Started Cyberpunk 2077 because I wanted to see if my computer could run something modern-ish. On medium-ish settings it tuns from 45-80FPS so not bad. I previously tried playing the PS4 version but it crashes so fucking much and can't handle particles or explosions so that hampers your choices a lot. I thought the original RPG system wasn't bad though. The latest 2.3 version further streamlines the game to be a lootershooter power fantasy. Which still isn't terrible but it's so ripe for RPG mechanics I don't know why they're so afraid of them. The shooting mechanics are surprisingly good for their 1st FPS game. Characters aren't bad, though they kill off or sideline most of the best ones. Story is fucking lame. One of the first side-missions is you befriending a cop who lives in your building. New RPG system sucks but I have a mod that makes all the perks purchasable from the start which opens it up. It's still fuckin' buggy at times though, especially anything to do with cars. Really shouldn't have been open-world. Even if the city is big it's still mostly served as a hub for missions.

I've been playing quite a lot of Tomb Raider II. First I tried playing it on ePSXe and Duckstation emulators, but I couldn't get it to work.., as soon as I tried to launch the game properly it gave me a black screen. Later on, I found out there's a remastered version for PC, so I sailed the ship and got it. It turns out the remastered version lets you switch graphics any time you want, a modern look or PSONE era stuff, you decide..

And I've been having a BLAST. I haven't played this game since like 2000 or 1999, I had a massive trip down memory lane with it. There were things I had forgotten about, like the part where you go to a Tibetan Temple. Small stuff like wall textures, ground textures, certain enemies and items would trigger massive memories from way back. Especially the Venice level, lots of small stuff that I suddenly remembered as soon as I saw them, the last Venice level gave me A LOT of flashbacks. The sunken ship level gave me A LOT of goosebumps, now I understand where my fascination with ship wrecks and exploration come from.

It's a very good game despite some technical issues. Lara's movement is awesome for it's time, the animations are superb for a 1997 game. The way she jumps, lands, grabs onto stuff, does athletic moves and so on, it's insanely good for such an old game. The combat is not great, sometimes aiming and camera angles can get very confusing and most enemies are bullet sponges, especially human enemies armed with firearms, who can really take a lot of your hp as they trade damage with you. The puzzles are mostly easy, you can get around them without much issue if you try hard enough. The platform element of the game is very fun, it works almost flawlessly. Still, I have died a lot and spent a lot of time exploring levels and trying to find my way around it, really kept me busy. Sometimes I asked how a 8 years old me could figure out this game back then, and my 31 years old ass couldn't do it lol

You get to appreciate old games, much better than today's bloated crap full of shiny graphics and little substance. Tomb Raider II has a lot of charisma and I like that a lot.

After I'm done with this game maybe I'll do the first one and the third, they come packaged in one with the remastered version. Or maybe I'll go and boot up Metal Gear Solid on the emulator, I haven't played that game in AGES and I can barely remember two or three things about it. Perhaps I'll do a full PSONE run and play Medievil or the Medal of Honor games for some cathartic nazi killing moments.

I've been obsessively playing Kerbal Space Program. I can now consistently get into orbit, usually make it to Mun, and I've touched down on Minmus a couple times. The weird tilted orbit keeps throwing me off though and I'm unsure about maneuvers that aren't just going prograde or retrograde at auspicious times.

I also made my first LKO science satellite and I'm working on getting radar dishes onto Mun and Minmus, though I'm not yet sure why. Most of my contracts are complicated and scary now so I just take the tourist ones to fund my experiments.

Monster Train 2. I finally beat the titans for the first time after unlocking them a run or two ago. Still on c8 though.

I played a run of the first game to remember how they compare, and the second game is much better. It's functionally the same core game, but all the balance changes they made and the new clans really improved the game overall.

If you like deckbuilder roguelites you should play this game even if you didn't touch the first one.

I'm still playing Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. I think I'm near the end of the game, I'm 20 hours in. It was sometimes frustrating and I have a few complaints but overall it's very good and I had a good time. I would give it a light 8/10

I keep doing the first 50 days or so of Battle Brothers over and over because I am bad at it and make poor choices.

been messing around with MegaMek, a free way to play the tabletop battletech game on the computer (and against ai)
had to re-learn how to play because it's been years
it scratches the itch that the battletech video game can't reach

I'm back on Binding of Isaac unlocking completion marks. Hit a huge milestone by finally (finally finally) getting all the Tainted Lost completion marks. I still have a few more characters to complete but getting the most intimidating one out of the way helps a ton for motivation to finish.

I also realized after completing the Mother mark that I went through the entire run without getting hit at all, not even losing the initial holy card mantle. I don't normally record stuff but I kinda wish I had for that run

Yesterday I finished another playthrough of FF6. I play it every few years, but I was very high for the duration this time, and I found it easier to take my time and fully explore the game mechanics. I developed a new appreciation for Gau.

I know there are ROM hacks and other ways to add more content, but I don't feel the same motivation to play once the story is done with.

I'm back to KSP again, been building science stations around Mun and Minmus while I wait for my first round of interplanetary probes to arrive. I already know the Moho one won't have quite enough dV to capture, but even a flyby should get me some good science points and unlock more contracts.

Playing a bit of NG+ to round up the last few achievements of Lies of P . This game rocks, but the final DLC boss is so fucking hard to read.

Also got this N64 layout controller so I've been playing old N64 stuff, mostly Diddy Kong Racing so far. I almost forgot how much of a pain in the ass these boss races were.

I started Assassins Creed Valhalla a couple of days ago. I played Origins and Odyseey so I know what to expect. Valhalla isnt high art but its exactly what the doctor ordered. Helps me to take my mind of IRL stuff. (or is it the higher dosage of my meds ?)

Oh and I did dip my toes into Against the Storm. This one came highly recommended so im curious whats it all about.

finally got around to playing Avowed
it's been fun, i'm at the final act now, though the stuttering has gradually gotten worse as the game goes on
i get the impression that most of the choices throughout are fairly binary so i'm anticipating a second playthrough where i just do the opposite, heh

Getting a bit better at Tekken 3. I can beat the psx version on easy no sweat but the arcade version in mame is still a major ass kicker with the input reading. I'm enjoying it because when I was a kid and played Tekken I really didn't understand the input system and couldn't do cool stuff like juggles or launchers. Now as an adult playing it on a keyboard with nifty things like socd cleaning I can do Jin's ewgf pretty consistently and the korean back dash cancel.

On satisfactory tier 9 currently, will finish pretty soon. I can't imagine playing this game without mods, though. Especially the auto load balancer and Storage Teleporter

Mostly been playing horizon forbidden west, I'm nearing the end? Maybe? I have to get to ruined san Francisco, which I assume will suddenly give me like 15 more hours. Just been grinding out legendary upgrades which aren't too hard once to settle in to get them. But you can't just organically farm them like with the gear before it, because it's just the big robots and their rare parts and lots of them too.

Just bought a new PC at long last, so I'll see if there's anything beefy worth running on the computer.

Yakuza 4 n maybe some disco elysium later tonight, I've played both before but trying to get all the side content I can out of both though I doubt I'll ever play a fascist in disco.

still playing V Rising a lot, pretty much finished with act 1, doing small supply raids now to get materials for crafting the basic act 2 gear, the levelling progression has been fun

Alas, despite saying I would play something other than Warframe, I continue to play nothing but Warframe. I got the two Primes on resurgence for August, might take a break now.

Started KCD1 after finishing KCD2. Tried to lockpick a chest early on and got thrown in jail, lost my chance for a free horse, so now I'm hoofing it.

Dumped about 10 hours into The Alters over the last 2 days and a little bit of Hitman 2 (original). Hitman at this point is just muscle memory to me cos I played them so much, redoing my silent assasin routes over and over again that I have been doing since I was 12 lol.

grounded 2 came out. first one was a special game for me n my boys so we're hyped up like we're teenagers again. too bad it runs like shit atm