Patient Gamers

I played this game back when it released on Gamecube. I honestly have almost 0 memories of this game. I only kinda sorta remember a specific room or two and not even well enough to really explain them.

I am not sure why I do not remember it very well. I remember Majora's mask much better and I had only played that once at launch as well.

At this point, I have finished the first dungeon and it was pretty easy. I wonder if this game is just an easier game then modern zelda titles. Although, it seems like it is easier than Ocarina. At least so far.

The enemies feel meatier. Like, they take more damage and don't bounce around as easily. I am not enjoying it as much as I thought i would, but I am going to stick with it.

I kinda want to play through the 3d zelda games again. I keep trying Majora's mask and then putting it down before I even leave the starting town. I am playing on a PC, but I'd much rather use a steam deck to play as I do not often sit at my PC unless I am working.

Not a very old game, but I just picked up the "Ultimate Edition" for €10 on sale, first time I've touched a fighting game since the first Soul Caliber on Dreamcast.

It seems to have a mountain of content, doesn't take itself too seriously (Rambo Vs. Robocop!), and isn't full of long combos, flashing lights, or confusing perspective changes.

I'm not normally one for fighting games, but it's being a lot of fun for me right now :-)

My patient gaming life has changed since I decided to write stuff down as a hobby.

For me I did it as a blog instead of a private log, which I found really helped. Cosplaying as a games journalist, you have to finish the review so you either complete it or you might look up a let's play or walkthrough to get what you need.

That's the key for me, some of them I've been bouncing off or just thinking about playing since the NES days and because I didn't finish them they always stay on the list. But I've finally mentally put them to bed!

I highly recommend it to anyone with a backlog, especially if you are in the market for a new hobby, 2 birds with 1 stone!

I recently played The Dig for the first time, which passed me by when I was younger. I had heard of it I didn't realise it was another Lucas/Spielberg game. I'd just come off a couple of other Lucasarts games and it was quite different.

Looking back it seems quite divisive, I think because it was so different to the comedy Lucasarts adventures, but there's still a lot of love for it floating around the internet, and now I've added to it here if you fancy a long read: https://p7uen.neocities.org/posts/2023-06-23-The-Dig

Wow. What an experience.

It wasn't all smooth sailing. I even took a month break thinking I might not come back to it, but boy I'm glad I did.

I'm new to souls like, only having played Elden Ring before this (which was amazing). Sekiro was a game that I picked up afterwards, and struggled with early on. It felt like a departure to everything I'd learned in gaming to this point. You don't want to dodge, you want to deflect. Holding block helps you recover. Parrying will beat a boss quicker than trying to drive down their health. Once these things start to click, defeating bosses feels like a true accomplishment.

Fighting the end game bosses had my heart rate going like no other boss battles I can remember. Elden Ring had some memorable and awe inspiring bosses, but the feeling in Sekiro when you're about to break the posture of a boss for a final deathblow was indescribable.

If there's anyone left who hasn't given Sekiro a go, do yourself a favour. It takes some time for it to click, but when it does, it's something special.

Always wanted to play it when it was released, but never got around to it and totally forgot about it.

Till it popped up in my recommended feed and bought instantly.

Damn, what a game. Point & click adventure game at its finest. If its not the humor or the beautiful art that draws you in, the music certainly will.

If you like point & click games, this one you should definitely play this game.

Not sure if videos are allowed here, but I thought this was a really intriguing video essay on how the old Thief games from decades ago stack up against more modern (at the time, anyway, the video is nearly 10 years old itself!) AAA Games.

Hello fellow patient gamers, this is a cheeky self-plug for [email protected], a community I've created to post limited-time full-game free giveaways. The reward for being patient is that sometimes you get freebies; post them here if you spot them first, or comment to say whether it's a must play for everyone or if zero cost is still too expensive!

I've noticed this one seems to be chilling (lobby emptyish), so I would love to pipe it up to people who might not know about it.

I've been obsessed with Spy Party recently. It's this casual-not-casual 1v1 strategy game where one person plays a spy trying to complete innocuous missions at a crowdy cocktail party while the other player is a sniper trying to catch them in the act and shoot them. And the whole game runs just 3-4 minutes. The spy wins if they finish their missions or the sniper kills an innocent, and the sniper wins if the spy fails or they catch them redhanded and fire their ONE bullet.

Dev has basically stopped, but the game is pretty much complete. What a blast. You probably want to make sure you have a friend to play with in case the lobby is sleepy (there's usually one or two people inviting me to a game immediately when I join, but mostly because they're chilling alone waiting for a join). A buddy of mine and I keep going back to it over a bunch of other games because it's so damn addictive.

Smithing, alchemy and enchanting.

Smithing, alchemy and enchanting.

I finally got around to playing Fable 3 on my steamdeck and it's brilliant. Fingers crossed for a trílogy remaster when Fable 4 comes out.

Do you miss the days or fixed camera angles, janky combat and bad voice acting? Then this may be the perfect game for you!

Alisa is a love letter to classic survival horror games with a focus fixed camera angles, tank controls and obtuse puzzles. If you like the original Resident Evil or Silent Hill games this what you're looking for.

Alisa has a rather unique setting taking place in a large doll house full of creepy dolls, clowns and more monstrosities that I won't spoil here.

The gameplay has you exploring a large doll house (see: mansion) full of monsters and puzzles where you have to find the right key or item to progress. Ammo is somewhat scarce, however enemies drop currency upon defeat which you can use to buy upgrades and ammo. The upgrades include various dresses which give you different stat boosts such as taking less damage, or faster movement. You have to decide how much ammo you want to use to clear a room and whether it's worth the exchange as enemies don't respawn. After you finish exploring an area you will fight a boss, which upon defeat will give you access to the next area of the game. The combat can be quite difficult however the game has has some options to make the game easier with things like an auto-aim toggle,

The level design is quite good and the different areas of the game all feel unique with different enemy types, visual styles and music, and as you progress you'll find shortcuts linking the areas together for faster travel.

The develooper has continued to add support post launch and the patches have continued to add content including new areas and endings. There won't be any more content updates for the game, so now is the perfect time to jump in and experience everything. It takes about 8 hours to beat on your first playthrough, but there are 3 endings to unlock and New Game+ has additional features, so there's good replay value with bonus costumes and the like.

If you're a fan of old school survival horror pick this up you won't regret it.

cross-posted from: [email protected]

• Dishonored (2012) $2.49 at -75%

• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) $0.99 at -90%

• Portal 1&2 (2007) $1.48 at -93%

• Batman Arkham Collection (2010) $8.99 at -85%

• Skyrim (2011) $9.99 at -75%

• Bioshock Collection (2007) $11.99 at -80%

• Stardew Valley (2016) $9.89 at -34%

• Disco Elysium (2019) $9.99 at -75%

• FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) $2.49 at -75%

• Into The Breach (2018) $7.49 at -50%

• Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (1999) $4.99 at -75%

• Borderlands 2 (2012) $7.99 at -80%

• Tomb Raider (2013) $2.99 at -80%

• GTA V (2013) $14.99 at -63%

• Sleeping Dogs (2014) $2.99 at -85%

• Wolfenstein: The Two Pack (2014) $7.49 at -75%

• Wolfenstein Alt-History Collection (2014) $15.80 at -84%

• Shadow Warrior (2013) $2.99 at -90%

• Max Payne 3 (2012) $5.99 at -70%

• Hitman Absolution (2012) $3.99 at -80%

• Resident Evil 2 (2019) $9.99 at -75%

• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (2016) $4.79 at -84%

• Zombie Army Trilogy (2015) $6.74 at -85%

• Darksiders 2 (2012) $7.49 at -75%

• Super Meat Boy (2010) $1.49 at -90%

• X-COM 2 Collection (2016) $7.74 at -94%

• Alien Isolation (2014) $7.99 at -80%

• The Walking Dead Complete (2012) $19.79 at -72%

• Mass Effect Legendary Edition (2007) $14.99 at -75%

• State of Decay: YOSE (2013) $4.99 at -75%

• State of Decay 2 (2018) $11.99 at -60%

• Metro Saga (2010) $9.76 at -89%

• The Talos Principle (2014) $4.49 at -85%

• The Evil Within Bundle (2014) $6.24 at -75%

• Outlast Trinity Bundle (2014) $7.05 at -88%

• Transistor (2014) $3.99 at -80%

• Hades (2020) $12.49 at -50%

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013) $3.74 at -75%

• Gears 5 (2019) $9.99 at -75%

• Ori and the Blind Forest (2015) $4.99 at -75%

• Sunset Overdrive (2014) $6.59 at -67%

• Dead Cells (2018) $12.49 at -50%

• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (2012) $9.89 at -67%

• Fallout 4: GOTY (2015) $9.99 at -75%

Price of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition in the UK: £17.19

Price of buying the Special Edition and the Anniversary Upgrade separately in the UK: £8.99 + £8.00 = £16.99

The pricing is slightly different but similar on Steam, and in other regions. But, in general, please make sure you know you're paying the right price for you before you buy, to avoid feeling ripped off later. <3

(also, the Special Edition is extremely good without the Anniversary Upgrade, you can always upgrade later if you wish to :) )

1. Can I have a husky without joining the vampire hunters in Dawnstar? Are the husky immortal?

2. How often dragons and vampire attacks in towns? I haven't do the quest in Whiterun where you need to talk to the yarl about the dragon. So I'm safe from the dragon attacks and my character is not yet prepared.

3. Can you survive skyrim without maximizing smithing, alchemy and enchantment?

I know this is a hot take, but hear me out.

I started playing MapleStory on the Reboot server two days ago and I am having so much fun it's crazy. MapleStory is a 2D-MMO that released many moons ago, and back when I was a young kid I was in awe of this game.

As I get older I can't help myself by returning to older titles for that pure nostalgia direct to the vein, and MapleStory has seemingly been feeding me that. First it was FF7, then it was Fire Emblem, then it was some Pokemon games. Then, it turned into Metal Gear Solid. I am having fun playing these titles and that is what gaming should be about, not the current FotM in my opinion.

I know that the grind is absolutely bonkers on the higher end as is most KoreanMMOs, but there is currently an "event" that essentially lets you level up 3x for every level you achieve. This fast-tracks your ability to level up and makes you feel as if the game is a fresh and new experience. I remember being a kid and only being able to level up to like...level 17 or something, and in one sitting yesterday I was able to hit 100+. The best part, is it is free.

If you played MS back as a kid and always get a nostalgia trip when you see or hear the name I highly recommend giving it a spin again. It took me a minute to get use to the controls and UI again but once I did it was fun clearing screens of mobs. There are a ridiculous amount of classes now and it has been a great experience for me so far.

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Back then I played Warcraft 3 ladder games and I hit my skill ceiling quite fast because my micro was simply too bad/slow. I still very much enjoy real time strategy games. Is there any real time strategy game that is played competitively with an active community where micro is not that essential? (Ruling out Star Craft 2.) Besides real time strategy games, what other games are out there being played competitive with an active community and where clicks-per-second are not too important?

Fanatical has some awesome game bundles. The other night I picked up a bundle of 5 games for like $7 and Doom Eternal for around $8.

They're neat because their bundles usually have many games and the discount allows to to select 2, 3, 5, etc. out of the bundle at the discounted priced at your choice.

Thought I'd mention it since many people are aware of Steam sales and Humble Bundle bundles but I don't see much talk about Fanatical.

I know they are remastered on steam but I was wondering if anyone has played the ps2 ones in the last few years. How do they play ?

I was thinking to emulate them on steam deck and I'd be curious to hear your thoughts ?

I was just randomly installing game from my (massive) library and this one is so much fun.

1. Setup kill zones with Arrow Wall + Tar Trap
2. Send orcs back to kill zone with Spring Traps
3. Endless fun

There are a few traps seems pretty much useless tho (what's the point of Steam Trap?). Also I hate the maps that you can't focus on building 1 single kill zone. Just let me kill the orcs!

I recently dusted off my old Guild Wars 2 account after YouTube recommend some videos of it.

I was a huge fan of Guild Wars 1, I especially loved its skill system. You had hundreds of skills available but you could only equip 8 at a time. This forced you to think carefully and craft builds, which was half the fun. There were some skills that were only available once you defeated some hard elite enemies, which was also a fun challenge.

When GW2 released I bought the game on the first week, but the skill system was very underwhelming for me. A huge part of why I loved GW1 was not there in the sequel, so I quickly stopped playing.

Around 10 years later I logged in again and created a new character. I'm aware that there were tons of changes made to the game but the very early game stayed pretty much the same (as far as I remember). However, the way I experienced it was very different.

It no longer bothered me that you only have a fraction of the skills available. I'm 10 years older than I was when I first played it and I have much less time. This means that I appreciate not having to spend days to craft a character, I can just go out and enjoy the game.

The story is also pretty good, I've heard that GW2 is one of the few MMOs where the early game is also as much fun as the late game, and it seems to be true. I don't feel like I have to rush to max level to have fun.

Have you ever had a similar experience?

Really fun game, bought it a while ago on PC and finally getting around to it! It's beautiful and I find it funny how they worship a door

I'm really stunned after playing this game, it's hard to believe that it was made by a somewhat indie development studio (Asobo).

The last time I finished something and felt this emotionally exhausted was when I watched Apocalypse Now for the first time. This game really captures the brutality and despair of the middle ages in a way that more fantasy-oriented games do not.

Of course, this game does have some fantasy elements, but for the most part it takes you on a journey with two children who have to make their way through a ruthless and uncaring world, constantly having their childhood ripped away and their faith in adults and humanity shattered.

At the same time, this game is absolutely beautiful. I would put the visuals up against any game, period. You feel like you're there in medieval France.

I need to go play some happy Mario games after this one.

If you are an adult who handles depressing and dark things okay, and you have even a passing interest in the middle ages, I can't recommend this game enough (play the first one first though--Plague Tale Innocence). The core gameplay is a stealth game, but whether or not you like that style, the game is worth it and transcends the genre IMO.

All Tomb Raider games are on sale on Steam. If you like action/exploration games and you know what else, some of the best ones are on sale for less than a dollar!