I’m still playing;

Elder Scrolls Online (2014) $5.99 at -70%

I haven’t bought a subscription the whole time I have been playing it, for months now and now that I understand enough systems I genuinely don’t need it. That being said, I bought the High Isle Collection which is not longer on sale on Steam due to the new expansion. Collection’s come with the game + several expansions, which adds a significant amount of content.

The combat is a little sub-par, but the voice acting is very good and there is a substantial amount of quests to do in the base game alone. It’s more of a chill and play MMO, most PVE enemies are fairly easy.

There is no levels to the enemies, they are the same level as whatever you are, the level caps at lvl 50 with an alternate system after like in Destiny. This Champion Points (level) is applied to all characters that are lvl 50.

Killer Instinct (2013)! Booted it up again just yesterday and it just felt so damn good to play.

I did a lil haul on Steam summer sale - Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin's Creed Unity, The Surge 2, The Division and Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines

I can recommend both The Surge games if you enjoy soulslikes, they're nice sci-fi variations on Dark Souls gameplay, though definitely easier than fromsoft games

I'll probably play Unity first unless my missus decides to co-op The Division with me

Venetica: old eurojank action RPG. It shows its age and the jank is real. But underneath all that is a fresh theme, cool atmosphere and interesting story. Also, it's 1€ during the Steam sale.

Jump Ultimate Stars for DS, shamelessly giving you the discord game if you wanna play online.

I started up The Sinking City after looking through my PS5 purchases. I bought it months ago and totally forgot about it.

Unfortunately, I do recall there being issues with the publisher and something about sales of this game being basically a “fuck you” to the talent who made it (which I only heard about after buying it).

The game itself is pretty dope. I love the detective work you actually have to put in; especially if you turn the detective difficulty up so it’s not hinting at how and when to use things.

This one kind of surprised me, but I have been hooked on Fight Night Champion. I noticed it on game pass and remembered having a good time with the older games in the series so I gave it a shot. The legacy mode in this game is surprisingly in depth and offers a lot of different ways to improve your skills and upgrade your boxer. The AI beat my ass pretty regularly until I started messing with different styles and techniques. At the end of the day it’s still just two dudes beating each other with their fists, but it’s a blast.

I just started Final Fantasy 7R, it’s my first Final Fantasy, and I‘m really enjoying it so far!

Currently in Act 3, really like the world and characters so far.

I've yet again fallen back into grim dawn. Recently got my conjurer to 100, my second pet class to hit that milestone. Running through the forgotten gods expansion before i move into ultimate difficulty.

I recently got a new phone and was looking for some new games, out of the handful I downloaded that looked interesting* I got in to Alto's Odyssey the most, and have been playing that more than any of my other games this week. I actually just had my best run so far!

*Was looking for something similar to Sky: Children of the Light, which I really really loved (and I generally hate having other real players in my game unless it's like a board game, but strangers just helping each other out was nice) until I started getting chased by dragons and drowning and shit and it wasn't fun anymore. If anyone has suggestions for anything that feels as chill and friendly as that game, that's a beautiful world to explore with some goals (so not like Wilderless, which is nice but gets old quick) but nothing too competitive or stressful (and just for android, my pc is in need of an upgrade and couldn't handle much lol), let me know!

Sniper elite 4 for $6 (5 is good too, and $20) is everything I wanted MGSV to be. It's its own game so the stealth mechanics are different (sound is a major factor), and the gunplay is much more reliant on sniper rifles (though I use a silenced pistol a lot too, plus melee takedowns), but it's every bit comparable in terms of an excellent stealth engine with responsive, engaging AI. Where it shines is that unlike metal gear, which was forced out before it was populated, the mission areas are huge and jam packed with enemy action. If the ground zeroes map was a little bigger and built out into a full game, that's how Sniper Elite feels.

Also, because they can, you can snipe grenades off of enemies to explode them, and they'll chain to other environmental explosives (I haven't seen this in 5; not sure if they removed it or I just haven't noticed an enemy with a grenade on them), and the sniping is extremely satisfying with slow-motion x-rays of the body parts hit (also can be turned off) and good physics based on bullet drop, wind, velocity, etc.

I’m on a Yakuza kick. Finished Yakuza 0 recently, and now I’m digging into Yakuza Kiwami.

Briefly got sidetracked by Diablo 2 Resurrected (but then died in a place where I don’t think I can recover my loot, so I’ll probably just set that down and restart when I’m done with Yakuza).

I just started Prey. I really liked Dishonored 1 and 2 and I love sci-fi, so I’m looking forward to it.

Cyberpunk 2077. 2 years after its disastrous release, it’s a really good game. As someone who has played a lot of RPG games, I think this is probably one of the best (if not the best) RPG I’ve ever played.

I’m on a pretty good PC (with an RFX 3060 + 32GB ram), so my graphics are pretty good. This game has beautiful graphics, emotionally touching storyline (the only game where I started tearing up during the ending) and really fun gameplay (with tons of different playing styles).

Is it worth $60? Not sure about that, but it’s definitely worth $30 (sometimes there is 50% off during sales, for example during the summer sale on Steam that’s currently active).

If you’re on PS4 or an older Xbox, then I don’t know whether you’ll get the same magical experience as I have, because I read some bad reviews about the performance on older consoles. But moderate PCs and PS5 should be able to run the game nicely and allow you to be completely immersed into the world of Cyberpunk 2077.