I was reminded that I have a copy of Control (2019) that I hadn't touched, so a couple of weeks ago I started playing it. I was really enjoying it for a few hours, but it started to feel a bit repetitive and I haven't been able to get back to it for a few days.

I've picked up Nine Sols again. I like parry games and this is sort of like Hollow Knight meets Sekiro. I couldn't get into Hollow Knight but almost instantly got into Nine Sols, for whatever reason.

Finally getting around to playing Baldur's Gate… the original. I haven't played 3 yet, for some reason I decided I want to play the games in order lol

Nivalis Nights... the visuals and storytelling + tycoon combination is really cool.

I just 100%ed vampire crawlers, and jumped over to cobalt core. Crawlers resonated more with me than the original survivors game, the mechanics are really neat and the game is not afraid to let your power levels grow beyond ridiculous levels.

I bought Monster Hunter Rise as it's currently 90% off on Steam, really enjoying my time with it so far.

Dune: Awakening, doing singleplayer because I have nobody to play online servers eoth and enjoying it a lot

looking forward to the ball x pit dlc soon

Pillars of Eternity with the new turn based combat! I've been waiting for it for a long time!

i've been playing Broken Age and I'm really enjoying it. just started the second act.

Also started ghostrunner 2 But that first boss is unforgiving.

Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom (the OG not the remaster)

Love just cruising through the game with speedrunning strategies and modding it.

I played crow country and i loved it! Right now i dread to install more games because i had a lot of things to do.

I've recently returned to Genshin Impact. My kids played it for years before I decided to give it a chance, because c'mon, Chinese anime gacha game, what could possibly be there for me. Turns out, it has an excellent (and, to my limited knowledge, quite unique) combat system with elemental reactions and diverse enemies to whom you need to adjust your team. It's fully possible to play for free and you can get a big boost for 10€ per month, so not exactly bank breaking. The only real downsides to the game are the long dialogues in the story quests, which keep getting even longer as the story progresses; and at times questionable quality of the writing.

I am enjoying Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries. Ended up restarting the campaign when I went bankrupt in game. Turns out keeping 75% of all the mechs I salvaged was a poor choice. This time I've kept my mech inventory focused, and it is paying off.

I recently got the itch to play Europa Universalis IV again (version 1.30.6 because I don't own the later expansions), so I'm on my second try to build the glorious Dutch trading empire.

Going through LocoMoto. A small Sweedish game. Came out in 2025, and thr studio was promptly closed.

Cute game. You, a legitimate anthropomorphised animal, drive a train around, kinda like Zelda Spirit Tracks. Do quests, cart people around in your train, solve mysteries... really chill music as well.

I was down with the flu for a week, so I a) started Broken Sword...for REAL this time. b) charged up my 3DS for the first time in years and am just playing a lot of CrossworDS Plus or whatever.

Tonight I started Pokemon Heartgold, but I can't lie, didn't play them back in the day and don't understand the appeal. I'm going to try though.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Game Dev Tycoon, Football Tactics.

American Truck Simulator!

It's exactly what it sounds like. You drive a truck. You make deliveries. Beautiful scenery, relaxing drives, plus some challenge when it comes time to back up to the loading dock. It's really chill and it's awesome.

(There's also Euro Truck Simulator 2 which is literally the exact same game but in Europe, if that's more your thing.)

-- Frost

Ace Combat 8 and Mortal Shell 2

Z.o.t.a.

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Z.a.t.o

I played through BrokenLore: LOW recently. I thought it would be another one of those crappy horror games made in an hour, but this one was actually alright. I even went ahead and platinum'ed the achievements.

I've also enjoyed making chemicals in Alembic. Making a big canister of fluorine gas and dropping pure cesium into it is fun.

I also played through the demo of Misohagi Crossing recently. The dev is a Japanese person branching into the Western market, so I gave it a look.

I signed up for the Undershroom Playtest. I found the idea of being chased by those jaw figurines dentists have to be hilarious.

I've also dabbled in playing some AI games and H games recently. Most of the AI games are simply crap, though I did play a demo of one that showed promise.

I just finished Pragmata (had to speedrun the last few levels to fit in Control: Resonant, which I feel bad about - but I'd had C:R preordeted for ages and love anything from Remedy... Anyway, I digress.)

Pragmata I thought was good, and Capcom deserve some credit. An actual new IP, a genuinely fun and different game mechanic, visually looks good - and is bright and striking rather than regulation brown - and was just good fun to play. My only criticism would be that the dialogue/plotting felt like it was kinda rushed - like they skipped a couple of chapters and you go from "just met" to "devoted partners" in one scene and missed the plot/character development needed to get from A to B. I feel bad saying it though, because it's a decent and topical plot and has some genuinely affecting moments.

Credit where due; I hope it does OK because God knows it's hard enough to find games doing anything new these days.

Ballest. It's track mania but with a marble. Time trial courses. Small-ish community so world records are kinda possible to achieve. And it's like 3 bucks or something and being updated.

I played ballxpit for a bit, I'm playing Deadly Days Roadtrip right now, it's a survivor with a backpack leveling mechanic

I'm currently quiet busy with other stuff and don't play too much. I mostly play older games, a few years old or even retro. Recently played Civilization 4, because that's one of the favorites in the series, so I wanted to see how it compares to the other games in series. I also started playing racing simulation on PC. Automobilista 2 is probably the best game for single players, as I'm not interested in playing online (yet). The twist for myself is, that I started playing with gyro controls, which gives it a whole new life to racing games. Maybe I buy a wheel soon! This sales event in Steam made my Pile of Shame even bigger; it's out of control.

And then there are the emulated retro games I'm going back to and try Mods and Romhacks out in RetroArch for various systems. Currently doing patches for 16 bit 90's console games such as Super Nintendo and Mega Drive / Genesis. Edit: Ah I forgot. A few days ago installed Quiver Launcher, that handles downloads and install of decompiled or recompiled games for PC. Playing F-Zero native on PC is something else.

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Did something went wrong here or is this intentional? I find it hilarious to link the last letter only. :D No need to change, just asking, it's quiet funny. BTW Spawnwave is my favorite Gaming related news channel for many years now. :-) (Besides Mr. Sujano for Retro news.)

I've been enjoying Wasteland 2 on my Xbox, and Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor on my phone.

final fantasy 1 and dog witch

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. I am going really slowly and playing one chapter of each story at a time before switching to the next one. I like the map exploration aspect a lot.