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I've been playing Monster Hunter Now on mobile, it fucking sucks unfortunately, but it's making want to play MH:World again to just grind out armor pieces casually... Although thinking about it, that's also a chore because unlocking cosmetics is super tiduous and can be really hard... Hmm...
Also playing Legends of Runeterra.
MGS Ghost Babel! Obviously a little primitive because it's a GBC game but the plot's pretty exciting and holds up even today
RuneScape. Always heard about how “grindy” it is. 1 hour in and I think I’m beginning to understand.
Wow you really were patient about this one
The first 10-20 levels of any skill are pretty quick, but then it becomes much slower to progress.
Dragon Age Origins for the first time. I think I'm at the climax of the Redcliffe arc, and finally I understand why people call Veilguard "disneyfied".
I played through Gris and had an absolute blast. I finished it in <3 hours, but spent another 3 or so tracking down collectibles (momentos) because the world is so pretty.
I also played Monument Valley 1&2, each in one sitting. The puzzles weren't very hard, but I'm a sucker for non-Euclidean worlds (also loved The Bridge and Manifold Garden).
Other than that, I've been playing a bit of Fire Emblem: Engage. I probably won't finish that before Christmas though, it's a long game.
I'm probably going to pick up Bomb Rush Cyberfunk this Steam sale, which recently turned 1. I have kids, and they're each getting a Switch game for Christmas, so I'll have a few more to play soon.
Gris is such a beautiful game. It's up there with Journey and Sayonara wild hearts for me in the games I can easily hold up as art category.
It absolutely is. I try to play 1-2 of these each year, and I have a collection in Steam called "short games" for experiences under 5 hours with something unique to them.
Some others:
They're all very different, but they fit into that "games as art" category and don't overstay their welcome.
I'm not always in the mood for these kinds of games, but when I am, they really scratch that itch.
Bulletstorm full clip edition.
Really fun shooter with an interesting scoring mechanic.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for PSP. It's not favorite genre, being an FPS, but as far as I've gotten, I can rely on my heavily-gunned Tachikoma to handle the problem when I struggle with the controls.
I gave the first Armored Core a try and played a few missions. The movement is rather clunky coming straight from the buttery smooth Armored Core 6. However, the other systems seem pretty robust for the first game in the series.
Sand Land. The style is great. Story is pretty cool and well delivered. Gameplay is meh. Feels like a watered down Mad Max.
The game felt like it would be better as an anime.
Then the anime came out on Hulu.
I have been waiting for the AEW Wrestling game Fight Forever to be cheap, and am having a lovely time! It's very fun to play, and has an okay roster (i got DLC with it).
I wouldn't be thrilled with buying on release at £50 and then £80 on DLC, but under 20 for the lot seemed okay :) definitely not perfect, but a fun game with some cool details. :)
Been on Monster Hunter Sunbreak for a couple weeks now. It's absolutely become my favorite modern monhun game, and it's significantly improved my mental state.
Also playing Redout 2 and Blue Revolver, an old bullet hell shmup that just got a massive game revision.
Other than that, I was playing NFSU2 because of the 20th anniversary and the release of a great soft-remaster mod
Finally got some time alone to play some more octopath traveller 2 and make some progress in a couple of storylines
NFS Unbound and BF2042 cause it‘s five bucks each rn.
I think BF is fine for 5 bucks if you don‘t think about how much worse it is compared to BF3 or 4, it‘s still silly fun for cheap on its own.
NFS I struggle to recommend even for this price, unless you‘re already done with all the Forzas, Crews, Grids, and Dirts of this world. The driving just feels incredibly wrong, lots of „what the fuck just happened?“ And it runs poorly even though it looks mediocre.
Chained Together was fun so far with a friend, although it‘s clearly not very polished.
I also got Deep Rock Galactic, but I haven‘t spent much time in it yet. This one in contrast looks very polished lol
Lastly, Chicory has been a lot of fun and a unique experience. A cute and wholesome game I can recommend.
After I became „worthy“ this week in Distance, I also want to recommend it again. It‘s a game I discovered through people talking about it on here and it was a great experience.
Took me a while, but I finally took the time to play Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2, and recently started Watch Dogs: Legion.
Watch Dogs 2, didn't really like it, but it's probably fun on a steam deck on a flight I'd bet