Not me, but over the weekend a buddy of mine asked me which Zelda is best to play all the way through. He’s never played a Zelda game before. So he’s emulating Ocarina of Time on Steam Deck and I’m following his progress through it.
He’s committed himself to not looking anything up, though he’s allowing himself to ask me for hints which I’m gladly giving. I feel like the Nintendo Power Line guy.
He keeps me updated with these little gems every now and then like “this owl is really annoying” and “fuck Mido, all my homies hate Mido” which I’m really appreciating.
“HEY LISTEN”
OMFG YES
Can’t afford battlefield 6, so playing delta force. Pretty nice. I just wish it had a mode without all the operator powers.
Other than that, trying to 100% shadow of mordor. Just started bright lord dlc.
Delta force as in the Novalogic game??? If so I had the demo as a kid and played the crap out of the pyramid level where you get flown in on a Blackhawk and go into a burial tomb.
Shadow or Mordor is so good. I put like 80 hours into it and have been toying with the idea of starting again.
Not the old ones. But I’ve played almost all of the old ones. Black hawk down was amazing. I was talking about the newer one which is f2p.
Ya the Blackhawk game I played once and it was super cool. I wasn’t good at it though haha.
Would you recommend the new one?
Its pretty much like battlefield: 32v32 team match with classes. Each class has around 4 operators with different abilities. Not too unrealistic but can be jarring for someone coming from battlefield. Overall, its good for a free game and I don’t think I’ve encountered any cheaters.
Onirism. GOD, that is an enormous game. There are JRPGs I’ve finished with less playtime, even being a completionist.
For reference, it’s an adventure shooter with dozens of weapons, boss fights, giant levels across numerous locales, vehicles, etc.
It is also very glitchy and basically still an early access title, but I still found it worth the asking price for being so ambitious as an indie.
I’ve been burnt out by Star Wars and was in the search for more sci-fi lore so I’ve been getting into Warhammer 40k games.
Currently playing Space Marine and Mechanicus. Mechanicus is the first turn based tactics game I’ve played and I’m loving it. Very straightforward without a big learning curve, big and non-complicated UI, fun mechanics.
Lovely for a casual session.
Walkscape on my phone and Graveyard Keeper on my computer. GK is really fun.
+1 for WalkScape. amazing game that’s motivating me to walk more 👍
I was a day away from the “get all skills to 50” achievement but then they added two new skills! Grr…
Dredge. It was on sale and I like fishing. Very good and normal fishing.
I like very good and normal fishing, maybe I should try it then.
Extremely normal fish, no really fucked up things here!
(In case my silliness is not coming across, ostensibly is horror but you can absolutely play it calmly and just fish during the day and be normal! But there’s horror)
I haven’t played it before but I have heard of it, I think it’s on my wishlist too. I didn’t know you can play it calmly though, that’s neat.
Currently playing the dead space remake. Awesome game im really enjoying it. But i gotta say in most games i genuinely dont care about graphics. But here i gotta say i think the detailed gritiness and lighting definitely adds to the experience. So im contemplating for waiting for a remake od the second one playing the original second one. Will se. But for now its time to keep my blood pressure high 👍
The Division 2
I’m back to my semi-regular Division grind. I was thinking about the game due to the recent, time limited, addition of the realism mode (no gear levels or bullet-spongy enemies, limited ammo etc) but couldn’t join in at the time because I forgot how to make Ubisoft Connect work on Linux. I finally figured it out again (use GE-Proton-9.27 and set Windows to 10, otherwise it won’t launch for me) and I also managed to snatch the latest DLC for less about 55% off so I decided to jump back in.
I’m not done with the DLC yet so there isn’t much I can say about it other than “it’s more TD2”, even if in smaller package. Some missions are better than others in terms of design and how they fit my game style so things tend to alternate between “this is cool” and “I’m in pain, help”. One thing that really caught me off guard however was when a mission finale turned into a desperate defence section - the surprising part wasn’t the change itself but the fact that this short part managed to actually make me feel like the situation really was as dire as the story wanted you to think.
It’s an excitement and engagement that doesn’t really happen often as writing and set pieces in TD2 tend to fall flat for me for the most part. It was a nice change and I hope there’ll be more moments like this in the future.
Now if only devs would let us replay all of the past manhunts in full instead of in their shortened version, that would be nice. I’m still missing part of the story after taking a break when they jumped the shark with Keener’s “death” during Warlords of New York and I’d love to know what’s going on.
Edit: Welp, yesterday’s updated broke Easy Anti-Cheat for me and now I can’t even launch the game. This sucks.
Yakuza 0
I’d like to finish this game some day. I’ve been on my first playthrough for 7 years now. I’ve been on THE SAME CHAPTER for 7 years now. Granted, most of this time was me not playing the game but still - I have saves from multiple years, all stuck on chapter 7. Why is it all sevens?!
Alright, I came back to the game with the plan to finally finish it so how did it go? Well, I started the game and went back to spending most of my time on the hostess club mini-game. This playthrough might take another 7 years to finish at this rate…
At least I’m having fun, I guess.
This week i played EXD - extra dimentional. It’s a new VR game about a megazon worker that falls into a portal and needs to save that world while and get back to his daughter. It was really good and i’m looking forward to the next episodes or whatever they end up doing to continue the story.
Mouse: PI For Hire and Tainted Grail.
Mount and Blade Warband, Prophecy of Pendor mainly, with a little Perisno on the side (got hitched to a lady boss, am the trophy husband. Sitting there and looking pretty is hard work!)
It’s difficult because half the map hates me by default. Not enough opportunities for commerce and their armies are beefier than mine. So there’s a lot of running around doing nothing.
I played a bit more Evolve this week. I unlocked the rest of the hunters and monsters now. Not really sure what to work towards next, maybe getting legendary skins for everyone. That’ll take a while though.
Dungeon Keeper. 1997 was just a couple of years ago… right?
A while ago I posted about playing Pokémon Platinum and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. I didn’t want to get into older games, because I felt they may be too ancient for me.
Well, now I’m playing Pokémon Yellow and the original NES Castlevania. Turns out I was completely wrong and these old ass games are a lot of fun.
I’m about to get the 5th badge in Pokémon, but my Pokédex is only at 41/151. As for Castlevania, I’m mostly hunting for achievements (retroachievements). Haven’t really felt like sitting down for 2-3 hours to beat the entire game yet, but will definitely do at some point.
EDIT: Also updated from an R36s to a Mangmi Air X. I’m absolutely in love with this retro handheld. Umbelievable value for the price.
I love Pokémon Gen 1, I’m always hesitant to recommend them but I’m glad you also like them too. Have you played anything else from the series yet or just Platinum and Yellow?
Just Yellow and Platinum for now, except some FireRed 15 years ago. I’m not sure if I’ll play all of the games. I’ll see how it goes. I’m very much looking forward to romhacks though.
I’d definitely recommend checking out Emerald and either Crystal or HGSS before dropping the series, if you’re willing to do two more games. Those are the highlights of the series for sure, in my opinion.
I’m playing StarRupture. I’m at 80 hrs now. I want them to not show hours played on the save file. It’s like telling me I’m playing too much. But the factory needs to grow!
