Patient Gamers

Ima give Sekiro another try. So I admit the first time I maybe didn't give it enough time (stopped at the snake bit) but that's because the rhythm-based, parry-focused gameplay felt boring and too one dimensional.

Ima play a bit longer this time and see if unlocking new techniques makes any difference. I'm not optimistic, but I wanna explore something new for a change, and Sekiro can't be the worst option.

Fuck From Software's offense though… it's boring as shit. I hope Sekiro eventually ends up feeling different.

replaying postal 2 an the headliners

So my impatient gaming is over for the moment. I'm finally finished with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Well, I say finished but that is a bit of a lie. It still lives rent free in my head and I'm still watching people play it to relive those first playthrough moments. But I'm done playing for now. I was actually tempted to go straight back and do NG+ immediately after seeing the credits, and that is a very rare feeling for me. Last time I had that feeling was Alan Wake 2. Anyway, the game is great: play it, wishlist it, whatever - just don't miss it. I think it will be a shoe-in for Game of the Year, and it's one of the best games I've ever played.

As my repentance for being super impatient two months in a row with Blue Prince and Expedition 33 back-to-back, I've gone back to an old classic for my next game: F.E.A.R.. I never actually played it back in the day, I remember trying the demo but my PC at the time couldn't handle it and it fell to the wayside later as I played other games. I've installed a couple of mods: upscaled textures (didn't get the actual Rivarez Mod, just the textures) and the Echo Patch for stuff like HUD scaling and FPS fix. I'm also playing on DLDSR 1.78x and with RTX HDR.

With all that said, the game holds up incredibly well. The lighting and atmosphere is phenomenal, but what is really striking is the gunplay and enemy AI. This really doesn't feel like a 20-year-old game. Even if you completely ignore the horror elements, the game is just an incredibly enjoyable shooter, with every engagement feeling thrilling as enemies flank you, hide, flee, sneak and flush you out with grenades. The bullet time is cinematic, but a little overpowered. Though you can just elect to not use it.

If you haven't already, pick it up on GOG and play it. You can probably get it for like a dollar on sale and that's an absolute steal. Now if only I could get EAX emulation working...

I strangely haven't been in the mood recently to play anything other than emulated NES/SNES-era games. I'm open to recommedations (yes, I already played CronoTrigger).

Subnautica. I've still never beaten it.

I also learned first hand that Space Engineers really really does not work on the steam deck. It's kind of amazing how broken it is on the thing.

Mirrors edge. Started a few weeks ago and been getting a couple of sessions in since. Its quite fun but also very frustrating. The controls are almost there but its just janky enough for me to die stupidly at the same spot over and over if it requires some combination of actions that is difficult. I somehow survived jumping from a subway cart to another without understanding how i actually was supposed to do it properly. And the combat i dont like. But will likely try to play thru it.

I also just discovered that xenia has a linux build now so i will be exploring some x360 games in the near future to see the state of it.

Playing dredge on the deck.

The theming is great, and the gameplay loop is satisfying. Creepy as though.

Runs great on the deck via epic.

Currently playing Talos Principle Reawakened (the UE5 remastered version). For anyone wondering whether it's worth it, yes if you have the hardware for it. Because they also massively improved one of the most complex but also most frustrating mechanics in the original game (with the recorder thingie). So there are very useful improvements overall. Also, it has an entirely new DLC I think, which is again noticeably harder than the 1st DLC Road to Gehenna. Game looks great as well, but you need serious hardware for it. It's not very performance efficient anymore. :) The Talos Principle series are probably the biggest and best 3D first-person puzzle games out there, together with the Portal series. Absolutely recommended.

Other than that, I've played The Ten Bells and Exit 8. These are great small anomaly-hunting games. I've never played this genre before so it was a great discovery for me. If you're curious about this genre, start with Exit 8. If you liked that and prefer more horror elements in it, as well as a bigger "map", play The Ten Bells. Awesome small games, needing only like 2-3 hours to finish.

Deltarune 3 Bahbee..

Might also dip my toes into Look Outside

Doom Infinite on the Steam Deck, it's a Rogue Like mod for GZDoom, what a ride!

I'm playing Tropico 6 rn and a lot of it feels like watching the news which is something

I'm starting to get decent at Mindustry. If I'm not back in a month, send out a search party for me, because I'm probably lost in a tangle of slag refinement pipelines.

I recently got back into Batman Arkham City. The last time I played it was 2016 or so, and I forgot what it was about. I remember it being really good, but I'm enjoying it even more this time around. They really nailed all the characters spot on (coming from reading the graphic novels and comics)

We started Resident Evil 5 with a friend today, so far it's pretty good coop experience

I decided to throw Mega man Legends 2 on my miyoo mini, as I had fond memories of renting the first game as a kid, and never tried the sequel.

It's an odd spinoff of the Megaman series that turns it into a 3rd person dungeon delving shooter, complete with story and fully voice acted 90's anime style in-game cutscenes!

Thoughts on the sequel:

It has some improvements over the original, such as the ability to fly around the main ship on a world map! I liked the globe trotting aspect (the OG takes place in one city), and the art style and controls were pretty good.

It held my attention for about 4 or 5 hours, until I came across an underwater level, where things went downhill.

Even equipped with a missable underwater specific speed upgrade ability, movement speed underwater was cut to about a third of normal speed, and this was combined with large open spaces and the need to throw around some finicky boxes to reach high ledges sometimes were dead ends.

I just don't have the tolerance for that sort of thing like I used to, so I deleted it and finished it by watching the cut scenes on YouTube! The ending is pretty cringe, so I'm glad I bailed, honestly.

Flintlock: Siege of Dawn.

Caught it on sale along with Mummy Demastered and Ghostsong, which I have 100% both.

Also going through Cathedral

I've been playing some favourites this week as I just need to take my mind off of life for a bit.

The Division, I started with 2 but it's just inferior to the first game. The snowy city just does it for me.

The Long Dark, I started a stalker run and have been hot with blizzard after blizzard and am almost starving to death now.

Football Manager 2024, I've had this on the second monitor in the mornings while I have a coffee and wake up.

and then I'm still hoping around all the games I put on my Anbernic handheld. Too many games so nothing sticks for long but it's fun trying them all!

I picked up Monster Train 2 and I am so happy with it.

I tried the demo for Planet Crafter and actually really enjoyed that, so I might pick it up when it goes on sale next.

I also played the demo for Cubic Odyssey. It's basically Minecraft and No Man's Sky, but I'm likIng it quite a bit so far. It scratches that Minecraft itch while also letting you play a space game at the same time. I just repaired my shop but I haven't gone anywhere else yet. I'll probably get this on sale too.

I just got a psvr2 and picked up Arizona Sunshine remake. It's really cool so far except I die so often because I just cannot get the hang of manually reloading the clips. Half the time I just toss the clip on the ground and the other half I toss the gun down. I hope I'd do better if there was ever an irl zombie takeover.

Core Keeper with my gf. It‘s the kinda game that just throws you in and lets you figure it out, we both like it a lot. We did a 30 minute cow rescue mission to get that cute thing into our base lol

I‘m playing Children of Morta and PUBG with a friend of mine. CoM is pretty good but it seems short with lots of goal-less grind at the end since we already rescued 2 of 3 minor gods in our initial session. So just one left plus the big guy? We‘ll see. PUBG we‘re just playing the handful casual games a day to try and sneak some achievements and have fun. Normal matches are way too sweaty.

I don‘t really have a good solo game right now, I‘m kind of just jumping between games. I‘m about to boot up Eiyuden Chronicle Rising again, which is a good game but it has yet to fully grab me. Who knows if I‘m still on it in 30 minutes.