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I started Drova Forsaken Kin on my Steam Deck this week. It’s such an incredible game, the combat is fun, I love the leveling system, the world is well thought out, it’s gorgeous, the story is intriguing, and it has some pretty good humor (looking at you dog that stole my meat while I was petting you). I highly recommend it if you enjoy tough RPGs.

The original is my most played 3DS game so I’m really looking forward to this one. I think my son will really enjoy it as well.

I’m 100% in for this!

I haven’t played this yet, but anyone who gives this a 1 is either touched in the head or has never played a video game before. Just for all of the different systems in this game it’s worth a few points more than that at least.

Doom Eternal while I bide my time waiting for Avowed

No peripheral has ever excited me less. I hate gaming with mouse and keyboard.

I will gladly accept more Hog Leg into my life!

8/15, not bad considering I’ve only played the latest two.

I was on board day one. The more I see of it the better it looks, I can’t wait at all for this one. I may even outright buy it even though I have Game Pass just to speak with my wallet.

Easy day one for me, this game jumped right to the top of my most anticipated games list.

I’m playing a good amount this weekend. My main focus is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. I’ve been playing Lies of P on Steam Deck. I also fired up Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, which plays as beautifully as I remember. Finally, I played a game that i believe I’m the only person on the planet that enjoys it, Crackdown 3. It’s considered an awful game, but I have fun every time I play it.

@__jamiie they’re such great games. Admittedly, 3 is a blind spot for me. I got pretty far into it, but I borrowed my friend’s copy, he ended up taking it back before I beat it. It’s one I’ve been wanting to go back to, I didn’t find it nearly as bad as others did.

@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy Ninja Gaiden II is a direct sequel to the original, if I remember correct. My guess would be that they didn’t bother doing the first one because they’ve already done Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Ninja Gaiden Black in the past, though I could be wrong. I was just playing it last week on the collection and it really holds up well, the graphics, sound, and gameplay all are still great.
If you like action games, I can’t recommend Ninja Gaiden Sigma or Black enough, I’ve probably bought and played that game more than any other game.

Man, I hate multi-stage boss battles, with that negative out of the way, this game looks incredible! I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on it.

@LordFunkalot I can get behind this

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and I finally started Kingdom Come Deliverance. KCD has quite the learning curve but I’m really enjoying it.

Mouso (or however it’s spelt) always look like a ton of fun to me, until I’m playing them. The genre just isn’t for me.

@Reform I hated this game, it was the one that finally made me stop buying AC games.

I’m looking forward to this one

That’s making a statement

@PsBoxSwitchOwner it’s this one person going off that they’re a “real gamer” and that anyone that likes Astro like games for five year olds and aren’t real gamers. Any time someone gives any comment that completely shoots down their comments they just retort with Astro being for five year olds and that others are just whining cry babies.

Astro was uncontestedly my GotY, I haven’t had that much genuine fun with a game in a very long time. It knows what it is and it doesn’t try to do more than that. The fact that I can sit with my kids and play it certainly helps, but I’d have bought it even if I didn’t have them.

Astro was easily my GotY, I haven’t played a game that brought me that much joy and genuine fun in a very long time. We don’t get many games like that anymore. It was light hearted, great gameplay, didn’t overstay its welcome, and great for both kids and adults.

Possibly Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, but I doubt I’ll get the time. If not I might squeeze in some Cyberpunk and Megaman X Drive Offline on Steam Deck.

My seven year old son and I have played this a few times on split screen, we’ve had a ton of fun with it.

My game plans for Christmas vacation are sitting on a beach in Aruba with a drink in hand, my Steam Deck will accompany me for the flight, but that’s about it.

I love Stellarblade, but Eve isn’t even the most interesting character in that game, let alone all games released this year.

I didn’t expect Astro to win overall, but I’m glad it did, it was easily my GotY!

Avowed will still be what I’m going to around that time. I haven’t played the original KCD but I just grabbed it for my Steam Deck last week, so I’ll give it a go soon.

I was looking forward to this but wasn’t planning on grabbing it day one, seems like a good one to wait for a sale given the downsides the reviewer stated.

Astro Bot is easily my game of the year!

Metaphor and I started up Nine Sols, I can’t recommend it enough, its like Dust or Ori meets Sekiro.

2/15, not bad considering I’ve never played a single Yakuza game. 🤣

If I can play natively I’d absolutely buy one, my Steam Deck gets more use than any of my consoles these days.

There might have been a time when I questioned this being a first person game, but I remember when Riddick was announced and I wondered why they’d ruin it by making it first person. I couldn’t have been more wrong, Riddick was one of my favorite games that generation and this gives me similar vibes so I’m all for it.
As far as the four hours of cutscenes go, yes that’s a lot, but I rarely see people complain when Kojima released a game and you don’t get to control the character for the first four hours because it’s all one massive cutscene. I’m aware I’m being hyperbolic here, but I’ll never understand why he gets a pass and everyone else gets hate for it. Play the game and judge it or just accept it’s not your cup of tea and move on, but let’s not pretend it’s the worst game ever made before its even been released.

Slowly making my way through Metaphor on Xbox and Persona 5 Royal on Steam Deck

I can only hope there’s a Stand Down attack

If it let me download PS5 games and play them natively I’d absolutely get one. My Steam Deck is my most frequently used system.

@freddquadros I never played the original Blood Omen, it’s the only game in the series I haven’t played. I’m so excited I can finally give it a try! For all of its flaws I loved 2.

I loved Blood Omen 2, I’m aware it’s not a great game, but I played the hell out of it on original Xbox.

If Cena plays Shepard I’m out. I’m really not a fan of his at all. I can deal with him playing Wrex or another side character, but not Shep!

@Loamy my mistake, that’s what I get for skimming the article. I don’t know if that makes it better or worse, for me. On the one hand, it’s not Randy insulting his own child, but on the other it’s the CEO of Take-Two not caring about one of their biggest IPs. I suppose it would have been worse coming from Randy, but it’s still not great, in my opinion.

Zelnick saying it didn’t hurt just shows how little Takes-Two respects their own IP. If someone took an IP of mine, even if it was me, and butchered it the way this was and then it bombing the way it did, I would be devastated and would need to reevaluate the way I utilize the IP. Respect the IP and respect the fans that made the IP become the hit it was.

Astro is undoubtedly my GotY. As much as I’m loving Metaphor, Astro is the most fun I’ve had with a game in a very long time. There’s so much charm, the gameplay is great, the music really hits, and it’s the first game I’ve gone out of my way to platinum, because I enjoyed it that much.

I’ve played Ghostwire on Game Pass and loved it, I definitely recommend it.

I should be able to get a good amount of time in with Metaphor tomorrow, my wife is taking the kids to watch football at my in laws and I’m staying home. I also played some Skyrim on Steam Deck but am debating setting that to the side for now for Persona 5 Royal because I bought it for $23 on Steam. I’ve played P5 but never beat it.

@AfroMario this is the second time today Butt Ugly Martians has come up for me, I was listening to The Snark Tank Podcast and Chris mentioned it on there. So obscure.

@shonenjump86 this was my exact same thought

This is oddly timed, I just started rewatching Death Note yesterday.

I finally got to sit down and sink a few hours into Metaphor, that game is fantastic. I also fired up the new CoD on Game Pass, I played the first mission, enjoyed it, then immediately went back to Metaphor.