Anders

I tend to agree, except when FPS games change to third person in cutscenes. I love being able to personalize my characters, either through gear you aquire through the game, or purely cosmetic outfits. One of my pet peeves are loot-based RPGs where the gear you equip only change your stats, not your appearance.

The Steam summer sale started yesterday and will run until the 10th of july. Have you bought anything? Anything from your wish list you are planning on buying?

Not really obscure any more, but I think the small indie game Vampire Survivors made a huge impact on the industry. After the huge success of Vampire Survivors, survivor-likes have become it's own genre, and there are a thousand different survivor-games on Steam now.

I was honestly quite surprised when I saw the announcement, I did not think this game would get a sequel after the whole Justin Roiland-debacle. I'm glad it's happening though, it looks very fun from the trailer. I didn't play through all of the first one, but I did enjoy what I played.

Instead of bouncing back and forth between 20 different games like I have been lately, I've now found two games that I will stick with until I've finished them, Stellar Blade on the PS5, and Dungeons of Hinterberg on my steam deck. I'm kind of in love with both games I think a lot of people discount Stellar Blade as just "sexy lady game", and although I will absolutely agree that unlocking various sexy outfits for the main character is a huge part of the game, it is still a very good game. First of all, it's absolutely gorgeous. The environments are stunning, and the character models are probably some of the best I have seen in any game ever. The combat is also very fun. It does play a bit like a souls like, where you make your way from camp to camp where you can rest to replenish your health and healing potions, but resting will also cause enemies to respawn. Thankfully, for me at least, you don't get punished for dying, at least not on the easy difficulty. Dungeons of Hinterberg is also gorgeous in it's own way. It has a more cartoony art style, but the sceneries still look amazing. The game is set in the small town of Hinterberg in the Austian alps, where monsters exist and magic is real. This has turned the town into a huge tourist destination for people who want to go on an adventure and slay monsters. Gameplay wise it plays a little like a mix of Zelda with it's combat and puzzle based dungeons, and Persona, with each day being divided into morning, noon, afternoon and night, and you getting to interact with and build relationships with different characters.

I'm quite interestested in this game, mainly because of it's history. It started development for the original Xbox back in the early 2000's, but due to legal trouble it was never released. A few years ago the original developers finally got the rights back and finished the game, so it's literally a mid-2000's game released in 2025.

2005 Most Wanted or 2013 Most Wanted? The first one is probably one of my favorite games of all time, but the second one was a huge disappointment to me. Mostly because I though it was gonna play more like the first one, which it absolutely does not.

On of my favorite genres are ARPGs, AKA Diablo-likes. Isometric dungeon crawling with tons of loot is my jam.

Man, I would love an Underground 1 + 2 remake. I don't personally have a lot of nostalgia for the Pro Skater series, but Underground 1, 2 and American Wasteland were a big part of my childhood.

Cyberpunk 2077 got a very different ending/endings with the Phantom Liberty DLC. I absolutely love that game.

Agreed, I was pretty on edge for the nighttime segments, constantly waiting for a jumpscare. I would also say games like Stardew Valley or Fields of Mistria. Farming, fishing and socializing with villagers is mostly relaxing, but you often have the feeling of not having enough hours in the day, and having to do everything in a hurry.

A few years ago I used to carry a fold out pocket knife with me. I very rarely used it for anything, but it was nice to have just in case I needed to open or cut something. I then discovered that carrying a knife is very much illegal in my country. It's been living in my kitchen drawer since.

Personally I don't really see the point. The reason why I bough a Steam Deck is so that I can play while lounging on the couch or in bed, and that I can bring it anywhere I want. I see people on the Steam Deck subreddit with huge elaborate setups involving external monitors, controllers, keyboards, mice and huge powerbanks, and in my opinion those kinds of setups just goes against the whole point of the Steam Deck. Also, I have the OLED Steam Deck, so in order to get an external portable monitor at nearly the same quality, you would have to spend a looot of money.

I probably have at some point, but what I do remember is the time that I didn't fake being sick. When I was in high school, pretty much everyone in my small class played World of Warcraft. I got legitimately sick the day after Cataclysm was released, and absolutely no one believed that I was actually sick.

I remember playing the original Eye Toy Play on the PS2 as a kid. My friend that lived two houses over had a broken leg at the time, and we figured out that nearly all the minigames could be played with just your arms, so we each pulled up a dining chair in front of the probably 24" CRT and sat there waving our arms. Good times.