Since the normies are starting to do their GotY thing.
I think mine’s Hardspace: Shipbreaker, although 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim continues to grow on me.
Probably Hollow Knight.
Saying Crusader Kings III feels like cheating cause I‘ve just been playing it for a long time.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition (the full trilogy)
Kenshi. Unlimited replayability and modability.
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I also played through this for the first time this year and liked it alot.
The reviews for the game didn’t do it justice. It wasn’t breathlessly paced like the first Mass Effect game (which I liked), but it was really quite fun.
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I’ll share three based on how much I want to play them again soon
- The Last of Us Part 2
- Kena Bridge of Spirits
- Days Gone
Can’t believe the hate that days gone gets. Except for the walking cut scenes fuck them
Autonauts, Astroneer, Factorio, Minecraft. All great games with excellent replay value IMO.
Probably ‘Talos Principle’. I still haven’t finished it though. A tier puzzle game for me. Maybe S tier by the time I finish!
Second one just came out
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Grounded, The Forest.
Good on a steam deck.
Probably Mass Effect Legendary Edition
For me, it’s No Mans Sky. I’ve put a lot of hours into it this year.
I don’t know if it’s the best, but the oldest games I’ve played this year are:
- Montezuma’s Revenge
- Commander Keen
- Zelda (NES)
I’m also looking for an old game I had on a 5" floppy back then… a fast-paced vertical scrolling shootemup/bullet hell, possibly with “Goose” in its name…
That and a Space Invaders-like that sounds like Galaxian, but is not Galaxian…
Similar concept, but possibly from the 90s, and your ship had a retractable claw to catch power-ups, and some sort of vertical sidebar in its UI with your score, wave progress, etc.The last one sounds like Galactix? Screenshot here.
Now that I think about it, that was probably my introduction to shmups. Either that or Axelay, not sure which I played first.
YES! That’s it.
Likely one of my first shmups too.
Thanks a lot, I’ll fire it up in dosbox eventually.B:\GX1.EXE
Toem. I heard it was pretty good but I was surprised how cozy it was to play. A great example of Iyashikei in gaming
I gave Fallout 4 another try recently, after only playing a few hours of it a couple of years back. I ended up getting sucked into it. So far, I’ve only used a couple of quality-of-life mods, like a high FPS fix and allowing Dogmeat to be a companion alongside any other companion, which the game had unimplemented code for.
I’ve tried multiple times to get into this fallout having liked the others from the first but I just hate all that base building crap that it keeps trying to force on you.
Is there a mod to remove all base building quests so I can just ignore that shit?
Try Sim Settlements mod. It doesn’t remove the settlements, but it makes it interesting.
Instead of doing everything yourself, you can plop down plots for different purposes and then the sellers build it themselves over time.
You can also opt for a pre-made town footprint by choosing a settler as mayor.Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check it out and give fallout 4 another try once I’ve finished what I’m playing currently. Having them just do it all themselves sounds much more appealing to me xD
It gave me a reason to wanna check back on settlements because it would change while I was away doing other stuff.
It’s also much less bunker-dorm-with-turrets.There are also mods so that settlers actually defend themselves, cutting down on a lot of babysitting.
Most of the base building quests are completely optional. There is a mod that automates base building, turning it more into something like SimCity. I haven’t tried it out, but it’s a top mod over on the Nexus site.
I’ll have to say Cloud Punk.
A small indie game about a girl starting her courier job in a cyberpunk future.
- The game-play is okayish
- The graphics try to emulate a voxel look and are functional at best.
- The Sound design, music and the full synchronisation make this game exceptional!
The story captured me and together with the audio and visual style kept me playing way into the small hours.
This is a really fun one in my opinion, and I loved the story, characters, and ambiance.
Metro Exodus EE
