Started Into the Breach after getting it a few weeks ago in a Steam sale for less than $4. Excellent tactical gameplay with randomized encounters challenging enough that I haven’t successfully completed a run yet.
Gem of a game! I kinda 100%ed it. I like how the difficulty is fair, but can be extremely punishing - one wrong move can fck you up big time. Like “ohhh I did not consider that this attack also pushes the monster D:”
Natural Selection 2 is still an awesome game with a pratically unique gameplay. It’s an RTS/FPS hybrid with asymmetrical teams. It’s worth checking out if you can handle a bit of a learning curve.
Pokemon Blue using RetroArch on my phone. I got a gameboy color skin for the interface and laying in bed at night playing pokemon under the blanket makes me feel like a kid in the 90s again.
Also ‘The Midnight Walk’. The atmosphere and art style are perfection.
I’ve been using RetroArch to replay Pokémon games on my phone recently too. I’m currently on SoulSilver. I actually haven’t run into any of the usual visual bugs with HGSS emulation (black spots, full black screen, etc) which has been great. Every other emulator I’ve used has had those bugs. Maybe I’ve just been lucky this time around but it is a known issue with all ROMs for HGSS for some reason.
I’ve been playing BAZR on my steam deck. A rom hack of Super Mario 64 that turns it into a roguelike deck builder. The B A Z and R buttons, instead of doing their original things, now activate corresponding cards in your hand for actions like jumps, punches, etc with a limited number of uses. It was initially very intimidating and difficult but after a few runs I’m starting to get wins in and unlocking new decks and characters. That being said I 120 starred (100%) the original, and the same for SM64DS, so I’m quite familiar with the stages, and the game expects you to be.
Every run gives you a random starting stage, which you can change away from by collecting every star or paying coins to change stages (higher cost the more stars remain). Ideally you want those coins for buying and upgrading cards. Getting a star gives you 20 coins, plus whatever you collected along the way, plus a bonus/penalty based on how long it took you. Collect 16 stars and you’re taken to a final level consisting of all three bowser stages, back to back. Don’t run out of jumps!
For the price of free I’d recommend it for anyone who has previously played SM64. I don’t think it would be a good introductory version of the game. Link for the curious
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Picked up the previous game on sale and really liked it. This game is a major improvement on combat but a step backwards everywhere else IMO.
(Spoilers?) You play half the game as Kasuga, the main character of the last game. The other half, you’re the main character of some of the older Yakuza games. I do not like this. I get in the groove with one party right as it forced me to the other for the next chapter.
Also, a ton of the side quests for the other char are “remember this from the old games??”
I started playing a VR game called “mothergunship: forge” it’s a roguelike wave shooter that gives you a bunch of blocks to build insane weapons that grow crazier and crazier every room. I prefer to put everything on the left hand so it ends up looking like a tree full of connectors, guns, power-ups, hats and keys XD
I got a VR headset a few months ago, tried a few games that I really enjoyed but nothing stuck apart from my beloved flight sim 2024. But this sounds like fun.
That sounds awesome, though VR only is unfortunate. It sounds like something I’d play if I had the means. Looks really fun.
Peak
I‘m still playing Peak, if the stupid tomb opens today, I could get the last achievement! The next update is already in the works though, lookinf forward to it.
Children of Morta
Aside from that, my friend‘s back in town so we‘re also trying to finish Children of Morta. We have freed the three dudes, so I think we‘re close to the end.
Since watching Andor, been on a Star Wars kick. Playing Fallen Order.
I’ve been thinking of that game a lot recently. Have you played it before?
No. I’ve had it in my backlog.
Enjoy. It’s a really fun game. I won’t spoil anything but I really enjoyed the last little bit of the game. I haven’t played the sequel but I heard it wasn’t nearly as good. I do own it in my backlog but I haven’t tried it.
I’ve been tempted to try Outlaws, but I keep hearing it’s very boring.
Yeah I’ve heard the same thing, and likewise have been tempted to try it. There is a demo on steam so I suppose I could try it out for free and see what I think. But my backlog is long enough as is, I don’t need more reason to increase that.
I’ve been playing Dying Light 2 after seeing some gameplay videos for the new one coming out this week. It made me think, I never finished that as I did buy it at or close to launch but got bored after 50hrs or so. But I think they’ve done a lot of updates on the combat and movement since release because the game feels so much better, I’m having a blast!
I missed last week’s thread. I would have been cleaning up my backlog and playing Persona 3 Reload if it weren’t for Silksong dropping its release date right after I started playing it lol. And then Hades 2 release is also coming up, which I’ve also been waiting for since the start of early access. Fuck my backlog I guess.
Anyways, I’m 40 hours in and in the middle of Act 2 farming rosaries and clearing maps.
I am slowly working my way through Pokemon Sun on my 3DS. I found a copy of The Golden Compass based on the early 2000s movie and that may be my next one. Either that or TMNT, I played that one before but I really enjoyed it and wouldn’t mind a replay.
