Been playing a lot of GTA V and grinding online, I still have to grind on lobbies with nobody else in there tho bc most players are assholes that ruin your missions

I am playing enlisted (ww2 multi-player first person shooter) and WOWS (naval warfare simulator) as a way to disconnect my brain.

Also emush from eternal twin group project which is a recreation of a real time (multiple days) cooperative game kind of merging alien and the thing movies. The game predates among us but is kinda similar.

Quite fun due to the mistery and cooperation element, not gonna lie, but on long runs you are just fighting the environment by repairing the ship which is breaking down basically every other cycle (3h per cycle, on cycle changes stuff happens)

Haven’t been able to play much this past month due to some personal issues, but I started up NGU Idle and It’s been a blast.

Favorite genres have to be city-builders/sims, and strategic or turn-based combat games.

Didn’t watch TGA since it’s super bloated, but I did see and enjoy the BG3 director’s comments about the industry.

The thing I enjoyed most this year is personal, but I started playing a lot more of the silly co-op games with friends and it’s a great way to spend time with them when they don’t live close.

I just finished my first (and likely only) playthrough of Horizon Forbidden West+DLC Burning Shores (I loved the previous game Horizon Zero Dawn).

I wasn’t prepared to get slapped in the face with sinophobia (the writing re: the Quen) but yeah it really soured my experience. I know it’s not like super overt but I understood the angle where it was coming from and what the writing was trying to communicate to its audience. Maybe I’ll find it funny in a few weeks (as many sinophobic tropes/accusations are more reflective of the west than they are of china;; “moral lessons” about finding the truth for yourself is much more applicable to westerners “forced” to reiterate antichina-isms than it is applicable to whatever the average westerner thinks about censorship and free speech in china) but right now I’m just unhappy.

At least I didn’t spend money on it this time around🏴‍☠️

I’m still playing Resident Evil 2. Now I’m doing the Claire playthrough, I’m a Jill man myself but I’m beginning to see the appeal. Anyway, I’m nervous as hell because the game keeps giving me all this ammo and all these crazy weapons and that means they expect me to use it.

Just played The Quarry, and it was a blast. Can highly recommend if you enjoy choices based story games. My favorite genres are story games, turn based tactical, and roguelikes. I find I don’t have a huge amount of time to play, so I like games that aren’t too complex and that you can pick up and play without having to remember how the game works.

Didn’t follow TGAs this year. For 2024 games, I really enjoyed Selaco, Spiritfall, Portal Revolution, and Arco.

Got back into playing pokken (am getting consistent wins against hard AI now yay)

I only played around 5 minutes of the My Sims Kingdom that came out on the Switch. I am in my finals week so I haven’t been able to play anything, but after the 19th I’m free (until January)! My favourite genre seems to be cozy games, so that’s interesting, although I also like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Legend of Zelda, so I don’t know what to say about that.

I don’t pay attention to the game awards, I think CaseOh won something. I liked playing my switch games and some on steam this year, not much gaming from me unfortunately. I imagine next year will be even less games because it’s my final year of undergrad which means I have to lock in.

This was probably the best TGA ever. Even the skits were funny. Definitely intrigued by the idea of an Elden Ring spin-off but the football game from the Sifu devs looked really cool too.

I was soooo excited for Veilguard. Guess which game I kinda hate? 😅

Replayed two flash games from my childhood that held up incredibly well. First was Battle of Britain 303 Squadron, and the second 1066. Would recommend if you have 15 minutes to spare!

Still on factorio. About 120 hours into the save. Pausing now to study programming a bit, but will play less hard, for the upcoming months, likely.

caves of qud 1.0 out now babeyy!!! also been playing gyruss for the arcade and panel de pon/puzzle league/tetris attack.

fav video genres are roguelikes, puzzle games, and arcade games like shmups.

there was a game awards…?

ring racers is THE game of 2024 in my heart and soul and spirit and its factual go play ring racers

I’ve been playing some Pokémon. I’m mostly finished w/ Fire Red, just need to rematch the Elite 4, and I’m mostly done with Let’s Go Pikachu too, which I started playing because a friend is also playing right now. And although it is extremely easy difficulty wise, I’m doing a living dex since catching Pokémon in this game is, at least, fun.

I’m getting the urge to go back to Baldur’s Gate 3, Breath of the Wild and Disco Elysium, all which I haven’t finished yet, unfortunately.

About TGA, I wasn’t expecting another FromSoftware game, and it being an Elden Ring alternate reality 3-player roguelike? SIGN ME IN, the trailer was cool, I want to see where this goes. Other than that, the only other games that caught my attention where the football game which looked so fucking cool, and this comes from someone that absolutely hate sports games, specially Fifa; The Long Dark looked super cool too and the new Ninja Gaiden looked amazing. I’m also interested in Onimusha after the trailer on TGA, so I’ll take a look into the games some time.

@Makan I’ve played a bit of Mirthwood an indie game that’s kind of a mashup between stardew valley and the sims

Then went to check out Path of Exiles 2 which I’m enjoying so far.