20 hours in, and I finally finished a run of Dead Cells (at least what's currently in the game right now). Did a tank build that surprisingly made The Clock Tower a breeze to get through.

Also near the end of Samus Returns, so I'll probably be done with that game in the next day or two.

Just started getting into Titan Quest and man do I love the theme compared to the usual Diablo counterparts.

SPOLERS FOT VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE: BLOODLINES


I've started playing Vampire the masquerade: bloodlines. Still quite early, played a few hours, did some quests (e.g. killed those goons who had assaulted Mercurio, killed that demented serial killer Gimble, freed Lily). Have to say I'm a bit underwhelmed...it's good, but the dialogue isn't as brilliant so far as is often claimed, and the combat and stealth systems do seem messed up.
Somehow even most gaming classics don't satisfy me with their writing...kind of sad.

Bought some oldies that I have finished decade ago only to find that I sucked badly back then and these games were not that hard, sure

One of them is Revenant - I rarely used block, combos and tricks learned at the Jogg teacher. Started
And resolution is bad on my fullHD display, good thing music is working (it wasn't on my retail version). Equipment progress is incredibly slow but I'll see if it get better later...

Another title is Evil Island - Curse of Lost Souls, want to reach witch's hut and dismantle my healing rune and insert in my spear. That's right, you can do this and heal yourself with every hit. Sounds OP? Cause it it. I did not used that broken item and lemme telly you - second and 3rd chapters were really hard without it. On Easy, can't imagine playing it on normal.

Path of Exile
Completing red maps on Atlas of Words (with bonus objectives, which increase my chance to drop higher tier maps in map cleansing).
I still feel bitter taste in my mouth because my build (Scion ball launcher crit VP) is gonna be useless because one vital skill (Vaal Pact) will be moved to the other side of massive skill tree.

Bought Carmageddon - Max Damage from a bundle for a $3 and... it was nice. Music (beside Fear Factory tracks) is forgettable, token system to upgrade your car works good. It feels like they merged things from all Carmas together to get good results, and they did.

NBA Playgrounds

I'm as bad at this as I am real basketball.

Currently playing Neverwinter on line and loving it. Simply one of the best RPG's to date.

In addition, I purchased Deadly Premonition - Director's Cut here on GOG this week, and playing it as my main Archive Game Of The Week.

Truly a terrific value for only £ 1.89!

Generally, I play a newer game and also an archive one every week. Playing all games on Steam and Twitch.

Once I complete Neverwinter, I 'll be playing again Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition.

This must be the best value on GOG atm, as it is offered for only £3.79! A must for every RPG fan!

If anyone wants to join me currently in Neverwinter On Line, please let me know.

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Playing Day of Defeat Source. I have not played DOD for years. Having played Overwatch and getting well and truly whupped, I struggle to remember each character’s traits. So I needed to restore some pride and whilst my usual go to game is TF2, I had the urge for some nostalgia.

DOD for me is was when it was a mod back in 2001, the controversial use of propaganda and brutal maps such as Omaha made this game. Sadly the servers are dead, although I managed to join a couple of multiplayer games and won a couple of rounds (rare for me).

I felt like god and should be paid millions. :)

Currently playing Steamworld Heist and Hollow Knight.

A few hours into Euro Truck Simulator 2 - gripping, indeed.
And a bit of MDK - just to stretch my legs ;)

I am always interested by how different people's reactions to games can be.

I approached VtMB with a heavy dose of apprehension. I am skeptical of classics in general and cult hits in particular because I have been underwhelmed by so many in recent years. I expected a similar result with VtMB, so, while I approached it with some excitement, it was severely tempered excitement. And I was absolutely blown away.

I thought the writing was excellent and the quests interesting, at least for the most part. Yes, the game is incredibly rough around the edges, the combat can be weird, and the stealth never quite feels like it works the way it is apparently supposed to. But I found the game charming, entertaining, and at least partially deserving of its reputation.

Now, to be clear here, I'm not saying your opinion of the game is in any way incorrect. I am all too familiar with the feeling of being disappointed by a well-regarded game (I'm looking at you, System Shock 2). I just find it interesting how people can have such differing views of the same game. I'm sorry to hear you aren't enjoying it as much as you expected to, but I totally understand.

Witcher 1 enhanced ed. Gabriel Knight... oh boy...gab knight is exciting....:)

Well, I didn't say it's bad, in fact I quite like it...it's just that so far it feels relatively linear, and the dialogue and quests aren't as deep as I had expected (reminds me of Fallout 1/2...those also were games which are often claimed to be "best RPG ever!", which seemed rather exaggerated to me). And I'm still quite early in the game, just prior to the Sabbat warehouse. But I did the Therese/Jeanette questline which supposedly is one of the highlights of the game, and it didn't affect me much (though the creepy hotel is quite well done)...I didn't feel like I really got to know those characters, more could have been done with that imo. And the locations are all so small.
Regarding System shock 2: Played that as well about 1-2 years ago for the first time...I actually found it to be a pretty unique gaming experience, the constant tension and the oppressive vastness of that ship really can get to you (that's probably why I won't play it again, too stressful), so I understand why it's considered something of a classic. The final third or so of the game was pretty lame though.

After just finishing the base game for Dungeon Siege, I am now playing the expansion pack "Legends of Aranna".

It seems to be basically more of the same, which is ok as I enjoyed the base game even with its repetitive gameplay. You still start as a simple farmer with no armor killing low level monsters with your kitchen knife.

Not sure how big this expansion pack is compared to the base game, but some things seems to happen "faster" in this expansion pack, like finding good weapons quite early on, and getting your first two companions to the party quite soon. In the base game, I recall you didn't get your first companion until the end of Chapter 1.

So far so good... I'm willing to proceed from here to Dungeon Siege 2, but reading its FAQ, it appears it is made more complex like having different types of races etc. I liked it in this first Dungeon Siege that you are "tabula rasa" in the beginning, you don't make any selections of your race and such but just start using the skills where you want to get good at. Gothic was somewhat similar in this regard, ie. no initial choices to be made.

Bloodlines is one of my favorite games of all time, mainly for the voice acting, characters and facial expressions/body language, but I also think the combat is fun, whether you're hitting people across the room with melee weapons or sniping them with guns. Need to get 7 or 8 in guns before they start to get really useful, but by then you have access to the really fun ones. Most of my characters were gun users.

I also feel like some "classics" are overrated, like the one mentioned by danielmillergaming on the previous page, that Dragon Age: Origins is "a must for every RPG fan!". Well, it had likeable characters and lots of voice acting/dialogue choices, but I learned to hate it, because of its grindy combat.

Didn't make things better that I refused to play on Easy. "I've played lots of RPG's, I should be able to play on Normal" I thought. That pride and also my stubborness made me a real disservice. Playing on Easy where there's no friendly fire, would have made things considerably easier, since my uncontrolled party members loved to walk into my area-of-effect spells, making them practically useless.

The game wasn't that good at telling me which spells were good or how they differed from one another and I don't like googling for builds, because the fun part of RPG's is choosing stuff yourself without somebody telling you what's best. I also thought I had played enough RPG's to be able to make that decision myself without anyone's help, but I guess I was wrong.

To top it off, some of my actions, which I thought would have major implications, weren't mentioned at all in the ending section. They did however mention stuff I *hadn't* done, saying that bad things happened, because I failed to do this or that. It's like the opposite of the saying "all is well that ends well".

I replayed it, still on Normal difficulty, because I'm stubborn/stupid, since I thought it deserved a second chance and found it much more enjoyable. With some games, you have to play them once before you learn how to successfully play them, but the bad parts in DA:O were still bad.

Being a completionist and DA:O having a crapload of content, I spent 305 hours in total on those two playthroughs. It's the second most played game in my Steam library, after Bloodlines and that's just another thing I hate about it, because it's nowhere near as good as Bloodlines.