Still busy with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 since it launched and got dragged into Helldivers 2 by the friends.
It's 2025 now, what are the games you'll be starting the year with?
Submitted 1 year ago by cod@lemmy.world to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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BigTechMustBurn@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
My friends and I are doing Dungeons of Eternity this month. We’ve had three on at once but tomorrow is the first time all four of us will be on together. Excited!
Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Baldur’s gate God of war 2077 No man’s sky, later after those are finished
Jayjader@jlai.lu 1 year ago
Metal Gear Rising : Revengeance
I watched a few playthroughs earlier this year, and was struck by the games’ vibes. Maybe I’ve become jaded, maybe 2013 was just a different time, but the over-the-top-bombastic, gratuitous-yet-totally-sincere meditation on power, violence, and humanity feels incredibly relevant, not to mention a breath of fresh air compared to the games I see coming out today.
It’s also very similar to the type of video game I’d like to make someday, so it counts as homework as well!
Not to mention it feels like half of the media/art that I love from the past 10 years has been heavily influenced by this game, so playing it could give me a fuller appreciation for them.
cod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s awesome. I hope you enjoy it
ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lord of the rings return to moria. It’s basically been a valve in but with dwarves. Loving it.
kandoh@reddthat.com 1 year ago
The Long Dark and finishing Cyberpunk
steeznson@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Got 5 days left to finish Indiana Jones before the GamePass subscription times out.
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I got Caves of Qud on sale over at itch.io, and have been struggling to get anywhere. The learning curve is steep, so when it gets too much I go back to my Dwarf Fortress game that I started over Christmas.
index@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I don’t encourage anyone to playing around with proprietary software games. Instead there’s plenty of great foss games that you can have fun trying and playing
italics@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Some ESO, some Counter-Strike in the usual amounts, however I just bought GTA IV and want to finally play the story instead of just ducking around with RPGs and “the swing” 😁
cod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve never actually finished GTA IV before, though I have messed around in it a fair bit. It’s a great game
italics@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Just found out you need to read half a book of terms to create a Rockstar Acc and need that to play the game. Refund worked tho ^^. Will probably just crack it next month.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Dune Imperium: Uprising. Gotten my whole group into it. Might organise a tournament for the heck of it.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Uprising is so much better than the base game but I didn’t think they have a digital version of it yet sadly
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I believe there’s a Tabletop Simulator version out, but I don’t have TTS so can’t say for sure.
Ephemer@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I started this year off with NIER (Ps3 Version). I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it thus far. I’ll likely do several runs to get the 4 endings and full lore. Can’t wait to sink my teeth into NieR Automata afterwards!
Mac@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Skyrim.
My goal is to play through the entire series this year.
cod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Have fun. It’s a great series
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just picked up a PS5 finally. Price dropped and tax free. First thing I did was go to the library. They had a copy of RoboCop Rogue city available which is perfect for me.
I’ve already put a hold on the dead space remake
GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 1 year ago
I’m still trying to finish 2016 Doom, but life has been literally Deck blocking me for the past few months, so it’s been slow going.
If i finish that game in the next few weeks, I’m going to go back and give Doom Eternal another second chance again once more. I’ve given it a try a number of times, just like I gave 2016 Doom a try numerous times with no luck. However, this year Doom suddenly clicked for me, and I’ve been playing it every chance I get (which is not much or often), so I’m thinking that may translate into finding a bit of love for Doom Eternal, even though I know they are very different games with different approaches to game play.
If that doesn’t work out, then I’ve got a few games that I’ve technically “started”, but I haven’t gotten very far in. So, if and when I decide to pick them up again, I’ll either restart them because I’m not far along enough for it to make much difference OR I’ll continue playing but it’s so early in the game that it’s basically the same as starting from the beginning.
One game I’ve just recently been dabbling with is a slightly older game called “Halls of Torment”. Similarish in game play to one of my other favorites “Vampire Survivors”, it seems like a lot of fun. I’ve also recently purchased the Resident Evil 4 remake and it’s a nice dose of nostalgia even though I much prefer the wiimote controls of the Wii version that I first played it on.
I’m going to be honest, Hades II hasn’t really clicked for me yet and I’ve given it lots of tries. The first game had me hooked almost instantly, so I was hoping to find that same connection with the sequel. So far, it’s not happened. Having said that, I saw that there’s a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game in a similar style as Hades, so I got that to play. So far I like the game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Splintered Fate, but I’m not far enough along in it to have a strong opinion.
And my trusty, reliable back-up plan if nothing else works out? Castlevania Dominus Collection. The Castlevania “Metroidvanias” are my favorites. I’ve played all of these DS games on the original hardware, but it’s been so long since I played them, it will be like starting anew. Except in this case, there will be no question as to whether I will enjoy the game or not since I played them all before and loved them.
MintyAnt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Doom is wonderful. Eternal isnt more doom 2016 though, which is fine it’s a sequel. It’s the more intensive parts of doom that are amped up and forced upon you.
In 2016 I rocked the pistol and machinegun and barely used any other weapon and I was happg
In eternal, you either use every ability constantly and swap guns constantly or you die. It’s a big loop and not cycling every ability and gun makes you lose ammo or health or whatever. It’s a very jarring adjustment
GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 1 year ago
Sounds like Eternal might not be my thing, but who knows. One of the reasons I choose Doom over Eternal initially is because Doom lets me take my time and explore when I want to. Eternal seemed like it was go, go, go cortisol, cortisol, cortisol. And that was well above my limit.
justabaldguy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Re-re-replaying Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Resident Evil Village and Sniper Elite 4
namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 1 year ago
I’m working my way through Valheim. I started last year and then stopped shortly before fighting the second boss and never got around to picking it back up. Now I’m back at it and working through the third biome. I still have a long way to go and hope that I can continue to sink at least 100 more hours into it.
I also got Metro 2033 and Last Light on the Steam winter sale. I started Metro Exodus a few years ago and also stopped pretty early, so I’m hoping that this time I can stick with it through the whole series. I also got Grim Dawn and it doesn’t play great on the Deck, but hopefully I’ll be able to get used to it with a bit of effort.
Outside of those, Wildermyth and Brotato are my main chillout games and I’m pretty sure they’ll also get 50-100 hours each this year.
Noved@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Started my year off with a new computer and a portal speed run! Sub 27 mins with no quick saving was a solid start to the year.
Actually, playing portal on max graphics and getting 60fps was the real solid start 😅
cod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh man I loved the Portal games. I’m assuming sub-27 is good, I’m pretty sure my shortest time is like 4 hours or something
Noved@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
It’s ok world record is something like 14 iirc, but lowest I’ve been able to score was sub 23
jeff@programming.dev 1 year ago
Psychonauts 2. I picked it up for 80% off during the autumn Steam sale and just getting around to playing it.
I also picked up It Takes Two and have been playing that with my wife.
Stormdancer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Continuing my replay of Red Dead Redemption 1, probably followed by 2. Probably going to finish my replay of Subnautica. Not sure what new games will slot in after that.
NakedGardenGnome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Having never played rdr1, do you still recommend it, knowing I played through rdr2 already? I’m wondering if I should put it on my wishlist to pick it up at a sale or not even bother.
pogodem0n@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I played Alan Wake 2 last winter on my Steam Deck, fearing I would get spoilers before I build my PC. Now that I have built it, I will proceed with The Final Draft and the DLCs.
SwordInStone@lemmy.world 1 year ago
how did you manage to play it on deck?
pogodem0n@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Heroic Games Launcher and added to the Game Mode. Native resolution with FSR2 set to Quality preset. Most of the game ran at 25-30 FPS. Frankly, the game is quite slow-paced. Only problematic spots were the first boss fight in the forest during rain (>!Nightingale!<), and the final shootout near the end of the game (>!Andersons’ song!<), where it dipped to 17-18 FPS.
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Im going deep into beyond all reason, warzone 2100 and speed dreams
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
BAR is the kind of rts that makes you realize chasing after Starcraft style gameplay (when Total Annihilation presented a totally different and arguably more approachable experience with shift clicking and less obsessive micro) was a fatal error for the broad popularity of the rts genre.
A competitive rts hyper focused on apm and units that move in artificial and uninteresting ways (especially airplanes) was never going to inspire a new generation of rts fans with diverse interests and brain types to dip their toes in instead of leading to a narrower and more constrained vision of what rts games are and what kind of brain types can suceed at them.
BAR is both a living breathing cryptid (descended from the ancient TA itself) that somehow survived the great RTS extinction event and also paradoxically a vision of the future of RTS games.
Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Continuing Metaphor: ReFantazio. It’s the most consistently polished game Atlus made (that I played) in years, though maybe SMT VV has a chance once I get to it.
My only complaint is that it doesn’t have any 10/10 aspect that I’d love, most of my favourite games are somewhat flawed anyway, as long as they have that special aspect that clicks. But then, Persona 3 had nothing like that until the endgame, so there’s still time for it to surprise me.
cod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All of my favourite games, artists, movies, and anything else I’m interested in all have something that I don’t consider 10/10 so I definitely see what you mean
Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
To clarify, I meant that I’m fine with multiple things not being 10/10 (I was thinking of Metaphor as a 9/10 across the board) as long as some one thing is, like just the ending or just gameplay. I’m not consisent with that though anyways, I thought that Dark Souls 1 really does have 10/10 world exploration early on, yet I don’t like it because of a lot of other problems. It’s all really just gut feelings in the end, it was the best way I could explain why Metaphor feels like it’s missing something.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I think for me this weirdness is most obvious with books, the best novels that change you, stick in your memory and make you see the world differently are never 10/10s because that would mean they simply fulfilled the expectations you had before picking the book up,
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Pokémon Crystal and Red Ded Redemption 2
cod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Two of my all-time favourite games. Both are probably top 10
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re in for a treat. Both great games
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 year ago
Starting with? No clue.
I am hopeful that I might finally get around playing some scifi stuff that’s been collecting dust on my digital shelves, like Sword of the Stars and Between the Stars (it finally left early access).
I might also dabble with PS2 games, I bought a damn console, put a nice HDD on it, all back in late 2023, and powered it on once in 2024.
I’ll be happy if I play 10% of what I intend to 😞
anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Playing through the entire Dragon Age series, then Pillars of Eternity and Sea of Stars.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Yakuza 3. Probably for the 3rd time as well because there was too much time since I played and lost track of the plot.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Nice! I just finished that game and it was quite fun. It wasn’t my favorite, but the whole orphanage thing gave it a very emotional angle.
Arkive@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I’ve gotten sucked into The X-Com Files. It’s a megamod for the original X-Com game from 1994, built on OpenXcom Extended (an open-source re-implementation).
My first attempt at the old X-Com game lost my interest a few years ago, but OXCE brings plenty of QoL changes and the difficulty of the XCF mod ramps up slower than vanilla. Now I’m having a blast hunting cults, cowering from aliens, building bases around the world.