Currently playing...

[Jonesey]

...is what I want to be playing

[rowan]

Paradise Killer

Rude to quote myself but now I've finished it and this is the most interesting & engaging thing I've played in about 10 years if you're up for an interactive story.
I have zero complaint about anything and didn't want it to end, I genuinely felt like Poirot after a few hours thinking about all the twists, turns & suspicions.
Loved the music. Funny too, especially Shinji.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1160 ... se_Killer/

[Misfit]

Dusted off the never used Nex Machina in my Steam library to test something for Deckard.

It doesn't run well on an M2 Mac with Crossover, but it runs a treat on the Steam Deck.

Not good with twin-stick shooters, but this is a lot of fun.

Note, it's unsupported on the Deck, but a quick Google found use experimental Proton and the following launch command makes it work a treat (I also need to change the game resolution to 1280x800 to get full screen in the game options)

PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%

[venusian]

Just played an hour of Thirsty Suitors on Xbox Live.

It's much better than you'd expect it to be. Combo of skateboarding, rhythm action, dating sim and cooking sim. Also smart writing, excellent voice acting, and good weird jokes.

Recommended.

[WiteWulf]

Dusted off the never used Nex Machina in my Steam library to test something for Deckard.

It doesn't run well on an M2 Mac with Crossover, but it runs a treat on the Steam Deck.

Not good with twin-stick shooters, but this is a lot of fun.

Note, it's unsupported on the Deck, but a quick Google found use experimental Proton and the following launch command makes it work a treat (I also need to change the game resolution to 1280x800 to get full screen in the game options)

PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%

Ah, interesting! I loved it on the PS4, but found it ran like a dog on the 'Deck. I'll have to give it another go with those settings.

[WiteWulf]

Hmmm, sadly my GOG copy of New Machine no longer runs on my Steam Deck for some reason. Tried all sorts of different versions of Proton Experimental and Proton GE and it fails to launch every time.

Strange, it used to at least launch, just ran quite poorly...

[Misfit]

Hmmm, sadly my GOG copy of New Machine no longer runs on my Steam Deck for some reason. Tried all sorts of different versions of Proton Experimental and Proton GE and it fails to launch every time.

Strange, it used to at least launch, just ran quite poorly...

Steam key under £2 if you're prepared to use the key sites (I've used G2A, Gamivo & Eneba without issue)

https://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/en-gb/b ... re-prices/

[SuperMappy]

Two quite different games here:

Air Twister which was created by Yu Suzuki and is the spiritual successor to his classic game Space Harrier. It's not bad at all. It plays virtually like Harrier with some minor differences like enemy fire can curve which is a little disorienting until you get used to it. The music is absolutely great, but doesn't exactly fit the game.

This is the opening theme. Three guesses who this sounds like, but it is still excellent.



This is one of the end level boss themes you will hear approx every third boss. IMHO it really doesn't fit the game, but it is still excellent.



Here are some plays and reviews:


He had difficulty at first: the game actually starts at 11:30. It's quite remarkable how he is stunned by the music at first.




If you like bullet hell shooters I highly recommend the Bullet Heaven channel

The second game is Liquid Kids. I have great memories of playing this on the Amiga 500, I don't remember if I had this on the Commodore 64 or not. I picked this up on the Switch's Arcade Archive and it is great fun and a worthy challenge. I completely forgot about its existence until I saw it in the Switch's store listings and I bought it right away.

[MattyP]

Busy with this (A Highland Song) on the Switch at the moment:-



Lovely game - especially this time of year too the exploration of the countryside and feeling of being lost kind of resonates a bit with how my countryside walks sometimes go! Music is great as are the visuals. Also feels very Scottish and local to the UK.

That and Amped 3 on the 360 - fancied a bit of snowy mountain fun! (Can't believe this is 18 years old now...)

[WiteWulf]

Steam key under £2 if you're prepared to use the key sites (I've used G2A, Gamivo & Eneba without issue)

https://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/en-gb/b ... re-prices/

Nice, wasn't aware of this sort of purchasing for Steam before

[Jonesey]

Baldur's Gate 3 and Space Marine 2 for Series X.

Well the former has been released (yay! ) but it's September 2024 for the latter (boo.. )

[Jonesey]

..the former fucking sucks on console. They seriously couldn't Dark Alliance it up a bit more for consoles? Turn based combat? I feel like I'm playing in a coma! GOTY for PC but pick something else on console FFS..

[WiteWulf]

Took a punt on a very odd little game on Steam, The Exit 8 (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2653790/The_Exit_8/)

You’re trapped in a Japanese subway and have to spot “anomalies” to escape. If you fail to spot an anomaly you get sent back to the start…or worse (it has some horror elements).

Very simple gameplay, quite hard, very short, but only £3.29 so worth a try.

[Misfit]

Took a punt on a very odd little game on Steam, The Exit 8 (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2653790/The_Exit_8/)

You’re trapped in a Japanese subway and have to spot “anomalies” to escape. If you fail to spot an anomaly you get sent back to the start…or worse (it has some horror elements).

Very simple gameplay, quite hard, very short, but only £3.29 so worth a try.

Deckable?

[WiteWulf]

Very much so!

I found it stuttered a little every now and again, so I dropped the graphics to medium and turned off motion blur (which I just don't like).