I really don’t get the hate for it. In an FPS for example, it allows you to quickly aim between far-apart targets by moving the mouse fast, and then home in on them by moving the mouse slow. The same principle applies to pretty much anything that needs accurate, non-consistantly-spaced clicks.
Project Diablo 2 Season 7: If you’ve been meaning to check out the Diablo series, or you’re not impressed with Diablo IV, then this is the variant of the game you have to try. Of course, Diablo 2 is a classic and PD2 is a well received mod, but Season 7 adds some much welcome graphical QoL changes - 60FPS and HD text rendering that looks pretty good even on 4K monitors. Of course, the graphics still doesn’t compare to Resurrected or other modern games, but if you can look past that, you’re in for a helluva ride. This is hands down, the best ARPG, IMO.
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: If you’re a Star Wars and an Age of Empires fan, you have to check this out. On the surface, it’s just a reskinned AoE 2, but calling it just that wouldn’t do it justice. You can have fleets of X-Wings and Tie Fighters, little R2 units as your villagers, destroyer droids, Jedi Knights as priests, bounty hunters, and of course, stormtroopers. All your classic Star Wars character types, all the familiar SW locales like Tatooine, campaigns based on movie plots, all of it accompanied by original soundtracks by John Williams from the movie - and you’ve got a winner. Unfortunately, this game never received the official HD treatment like AoE did, but thankfully, the Expanding Fronts mod exists - it adds much needed QoL fixes, plus new civilisations, units, maps and music from the movies. You may want to pair it with the cnc-ddraw patch for better graphics btw. I’ve been playing this game almost every single day with my friends using ZeroTier and it’s been sooo much fun.
0 A.D.: This is another RTS that every AoE/RTS fan should check out. It’s a cross-platform open-source game that’s been under development for a long time, and whilst still technically an “alpha”, it’s reached a state where you can genuinely enjoy campaigns and multiplayer games without any major issues. A couple of things that stand out for me is a) the music, which is really, really well done, matching the civilisation you’re playing b) the details on the buildings - you can zoom in super close and appreciate all the details, in fact, it’s not just the buildings but the attention to detail in general stands out in so many ways, for instance, even your farms look different with different civilisations c) the AI is really well done - even on “easy” mode it can pose a bit of a challenge and isn’t a complete pushover (unlike AoE’s easy AI), and you can also customize their behavior as well (per civilization) when starting your game (you can choose between defensive, aggressive, balanced etc) - which greatly adds to the replay value and d) you can have effectively unlimited population and very large battalions with lots of different formations, for some epic battles (provided your system can handle it of course). The only thing I miss are the keyboard shortcuts from AoE, but it’s not a big deal since you aren’t playing any ranked games or playing with randoms. Overall, the quality of this game, especially for an open-source game, is amazing, and makes it must-try for every RTS fan.
Oh the sudden wave of nostalgia, I had no idea Galactic Battlegrounds received that many mods or fan patches! I’ll have to check those out, cheers for that :)
I was so angry when Battlefield 2042 came out in 2021. SO MAD. I’d waited years for that game, and the state it was released in was downright embarrassing. Just not even in the universe of finished or playable - it was a joke.
I was so furious because I’d convinced my friends that it was going to be amazing. Thankfully we all signed up for EA Play for a month rather than buying a copy for $90AUD.
We all went and played call of duty for 2 years instead, but it fractured the group.
Recently BF2042 went back on sale for $20. A friend sent us all some youtube videos and convinced the whole squad to give it another run as they had been actively working on the game for the entire two years. I’m so glad he did!
We have had some absolutely epic 128 player matches the last 4 months. So much fun, it has felt like the old days.
One friend has put in the hours and learned to be a pretty competent chopper pilot. We have had a couple of games with a full squad in the chopper repairing and gunning and managed to stay alive the entire match without a single death. Absolutely legendary.
We’ve had others jumping between vehicle and ground play and basically turned the tide of battle just with our little squad. Man we’ve had some fun! It’s the first time in years that I’ve regularly managed to field a full squad all on voice comms and it’s just been so great.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road
Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby
Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of The Forest
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Vampyr
Sonic Frontiers
Milk Inside A Bag of Milk Inside A Bag of Milk
Milk Outside A Bag of Milk Outside A Bag of Milk
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Half Life: Alyx
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Dark Souls
Hi-Fi Rush
I’ve not played any other VtM games, but I loved bloodlines. I played it a couple of Christmases ago and my friend who introduced me to World of Darkness watched me play it and it is one of my favourite memories. I played a Malkavian
It’s genuinely my favorite game of all time, I only found out about it this year and I’m on my fourth playthrough (only finished twice, abandoned my brujah and am saving it for later cuz I wanted to play Malkavian, now I’m on Nosferatu).
If you like WOD lore on its own, check out Coteries of New York, Shadows of New York, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of The Forest. They’re incredible visual novels that I found captivating.
Redemption is a mess, but great if you love WOD/VTM and can deal with Doom ripoffs from that era, but it’s genuinely frustrating to play a lot of the time. I admit I only love it because I’m a huge nerd more dedicated to the lore than I am interested in actual gameplay.
Swansong is buggy and badly animated, but the story was very enjoyable for me, and I think a lot of the problems people have with it are more… Let’s say, things to complain about in a YouTube video, than issues actually worth being upset about as a fan.
The rest are basically text adventure novels, they’re great but it’s ultimately just reading a book in which you make choices about the direction (which Coteries and Shadows also are, but accompanied by absolutely gorgeous artwork and dynamic backgrounds).
Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife is incredible if you have VR 🤩
Well, that’s a good exercise, I’ve actually completed more games in the past year than I thought I did…
Lunar: Silver Star (Story Complete) - I’m not usually fond of “typical” turn-based RPGs, but there was something about Lunar’s fairly simplistic gameplay, beautiful art and sound design, the quirky translation from Working Designs, it’s just a very “charming” game and it’s been on my mind for a while since then, everything kinda comes together to form a really memorable experience. I’m looking forward to playing Eternal Blue sometime soon-ish.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss - Okay, hear me out: Golden Abyss is sort of the black sheep in the Uncharted franchise and I wouldn’t say I love it - it can be very frustrating at times, the story is somewhat subpar compared to mainline games and as a showcase for the PS Vita, it can also be pretty gimmicky - however, it was my first Uncharted game, back in 2012, and I had to wait until I got a PS5 (in 2020) to finally experience the other games. It was well worth the wait, I absolutely love the series and that’s why I wanted to replay Golden Abyss (for that bit of nostalgia) last year.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - I’ve been on a (fairly recent) journey to try and explore my own mental health through various mediums, with video games being one of my primary passions/hobbies/time sinks, I’ve been trying to find games that explore this subject specifically - Hellblade is, of the ones I’ve played yet, the one that does it best. It’s a very intimate game and it can be really sensory heavy at times (I don’t think I would’ve been able to play it, were I in a less than ideal mental state at the time), but it’s such a rewarding experience, being able to see and feel Senua’s tale that way. I can’t wait for the second game.
A Plague Tale: Requiem - This is the most memorable and emotional experience I’ve ever had in a video game, bar none. I played Innocence and Requiem back to back and I enjoyed it so much, I can’t recommend it enough. I fear my words wouldn’t do the game(s) justice tbh. And that OST is wonderful.
Nier: Automata - What does it mean to human? I would say this is one of the games which had me reflect on our own condition and society the most, haha. Beyond that, I really enjoyed the gameplay (that’s usually more my kind of RPG - Action focused), with various other interesting mechanics (shmup gameplay, etc). The OST is one of the best I’ve ever heard. One of those games you wish you could erase from your memory and relive all over again.
GRIS - Another game with a focus on mental health. Simple, beautiful, emotional. No spoken words, yet I felt like I went on a journey at a time when I feel I needed it most, I cried multiple times, but I’m really grateful for what I experienced. Probably the most memorable sound design I’ve experienced last year!
Kingdom Come Deliverance. There definitely is a bar to entry with how steep the learning curve is.
Once past that, it’s probably one of the best immersive RPGs I’ve ever played. Bonus points if you’re a history buff and study European history in the late 1300s.
That being said, I can say this game isn’t for everyone
Stray. I liked the length, gameplay, story, colors, and being a little orange cat. The puzzles weren’t too hard either.
The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. The controls were a little fiddly sometimes, but it’s VR so that’s not unexpected. The story was mostly a backdrop for the zombie-killing and fetch-questing, but it was a lot of fun.
My partner and I just finished the game a few weeks ago and were surprised at how good and memorable it is. There were like 5 times in that game where we were like “Wait, we’re not near the end?” and it was such a treat every time
Muscle memory, having the cursor / aim be an upredictable variable depending on the speed of the movement feels very wrong to me.
Floaty feeling, one of the things I try to do first with every Bethseda game is to try and force raw mouse input, otherwise it feels like I’m trying to control a mouse cursor that is sliding on ice.
I have not tried the RawAccel druver you’ve linked so can’t comment on that.
I know people have gotten it to run on Steam Decks in the past. Here’s a guide for running it on Linux in general, though I would assume it also applies to the Steam Deck.
Also, controller support is not a thing in Freelancer, so you have to play with KB&M
Though you might be better off asking in the discord server: discord.gg/FdSkbZ8
As of yesterday, Baldur’s Gate 3. Really love shoving gobbos off of rooftops.
Before that, I think Against the Storm might be my pick. I’m usually not in to city builders past the 2-3 hour mark. Basically as soon as my city is functional I want to try again and make something pretty AND functional. Against the Storm basically has you do that beginning stretch over and over in a rogue-like format. It’s fucking awesome.
Edit: now that I see someone mention Deep Rock I gotta make that my pick. Rock and stone!
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