Currently playing...

[WiteWulf]

Hehe, I just unlocked garlic yesterday, it's amazing what a difference it makes when those big swarms of bats/skellies come at you and you can just stand there and watch the gems drop

Looking forward to progressing further in the game, it's so well balanced and develops really smoothly.

[k345y]

Just finished JR's High On Life. It's fucking great.
Total pisstake on current gaming metas. Fucked if I'd pay like forty squid for it though.

[venusian]

I started and finished Cave Story in the last couple of days. Retro when it was released, it feels just as contemporarily retro today.

[grue]

A bit late to the Vampire Survivors gig but, damn, it's good!

[Deckard]

Oh god yeah, digital crack !

[WiteWulf]

Sooooo late to the party, but I just finished my first play through Oxenfree yesterday; absolutely loved it. I think it's really well written and properly creepy, even scary, in places. Apparently the dialogue choices you make influence how the story plays out (I had a suspicion they did, but didn't want to hit any spoilers googling for it while I was playing).

Having the Steamdeck has opened up a huge library of cheap, great games like this for me that I've missed due to being primarily a console gamer with Macs around the house and no PCs.

[Rhythm]

Sooooo late to the party, but I just finished my first play through Oxenfree yesterday; absolutely loved it. I think it's really well written and properly creepy, even scary, in places. Apparently the dialogue choices you make influence how the story plays out (I had a suspicion they did, but didn't want to hit any spoilers googling for it while I was playing).

Having the Steamdeck has opened up a huge library of cheap, great games like this for me that I've missed due to being primarily a console gamer with Macs around the house and no PCs.

Had that on PC for a while but never played more than the first 30 minutes. It just got added to Netflix Games on iPad though, so I have plans to get back to it

Immortality is in the Netflix Games catalogue too, been wanting to try that for a couple of months

[venusian]

Oxenfree is fabulous. Apparently you can playthrough again and it will be different because you have prior experience.

Do not recommend their follow-up, Afterparty, though. It has jokes but none of the inventiveness, feeling of exploration or interactivity of Oxenfree. IMO. I stopped playing after a few hours.

In the vein of surprisingly good adventures, I really enjoyed Night In The Woods. Good story, good characters, engaging and with a lovely sense of playfulness. Is probably very cheap now too.

[VNVObit]

Apparently I’ve played Vampire Survivors for 110 hours so far. Picked up the DLC and currently working through it to unlock the remaining characters


Picked up W40K Inquisitor Martyr, a ARPG by Neocore in the W40K universe. Not a bad game (though glad I picked it up on sale) but each mission is self contained so no areas to explore just a limited map. The mission structure is a little jarring though usually have a 5/6 mission story arc. The voice acting is OTT but find it in keeping with the source material. Have played through as crusader so plenty of armour and firepower. Level is important as easy to get overwhelmed with just a 1 level difference (though that’s also reflects my play style and why I don’t get on with Demon Souls type games). Finished the main campaign and working through side quests now before starting the Prophecy expansion

[Bisley]

Playing The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow on the Steamdeck. Lovely old school pixel Point n Click Adventure. Very good.

[Foozwah]

Playing The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow on the Steamdeck. Lovely old school pixel Point n Click Adventure. Very good.

Picked that ups on special from GOG last week for Mac, but in the grand tradition of "too many games on too many platforms" have yet to download it.

Looks good though!

[WiteWulf]

Oxenfree is fabulous. Apparently you can playthrough again and it will be different because you have prior experience.

Do not recommend their follow-up, Afterparty, though. It has jokes but none of the inventiveness, feeling of exploration or interactivity of Oxenfree. IMO. I stopped playing after a few hours.

In the vein of surprisingly good adventures, I really enjoyed Night In The Woods. Good story, good characters, engaging and with a lovely sense of playfulness. Is probably very cheap now too.

Thanks for tips!

Night In The Woods is queued to play soon, too. I've got loads of games I've picked up as freebies, or part of huge bundles, over the years that I've never been able to play. Having the 'deck has opened up quite the logjam!

I'm currently playing The Stanley Parable, and not really sure I get the humour. I understand what it's doing, but it feels overly repetitive to the point of annoyance. I'll keep at it for a while longer, I guess, but it's wearing on me...

[Rhythm]

I'm currently playing The Stanley Parable, and not really sure I get the humour. I understand what it's doing, but it feels overly repetitive to the point of annoyance. I'll keep at it for a while longer, I guess, but it's wearing on me...

There is a game in there, promise. It's much more than just "that" joke

[merman]

Playing some excellent homebrew recently.

Completed Lester on the C64, it’s a Metroidvania style game with cute robots.
And reviewing the next big title A Pig Quest, will come on a 1Mb cartridge with some amazing graphics.

Over on Speccy there’s Dungeon and Souls (imagine Dark Souls mixed with a wireframe dungeon crawler) and Wycheweald (superb Dungeon Master style RPG).

[WiteWulf]

Picked up W40K Inquisitor Martyr, a ARPG by Neocore in the W40K universe. Not a bad game (though glad I picked it up on sale) but each mission is self contained so no areas to explore just a limited map. The mission structure is a little jarring though usually have a 5/6 mission story arc. The voice acting is OTT but find it in keeping with the source material. Have played through as crusader so plenty of armour and firepower. Level is important as easy to get overwhelmed with just a 1 level difference (though that’s also reflects my play style and why I don’t get on with Demon Souls type games). Finished the main campaign and working through side quests now before starting the Prophecy expansion

Are there any decent turn-based WH40k games out there? I used to love Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command on the PSP, but everything seems to be RTS these days, and I'm very much a turn-by-turn gamer when it comes to strategy.