Hey, Red Team. How has your year been going? I have been playing so many games over this last few months, and many of them have been great.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has been really fun. The visuals were awesome and the frame gen was really well implimented. I have only spent about 12 hours in game but it has been pretty sweet. I enjoy adventuring in the world of Pandora. I like the movies, so that probably makes me biased. That said, I am having a pretty good time playing for an hour here or there.
Palworld blew me away with how well the game runs, and the fun that can be had catching monsters and building bases. I hardly got into the towers, only beating two, and had a blast. I spent a few days lost in this game. I found myself looking at the time, and realizing I spent hours on this game when I meant to just spend one or two.
Wayfinder didn't come out this year but has been pretty cool too. It is early access with a price tag of 20 USD, but I have put about 25 hours into the game and it feels really good to play. Admittedly I don't really know what to do beyond just questing and grinding XP. I should probably pay more attention to the story.
Dragon's Dogma 2 has been a breathe of fresh air, in that there is very little hand holding in this RPG. You do actually need to pay attention to conversations because some quests don't have markers. This isn't the best part. The best part is that you can hire friends NPC characters to help you in your journey. I have been avoiding using the "best" party members so I still get to enjoy the combat instead of just watching your party smash enemies that are supposed to be a challenge. I have a limited understanding of what is actually going on in the game but if you ignore the performance issues, this game is really a good time.
I have played many other games, but I don't have screenshots, and many didn't come out this year.
The list includes:
- Helldivers 2
- Apex Legends (I have 0 skill)
- Splitgate
- Chivalry 2
- Fallout 76
- Dota 2 (I'm horrible)
- Outriders
- Need For Speed Heat, and Unbound
- Battlefield 2042
- Starfield
It has been a decent chunk of time since the new year, and I have been having a really good time. What are you playing? Are there any games that just blew your mind?
Mighty Doom on my Mighty RoG phone 🤣
Ever since i got my new PC on January. All of them on Ultra or high settings for 1080p. Avoiding upscaling whenever possible. Style of playthrough is semi completionist, offline. Some played the DLC, others haven't. 😛
Current games in library:
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Dying Light 2
Far Cry 6
The Last Of Us Part I
The Lies Of P
Witcher 3 Wild Hunt
Completed games:
Alan Wake 2
Battlefield V
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
Call of Duty WWII
Cyberpunk 2077
DOOM Eternal
Dead Island 2
Far Cry 5
Forza Horizon 5
God of War
Grand Theft Auto V
Marvel's Spiderman Remastered
Metro Exodus
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Resident Evil Village
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
TEKKEN 8
WWE 2k24
Wolfenstein II - The new colossus
Tried but unfinished, for various reasons:
Ace Combat 7
Baldur's Gate 3
Devil May Cry 5 Vergil
DiRT Rally 2.0 GOTY
ELDEN RING
F1 22
FIFA 23
Forza Horizon 4
Gears 5 Hivebusters
HITMAN World of Assassination
Hogwarts Legacy
Horizon Zero Dawn
Middle Earth Shadow of War
Mortal Kombat 11
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Resident Evil 3 Remake
Resident Evil 7
Star Wars Fallen Order
The Evil Within 2
Watch Dogs Legion
For the record i had played every single game of relevance released up to the Q4 of 2016 (defective GPU) and in between 50 to 100 games up until 2024. Mostly quality indies and the such. Also had various consoles growing up and played numerous ROMs on emulators.
Yup, four months it's all it took to catch up. Boooooring! xD
I'd never play the suggested games by the OP. No offense. It takes experience to achieve an acquired taste in the best things. Never tried 1440p but i can already tell i am missing big time!
Yup, four months it's all it took to catch up. Boooooring! xD
I'd never play the suggested games by the OP. No offense. It takes experience to achieve an acquired taste in the best things. Never tried 1440p but i can already tell i am missing big time!
Okay it seems as though i have gone from zero to hero and actually loving Elden Ring. You don't need to go everywhere or grind endlessly. I was able to beat the Groveside Cave boss without taking damage, easily defeating the giants or the entire garrison of soldiers in one go by understanding simple concepts.
Guard counter and skills. Being a Samurai build i also have archery to aid my combat with long range attacks. Again, skills here is a much better use of your arrows with minimal FP expenditure. FP being the single most valuable stat it seems and a safe placement of runes in early game. Parry can also help in specific situations for shields that support it of course.
Another thing that cannot be overlooked, your flasks are refilled as you bring enemies to their demise and there are some magical thingies spread across the map that also replenish them. A massive overhaul from the dark souls mechanics.
Not to mention torrent, your horse, but you don't have to overuse it. Rather learn to incorporate the speed and evasive element to your foot combat. I cannot stress enough that you should start replaying Dark Souls 3 if you haven't done so recently. Major practice for what lies ahead in Elden Ring.
Current games in library:
Baldur's Gate 3
Dark Souls III (played before)
ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree
HITMAN World of Assassination (Hitman 1, 2, 3)
Nioh
Rage 2
Ride 5
The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt
Completed games:
Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown - plus all DLCs
A Plague Tale - Innocence
A Plague Tale - Requiem
Alan Wake 2
Back 4 Blood - plus all DLCs
Battlefield 1 (played before)
Battlefield V
Borderlands 3 - plus all DLCs
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
Call of Duty WWII
Cyberpunk 2077 - plus all DLCs
Dead Island 2
Dead Rising 4
Detroit Become Human
DOOM Eternal
Devil May Cry 5
Far Cry 5
Far Cry 6
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Forza Horizon 5 - plus Rally DLC
Ghost Of Tsushima - plus all DLCs
God of War
Grand Theft Auto V (played before)
Lies Of P (Real Boy Ending)
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel's Spiderman Remastered
Metro Exodus - plus all DLCs
Outlast 2
Ratchet and Clank - Rift Apart
RoboCop Rogue City
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resident Evil 4 Remake - plus all DLCs
Resident Evil Village
Shadow of the Tomb Raider - plus all DLCs
TEKKEN 8
The Last Of Us Part I
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves (Uncharted 4: A Thief's End + The Lost Legacy)
WWE 2k24 (could reinstall)
Wolfenstein II - The new colossus - plus The Freedom Chronicles - Episode 0
Tried but unfinished, for various reasons:
Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Control
Days Gone
Deathloop
Death Stranding - Director's Cut
Dragon Ball FighterZ Android 21
Dying Light 2
DiRT Rally 2.0 GOTY
F1 22
Far Cry: Primal
FIFA 23
Forza Horizon 4 (could reinstall)
Gears 5 Hivebusters
Ghostrunner
Ghostwire Tokyo - Spiders Thread
Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice Enhanced
High On Life
Hogwarts Legacy
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Zero Dawn
Indika
Just Cause 4
Lords of the Fallen (2023)
Mafia III
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (could reinstall)
Middle Earth Shadow of War
Monster Hunter World
Mortal Kombat 11
MotoGP™24
NFS: Heat
NieR Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019
Ready or Not
Remnant 2
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Resident Evil 3 Remake
Resident Evil 7
Returnal
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sniper Elite 4
Star Wars Fallen Order
The Callisto Protocol
The Evil Within 2
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
TT Isle Of Man 3 - 2023 TT Races Roster
Watch Dogs 2
Watch Dogs Legion
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Upheaval in Jingxiang
World War Z: Aftermath - Valley of the Zeke
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
This list looks pretty final to me.
