Playing Metroid Dread right now, not having much fun though. Might quit and start play Ratchet and clank a rift apart tomorrow if things doesn’t get any better.
I absolutely love Metroid Dread, sorry to hear you’re not enjoying it much.
I’ve played it on the deck way back. Got through about 60% of the game iirc. Then it just got crazy for me and I’ve used a trainer to finish it. For the story. Not getting it one bit. I just can’t invest that much time in each exaggerated boss.
My biggest complaint is that the emmi zones are annoying and, time-wise are about two thirds of the game. And honestly the zones in between doesn’t feel great either and the three bosses I found so far are kinda repetitive too.
So you’re in the beginning of the game. It’s quite extensive. I share your sentiment. Though it does seem like it might not be for you. There’s a lot of returning to previous areas in the game.
Well, I’m four hours in, that should be plenty of time for a game to be good at that point. I’ve played many metroidvanias that are far better than this game and all those were great from minute one. Guess this game isn’t for me :)
I still have Samus Return on my 3Ds, hope the emmi thing isn’t a staple of the series, will check it out in the future.
Which others? I’m curious 🤔 I’ve really enjoyed Prince of Persia the Lost Crown for example.
My three all time favs are Guacamelee 1 and 2 and Shadow Complex. The combat and traversal of the formers is so much fun. And the settings and 2.5D if the later are so cool. Also enjoyed Castlevania symphony of the night and hollow knight quite a bit, albeit the traversal in this game is so so.
Playing a lot of Jump Space and Deep Rock Galactic with friends.
Single player, Baldur’s Gate 3 continues to be my long haul game, and Brotato and Balatro remain my “20 free minutes to game” games
Didn’t know Jump Space played well on Deck. I’ll have to try it out.
I wouldn’t say it runs particularly well currently. I play it at 720p lower settings and it will go 50 - 60 fps at several places and times… but then when there’s a ton of action and enemies, suddenly you’re in Jittery High 20s / Low 30s Land.
But it’s still very fun, especially with friends, and everyone picks their jobs and gets down to business. And it’s early access and early on in its road map… I imagine it’ll just get smoother as they optimize it more over time.
I’m about 90 hours into Silksong. Before that, it was hollow knight.
Until now, I’d never played metroidvanias or souslikes - mostly idle games, FPS’ and RPGs. I might get more into them now. I’ve been eyeing animal well.
Check out Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps as well.
Finally finished Death Stranding. On to Hades 2.
Dead Cells 😍
Welp, I just played Stardew Valley again 😁
Lollipop Chainsaw RePopped
It’s so silly
Recently finished another playthrough of Half-Life 2, and now I’m back on Hades (not 2, waiting for that to go on sale). I’ve just had the first successful run but I’ve got a long way to go before I’m up to the same point I was at on the Xbox.
Just finished Powerwash Simulator 2. Now trying to get my The Outer Worlds savegame from the Switch working on the Steam Deck to play the few DLC missions I skipped back then.
Assassins creed: valhalla for the big stints.
And knights of tight spaces for when I think it’s a short stint and ends up playing it for a few hours.The Gunk. I played through it on game pass a few years ago. I was just telling someone about it and then saw that it was only like $3 on Steam, so I bought it. It’s so pretty, and looks great on the deck. I love the voice work, too. And cleaning up the gunk feels so therapeutic right now.
The Gunk is great. Wish they expanded on the story.
ESO, but in desktop mode. Otherwise, Disco Elysium when I’m on the go.
the android version is nice, or at least interestingly ported
I just finished Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter yesterday, so I haven’t fully settled into what to play next. I think I’ll go through my installed games and try to finish some games I was enjoying but never finished all the way, like Ys 9 and 1000xResist.
Spelunky 2 with mods.
Mass Effect 2 for the second time years after playing it on Playstation 3
