Games

Dyson Sphere program, BF 2042 and Helldivers mostly

I'm flicking between Arkham Knight (where I remembered why I don't like the game), Deus Ex (where I kinda think I know why I don't like the game) and Shattered Pixel Dungeon (where I almost don't know why I stopped playing the game).

Finally beat Peaks of yore. Or rather, I saw credits. I still have three mountains to climb, the last of which I'll probably never bother with.

For those curious, peaks of yore is a mountain climbing game taking place in the late 1800s. It's not a frustration machine like getting over it, but it is challenging and occasionally unforgiving. You play in first person and you spend a lot of time looking up at your hands, but it really works and gameplay feels tight. If you fall, it was your fault.

At the start you have beginner peaks. Small hills more or less. Then you take on bouldering, and eventually the advanced peaks which take longer and are much more difficult. Beat enough and you get a ticket north to face a several mile high peak that takes hours to summit. You don't need to summit everything to see credits.

If any of you are up for something of a unique game that can make you feel like a climbing god on an advanced peak summit, give peaks of yore a shot.

Hades 2 Early access! Got it as soon as it shadow dropped on Steam.

Even though it's in early access and the ending won't be revealed until launch, there's already so much content I'm having a blast playing it already.

Just word of caution, the game obviously is still incomplete. There are unfinished artwork all around, navigating menus with a controller can be clunky occasionally, and imo the game balance really needs to be tuned. Hence early access for Supergiant to receive player feedback. With so much more game mechanic to choose from compared to the first game, I feel like the boon upgrades are spread a little too thin to boost enough base weapon damage to carry into later regions. Or maybe I'm just bad at the game idk haha.

If you want the complete experience from start to finish, I would recommend you wait, and it's okay to do so.
But, if you can live with the downsides of early access, and don't mind spoiling yourself before launch, Hades 2 is a good time now. I'd encourage anyone who are playing it now to actively give feedback to make this the best game on launch!

Finishing up Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. I wish it were polished, but it's still thoroughly scratching the Suikoden itch.

Balatro off my friends steam library. Has been a surprisingly addictive game. People's descriptions of it didn't make me want to play, it was watching her play that got me hooked :)

I just got platinum for stellar blade. Loved the combat and side kick Lily is so adorable. Still have some clothes to unlock, but I'll come back for that later. Maybe they'll add something to come back for.

Also been sucked into playing Balatro, argh. Just... One... More... Round...

I've finally began to play Palworld, which was on my bucket list for a while. I'm still a noob that's level 8, and I don't know how to make my pals in my base do specific tasks (planting instead of grazing)

Started Final Fantasy IX again, with the Moguri Mod, and thoroughly enjoying this trip down memory lane.

Now that I'm older I appreciate the themes found in this game in a way 12 year old me most certainly couldn't.

I got to the second map in Divinity: Original Sin. I'm really enjoying it, though it's a bit more combat heavy than Baldur's Gate 3, and that combat is more punishing, especially at lower levels.

I'm still finishing up DLC in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire on my second playthrough in turn-based mode. Obviously I've enjoyed this game enough to immediately do a second lap through it in a new mode, but I am now starting to run out of steam.

I started playing The Thaumaturge. It's a really interesting setting, and the combat has a timeline for its turn system, which makes it fun to pick attacks based on how fast they come out. It's a little shallower than I was expecting, both in terms of combat and outside of combat, but it's hard to say that I've played a game like this before so far.

I'm also trying to finish up Titan Quest in co-op with a friend of mine. This was my first real attempt to get into a loot game in a long time, and I did find a taste for it this time. Titan Quest itself is fairly dated in a lot of ways, but I'm enjoying it, and we're coming up on the end of the base game. With V Rising having just launched, we might just call it on Titan Quest after the base game and move on, and we'll be ready for Titan Quest II, which may be releasing later this year.