Hey all!
Figured we’d try something like this. Let me know what you all think, and if you have any feedback on what you would like a weekly thread like this to look like. Thanks
What are you all playing? Anything you got from the steam sale you’re enjoying?
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a blast.
Early access is more fully-baked than many full releases. The story is intriguing, and seems to react in a very flexible way to dialogue as well as actions in the world. The D&D nostalgia is awesome, and it seems that Forgotten Realms is more familiar to me than I thought.
It’s gorgeous. It feels great. It’s fun.
Fun fact: if you get the early release, you get a free upgrade to digital deluxe when it releases Aug 3 I think. Not a shill, I just love gaming.
Pentiment
I’m playing through The Last of Us: Part 2 for the second time. I was inspired by watching HBO’s adaptation, so I played through part one remastered and then started on Part 2 on my PS5. It’s even better this time around as the PS5 60fps patch was released about a week after I first completed it!
Then I’ve got a stack of other large games to get through including Death Stranding and Cyberpunk 2077.
I just finished Call Of Duty Black Ops - Cold War, and it was kind of ¯\(ツ)/¯. The campaign was short and the story felt kind of patched together - graphically it wa surely top notch, but I guess nothing will ever come close to MW2.
I got Final Fantasy XVI less than a week ago, and have been playing **quite **a bit of it since then. The combat’s felt really fun and fluid (especially with the quick and easy element swaps), and I’ve found the story and characters really engaging so far.
I also picked up Tunic in the Steam Summer Sale. As a lover of the Zelda games and Soulsborne-style games, it’s been on my radar for a while, but it was nice to catch it on 30% off. I haven’t been disappointed so far; it can be a little sparse on information, but it’s been really fun exploring the world (and just what your character is capable of), and the artstyle is just adorable.
