Another week another thread!
What have you all been playing this week? Anything you’re particularly looking forward to in the short term?
Lots of overtime sapping my will and time to play games.
Got back to Minecraft - probably not for long as it was mostly something to fill the time rather than a real need to play it again. It’s a good game for that anyway.
Besides that, I got a craving for some good old PSP fun and jumped on two games there - Pangya: Fantasy Golf & Ridge Racer 2.
Despite the fact I don’t really care about golf (neither real nor in video game form), Pangya is pretty fun. Nice graphics, simple but enjoyable gameplay. Just started so I’m curious how difficult it’ll get later on.
As for Ridge Racer 2… played A LOT of it when I was younger, never finished it though. Still as good as remember. I’m also surprised how much of the game stuck with me - guess I had way more fun with it then I thought.
Horizon Forbidden West - don’t like it as much as the first but I’m determined to finish it before moving on to something else
I’ve been seeing a lot of good stuff about Baldur’s Gate 3, but for a variety of reasons a bunch of other CRPGs I’ve played haven’t clicked with me. So, since I owned Divinity: Original Sin 2, I decided to pull that back out and focus on it for a bit to see if it got my attention this time. The very early start up trying to break out of the fort is a bit rough, but once you get past that it gets compelling fast. The tactics play out really enjoyably, and I really find it enjoyable to take bigger encounters, if I get stomped, and figure out the optimal positioning I can set myself up in to beat the odds on the next try. After a good few too many hours I’m finally off the first island and it’s starting to open up for real.
This might have convinced me to the BG3 first and save Starfield for a while, even though that and FF16 both look damn good too.
I’m admittedly playing Honkai: Star Rail, and do so daily, although I’m just waiting for new story content so it’s just dailies.
besides that, I’ve been thinking of playing Pillars of Eternity, and hoping it would click for me this time. I struggle with focusing on one game, and will normally skip around, but I want to get better about that.
lastly, I’m really wanting to get Baldur’s Gate 3, and Jagged Alliance 3. I know BG3 isn’t out of early access yet, so I’m waiting, but Jagged Alliance 3 looks fun af, and I’ve heard lots of good things from a family member about the series.