I for one have been playing openmw non stop. Being able to replay morrowind on a brand new modern engine has completely enthralled me. The graphical enhancements you can add are superb, volumetric clouds and fogs keep the same aesthetic of the alien world Morrowind inhabits while also adding some much needed visual flare.
Also the gameplay still holds up…mostly! Finding your quests is an experience in itself. I’m getting terribly used to quest markers and maps that tell me where to go. Morrowind says fuck you “Your quest is by the old rickety bridge south of town besides the river. Good luck” no markers just exploration.
The game is not for everyone but everyone should try it.
I’ve been doing a Skyrim survival mode playthrough since I had it on the bucket list. I decided to cheese it as a stealth archer due to a combination of the increased difficulty from the hunger/fatigue/cold mechanics and the fact I haven’t done a sneaky pew-pew build since like 2016. I’m using the alternate start mod, so there are no dragons in my world yet (except for the one in Blackreach, which I already killed so I could unlock Bend Will early). I pretty much just broke out of haunted prison and made a beeline toward Morthal for the homestead with the fish hatchery, broke the game’s economy via alchemy, and right now I’m one Ahzidal’s piece away from unlocking my doomsday weapons. Only then will I bother to acknowledge that Helgen exists and start the main questline.
except for the one in Blackreach, which I already killed so I could unlock Bend Will early
i did something real similar i started on solstheim and cleansed the stones first, it was hardmode because of the level disparity in the dlc, but getting early stalhrim & black book buffs worked wonders
Hell yeah, that sounds awesome. I want to start another modded Skyrim run as well. What are some of your favourite mods?
Honestly? I don’t really use that many, and usually nothing major. The Alternate Start - Live Another Life mod is mandatory for me, along with the Unofficial Skyrim SE Patch, SkyUI, and some 21:9 widescreen fix mods. On the current playthrough, I’m trying out the Odin magic overhaul mod, Inigo, and the Immersive Citizens AI overhaul.
Looks like I also have a couple of clothing mods installed along with craftable jester gear and a blunt weapons add-on pack from my last playthrough, which were for a Harley Quinn build. I also have a lightsaber mod in the mix for some reason.
I started playing CK3 the other day and I didn’t move for like 7 hours. Afraid to open it again
I just finished cyberpunk 2077 the ending was bad. I liked the characters and the moment to moment gameplay, but the overall narrative was weak and very lib brained.
I just felt like Jeff Goldblum’s character in Jurassic Park playing that game. “Now eventually you do plan to have cyberpunk in the cyberpunk game, right?”
Yeah the story, even the littlest side missions, are distressingly not punk. A lot of the time you’re literally working for the cops. And then Johnny is a fun character, but a terrible revolutionary. He nuked Arasaka tower (
My understanding talking to people that are familiar with Cyberpunk lore is that in the tabletop setting Johnny is a much different character, but when CD Projekt Red got Keanu to play him, they made him more Reddit le epic man instead of how he’s originally thought of. But yeah, you’re right about him in the game and it’s just another in a long list of disappointments.
I haven’t been able to play video games for a while now (severe long covid) but I just started a new solo TTRPG and I’m really enjoying it! It’s called Apawthecaria and it’s about being an adorable little woodland creature who travels about, harvesting herbs and mixing remedies for the animals you meet along the way.
My character ended up being a pine marten traveling with her fuzzy bat friend, both of them taking to the road as a way of running away from something - for my protagonist, I know it’s a near death experience she never really processed, but I have no clue what my bat buddy’s deal is yet. When I last left off I was foraging for herbs to help an injured otter at a small lakeside settlement.
