Patient Gamers

Like the week before, I can't settle on one game.
I've been playing Death Stranding quite a bit, but then got to setting up switch emulation on my Steam Deck again, so Ive been juggling between Xenoblade Chronicles, Fire Emblem: Engage and Astral Chain.
I'll be travelling for a bit, so it's likely going to be one of those for the next couple of weeks.

1000xResist with XR glasses. talk about immersive.

• The Sims 2 PSP edition

PSP edition highlighted because it's a totally different game from The Sims 2, it's just poorly named.

Truly a great game, the only game in the past 8 years that gave me a sens of mystery.

Play it ! But don't buy the original game disc as it runs poorly from it on the PSP; loading times every second, this isn't a hyperbole, the game needs to load walking animations, interaction animations ect... by physically spinning the UMD disc.

Go to https://www.pspunk.com/ for a very very very easy PSP custom firmware installation tutorial if you want to play it on the original console.

Thimbleweed Park. I had been putting it off for literal years and breaking my arm gave me the perfect excuse.

I'm almost finished with Skyward Sword HD which for the most part I have really enjoyed. There have been a couple major frustration points because of game design tropes that unfortunately several Zelda games have included since OoT. The story and characters have been amazing overall, though, and I am looking forward to seeing the conclusion this weekend.

Late-game Skyward Sword Spoilers

One trope that I strongly dislike in the newer Zelda games is "forced stealth." OoT is the first game (IIRC) that had stealth sections, and I feel like a lot of the games that have come after include it. The multiple stealth sections was my biggest knock against Echoes of Wisdom, and in Skyward Sword to put a section so late in the game and also take away all of my items was jarring and un-fun for me.

Skyward sword also committed a sin on multiple occasions (including the above) of forcing me to re-traverse through an area I had already traversed through because of some contrived reason. The volcano was the worst, having to re-traverse it with the carry bot, and then again during stealth was just tedious and not fun. Flooding the forest was a neat idea in theory but then having me do a huge collect-a-thon where I had to surface every time I wanted to use Dowsing was pretty awful and felt like just a way to extend my play time.

After I finish Skyward Sword I think I'm going to pick up Twilight Princess on GameCube. This is another Zelda game that I've never had a chance to play, and consensus seems to be to play the GC version over the Wii version (I don't have access to a WiiU).

I'm playing Factorio: Space Age

(t h e f a c t o r y m u s t g r o w)

Still have mirrors edge to continue, but this week i actually started setting up my own wow private server for some old buddies to play on. Will start for real after summer when they are more inclined towards gaming again. So far pretty fun to do (even thoguh just solo testing so far). I played a lot of wow 20 yrs ago

I played through F.E.A.R. and its first expansion Extraction Point this week for the first time, and I've been advised to leave the series be there. Having watched some video reviews on the following games I can see why. It's a damn shame too what happened to the series, because F.E.A.R. 1 and EP are so damn good.

For a 20-year-old game it looks unbelievably good. It must have been mind blowing back in 2005. The particle effects and light destructibility of the environments still look great, the slow-mo is cinematic and the lighting in general is very well done. The art direction is great and it really nails the atmosphere.

I personally found the horror and story to be a little predictable and mediocre, but it doesn't matter because this is seriously one of the best shooters I've ever played. All the guns are satisfying to use, the shooting arenas are well designed and the enemy AI is just as good as people say. It's again hard to believe we had this in 2005.

I also need to make a special mention of Extraction Point as it hits the shooter/horror balance better than the base game and has better scares and horror elements in general. I thought it was great and basically the perfect F.E.A.R. experience.

Heavily recommended if you haven't played this already. It's currently on sale on GOG for like $2 I believe. Just make sure to grab the EchoPatch.

EDIT: It's also possible to get EAX working and I really recommend looking into doing so, even if it is a little fiddly.

Beat Rebel Transmute, now I'm on Astronite and Zapling Bygone. Still also slowly going through Flintlock: Siege of Dawn.

Im loving “It Takes Two”

I'm into Elite Dangerous at the moment. I got a cheap second hand X52 hotas and I set up head tracking with OpenTrack and a webcam. It's pretty immersive and fun!

My Time at Portia

Just finished Mafia the definitive edition. Now gonna start Red dead redemption 1.

I played through Spilled! yesterday. A short cozy game about ocean cleanup. I wish it was longer, I might play it again soon.

Finally got around to playing Ena Dream BBQ. Damn, this game sure has charm! Playing it in short sessions because it's very tiring to play (too hyperactive).

Recently finished playing through the entire uncharted series, and am currently close to 100% completion for spiderman remastered.

Also been playing space marine 2 with a friend every now and then

Got Children of Morta on sale and been enjoying it. Doing horribly, but enjoying it!

Art of Rally

Did a few stages in the Group B cars and then a couple of free roam areas getting all the collectables.

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2

Playing the PS1 version on the Miyoo Flip and loving it. I have it on Dreamcast too but this version looks and plays great on the handheld.

Playing the revived Defiance game (by Fawkes Games). It's not a very in-depth mmo, but, it can be fun

Currently playing a bunch of Aliens: The Dark Descent. Solid game if you like the xcom style but real time instead of turn based.

Sadly I haven't played much or at all lately. Well, not sadly, actually: I fell into a rabbit hole of a personal project of mine, and this is where I've been for the past two weeks.

Having said that, I think the last game I played was FTL.

As every week before Victoria 3 modded and Eve online

I‘m trying to platinum PUBG, I never vibed with the game but now that I have fun mini goals that aren‘t „win against the sweats,“ I‘m suddenly hooked

Playing FEZ