I can’t stop playing Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead.
It’s such a nice game for roguelike enjoyer. If you like gathering, crafting, surviving sandbox games, give it a try, it’s free and open-source.
I continued my playthrough of Against the Storm since it received a bunch of new upgrades. I am really having trouble defeating even the easiest seals still, but I’ll get there eventually.
Doom 2016, never finished it a decade ago and i felt the need for a twitchy arena shooter. Not going crazy with the secrets just playing blind is a lot of fun.
Such a great game; doesn’t overstay its welcome and has just enough mechanics to keep things interesting.
I’ve replayed it every few years and it’s as good as I remembered it every time.
I feel similarly about Crysis and Far Cry 3 too - but am probably in the minority on those two.
Heat signature, a game with a simple loop where you start in a space station, choose a mission then you have to set out in your transport shuttle, intercept a large ship and sneak on, avoiding detection or risk setting off the alarms and running into combat. It’s easy in the sense that every action can be taken by freezing time, lining up your shot or choosing your next action, but you will die time and time again. Honestly one of my favorite games of all time, I really wish it would get a sequel, it’s so bite sized but has insane replayability, procedural generation and the mechanics are some of the tightest I’ve ever seen.
The lore is deep and interesting, answering questions such as, “what if your entire personality is based on never killing, and youre about to be killed, do you break that oath?” And “you know that teleporting literally kills you, is that death? Is it the body dying that equates to death or is it the pattern surviving across the iterations that is you?”
If you like action games, even if top down doesn’t seem like your bag, you owe it to yourself to try this game
Animal Crossing New Leaf
I uncovered the 2DS’s while tidying up last week and thought I’d play a couple games. It’s been relaxing just playing for 20 minutes a day getting the fossils, bells/gem and a little chatting and fishing.
Halo CE
Still making my way through the campaign but I’ve slowed right down now after finished Reach a couple weeks ago. The game is fine but I’m not really enjoying the Series S at the moment for some reason.
Death Stranding 2
Really enjoying it still. I just get lost in walking everywhere so progress is slow but that’s how I like to do it :) I think I’m at the 2nd boss fight so putting it off a while longer as I explore more of the land.
Galactic Glitch. It’s a fun space shooter roguelite. I played the demo a few years ago during a steam fest, and just picked it up for next to nothing in the last sale. Neon graphics and electronic beats. Definitely worth it.
Assassins Creed Mirage
How is it? I dropped the series after playing and hating Valhalla, but Mirage looked pretty good. I loved all the AC games before Valhalla.
It’s good. Not as expansive with a huge map with endless checkboxes like Valhalla, but it is more like the old Assassin’s Creeds with a focus on stealth.
I’d probably like it then. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
Devil May Cry 5.
I tried to start it a year ago, but decided to play the rest of the series first. Combined with Silksong being released, I have just managed to start playing DMC5 again.
I got Magicka working yay
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
I once again spent most of the week jumping between games with no specific plan in mind. My main idea was to play Serious Sam: The First Encounter but this, after a long and complicated process, ended up in complete failure.
I actually tried to play three different versions of the game: classic, HD and through Serious Sam Fusion. Each of them came with their own problems which made them unplayable, specifically:
- Serious Sam: The First Encounter (classic) - camera would point straight up randomly, regardless of mouse movement. Also a lot of rendering issues.
- Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - same camera issue as above.
- Serious Sam Fusion - game won’t even load levels properly and loads to a black screen instead (no crashing or freezing).
I tried various in-game settings, WINE versions and their parameters - nothing helped. After a few hours without a success I decided to give up and keep looking instead.
Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
After all of the mess described above I finally landed on Reverse Collapse. I actually played it on launch, back in 2024, but my brain was in no shape for this amount of thinking so I set it aside “for a bit”. I’m glad to finally be back.
RC is a 2D XCOM-like tactical RPG, with less focus on randomisation (different approach to hit chance, hand made maps), varied (often tricky) missions and lots of gadgets to help you survive each encounter. It’s also heavily focused on the story with a set cast of characters which may be a good or a bad thing depending on the player.
Game has some nice quality of life features, like:
- Really good controller support (perfect for playing on Steam Deck).
- Glossary, accessible during cutscenes (game even shows notifications whenever a new keyword is used to let you know when to check it out).
- Pre-mission briefing screen with map and enemy layout, as well as a list of enemies you’ll have to face.
- Option to toggle enemy vision range (useful during stealth) and attack range.
I only came back to the game last night so I’ll need a few more sessions until I brush off the rust and have something more to write about. I can however say that if anyone’s interested in this kind of tactical titles, Reverse Collapse is definitely worth a look.
Factorio, god help me. I haven’t really figured out much yet. Efficient layouts, supressing biters, using uranium. I feel like I’m still manually shuffling too many products. But maybe I’m getting better bit by bit.
Twin bought me the dlc for Animal Crossing New Horizons. It’s been fun making houses! Also turns out you can use those new abilities in the new hotel! So I’ve been going back there to expand hotel rooms and shine stuff up!
Kenshi. Lots of Kenshi.
