Patient Gamers

Gave Warframe a shot again, game is still shit, but I am still having fun, so we'll see how long that lasts.

Pseudoregalia. Indie game with ridiculous movement tech. Very fun!

Started playing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice this week. I may or may not have bought it because I got it mixed up with Ghost of Tsushima, so the fact that it's essentially Bloodborne but in Japan caught me a bit off guard, but it's not bad. There's been three separate times now where I've gotten stuck on a boss, closed the game thinking "I hate soulslike games, this was a waste of money," and then beat the boss on my first try the next day.

It seems like they took into account the fact that you can't summon friends when they tuned the difficulty. It's not easy by a longshot, but it's not as impossible as other Fromsoft games.

The posture gauge is my favorite game mechanic. Having both defense and offense move the fight along makes it so much less of a slog than other soulslikes. Normally I just dart around the battlefield getting one light attack in every 30 seconds, but this game has me standing right next to the boss, actively rewarding me for memorizing telegraphs and attack patterns. It's super satisfying.

ETA: I almost forgot another good thing about this game! You don't level up individual stats one at a time! Some see this lower level of customization as a drawback, but I see it as an improvement. You'll never get to the end of the game and hit an insurmountable roadblock because you levelled up stamina too much. You can get every skill and use every tool. Boss fights become a matter of mutable equipment loadouts instead of irreversible level choices.

I've been playing Monster Hunter Now on mobile, it fucking sucks unfortunately, but it's making want to play MH:World again to just grind out armor pieces casually... Although thinking about it, that's also a chore because unlocking cosmetics is super tiduous and can be really hard... Hmm...

Also playing Legends of Runeterra.

Does Half-Life 2 count? I played it years ago but fully replayed it over a couple of days to hear the new developer commentary. I never thought Valve would get around to making one for Half-Life 2, so I'm glad they did.

I've been replaying Pillars of Eternity II - in fact I have the tavern music stuck in my head right now. Mostly I just need some CRPG gameplay, so I'm not doing anything wildly different with my character this time around. Maybe I should do an evil run...
Knowing how the ending works, I'm still not sure which faction to go with.

Bulletstorm full clip edition.

Really fun shooter with an interesting scoring mechanic.

RuneScape. Always heard about how “grindy” it is. 1 hour in and I think I’m beginning to understand.

Finally got some time alone to play some more octopath traveller 2 and make some progress in a couple of storylines

I played through Gris and had an absolute blast. I finished it in <3 hours, but spent another 3 or so tracking down collectibles (momentos) because the world is so pretty.

I also played Monument Valley 1&2, each in one sitting. The puzzles weren't very hard, but I'm a sucker for non-Euclidean worlds (also loved The Bridge and Manifold Garden).

Other than that, I've been playing a bit of Fire Emblem: Engage. I probably won't finish that before Christmas though, it's a long game.

I'm probably going to pick up Bomb Rush Cyberfunk this Steam sale, which recently turned 1. I have kids, and they're each getting a Switch game for Christmas, so I'll have a few more to play soon.

Dragon Age Origins for the first time. I think I'm at the climax of the Redcliffe arc, and finally I understand why people call Veilguard "disneyfied".

NFS Unbound and BF2042 cause it‘s five bucks each rn.

I think BF is fine for 5 bucks if you don‘t think about how much worse it is compared to BF3 or 4, it‘s still silly fun for cheap on its own.

NFS I struggle to recommend even for this price, unless you‘re already done with all the Forzas, Crews, Grids, and Dirts of this world. The driving just feels incredibly wrong, lots of „what the fuck just happened?“ And it runs poorly even though it looks mediocre.

Chained Together was fun so far with a friend, although it‘s clearly not very polished.

I also got Deep Rock Galactic, but I haven‘t spent much time in it yet. This one in contrast looks very polished lol

Lastly, Chicory has been a lot of fun and a unique experience. A cute and wholesome game I can recommend.

After I became „worthy“ this week in Distance, I also want to recommend it again. It‘s a game I discovered through people talking about it on here and it was a great experience.

I gave the first Armored Core a try and played a few missions. The movement is rather clunky coming straight from the buttery smooth Armored Core 6. However, the other systems seem pretty robust for the first game in the series.

Watch Dogs 2, didn't really like it, but it's probably fun on a steam deck on a flight I'd bet

Sand Land. The style is great. Story is pretty cool and well delivered. Gameplay is meh. Feels like a watered down Mad Max.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for PSP. It's not favorite genre, being an FPS, but as far as I've gotten, I can rely on my heavily-gunned Tachikoma to handle the problem when I struggle with the controls.

I have been waiting for the AEW Wrestling game Fight Forever to be cheap, and am having a lovely time! It's very fun to play, and has an okay roster (i got DLC with it).

I wouldn't be thrilled with buying on release at £50 and then £80 on DLC, but under 20 for the lot seemed okay :) definitely not perfect, but a fun game with some cool details. :)

Been on Monster Hunter Sunbreak for a couple weeks now. It's absolutely become my favorite modern monhun game, and it's significantly improved my mental state.

Also playing Redout 2 and Blue Revolver, an old bullet hell shmup that just got a massive game revision.

Other than that, I was playing NFSU2 because of the 20th anniversary and the release of a great soft-remaster mod