Weekly Recommendations Thread: What do you suggest?
Another week, another recommendations thread.
Let everyone know below a game (6+ months old), that you have played recently, are currently playing or intend to play soon.
I have been in a FTL kick lately. I've gotten all the achievements but I want at least 4 wins per ship. Slug B kicking my ass.
Have you played Into the Breach?
Yes I have and I also love it, though not as much as FTL. However, it's another excellent game.
Elden Ring. I had never played a FromSoft game before so I really had no idea what I was getting into. I played through it seven times with my main character, got the platinum trophy, and then spun up a new character on my sons playstation account to platinum it for him as well.
Definitely got value for my money on that purchase.
Elden Ring really is a nice evolution of the Fromsoft style, I've been playing their games since Demon's Souls launch day on the PS3 and have 100hrs in Elden Ring.
I have no idea how far I got before other games pulled my attention, but I've also never finished a Fromsoft game, maybe Elden Ring will be the first one eventually.
I just got Quake, and I enjoy every minute of it
I just started playing Divinity Original Sin 2. It’s been a lot of fun so far and I’m enjoying it. I’m considering adding Baldurs Gate 3 to my wishlist since they seem similar even though that is based on D&D.
To me it feels like BG3 will be like DOS2 but better with full CGI cut scenes etc
Currently on a factory game kick, so I'm playing Factorio and planning to get Dyson Space Program afterward. There was also a REALLY good abstract factory game I used to play on the Ubuntu software market but I can't remember what it's called.
Mindustry?
I did a lil haul on Steam summer sale - Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin's Creed Unity, The Surge 2, The Division and Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
I can recommend both The Surge games if you enjoy soulslikes, they're nice sci-fi variations on Dark Souls gameplay, though definitely easier than fromsoft games
I'll probably play Unity first unless my missus decides to co-op The Division with me
AC Unity may have been unbelievably buggy, but the city had a phenomenal feeling to it.
Venetica: old eurojank action RPG. It shows its age and the jank is real. But underneath all that is a fresh theme, cool atmosphere and interesting story. Also, it's 1€ during the Steam sale.
Looks similar to God of War.
Maybe graphically, but the gameplay is nothing like GoW
Cyberpunk 2077. 2 years after its disastrous release, it's a really good game. As someone who has played a lot of RPG games, I think this is probably one of the best (if not the best) RPG I've ever played.
I'm on a pretty good PC (with an RTX 3060 + 32GB ram), so my graphics are pretty good. This game has beautiful graphics, emotionally touching storyline (the only game where I started tearing up during the ending) and really fun gameplay (with tons of different playing styles).
Is it worth $60? Not sure about that, but it's definitely worth $30 (sometimes there is 50% off during sales, for example during the summer sale on Steam that's currently active).
If you're on PS4 or an older Xbox, then I don't know whether you'll get the same magical experience as I have, because I read some bad reviews about the performance on older consoles. But moderate PCs and PS5 should be able to run the game nicely and allow you to be completely immersed into the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
I've been playing Subnautica: Subzero for a bit.
But my game crashed yesterday and it doesn't really save unless you save manually, which I forget to do size I can just put the Steam Deck in sleep and resume so I lost a few days progress.
I guess I'll play something else while I get over it.
Still not sure what to pick up next.
I've ragequit so many games because of things like this! I feel your pain
The part that's annoying is I don't quite remember which things I did when relative to that crash.
So like I'm gonna think there's a base somewhere there isn't (yet).
There's things I think I've done but won't have.
So, I'd need to re-explore things that I know already, so would likely not go to.
Like I know this corridor is a dead-end, so I won't go there anymore, but there was this scannable thing which I don't really remember.
Anyways.
I figure I forget a bit more I'll be OK to start these bits over.
I'm on a Yakuza kick. Finished Yakuza 0 recently, and now I'm digging into Yakuza Kiwami.
Briefly got sidetracked by Diablo 2 Resurrected (but then died in a place where I don't think I can recover my loot, so I'll probably just set that down and restart when I'm done with Yakuza).
I just picked up x4: foundation in the steam sale and am really liking it! Ive never really gotten into a space sim before but im really enjoying having other pilots and ships doing my bidding 😊
building your economic empire is definitely my favorite thing about the X series. X4F was pretty weak when I played it on release but I’ve heard it’s much better after a few years of updates.
X4: Foundations (2018) $19.99 at -60%
This one kind of surprised me, but I have been hooked on Fight Night Champion. I noticed it on game pass and remembered having a good time with the older games in the series so I gave it a shot. The legacy mode in this game is surprisingly in depth and offers a lot of different ways to improve your skills and upgrade your boxer. The AI beat my ass pretty regularly until I started messing with different styles and techniques. At the end of the day it's still just two dudes beating each other with their fists, but it's a blast.
Fight Night controls are perfect.
They really are! Rotating the stick for that perfect uppercut and getting the flash KO is like a dopamine shot to the brain.
I'm playing Lego Jurassic World with my 4year old daughter.
We finished Jurassic Park after 1 year (she was 3 years old that time so patience was really tested, specially on parts that needs both of us to be coordinated).
Its hard to find time for us to play together, and she has been very patient with me because I travel 240kms dialy for work.
The Lego games are surprisingly fun for adults.
You got me :D
My wife suspects that I'm using mydaughter as an excuse to play the games/movies I missed when I was growing up.
We still have about 90 percent to finish in lego jurassic world.
Hey just letting you know that I used to be in a similar situation (215km daily; 3 hrs of commuting), and I feel your pain.
I did it for several years and the dangerous part is just getting used to many hours of your day evaporating into thin air. Ages 1-7 are critically formative years for a child, and you should be around as much as possible. Every time I think about the days where I left the house before my kids woke up, and came home after they were in bed, kills me.
Please try your best to find a job with a shorter commute. The time you don't spend with your family gets lost forever. I'm rooting for you!
Currently playing rogue legacy 2 and I must say, the gameplay loop is so satisfying. There are even options to make your runs easier on the fly and revert back to defaults before the boss fight, if you wish to hasten your grind.
I bought that one Xbox Series X and haven't gotten around to it, I did enjoy the first one.
I'm still playing;
Elder Scrolls Online (2014) $5.99 at -70%
I haven't bought a subscription the whole time I have been playing it, for months now and now that I understand enough systems I genuinely don't need it. That being said, I bought the High Isle Collection which is not longer on sale on Steam due to the new expansion. Collection's come with the game + several expansions, which adds a significant amount of content.
The combat is a little sub-par, but the voice acting is very good and there is a substantial amount of quests to do in the base game alone. It's more of a chill and play MMO, most PVE enemies are fairly easy.
There is no levels to the enemies, they are the same level as whatever you are, the level caps at lvl 50 with an alternate system after like in Destiny. This Champion Points (level) is applied to all characters that are lvl 50.
I'm sporadic with my gaming. Couple hours here, few hours there. It's a style of gameplay that has never lent itself to MMOPRGs. I neither commit enough time, nor do I really control when I'll have that time. I can't commit with a guild to a raid at x'oclock on Tuesday to take on that dungeon.
I've loved Skyrim though. Can you solo-play Elder Scrolls online and have a good time?
You can, the full voice acting makes solo play beneficial playing the story.
I started up The Sinking City after looking through my PS5 purchases. I bought it months ago and totally forgot about it.
Unfortunately, I do recall there being issues with the publisher and something about sales of this game being basically a "fuck you" to the talent who made it (which I only heard about after buying it).
The game itself is pretty dope. I love the detective work you actually have to put in; especially if you turn the detective difficulty up so it's not hinting at how and when to use things. Really great CoC tabletop conversion. Just be sure to support the actual devs if you decide to find it!
For those on PC;
The Sinking City (2021) $5.99 at -85%
I like the art style, looks like an interesting AA game.
I just started Prey. I really liked Dishonored 1 and 2 and I love sci-fi, so I'm looking forward to it.
I didn't really get into Prey as well as the Dishonored series. They went for a Bioshock kinda thing where you start off weak as fuck and, I guess, become more and more of a badass, but I've been quite a few hours into it and now I got myself into a conundrum I see now way out of, and I have not once felt like a badass so far.
The game really is aptly named, so no hate on Arkane on that one. You are supposed to be a prey, not the ultimate predator of the Dishonored series.
Maybe I'll get back to it because otherwise it's great and they did an awesome job on all the environments, monsters, in-game UI, varied approaches etc.
I really like Prey and feel that it was underrated because of the IP name they used.
Prey (2017) $7.49 at -75%
I just finished Prey and now I'm on Alien: Isolation! I kinda preferred Prey but that's probably because it wasn't so stingy with the saving mechanism.
Sniper elite 4 for $6 (5 is good too, and $20) is everything I wanted MGSV to be. It's its own game so the stealth mechanics are different (sound is a major factor), and the gunplay is much more reliant on sniper rifles (though I use a silenced pistol a lot too, plus melee takedowns), but it's every bit comparable in terms of an excellent stealth engine with responsive, engaging AI. Where it shines is that unlike metal gear, which was forced out before it was populated, the mission areas are huge and jam packed with enemy action. If the ground zeroes map was a little bigger and built out into a full game, that's how Sniper Elite feels.
Also, because they can, you can snipe grenades off of enemies to explode them, and they'll chain to other environmental explosives (I haven't seen this in 5; not sure if they removed it or I just haven't noticed an enemy with a grenade on them), and the sniping is extremely satisfying with slow-motion x-rays of the body parts hit (also can be turned off) and good physics based on bullet drop, wind, velocity, etc.
Sniper Elite 4 (2017) $5.99 at -90%
Sniper Elite 3 (2012) $4.49 at -85%
Killer Instinct (2013)! Booted it up again just yesterday and it just felt so damn good to play.
Watch_Dogs2
For what it was, I thought it was a fun open world.
Jump Ultimate Stars for DS, shamelessly giving you the discord game if you wanna play online.
Are you playing on the DS or via an emulator?
I'm using a DS lite, but I know it is possible to play with an emulator, indeed someone from the discord server uses a Stem Deck lol
Proof:
Assassin's Creed Unity, mods and modern PCs fix almost all the issues the game had on launch. The remaining problem is the render distance still being a lot shorter than a modern PC can manage.
I just started Final Fantasy 7R, it’s my first Final Fantasy, and I‘m really enjoying it so far!
Currently in Act 3, really like the world and characters so far.
My first Final Fantasy was X on the PS2, we didn't have a memory card so I had to keep the console on for weeks with a risk of losing all progress with no savegame, It was the first game I finished.
I'm playing Halo 3 on PC. I've played it a lot on xbox360 back in the day, and it really is a treat. Bringing back lots of happy memories of coop and a time when I had time for online matchmaking.
I've yet again fallen back into grim dawn. Recently got my conjurer to 100, my second pet class to hit that milestone. Running through the forgotten gods expansion before i move into ultimate difficulty.
Grim Dawn (2016) $12.49 at -50%
Both the expansions are 150% worth getting. Ashes adds a huge new campaign and the Inquisitor & Necromancer masteries - Inquisitor is a great secondary to many other masteries and Necromancer is an amazing primary. Forgotten Gods is a shorter campaign and more of a side story, but the Oathkeeper mastery it adds works very well as both a primary and secondary, and it adds the shattered realm, which functions as an alternate endgame (as well as an efficient stepping stone to get there, and a testing ground for new builds). Both expansions add a tonne more items, with AoM raising the level cap from 85 to 100 (you must have AoM for Forgotten Gods to function)
Personally, I've logged something like 2.5 thousand hours in the game, and i haven't exhausted its potential yet. Just so you get an idea of what you're getting.
I recently got a new phone and was looking for some new games, out of the handful I downloaded that looked interesting I got in to Alto's Odyssey the most, and have been playing that more than any of my other games this week. I actually just had my best run so far!
Was looking for something similar to Sky: Children of the Light, which I really really loved (and I generally hate having other real players in my game unless it's like a board game, but strangers just helping each other out was nice) until I started getting chased by dragons and drowning and shit and it wasn't fun anymore. If anyone has suggestions for anything that feels as chill and friendly as that game, that's a beautiful world to explore with some goals (so not like Wilderless, which is nice but gets old quick) but nothing too competitive or stressful (and just for android, my pc is in need of an upgrade and couldn't handle much lol), let me know!
I've heard good things about SpongeBob SquarePants BfBB
Thanks for the recommendation, definitely not a game I would have considered if I was scrolling past it, but will give it a try!
Xenoblade chronicles X. I picked it up again recently after leaving it untouched since forever ago. The game was just a perfect storm of being impossible for me to play when i first got it on pre-order, both because it has really complex systems I didn't get, and because I had extremely limited time on the sole TV in the house by nature of other people not wanting to watch jrpg side questing for hours on end.