SterlingEyes

I finished Blue Prince yesterday (which was fantastic) so have now moved onto Oblivion.

I’ve fallen off Skyrim multiple times over the years but this one is starting to click. I’m just wandering around doing the occasional side quest and levelling up at the moment. Not really sure what I’m doing but exploring the mines and dungeons is fun nonetheless.

@lazarus11 yeah, I’m not planning on rushing through it. I just have a tendency to not give complex games enough time before moving on or getting distracted by the shiny new game that just came out. That’s why I’m making myself stick to it.

Great run of games lately. Just finished blue prince, need to finish oblivion then will pick this up (I’m trying hard to stick with oblivion having impulse purchased it despite not being a fan of Skyrim and having never enjoyed any Bethesda games before)

My backlog is getting ridiculous and it’s overwhelmed me so all I’m doing is playing ten mins of a game, getting fomo and going back to Balatro.

To counter this, I’ve made myself a list to play through.

First up is Lords of the Fallen which drew me back with the new update as I gave up originally because it was a bit janky.

I have preordered but I'm not sure whether to keep it yet. I have a steam deck and ps5 and I don't think I can justify all three.

If they'd launched this with a stronger game lineup and less terrible pricing it would be a no brainer to keep, but its hard to beat steams game pricing.

I've got too many games on the go at the moment - I'm struggling to focus! The steam spring sale certainly hasn't helped.

But, I am slowly making my way through Divinity Original Sin 2 on PS5 and thoroughly enjoying it.

I've been working my way through It Takes Two with my wife for months. She only plays in 10-20 min chunks and gets bored easily. She also struggles with the camera controls so I'm not sure how she'll get in with this one but ill pick it up anyway. Looks amazing.

I bought dragon age veilguard on steam deck and couldn’t get into it - the graphics were just way to blurry in order to get a decent frame rate. I’ll probably give it another go on ps5

I'm struggling a bit with kingdom come deliverance 2 - not because I don't like it, but because its the kind of game I need a couple of hours to sit and get into.

So, I picked up Cult of the Lamb which is a nice pick up and play game for when I only have half an hour gaming time.

Mostly puttering around in divinity original sin 2. Everytime I think about playing kingdom come deliverance 2 I realise I don't have time for a longer play session and its not the kind of game I can dip in and out of.

@DennisReynolds I knew it was fixed! Oh boy, some heads are going to roll! 🤣

I’m still trying to figure everything out. Struggling with combat and navigation and… well, everything… But, I’m enjoying the struggle.

This is going to be one of those games that I either give up on after 20+ hours or it will take over my life 😂

Also, loving the dice game but I swear it’s fixed!

Kingdom come deliverance 2. Loving it so far, although losing over an hours progress last night was pretty annoying. I need to remember to save more often!

I’m in a bit of a gaming drought at the moment - not because there’s nothing to play, but because I can’t get into anything.

I might put another hour or two into dragon age veilguard later.

I’m disappointed to hear that. I absolutely loved Celeste. I’m hoping we don’t have to wait another 5+ years for whatever comes next.

Dragon age veilguard, but I’m not in love so far. One hour bursts seem to be enough.

Helldivers 2 was so much fun. I put nearly 100 hours in when it first came out and have never laughed so much playing a game. It was hilarious with friends but almost as good with randoms.

I only played it for a couple of months and doubt ill go back to it, but it was fantastic whilst it lasted.

Yakuza zero, veilguard, and kingdom come deliverance.

I'm off to Thailand on new years eve and have been saving echoes of wisdom for the flight. Can't wait to get stuck into that.

The only one I've played is dragons dogma 2 which seems to be getting a lot of love in these awards. Maybe I'll give one of the others a go, but it seems to have been a slow year for open world adventures.

If DD2 is an action game, does that mean DA Veilguard is too? If so, that would probably get my vote. I gave up on DD2 about halfway through - it just never quite clicked for me.

I voted for space marine 2

Metaphor refantazio demo amd DA veilguard. I need to stop buying games

Finished work today and I'm not back for 4 Weeks! Off to Thailand to train Muay Thai for two weeks on new years eve and have family descending on me on monday.

I've downloaded the Metaphor Refantazio demo and if I enjoy that, it'll be my main game over the holiday. I might take my switch to Thailand with me as I've yet to take Echoes of Wisdom out of its wrapper and it seems like a good in-flight entertainment option.

Surprised that GTA 6 isn't winning by a large margin at this point!

I haven’t played Helldivers 2 since the summer but had to give it GoTY because of how many hours I put into it and how much fun it was to play with friends/strangers.

Balatro number 2

Oh, and Okami! I loved the original!

I’ve not watched the show but I’m looking forward to Elden ring and the new game from the makers of It Takes Two

I don’t often play online multiplayer games because I’m not a huge fan of shooting games. The exception being Helldivers 2 which I played a ton of with friends and loved for the first couple of months it was out.

This sounds like the perfect game for me - I love from software games so putting that world and game mechanics into something I can play with friends sounds amazing.

I finished lies of p last night. Absolutely loved it - it’s one of the best games I’ve played that isn’t by From Software.

Currently flipping between games trying to find something I want to stick with. I’m playing Rogue Trader at the moment but there’s just nothing out there that compares to BG3.

I’m trying to persuade my wife to do a co-op run in BG3 but I don’t think she’s interested unfortunately. Still, I’ll persevere!

Trying to finish lies of p but it’s getting brutal towards the end.

Also, shogun showdown, which is terrifyingly addictive!

I’m excited to play this but waiting for a price drop.

Edit: I’ve just seen it’s on gamepass and I have 6 months free Xbox streaming with my broadband provider so this might have jumped up the list.

Oh, and undisputed!

I’m also considering another playthrough of BG3

I’m like a kid with ADHD at the moment…

Space marine 2
Lies of P
Wasteland 3
Stardew Valley

I’d play it because any excuse is a good one, but totally unnecessary.

I’ve only played Balatro, Erdtree and Astro Bot. I’d probably give it to Astro. I put so many hours into Balatro but it just doesn’t feel like GoTY and Erdtree (whilst amazing) was DLC.

I’m all over the place at the moment, flitting between various game. Space Marine 2, Lies of P, Titanfall 2, and Stardew Valley being the main ones!

I’ve been playing remnant 2 and titanfall on steam deck but I plan to finally finish Astro bit today.

I keep falling off this game for some reason. I’ve bought it on PS and on steam. After falling in love with BG3 I was sure I would get into this but for some reason it just doesn’t pull me in the same way.

Remnant 2 at the moment. I'm only a few hours in, but it's fantastic so far. It's crazy hard, though! (not sure if I'm even playing it right, to be honest)

Since buying a steam deck I’ve been unable to focus on any particular game. This weekend I will be dabbling with:

undisputed
Shadow of war
DQ11
Star view Valley
Remnant: from the ashes
And probably a few others…

I’ve been flitting between games for the last few weeks. This weekend will see me getting my ass handed to me in Undisputed.

I loved mine, but sold it recently because I bought a steam deck. The Portal screen was so good and having the full dual sense experience was great but I couldn’t justify keeping both.

Remote play on steam deck is actually a little smoother.

Astro Bot and DQ11

Dragon Quest 11 for the first time. I played the demo when it came out and enjoyed it, but a friend completed it recently and raved about it so I bought it on Steam last week. Loving it so far.

I have a new steam deck and echoes of wisdom so the ps5 is having a rest.

I’ve actually just started Dragon Quest 11 which I’m loving so far.

I almost bought WWE yesterday so I'm glad I held fire. Interested in Dead Space 2, too.

Sub title in this article is a bit weird though, guys.

GoT is the best open world game Ive ever played (that wasn't made by Nintendo)

Super excited for this one!

I seem to be in the minority on this one.

It felt like they announced nothing except remastered and old game re-releases. It felt like an end of generation promo.

They pulled me back in with the sequel to GoT (my favourite ever open world game) but overall this was disappointing.

I'm also happy for 2k24 on plus because I almost bought that in the steam sale earlier today 😂

I've just bought a steam deck so I’ll be playing with that. pillars of Eternity and Persona 5 are loaded and ready to go.

I'm also surprised to find it runs remote play better than the portal and connects faster so that will probably be going on Marketplace next week.

LOVE the controllers and Portal!

I’ve just bought a steam deck but if I hadn’t I would have traded in my portal for the new one