Dune Imperium: Uprising. Gotten my whole group into it. Might organise a tournament for the heck of it.
It's 2025 now, what are the games you'll be starting the year with?
Submitted 3 months ago by cod@lemmy.world to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 3 months 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 3 months ago
I believe there’s a Tabletop Simulator version out, but I don’t have TTS so can’t say for sure.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago
Re-re-replaying Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
Noved@lemmy.ca 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago
It’s ok world record is something like 14 iirc, but lowest I’ve been able to score was sub 23
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Im going deep into beyond all reason, warzone 2100 and speed dreams
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 months 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,
Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 3 months 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.
anakin78z@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Playing through the entire Dragon Age series, then Pillars of Eternity and Sea of Stars.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months 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 3 months 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.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I am currently playing ORAS, BOTW and Rayman Legends, after finishing at least one of them I’ll start with Metroid Zero Mission for once, to break that nightmare deal I did to myself of not playing more metroidvanias until I get to finish Super Metroid and SOTN!
CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Return to Moria has been really fun! Playing online with my buddy all day the last two days.
Pretty slow moving for a survival/crafting game, but we’re both big Tolkien fans and the fan service is pretty great.
Boss fights have been quite interesting and when progression finally happens it feels really satisfying.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve been playing Sonic Frontiers, which has been surprisingly fun. It has a similar vibe to what “Mario Odyssey” did for mario, the mixture of 3D, camera controlled, and 2D segments was done well in my opinion.
Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Personally, I actually gave it a negative review. The exploration generally is very fun, but so much of the levels, activities, combat ranged from unimpressive to infruriating. It’s basically carried by just being open-world Sonic, which is a formula for success.
I actually enjoyed the open-world HUB of Shadow Generations, and the game as a whole, much more. In fact, that game probably set my expectations too high, even knowing Frontiers was infamously janky.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I should probably caveat that the last sonic game I really enjoyed and finished is sonic adventure (played some since, but none clicked). So I may not be the best “sonic” evaluator.
But I think I get where you’re coming from. A lot of the platforming is more “automated” and when it isn’t it does get a bit janky. However it did a good job of making me feel fast and felt less janky than any other recent 3D sonic.
Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Just started Disgaea 1. For whatever reason I’ve bounced off this game half a dozen times since first trying it all the way back at release, but I’ve more or less settled into a groove with it now.
Having a good time with it, though I’m wondering if I should pick up a manual or something somewhere. Kind of obtuse systems and details I’d normally be able to get out of the UI, but not here.
Voytrekk@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve had games where it can take a few tries to get into it. Some of them have ended up being my favorite games.
Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Yeah, my gaming experience lately has been a bit of tension between sticking it out and learning when to drop stuff.
I didn’t like the Trails series at first but the fourth and fifth games ended up being all-time favorites. This one’s not going to get to that point, but it’s also part of a larger series that could have a lot of fun gameplay to mess around with.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Started Grim Dawn (ARPG) and Genesis Order (AVN, although I suppose that one is fairly recent).
Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
I started playing No Man’s Sky again recently. My game from XBox didn’t transfer to Steam and I didn’t feel like trying to troubleshoot it, so I just started fresh. I’ll probably play that until my new character has unlocked everything.
I also picked up Stray and haven’t yet gotten into it much. I also recently bought Everspace, but haven’t even started the game yet. Soon, though.FippleStone@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I really liked Stray, short and sweet with an engaging narative and solid visual design. Simplistic gameplay, but it’s satisfying enough to keep things moving.
BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
I’m going to try getting back into RDR2, and start on Undertale and Prey. Maybe Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Fallout 4?
UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I spent a mostly uneventful morning sailing the high seas in Sea of Thieves. It was nice.
ISOmorph@feddit.org 3 months ago
I just started the thaumaturge and it’s freaking awesome. Looking forward to Stalker 2 later this year after they patched it a bit more
Arkive@lemmy.zip 2 months 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.BigTechMustBurn@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Still busy with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 since it launched and got dragged into Helldivers 2 by the friends.
rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 3 months 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 3 months ago
Baldur’s gate God of war 2077 No man’s sky, later after those are finished
Jayjader@jlai.lu 3 months 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 3 months ago
That’s awesome. I hope you enjoy it
kandoh@reddthat.com 3 months ago
The Long Dark and finishing Cyberpunk
steeznson@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Got 5 days left to finish Indiana Jones before the GamePass subscription times out.
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 3 months 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.
Ephemer@sh.itjust.works 3 months 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 3 months ago
Skyrim.
My goal is to play through the entire series this year.
cod@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Have fun. It’s a great series
italics@sh.itjust.works 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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.