Baldur’s gate God of war 2077 No man’s sky, later after those are finished
It's 2025 now, what are the games you'll be starting the year with?
Submitted 3 days ago by cod@lemmy.world to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
Making a second attempt to get into Mass Effect for the first time, at least until Hades 2 gets out of early access or MH Wilds comes out
shift_four@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Play the Legendary Edition if you can. Assuming you’re starting with the first game, there are massive quality of life improvements in that one.
FippleStone@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I get why most people prefer the legendary remaster of the first game to the original, but I would have liked it if they’d carried a lot of the design and narative choices into the sequels. EA bought Bioware in 2007, and I think it shows, but I love jank so perhaps I’m not the most impartial judge.
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
That is indeed the version I got on an absolutely cracking sale
TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 3 days ago
Everspace once I’m back from my holidays abroad.
italics@sh.itjust.works 1 day 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 day 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 7 hours 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.
GriffinClaw@lemm.ee 3 days ago
On one hand, I really want to continue of Ghost of Tsushima.
On the other hand, I have Genshin Impact installed that Ive been meaning to try (reddit and my younger sister tell me its easily possible to do all but the highest level stuff without spending any money, and even said content is still doable with skill).
Though in the end, Ill probably default to Stardew Valley 😂
Telorand@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Give Genshin a try, but be warned in advance that they have an “energy” system that determines how much actual gameplay you’ll get to enjoy. It refreshes every 12 hours (without paid boosters), but iirc, they give you some freebie energy boosts in the beginning to get you hooked.
As pretty as the game is, the hours of grind needed to make progress on leveling your characters and gear, and the relative lack of content when your energy gauge is refreshing, made me leave (someone will point out quests, but once those are done, they’re done, and you’ll still need to grind on top of that).
But there’s people who still love it. Maybe you will, too.
GriffinClaw@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Huh, chances are I actually might.
I have serious issues running a game to the ground (aka, obsessively play just one game) before moving on, especially large games. (I WANT to enjoy them. I also want enjoy everything else in the game. End up burned out by the final boss. )
Been trying to pace myself with Stardew, and been successful do far, but I was looking for something switch up with Stardew. This just might be it.
Thanks for the heads up!
cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
I bought Ghost of Tsushima in one of the recent sales, and I’ve been enjoying it a great deal, so I’ll likely be joining you there.
IndieSpren@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Take this as lemmy also joining reddit and your sister in saying that all of genshin’s exploration and quests are super casual and free to play characters can easily do them.
The only thing hard to do while f2p are two endgame dungeons that change monthly. But these two endgame dungeons have nothing to do with any main or side quests and you can completely ignore them if you want.
GriffinClaw@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Roger, thanks for the info!
SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I’m trying something new to me: Skyrim.
cod@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s my most played game by a large margin, I used to be completely obsessed with it for years
SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
How many hours do you have in it? I’m just getting started and I’m barely out of the tutorial, looking for food to survive.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
No Man’s Sky for sure will be one I play a lot. I also need an Arceus, so I am going to have to get Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, or Shining Pearl.
Jayjader@jlai.lu 1 day 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 day ago
That’s awesome. I hope you enjoy it
quirzle@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Been on an rpg kick. Tyranny, then the Pillars of Eternity games are up next.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 days ago
At some point, probably after my steam deck is fixed, I’m gonna have to start Psychonauts. It’s been sitting in my steam library for a while and I’m positive a steam deck would be able to play through it just fine, and better than both my desktop and laptop.
donio@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Do you know if the controls still require tweaks or does it work out of the box these days?
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Absolutely no clue. I have yet to even install it even once since buying it, but definitely plan on changing that this year.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Dune Imperium: Uprising. Gotten my whole group into it. Might organise a tournament for the heck of it.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 22 hours 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 22 hours ago
I believe there’s a Tabletop Simulator version out, but I don’t have TTS so can’t say for sure.
DiMa@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I’ve just got sifu from egs and will probably get either dreadhunter or windblown somewhere down the line. Along with regular runs on Dead Cells that I’m deeply addicted to.
kandoh@reddthat.com 1 day ago
The Long Dark and finishing Cyberpunk
steeznson@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Got 5 days left to finish Indiana Jones before the GamePass subscription times out.
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 1 day 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.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 1 day 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 day 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 day 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
justabaldguy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Re-re-replaying Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
shiroininja@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m currently playing echoes of wisdom and elder scrolls: oblivion.
Although I drunkenly played GTA4 while listening to early 2000s crunk rap in memory of it being 25 years since 2000
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
next get drunk and play oblivion while listening to young scrolls
Noved@lemmy.ca 1 day 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 day 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 day ago
It’s ok world record is something like 14 iirc, but lowest I’ve been able to score was sub 23
kuroshido@ani.social 2 days ago
Just started on the Witcher series. Went pretty cheap on the steam winter sale. Looking forward to it.
Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
In order, from the first? I have only played W3, but I do have the classics on the backlog, or at least W2.
kuroshido@ani.social 2 days ago
Yea I held out on 3 until I could get 1&2 so I can get the whole story.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Dishonoured, Uncharted Collection
cod@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I love Dishonored. Never played the Uncharted games but they look fun
ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’ve just recently started playing through Wasteland 3. Been trying to start up Civ VI, but it appears as though Steam has broken it on my Mac, so I will need an alternative alternative. Maybe something from my Epic or GOG library, so my kids don’t leave me out of luck when they want to use the Steam library, too.
SteveNashFan@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Fallout New Vegas, finally getting around to playing it!
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I played it this time of year last year, also first time. It’s pretty solid, much better than FO3 which felt too shallow…
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 days ago
How? Did you dig an old PC out of storage?
I can’t get New Vegas to run on a modern PC without it constantly crashing, even when with the fan patches and mods that supposedly allow it to work on newer PCs. Please share your secrets.
rbos@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
It runs perfectly under Proton via the Steam runtime for me. Genuinely- maybe try Linux?
SteveNashFan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I bought it on GOG and it worked out of the box, but I might just be lucky.
Ephemer@sh.itjust.works 1 day 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!
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Im going deep into beyond all reason, warzone 2100 and speed dreams
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 day 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.
quinkin@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Dredge, Disco Elysium and Mines of Moria
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Returned to Elite Dangerous after an almost two year break. Just casually space trucking to grind out some credits while watching youtube. Once I get enough to outfit one or two new ships, I plan to finally give exploration/exobiology a try, and check out the changes to the engineering grind.
When I last played, I was kind of at the end of what I’d consider “early game”, but there are a decent amount of learning cliffs. Should probably practice some of the other low level content again before moving on.
One of my cousins asked for the game for Christmas and I picked it up on sale for him, so I’m hoping we can play some together at some point.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Amusingly, I tried X4 recently, and it’s a MUCH better fit for me than Elite, mostly because I loathe MMO games that don’t need to be MMO games.
rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 47 minutes 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!