Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?

This is a very good time to pick up one or more Fallout game. The release of the show brings sales on the games on multiple platforms

Can confirm, finally got around to starting New Vegas last night because of the show. Barely into it, but off to a decent start.

Stardew Valley. I'm going to marry the fuck out of Abigail. I think I understand waifus now. I love her so much.

Omg Abby, I want her so bad.
The 1.6 update completed the game extremely well. A lot of the quality of life stuff feels incredibly natural, and I'm loving the new farm so far. Especially since it's forcing me to >!focus on animals instead of Uber optimizing crops!<.

I'm finishing up Saints Row: The Third Remastered. I'm absolutely loving it, and I think I prefer it to GTA V. It's way less serious, but I actually somewhat care about the characters, unlike with GTA V. The side content is a lot of fun, and it has the turf war mechanic I loved about GTA SA.

I highly recommend it if you haven't tried it. It's a bit janky, but there's a lot of fun to be had imo, just don't take it too seriously (the game makes that really hard).

Have you gotten the Shark-O-Matic gun yet? It’s hilarious.
- I actually skipped over it on accident, so thanks! And yes, it's absolutely glorious.

I just finished portal 1 & 2 for the first time! I was let down on the lore and story. I think if you were around on the internet when portal 2 came out in particular, you might understand. It just had so much reference in pop culture without explanation, i expected there to be more once you had context. I was let down.

That said DAMN these are excellent and fun games that are accessible to any player. The games are designed with fantastic visual clues to help you understand new puzzle elements. They are fun, not challenging to a frustrating degree, and the game is structured where you really can just play a bit before dinner or something.

Yeah, they definitely reached meme status, but they're really good puzzle games. The story and lore is, interesting I guess, but it's certainly not the focus of the game.

If you want a puzzle game with more interesting lore, play The Talos Principle. It's interesting if you're into philosophy, and it's still good if you skip the text entries.
- Thank you! It's actually on sale on playstatiom for $5 or free with ps+ extra so I am definitely going to check that out!
  
  Oh that said I haven't played half life yet and will once I have a computer. Should I also lower my expectations cuz that was also a Big Deal I haven't gotten the opportunity to play yet!
Not frustrating until the last level of Portal 1. I still feel bad about never finishing it. But that last level was brutal. Maybe it's time to dust off my 360 and give it another go.

Has anyone else played Rimworld? I picked it up but feel like Im lost. Ive watched a couple vods and seem to be doing everytjing correctly but idk. Just seems like Im nit advancing or maybe missing something??

I will never stop playing that game. I would suggest playing with "Peaceful" difficulty level at first (and maybe choosing Phoebe Chillax as narrator) so you'll have time to advance. There's so much to discover and do anyway without everything trying to burn your house down.
- I'll give that a shot. Thanks for the suggestions!
- I loved rimworld when it first came out. I have hundreds of hours. But by the time I was done (before the first dlc came out) I had tons and tons of mods installed. Which is fine. But now there are three dlc that I don't have and I assume most the mods probably require them. Is that the case?
I've got way to many hours in rimworld.

Some tips.

Psychic shock lances are must haves. You can't make them but they are easy to buy from traiders and settlements. Two uses and they are gone but so worth it. They cost about 600 with two uses so 300 a zap. Here are some great ways to use them.

Raider with a great set of skills and traits. Zap him and stockholm syndrom him. Raider with nice very expensive armor. Zap and strip. You just spent 300 silver to buy a few thousand worth of armor and removed a strong enemy. And it doesn't have the tainted trait because he didn't die. Raider with a mini gun or doomsday launcher. Zap now you have it and they don't. Raider grabbed one of your pawns and leaving the map. Zap.

Insanity Lance is also good. Notably against any pawns with a rocket launcher. Have it shot it's friends. Or a good meele raider. Zap and the raiders are dealing with it while you are getting in position.

Both are consumables that you have to find or buy but are so profitable and can save your bacon.

You can pause and see all stats and equipment. When raiders show up check for pawns with skills you need or dangerous weapons like doomsday launchers.

Home zone is also where they clean. Turn it off in areas you don't need cleaned like crops. This saves a ton of pawn time. It's also where they fight fires. So you need to add it back when there is a fire.

If you are using mods complex jobs is a great choice. It breaks down jobs into more categories. So for example anyone can tend wounds but only good doctors can do surgery.

Combat keeps ramping up if you don't take losses and as you gain wealth. So you can end up with a very brittle base where any attack that can hurt you also is a almost total wipe. Look up kill box designs. They are almost required.

If you don't have a kill box. Having a pawn in armor and a shield belt with a smoke launcher firing at it behind cover is great in combat. Put it just in front of your shooters. The raiders shot at it and it doesn't take much if any damage. Letting your shooter pawns fire away.

If you want other tips let me know or check out Francis John. He has good guides and some of his playthroughs are great. I recommend the tribal wizards playthrough for fun.

When that poor pawn gets stuck in Australia having to wall him self in to hide from the mechs, raiders, and bugs. Rebuilding the wall from the inside as they chew at it from the outside.
Rimworld is great! But don’t forget to do research. Most of the early game is building yourself toward having a kitchen and functional refrigeration room. Along with trying to give colonists their own rooms and furniture.

Just make sure to take care of everyone’s needs!
when starting a new game:

-set up a stockpile:

indoors, preferably shelves, but that's a goal to work towards

-stockpile some food:

starting with a talented grower makes early game easier. rice is best in the beginning, when it's beginning to stockpile switch to potatoes, when those stockpile to corn. each step requires less work by your pawns, leaving more time for other stuff.

-get a ranged weapon and some defenses

some bows if there's nothing else. first raid is alwaysa single melee guy, that's scripted, afaik. setup some sand bags or embrasures. walls/corridors to limit the range enemies can shoot at you.

-get batteries

super important! difficult to have a reliable food supply without those!

-get a freezer

also super important because of the above!

-set up a prison

last on the list, not that high of a priority...but still, get some more people!

and then do pretty much what you want...once early game is done, get some research done, plant some cotton, some herbal meds, set up a little medical area, etc.

this should get you to mid game fairly reliably!
- You misunderstand potatos. Rice and corn both have high sensitivity to soil quality. Potatos have low sensitivity. So with normal or better soil rice and corn both get a big speed boost and potatos get a small speed boost.
  
  With poor soil rice and corn get a big speed penalty potatos get small speed penalty.
  
  So normal or better soil plant rice or corn. Poor soil plant potatos.

The Long Dark.

Survival sim, in an arctic wilderness. It took me two weeks (occasional play only) to trudge through the snow and gather resources to smith some arrowheads for hunting. With that done, food is no longer an issue until my bow wears out. Better scour the forest for the right kind of wood, soon.

I was gifted that game and between my rapidly falling temperature and hunger and my poorly coordinated attempts at stunning baby rabbits, just gave up about 15 mins in. Is it worth it to give it another shot? I've tried twice now...
- Yes it is worth another try, you can start a custom sandbox to your likings. Can give you a casual experience.
  
  I play a new sandbox every winter, this time with the DLC.
- Haha yeah it's brutal at first. There is a wiki for the game with maps containing spoilers - that really helps.
  
  The trick with rabbits is you watch where they're going and position yourself infront of them, so they come closer and closer, with no sideways movement. Then they're easy to hit with a stone.
  
  They don't yield much meat so you need other sources too. Once you find a revolver (check wiki map) it gets a lot easier because then you hunt wolves instead of them hunting you.
I‘ve only ever played it in Early Access through family sharing and only casually, but if one thing stuck with me then how atmospheric the game was. It‘s kinda meme-y to say but the game really made me feel like I‘m stuck in an abanfoned village in the middle of freezing nowhere.
- It is very atmospheric and lonely. So well done.
Long dark is fun as hell.

Playing Cyberpunk 2077, it's sometimes a little unintuitive. You're thrown into a world that doesn't explain anything about what's going on and is filled with so much stuff, but in general a really good game.

I've started Fallout 1 this week and not too long ago I finished Carmageddon 2.

Fallout is on sale (75% off);

https://store.steampowered.com/app/38400/Fallout_A_Post_Nuclear_Role_Playing_Game/

Carmageddon 2;

https://store.steampowered.com/app/282030/Carmageddon_2_Carpocalypse_Now/

I just bought Brotato on Steam. Shits fun af. It's like a roguelike but with no learning curve and literally anybody can play, but the higher levels are still difficult.

Playing Planescape: Torment for the first time, amazing game though the rather dated interface can get tiresome.

The game funnels you into playing as a mage with high charisma so you can avoid the clunky combat as much as possible. Be warned though, the last 20 mins of the game can be quite hard if you've only specced your character to be good at speech.

I just found out there was a series off "Wallace and Gromit" adventure games from Telltale (RIP)

bought them all on steam and playing the first episode now. So far the writing and visuals are spot on

Awesome! That's going straight on my wishlist, and I'll probably pick it up the next time I need a game to play.

Link for the lazy to the one I found (W&G Grand Adventure). Are there more?
I love Telltale. I heard they were actually still working on Wolf Among Us 2 but progress is slow and they have no date set.

https://gamerant.com/the-wolf-among-us-2-development-update-telltale-deck-nine/

Dunno whether this counts (free full game, no DLC, 10+ years old) but I’m loving battle for wesnoth. Some dialogue is stunted but it’s among the best hex grid strategy games I’ve played.

That game's closer to 20+ years old. It's been a very long time since I've played it. It was way back when gaming on Linux was mostly limited to games that had a native Linux release.
- I knew about its initial release but had no clue whether it was the same team or an offshoot so I settled for a safe 10 years.
  
  I recommend picking it back up if you enjoyed the campaigns. It’s just recently reached a third renaissance with an abundance of new fan content. No clue why.
I've played Wesnoth and had quite a bit of fun, but what makes it the best hex grid strategy game for you?
- It tends not to dawdle and is open to customization. Want a map? Make it. Want a unit? Make it. If you really want to get obsessive about any aspect then the option is available. Top it off with surprisingly nice art, a good community, and a sprinkle of nostalgia and you get a spicy pizza pie.

Oxygen not included (with spaced out DLC)

This is a fun and very complicated game

I finished Dave the Diver this weekend, great little game!

Now I've jumped board the No Man's Sky train again, for the first time in six (!) years. And so far it's been really fun and chill!

The Witness.

It feels especially relevant to this community because I'm picking it up again after a hiatus of over five years. I tried back then but got hard stuck on a puzzle that I just didn't get, and I refused to look up the answer and spoil the joy of discovery for myself.

Anyway, playing it is 2024, after walking around for 30 minutes to refresh myself, I was able to solve almost instantly 😅 so now I'm back into the game and loving it!

It's a quintessential patient game, with its slow pace (including the walking pace - glacial when compared to action games), and puzzles that you can puzz over in between sessions (even for years like in my case).

I told this story to a friend, and they asked "so did this puzzle take you 30 minutes to solve, or 6 years?" Which is a thought!

Sometimes coming back to things with a fresh mind can give quite the new perspective
- The game remained the same – it was I who had changed.

Stardew Valley and Kingdom Come Deliverance are the two big ones at the moment. I've played both a bit at a time for a while now.

Stardew Valley needs little introduction. It's a beautiful gem of an indie game. I'm in fall of year two and just getting used to married life and making that sweet sweet gold making wine and jelly.

Kingdom Come Deliverance is an awesome RPG in a non-fantasy medieval setting. You're the son of a blacksmith and your town is burned by a massive army leaving you a refugee seeking to avenge your parents. You're no war hero or chosen one, just a man trying to find his place in the beautiful but uncertain world...and maybe learn to read while he's at it

Just got a new PC, and I'm running Linux as my only OS now, so I've been spinning up some of my old favourites to test things out.

Mechwarrior 5, Crusader Kings III and even a bit of Cyberpunk (technically older than 12+ months, but it doesn't feel in the spirit of this community)

How‘s CK3 running on Linux (especially lategame if you have a late savefile) and with what CPU?
- It's running smooth as butter, but I haven't got any late game saves at the moment (they're all for older versions with DLC etc)
  
  That being said, this machine is pretty grunty. Ryzen 9 7900X, 64GB of RAM and an Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super

I just started a new Fallout 4 playthrough after binging the show, and my wife hopped back into Fallout Shelter. I guess they added the show characters to FS so that’s fun.

Played and beat Final Fantasy 8 for the first time. Bit of an unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed everything about it more than FF7 (which i also played for the first time a few months ago). As a long time JRPG player, the mechanics were really interesting and fresh. I liked the majority of characters more as well. Maybe it's just the fact that I'm coming to these games 20+ years later and don't have the nostalgia for them - I'm not sure. I can definitely see why people loved FF7, though I'm not one of them.

I'd love anybodies thoughts on this and their opinions on the two games!

While I didn't play FF8 yet I can see why that would be the case.

I finished FF7 last year and while I did enjoy my time with it it's clear how much of a prototype, for lack of a better word, it is as far as 3D JRPGs are concerned. There's a lot of ambition there but also a feeling they weren't able (or ready) to pull all of it off at the time.

It didn't end up among my favorites and titles I tend to replay semi-regularly but I'm glad I got to play it in its original form.
I played 8 then 9 and later 7 and didn‘t like it. But it probably also didn‘t help that it was hard to not get spoilered if you hadn‘t played it already. I already knew some twists so I didn‘t get surprised and played through the whole thing while expecting it.

I loved 8 back then but 9 was just so fucking good I liked it even more. 8 blew me away with its story back then, but 9‘s gameplay resonated more with me and the graphics weren‘t as hard to look at (probably thanks to its comic-y style).

So personally I go 9 > 8 > 7.

On a sidenote, FF pretty much lost me after 10. I did play through all of 15 and I thought it was mediocre at best. The plot holes (you have everyone‘s fucking number but not your fiancees?!) were annoying, the gameplay hardly felt like a FF, the story in general didn‘t do anything (positive) for me. In retrospective I probably would advice myself to not buy it.

(Sick atm so apologies if this is just some confusing rambling)
- I'm looking forward to trying out FF9 next. Gonna take a bit of a break, as 45 hours of a FF game are enough for me for the next month or two. I've been going through all the mainline Zelda games as well, just reached Ocarina of Time. So I'll be continuing that until I feel a hankering to go back to FF.
As a kid I played ff8 so much. Truly love that game. While ff7 never really grabbed me.
FF7 came out at the perfect time and it really redefined RPGs in the USA. I know it exposed me to this kind of gameplay and genre that I had never experienced before. Unless you count some of the NES RPGs. Those never captivated attention like FF7 did.

Been playing nioh 2 since it was part of humble bundle's monthly. Game is as amazing as it is hard, barrier for entry is huge but can be really worth it if you enjoy mastering complicated systems.

The Nioh games are amazing. I spent hundreds of hours playing them and hundreds of hours helping others in coop. I really love playing those tough as nails games in multiplayer, it‘s like sharing the pain, and sharing is caring lol
- I would not recommend any friend to play this game lol not because I dont like it but because they would look at me and say "so you are a masochist?"

Me and a buddy have been replaying Battleblock Theater but trying to 100% all levels on hard mode, which we did not do back as kids lol

That game‘s so fucking good. I also 100%d it with a friend back then (screw collecting all hats), and we had a blast. Hope you guys have one too! Now I want a sequel lol
The audio in that game is so fun

I recently replayed the entire Arkham series, including Origins.

They all still hold up incredibly well (maybe Asylum a tiny bit less, it was the first one and it feels a little clunky when you're coming right off of City or Knight), the acting is timeless, the stories feel like classic Batman tales... They're just perfect Batman games; and damn near perfect games just in general.

Yeah anyone wanting to get into the series should begin with asylum. It's got a more horror vibe which I think holds up incredibly well still.

But the other games are mechanically better, so it's hard to go backwards and enjoy it quite as much

Been replaying through Y's VII: Lacrimosa of Dana. Such a great JRPG and Falcoms sound team was absolutely on point for this title.

Just got my copy of the reprint for Switch 😋
Falcoms sound team was absolutely on point for this title.

They always are, if there's one thing Falcom does consistently well it's the soundtrack.

Currently playing Zelda: Twilight Princess HD on Wii U. Game‘s good but we’re too spoiled with the aiming and fast Link we got in BOTW and TOTK

That game is one of the biggest reasons that I want a Wii U, the biggest would be the hack possibilities, Pretendo, and GCN/Wii emulation.
- I’d get a Wii for GCN/Wii emulation. While it is possible I prefer the modded blue glowing disc slot of the wii

I've been playing fallout 4, got it a few weeks ago on sale for less than 8 bucks

I’m going through Mass Effect 3 now. When I started the series I thought it seemed good, but I didn’t really understand why it was so very popular. And then the story picked up, and I understood.

Then the opening scene of 2 came, and that was amazing. What a way to start a sequel.

Now in 3 I feel like they nailed the atmosphere. I can’t wait to see where the story goes.

ME:2 In my opinion is one of the greatest games ever published.
Heck yeah! Awesome series

Finally started Fallout 2, I should have played it ages ago but it is kind of a slog at the beginning.

I'm also preparing to hunt Fatalis in MHW.

P5 Royal. Hasn't quite grabbed me yet maybe because I played most of vanilla a few years ago and it's pretty slow going at times.

I genuinely preferred vanilla! I couldn't elaborate on why, especially avoiding spoilers, because my memory is too hazy. However I do think I'm in the minority I'm just giving you my support you're not alone if you didn't feel the same. Have you had the chance to play p5 strikers?

Honestly depending how far you are in royal, you might even enjoy royal more if you take a strikers break in between. Strikers follows vanilla ending anyway.
- Not OP, but I recently beat P5R years after P5 vanilla. I wasn't sure how I felt about it myself, but will try to elaborate a little without spoilers.
  
  I found myself mostly disagreeing with the Phantom Thieves in the new chapter and electively went through the "bad" ending first. I do like the story that was explored, however, and I think it was genuinely fascinating to see how the team approached their most complex dilemma yet. Ultimately, I appreciated what they were trying to do even if it felt a little trope-y at times. That said, the ending cutscene is leagues worse than vanilla's and even kind of walks back some of what made the new story great.
  
  I'm currently playing Strikers and I'm unfortunately getting kind of bored with it after the second area. I was very impressed by how many of Persona 5's systems translated to an action game so well, but now I'm feeling like I've already seen the extent of the gameplay and all that's left is to repeat again and again and again until it's over. The story is vaguely fun and the road trip framing is a wonderful follow up to P5's ending. The writing is fine and the characters haven't become flanderized quite yet despite being at about that point in the Persona spinoff cycle. But I kind of don't care what the cast has to say about everything. Maybe that's the problem of starting a big adventure with a full party. At every cutscene, there are at least 8 characters there to react to what's happening, which holds up for about as long as one would expect. Considering skipping out on the rest and moving on to Tactica, since that's way more my style of gameplay.
- It's been long enough since I played the original and I didn't actually finish it so strikers may spoil it a little. To be honest, I think I'm just not that in the mood for games in general at the moment, which is fine. The desire will come when it comes.

Wreckfest, I just can't get over how much fun it is to crash cars. :)

I got my (recently turned 12) son hooked on Civ5. He put 70 hours behind him in just a week during the Easter holidays.

So now we're playing multiplayer. I have my gripes with that game, but damn it never gets old.

Picked up Talos Principle 1 and 2 for 20$. Really enjoying the first one so far. It's like Portal but more serious, makes you feel really clever, lots of "outside the box" thinking.

Replaying FO3 for the first time in ages and through TTW. A few sprinkling of mods to make the game feel more modern and omg is it a blast.

I finally got a vr headset so im currently playing half-life alyx. But its making me incredibly motion sick. So besides that im playing watch dogs 2 again.

Take it easy, you'll get your vr legs eventually. The key for me was to learn to detect when my body was starting to feel bad, stop immediately and go take a break. If you stop the symptoms early you can take regular short breaks instead of being drowsy all night.

Also, find some easier games for your stomach. Typically, stuff in a vehicle/plane/spaceship is easier for the brain because it understands something is moving but not you.

Static games work too. Beat saber is the classic but I'd like to recommend SynthRider.

Also, play around with the settings when you're fresh and see what works. The black blinders on the side help most people but it make nausea worse for me.

Yakuza Infinite then to FF7 Rebirth. They both have japanised Hawaii in it

If you haven't tried Spiritfarer, it's absolutely worth the playthrough. So many feels...

I'm playing the original Phantasy Star via the SEGA Ages version on Switch. Very much enjoying the simplicity of an 8-bit RPG, but it's amazing to see how much they were able to push the Sega Master System to its limits.

Also trudging through Dirge of Cerberus on PS2. It's clunky and jank as hell but I love the atmosphere.

Hellpoint.

Great soulslike

I LOVE Hellpoint. I devoured that game when I first bought it on a Halloween sale. You're the first person I've seen on Lemmy even mention the game.

I liked it because it feels more accessible for a Soulslike, with the different mechanics like effigies and rail guns/leech.

I‘ve recently finished Fallen Order, Unravel, and En Garde.

Fallen Order was a nice game although I always felt like the game valued celebrating its animations over how in control I felt. It felt kind of sluggish to fight and the frequent traversal stutters were also a bit meh. It sounds like I didn‘t like it but I‘d give it a 7/10. There‘s also no fasttravel at all. It‘s absolutely worth picking up on sale if you‘re into soulslikes.

Unravel is a really old game, but it‘s a 2D platformer and through its realistic style stood the test of time thus far: It‘s great to look at even today. The story‘s somewhat emotional but if you don‘t like it, you can ignore it since it plays out wordlessly in the background. Puzzles and platforming sections weren’t frustrating and just fun. I think I looked up a solution like twice and it usually turned out there was an object I could interact with that I wasn‘t aware of. Fantastic music. The game‘s cheap and great, I‘d give it an 8/10. If it crashes on start up, you need to download and install the basic version of K-Lite Codec Pack, the game uses an old codec for videos that you might not have.

En Garde is a cheesy indie Zorro game with Sekiro mechanics and lots of environmental interactions. It‘s on sale on Steam right now for 10 bucks and absolutely worth it. Great music, combat feels snappy, the game does its thing and then it’s over, no fluff. It‘s also tough at nails to do no hit runs and pretty hard even on normal runs (it ramps up in chapters 3 and 4). However, it has „accessibility“ options which are basically just cheats (infinite health, auto parry, etc.), so tune to your liking. I‘ve beaten a lot of soulslikes and found normal difficulty enjoyable. 8/10.

Now it‘s back to Skyrim and Monster Hunter World.

Doom 2016 & flatout (whatever edition was recently steamdeck verified).

My wife and brother in law and I have been jamming on Valheim. I'm not usually one for survival crafting games, but it's great with other people.

BOTW on CEMU. A bit overhyped perhaps, but I'm enjoying the playthrough so far

Sekiro

Just picked up Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins. Maybe 6 hours in.. Never heard of it when it came out. It seems like a pretty great fusion of Nioh minus the stances, and one of the more actiony FFs so far. The story is... there. It seems to be heavily based on FF1 so far, so I'm not expecting much. The rest of the game is fun and batshit crazy enough to make up for it.

Driver: San Francisco and loving it!

I got Elder Scrolls: Online last summer when it was free on Epic. I love it! After playing for six months, I knew I wanted more and was willing to pay, so I got the latest chapter bundle (which includes all older chapters) for €19.79 on Steam. Absolutely worth it. I've since received two other DLCs for free just for playing the game. The lore of TES is just so good, and the environments in ESO look beautiful. There's so much story in the quests too, so even if it's an MMO, I can play it exclusively as a single player game that just happens to have other people in it.

Edit: The game is 10 years old this year, and there is more free stuff because of the anniversary.

I dove back into Division 2. Played the heck out of it on release but the RNG was just so fucking bad. Like...not D4 bad, but pretty close. Now the game is a lot more relaxed, and in some cases will allow you to select the type of loot youd like, as a percentage chance when rare loot drops. Anyway, besides that I've been spreading my democraseed in Helldivers 2 with some friends. Blows my mind we are doing Suicide on a normal basos now when that used to be a wet dream. Not a brag, I just usually cant hack it in shooters anymore. I also have Raft in the rotation. Really good zen game that I highly recommend. Can usually pick it up for cheap too.

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- Oh you can solo the entirety of Raft no issues, on any difficulty. I've done a few playthroughs as I've had it since it first went into early access. Haven't done the harder difficulties, but did Normal, Easy, and Peaceful. All doable solo. Have fun!

Custom Robo for N64. Cute little 3d shooter where you have a robot made of 5 customizable parts that you can mix and match to build the strongest robot and be the greatest "robo commander". I think people say the idea was a "sci-fi collectible game loosely similar to pokemon".

I know it's late but posting for content.

Tomb Raider (2013).

I just finished Dave the Diver and I was going through the backlog of unplayed games on my Steam Deck. I'm not even sure when I bought this game, I feel like it may have come with a humble bundle or a graphics card. Anyway, I'm about 3 hours in and so far it's pretty great!

Returned to my beloved 3DS to play a fan translation of the Japan-only Rocket Slime 3. The translation itself is solid, though there are a bunch of text rendering issues. Nothing that ruins the experience. I loved the previous game and this one is a very similar experience, but I think I preferred the mecha fights of 2 over the pirate ship battles of 3.

The gameplay balance is all over the place, unfortunately. Regular adventuring off-ship is dead easy and a little dull. The boss fights in particular are incredibly uninspired. But the ship battles wildly fluctuate in difficulty. Some I manage to Perfect without much challenge, others have me hanging on by a thread and landing me on the Game Over screen more than once.

I'm on the last chapter of the main quest and will probably give up soon on trying to complete everything as I've read the final post-game gauntlet is absolute hell.

I started a long journey for discovering Dragon Quest (only played to 9 and completed 11). I already finished DQ1 (very nice, simple but interesting nevertheless), and I am now playing DQ2 (and I love it :D).

Got a bot impatient

Bought balatro and stacklands

Both fun

Red Alert 2 again

I've been playing a ton of game dev story. To the point where now I want to try my hand at making my own simulation type game in that style

Just finished my 260 hour Xendar's mod playthrough on Factorio.

Thinking of playing Pyanodon's, but my start is giving me second thoughts.

Started playing FFXIV again after not playing since 2013. Decided to delete my character and start fresh as I don't remember the story etc. and am just going to take my time enjoying everything over again.

New player experience is so dramatically improved since then, hope you're having a great time!

Jumped back into slay the spire because of the announcement of the sequel.

Minecraft...

Tale of Two Wastelands! Fallout 3 and New Vegas in the same game.