Absolutely nothing!
I fully intend not to see a computer screen between the minute I log off from work, though to the minute I’m dragged kicking and screaming back to work.
Sorry for the contrarian post, for what it’s worth, I am looking forward to breaking back into Snowrunner once I get back to it in January.
I will downvote you
Joking. Enjoy your time off
I dunno, I’ll still use my phone. Don’t want to get too far away from the electronic dopamine stimulator for too long. Haha
Im not entirely sure what Im going to play just yet, but I think I will start a game of Victoria 3 (an economy-focused grand strategy game) and see if I can get back into it.
I also want to spend more time with the post-apocalyptic 4X game Zephon, from the developers of 40K Gladius. Gladius was a bit of a favorite of mine. It had tons of DLC and was really fun in multiplayer. Stay with me here, it played almost like a turn-based RTS. As weird as that sounds, it worked really well. It was a 4X with a heavy focus on warfare. That was basically all you did. In that sense, it had some of the spirit of games like Advance Wars just with a metric fuckton more unit variety and very distinct factions.
EDIT: I just realized I havent really explained Zephon itself. The game is actually pretty interesting. The production values are a whole level above Gladius. Graphics, sound, and writing are all improved. Units even have voice responses when you click on them similar to an RTS. Its still very combat focused but other than in Gladius there is actually diplomacy.
There are basically two major factions you can align with. Aliens and a Skynet-style super AI called Zephon. The cool part is the endgame scenario where the aliens and Zephon go to war against each other. You can side with one of them or try to go your own way, which is the hardest option since you end up fighting both.
I didn’t really get Zephon, I felt overwhelmed by the combat mechanics without a strong sense of progression. Usually I like playing 4X in a more diplomatic way and I tend to focus on science and trade so maybe that’s why.
I made a big mistake. I pressed ‘Download’ when I saw Warframe on Steam.
After +5 years without using this drug I have already played +16hr this week.
Before this mistake my plan was to continue my Terraria + Calamity playthrough, but I don’t think that’s going to happen.
Was it because of the Werner Herzog-voiced commercial during the Game Awards?
I could say that or I could say the truth that I saw a gothicc nun in the game.
i hate that DE did this because i can’t play a single mission at normal speed anymore, there’s always 1-3 wisps putting their meme strength motes in doorways
I started from scratch, when I decide to stop playing a game I normally burn the bridge and delete/don’t save the account. Because of that I only encountered 1 wisp and they didn’t even have the skin.
i’m in waaay too deep to ever do that to my account, but i do kinda want to do an alt eventually to see how the early-game changes have turned out
I only lost 1k hours.
rip
I started Control a couple of days ago and so far it’s a blast, so I’ll be playing that. I didn’t expect to like it so much out of the gate, also didn’t know it has such big SCP vibes. I decided to give it a go after the sequel’s trailer on TGA.
I’ll also be replaying Portal. I would’ve started Portal 2 which I haven’t played outside multiplayer, but I’m using it to learn Gyro + Flick Stick so I can play shooters on my PS5 since almost no multiplayer shooter supports Linux and I got the itch to play one again lol.
Oh yeah the SCP setting was a major appeal for me in Control. I still havent gotten around to play it XD
I just started that last week after sitting on it since release day. Good vibes, makes me actually interested in trying out the Allen Wake games.
I played Alan Wake 1 recently, because I really liked Control and Alan Wake 2 had just come out. I enjoyed it! The actual gameplay wasn’t my favorite, it was rather repetitive, for sure, and I wasn’t super happy with the ending, but still, I think it’s quite worth playing! I’m looking forward to playing Alan Wake 2 (and thinking it might even retroactively improve the ending of the first game, I wouldn’t be surprised!)
I didn’t even know the Alan Wake games were made by Remedy when I first opened Control lol, I only found out about that because there’s an ad for Alan Wake 2 on Control’s title screen, but after I started the game I immediately become interested in trying the Alan Wake series too.
Is Control actually good? I kinda assumed from all of the Nvidia marketing and pushing it it was a ray tracing tech demo/gpu sales vehicle with gameplay tacked on as an afterthought.
I’m thinking 4 to 8 matches of Deadlock per day
That valve shooter right ? What is the closest I can think of it as ? More like Valorant ? Or maybe Overwatch ?
On a line from Overwatch to Dota 2, it’s like 65 % of the way towards Dota, tragically
It’s Overwatch with a DoTA2 style map
going to visit my niece n nephews soon so imma probably fail the ‘try not to hate roblox loudly’ game i always play with them
I saw CrossCode was on sale for $6 on the switch. Might grab it if it’s worth it. I usually really enjoy games like that. Last game I played that was “similar” was Sea of Stars which was kinda disappointing, but I’ve seen a lot of love for CC here so imma give it a try.
Personally I do like it and I think $6 isn’t too much to pay.
Doing factorio space exploration mod again. No chance I finish it (again) but by golly I’m gonna try
Oh one day I wanna play Factorio but I found just the base game very intimidating ( I have 2 friends that loved the game though)
It’s so extremely intimidating but if you put it on peaceful mode and solve one problem at a time you eventually get there. That’s the way to do it. Solve the immediate problem, figure out what new problem that caused, solve that one, do that until you win
I gotta be honest, i have hundreds of hours in factorio and I personally just like it way better without the tower defense stuff and play on peaceful. I just think it’s more fun that way, the constant interruptions are stressful.
I’m a huge overthinker so when I play Factorio my problem is spending too much time planning and organizing but not as much time iterating and actually building stuff. So I just don’t progress very quickly and get bored. Last time I did get to space science in Space Exploration though, maybe one day I’ll actually check out what’s going on with the other planets.
FUNNY enough I clicked very quickly with dwarf fortress (the steam edition with gfx) like found dwarf fortress pretty chill , even though I wouldnt call it easy…even after watching a bunch of tutorials.
EDIT : Like it took me 10h of Dwarf Fortress and I felt like YEAH I got it. Even though I still suck at it
Factorio is the same. Except losing is less fun but also you don’t have to lose. I find factorio chill as fuck in peaceful mode, I just put on some music and plan shit out and slowly chip away at it
I am going to work hard so that I can leave the country :)
I’ve been on the Path of Exile 2 grind a bit. I want to see if I can progress my character a bit more, currently I have him at level 89, all my ascendancy points earned, and steadily doing t14/t15 maps. I tried to kill the highest tier of the Ritual boss and failed, which is frustrating because I failed that fight 3 times on my last character, too. The game’s progression feels very strange because you’ll be getting upgrades for your gear at a decent pace until you reach t10+ maps, then getting upgrades gets dramatically harder and getting money becomes a chicken and egg situation (gotta run hard content to get money and upgrade gear, but can’t really run it until you have better gear).
Otherwise, I’m planning to play Dyson Sphere Program and see if I can get to the late-late game there. You can beat the game by producing a couple thousand white science, but you can also keep going and treat it as a sandbox. When they added combat with the Darkfog update they also added some higher tiers of each production building that are significantly faster, but require materials from high level Darkfog units. This means that if you want to build the most efficient factories, you gotta set up a system to spawn and kill large amounts of enemies and level them up. This is a pretty fun challenge because, unlike most things in the game, there are lasting consequences if you fail to supply enough materials (i.e. ammo, energy, and drones if you’re using them) to the killing fields.
Quit scraeming “cap your fire and cold resistances and anoint something” at my house cowards. I will never fix my build.
As someone who generally doesn’t like giant ffx skill trees but loves arpgs would you recommend POE2 to me? Like is it learnable with minimal research?
No.
Fair enough have a nice day
If you want to try it once it comes out (it’s currently $30 USD but will be free on release) you can probably make it work if you go in blind, but I would recommend against it because it’s an extremely uphill battle and the game is super punishing to new players who make suboptimal character customization decisions. I think doing like 1 hour of research of trying to find a build guide for beginners, then checking that guide as you play is generally a much better idea. Some people have played the game completely blind and enjoyed it, though, so your mileage may vary.
Phantom Brigade, the turn-based mech tactics game, had a huge update a week or so ago that I’ve been meaning to play.
But I also have a huge library book I gotta get through before it’s due back.
Oh that looked delightful. Im tempted to pick that up during the winter sale
Fucken Sword of the Sea is first on the list and I am finishing it. Shit is a work of art. Then the rest is alotted to friendslop games like Content Warning
i think i’ve honestly just stopped gaming, i just mod a game and then i move to the next one, i have three games fully modded and working with hundreds of mods but i just…don’t want to play them
i dunno i’ll probably mod Cyberpunk and see if I can play that. Do a little 5 year nostalgia tourI think I’m gonna snag Hades II on sale. I had a great time replaying the first one a few months ago on my steam deck and getting the last few cheevos I needed for 100%. Think I’ll play it on my desktop though so I can appreciate the art on a bigger screen.
Also hoping to get back into some modded Minecraft. I’ve been playing Cuboid Outpost 1.20 off (played the original a year or two ago, great pack) and on but it’s hard to focus when each session is kinda short so not progressing as fast as I want to. Then maybe Stoneblock 4? I really like the idea of upgrading a big central machine
Working my way through metaphor refantazio. And decompressing from work and family holiday stress with power wash simulator 2.
I just finished power wash sim 2 it’s great, hope you enjoy!! Petting the cats on every level will help you maximize your decompressing
It’s so good, I can just zone out and focus on cleaning things. I’ve already got like 30 hours in it.
