Yeah, I've just never got around to mods as I know I'll spend even longer faffing rather than Just progressing!
I'm grinding my way through fallout 4, in a "I paid for it so I'll finish it" fashion. But I'm not enjoying it - the dialogue is awful, and all speech options lead to the same place in the end, which to me is the antithesis of what a fallout game should be.
Baldur's Gate 3 is now my career...
I love a good FPS. All the Far Cry series are excellent, particularly 5.
Just rerun Doom 2016 over xmas and then got Doom Eternal on the Steam xmas sale. Superb.
'A plague tale' is free on epic today, well worth getting.
Not sure if it has already been mentioned, but I've been playing It Takes Two with my eldest son over the Xmas break. Very very good game - and it was a bargain at the random price of £8.74 from the online store!
You have to work together to solve puzzles, and I'd (probably) pay the full price for a game this good.
Epic has the Guardians of the Galaxy game free now - well worth getting if I remember the reviews correctly 🙂
Got a playthrough of BG3 done - phenomenal game. Not played a turn-based combat game for decades, but really took to it. Level of quality is I think the highest I've seen in a game overall - just in terms of effort gone into all aspects with no real thin parts at all. I didn't realise it was actual D&D rules - perhaps that helps, I imagine they must be very refined and tested.
Got a leisurely tactician playthrough up and running (did a blind balanced run first as I had no clue). Got Minthara and Helsin on the books now that I've looked a few things up.
There's a re-spec option rob that you will soon discover - no spoiler, as it's a fundamental game mechanic that can't be missed afaik. So no worries about builds, character etc.
@funkmasterp - come to this thread late. Not really a gamer, but new PC and curious boys, 4 and 5, got me onto Steam and a couple of exploration/puzzle games. King Boo, nice but short. Had a lot of fun playing "A Short Hike" - a very chilled-out exploration/puzzle game. Nice place place to be!
I downloaded Jusant the other day but only had a brief play, will get into it with them. Seems like a controller might be needed, though - left/right mouse clicking for climbing could get boring!
Anyone got any other recommendations for PC/Steam games in the same vein?
Jusant is a DONTNOD outing, the same people who made one of my all-time favourite games, Life Is Strange. I'm less convinced about the £23 price tag for a game with 6-10 hours gameplay so I've wishlisted it for when it's on sale, cheers for the tip.
It's worth picking up a controller. I have a wired Xbox 360 controller with a USB breakaway, it works flawlessly as do most wireless versions it seems. Seems you can get knockoff versions sub-£15 from the usual places. I expect PlayStation controllers to be similar.
Cheers Cougar, I sprung for a wireless XBox earlier after having a poke around. Reviews of the knock-offs I found were a little patchy, and I saw the XBox on sale.
I didn't really check the hours of game play on Jusant - didn't know that was anything to look for! Just looking for kiddie-friendly and well reviewed.
Jusant is on Xbox game pass, I've played it, pretty chill experience.
There's a lot of good stuff on game pass, it's well worth a look, especially if you've not previously bought a lot of games. I think there's a PC only version?
I sprung for a wireless XBox earlier
I use an Xbox one X/S pad for PC, via bluetooth... it just works without much fuss as it's all microsoft, I don't think the 'elite' xbox pads are worth the extra unless you have money to burn!
The analogue sticks can go bad over time if you are too rough/heavy handed with them though - they don't need any force/pressure to operate, but some people seem to wrench them about quite violently!
new PC and curious boys, 4 and 5, got me onto Steam and a couple of exploration/puzzle games. King Boo, nice but short. Had a lot of fun playing “A Short Hike” – a very chilled-out exploration/puzzle game. Nice place place to be!
I downloaded Jusant the other day but only had a brief play, will get into it with them
Jusant reminds me of Journey on the PS3. Different gameplay but similar vibe imo. Steam has so many bargains it can get overwhelming. Unravel two is a nice little co-op puzzler but does get pretty tricky.
Tekken 8 on the 4k projector tonight. Amazing.
Tekken was the only game I had on the original station and now my son my plays it since Tekken 6 (xbox).
Needs a lot practice and button basing aint any good.
Been working through a backlog of wishlist games that I bought when they were on sale but hadnt played.
The Outer Wilds, wow.
Stanley Parable, very very silly - in a good way, only a few hours worth of play but glad I got it.
Titanfall 2, enjoyed the campaign, my lad says MP is good too but I dont really do multiplayer
FF7 remake, I was disappointed when after lots of hours, I hadnt left midgard I realised that its not the whole game. Found live action fights frustrating but once I got into the mechanics, it got a lot better. Decent, looking forward to the second part, assuming it's on PS+
Forbidden west - some massively annoying mechanics/problems and the story hasn't gripped me like zero dawn but Im still working my way through it
Still need to finish shadow of war, good but arguably too big as I have picked it up a few times and sort of petered out. Not touched the DLC/extras
Nier Automata is still waiting...
And I need to get back to the STW:Elite Dangerous club sometime before the new ships get released - assuming they'll have me
I bought Doom Eternal in the current steam sale for under £9. I wasn't sure how well it'd run on my Linux system, but runs perfectly well so far. Had to turn vsync off (I didn't even try playing with vsync on, as just the menu system was very laggy). Wasn't sure if I'd like it much either. I was a fan of Doom I & II, didn't get on with 3, but fared a bit better with Doom 2016.
Doom Eternal though, loving it, lots of FUN! The very first section was epic and took me right back to some of the later levels in Doom 2. The gameplay is manic though, but forces you into it which is kinda what I need to play games like these. So not used to it, can't spend long playing... I'm too young to die (sirromj - age 49 3/4).
