Another week, another recommendations thread.
Let everyone know below a game (6+ months old), that you have played recently, are currently playing or intend to play soon.
I just started playing Divinity Original Sin 2. It’s been a lot of fun so far and I’m enjoying it. I’m considering adding Baldurs Gate 3 to my wishlist since they seem similar even though that is based on D&D.
To me it feels like BG3 will be like DOS2 but better with full CGI cut scenes etc
Currently on a factory game kick, so I’m playing Factorio and planning to get Dyson Space Program afterward. There was also a REALLY good abstract factory game I used to play on the Ubuntu software market but I can’t remember what it’s called.
Mindustry?
I just picked up x4: foundation in the steam sale and am really liking it! Ive never really gotten into a space sim before but im really enjoying having other pilots and ships doing my bidding 😊
building your economic empire is definitely my favorite thing about the X series. X4F was pretty weak when I played it on release but I’ve heard it’s much better after a few years of updates.
X4: Foundations (2018) $19.99 at -60%
I’ve been playing Subnautica: Subzero for a bit.
But my game crashed yesterday and it doesn’t really save unless you save manually, which I forget to do size I can just put the Steam Deck in sleep and resume so I lost a few days progress.I guess I’ll play something else while I get over it.
Still not sure what to pick up next.I’ve ragequit so many games because of things like this! I feel your pain
The part that’s annoying is I don’t quite remember which things I did when relative to that crash.
So like I’m gonna think there’s a base somewhere there isn’t (yet).
There’s things I think I’ve done but won’t have.
So, I’d need to re-explore things that I know already, so would likely not go to.
Like I know this corridor is a dead-end, so I won’t go there anymore, but there was this scannable thing which I don’t really remember.Anyways.
I figure I forget a bit more I’ll be OK to start these bits over.
Cyberpunk 2077. 2 years after its disastrous release, it’s a really good game. As someone who has played a lot of RPG games, I think this is probably one of the best (if not the best) RPG I’ve ever played.
I’m on a pretty good PC (with an RTX 3060 + 32GB ram), so my graphics are pretty good. This game has beautiful graphics, emotionally touching storyline (the only game where I started tearing up during the ending) and really fun gameplay (with tons of different playing styles).
Is it worth $60? Not sure about that, but it’s definitely worth $30 (sometimes there is 50% off during sales, for example during the summer sale on Steam that’s currently active).
If you’re on PS4 or an older Xbox, then I don’t know whether you’ll get the same magical experience as I have, because I read some bad reviews about the performance on older consoles. But moderate PCs and PS5 should be able to run the game nicely and allow you to be completely immersed into the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
I just started Prey. I really liked Dishonored 1 and 2 and I love sci-fi, so I’m looking forward to it.
I didn’t really get into Prey as well as the Dishonored series. They went for a Bioshock kinda thing where you start off weak as fuck and, I guess, become more and more of a badass, but I’ve been quite a few hours into it and now I got myself into a conundrum I see now way out of, and I have not once felt like a badass so far.
The game really is aptly named, so no hate on Arkane on that one. You are supposed to be a prey, not the ultimate predator of the Dishonored series.
Maybe I’ll get back to it because otherwise it’s great and they did an awesome job on all the environments, monsters, in-game UI, varied approaches etc.
I really like Prey and feel that it was underrated because of the IP name they used.
Prey (2017) $7.49 at -75%
I just finished Prey and now I’m on Alien: Isolation! I kinda preferred Prey but that’s probably because it wasn’t so stingy with the saving mechanism.
I’m on a Yakuza kick. Finished Yakuza 0 recently, and now I’m digging into Yakuza Kiwami.
Briefly got sidetracked by Diablo 2 Resurrected (but then died in a place where I don’t think I can recover my loot, so I’ll probably just set that down and restart when I’m done with Yakuza).
I’m sure I’ll checkout what Diablo 2 was like eventually.
I just snagged 2 & 3 with all the expansions yesterday for 20 bucks. Seemed like a decent deal, and I still hadn’t played either yet.
Plenty to tide me over until Diablo 4 doesn’t cost my left nut and $70.
I’ve played Diablo 3 with Reaper of Souls since launch, never got the final expansion due to lack of sales.
Elden Ring. I had never played a FromSoft game before so I really had no idea what I was getting into. I played through it seven times with my main character, got the platinum trophy, and then spun up a new character on my sons playstation account to platinum it for him as well.
Definitely got value for my money on that purchase.
Elden Ring really is a nice evolution of the Fromsoft style, I’ve been playing their games since Demon’s Souls launch day on the PS3 and have 100hrs in Elden Ring.
I have no idea how far I got before other games pulled my attention, but I’ve also never finished a Fromsoft game, maybe Elden Ring will be the first one eventually.
For me it was Dark Souls 3 for a long time, it felt like the most easily accessible around the time of it’s release. And then Elden Ring hit, and just blew that and all the other Souls games that FromSoft have made out of the water. Talk about outdoing yourself lol.
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I’m playing Halo 3 on PC. I’ve played it a lot on xbox360 back in the day, and it really is a treat. Bringing back lots of happy memories of coop and a time when I had time for online matchmaking.
I’ve yet again fallen back into grim dawn. Recently got my conjurer to 100, my second pet class to hit that milestone. Running through the forgotten gods expansion before i move into ultimate difficulty.
Grim Dawn (2016) $12.49 at -50%
Both the expansions are 150% worth getting. Ashes adds a huge new campaign and the Inquisitor & Necromancer masteries - Inquisitor is a great secondary to many other masteries and Necromancer is an amazing primary. Forgotten Gods is a shorter campaign and more of a side story, but the Oathkeeper mastery it adds works very well as both a primary and secondary, and it adds the shattered realm, which functions as an alternate endgame (as well as an efficient stepping stone to get there, and a testing ground for new builds). Both expansions add a tonne more items, with AoM raising the level cap from 85 to 100 (you must have AoM for Forgotten Gods to function)
Personally, I’ve logged something like 2.5 thousand hours in the game, and i haven’t exhausted its potential yet. Just so you get an idea of what you’re getting.
Sniper elite 4 for $6 (5 is good too, and $20) is everything I wanted MGSV to be. It’s its own game so the stealth mechanics are different (sound is a major factor), and the gunplay is much more reliant on sniper rifles (though I use a silenced pistol a lot too, plus melee takedowns), but it’s every bit comparable in terms of an excellent stealth engine with responsive, engaging AI. Where it shines is that unlike metal gear, which was forced out before it was populated, the mission areas are huge and jam packed with enemy action. If the ground zeroes map was a little bigger and built out into a full game, that’s how Sniper Elite feels.
Also, because they can, you can snipe grenades off of enemies to explode them, and they’ll chain to other environmental explosives (I haven’t seen this in 5; not sure if they removed it or I just haven’t noticed an enemy with a grenade on them), and the sniping is extremely satisfying with slow-motion x-rays of the body parts hit (also can be turned off) and good physics based on bullet drop, wind, velocity, etc.
Sniper Elite 4 (2017) $5.99 at -90%
Sniper Elite 3 (2012) $4.49 at -85%
Assassin’s Creed Unity, mods and modern PCs fix almost all the issues the game had on launch. The remaining problem is the render distance still being a lot shorter than a modern PC can manage.
I did a lil haul on Steam summer sale - Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin’s Creed Unity, The Surge 2, The Division and Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
I can recommend both The Surge games if you enjoy soulslikes, they’re nice sci-fi variations on Dark Souls gameplay, though definitely easier than fromsoft games
I’ll probably play Unity first unless my missus decides to co-op The Division with me
I have been in a FTL kick lately. I’ve gotten all the achievements but I want at least 4 wins per ship. Slug B kicking my ass.
Have you played Into the Breach?
Yes I have and I also love it, though not as much as FTL. However, it’s another excellent game.
