Neverwinter Nights: there’s a new DLC released based on Icewwind Dale which caught my eye so I’m phasing through the beginning campaign first.

I love CRPGs and Dungeons and Dragons but never played this before.

It’s OK, plays fine in my PC, Beamdog did the Enhanced Edition treatment on it.

The story is interesting enough but I’m finding that the game is filled with fighting for the sake of it.

I’m not sure I have the patience but I would be interested to try some of the community expansions, someone even remade Eye of the Beholder I & II

Is this like Ready or Not? I went for Ground Branch instead and was disappointed that it seems like abandon ware.

It’s a cool game, took me a long time to get into the groove with it, and I have to say most of the time the humour really landed flat with me and broke the immersion and enjoyment of the game.

If you’re finding yourself dying a lot, be aware that this game more than most has a very specific levelling path to follow.

By that I mean you will struggle to kill anything over 2 levels from you until you are in the later game, and I think it’s impossible to over level.

If you find one fight too hard circle back and try another path, the combat may be more your level

Cyberpunk,

Finally picked it up on this sale with Phantom Liberty.

Played about an hour so far, seems OK, have to get my Steam Controller setup properly for it still.

Hah yes, thanks

Love playformers platformers especially 2D, although Astro’s Playhouse was a favourite too, but mostly for the creativity with the controller.

For 2D I particularly liked the Ori games, so much love in the design of those games and the gameplay yo match

Same with Saab cars

Started the new D4 season, I don’t have the expansion.

This is my second season and my second character, I went with a summoner Necromancer this time, I also skipped the Campaign and went straight to end-game.

I have to say I really find it quite boring.

I’m also getting stuck into Monster Hunter Rise, just passed 5 star missions, I’m playing with Great Sword and I’m enjoying the challenge, I think I’m beginning to understand what MH is all about now.

Yeah the music is really nice.

I haven’t seen the anime, I don’t really know anything about the series apart from this game, but I hear there’s quite a bit of other media out there

I’m trying to focus on Nier: Automata, halfway through the 9S playthrough, it’s an interesting game, not very deep in gameplay, but every so often surprises me.

I’ve also just picked up Monster Hunter Rise with Sunbreak, I’ve never really played a MH game properly and find them really Grundy, but I hear Rise isn’t so bad so wanted to give it a fair go.

Also just finished getting a Druid to 100 in Diablo IV, my first season and I am done with the game in about 2 weeks, I may try another class in the next season but the game seems very shallow and repetive.

Well that depends what you have.

Ikaruga for starters

Removed by mod

Yes it’s a great game and I would have liked to see it above D4, I would easily put Last Epoch and Path of Exile ahead too.

I always thought that Grim Dawn was no longer being developed on as the devs were working on a new game, but they keep pumping out patches and content.

I like this list, but how is Diablo IV on there as the sole representation of an ARPG, it’s so bland.

This was something I found strange in the new Alien: Romulus film, why were the temperature readings in a science vessel for a space faring civilisation in Fahrenheit!?

But Solo Self Found is quite popular and surely that’s entirely without trading?

Or are you also talking about Vendor trading/crafting like the Chaos recipe?

I honestly thought the dev team had gone to an end on Grim Dawn, but they’ve kept it going with patches and content.

Sounds great!

Steam isn’t DRM

And GOG sells games with DRM.

It’s not a huge threat to the movie and tv industry yet, but it could be soon, from writing scripts, to using actors voices and then likenesses, then eventually crafting scenes and episodes based entirely on prompts and AI its probably only a matter of time, unless regulation and Unions stand in the way.

It’s worth noting too that the games industry these days is bigger than movies, so I think this situation is a good thing for SAG AFRA to stand firm on.