “i just wanna to bring chaos and have a blast” which the more silly approach of the game helps to get on that mood
