Another week, another recommendations thread.
Let everyone know below a game (6+ months old), that you have played recently, are currently playing or intend to play soon.
I have been in a FTL kick lately. I’ve gotten all the achievements but I want at least 4 wins per ship. Slug B kicking my ass.
Have you played Into the Breach?
Yes I have and I also love it, though not as much as FTL. However, it’s another excellent game.
Elden Ring. I had never played a FromSoft game before so I really had no idea what I was getting into. I played through it seven times with my main character, got the platinum trophy, and then spun up a new character on my sons playstation account to platinum it for him as well.
Definitely got value for my money on that purchase.
Elden Ring really is a nice evolution of the Fromsoft style, I’ve been playing their games since Demon’s Souls launch day on the PS3 and have 100hrs in Elden Ring.
I have no idea how far I got before other games pulled my attention, but I’ve also never finished a Fromsoft game, maybe Elden Ring will be the first one eventually.
For me it was Dark Souls 3 for a long time, it felt like the most easily accessible around the time of it’s release. And then Elden Ring hit, and just blew that and all the other Souls games that FromSoft have made out of the water. Talk about outdoing yourself lol.
I’d say that DS1 stayed my favourite thru til Elden Ring launched, but it was a linear progression in playability.
I just started playing Divinity Original Sin 2. It’s been a lot of fun so far and I’m enjoying it. I’m considering adding Baldurs Gate 3 to my wishlist since they seem similar even though that is based on D&D.
To me it feels like BG3 will be like DOS2 but better with full CGI cut scenes etc
Venetica: old eurojank action RPG. It shows its age and the jank is real. But underneath all that is a fresh theme, cool atmosphere and interesting story. Also, it’s 1€ during the Steam sale.
Looks similar to God of War.
Maybe graphically, but the gameplay is nothing like GoW
Currently on a factory game kick, so I’m playing Factorio and planning to get Dyson Space Program afterward. There was also a REALLY good abstract factory game I used to play on the Ubuntu software market but I can’t remember what it’s called.
Mindustry?
I just got Quake, and I enjoy every minute of it
I did a lil haul on Steam summer sale - Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin’s Creed Unity, The Surge 2, The Division and Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
I can recommend both The Surge games if you enjoy soulslikes, they’re nice sci-fi variations on Dark Souls gameplay, though definitely easier than fromsoft games
I’ll probably play Unity first unless my missus decides to co-op The Division with me
AC Unity may have been unbelievably buggy, but the city had a phenomenal feeling to it.
I’m on a Yakuza kick. Finished Yakuza 0 recently, and now I’m digging into Yakuza Kiwami.
Briefly got sidetracked by Diablo 2 Resurrected (but then died in a place where I don’t think I can recover my loot, so I’ll probably just set that down and restart when I’m done with Yakuza).
I’m sure I’ll checkout what Diablo 2 was like eventually.
I just snagged 2 & 3 with all the expansions yesterday for 20 bucks. Seemed like a decent deal, and I still hadn’t played either yet.
Plenty to tide me over until Diablo 4 doesn’t cost my left nut and $70.
I’ve played Diablo 3 with Reaper of Souls since launch, never got the final expansion due to lack of sales.
I’ve been playing Subnautica: Subzero for a bit.
But my game crashed yesterday and it doesn’t really save unless you save manually, which I forget to do size I can just put the Steam Deck in sleep and resume so I lost a few days progress.I guess I’ll play something else while I get over it.
Still not sure what to pick up next.I’ve ragequit so many games because of things like this! I feel your pain
The part that’s annoying is I don’t quite remember which things I did when relative to that crash.
So like I’m gonna think there’s a base somewhere there isn’t (yet).
There’s things I think I’ve done but won’t have.
So, I’d need to re-explore things that I know already, so would likely not go to.
Like I know this corridor is a dead-end, so I won’t go there anymore, but there was this scannable thing which I don’t really remember.Anyways.
I figure I forget a bit more I’ll be OK to start these bits over.
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I just picked up x4: foundation in the steam sale and am really liking it! Ive never really gotten into a space sim before but im really enjoying having other pilots and ships doing my bidding 😊
X4: Foundations (2018) $19.99 at -60%
building your economic empire is definitely my favorite thing about the X series. X4F was pretty weak when I played it on release but I’ve heard it’s much better after a few years of updates.
Cyberpunk 2077. 2 years after its disastrous release, it’s a really good game. As someone who has played a lot of RPG games, I think this is probably one of the best (if not the best) RPG I’ve ever played.
I’m on a pretty good PC (with an RTX 3060 + 32GB ram), so my graphics are pretty good. This game has beautiful graphics, emotionally touching storyline (the only game where I started tearing up during the ending) and really fun gameplay (with tons of different playing styles).
Is it worth $60? Not sure about that, but it’s definitely worth $30 (sometimes there is 50% off during sales, for example during the summer sale on Steam that’s currently active).
If you’re on PS4 or an older Xbox, then I don’t know whether you’ll get the same magical experience as I have, because I read some bad reviews about the performance on older consoles. But moderate PCs and PS5 should be able to run the game nicely and allow you to be completely immersed into the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
Currently playing rogue legacy 2 and I must say, the gameplay loop is so satisfying. There are even options to make your runs easier on the fly and revert back to defaults before the boss fight, if you wish to hasten your grind.
I bought that one Xbox Series X and haven’t gotten around to it, I did enjoy the first one.
I’m still playing;
Elder Scrolls Online (2014) $5.99 at -70%
I haven’t bought a subscription the whole time I have been playing it, for months now and now that I understand enough systems I genuinely don’t need it. That being said, I bought the High Isle Collection which is not longer on sale on Steam due to the new expansion. Collection’s come with the game + several expansions, which adds a significant amount of content.
The combat is a little sub-par, but the voice acting is very good and there is a substantial amount of quests to do in the base game alone. It’s more of a chill and play MMO, most PVE enemies are fairly easy.
There is no levels to the enemies, they are the same level as whatever you are, the level caps at lvl 50 with an alternate system after like in Destiny. This Champion Points (level) is applied to all characters that are lvl 50.
I’m sporadic with my gaming. Couple hours here, few hours there. It’s a style of gameplay that has never lent itself to MMOPRGs. I neither commit enough time, nor do I really control when I’ll have that time. I can’t commit with a guild to a raid at x’oclock on Tuesday to take on that dungeon.
I’ve loved Skyrim though. Can you solo-play Elder Scrolls online and have a good time?
You can, the full voice acting makes solo play beneficial playing the story.
This one kind of surprised me, but I have been hooked on Fight Night Champion. I noticed it on game pass and remembered having a good time with the older games in the series so I gave it a shot. The legacy mode in this game is surprisingly in depth and offers a lot of different ways to improve your skills and upgrade your boxer. The AI beat my ass pretty regularly until I started messing with different styles and techniques. At the end of the day it’s still just two dudes beating each other with their fists, but it’s a blast.
Fight Night controls are perfect.
They really are! Rotating the stick for that perfect uppercut and getting the flash KO is like a dopamine shot to the brain.
