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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Making a second attempt to get into Mass Effect for the first time, at least until Hades 2 gets out of early access or MH Wilds comes out

[–] shift_four 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Play the Legendary Edition if you can. Assuming you're starting with the first game, there are massive quality of life improvements in that one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is indeed the version I got on an absolutely cracking sale

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everspace once I'm back from my holidays abroad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Make sure to get the encounters dlc, it improves the main game experience, and make sure to prioritize Tareen's tasks, they take forever.

Most importantly, start playing on easy until you're really ready and have beat it at least once.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

On one hand, I really want to continue of Ghost of Tsushima.

On the other hand, I have Genshin Impact installed that Ive been meaning to try (reddit and my younger sister tell me its easily possible to do all but the highest level stuff without spending any money,/gambling and even said content is still doable with skill).

Though in the end, Ill probably default to Stardew Valley 😂

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Give Genshin a try, but be warned in advance that they have an "energy" system that determines how much actual gameplay you'll get to enjoy. It refreshes every 12 hours (without paid boosters), but iirc, they give you some freebie energy boosts in the beginning to get you hooked.

As pretty as the game is, the hours of grind needed to make progress on leveling your characters and gear, and the relative lack of content when your energy gauge is refreshing, made me leave (someone will point out quests, but once those are done, they're done, and you'll still need to grind on top of that).

But there's people who still love it. Maybe you will, too.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

No Man’s Sky for sure will be one I play a lot. I also need an Arceus, so I am going to have to get Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, or Shining Pearl.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Been on an rpg kick. Tyranny, then the Pillars of Eternity games are up next.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

At some point, probably after my steam deck is fixed, I'm gonna have to start Psychonauts 1. It's been sitting in my steam library for a while and I'm positive a steam deck would be able to play through it just fine, and better than both my desktop and laptop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do you know if the controls still require tweaks or does it work out of the box these days?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (11 children)

I'm trying something new to me: Skyrim.

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[–] DiMa 8 points 1 month ago

I've just got sifu from egs and will probably get either dreadhunter or windblown somewhere down the line. Along with regular runs on Dead Cells that I'm deeply addicted to.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I’m currently playing echoes of wisdom and elder scrolls: oblivion.

Although I drunkenly played GTA4 while listening to early 2000s crunk rap in memory of it being 25 years since 2000

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I finally decided to go further than the elevator in MGS, so probably that, and hopefully follow up with the whole franchise (i only played mgs5 for about 5 hours).

I also started playing Black Book, interesting deck building game !

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I've just recently started playing through Wasteland 3. Been trying to start up Civ VI, but it appears as though Steam has broken it on my Mac, so I will need an alternative alternative. Maybe something from my Epic or GOG library, so my kids don't leave me out of luck when they want to use the Steam library, too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Returned to Elite Dangerous after an almost two year break. Just casually space trucking to grind out some credits while watching youtube. Once I get enough to outfit one or two new ships, I plan to finally give exploration/exobiology a try, and check out the changes to the engineering grind.

When I last played, I was kind of at the end of what I'd consider "early game", but there are a decent amount of learning cliffs. Should probably practice some of the other low level content again before moving on.

One of my cousins asked for the game for Christmas and I picked it up on sale for him, so I'm hoping we can play some together at some point.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Played some Doom 2 (halfway through Deck the Underhalls) today, gonna play Skyrim now (started new playthrough few weeks ago). After finishing Underhalls I'm gonna proceed to play even more Doom, and after finishing Skyrim I definitely wanna play more Morrowind, some big things released recently [1] [2].

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Fallout New Vegas, finally getting around to playing it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I played it this time of year last year, also first time. It's pretty solid, much better than FO3 which felt too shallow...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dishonoured, Uncharted Collection

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I'm currently playing Fire Emblem: three houses, restarted it last month and intend to finish it this year. Iight finish echoes of wisdom first, since it's shorter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Still on poe2 for now. Over 250 hours in by now and don't feel like stopping any time soon. I took time off from work when it launched and I'm getting back tomorrow so will have to learn how to balance the two now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just installed MGS5 and Ground Zeros. Having never played a Metal Gear game, so I might hate it but I want to try.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Dredge, Disco Elysium and Mines of Moria

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The binding of Isaac.

There's a bug update I've heard and I want to go back to see how it goes.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just started on the Witcher series. Went pretty cheap on the steam winter sale. Looking forward to it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I finally got to Pillars of Eternity. (Not very surprisingly) It gives me strong Baldurs Gate 1 vibes, and it is pretty good so far.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Spiritfall. Got it during the steam sale and I'm interested but haven't played yet. Looks like a lot of fun.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am a few hours into Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The first couple hours were unfortunately spent troubleshooting, so my overall impression is less good than Human Revolution, but now I’m picking up good speed on it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Either Return of the Obra Dinn or Tyranny. Tyranny has been in my steam backlog for a little bit, but it feels like something I need to be ready to get mentally invested in

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Return of the Obra Dinn is similar in that you may even want to have a notebook with you, but the experience is so worth it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm really looking forward to it. It seems to be consistently recommended as the thing that offers the most similar experience to Outer Wilds, which I absolutely adore. A good puzzle that reveals a story is always such a satisfying way to spend a bit of brain power

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I've got Pentiment and Persona 5 ready to go. I'll probably start Pentiment first since it's undoubtedly shorter.
Balatro looks really tempting, too, but I'd want that for my laptop or phone (?) and not my gaming PC.

[–] lunsjentilanette 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Of newer games i am considering super mario bros wonder or tears of the kingdom. But i also never played metroid prime (had it on gc but hated the controls) - just not sure if i want to play it on wii (i liked corruption controls) or the remastered version om switch.

Ill probably also start a ds game i never got to play in parallel.

Maybe uncharted on ps3? Never playes those. As you can see i have not yet decided :p

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Started playing Horizon Forbidden West again on my Christmas vacation. I put it down after completing the first area, but have some renewed interest.

I am also finishing up Death's Door on my Steam Deck, which is a great little game.

I am also going to try something I did in the past to help get me through some games. I'm going to set a goal of completing 2 games a month. The biggest issue in the past was not putting down games that weren't interesting me enough. I have the free time, just need that extra motivation.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not sure yet, tangentially related but is there a community to get gaming suggestions here?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Re-re-replaying Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I started playing No Man’s Sky again recently. My game from XBox didn’t transfer to Steam and I didn’t feel like trying to troubleshoot it, so I just started fresh. I’ll probably play that until my new character has unlocked everything.
I also picked up Stray and haven’t yet gotten into it much. I also recently bought Everspace, but haven’t even started the game yet. Soon, though.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I’m going to try getting back into RDR2, and start on Undertale and Prey. Maybe Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Fallout 4?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've been playing Sonic Frontiers, which has been surprisingly fun. It has a similar vibe to what "Mario Odyssey" did for mario, the mixture of 3D, camera controlled, and 2D segments was done well in my opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I am currently playing ORAS, BOTW and Rayman Legends, after finishing at least one of them I'll start with Metroid Zero Mission for once, to break that nightmare deal I did to myself of not playing more metroidvanias until I get to finish Super Metroid and SOTN!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I spent a mostly uneventful morning sailing the high seas in Sea of Thieves. It was nice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Elden Ring’s expansion! I failed the tree boss multiple times, with help.

Noe, Class of ‘09: the Re-Up!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just started Disgaea 1. For whatever reason I've bounced off this game half a dozen times since first trying it all the way back at release, but I've more or less settled into a groove with it now.

Having a good time with it, though I'm wondering if I should pick up a manual or something somewhere. Kind of obtuse systems and details I'd normally be able to get out of the UI, but not here.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Finally grabbed a copy of Sekiro, and though I’ve never been much of a fan of uncompromisingly punishing games, I’m optimistic that this will be the one that gets me there.

Haven’t started it yet, so it’s possible, if not likely that it’s going to kick my ass.

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[–] fibojoly 3 points 1 month ago

Started Grim Dawn (ARPG) and Genesis Order (AVN, although I suppose that one is fairly recent).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I just started the thaumaturge and it's freaking awesome. Looking forward to Stalker 2 later this year after they patched it a bit more

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