Gaming

I can’t for the life of me stop playing Rimworld. Man that game is addicting.

Minesweeper

I decided to buy a Switch yesterday. Don't know why. Something piqued my interest to play Nintendo. I bought it with Super Mario Bros. Wonder. It's fantastic and light and fun and my kid loves it too. I almost regret not buying it on launch. It is such a pleasure to play a cartridge-based game without load times or hearing a fan whirring.

I started GTA V for the first time. Until now it seems pretty funny, even if controls feel clunky

I just finished replaying DMC V. After replaying DMC 1 - 4 + DmC in the past 6 months, made me realize that I don't like playing as Nemo. He feels underpowered at times, and his skillset are kinda boring compared to Dante.

In DMC V, I enjoyed my time playing as Dante and V.

V is a change of pace, being slower and ranged, while Dante has really satisfying moves and weapons. I like Nemo's robotic arm, but the idea that it's a consumable and sometimes you might ended up picking up an arm that you are not familiar with, does disrupt the flow. Even his basic swordplay feels kinda lacking.

Started Terra Nil today and it's a lot of fun! I suck at strategy games so even the easy mode made me frustrated lol, but it's so beautiful and clearing every stage is totally worth it.

started a new terraria world and am grinding my way to moon lord again. definitely a comfort game for me.

Continuing to work my way through the Duke Nukem 1+2 Remasters on Evercade. So much love went into these its ridiculous.

Pikmin 3

Dwarf fortress (original ascii version)

I've still been on my Monster Hunter kick as well, playing through Rise's endgame with my friend. And Lethal Company with my friend group, we got a modded lobby for 6 or so players. It's been fun being scared together! However my interim games have been lots of indie games I'd be unlikely to play on PC, where the format fits better for the steam deck! I've been going through unsupported games since most tend to work.

Revita has been the core one, it's a nice rogue like with a blend of Hollow Knight style play and The Binding of Isaac rng runs with a killer soundtrack. Highly recommended!

Other than that...

Dark Futures, a part real time part strategy game that revolves in an apocalyptic Twisted Metal style setting. You are a car/caravan taking on missions, it's very unique and feels pretty 90's through and through.

The Ascent, which isn't really my kind of game but it's a topdown isometric 2.5d (I can never remember the right term for this one) in a cyberpunk setting. It was interesting, I didn't play much but I may go back to it which is more than I can say for most of that style.

And a small bout with the runner survive style games, Fotonica and Barrier X.

I also got my switch set back up so I briefly was playing Super Mario Maker 2 and F-Zero 99. The story mode for SMM2 was actually a pretty cool concept, and F-Zero 99 was alright. I also checked in on my villagers in Animal Crossing after over a year, they missed me and I had bedhead.

The Talos Principle 2

It's beautiful, and often really engaging both in gameplay and in story/setting, but I'm already feeling a bit of puzzle fatigue after ~20% through the game. I'll see how far I'll continue.

I have been playing NO Man's Sky since the autumn Steam sale. Unfortunately I feel like I have gotten to a point where I'm a little bored. It feels a bit repetitive and I feel a bit aimless. Will probably start on The Talos Principle 1 and 2 next.

Replaying CP2077 after the new patch, it's awesome

Rise of the Tomb Raider

I just finished Detroit: Become Human.

I decided to play it after I upgraded my Deck's SSD to 2TB.

And I've been spending a lot of time on Halo: Infinite.

Fortnite, but like, not the battle royale part.

The Rocket League Racing, Rock Band clone, and LEGO survival mode are wild additions that I honestly really appreciate. BR got old ages ago, but now there's a whole swathe of new free stuff to play.

Churning a stable of characters in WoW to unlock appearances. And various grinds in Destiny 2. Trying to play more Starcitizen.

I finished Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion and even 100% it. I still think the game is mostly a waste of time, that adds very little to the overall FF7 story. The characters (that aren't from FF7) are super boring, and the main antagonist is probably one of the lamest in any game. If I wasn't sick that one weekend, I'd probably not have bothered to go through those side quests, but at that point it was an alright, mindless grind. Asking 50€ for this seems completely insane to me.

Also, finally unlocked all characters in Risk of Rain Returns. Starting with so few items is always a pain in games like this, but once things get going and there's more variety, it just gets much more fun.

So I'm between games once again, and don't have anything specific lined up right now. I was holding out for Rogue Trader, but Owlcat being themselves, it seems like it'd be best to wait a few months for patches.

I did a bunch of runs of Peglin on my Deck, and finally managed to clear a Cruciball 10 run (small difficulty increases, that you can unlock after you finish the game, like the Heat system in Hades, just that you can't choose the modifiers).

Then I decided to give the first Octopath Traveller another shot, also on the Deck. I loaded up my four year old save, where I made it like a third through the game. Of course, I have no idea what's going on, and I was directly before a boss fight, but managed. I'll try to go through a few chapters and then decide if I want to keep playing.

Lunark. It's kind of fun. I don't know, I expected a different challenge than timing based delayed inputs. I thought it'd be more like a platformer with a story rather than feeling like an input queue fighter like dark souls.

!thelongdark@lemmy.ca, which put out a new content patch with some very nice immersion fixes this week. The new zone is very challenging.

Finished Jedi Survivor over the weekend. Art, world design, and the graphics generally (playing on XSX) impressed me a lot.

(edited for length as I remembered this is a weekly thread, not a list all the games I've played in the last few months...)

The marketing for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and The Man Who Erased His Name seem to have worked on me because I decided to start playing Yakuza 0 on my Steam Deck. Sticking to pure easy mode and mainlining the story. It's got some weird jank to it but I also kinda like it? If it hooks me, maybe I'll take the plunge on the others. Yakuza: Like A Dragon looked like a lot of fun so I'll probably stop and smell the roses when I get to that one.

Otherwise, Fights in Tight Spaces is my current non-story focused game I'm making my way through.

I’m playing Starfield on Xbox cloud. I only get to play an hour or two a week so progress is very slow but I think I’m about 50% of the way through the primary story.

Elder Scrolls Online. According to Xbox's 2023 year in review, I've spent over 750 hours in Tamriel this year.

Also been enjoying Fallout 76 and the new invasion season of Mortal Kombat 1