The only thing thats peaking my interest is the expansion to Boltgun, and probably whatever the next expansion is to powerwash simulator. just cant get excited about anything else at the moment
This did make me laugh, hookers definitely being the cheaper of those two choices. Never thought I'd see that in a sentence! You are? My list (in no order) is Control (right now), Prey, Witcher 3-1-2 (in that order), Titanfall 2, Fallout 3+, Dishonoured, Atomic Heart, Crysis 1+, Tunic, Mass Effect series, Boltgun and Cocoon/Death's Door. Also The Finals with the kid and others from this forum for socials, as soon as I can practice the basics. And Blood Bowl 2/anything WH40K for the 'stalgies. In fact, any time I read about a sequel to something, I add the first three from 15 years ago to my list. Starfield bored the tits off both me and the missus and she's never even seen it (I know it did the same to hers though because I played with them in bed the other night and she didn't even pretend to wake up, so they must have come off). At the moment, I think I'd take anything with a good story, graphics a bonus, plus it finishing in short order but with a bit of a challenge and gives me a sense of accomplishment - splendid. Which I'm guessing rules out most of the above. Just conscious of time as I don't think there's much of it left. Maybe I'll retire and be one of those "Let'sPlayV/Blogging"-ers.
Its just so easy/relaxing, and good to play co-op whilst chatting. getting distarcted by chatting doesnt result in being dismembered by a zombie (L4D), sniped (BF/CoD/Halo), or any other of the numerous ways to die/fail in games! That and its effectively free via the combo of gamespass/ms reward points...
I know what you mean about just wanting something easy and chill lately. Sometimes all I want is a game I can play in the background while catching up with friends, no insane difficulty or worrying about dying constantly. I got hooked on a couple of those simple online games just to take the edge off after work, especially ones that don’t expect you to dedicate a ton of hours. Powerwash Simulator grabs me for the same reasons, low stress and good company if you're playing co-op. For a bit of a switch-up, I started checking out stuff like the classic betting and arcade games on i-sabong.asia. There’s a bunch of random games you can jump in and out of without much hassle, which suits that laid-back style you mentioned.
holy thread necro, but lets keep going and see where we land, its been a while since there's been a year of releases that I'm looking forward to Metal Gear Solid Delta Robocop Unfinished Business Anno 117 Cleared hot Mechwarrior 5: Shadow of Kerensky
Still waiting for the next Mass Effect, but at least I've played through Space Marine 2, and I'm within spitting distance of finishing Cyberpunk 2077. On the list of games to play next since I've gone and bought them (in no particular order, excepting Mechwarrior*, which I'll get onto next): Anthem Mechwarrior 5 Clans (and the Ghost Bear's Legacy DLC) Atomic Heart The Callisto Protocol Control Dead Space 2023 Deathloop Doom The Dark Ages Homeworld 3 Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered Guardians of the Galaxy Metro Exodus Red Dead Redemption I+II (bought these today in the Steam Sale) Shadow Warrior 3 Jedi: Fallen Order Hmm. That's quite a list. If only I'd had Covid when I had my new PC. *EDIT: Anthem's servers are closing down beginning 2026, so I need to play it before that happens. And now I'm looking forward to this as it's the first I've heard of it.
Outer Worlds and ME Legendary are on my freebies list I've still yet to start up. KCD2 and Starfield still on my to buy list (probably wait until the DLCs are out and bundled TBH). As I've played all Assassin's Creed games that'll probably be my next PS5 game. Maybe Star Wars Outlaws too. Oh Elden Ring, not been near that either yet. Trouble is I finally started Cyberpunk. I'm still playing Cyberpunk....
You'd think Piranha Games would stop working on Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries after releasing Clans, right? I mean, surely they want to focus on DLC detailing the various clan activities? Well... Sign me the f**k up! Just hope it doesn't conflict with the mods I have installed.
I'm sure that was the plan until Clans (allegedly) sold incredibly poorly. But then there's form on this since Mercenaries sold poorly initially and picked up once they started releasing expansions. On the other hand, playing the Inner Sphere's perspective in Mercs and Playing the Clans in Clans is a neat concept.
Star Wars Outlaws is a bit of a hidden gem, make sure to get it all patched up as it opens the gameplay up a bit, i.e. being able to aim and shoot your blaster when on a speeder bike. I found it a little repetitive in the first hour or so, then it really opened up and is, in my eyes, one of the best Star Wars games released. Navigating Jabba's palace and the outcome of the mission develops the characters so well. Loved playing through this, still to try and 100% so I'll be going back to it sometime. I wish the DLC wasn't quite so expensive, as it is tempting.
clans is a scripted missions campaign, mercs is do what you like but pay your bills open world. imo mercs is the better game but clans has the better presentation, Children of Kerensky mashes both together in the best way possible. i really like mech 5, just wish it wasnt as arcadey and was rebalanced to be more akin to classic mechwarrior, its not as bad as 4 (god that ****) but not as good as 3.
i wouldnt go that far, it's still a game with a story beat but between those story beat contracts you can take whatever contracts in a conflict zone you like.
To follow on from @Gunsmith 's comments @ModSquid , if you're interested in getting into Mechwarrior 5, I'd advise starting with Clans as a nice way to get into it as you can smash the campaign in a weekend, before then playing Mercs which can take 100s of hours if you draw it out. Also, before starting Mercs, I'd recommend the following mods from the Steam Workshop as a minimum (after the authors have had a chance to update them to be compatible with Shadow of Kerensky): BattleGridOrders Yet Another Legendary Mech Better Lance Mate Status Yet Another Mechlab Mechs Scary Tanks Colorized HeatGauge Yet Another IS Mech Yet Another Special Variant YetAnotherClanMech Yet Another Equipment Collection Yet Another Weapon Clan Yet Another Weapon Yet Another Mechlab (this one allows all the "Yet Another" mods)
...and Shadow of Kerensky breaks the game's compatibility with some or all of the mods listed above. Going to wait until the mod devs fix things - the default mechlab is SO BORING.
