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Arc Raiders!

I’m so new to the game (and genre) but it’s been so much fun and it works on the Steam Deck!

I’m still working things out but you drop into a map with others and it’s you VS ARC robots but also VS other players. So far I’ve only been killed once or twice and most people seem quiet friendly and helpful.

The only way you can leave are through the same exits as everyone else… so your heart gets PUMPING.

DONT SHOOT!

I couldn’t play much Sound Voltex as I didn’t have my controller with me and Demonschool, while fun, has been getting a little repetitive, so I went looking for other games.

I played 1000xRESIST during the weekend and loved it. I don’t know how to talk about it since it’s mostly story, so I’ll just say that I thought it was really well written.

Now a bit of a rant (or two): I played Ratatan and was really disappointed. I was looking forward to the game, since I fondly remember playing Patapon when I was younger, but this just isn’t good. I don’t think the roguelike/lite model fits the game (to be honest, I generally don’t like the genre and don’t understand how to have fun with it), especially how it’s implemented here: you always go through the same identical levels without any variety, fighting always the same boss at the end of each “world”. Combat against bosses is fine, but normal encounters feel entirely out of your control and just rely on stats. I know it’s an early access game, but I don’t expect these issues to be fixed, as they seem to be core to the design of the game.

Another game I played was Soulstice. This one was so average it kinda made me have a small existential crisis about how art and capitalism can’t really coexist. I heard that the story is good, although I didn’t get far enough to be able to judge it, and the core gameplay is fine but not particularly interesting, although ruined by a terrible fixed camera. I might be over thinking this, and it’s probably a bias of mine, but knowing who the developer is, I can’t help but feel like the game is more product than art. Overall the game feels soulless, it doesn’t have any original idea and what’s there is just bland. It gives me similar vibes to gacha games that uncreatively copy another game’s gameplay.

Been playing Blue Prince and loving it. Also working on Mega Man Legends 2 since I’ve never played it despite playing the first one like 5 times.

Final Fantasy XVI
Persona 5 Royal

I just started the demo to the Pokemon Shard fan game. It’s looks pretty nice and plays nice as well.

I also just started playing the Dungeon Clawler beta update with the new fire character. So far, fire is a weak debuff that I could never see myself playing with intentionally.

Also just went through and got the last ducks I needed to unlock the credits level of Fling To The Finish and I think it’s clever to make the end credits a playable level that doesn’t feel out of place.

Otherwise, I have made some progress on Toon Town Rewritten. Slowly slogging and grinding my way through.

I’ve been playing GTA5’s story mode again. I haven’t played through it since it first came out on PC. I missed the fun dialogue, over the top situations, and the actually good gameplay that isn’t marred by “bugs” that are so consistent in the Online portion that it’s hard to see them as actual bugs and not intentional annoyances designed to discourage griding for cash to buy the fun stuff.

Honestly the most annoying thing in the story mode is how Franklin immediately goes home to wear the laziest bum outfit imaginable after I just spent like a million dollars buying him actually good drip and then switching to Micheal or Trevor to do a mission.

I could write a book on how many little niggling annoyances exist in GTAO.

-Escape from Duckov (still)

-Constance has been amazing so far

-Spindle (this one’s a bit more relaxed)