Trying my best to like Elite Dangerous, just got my first new ship the Eagle, but I don’t think it’s the game for me, think it is just too sandbox and having to wait so long when traveling between systems and planets, is just too boring for me.
I tend to like more simplistic games, and as I have been playing this, I just get reminded more a more of Freelancer (best space game I have ever played) as that game felt more arcady and felt a bit nicer to maneuver my ships, which I tend to like more.
Don’t think Elite is a bad game, just don’t think it is for me.
Definitely not a game for everyone. I consider it being a traditional or true role playing experience, the enjoyment definitely comes from what you make of it.
Yeah definitely think someone with a role playing mindset will enjoy the game immensely, especially if you play the multiplayer, as I played the single player mode and that makes the universe feel extremely empty.
In totally unrelated news, downloaded Freelancer and the Discovery Freelancer mod, that community is still going strong, and I am having so much fun playing that game again. That mod adds so much to the vanilla game.
Yeah, for me, I haven’t really found another game quite like Freelancer and even Privateer 2. I think what they right is to combine a proper story with everything else. Because just buying and selling and taking contracts tend to get boring if there is no end-goal in mind.
Haven’t tried Elite yet though, but I’ve tried some others and meh.
I finally bought the Fate of Atlantis DLC for AC Odyssey. Usually the game goes on special for about R250 and the season pass as well for R250 and I know that isn’t really expensive, but for some mental reason, I just couldn’t get myself to buy a season pass just for one piece of DLC at the same price as the main game.
So now the season pass was on sale for 75% off (R150) and I’ve managed to only buy the Atlantis DLC for R95.
So far it is good. Only problem with leaving a game for so long is that I tend to forget the controls.
Then I’m also attempting Agents of Mayhem again. This game had so much potential if they only made it multiplayer. Everything about this game screams to be a multiplayer game, but alas… no such luck. Still not a bad game (thus far), but it could have been so much more.
I recently reinstalled Agents of Mayhem again as well and played quite a bit but the performance on PC annoys me. A game as old as it is should be able to run at a constant 60FPS even on my system but the frame rate is all over the place. Still, it’s a fun game.
There was a forced decision in For the Blade that people weren’t happy with. Luckily I made that decision myself so wasn’t forced into it. The nice thing about For the Blade is that it’s almost a prequel to Origins. Don’t want to give away any spoilers.
But enjoy Atlantis. I liked it a lot. Man, I miss Odyssey. Really looking forward to playing Valhalla.
I grabbed this casual city-builder called Islanders. It’s the perfect relaxing time-waster so I’ve been enjoying that in those short in-between moments during the day.
I downloaded The Turing Test on Gamepass because it is leaving next week and I want to see if it is still playable after that date if it is already installed… and now I’m actually playing the game and quite liking it. Guess I’ll finish it this weekend and then just test next weekend before removing it.
Really enjoying Jedi: Fallen Order. It’s interesting how the different planets so far have had a different feel. Dathomir gave me a Dark Souls vibe, while Zeffo felt more like Tomb Raider/Uncharted. The variety has been cool.
I have taken a side quest in that Age of Wonders: Planetfall is leaving Game Pass soon so I wanted to give it a go while I can still do so without dropping some coin. It’s a nice iteration on the Age of Wonders formula, with more interesting units and specialisations. Definitely something I’d pick up one day in a sale.
Its pretty great, I used to play it a long time ago to. Their story telling quests have improved a LOT. The combat is very fulfilling from a starship battle point of view.
The F2P is always there, just have to ignore it. You get to play a lot for free.