Black Myth Wukong

I've finished the Crisis Core Reunion game yesterday and it's fairly decent for a handheld game released in the 00s. People don't really understand this as the Switch has molded the line between a handheld console and an actual console in such a way that people are retroactively rating games released for a handheld the same way as they had been released on a console, but handheld games have been notorious for their low quality. This holds true for the Gameboy, the DS, but more notoriously for the PSP - and Crisis Core is the ultimate example here. The combat is awful, the obligatory nonsensical cutscenes after running for ten seconds, the loading screens that happen every 20 meters and the randomness of everything. All of this doesn't matter though because it's a handheld game and that's to be expected. On PC however? Death sentence. Ehhh Losercel, is this a fact or are you just ragebaiting? Handhelds were the first step towards the cancer that is mobile gaming. Disagree and you'll get banned.

Anyways, Genesis as a character is unbelievably r-slurred and that's somewhat endearing because it mimics the logic of the original Final Fantasy 7 well, namely that nothing even pretends to make sense. There are some attempts at explaining things but the narrative mostly follows the rule of cool. That's completely fine. The remakes however, switch things up and instead of just going with the flow of Midgar's impossible architecture, which would fit very well for a psychological horror game, and the wackiness of the plot, there's just so much time spent on explaining what actually happens and what it stands for despite nobody having a clue, not even the writers. I'm playing Yuffie's part of Intermission currently and it's fun. I cannot wait to play rebirth and laugh my butt off at its content.

I've also played a couple of hours of the new Dynasty Warriors game and it's awesome.

Opus Magnum, it is weirdly addicting

Rogue Trader

Also your GOTY was rigged and we all know the riggers are BIPOCs

Frick you carp

Every once in a while I put my brain on power-saving mode, hop on TF2 and play 2fort as force a nature scout for a few hours as I slowly feel my brain turning to sludge. I'm not even that good at TF2 and I pretty much only play ctf at this point.

Dynasty warriors origins still. I have 40 hours only finished 1.5 stories

Getting back into the Tropico series. Fun games but my god this sense of humor is terrible and they vastly overestimate how invested I am in the character of Penultimo.

Civ IV, Civ VI, and Old World. Also Quasimorph. Trying to get the basics of Civ IV down so that I can play DoC.

As you can imagine, I've been playing tons of Starfield. It is an amazing game that has captured my imagination in ways only true works of art can. This is one of the greatest American achievements and I am glad I am alive to experience the release of this game. This is the best game ever! I'm having so much fun, I can't wait to jump into it again after supper. I'm busy with the Red Mile. It's very hard but I'm determined to finish it.

I've been going through Settlers II, III, IV and Knights and Merchants. There's always something undefinable missing from the formula. Maybe it's just the pacing that's off -- too much time between decisions.

Balatro. Very addicting.

Skyrim VR Tahrovin wabbajack list, plus some extra mods for my cute dark elf mage AGP play through

MSFS 2024. It's a buggy mess, and it takes a shitload of tweaks to get it running smoothly in VR, but it's amazing when it works.

Nine Sols. It's ok.

Trying to play Sea of Thieves again.

Since no other dramanauts seem to have been sucked in by it, I don't think this site appreciates just how neurodivergent the community is. The longtime players are like the life forms in a cave ecosystem. They survive and thrive in harsh conditions, though few others would ever envy their way of life.

Still playing Dread Delusion and trying to tinker with settings on my Steam Deck to see if I can get it to run better. I can play it on my desktop but it would be so much cooler if I can fully play and enjoy it in a handheld configuration.

Also still playing Stellaris. I'm taking a break from all other Paradox titles right now as I just want to focus on one at a time so I can really enjoy a campaign

Messing with PS1 and Gamecube emulation. Can't get Dolphin to sync with retroachievements even though I'm logged into retroachievements in Dolphin and the cheevos are popping up on the screen. But otherwise both are a breeze and with some upscaling and AA and post-processing, most games look incredible. I was playing Burnout 1 for like 2 hours last night, which isn't even a great Burnout but it's like eating a bowl of tomato soup on a cold day.

Fortune's Run got a new update

Mother of all plot twists confirmed there won't be any more updates for quite some time

I've been playing Civ VI a lot since it's so cold out and I can play on the treadmill.

It's complete horseshit that buying the base game gets you like 10 leaders to choose from and there's literally hundreds of dollars of DLC available while in Civ V we got all the expansions for free.

As for the gameplay it's just the same as V but with the district system added which is pretty neat tbh. This version focuses on the map and terrain a lot more to influence your playstyle.

Also lol @ Scythia being included in the vanilla game. I doubt that most people wouldn't have a clue for when or where to find them on a map unless you're a smug Rome Total war neurodivergent like myself

Marvel Rivals, at least until Rebirth comes out in 3 days

Nine Sols. I'm having a lot of fun but I'm terrible at it.