Gaming

I'm surprised nobody else is playing Remnant 2. It just came out and it's pretty damn fun.

They called the original "Dark Souls with guns" and it's definitely that sort of game in the sequel. But it's not as punishing as a typical souls-like since there's no death penalty. It's perfect for my preferences since I hate the "losing all your money when you die" thing in Elden Ring.

Apparently it's very fun in co-op but I have been playing solo so I can't speak to that.

At only $50, it's a pretty solid recommendation from me if "dark souls with guns" piques your curiosity even a little. AA title with no jank and I've only seen a single bug so far in my playing on XSX.

No oxygen included. Finally might make it to a point where I discover a new machine/furniture and have to restart again to plan my base around it.

Started a fresh play of Mindustry this week and forgot how much I enjoy it. I play primarily on PC now to save my hands, but the mobile apps are free if someone wants to try it out!

A bit behind the curve, but I just finished The Return of the Obra Dinn. Wonderful game, I took the time to 100% it and it was very rewarding.

Haven't touched RimWorld in a few years. Got addicted to it again this week. Hopefully soon it will pass.

I'm playing Dave the diver. It keeps me surprised, constantly adding new sections, while keeping the cor game loop fun. I suck at navigating though so I frequently get lost.

Nova Drift, like Asteroids but a roguelite. Been really into roguelites lately, recommendations welcome!

Just started playing Grim Dawn again while waiting for Baldur's Gate 3.

I'm playing Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (DCSS for friends), trying to get the Orb of Zot unsuccessfully.

My best runs so far are with a Minotaur, although a Gnoll is good too, more or less. The farthest I've arrived so far is Dungeon:12, and Orcish Mines:2 were nasty the two times I achieved to get into it.

Still playing Cassette Beasts

Diablo 4 with my wife, and replaying GTA V. Both have been a lot of fun.

Went from like an hour in divinity original sin 2 to 55 and counting with a BG3 purchase this week.

Consider me hooked hard.

I finally finished Persona 5 Royal the second time in a row, and moved on to...Persona 5 Strikers lol

Minecraft, with my kids.. Got ourselves quite a neat little survival world going on at the moment.

i am playing no man's sky these days. i have played 25 hours in last 3 days.

I've been playing Doom 2 and getting into Doom mods. I saw a video about the Ashes 2063 mod and decided to try it out. It's a post-apocalyptic mod inspired by series like Fallout, Stalker, and Metro. I've seen a lot of mixed reactions about it online, but I'm really enjoying it so far, especially the second episode. It's almost like a Bethesda-style Fallout game built in Doom with little side quests and hub areas to explore in between the shooting. I keep having to remind myself that it's a free Doom mod and not an indie throwback shooter built from the ground up.

Battlebit, Diablo IV, and Remnant II now that just came out.

City of Heroes: Homecoming. It's CoH/CoV on a private server. It has easy access to a double XP buff at the cost of no influence earned passively (enhancement/salvage still drops tho). It's been a great time. My nostalgia is loving it.

Caves of lore; a pixel (up to 6) party turn based RPG created by a single very active developer. Has shades of Jeff Vogel in it for me. Great little game that not many have heard of.

Mostly "Against the Storm", an Early Access Steam title.

Minetest, mostly on the capture the flag server

Return to Monkey Island, Vampire Survivors and Northgard.

Plus, my boss bought an arcade cabinet for the office, so I've been playing lots of different arcade games, mostly Golden Axe, Bubble Bobble and Street Fighter II

I have started playing Pharaoh a new dawn and have really been enyojing it. Damn it brings back memoires.

Stellaris, picked it up again for the first time since 2019 with some new DLC from the last sale. Spent a solid 40 or so hours on it again, but I think I am good for some time now. Maybe in another four years once more.

Siralim Ultimate on the deck while my daughter is awake, Fortresscraft Evolved on the pc when she's asleep.

@chloyster right now Pikmin 4!! It's a lot of fun

Exoprimal is currently my main game.

Still Final Fantasy 14. I'm done with Heavensward, except some optional trials, which I'll do before starting the next expansion.

I thought most of the post-patch story was either trash or extremely tedious. The conclusion to the Dragonsong War was generally alright, just everything leading up to it was a chore. The Warriors of Darkness story felt like complete filler and a waste of time. After that is the stuff that leads into the next expansion, so I'll have to see how that plays out.

Imma be honest, I'm really close to just starting to skip most of the story, it's such a drag sometimes.

Just finished Final Fantasy XVI and feel vaguely disappointed and unsatisfied. The story kinda fell apart in the last third.

2 weeks until Baldur's Gate 3, no idea what I'll do until then.

Started and completed 'Viewfinder' over the last few days. It's a little puzzle game where you have to play around with a camera and toy with angles to solve puzzles. Little Portal, little Witness, and a lot of fun.

Picked up a long-running Paradox mega campaign with two friends again. We're most of the way through EU4 now, having started in 769 in CK2

X4 foundations with the boron dlc. I start and stop this one a lot. I've played hundreds of hours in this game and still feel like I have no idea what I'm doing.

I had taken a break from Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin and picked it back again. Genuinly amazing game, some nice character action style combat that flows greatly, intricate rice farming that makes you struggle but reap satisfying rewards, unexpected character development that feels organic and well earned in its joy.

I also got my first Infinite rank in Marvel Snap, but that's hardly a "week" playing and more like a constant habit I've been doing since October or so.

Street fighter 6 and valorant. Watching some puzzle games like viewfinder makes me want to go back and finish the talos principle, which I plan to do. Also need to finally play the third amnesia game so I can play the bunker.

Still playing a lot of Hunt: Showdown after 1k+ hours. Fantastic game.

Also just started Jagged Alliance 3. Loved JA 1 & 2, when I was younger. JA3 finally looks to be a good successor. I am still in the first few tutorial sectors and the game is already pretty harsh. A good start.

Final fantasy 16 (on second playthrough in final fantasy mode) and a bit of just cause 3 (just cuz)

Phoenix Wright trilogy

Still playing Ridge Racer 2 and Pangya.

The former seems to be quite a bit easier than I remember it being, but not to a point where it would affect my fun (I'm also realitively early into the game).
Pangya is really growing on me as well. Just finished episode 1 with the first character and got about half-way with char #2. I really like it and I'm surprised I didn't know about this game for so long.

Lastly, I replaced Minecraft with The Sims 2. I was planning to install it just to see how it works through WINE and suddenly realized I've been building for like 6 hours. Boy those games are scary...

Partner is playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and I'm helping with inventory management and tutorial quests.

I'll steup the morrowind total conversion "starwind" which seems like a really good star wars game set in the old republic era.

Unless a friend of mine buys baldurs gate 3. In zhat case it'll be baldurs gate 3. I hope it lives up to divinity original sin 2.

I've been revisiting Kenshi again so I can form my own colony, grow it, stave off bandits, cannibalize through bandits' properties, assign my bug-man on stealth missions (steal blueprints off the Great Library), go on another stealth mission that will make the Tech Hunters salivate, while I plot my future in destabilizing the great cult and the nation of slavery using one bug-man.

pikmin 4! so excited to finally have my hands on a new pikmin game. the game is very streamlined and a lot of the minor annoyances of the older games have been eliminated by one design choice or another, and it is just really easy to sit down and play.

would recommend for new players and fans of the series.