To clear my backlog a bit I recently played Little Kitty, Big City, Smushi Come Home and now Paper Trails. Currently more on the ‘cosy train’ of games. I think Little Kitty, Big City was the first game I played on the Deck that implements the Steam Input API.
NEVA. SIFU is up next, got it free a couple days ago! Been mostly playing on desktop lately though (FFXVI)
I’ve fired up What Remains of Edith Finch and handed it to my teenaged niece. That seems to be going well.
path of exile 2, campaign and maps up to tier 5 ran fine so far :)
also bought the soul reaver remake, but path of exile 2 ran fine so far…
Glad to hear it. I have been holding off on PoE2 since I almost exclusively play on my Deck and have heard some mixed things.
I recently started Bombrush Cyberfunk and I’m enjoying it. The combat isn’t great, and the music doesn’t work as well as the original JSR soundtrack, but otherwise it’s really good and I recommend it.
Sonic x Shadow Generations. Loving the Shadow portion so far. Feels like Sonic Adventure stages
holding space for rebirth 😊
Need for Speed Heat. I forgot how much fun the NFS games could be. Plus it looks gorgeous both docked and undocked.
I’m also working my way through the Yakuza series, about ⅔ through Kiwami 2 at the moment.
NFS Heat is my favorite one. Good soundtrack, and the different track types and gameplay between day and night really keeps it interesting.
My wife and I are squandering the power of our gaming devices by just playing Balatro on them 24/7. She’s on the Deck, I’m streaming from my PC to my Retroid.
Mother 3 fan translation, gives me 7 hours of battery :) always loved Earthbound so it’s nice to finally play the “sequel”
The Akham trilogy, I’m playing Akham City at the moment with the HD texture pack.
Arkham City was such a good game, I have really fond memories of it.
So far just subnautica. I have never played it before, but it definitely fits the handheld + couch vibe more than the keyboard and mouse one.
- Skald: Against the Black Priory
- Mud Runners
How’s Skald? It looks interesting
It is. Very atmospheric, and I’m sure there’s a whole lot more depth to things like combat and crafting if you’re interested.
For me it’s just an easy and accessible story RPG. The text-based dialogue and turn-based mechanics make it ideal for on the road gaming IMO. You can look up from your screen or suspend and drop the Deck into your bag at any point.
The writing is great and the game feels much, much, much more fluid than the actual old games it is based on. A lot of love and care has been put into this. It’s very affordable too.
Fill disclosure: I happen to know the artist who did the character art.
Started playing Spiritfarer and UFO50 in the last couple weeks and will likely play them into the beginning of 2025.
haven’t really started anything new and I may have mentioned this before but its been years and sorta a big deal for me but I finally did an ending in both cyberpunk and elden ring. I actually completed the dlcs before the normal endings.
