Gaming

I held off on Cyberpunk since even after the performance and bug issues were mostly fixed, I kept hearing complaints about stats and upgrade systems. I heard the next update is going to make a ton of changes and fix the gameplay, but I decided to buy the game now and play a bit so I can see the before/after.

According to steam I have 4 hours in-game, but really that was 2 hours of tweaking settings to try and fix a stuttering issue that made the game unplayable. Turns out my mouse being set to 1000hz polling was the problem; lowered my mouse to 500hz and the game runs smoothly. That has never been a problem for me in any Unity or Unreal game, if RedEngine can't support 1000hz the least they could do is add a popup to tell me that's what the issue is so I don't waste time toggling every setting and reinstalling drivers for no reason. After that I spent like an hour customizing my character, and in the hour in which I was actually playing the game I made my way through some of the intro/tutorial missions.

Not a good experience starting out, but I'm hoping to have enough time this week to finish the intro stuff and finally be able to run around the city.

I'm trying Red Faction Guerrilla again cause I couldn't get into it before cause I remember the start being fine but somewhere later on i just dropped off cause i wasn't sure if was very hard or just me not playing the game right

I've been playing Dishonored 2 on my Steam Deck. Played the original for the first time and went through in a pretty non-stealthy high chaos way, so I'm trying to go for a low chaos playthrough here.

I also grabbed Cassette Beasts on sale, so I've put a few minutes into that and I'm enjoying the 3D with 2D sprites aesthetic that I loved so much in the NDS Pokemon game

Killing Floor 2. If anyone is looking for a chill game to genuinely shut your brain off, it couldn't be more perfect imo.

Still trucking away at Tears of the Kingdom. Looking forward to Final Fantasy XVI in a few days! The demo was amazing.

The Elder Scrolls Online. I dig the new Arcanist class, and I also have a Nightblade that has a jackal as his pet. Both are fun.

Diablo 4 ! The grind is more fun with a team

Spider-Man Remastered on Steam. I haven't played a Spider-Man game since the original. It was/is on sale. It's really fun, but it does have performance problems.

Halo, BOTW, eventually TOTK.

Gotta enjoy my life before university starts again...

Amnesia: The Bunker.

Excellent game. Minimally annoying sometimes, but it's worth it. I play it differently than other games to improve the experience: I have a printed map of the bunker (with markings, coloring to mark where I was and where it's safe and a legend), a small music stand lamp (to see the map, the room is otherwise dark) and a piece of paper to write down to-do's and general things to remember. That makes it even more fun, while further making this game a bit more playable for cowardly-me. :D

If anyone plays this game, you need to try that out! It really feels different than "just playing" a game or this game in particular. Try to mix things up so you can have as much fun too!

The new Aliens game looks interesting. I've had this xcom itch for a long time, hopefully this will be able to scratch it

Kena Bridge of Spirits. I'm so glad I tried this game. It's quite good. The gameplay is similar to Horizon Zero Dawn and the story line touches the heart. I grabbed it free using PS plus premium.

My friend group has been enjoying the new update to Dead by Daylight. It's a pretty big game on a lot of consoles and pc platforms, but for anyone who hasn't seen it: it's a horror-movie inspired game, even featuring famous licensed movie and video game characters, that plays out as an asymmetric 4v1 type of tag/hide and seek. The new update adds a rogue AI killer and a space colonist survivor, but many different themes and tropes all come together in DbD. it's a fun casual experience, but unlocking things can take a long time and mastery comes very slowly

Been working my way through Immortals Fenix Rising and having a lot of fun. Wondering what others think of it, but i like the cartoon style and the general attitude of the game. Narrators are fun, combat has enough teeth, and the loop of foraging/ questing/ upgrading is pretty satisfying.

All I really saw were a few youtube videos before deciding to pick it up on a deep sale and its turning out to be a great $11.

Currently playing simcity 4 rush hour and Fantasian. Waiting for the upcoming release of cities: skyline II

I've been playing Lumencraft this week, it's a top-down shooter/base-builder/tower defence game, or as I described it to my friend, "Factorio without the factory".

• Dungeon Traveler 2(Glad this game finally got a PC port and was freed from its Vita prison)
• Street Fighter VI
• Armored Core

I'm trying out Kartrider: Drift. So far it seems fun, but not as easy as one may think.

System Shock. I'm really enjoying it so far even though the difficulty can be punishing. Kinda reminds me of Bioshock mixed with Metroid Prime. The Bioshock connection is obvious, but I never figured Metroid Prime to be influenced by System Shock.