Finally back in a mental state where I can resume Expedition 33 again.

I've been spending a little more time with Forever Winter.

Its very definitely early access; not the bullshit "We're releasing the game, but calling it early access so you can't complain about any bugs you find" stuff you get now but actual real old school Minecraft style early access where you're basically getting alpha builds straight from the developer.

That said, it's in much better shape than it was when I first looked into it (maybe a year ago?). Game is really fun to play, unbelievably tense, but without being too punishing. I think they're really starting to zero in on that Dark Souls sweet spot where dying sucks, but not in a way that actually sets you back all that much. The stealth gameplay feels good, and getting out with a haul of loot is intensely satisfying.

Plus the art design is unbelievably good.

Death's Door on switch. It's a cute little soulslike where you play a crow who reaps souls. It has good gameplay and a nice style.

I've basically been marathoning Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. It's hard to state just how much improved from the original game without writing a book, but the highlights are that combat is way better, the stealth is way better, the mission designs largely don't ask you to do anything tedious for the sake of "immersion" without something interesting happening along the way, and they do a better job of recording everything you need to know about a quest in your journal this time around, while signaling the things that they won't. I'm having a hard time putting the game down. It's Witcher 3 levels of "every side quest is interesting", and the game gives you a lot of freedom. My alchemy skill is now maxed out, and there's basically no problem I can't solve with potions. So far, this is the best game I've played this year.

I finally picked up Stray!

Literally just started that a few minutes ago actually. Really good first impressions. The cats are very realistic. So much so my dogs were having just as much fun as I was watching me play haha.

Disco Elysium, already played for 30 hours and I only got it a few days ago lol

blue prince

Haven't really had anything I've enjoyed lately, but I am ready an exceedingly good video game-esque novel. It's called 'Dungeon Crawler Carl'.

Currently playing through all the Zelda games with a friend in this curated order:

So far I recommend it, although I'm only 3 games in.

I just finished Wind Waker and it was far worse than I remembered, and I didn't remember it being very good in the first place. Probably a conversational opinion, but I think Wind Waker is the most lazy and forgettable Zelda game. Curious if anybody liked this one for more than just the music and artstyle.

I can't wait to move on to the DS games which I really like, but I'm waiting for my buddy to play Wind Waker first.