I had a magical moment yesterday, looking at the Steam Sale and tempted to buy Dying Light: The Beast, and it hit me that I have the original Dying Light in my backlog.
Eight hours later, it’s safe to say I really like this game, and spending zero dollars is pretty nice too.
What’s everyone else playing?
Monster Hunter World has been loads of fun the last couple of days <3
I actually liked Dying Light a lot more before the multiplayer update rebalanced everything. God damn single player game is now balanced for two people, even when you’re solo.
Recently discovered The Division 2.
Apparently this game came out before the pandemic and also predicted it. So-so gunplay, great rpg progression so far (I’m level 23/40), and the world is insanely beautiful. I like dungeon crawlers, I like exploring, I like shooting stuff, so this game fits pretty well.
Unfortunately, it has this weird, mouse sensitivity jitter issue that seems pretty tied into framerate for some reason. I dropped my mouse polling rate way down and that helped a ton, but it’s still there for whatever reason.
I remember the first Division game, it didn’t even come close to predicting the pandemic. Some nebulous enemy group decided to spread a super plague bioweapon through cash on/before christmas. It also “wasn’t political” if you believe Ubisoft.
Don’t know much about the sequel, though.
Despite the very standard protagonist, Dying Light was a real treat.
My Christmas game this year has been Jusant. Just got to the last chapter and it’s been the perfect vibe.
On the $0 trend, I restarted Just Cause 3 as I’m generally in a bad mood these days. Very satisfying 😌
There is a rumor that Dying Light 2 will be given away by Epic in the next week or so. They are giving away a different game every day right now.
Just finished Alan Wake. Not what I expected from the game but overall interesting. Somewhat like the idea of making it like a TV Show. Short but story was decent.
Dying Light 1 is the best one anyways - DL2 was a big step down and DL:TB was fine, but wasn’t able to really “connect” to DL1 either. DL1 just had everything - great combat, great parcour, creepy nights with an actual INCENTIVE to go out (to kill bolters) - I honestly don’t know why they are unable to replicate that success.
To answer the question - Rimworld and Project Zomboid. As always.
Rimworld. As always.
How’s the Geneva checklist coming along?
Nethack. Been playing for 30 years and still never ascended. This time I’m fully kitted out and I’ll be damned if I don’t get a win!
i finally beat DCSS once, after playing it constantly for a year
I’m pulling for you over here! I never made it past the fortress right after Medusa.
Imagine my great sorrow when I discovered that turning Perseus back to a man didn’t make him tame! 🥺
Hahaha! First run ever that I got a wand of wishing and genuinely have nothing more I need, so I wished for a blessed figurine of an Archon and applied it, and he spawned with Demonbane and just mows down monsters like it’s nobody’s business. :)
“What do you get for the guy that has everything?” 😂
Mr. “Platinum Yendorian Express” over here!
Hahahaha!
I adore Nethack; there is so much to discover! Although, most of it is stuff that kills you. My first ascension was with the very reliable human Valkyrie.
Yeah it’s ridiculously deep. Like I said, I played it for 30 years and I still learn new stuff all the time when I read the wiki or watch videos, like “damn! Had no clue, that is pretty smart, what a bizarre mechanism but it’s perfectly logical when you think about it” hahaha!
Ghost of Yotei. I’m not far in but it’s very good so far if you like Ghost of Tsushima.
Is it just more Ghost of Tsushima or does it add any new mechanics?
I’ve beaten the game. There are new weapons (i think you get 6 main weapons and 5 ghost weapons) and a wolf companion but it’s pretty much the same. I really liked this one and the original. The story is weaker in Yotei but i enjoy the combat enough that it doesn’t bother me much.
It feels very much like Ghost of Tsushima but there are a few small differences.
I only have two fighting stances unlocked the second being dual katanas.
You have a wolf that pops up and helps every now and then.
I’ve only played a few hours though and I can see a lot of unknown unlocks.
When Steam had its outage recently, I decided to go through my GOG library instead to find something to play. Noticed I had the Thief Trilogy, which I had never played, so I gave the first game a try. I wouldn’t have thought that a 3d-game from 1998 would hold up so well! It pretty much does stealth as good or even better than modern games. Sound design is brilliant as well. I’m 10 hours in and quite hooked on it right now.
Love that we’re all finding cool stuff we forgot about in our backlogs and saving money this year. :)
Isn’t there a open source game inspired by Thief Trilogy that tries to improve upon it, with tons of community made maps.
Can’t remember the name.
Edit: it was The Dark Mod
Dying light is number two on my list. I am replaying factorio then I will play factorio space and then Dying light.
How is the dying light campaign?
Good so far. I’m doing a lot of the side quests, but the prologue was good without being unduly difficult, and did force me to think a little creatively.
Awesome, thanks.
Started playing Amnesia: rebirth.
Kept me hooked for way longer than I planned for the day.
Against the Storm. Its a roguelike colony builder where you’re trying to establish colonies and ship resources back to the queen before she loses patience with you.
Its not so roguelike that bad rolls ruin a run but also you have to deal with a bunch of fantasy races who each have their own needs.
Its pretty good.
Unless it’s Larian, it’s backlog or maybe an expansion. I haven’t even purchased the new Civ, and I’ve been playing that one since III.
I think 3 was the last one I played too. Amazing game, but they feel like Madden or Dynasty Warriors to me. There just isn’t enough difference between the various entries to make it interesting for me, so I never bought any of the newer ones.
What put me off was them needing me to install a launcher and be online to waste my life playing that game for days. I’m the type to read all the fine print, and I found their ToS to be particularly awful surrounding that launcher.
I haven’t even given them a passing glance since way back then. Have they backed off of those artificial requirements these days or do they still not want my money?
Yup, the launcher is now optional and there’s an offline mode. My biggest annoyance was that, when I launched it the first time, it played an ad for the new DL game featuring the main voice actor.
I wouldn’t be playing it otherwise. They added a Dark Souls-esque invasion mode where you can jump into other people’s games as a zombie, and I HATE that mechanic. I am very much a single player, “jump in when I feel like it” type, and don’t want to have to depend on online play or coop to succeed.
