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Stronghold (remaster) campaign, it's taking quite a lot of getting used to. Trying to even fathom how Crusader Kings 2 works, tried to 'upgrade' Deus Ex GOTY with a new renderer, map update, and an updated launcher but I may have messed up the install somehow.

Definitely an embarrassing thing to admit, but I just beat the Touhou 20 demo.Very refreshing new title, will be purchasing it on release for sure, a great return-to-form for veterans and n00bs alike. Excited to see what ZUN does next!

Dredge popped up on game pass. It’s quite cute and about the level my current brain can deal with.

I think I'm getting the hang of Jurassic World Evolution. Haven't had a guest eaten in days.

Star Trek Resurgence.

I've been bouncing between Fallout Shelter and Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim. Both of which are fantastic time soaks.

But I'm about to hop back into the Witcher games again. I'll probably skip the 1st game as I've played that enough to know it back to front. Pretty sure I've only beaten Assassin of Kings once despite absolutely loving the crap out of the game. And I never got very far in Wild Hunt for some reason. Not sure I even got past that first castle you come across.

I bought Rogue Trader since it was on sale, it's a lot of fun. I played Mechanicus so I'm used to the turn based combat to an extent.

I'm a little annoyed that the game doesn't explain the bloody trade mechanic at all, so I skipped all the merchants in chapter 1 and landed in chapter 2 with way too much cargo and none of the unique items those merchants could've given me.

Doom The Dark Ages.

It’s good fun!

Just finished Dredge. Like Subnautica a pleasant mixture of mundane fishing and general fear of the deep. Endearing art style, creepy random NPCs, and fishing.

Finished up Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 over the weekend and while I have some quibbles its definitely something special. Just a superb world and story. Beatiful art design and incredible music.

Banner Saga. Partially as inspiration for my Forbidden Lands RPG campaign which shares similar setting and themes.

Cyel wrote:
Banner Saga. Partially as inspiration for my Forbidden Lands RPG campaign which shares similar setting and themes.

Great series. Who knew marching could be so fun.

I'm in between games right now. I've been playing HoI4 with a friend as fascist japan and the kingdom of brazil. Brazil has a much updated tree however and easier fights with neighboring south america which it can make core territory of. Japan however needs an update hard. We stopped playing maybe a week and a half ago when i finally took over china and he had most of south america and i think he core'd most of it. Oddly this put our factories at least at similar amounts but my military out-performs his by miles.

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Aside from that i've been playing Tempest Rising as GDF now that i've finished the Tempest Dynasty.

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I plan to play xenonauts 2 soon now that it's been heavily updated while in early access for like 2 years.

Even though I got it quite a while ago just starting Dishonored 2.

The Ghost Bear dlc for Mechwarrior 5 clans, enjoying it so far for what it is. Characters are slightly less annoying, difficulty is tuned a little better.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Even though I got it quite a while ago just starting Dishonored 2.

Great choice. Both parts were excellent - fresh and engaging.

I've been playing xenonauts 2. The first campaign went ok until it didn't around day 165 after i got a squad wipe in a terror mission and within days was followed by a ufo i couldn't fight off which invaded my base when i was stuck re-making all my gear. I basically quit out of the game out of frustration.

I'm on my 2nd run of xenonauts 2 and it all seems to be going well enough. I have a lot more gear available this time but i'm only at like day 60-90 and i downed 2 ufos in quick succession so i'll probably only raid one of them but we'll see. So far no squad wipes which is good because the last game had at least 2 squad wipes.

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Xenonauts 2 campaign is going really well. I raided both ufo's no casualties and i fought the cleaner base with 2 casualties (1 soldier died permanently and one was resurrected by medbay). I'm basically drowning in resources at the moment. Money may be the next priority. Best part is i got all this done before the alien invasion escalated to a normal invasion so my money per month is pretty solid.

Been having a blast playing Firewarrior. The first couple of levels in the trenches were way shorter then I remember them being, I had recollections of the Valkyrie boss happening much later.
Still, going for all the A-rankings has been fun, with some levels being surprisingly challenging, especially as I struggled to initially remember all the secret objectives. Missed the "bread" after you rescue Ko'Vash about half a dozen times.

ITS QUIET.

Been working on a golf game for Android, so lots of playing golf games as..."research"...

Leaderboard - ZX Spectrum
Golf - NES
World Class Leaderboard - Megadrive.

...and I feel like I've been missing out over the years. Even on an ancient Speccy, you can still have a very playable golf game with 3D graphics that only takes about 5 seconds to render the landscape. Once rendered the 2D elements take over and its a very smooth experience.

5 seconds sounds like a long time by today's standards but golf is naturally a slow paced game and you spend that time considering the next shot and usually the shot you just made - how it could have been better.

Still playing Skyrim: Legendary Edition.

Was never a big open world gamer... but I really should paint my 40k kill team... orrrrr... I could keep wandering around for hours.

(I refuse to use any gaming aids or walk-throughs).

 Quixote wrote:
Still playing Skyrim: Legendary Edition.

Was never a big open world gamer... but I really should paint my 40k kill team... orrrrr... I could keep wandering around for hours.

(I refuse to use any gaming aids or walk-throughs).

And so another lost soul doomed to wandering the digital planes...never to be seen again.

Having another go at extra-judicial execution simulator, The Division 2. I have successfully murderised many people that my all-encompassing augmented reality assistant assured me were "bad"

The set piece missions are fair enough, as its clear that some level of research has gone into the issue, and you are usually rescuing people or fixing equipment being damaged by naughty actors. The less clear cut ones are where you are hundreds of metres away from random folks in the street, and you kill them because they have a little red tag on them, rather than a green tag. I realise that this is going into way too much thought about the issue, but it does crop up in my head while playing

Also tried out the new Kurtzgesagt spin-off game Star Birds on Steam. A free demo is available. Its a gentle, low stakes and brightly coloured resource gathering and process management game. A relaxing time-waster so far.

Just polished off Assassin of Kings. Followed Iorveths path on Dark Mode this time as I did Roche last time. Was pleasantly surprised that I remembered very little of the story and had absolutely no recollection of how it ended. So it was kind of like playing a whole new game again with was nice.

I've only got 8 achievements left to get, and as half of them are Roche path specific (clearly was not overly adventurous the first time around) so I can get them all with one more playthrough. I suspect that Madman will probably forever elude me though, as Dark Mode gave me enough trouble with combat. So I can't imagine Insane difficulty, having an unworkaroundable permadeath, will ever see me complete it. I'll move on to Wild Hunt now and finish that before I come back to it.

age of wonders 4. It drew me in and now i am hooked.

 Flinty wrote:
Having another go at extra-judicial execution simulator, The Division 2. I have successfully murderised many people that my all-encompassing augmented reality assistant assured me were "bad"

The set piece missions are fair enough, as its clear that some level of research has gone into the issue, and you are usually rescuing people or fixing equipment being damaged by naughty actors. The less clear cut ones are where you are hundreds of metres away from random folks in the street, and you kill them because they have a little red tag on them, rather than a green tag. I realise that this is going into way too much thought about the issue, but it does crop up in my head while playing

Also tried out the new Kurtzgesagt spin-off game Star Birds on Steam. A free demo is available. Its a gentle, low stakes and brightly coloured resource gathering and process management game. A relaxing time-waster so far.

I had the same comment about the first game. Mowed down a ton of my own citizens in that one as a completely unaccountable government killteam. Glad the sequel keeps up the tradition.

Things were going well in xenonauts 2 until the aliens turned up to these new green weapons (fusion i think?) which cut through my soldiers really well. I think i lost 2 full squads and have soldier shortage and experience issues now. Dunno how i lost momentum over such a long game but i guess it happens. I also lost asia so if i lose another region i auto lose. Perhaps i should've assaulted the alien structure in space sooner since they've been orbital bombarding funding regions on Earth every 2-3 weeks or so. This is a fairly new version of xenonauts 2 for me so i'm kind of inexperienced with the end game. Which is where i'm sorta at. I feel like building the 3rd base left me in a bad position.

Can't remember which day i'm at in the game but probably around day 200 something. Just looked and it absolutely has to be passed day 255. Anyway i think the game is over for this run. I may have to try another campaign when i'm done being salty about the current one.

Leveling up my Zealot in Darktide.

My main dude is a Psyker, and I love playing it, but I was looking for something different. I also can't seem to enjoy my max level Ogryn, though he can be fun every now and again.

Also, it always seems like its Zealot players that run ahead and get killed, so I decided to be the change! Staying with the team, and focusing on the big bads. Been pretty successful, aside from an unfortunate Plague Ogryn encounter on a bridge where 2 of the team got punted off the bridge. I definitely get the appeal of trying to solo the level, because some of the weapons are so rewarding, like the thunderhammer! So far I'm resisting the siren song of going full Leroy Jenkins, but I understand it now, to an extent.

And the amount of folks who don't use a mic in this game is crazy. Its almost as frustrating as the "heroes" who run off on their own.

Just purchased Rebellion’s Atomfall.

They’re sneaky buggers, as up until about ten, fifteen minutes ago I didn’t know the game existed. But. I did just finish reading a comic based prequel story in Judge Dredd Megazine, and it was right up my street.

Mystery! Sci-fi! Folk Horror! Falloutesque Setting!

Comic ended a bit abruptly, but it really did grip me enough to spend £75 on the fancy pants digital version for PS5.


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Played an hour or so last night, snuffed it once or twice.

Seems you can complete the game via stealth, and don’t have to off anyone. And to be honest, whilst jumping out a bush and setting about someone’s face with a Cricket Bat is undeniably fun? I think I’m going to embrace the stealth side. It’s my preference in Skyrim, and whilst I’m not sniping people here, it is fun to find a suitable vantage point, learn the routes, then run the risk.