I know we’re already in February, but what are you looking forward to playing this year?
I am currently limited to my PS4 and an older laptop as far as big-screen gaming is concerned, and I am going to be playing some sequels:
- The Witcher II - The 3rd part is more famous but I hear 2 has the better story. I am also one of those who really enjoyed part 1!
- Pillars of Eternity 2 - the first one was so good I can’t wait
- Red Dead Redemption II - which I got for my birthday. It is absolutely HUGE. RDR1 is in my all-time favorite games list.
As for handheld gaming, I have recently gotten a Nintendo DS Lite and a PSP so I will be playing some:
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Deadeus - a 2D horror game that someone recommended on this thread
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Final Fantasy Tactics funnily enough, I never played this! I did enjoy the GBA version a lot though.
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Jeanne D’Arc apparently it is one of the PSP’s best titles.
As someone with a lot of IRL obligations, I will be very happy if I make it through this list.
What is on your list?
As a guy with a lot of real life commitements, I’m hoping I’ll get through:
- Death Stranding
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Half Life: Alyx
- Titanfall 2
… and some recent shorter indies. But if I even finish one of the abovementioned games, I’ll be happy.
Haven’t played Alyx but thought all of the others were excellent. Should be able to get through Titanfall 2, it’s pretty short!
So I’ve heard! Waiting for that kind of Sunday, so I can sit down and do a focused play through. How long do you reckon it is?
howlongtobeat.com says 6 hours for the main story, which sounds about right to me. Maybe on the low end.
Because Cities Skylines 2 is such a letdown I’ve been trying Timberborn and wanna start Songs of Syx. City builders are my staple but it’s been years since I’ve caught the same high as when I played Sim City 4. CS1 was great but SC4 is still the best city builder game ever made IMO.
Tekken 8. I love fighting games too. Street Fighter 6 is great but I fell off that game hard. Capcom is way to slow to do anything with the game. It’s really easy to get bored with it.
After that I really wanna go back and finish BG3. I spent a lot of time in act 1 and barely touched it after that. I don’t know why I dropped it. I was having a blast. I guess that’s ADHD or something.
Have you tried Open TTD? It’s retro AF, and the UI is from 1872, but it’s multiplayer and free.
Yeah, I put many hours into it. It’s a blast.
I wanna platinum Monster Hunter World which might just take all of 2024 alone…
Ratchet and Clank Up your Arsenal. I recently beat a rift apart and loved it and I’ve never beat up your arsenal but started it a dozen times as a kid
I’ve just picked up Resident Evil 2 Remake for cheap, that’ll be the first one. Then I think Last of Us, not played those yet.
There’s no way I’m finishing them all in 1yr, but these are currently on the list (PC/Steam Deck):
- Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
- Subnautica
- American Truck Simulator
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Stardew Valley
- The Witcher 3
- Slay the Spire
- Terraria
I’m about to finish F:NV soon. Took me a while and was a great experience so far. Except for Old World Blues DLC which I really disliked and Honest Hearts (the Zion one) which kept crashing constantly for me so I had to skip it. Otherwise really good and really better than bethesdas F3, true to what everyone said.
I got NV modded up through the Viva New Vegas guide, so hopefully that fixes the crashes for me. Figuring out how to mod it on linux was surprisingly easy too, thanks to the MO2 linux installer on github.
Be careful with Subnautica. I lost 75 hours of my life in the blink of an eye to that game. It’s easily one of the best survival horror adventure games ever made.
Terraria is also up there. Once you play it you never really need to try another side scrolling 2D Minecraft like game again.
Nothing directly. I’ve seen my backlog of 70 or so games, and now my goal for 2024 is to just let go of the feeling that I need to complete games, and just play what I want, when I feel like it.
That being said, I’m trying out Cassette Beasts! Pretty fun so far, though I’m only around an hour in.
Also not a patient gamer for this one, but it’s free so I hope it counts: Fallout: London is a release I’m looking forward to.
I’m finally getting around to Mass Effect. So far I’m really enjoying it. The first time you get to explore what I assume is the main hub, it’s pretty cool.
I also enjoyed The Witcher 1 a few years ago, but was thoroughly disappointed with 2.
Last year I played Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2 and enjoyed both, though I prefer 1.
I played quite a ways through PoE 1 but didn’t finish, but somehow I went through 2 much later and beat the whole game and haven’t been able to beat 1 since, despite restarting the game a bunch. Wish I’d’ve beaten it originally.
The Mass Effect Trilogy is a masterpiece. You’re in for a wild ride!
A friend of mine mentioned he started Persona 3 Reload (which I didn’t even know was a thing until then) so the other day I started P3P on the vita again as I never made it very far before. I was burnt out on the concept after going straight in from a P4G 125 hour game, so this time I’m looking forward to it!
I also have Driver San Francisco that I want to play through again as that game is pretty fucking awesome.
I’m going to give the first Watchdogs game a try.
I may go back and look into some other PSP and Vita games I never played or finished as well. Picking up the vita again after a long time is such a breath of fresh air. It feels so much better in my hands than the heavy and unwieldy steamdeck that I’m reinvigorated to go back to it. After playing an hour of P3 at work today I also still had 90 percent battery on it. I love this little thing!
You mentioning FF: Tactics as well, I was thinking about going back to a Disgaea title but I may try tactics again!
I’d be glad to finish something (anything) from the list:
- Black Mesa
- Pillars of Eternity
- Witcher 2 (replay before 3)
- Witcher 3
- Wasteland 2
- Bioshock
And about 100 more :-D
WarTales is on sale through May on GOG last I checked so I might pick it up. I’m currently midway through Shadow of War and Fallout IV, but I feel like I’ve hit a wall with motivation to play FO4 at least. Oh and trying to finish my Oblivion playthrough. Maybe one day.
Going to try to do more patient gaming this year after last year a certain popular RPG grabbed me for hundreds of hours. I’ve got Atelier Ayesha on deck and thinking about Tokyo Xanadu.
Also considering:
- Horizon Zero Dawn: the Frozen Wilds
- Live a Live
- Midnight Suns
- Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Plus a VN, I think. Either Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice or Higurashi (which I started but hasn’t grabbed me yet). And here’s hoping OP that you starting Final Fantasy Tactics manifests a remaster finally.
Actually, since I heard about four, I also want to play The Witcher 2.
I loved one and three, but something about two just was so plotting that I couldn’t get into it and stopped playing twice after just a few hours.
I really cannot explain it since I got so into the first and third, but I will probably try to play the second one now so that I have the trilogy under my belt.
I think I. Got killed super easily in the beginning of the second one and I had no idea where I was going?
I do remember that the combat was super cool.
Most of Chapter 1 (not the prologue) is just not great. The rest of the game more than makes up for it.
Thanks. I doubt I made it past the first chapter. I was just like what the f*** who cares about any of this. Where’s the story?
And considering how immersive the first and third games were and having so many other great games to play, I was shocked when the second one caught me with such boredom and aimlessness.
I’ll tuck in though, I am still excited at the prospect of having another witcher game to get into at all.
I think I’ll just keep playing DayZ.
Interesting how OP and some people in the comments really liked Pillars of Eternity, and I tried to play it for probably fifth time, and still found it a huge slog. Forced myself to play it for 5ish hours, and despite being an RPG fan, found zero interest in any of the setting or characters, this time giving up on the game forever :/
