Drasglaf

I finished Signalis, very Silent Hill-esque story, much better than Silent Hill F’s IMO. I need to dig deeper and check the rest of the endings, I got the Promise ending.

I started playing Rule Of Rose and the gameplay is quite clunky, however I like the setting and atmosphere and the story is vague but interesting so far.

I finished a Dark Souls 1 playthrough a long time ago, but every other time I’ve tried to get into a Dark Souls or souls-like game I haven’t been able. I guess I was in a special mood back then.

I don’t think I’m stuck yet, although I haven’t found

It seems I can finally play some games without losing interest immediately. Depression sucks.

I’m playing Signalis and I think I’m quite advanced,

Also playing Divinity: Original Sin at times.

The combat is fun and I can see the base upon which Baldur’s Gate 3’s was built.

I also like the sense of humour.

I had a similar experience with Roadwarden. I played a few hours but it didn’t hook me and gave up on it. My verdict was that while the premise is interesting, the writing isn’t good enough to keep me invested.

I didn’t play much for a while due to life stuff, but lately I’ve been playing Shadow Hearts on the Odin 3 I bought last month. I?m like 18 hours in and probably past the first half of the game. It’s a PS1 RPG in execution but with higher quality assets and an interesting setting: it’s set in 1913, not many RPGs (or games in general) are set in that time.

I should probably finish Quantum Void, but it’s going to make me think of things I don’t want to, so I’ll probably leave it unfinished.

I haven’t had much time this week, I’m still playing Quantum Void and still figuring out what to play after the Routine mishap.

I should have used more than one save slot, but no autosave slots is a design flaw IMO. I’ve never had this problem before as far as I remember. Maybe during the 5th or 6th generation, who knows.

I think the game makes you wander around a bit too much a couple of times, but it’s nothing obnoxious. It’s obvious that the game was made by a small team, but I think it’s very well done for what it is.

Sometimes I hate myself. I was pressing a repeatedly before getting to the main menu and started a new game by error, deleting my game completely. I wasn’t too far from the ending, so I just watched a video instead. The game’s story is divided in two. The second part starts slow again but gets a bit scarier than the first part. Not the type of survival horror I’m used to play, but the game is good and interesting. The best part is the setting for me, I’d give it a 7.5 or 8.

I’ll let you know when I’m done.

I finished Silent Hill f:

Overall I give it a 7, nice atmosphere and graphics, the story isn’t bad but I didn’t have trouble identifying the underlying themes and therefore more or less predicting where it was going. This game is very… Japanese.

I hated the combat, I’m not a fan of souls-like games in general, I only finished Dark Souls 1 once many years ago and that’s it. I think it’s not hardcore souls-like but it goes that route which I didn’t enjoy.

After a fellow Lemmy user asked me about it, I checked out Routine and ended up playing it (and haven’t finished yet). I immediately liked the retro futurist setting, and the game doesn’t seem to be very long.

The gameplay is like a spooky hide and seek, it gets somewhat tense at some points, but I wouldn’t say it’s scary.

Except

The story is interesting and the puzzles aren’t hard to figure out in general, although some have given me a bit more trouble trying to solve them than others.

I’m also playing Quantum Void, another (mostly) walking simulator set in space with retro futurist aesthetics. Interesting story and nice visuals, it’s obvious that the game’s made by a small team but I don’t mind it, I’m enjoying it.

And I think I managed to advance in Arctic Awakening, so I might be able to finish it after all!

I have a couple of hundred hours in Noita, and I barely scratched the surface. That game is insanely deep!

I played the Switch version a bit a few years ago, really fun puzzle game and the Switch version did some nice things with its HD Rumble.

I’m playing Silent Hill f:

The story is not bad and the graphics are beautiful, clean and the game runs smooth except some of the infamous traversal stutter. This is a breath of fresh air after Alan Wake 2’s terrible performance.

Still not sure why they called it Silent Hill if apparently you don’t spend a single second in the town of Silent hill… Well yes, I know why, they used the name to sell more copies.

I was also playing Arctic Awakening but my game bugged out during chapter 4 and the option to restart the scene takes me too far back (at least an hour) for me to want to go back right now. A shame because it’s a nice walking simulator with very light survival mechanics and a nice scifi story.

Remedy are unique, I hope they keep going for a long time and don’t lose their identity. Control is my favourite game by them, with Alan Wake 2 behind it.

I’d give Alan Wake 2 an 8, I don’t give it a 9 or so mainly because the performance is all over the place and it annoyed me from start to finish. I’m looking forward to Control Resonant!

I advanced quite a bit in Alan Wake 2:

Titan Station:

After finishing The Invincible for the second time, it reignited my love for space-themed walking simulators, and I had this one waiting for me. The storytelling is a bit awkward, and the voice acting is not too good, especially the main protagonist, who sounds like an amateur person with a regular mic recorded it. In fact the credits give a nickname, not a real name, unlike the rest of the cast.

But it’s a chill game and it looks quite good on my CRT, and the story isn’t bad in itself. Just the way it’s told. Now I’m looking for more similar games, we’ll see if I find more.

Maybe it’s just me, but Alan Wake 2 is the first game I’ve encountered that doesn’t give you any other choice beside FSR/DLSS.

With my specs I should be able to run it comfortably at high without ray tracing, even with some ray tracing features on at all times. The game’s optimization isn’t exactly the best unfortunately.

And yes, I can’t understand what they were thinking when they decided to make FSR/DLSS mandatory, I find it crazy.

Speaking of clichés

I advanced a bit further in the DLC, I’m starting to see what you mean about gen AI.

I gave up on the idea of a smooth experience in the base game. I experience hiccups all the time even at the lowest settings. The DLC runs better so far, I even have low path tracing with mid denoiser quality at the moment and it runs ok. FSR 4.1 via OptiScaler looks good at 1600x1200 native.

I’m still playing Alan Wake 2:

The DLC seems to run better than the base game, they probably optimized it better, I don’t know. Overall Saga’s parts are the worst offenders in terms of performance for whatever reason.

When in doubt, comfort food, take 2:

I have nearly 80 hours clocked in Heaven’s Vault, but all those hours have been spent playing it on handhelds (first Steam Deck and then Legion Go). Now I don’t have a handheld to play it on and I can’t get into it that much, so I changed games.

I am reading The Invincible, a book I got after playing the game based on it, so I thought a second playthrough would be a good idea. And it was, I love this game. It’s a short walking simulator with great atmosphere and story, and the graphics are quite good for what it is, they are not too complicated but everything is solid. The art style deserves a mention here, the 60s high tech sci-fi aesthetic is gorgeous, I think they nailed it. It looks gorgeous on my CRT.

I almost forgot, the voice acting is pretty good too IMO.

I’ve played Tainted Grail a bit longer, the game is fine and runs fine, still not sure if I’ll finish it but I think I’m going to keep playing it.

I bought a bunch of discounted CRPGs on Steam and GOG last month, I don’t want to buy anything this time. Let’s see if I can resist…