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.
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 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.
I feel the same way. I’m currently working through heavensword and it just feels like there’s so much filler.
Half the time I feel like missions were just put into the expansion to pad out the game time because most of the epic stuff doesn’t happen until later.
I find myself skipping a lot of the dialog and just watching a recap on YouTube later.
I can vouch for the payoff in Shadowbringers. I did not like all of it and I personally dislike the development of the story afterwards and into Endwalker, but Shadowbringers has some good moments.
Since you’re done with HW now I’ll also warn you, Stormblood can be slow at times and has more narrative problems than the other expansions. The post-Stormblood patch quests were excellent though, in my opinion, so try to stick with it. The far-east stuff is pretty good but the Ala Mhigo parts are probably the games absolutely low point for me.
Stormblood also has some of my favourite music in FFXIV.
I feel like every couple of years or so it changes, when the game supposedly gets good.
When I first played two years ago, everyone just said ARR is a slog, just get to Heavensward. Now I read occasionally that Heavensward still isn’t when it starts to get good (and I’ve seen the extremely boring stuff for myself).
Soon people might say the same thing about Stormblood. “Just get to Shadowbringers.”
I think a lot of it is Shadowbringers overtaking Heavensward as many people’s favourite expansion during that time.
I still think the “just get through ARR” bit is true to some extent, and you can notice the increase in production value each expansion if nothing else. Stormblood is where the shackles of the PS3 were finally broken for example, so it does have that going for it.
I personally really enjoyed Heavensward, so if that doesn’t hit the spot then I don’t know. That’s not to say it didn’t have slow and/or boring parts, of course (they do tend to pad the runtime), but the overall Dragonsong War story and the Ysayle/Estinien bits were great to me.
Soon people might say the same thing about Stormblood. “Just get to Shadowbringers.”
I think people have kind of been saying that since Shadowbringers came out, honestly. Or at least “get through to the patch quests”. Stormblood was overly ambitious and tried to tell two stories at once, which resulted in too little screentime for either to really develop and hit home. Also they had to split the writers, so the Heavensward writer only worked on the far-east stuff, and Ala Mhigo ended up being pretty boring and forgettable.
The base HW story and the first few patches to finish the Nidhogg stuff were good, except for a lot of those extremely tedious quests, that constantly send you to the other end of the world. It didn’t take a lot of time, since you can just teleport everywhere, it’s just super boring. As far as I’ve gathered from comments, that just the type of game this is though and I gotta accept that.
I like generally the combat and would like to do more (during normal quests), but instead I just often queue for duties, so I just get nothing done.
They do add a lot of tedious stuff to pad the length, and I agree about the lack of combat duties during the story. It does get a little better in Shadowbringers, if my memory serves.
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.
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.
I was just watching a couple friends of mine stream Remnant 2 earlier and it does look pretty slick. It seems there is at least one puzzle that requires co-op to fully solve, and there may be more further in just so you and others are aware.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Xenonauts 2
Released into early access last week, and picked it up yesterday. Very happy with it so far. Fun and polished.
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.
Final fantasy 16 (on second playthrough in final fantasy mode) and a bit of just cause 3 (just cuz)
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.
I feel the same way. I’m currently working through heavensword and it just feels like there’s so much filler.
Half the time I feel like missions were just put into the expansion to pad out the game time because most of the epic stuff doesn’t happen until later.
I find myself skipping a lot of the dialog and just watching a recap on YouTube later.
Stick with the story through the end of Shadowbringers there is a good payoff.
I doubt it, but as long as I enjoy most of my time with the game, I’ll keep playing.
I can vouch for the payoff in Shadowbringers. I did not like all of it and I personally dislike the development of the story afterwards and into Endwalker, but Shadowbringers has some good moments.
Since you’re done with HW now I’ll also warn you, Stormblood can be slow at times and has more narrative problems than the other expansions. The post-Stormblood patch quests were excellent though, in my opinion, so try to stick with it. The far-east stuff is pretty good but the Ala Mhigo parts are probably the games absolutely low point for me.
Stormblood also has some of my favourite music in FFXIV.
I feel like every couple of years or so it changes, when the game supposedly gets good.
When I first played two years ago, everyone just said ARR is a slog, just get to Heavensward. Now I read occasionally that Heavensward still isn’t when it starts to get good (and I’ve seen the extremely boring stuff for myself).
Soon people might say the same thing about Stormblood. “Just get to Shadowbringers.”
I think a lot of it is Shadowbringers overtaking Heavensward as many people’s favourite expansion during that time.
I still think the “just get through ARR” bit is true to some extent, and you can notice the increase in production value each expansion if nothing else. Stormblood is where the shackles of the PS3 were finally broken for example, so it does have that going for it.
I personally really enjoyed Heavensward, so if that doesn’t hit the spot then I don’t know. That’s not to say it didn’t have slow and/or boring parts, of course (they do tend to pad the runtime), but the overall Dragonsong War story and the Ysayle/Estinien bits were great to me.
I think people have kind of been saying that since Shadowbringers came out, honestly. Or at least “get through to the patch quests”. Stormblood was overly ambitious and tried to tell two stories at once, which resulted in too little screentime for either to really develop and hit home. Also they had to split the writers, so the Heavensward writer only worked on the far-east stuff, and Ala Mhigo ended up being pretty boring and forgettable.
The base HW story and the first few patches to finish the Nidhogg stuff were good, except for a lot of those extremely tedious quests, that constantly send you to the other end of the world. It didn’t take a lot of time, since you can just teleport everywhere, it’s just super boring. As far as I’ve gathered from comments, that just the type of game this is though and I gotta accept that.
I like generally the combat and would like to do more (during normal quests), but instead I just often queue for duties, so I just get nothing done.
They do add a lot of tedious stuff to pad the length, and I agree about the lack of combat duties during the story. It does get a little better in Shadowbringers, if my memory serves.
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.
Two Point Hospital on the PS5. Finding some of the levels harder on console than on PC for some reason, maybe I am expanding too quickly
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.
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.
I was just watching a couple friends of mine stream Remnant 2 earlier and it does look pretty slick. It seems there is at least one puzzle that requires co-op to fully solve, and there may be more further in just so you and others are aware.
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.
Yeah, Dave ate my entire weekend. Some issues, but great game overall.
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.
I finally finished Persona 5 Royal the second time in a row, and moved on to…Persona 5 Strikers lol
Phoenix Wright trilogy
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.
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.