What other games are we all playing?

[HRDiagram]

Mass Effect 3 - my first playthrough ever. The game sat on my virtual shelf for over 6 years. I had to dig out an old hard drive to find my ME2 save for import. But it's actually pretty cool.

I will never surrender
we'll free the Earth and sky
crush my heart into embers
and I will reignite!

If you have the DLCs, make sure to play the Citadel DLC after you've unlocked all your companions.
If you like the ME lore and the characters, the whole DLC is hilarious.

 

[Kayvan]

I suppose that's exactly where I am at the moment -- met Javik, Ash and Garrus so far, let's see who else is there. ^^

 

[HRDiagram]

I suppose that's exactly where I am at the moment -- met Javik, Ash and Garrus so far, let's see who else is there. ^^

Javik is the best!
A re-play of ME3 is worth it just to have him on every assignment: his trolling cold logic lines are a treasure trove of comedy!

 

[Kayvan]

When he blathers on about his Prothean supremacist bullsh- I want to ask him "Really, how did that work out for you?"

 

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Lvl 17 RoguenTrader. I've surpassed the point previous playthroughs stopped at. The issue with this game is that you get overlevelled enemies. A common practice but can handle. But RT gives you also enemies with damage negation and you can do nothing about it. All the armour debuffs are useless when enemies have negation stacks and you dont have anything to deal with it. Kinda frustrating. I have tried keeping an eye out to level charracters todeal with it buthavent seen any such talents or perks. Weapons drop poorly. One playthrough I had a plasma rifle - this time it's nought. Melee still decent but wild variation in damage. Even when I expect some damage negationI still deal too much minimal damage events.
There is a pretty extensive list of bugged perks - I cant be bothered to track it all.
I'm pretty in forthe story, but if the game keeps giving me only rubbish I'll have to give up.
Played some Warhammer 40K Gothic armada to blow up stuff for the Emperor. I think sometimes games dont get playtested anymore. By real people, I mean - not company yesmen.

 

[amigacooke]

Another dash of Civ 6, still finishing Skyrim and even gathering some ARX and on the Michael Brookes trail (I know it's not another game strictly, but it has been for me recently).

 

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Another dash of Civ 6, still finishing Skyrim and even gathering some ARX and on the Michael Brookes trail (I know it's not another game strictly, but it has been for me recently).

While I liked the general approach and artstyle in Civ6 I never really figured out how to build cities and put which districts. The problem is the interdependencies of buildings and districts. And what is good in stone age might be worthless in future. And so I tend not to build stuff that will go outdated.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

Note: Down To Earth Astronomy has put out his very last "Hello Dave" video. Just one more vid on his channel, before he takes a three month break. After his return, he will be on his new channel, "Cosmic Curiosity". It will be focused on astronomy and space.

 

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Sister Argenta has finally evolved into a house cleaner. The build seems to work - a miracle of the God-Emperor. I did the battle I bailed before pretty much by storm. After that a boss with the dreaded negation. So how you break through is big damage and Argent can stack up crits. Her bolter bursts become more potent simply doing damage. Add overpen and you seem to get a killing machine. Beware friendly fire.

 

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..... Beware friendly fire.

Or don't? She has become "acccurate". I guess there is still a risk for wild shots. This is pure dakka. Any other party member pales in comparison. Everyone else sucks now. Melee has become tactical blocker useful minions to the mistress of Death - the killer is Argenta. Officers speed up her ascension - they may live on yet. If there is anything that would give the Emperor the final killing blow - it's watching Argenta in a killing spree. Why is this game called Rogue Trader? It's about Argenta. I think I'm in love. I wanna get a stop to my heartbeat like the Emperor while gazing at Argenta's ever exponentially scaling damage trance.
Did I mention that I always liked silver?

 

[Hank]

disclaimer: I know zero(0) of WH other than I like the way it looks. So I checked out Argenta and yes, she's white hot imho. (but then, I'm old and like gray/white hair ... hehe)
Looks like I will spend a lot of time with GHPC, with some SB2 fighting for game time, and a little x4/sd2 thrown in for deviation)
GL HF

 

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disclaimer: I know zero(0) of WH other than I like the way it looks. So I checked out Argenta and yes, she's white hot imho. (but then, I'm old and like gray/white hair ... hehe)
Looks like I will spend a lot of time with GHPC, with some SB2 fighting for game time, and a little x4/sd2 thrown in for deviation)
GL HF

I can tell you that most part of her hotness comes from the amount of primers igniting the bullet propellant.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

Rogue Trader I tried to make Cassia into mind control but the mileage is poor. A confusion spell meant to incite enemy infighting resulted in enemies shooting me. Thx Cass.
A stupid encounter resulted in a party wipe - only Rainier, Rogue Trader, left standing and after methodical use of a thunder hammer saving the day. Memorable.
A horde rush afterwards was quickly contained by Idora and Argenta.

 

[Eminor]

So nearly another year over. What games you'all been playing this year ?

For me:

• Days Gone (9/10). Doesn't get the recognition it deserves, I think. Nice open world feel. Good characters and story. Survival, bikers, zombies. What's not to like ?
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (8.5/10). Good story and graphics; atmospheric. Loved the ending. Combat had a nice flow.
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (8.5/10). It's just a classic...
• Fallout 4 (8.5/10). Another huge open world classic.
• Code Vein (8/10). Anime/Soul's like/Vampires (sort of).
• Cloudpunk (8/10). Voxel graphics meets bladerunner or perhaps 5th Element.
• Batman the Arkham Trilogy (Asylum, City, Knight). (8/10). Polished and fun games.
• Citizen Sleeper (7/10). Interesting game, but probably not really my thing.

 

[Darkfyre99]

Let's see... for me, besides Elite Dangerous, I've played, in no particular order:

• Space Engineers
• Empyrion Galactic Survival
• Rimworld
• Minecraft
• Kerbal Space Program
• Starfield
• Fallout 4
• Fallout Shelter
• Plague Inc
• FTL
• Subnautica
• Clue
• Golf (the one played in the outdoors)
• Beat Saber
• Survivng Mars
• Planet Crafter
• Don't Starve
• Civilization 4
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
• Warlords
• Evil Genius

 

[Mole HD]

So nearly another year over. What games you'all been playing this year ?

For me:

• Days Gone (9/10). Doesn't get the recognition it deserves, I think. Nice open world feel. Good characters and story. Survival, bikers, zombies. What's not to like ?
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (8.5/10). Good story and graphics; atmospheric. Loved the ending. Combat had a nice flow.
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (8.5/10). It's just a classic...
• Fallout 4 (8.5/10). Another huge open world classic.
• Code Vein (8/10). Anime/Soul's like/Vampires (sort of).
• Cloudpunk (8/10). Voxel graphics meets bladerunner or perhaps 5th Element.
• Batman the Arkham Trilogy (Asylum, City, Knight). (8/10). Polished and fun games.
• Citizen Sleeper (7/10). Interesting game, but probably not really my thing.

I've played way too many games over the last year to even begin listing them...but Days Gone is one of my favourites too, played it first on the PS4 then again when it was ported over to PC...still pop back on it every now and then to remind myself just how good it is. The sheer mass of those zombie hordes are just awesome...until they catch you that is

 

[Arioch]

Hmm, I think I’d better list my 2023 played games by system:
PC

• Elite Dangerous Odyssey VR
• Starfield
• SkyrimVR*
• Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod*
• iL-2 Flying Circus VR
• Fallout New Vegas
• Kerbal Space Program

Quest 2 & 3

• Into The Radius*
• Warhammer 40k Battle Sister*
• Beat Saber
• Assassin’s Creed Nexus
• Red Matter 2
• Doom 3*
• Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast*

Switch

• Zelda Breath of the Wild
• Boltgun
• Quake II Remaster
• Rogue Trooper Redux
• Star Ocean First Departure R

Anbernic RG353V

• Golden Sun 1&2 (GBA)*
• Chrono Trigger (SNES)*
• Space Hulk Vengeance of the Blood Angels (3DO)

Android

• Elite Legend (ZX Spectrum 128k)
• Frontier Elite 2 (MSDOS)
• Final Fantasy VII (PS1)(“Beacause” Retranslation)*
• Might & Magic Clash of Heroes*

iOS

• The Lords of Midnight (started on the winter solstice!)

Cardboard

• The Lord of the Rings LCG
• The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game
• Space Hulk Death Angel

*actually completed the game/main quest, though I’m still playing some of them.

Skyrim & Cyberpunk have taken up the lion’s share of my playtime - in previous years it would easily have been ED but the continuing annoyance from various bugs means I only check the game out post-patches to see if they’ve been fixed, or to find out what new thing has been broken (spot shadows last time).

 

[Comandante]

Well, it's Christmas.

So that means between now and boxing day the Atari 2600 comes out.

Games we'll play:

• Pacman
• River Raid
• Combat
• Polaris
• Empire Strikes Back

There's also Haunted House and ET - yes, an ET that didn't make it to the skip. I am sure there's some other games but cannot think of them right now...

All games still boxed with instructions, as is the Atari.

I think that must mean that around 40 years ago I woke up on Christmas day to own my very first ever (and only) console. And it's still going

 

[Ozric]

A lot of gaming highlights for me this year aren't from this year as I've got around to playing them later. But I did also buy the Hellblade special edition. It's a game I always loved the look of, but I really wasn't in the right mental place to play it when it came out, and it's only recently that I've started to feel ready to give it a go. I haven't started it yet, but maybe next week. I do want to play it before the sequel comes out next year.

Really enjoyed the PC port of Returnal. Fantastic game, best PC port of a game I've played too.
Jedi Survivor
Diablo IV
Everspace 2
Zelda TotK
(probably a couple of others)

But the two highlights for me were Dave the Diver, and Dredge.

Dave the Diver is absolutely mental game that I thought was going to be like Scuba Dive on the Spectrum, with a bit of restaurant management on the side. But it turned out to be the basic principles of lots of different game types expertly woven together. And just when you think it can't get any more insane they give you a Tamagotchi...

Dredge is a Lovecraftian fishing game. It's brilliantly made and perfectly atmospheric, can't recommend it enough.

Then the other week Dave the Diver announced they were doing a DLC collaboration with Dredge. Which adds bits from the game, including aberrated fish, new recipes, weapons and characters from Dredge. And it's free! So I started playing through Dave the Diver again


Really looking forwards to Elden Ring DLC next year, and Horizon Forbidden West coming to PC.

and ET - yes, an ET that didn't make it to the skip.

My Auntie had that game, it was bizarre and pretty terrible

So nearly another year over. What games you'all been playing this year ?

For me:

• Days Gone (9/10). Doesn't get the recognition it deserves, I think. Nice open world feel. Good characters and story. Survival, bikers, zombies. What's not to like ?
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (8.5/10). Good story and graphics; atmospheric. Loved the ending. Combat had a nice flow.
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (8.5/10). It's just a classic...
• Fallout 4 (8.5/10). Another huge open world classic.
• Code Vein (8/10). Anime/Soul's like/Vampires (sort of).
• Cloudpunk (8/10). Voxel graphics meets bladerunner or perhaps 5th Element.
• Batman the Arkham Trilogy (Asylum, City, Knight). (8/10). Polished and fun games.
• Citizen Sleeper (7/10). Interesting game, but probably not really my thing.

Cloudpunk is a fantastic game that more people need to play!

 

[Arioch]

But I did also buy the Hellblade special edition. It's a game I always loved the look of, but I really wasn't in the right mental place to play it when it came out, and it's only recently that I've started to feel ready to give it a go.

I played the VR version last year - possible one of the most disturbing games I’ve ever played. The use of audio to make the constant voices sound as if they are just behind you was almost overwhelming. There’s also a part when Senua looks behind her because she senses someone there, walks towards you, finally makes eye contact and reaches out to touch you before she is distracted by a noise and is one of those stand-out VR moments that really stuck in my memory.