I have to get back into Hollow Knight to get ready for Silksong, it is a need I feel in my bones
I never replay games (except for roguelites which are obviously intended to be played repeatedly); but I’ve replayed Hollow Knight twice and it’s been pure joy each time.
Battleblock Theater and Noita, but I’m having trouble with controller support for the latter. It doesn’t seem to work on Steam Deck when it’s docked.
Enjoying Powerwash Simulator on my SteamDeck this week, it’s the perfect game to chill and listen to podcasts as you play.
Also been enjoying Skate 3 on the PS3, I’m pretty close to completing the game so have been working on the last few challenges.
Do you use the Steam Deck to listen to your podcasts? What’s your setup?
Yep! I installed Spotify and Plexamp in desktop mode and added them as a Non-Steam apps. Then in gaming mode I just open the game and my audio player of choice simultaneously!
Ah good to know. I only got my Steam Deck recently and haven’t figured everything out. I was too busy playing games 😀
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is currently 30 % off. Haven’t played much so far.
Space Engineers
Ares at War scenario with Industrial Overhaul and Weapon Core to make everything as complicated as possible
I’m playing the first ratchet and clank on rpcs3.
I remember playing that almost a decade ago. Got a lot of nostalgic memories of it.
Jade Empire, baby! Finally got back around to it. I usually return to this game every so often but this is my first time playing it on a steam deck. Pretty easy control customization straight out of the box in the game itself. Also the first time playing it with gamepad in a while so lots of nostalgia from my old Xbox days.
Ooh I love that game. Definitely the most underrated Bioware game. Ever played with the Jade Empire In Style mod?
Dope lol definitely gonna check it out.
I love the changes, the new fighting styles and the new way of learning new styles. Definitely makes the game feel fresh again and it’s hard to go back after trying it!
This is THE Bioware game for me, I love it so much. I remember teaching myself how to rip music from video game files because the soundtrack of this game was my JAM.
RIP Bioware, wish we got a sequel to this before you got sucked into EA hell :')
I know it doesn’t exactly fit the criteria, but it’s had a few sales. I’ve been playing pal world pretty much non-Stop. I remember getting bored the first time but I don’t know what feels like something has changed I’m really into it
Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight / Persona 4 Dancing All-Night
I haven’t played much of P3D before so now that I have some fresh experience with both it and P4D I can safely say the latter is a better game - whether in terms of gameplay, beatmaps or soundtrack, P3D feels a bit less “inspired”, I guess. It’s kinda unfortunate as P3 is my favourite game in the series (I haven’t played 1 or 2 yet) but whatever, the important part is to have fun.
I’m slowly getting back in the groove. No full perfects yet but full combos are back on the menu and that’s exactly what I aim for.
Persona 3 Portable
Playing both dancing games made me go back to my unfinished pink playthrough of P3P. I haven’t touched it since… last year (I think?) due to mind goblins messing with my focus when playing RPGs at the time but I still want to see how things play out from the alternative perspective.
I don’t have much to write about this one at the moment as I’m still in the early parts (just got Akihiko a few in-game days prior) but I have to drop a hot take nonetheless - I really wish these games had no time limit. I understand why it’s there and that it’s important from the narrative perspective but it’s a mechanic I never really enjoyed in games (Persona or otherwise). Now that I got to experience a Persona title without one (P5X gacha), it made these feelings even stronger.
At least I’m playing on the easy mode (NG+) so I can skip most of the grind and focus on what I’m interested in (social elements). I’m really curious about the new stuff.
Since it’s been a week, I thought I’d ask: how’re you enjoying your FemC run of P3?
I’m progressing pretty slowly at the moment but I really like Kotone. I enjoy her cheerful front mixed with less happy emotions bubbling beneath and expect (or at least hope) for this to progress with the story. I also like that she can be played as a weirdo.
Her new events are pretty fun though they suffer from the same issue as the original route, i.e. you have to agree with people make the most of social links. I’m used to it from the first playthrough so it’s not a huge deal.
The biggest surprise so far was Saori’s (health committee) social link as that’s not something I expected to see in the game and I’m really curious where it goes.As mentioned in my previous post, I’m really glad I’m playing this as NG+ since it allows me to focus on the differences which are mostly present in writing. I like it.
That’s pretty much all I have for now. I’ll be making more posts as I progress with the game with possible longer write up at the end if I have some time (and enough thoughts for that). Playing this route makes me even more annoyed Atlus for not bothering with including it in P3 Reload but they famously hate money so it’s not like one can expect much from them on that front.
Yeah, I really like Kotone’s SLs (ignoring Ken), especially the fact that we get an actual Ryoji SL. I think Reload not having FemC was a huge miss.
But I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I really wish Atlus kept the dual protagonists in tbh, it makes NG+ a lot more fun to go through.
If they keep insisting that having two protagonists is too expensive despite having multiple successful franchises behind their belt then I wish they just went all in and made a Persona game with female protag instead - it’s been 25 years since P2!
At the same time I kinda dread what they would do with her to be honest. Atlus still has some issues with how they use their female characters so we could end up with some… let’s call them “problematic” events. They would also have to rethink some of their social links (can you imagine the reception of gendebent Kawakami scenario?). I’d still take that chance at this point though.
I am almost done with Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. It’s weird, but I’m enjoying it.
I’ve recently got a new Retroid Pocket 5 and I’ve finished setting up all the emulators. Now I’m playing bits of all sorts of games trying them out on this amazing screen.
PSP is a particular highlight on this console and my regular games currently are Rock Band Unplugged, Blast Off and Tony Hawks Underground 2.
My wife has one also. Absolutely love it. And yes, the PSP emulation is top shelf.
I started Crying Suns and have been very impressed with the art and the story, both the greater narrative and the script. Not sure about the combat just yet, maybe my tactics are just bad.
Overall though, I don’t know how how the hell this one passed me by. Commanding a spaceship and roguelite gameplay, it’s exactly the sort of thing I love.
I’m playing through Outward a second time. It is such a beautiful game, and I really enjoy some of the unique aspects of it like the lack of fast travel.
Do you play solo? I tried twice in coop but after some time my coop partners always lose interest.
Thought about trying to do it solo but not sure if it’s as fun alone.
I only play solo, I don’t have much time for gaming, and it’s a pleasure to not have to consider others needs etc. for a little while.
Now that I know the mechanics better I have built a stronger character. I also used splitscreen to give my new character a few nice items from my first character, that makes solo a little easier and more fun.
I can’t give enough praise to Snowrunner. Need more players who enjoy simulation games!
