The Settlers II

https://www.gog.com/de/game/the_settlers_2_gold_edition

released in 1998 btw. it really is a good old game

I figured it was time to check out some of the more hyped-up games out there, so I’ve been playing Hades, Hollow Knight, and a bit of Slay the Spire. I’m not sure if I’m at the point where I’m ready to no-life any of them, but for the most part, they all live up to their hype. And the nice part is that they all have sequels available, so if I stick with them and finish/get my fill of them, there is more to come.

I also played Duck Detective: The Secret Salami and it was a really nice short, relatively easy detective game that I recommend if you want a little break from whatever you’re currently playing.

I’m on a roguelike buzz again.

Played a bit of Rangedrifter. It’s maybe got the best atmosphere of any roguelike I’ve ever played, but it’s pretty early in development so not enough content to be satisfying yet.

Now I’m onto Lost Flame which is kind of like a roguelike demake of Dark Souls… the combat is amazing and I can’t stop playing even though it’s kicking my arse. So far I’ve had the most success with dex/spear builds but I’m starting to get into scroll and potion shenanigans and it’s kind of blowing my mind trying to comprehend the possibilities!

Ftl and witcher 3 blood and wine

I finished all the DLC for Dishonored. I could use a lot more, so I’m sad.

I played a couple of hours of Witcher 2. It is fine, but I feel I’m on rails all the time. I miss Skyrim.

Playing both Risk of Rain 2 and Vampire Survivors at the moment. It’s funny, I never really liked roguelikes/lites but recently they have become my favourite genre since I’m not really interested in story games anymore.

Not sure if that counts but I’m just getting into ace combat series and I decided to play all of the series in release order. The controlls in ‘air combat’ are killing me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Combat

Played the demo for SPRAWL: Zero and I really enjoyed the gist of the action: you have a “gravity gun” glove to pick up and throw shit at your enemies. When you pick a weapon, you shoot whatever it has then throw it away and grab the next - no reloading. You also have bullet time and a bullet catch-throw back shield power, the latter much more useful than bullet time in my opinion. Might grab the full game in the future

Last week I finished Mecha Knight Nightmare. Janky solo dev game, but it hits some dopamine spots in my brain: big mechs with plentiful customization and lots of enemies to kill a la EDF.

Finished evil within 2 recently and maybe gonna start Amnesia

Higurashi

Fire Emblem Awakening on the 3DS, and Valheim on the Steam Deck.

I had forgotten how rich the 3DS library is. And so many I still haven’t played.

Valheim. Not really patient, because the release date was last week, but early access was already five years ago.

I’m still playing Caves of Qud. The Mechanimists no longer attack me. I killed a creature they hated and then I went to Six Day Stilt and threw a bunch of crap into their magic hole and now they love me.

Empires mod, it is a totally free source mod with no pay to win and only community driven.

FPS with 64 players big maps, one comander per team playing it RTS style.

Building, research of tech tree and Vehicles.

The gane is Old and a low playercount only coming together to play on weekends, but the game is still being developed, bug fixed and balanced.

Crazy amount of maps so no game is like the other. With a good comander adoptation to the map is vital.

I’m almost through all the achievements in Hitman WoA now. Just a few more location masteries to go and I’m done. I think I have 5 or 6 left.