It's the weekend and it has again been a while since we had a community talking point article, so here we are!
Time to make a cup of your favourite brew, put on some headphones, turn the volume up and get some serious gaming done. The question is though: what play button do we click on? What game eats up all of our time?
For a lot of people that will be a stupid question as the answer is probably…Valheim. It certainly is for me, as it's an absolutely fantastic experience. In my own play-through, the second boss has recently been defeated after a casual 50+ hours and it just keeps on getting better. So much to see and do, so much to discover and get excited about.
If you're interested, a developer on Twitter made a thread about some Valheim performance troubles and it's an interesting little read. Now that Iron Gate have plenty of monies from over 6 million sales, hopefully they can get someone in to go through the game and optimize it some more.
Valheim has sucked me in so much so that I've not had much time to go back to the also excellent Loop Hero, which is sat in my library begging to be played. It feels good to have so many great games waiting though!
Over to you in the comments: what have you been playing recently? Do tell us your thoughts on it.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
furaxhornyx Mar 28, 2021
Quoting: FeistThis week I finished "Technomancer" and just today I finished "Cloudpunk". Technomancer was pretty good, I enjoyed it more than Greedfall and I wouldn't mind a sequel since the ending left quite a few unanswered questions.
I loved Greedfall, and I have been thinking several times about getting Technomancer... Makes me want again to consider buying it
Quoting: furaxhornyxI loved Greedfall, and I have been thinking several times about getting Technomancer... Makes me want again to consider buying it
If you liked Greedfall then you'll probably enjoy most other rpgs from "Spiders", Technomancer included.
My main issue with Greedfall was that since I'm a bit of a completionist, there was a huge amount of running back & forth over large distances to finish every single quest. There was that aspect in Technomancer as well but since I liked the sci-fi environments more, it didn't frustrate me as much.
And I have never in my life experienced a game with more content than this one. This is the first time ever in my decades long gamer career where I truly feel I can not do it all, it's not practically possible, I can not do it all without completely out-levelling the whole thing. I am not MEANT to do it all - I am *meant* to pick and choose.
And that is totally new to me.
Add to that the fact that the side missions mostly feel like being part of the main campaign - they are all genuine small stories fully rigged with voice actors, genuine loot, cut scenes and everything - and you really are part of a world that really is breathing and living, where your story is just carved out of the random decisions you make along the way.
An overwhelmingly fantastic game.
Quoting: SiinamonI got through the first boss and gave up on Valheim. I love the exploration and building, but am not keen on games that lock crafting/building behind defeating bosses. It's not a bad game, just not really for me, I think. :)
I can relate to that. I more less gave up on Hollow Knight because of that. Valheim at least has the option of improving your gear in order to prepare for the boss fights. Few potions don't hurt either, extra health and stamina helps a lot (though you might be able to tactically retreat to recover some, just bit more slowly).
Also with bit of creativity, you can even the odds even more. Failing is bit punishing though, especially if you haven't set your spawn point close by. I have done back to the stone age start in order to retrieve my stuff from the plains. Took few tries, but managed to beat the annoying enemies that killed me several times just with my fists...
Back to the actual topic, I have pretty much been playing Valheim lately. I'm about to start melting silver and will hopefully find the fourth boss. It's tempting though to build a underground base to the mountain as I found suitable foundation that's begging to be built on...
I will probably have a better chance of finishing Valheim though
Cloversheen Mar 28, 2021
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