I've been looking for good digital deals on some of these smaller games. Indie titles or games that dont take a fukton of space. Not sure when i'll get to them, but at least i have them to my library.



Hollow Knight : Voidheart Edition
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
Salt and Sanctuary
Nex Machina
Caladrius Blaze
Aragami




There are quite a few more I wanting. Looking for really good deals. Waiting for Celeste to come back around at $5. I'm thinking about grabbing Cuphead but i feel like it could or should go lower than $14.99

dude you need to take Hollow Knight out of your "Not sure when" pile and put it next in line. That game is a must play. Probably the best metroidvania game ever made. It's near perfection. It can be extremely challenging but it builds you up to those challenges. By the time you get to the crazier stuff you'll have the tools and skills you need. Outside of a few INSANE optional bosses, boss gauntlets and a couple ultra difficult platforming sections that are basically there for bragging rights.

Also Horizon Forbidden West is very pretty.

Enemies also seem WAY more observant than before, but maybe I'm just rusty.

hollow knight = meh. come at me.

Blasphemous>>>>>>>>Hollow Knight

if any of you are into indy games theres a CV2 inspired game that just dropped called Infernax thats really good

Horizon Forbidden Wests enemies are super aggressive compared to the first game. Sometimes they are just downright relentless. Hit and run tactics still can work if thats your thing but be prepared to do a lot more running.

Overwhelming amount of activities in this game to do as well. There is always something nearby. One thing they need to change in the next one I think though is the loot system. I think this game with its size could easily manage a full loot drop system (armor/weapon drops and stuff) instead of set weapon/armor placement and "random" resource drops from enemies. Might need to lean into the crafting a bit more with a new loot system but thats no issue because the crafting/upgrade loop in this game is actually fun.

Really enjoyable game though. Loved the first and this is a clear improvement across the board.

Almost at max level and I don't think I cross the mid-point of the story yet. So much to do.

Kirby BOTW demo.

I bought Elden Ring last week.



But i've been balls deep in a game called Salt and Sanctuary. It's amazing.

Also, I bought this. I havent played it yet. Probably wont for months. But i bought it.

I'm max level. Just finished the level 18 story quest lmao.

On the home stretch of Horizon: Forbidden West. Just doing some hunts to get my legendary armor weapons maxed out.

I should be done just in time for Tiny Tina's Wonderlands next week.

about 40 hours into triangle strategy. will probably do a second run once i wrap it up

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Caved and picked up the Mass Effect Collection for the PS4 yesterday. Started a new game just this morning. It'll be interesting to see how long I go before going full douche Shepard.

Hahaha! It was my eleventyth playthrough with the Legendary Edition, so I went total douche. Lost a lot of people on the suicide mission at the end of II because I didn't give a shit about any of my crewmates.


Haven't finished 3 yet.

haven't gotten to 3 yet either. itll be there once i get through like...4 games that are ahead of my replay of 3. looking forward to it though

Finished up the first mission and now I'm in the middle of exploring the Citadel. Controls for combat are giving me a rough time but I chalk that up to being used to other shooter setups. The way the conversations work is great and you can feel the effort they put into this universe.

the 2nd game becomes a more standard over the shoulder 3rd person cover shooter in both control and mechanics. if youre liking what theyre offering now youll love the series by end.

And amp up the difficulty if you want a better (IMO) experience. Becomes too easy to wipe out mobs in fights when you get the mechanics down.


Adding difficulty will give them barriers, shields, etc. and FORCE you to coordinate skills and combos.

Had the most epic game of Battlefield V and don't think I will ever replicate it.


We were on Aerodome and it was Strategic Conquest (big vehicles, bigger maps, bigger all the things).


I played support and everyone but 1 other squadmate left the squad. We were in proximity to Objective C (dead-center of map, lotsa heated battles) and there was 1 squadmate in a tank, and another random tank.


Support in Battlefield traditionally leans towards restocking ammo and repairing vehicles. There are also support stations where vehicles can refill their ammo, and support is the fastest "building" class.


I kept both tanks repaired, kept rebuilding the supply station as it would get destroyed. Repelled a few attacks with errant bombs strapped to vehicles and lunged at us. It was ordered chaos and absolutely magnificent.


End of the game saw my squadmate with 39 kills - 0 deaths. I was 3rd or 4th (in score) with only 4 kills, but I played the fucking objective and role. No doubt the other team unquestionably thought the dude was hacking, but we just perfectly synergized.


Wish I would have been able to record the whole round, but I settled for the scoreboard screenshot at the end of the round.

looked similar to this, except I was infantry running around on foot


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Finished Horizon: Forbidden West last night.

Time Lord

Giving Tunic a go. Seems like like Zelden Souls. Very unforgiving.

130+ hours later i ended up playing it 5 times. outstanding game.

i could absolutely do another run but i think its time to dive into my backlog before it turns into a mountain...but id like to do one more true ending run...

Started Metroid Dread. Had to use a guide after the first boss. Basically locks you into a small section of the first area, forcing you to head to the second and then that area looks as if you are completely stuck as well and you have to realize there is one random hidden destructible wall in the first room that lets you go another way. Guess it was one of the few walls I didnt shoot because it looked the least likely to be a secret path. Ridiculous.

thats the epitome of bad game design

it honestly stands out as maybe the worst design choice I've ever seen in a mainline metroid entry.

Reeks of that Castlevania II nonsense.

Picked up Rogue Legacy 2. Never played the first, but Ive gotten really hooked on other roguelites so I figured Id give it a try. Feels really good. Looks like another crackrock to smoke in my collection of addictive roguelites.

CV2 gets a bad rap due to its localization. theres at least one npc that basically tells you how to solve each puzzle somewhere in the world...in the JPN version. there's a fan port that redoes the translation and it fixes how obtue the 1st outing felt.


its a real shame too. CV2 should be considered an absolute trail blazer of a game. day/night cycle. for an 8 bit game a genuine crack at an open world as could be done with tech. among the best OSTs of all time. there's a lot to be said about it. instead we talk about the cryptic puzzles that werent meant to be half of what they were.

Started Control. 1 hour in and i can see why it won so many GotY awards. Very David Lynch in the best way. truly unique

Oh man. Have fun bro that's an amazing game. Love the whole thing. Theres one sequence in there that is top 5 gaming moments for me for sure, if not number 1.

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I got stuck in super metroid... tell me I'm an idiot...

Gonna have to reload a save. You broke sequence when you jumped across the gap with a running start. You're meant to get the high jump boots in norfair first.

Was there no way out through the door on the right that you remember? You definitely sequence broke like Fignuts said but most of the sequence breaks end up with alternative, albeit difficult, alternate routes out. I'd maybe bomb jump back up there (I know, timing is painful, it still is in Dread) and check out the other room again for a destructible block somewhere or another place you can bomb jump too to proceed.

Or hopefully you have a recent save like Fig said. What platform are you playing this on? If you are emulating you can always just edit your current save to refill your super missiles.

Definitely no way outta that room, save bombing his way back up, and working all the way around to the other side.


But this is fake :D