I primarily mean video games. However, if you’ve played some kind of interesting table top or card game I’d like to hear about that too! I’ve been replaying the Witcher 3 lately.
I played Blue Prince for a long time, currently taking a break because it’s incredibly mentally taxing.
Been playing the Iron Oath a lot lately. It’s a tactics game with permadeath and feels D&D inspired, it has a few issues but nothing game-breaking.
Board games, I’m always playing Betrayal at House on the Hill, but we also tried Call to Adventure recently and that was pretty fun, would like to give it another go and get the hang of it.I’ve gone back to playing Ghost of Tsushima, for the first time, a bunch recently. Took a long break from it after Act I, but just because I didn’t want to marathon it all at once. It’s probably my favorite melee combat game that isn’t a full-fledged RPG, and the story is fantastic. I’m really glad that it’s more grounded in realism, for the most part, rather than relying on fantasy gimmicks and magic. Plus playing it with Japanese audio is an absolute treat.
I’m a sucker for nostalgia and a believer of game preservation, and I managed to figure out, with some guides, how to setup my own private World of Warcraft server using AzerothCore. It only goes up to Wotlk but IMO, that’s the best expansion anyway.
I’ve been using it currently to solo play the game with bots. Funny enough, the bots actually dodge fire! Lol. But since it has bots that means I can still do dungeon and raid content! And I don’t have to deal with the stress of juggling a raid schedule. I can just play whenever I want, however long I want.
It does also have the option to be port forwarded to allow friends to join. But I don’t have any good friends interested in that. And I don’t want to make the server fully public for reasons.
Unfortunately, its very complicated to setup. So I highly recommend finding a guide before trying to install it. It does require setting up a virtual machine and running a bunch of scripts. So it can be a bit complicated for anyone who isn’t tech savvy.
Still on the Slay the Spire-train. A downright excellent game.
Also playing some Hades 2
I’m trying to play different genres to see what’s out there, and have found some neat little games in the sale steam just had.
Nocturnals - This one was great. The game is obviously made by people who don’t have a team of a hundred artists under them, but they did a really good job crafting the story. It’s short, but has multiple endings, and I haven’t found all of them yet.
Digging a Hole - This one made me chuckle. It’s motherload from the miniclip era of website gaming, but in 3D. Wouldn’t spend a ton on it, but if it goes on sale it will be amusing for you. Still haven’t completed the speedrun challenge for it. First time took me about 12 hours, while the challenge is 30 minutes.
Roguebook - in the same ‘universe’ as faeria, which I enjoyed. It’s basically slay the spire with different themes and a more punishing/variable path to the boss.
and, finally my favorite right now: Young Souls - it just has a really fun visual appearance and gameplay. I’ve been surprised by how much I struggled with some of the fights. I haven’t beaten it yet, but the story has some of the classic elements, but the writers put some thought into their tropes and made the characters more than just shallow pictures playing a part.
I’m playing frostpunk again. Trying to win on ultra hard. But I recommend everyone on Lemmy play citizen sleeper. Best story I’ve ever played.
I think I’m about halfway through Stray and love every minute.
I’ve also been playing Pokemon Emerald: Seaglass as a really gorgeous re-imagining of Emerald.
I really enjoyed Stray the world is gorgeous (in it’s dingy apocalyptic way) and I enjoyed how they used the mechanics with a couple change ups to keep it interesting but not out-staying there welcome.
The ending I thought was really good.
The Invicible and Outer Wilds, eat some edibles or/and shrooms with these games and you’ll be so hella immersed. Absolutely great sci-fi/space exploration games
100%'d Silksong, my game of the decade so far.
just picked up fallout 4 goty
works beautifully (for me, ~40 fps) with ultra settings @1440p on my thinkpad with igpu :)
Finally got around to playing Devotion by Red Candle Games. It’s a super good horror game, but without getting into spoilers, I absolutely would NOT recommend this to parents, holy shit. Shame that the CCP bombed this game into obscurity, the devs did not deserve this.
I picked up a thing that just now came out of early access, called The Farmer Has Been Replaced(). It’s a Python coding game, you’re given a grid-based farm and a drone that runs Python code you write for it to plant, water, harvest etc. crops. It’s a decent little coding exercise, not the worst way to learn Python.
Playing Ghost of Yotei at the moment and absolutely loving it. Tsushima was an all timer for me so I’m happy for more.
I picked up Icewind Dale again. It’s one of my comfort games, along with several of the other Infinity Engine games. Still holds up.
I literally just finished the 3D remake of Final Fantasy 3 (PC version) before coming here. After I’m done here, I’m going to start playing Roller Coaster Tycoon Deluxe.
I also somewhat recently finished the original PC version of Doom 3 and it’s expansion pack. I understand why people don’t like it as much as Doom 1 and 2 but I still think the game was good.
