What have you been playing recently and what do you think about it?

I've been weak and have been using Proton for the first time, to play one of whitelisted games: The Room. I'm probably the last person interested in puzzle games to play this, but if I'm not (and you're inclined to using a whitelisted and platinum rated Proton game): Do it.

Now I'm back to the good side (native) and play the recently released point and click Guard Duty. I wouldn't rate it a great game, but I'm interested in what lies ahead in act II.


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I decided to give Pathfinder Kingmaker a pause after >150 hours, because it's so incredibly big that there is no chance to finish it anytime soon. It has very bright sides and some questionable design decisions, but was totally worth playing!
I'm now playing The long journey home on Proton. It really reminds me of one of my all time favourite games: Starflight from 1986, that I played on Amiga around 1991..

Edit: typo


Last edited by Nevertheless on 12 Oct 2019 at 7:11 pm UTC

Currently playing Indivisible.

I ticked 2064: Read Only Memories off my backlog and while it's a good game with a lot of strengths, there are a few things that didn't really appeal to me. The linearity of it for one. I got the strong impression that my character was merely along for the ride while everyone else did all the heavy lifting in the story. That led me to feel like every time someone called me a good friend or said I played a big role, it was a hollow sentiment. Then there were two of the mandatory mini-games, neither of which were very clear about their mechanics, and I managed to make it through almost entirely via luck. The last thing was the ending, which seemed way too utopian, given the underlying darker tone of a good deal of the story. Things just work out too easily for me to really buy it.

That said, I loved the music, the characters, the voiceover, the aesthetic and about 90% of the story itself. So it was worth playing. I just wouldn't do it a second time, is all.

After a disappointing time with The Witcher 3, I got completely sucked into Two Worlds. There's a beta branch available for the Linux WINE-wrapped release and it works great. The game itself though is broken by design on almost every level, yet the most fun I've had in months.


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Currently playing Battle Chasers: Nightwar. Definitely a lot of grinding for levels at the arena, but addictive and fun nonetheless.

Just today I finally reached Big Boss 1 on Dota Underlords, which is nice.

I have recently decided to give Pillars of Eternity a try and its really good, but I am not really into RPGs. I'll try to finish this one though.

And I have recently gone back to Crusader Kings 2. I think I'll do a super-religious France roleplay run and maybe get a few achievements.

Just today I finally reached Big Boss 1 on Dota Underlords, which is nice.

I have recently decided to give Pillars of Eternity a try and its really good, but I am not really into RPGs. I'll try to finish this one though.

And I have recently gone back to Crusader Kings 2. I think I'll do a super-religious France roleplay run and maybe get a few achievements.

Pillars of Eternity is a fantastic game very close to the classic Baldur's Gate games.
Yet, way(!) too much text for me, much more than BG1+2 had.

I've been feeding my addiction with WoW Classic....under wine-staging with DXVK


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Had been craving an old-school arena shooter for a while and discovered Warfork on Steam. It's been an absolute blast and there are actually populated NA servers, as this is sadly a dying genre here. Great game to fire up and get in a few quick frags.

Picked up UnderMine last night and though I've only played for about an hour so far I'm enjoying the setting and pacing. Really looking forward to digging deeper into this one over the weekend.

Well, i play pine. And what should i say, it is fine :) Of course, it is not Zelda BOTW, but i like it pretty much.
I also try to finish Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and look forward to Kalypsos Commandos 2 Remaster, because i like that stuff.

Well, i play pine. And what should i say, it is fine :) Of course, it is not Zelda BOTW, but i like it pretty much.

I asked that before but now that more of you played it a bit:

Does it contain a story that has some kind of goal (by means of playing through the game) or is it more like an open-world sandbox game with some missions?

BotW had a nice story and delivered that play-through story.
Pine is quite cheap, so I guess it's lacking the story content? :)

I got really hooked in Kubifaktorium. Beside the game create own mods with new Ingredients and it`sooo fun. I feel like i can build my settler game with all my wishes :). Sometimes i play Enderal crazy good game!

I'm losing with Factorio. Guess I will chill with some Dota.

After Epic's giveaway a couple of weeks ago (yeah, I gave in; it's not as if I've given them any money or anything), I've been playing Lego Batman (still my favourite of the Lego games; it must be my third or fourth playthrough across various platforms) and Batman: Arkham City. I quite like the Arkham series, but although I understand the combat system (someone once described it as more of a rhythm-action game than a brawler), I always get to a point where I'm overwhelmed by enemies in a boss battle I can't back out of thanks to the autosave system.

Don't get me wrong it's a fine AAA open world game but not at the same level of the Just Cause series or Arkham series.

I know what you mean. It's... okay. Good enough. Nothing exactly bad about it. It's really hard to say anything about it without making it sound worse than it actually is. The most creative description I came up with when I was talking about it to a friend is that it's like Just Cause if it had been made by Ubisoft.

Just today I finally reached Big Boss 1 on Dota Underlords, which is nice.

I have recently decided to give Pillars of Eternity a try and its really good, but I am not really into RPGs. I'll try to finish this one though.

And I have recently gone back to Crusader Kings 2. I think I'll do a super-religious France roleplay run and maybe get a few achievements.

Pillars of Eternity is a fantastic game very close to the classic Baldur's Gate games.
Yet, way(!) too much text for me, much more than BG1+2 had.

Pillars of Eternity 2 is really, REALLY good. PoE1 OTOH, not so much. The end is neat, but the entire story feels too gimmicky to really work. The real killjoy being the insane amounts of combat against enemies with about 3 times the hp they ought to have.

On a completely unrelated note, I've been playing some Ittle Dew, which is a neat action adventure puzzle game.

Just today I finally reached Big Boss 1 on Dota Underlords, which is nice.

I have recently decided to give Pillars of Eternity a try and its really good, but I am not really into RPGs. I'll try to finish this one though.

And I have recently gone back to Crusader Kings 2. I think I'll do a super-religious France roleplay run and maybe get a few achievements.

Pillars of Eternity is a fantastic game very close to the classic Baldur's Gate games.
Yet, way(!) too much text for me, much more than BG1+2 had.

Pillars of Eternity 2 is really, REALLY good. PoE1 OTOH, not so much. The end is neat, but the entire story feels too gimmicky to really work. The real killjoy being the insane amounts of combat against enemies with about 3 times the hp they ought to have.

On a completely unrelated note, I've been playing some Ittle Dew, which is a neat action adventure puzzle game.

I liked PoE1 at first, but I then came to hate all that repetetive fighting. Having to fight always the same groups of adversaries, every time getting less experience points, having to rest my group so often, using up rare camping equipment, having to travel for more... It made the game more and more tedious to me..

typo again ->


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Still playing elite dangerous via wine. No hiccups so far. I absolutely love old space traders like privateer, so this really is enjoyable. Dying I'd rather frustrating, but not any worse than the old games if yore.

Ps, don't know why no one ever made a star wars themed space trader. The setting would be perfect for it. Who doesn't want to be Han solo?

Playing Battletech. I'm enjoying it. At first I was just leaving all my mechs pretty much stock, and trying to get a balanced group of mech pilots in terms of the abilities they went for. But I've gradually gotten a bit more opinionated about weapon mixes and what's effective, and very slightly cleverer about tactics, and I'm certainly having fun getting my hands on heavier mechs and watching them stomp some of the wimpier opponent mechs into the ground. And the campaign thingie is fairly interesting. So, good game IMO.

For anyone playing it, one of my key takeaways has been that one big weapon is usually much better than a few little weapons or a bunch of missiles doing the same damage, because mechs take damage at individual locations. So one big punch could take out a location where missiles would distribute light damage across the armour of all locations and leave the enemy intact. Having an AC20 do a called shot to the torso of a mid-sized mech and take it out in one shot is one of my favourite things. (So is stepping on puny little tanks)

Currently playing Nier : Automata with Proton / SteamPlay. So far, great game on every aspect except some backtracking during optional quest.

Still have to finish Ion Fury, don't know why I didn't cause I like it very much.

Next, I will try to finish Dark souls 2, began a character a year ago and I hope I'll remember how to play.


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