Patient Gamers

I came back to Cyberpunk 2077 recently. First time touching the game since the 2.0 update and I have to say I'm a bit mixed on the changes (I actually reinstalled the legacy version to make sure I'm not just misremembering things).

I'll probably post a longer write up once I'm done with my playthrough (or at least do more testing and comparison between both version) but for now my main takeaway is this: I like the new content and all the technical improvements, gameplay, while better from a design and balance perspective, lost some of the fun for me in the process. It's still a great title and I enjoy it quite a bit but yeah... I miss some of the old unbalanced jank of a game we had before.

Finished persona 5 Royale last month, so I'm playing persona 4 golden right now. The story is interesting so far but the gameplay doesnt hold up that well IMO ( compared to p5r at least).

Factorio with its latest expansion is really good

I've started playing satisfactory.

That was a mistake...

I started and almost finished The Forgotten City. It's really good, if you like mystery.

Rainworld is a masterpiece

Battlefield 2042 (xbox series s), Danmaku Unlimited 3 (steam), Ketsui Deathtiny (ps4), and eFootball (android/xbox and f2p, though I'm not sure that one is in the right place here).

Judgement, it's made by the same people who me see the Yakuza, Like a Dragon series. It takes place in the same seeing with the same family philosophy. It's currently on a70% of sale on stem so I got that and it's sequel with DLC for like $30.

Wz2100. I go between that and zero-k.

I've been playing the Ballionaire demo, which is pretty damn fun.

The hordes of hel demo. Well polished reverse bullet hell, but maybe too well polished for the Devs to match the level of content of something like vampire survivors. But the mechanics are crisp and it's really fun.

Help, the Factorio expansion has taken hold of me and will not let go!

NetHack 3.6.7

I've started Cyberpunk 2077 recently. Runs pretty flawlessly now with patch 2.x, I'm glad that I waited a few years

Caves of Qud

I cannot recommend it enough

I recently looped back to rimworld.

I was playing a bunch of frostpunk 2, then a little frostpunk 1, and then bounced between the two of them. But in the end all gaming comes back to rimworld...

pokemon lets go. i skipped it on release because i assumed the dumbed down mechanics are not for me as an aduld fan. but once i picked it up i like it a lot. the graphics are breathtakeing for a gamefreak ip. and the way more accessible and time saveing shiny hunting, made me commit to a shiny only run.

I gotta admit i boxed eevee eventhough i love it, because that would just be too op.

but a strong recomendation for the pokemon fan that yawns for a chill experience

Monster Hunter Rise to have a MH fix until Wilds runs at more than 30 fps

My co worker keeps telling me to get the witcher

Sifu is a fun martial-arts focused game. If you liked the combat of Sleeping Dogs and Batman Arkham, it might be your kind of game. It's currently on sale for $20: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2138710/Sifu/

Hello,

Thanks for this post. Do you think they could be made weekly? The community is probably large enough to discuss things once a week

Soul caliber 6, story is supreme cringe but I like the 3D fighting aspect

Started Changed. What an insanely difficult game. What a strange thing for someone to be into.. but I love the art. It’s way too difficult for me so far, though.

I’ve been addicted to WarFrame for months and before that it was Wayfinder but that was pre 1.0 so I’d like to go back into that one when I can peel myself away from WF

I'm ashamed to say I've stepped into the Gacha rabbit hole with Zenless Zone Zero. It's a fun game, combat feels quite good on PC, characters are likable, and the story is intriguing so far. Though I'm not ashamed to say that I haven't spent anything on this game, and I'm sticking to free to play, as the value you get out of spending in game just isn't worth it. There are much better ways to spend money than rolling for a chance to get a character. How much the whales are willing to spend for a character will never cease to amaze me.

I have an anti-recommendation for Pathfinder Kingmaker.

They almost have a good RPG here but the combat is so frequent and the encounter design is just wack. The second to last dungeon is the worst I have ever experienced.

Normally I stop once I'm not feeling it. I'm not really sure why I pushed through here.

I've been playing Eldritch. Friggin frustrating game. Ok, just one more go.

Death Crown (2019)

It's as if a 4x was stripped down to the essentials, just you and the map and three building types, the gameplay is basically "try to overwhelm the enemy" and zerg rushing has been my winning strategy so far. Love the aesthetic though.

Narita Boy (2021)

I first played it close to release, but got bored of the story after a while, rediscovering this one on Steam Deck, the controls and combat has surprising depth !

Borderlands 2
I got into playing it yet again, mechromancer is so much fun when having full stacks of anarchy with a shotgun.