Hey everyone!
I just got laid off a few weeks ago, applying for jobs and doing a little Linux/networking personal development in my spare time. My wife is leaving today for a week for work, so I’m trying to pick a game out of my backlog while I’ve got some alone time!
Not really feeling a genre or setting, open to almost anything right now, but it needs to be a game I own that will consume me for a week!
Options:
- NieR:Automata (Steam Deck)
- ANIMAL WELL (Steam Deck)
- LUNAR Remastered Collection (Steam Deck) * specifically Lunar 1, I did start it on a flight recently
- Cyberpunk 2077 (PS5)
- DRAGON BALL Z KAKAROT (PS5)
- Ni No Kuni (1 & 2) (PS4)
- Armored Core 6 (PS5) * I got about half way and need to go back to it
I’ll probably play some Battlefield 6 (MP/RedSec) for mindless gaming. Jump back into some Arc Raiders which I fell off recently. Also learning to play Dwarf Fortress, but that might be on the back burner. Might also give Project Zomboid another try.
Games I’m going to avoid, No Man’s Sky, RimWorld and Civilization V… fun games, but they’ll consume me more than I’d like lol
What are everyone’s thoughts?
I’ve only played one and I recommend it: NieR:Automata. If you don’t choose that one, you can watch the series.
Give Cyberpunk 2077 a try. I thought it was amazing. I may have cried at the ending…
I’ve played through a few different ways. I’ve only found one ending that sank in and to me personally it feels like the true ending. I imagine the true ending is different for different players.
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Where you take the fully selfish route and have to get your cybernetics fully removed and go to a life of being a civilian
Cyberpunk 2077 is my rec. Great game and all the launch stuff has been fixed now.
Ni no kuni 1 is exceptional, and the sequel is pretty good
NieR: Automata is a great game, with multiple stories…I do enjoy the lore of that setting. I am working on my next playthrough as I completed the first not too long ago. I feel in a week’s time you can complete several stories (I tend to take my time). Plus the gameplay is so freaking smooth, I love the weird and thoughtful dialogue. Taro is an excellent writer with a lot to say in his games.
Excellent options. I can say for sure that neir is a great game and it can be short if you only do one playthrough. I did play on my steamdeck as well. Ni no kuni is fantastic but I still haven’t beat it. You really can’t go wrong.
One playthrough in Nier: Automata is about 55 hours. The game subdivides itself into five chapters and gives each one a lettered ending. Stopping at the first ending is akin to stopping the bible at Deuteronomy and saying “neat, I got the whole story.”
Each further chapter is dramatically different than the one that came before.
Yeah, but as a person playing a game, that is a good place to stop and assess whether to restart/continue.
I can vouch for Ni no Kuni II, it’s absolutely delightful. I’d avoid endgame DLC though because they’re not good at all.
Sorry to say that I don’t have much of a preference unless you’re in a specific mood. They’re all good games but do different things narratively and I dont know if gameplay or cut scenes make you want tk really dig into it more.
Currently playing Esoteric Ebb: I’m blown away. Best d&d game since Baldur’s Gate, best story game since disco Elysium
