Patient Gamers

I just made it to the Iron Keep in Dark Souls 2. Every year or two ill play through the entire Dark Souls series trying out new builds. I'm doing a dex based power stance build this time. I've never done power standing in DS2 before and so far it's going well. I'm using the falchion and scimitar right now, but am likely going to try out rapiers. I did a powerstance rapiers build in Elden Ring and it was incredibly OP but very fun still. Once I get to DS3 I'll go with an INT build, for some reason I've never done that in DS3.

No Man's Sky -I never played it because of the horrible launch, but the devs have been grinding out new content and fixes. There are still some flaws with base building, glitches, etc. But overall its fun to zone out and explore space.

Been continuing my playthrough of bully on ps2 (emulated) since last week. About 35-40% in now. Really enjoying it. Controls are abit clunky and the story can seem a little incoherent at times (eg suddenly a character has disappeared from the school right after doing a mission where he was very much present), but overall it is just alot of fun. Not big on collecting things so wonder what % is needed to complete main story. But got my eyes open to ps2 catalogue now as i never owned this myself and there are lots of gems i have barely or never played before. Was recommended the other ps2-era rockstar games red dead revolver, the warrioes and manhunt last week and i will check those out later.

Intended to play some more neverwinter nights, but didnt find the time. Had a real dnd session tho

Started Last of Us Part 1 a few days ago. Surprisingly fun gameplay for something that looks like generic Sony third person game #23 at first glance. Story is of course excellent so far, as expected.

Game also runs much better than when it released so that's good. Still wouldn't call it a good port but it is passable.

However, Monster Hunter Wilds just came out so I'm going to be not-so-patient-gamer for a while.

Pokémon Soul Silver on melon DS with my daughter.

Just started Tony Hawk 1+2 remake last night. I had THPS2 on pc, but I don’t have any nostalgia for the first have and those stages are bumming me out. I’m thinking I should just skip it and play the THPS2 sections.

Path of Exile, they keep adding new content, and a new season started with alternative character builds (ascendancy).

Prey (2017), killer immersive sim. Reminiscent of System Shock 2 mainly.

I saw the first two Arkham games (in a remaster collection) were $3 on PSN so I bought it and have been tearing the place apart looking for the Riddler's shit in Asylum.

Mirror's Edge, Hades, recently finished Celeste on my new steam deck.

Also a lot of web fishing on my PC

I finished Sleeping Dogs and am pondering whether I want to play the DLCs or move on. I started the first one but I'm not really feeling it.

The game itself was fine, I'm a little less high on it now than I was initially. The story climax committed the same crime RDR2 does - the kill count and utter destruction you cause pull you out of any sort of immersion you might have had. Especially since this is supposed to be an undercover cop story. It's still a fine GTA clone if you like that sort of thing, and at 80% off (like it was recently) it's not a bad deal. Solid 7.5/10 probably.

Neverwinter Nights: there's a new DLC released based on Icewwind Dale which caught my eye so I'm phasing through the beginning campaign first.

I love CRPGs and Dungeons and Dragons but never played this before.

It's OK, plays fine in my PC, Beamdog did the Enhanced Edition treatment on it.

The story is interesting enough but I'm finding that the game is filled with fighting for the sake of it.

I'm not sure I have the patience but I would be interested to try some of the community expansions, someone even remade Eye of the Beholder I & II

I've been playing a bunch of PS2 games thanks to PCSX2. It's fucking awesome. I've finished the first Sly Cooper and I'm halfway through the second now. I'm super excited to play the third one again (the last time I played it I was probably 10-11 years old).

I've also been making my way through the Jak & Daxter games cause of course. After that I'm probably gonna play through the Ratchet& Clank games cause I never did.

Skyrim again

Impatient week for me as I'm trying out as many demos as I can during Steam Next Fest. Will return to Arkane's Prey once it's over, this time for sure I'll finish it!

Due Process, a recently revived tactical shooter that is currently super cheap (<1€) and runs on linux.

I finished The Roottrees are Dead the other day, really enjoyed it. Chill puzzle game with some nice ui elements

I'm currently addicted to Necesse, is a really good settlement builder + dungeon explorer (it's like Terraria and Core keeper had a child) it's still in early access but have a lot of content, is planned to launch this year.

The big thing about this game is that your villagers can work for you on your farm and organizing your items, crafting items and so on...

MiSide. Not very patient, it came out recently. But it’s I expensive and my partner and I LOVED DDLC.

I discovered Brutal Wolfenstein (a Doom II mod that replicates and enhances Wolfenstein 3D) so I've been slaughtering nazi scum for a while.

Marvels Midnight Suns. Really wish it got a sequel but that's not happening. I really enjoy the hangouts and exploring the grounds. And the cat.

After not touching it almost since launch, I've decided to check out The Last Starship again. It's kind of a mix of FTL, Factorio and its own ideas, made by Introversion Software ( folks behind Prison Architect, Darwinia and other titles).
It's developed in early access, with regular and pretty enjoyable updates (just like PA) and is shaping up pretty nicely so far.

I still need to spend some more time diving deeper into all the new stuff added since my last playthrough but it feels just as fun as on launch so far.

Control and Spyro reignited trilogy

Terra Firma Greg and Faster Than Light