I've just picked up Brotato yesterday, it's a roguelike bullet hell where you build up your character and try to survive 20 waves using loads of different weapons and items. The great thing is you control your character with just one analog stick, but it's a lot harder than it sounds. Reminds me a lot of old flash games I used to play as a kid. I've only played for a few hours so far and managed to win one run. Personally, I love the experience of figuring out a gameand working out optimal strategies, an itch which Slay the Spire has been scratching for a long time for me. I can already tell I'm going to invest a lot of time into this game, I was hooked right from the beginning. Loving the sound of SMG bullets decimating entire hordes of enemies. Well worth picking up on steam, plays really well on the steam deck. The game is only £4 at full price, and it's 20% off right now.
I beat the original Contra on NES and I've barely played anything ever except the first Animal Crossing and AC:NH during the pandemic.
I picked up Hollow Knight for Christmas last year and it's the first game I've played to completion in literally 35 years. I just got [no spoilers] ending with 105% completion like two weeks ago.
I can't begin to convey how much I love this game. It's definitely what I'm (still) playing this week.
Same for me. I put it down for a few days after failing Mantis Lords and Soul Master and getting salty about the bench placements, but after watching this video on why the Mantis Lords are fantastically designed , I picked it up again and start to really enjoy it – winning both of these boss fights in two attempts. Before engaging them again, it was worth exploring more and getting stronger. The game doesn't communicate well how strong you currently are (e.g., by not having health bars for the bosses). The best clue was to see how well you can score against the standard monsters in that area.
Got myself a steam deck and what do I play on it? Euro Truck Simulator 2. This game, I tell you, it's so incredibly relaxing and doesn't take a lot of brain power so it's great to relax with while sitting on the couch in the evening. 🤷
X4 Foundations, which is just great (although better with mods).
And Vampyr. I love the story, but gameplay-wise I have a couple minor complaints, like "cosmetic NPCs" (mostly sick people lying in bed with whom you can't interact in any way) not showing up as living being in your vamp vision.
Finally got around to checking out Loop Hero and I'm...addicted. It is all I have been thinking about for the last few days, and scratched the itch I didn't know I have. I have been in a deep gaming rut lately and this has helped me remember that magical feeling of finding the perfect video game for you.
I'd love suggestions for games similar to this...but in the meantime...just one more loop...
Been getting back into Horizon Zero Dawn! I planned on playing more of it sooner but just wasn't finding any interest until the past couple of days. Also picked up Pokemon Scarlet for the first time in six months to try finding a shiny Gimmighoul in the limited raid event that's happening.
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