Aggressive DLSS & low graphicsand yet my laptop fans are loud and performance issues. I read the forums, even with good hardware the game is very demanding. Judging by the graphics it's not too surprising but it feels overkill. 1-2 years with either better hardware or GFN it should be fine. Melee combat a bit slow for my taste but I'll be a mage or archer anyway.

Time to try Gothic remake! It's cool the developers skipped Denuvo and GOG release day 1.

Corsair Cove demo is fun! Unfortunately dice based combat but placing buildings on cliffs is oddly fun. Later there's zip lines and elevators. I'm not sure how long a game like that is overly interesting unless they have random scenarios with random challenges or an endless mode but I'll get it. Release date is 31th July.

Fading Echo demo is fun. 3D action adventure where you can manipulate magic puzzle lite and surrealistic theme.

I just tried Moonrise Fall. Made in Game Maker so not my cup of tea to graphics but they added a few things, it looks decent. Surrealistic world with a reality changing camera. Heavy discount but I'm not in a mood now so off to ITAD wishlist. Recommend the demo though.

Yep, silver pines demo was freaking awesome

Keev, Silver Pines seems promising! Did you finish the demo? I opened my laptop after not using for a while, I have like 6 unplayed demos so I didn't play it fully. Nice details and great atmosphere even early on at least.

https://github.com/laszlo-gilanyi/OldenEraExplorer

It's a pity that it's not standard with in game wiki / codex for complex games. Against the Storm has a really good one (along with a tutorial) and you can even search the index super fast.

Gothic 1 remake release later today. Not in a hurry to play but it will be interesting to see overall reviews.

Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis looks good, Release date postponed 2027 February. I hope they remake all the old ones if this one is successful.

Control Resonant release 24th September so quite close.

"since I loved every minute of it" - wait, I have to correct myself there, but the scene that I absolutely hated was intentionally gross XD

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros RTS has 2026 release but no known date. I thought it was at least a year away.

Gamers are the worst

(Btw, is Mixtape free on GamePass or something, or why are there so many negative reviews of people who aren't even in the target audience complaining that it has "no gameplay" or that they hate the teenage coming-of-age genre or whatnot?)

Thanks for recommending Mixtape, keev! It was on my radar before, but your enthusiastic and well written review made me get it much sooner than I would have otherwise, and I don't regret it one bit, since I loved every minute of it. Might even want to replay it some day (which I don't usually do), just for the music, atmosphere and dialogues.

No rest for the wicked 1.0 in October!

Gravity Circuit is free, sequel is coming too

Another game for the future / retirement wishlist haha

Mina the hollower is awesome, similar to 8-bit Zelda games. Highly recommend it, but it's not an easy game too.

Keev, how's Windrose and Mina the Hollower? I forgot to try Corsair Cove too lol. Yet another upcoming pirate game, Black Flag Rising.

Calx release pushed off to October 8th pity as I had forgotten about it, it was previously June 4th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove demo now! Release 31th July

What era?

Funny enough next COD is about Korea :D

Oh damn, have fun Ele!

So next battlefield is going to be about Korean war, noted!

Out for a month in Korea, see ya nerds!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmnNrJaBrjE Mortismal Gaming review of 007 First Light

It's more rail roaded than I expected. I'm going to wait to play it to reduce hype but overall it seems like a great action adventure with a familiar brand. Arkham series melee system influence is neat. Hopefully they make a sequel with typical Hitman variety and less limited gadget system.

The Blind Warrior is upcoming story action adventure set in 1860s Java. Really dig these culturally focused games.

Life Below is a charming sea city builder with Rhianna Pratchett as the writer. Demo is available.

Peculiar experience! Really looking forward to play it one day but I want to play Banquet for Fools first. Given complexity and difficulty I wanted to give it sometime, last patch was 10 days ago but Steam page says peak ~400 players so it will likely take time for the 2 developer team to fix most stuff. :p

It's weird, to me BG3 can be totally awesome and also very annoying and frustrtaing at the same time. It is a great achievement and yet can feel so clunky and unintuitive and "badly designed" as well. As if it was made by two different teams, geniuses and amateurs, heh.

No, I managed to get into it again, after a few tries. It helped that playing Slime Rancher 2 with gamepad made my wrist hurt, so I was looking for something I could play with M+KB to give it some rest, and I remembered I wanted to get back into BG3. And to start things off I googled how to get past what I got stuck with (which is part of why I took a break from BG3).

That sounds quite frustrating. Did you start over in BG 3? I just don't keeping saves if I quit games early these days and I usually uninstall the game within 1-3 days of a break unless the break was necessary.

It distracted me from finishing Legend of Grimrock 2 though. XD

I'm currently playing BG3 (again, after taking a break for almost a year, I think).

I rarely do too and even less nowadays. I mean Witcher 3 was last RPG I played. Divinity OS 1 in 2015. Tbh it sucks haha

I never ever replay long RPGs. Well, tbh, I did play the Divinity OS games more than once, but only in multiplayer.

I played it once in 2016, once in 2019 with a magic mod. I want to replay the current DLCs with a VR mod.

Looks like I was right in delaying my playthrough of W3 for years and years. ;)

Witcher 3 is getting a 3rd DLC in 2027 called Songs of the Past. Co developed with Fool's Theory behind The Witcher 1 remake, The Thaumaturge, Seven and BG 3. More details later this year.

Thanks! I'll wait and see what's in Humble Choice next Tuesday, and if it's a skip again, I'll get The Knightling instead.

Both manual and auto saves. Some issues with trying to load a save that was done during combat and dying results in the game choosing latest autosave rather than a manual save.

How is the save game system? I think I saw someone say it's a downside of the game. Does it use checkpoints only or something?

It took some getting used to that the shield you use as a main weapon is quite slow, I usually have a more fast paced play style in real time combat games but there's a skill tree and gadgets that you can use that helps. As to similar games learning to parry and dodge is better than figuring out how to take damage or just button smash.

For 7€ definitely worth it! Only that it felt janky, people even call them euro jank :)
In a way that can create a subjective charm to games. No specific title comes to mind. What is good is level design and Zelda like universe in a PC game format. Combat is challenging, charming creatures and good enough main story.

Nirth, would you recommend The Knightling for 7 EUR? Any games it's comparable to? I seem to remember you said it lacks polish here and there (bugs and such) - was this a minor or major issue?

No actually, it took me about 9 hours to finish because I did everything myself. You don't need to look things online, there is a Help menu that tells you in details what you need to do on every level and with every puzzle if you ever get stuck.

But was more fun to solve things with pen and notepad.

Call of the Sea was very charming, looking forward to Elder Gods.

You were looking up the puzzle solutions on YouTube, weren't you

Finished Call of the Elder Gods. Beautiful game, ending made me cry. Very bittersweet story, loved the cosy yet mysterious feeling of it.