Still in WoW, running my Shadow Priest through the Knaifu expansion.
I met Johnny Silverhand last night.
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Aww Jackie.
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The storyline of this game is so insanely good. This is better than any of the old Bioware games that I used to love. Only gripe I’ve got so far is that the breaks in between doing stuff vs talking can get to be a little too long.
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Yeah it’s ridiculously good, they really nailed it. Night City feels like it should. The side quests are all awesome too, and some are seriously packing a punch to the feels.
Wait until you meet more of the supporting characters, like Judy, Kerry and Panam. Seriously I kind of envy you for the first playthrough.
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Before BG3 I was playing a little Anno 1800. Fun, but the campaign didn’t take too long to play through. I tend to enjoy city builders for a while, but eventually they just feel like work.
Loved that game! I’ve started RDR2 a couple of times - just haven’t been able to stick with it.
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RDR 2 is great! Played through 4 or 5 times! One of my go to games when waiting for new ones. Speaking of which still waiting for the much delayed latest Assassins Creed game - coming in March.
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Recently I’ve been putting time into:
- Star Citizen 4.0.x builds now that it’s a bit more stable
- Diablo4 Season7
- Building out a new solo world in Valheim trying to get ready for exploring the Far North when it’s available
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Valheim is an awesome game. I’m stuck though because it’s hard and I don’t want to cheat 
My games as of late:
- The first Descendant (Destiny knock off I might quit)
- StalcraftX (got kinda grindy after the first area)
- Throne and Liberty (Pretty decent mmo I want to get back to)
- Pax Dei (I’m a little tired of picking up rocks and sticks)
- Dungonborne (would be great if more people played)
Pretty much though I’m trying to work through this LARP called “Newb to BEHS master” I play it for hours but it hurts my hands and the soundtrack makes my dog howl… 
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Oh yeah. I still haven’t finished Mistlands, let alone Ashlands, even on our shared world. Solo’s going to be rough in those areas. In my current world I’m gearing up to deal with Bonemass and then hit some mountains. Sometimes I pause and just spend a few days building a pointless little expedition base.
Throne and Liberty is a lot of fun! I keep forgetting to log in and actually play though.
Me and my games pals put a little time into Dungeonborne, too. It’s pretty good for the genre, but it’s not really my jam w/o human friends and they’re all busy with World of Warships atm, which I have no interest in.
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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. The game is a blast. And I had probably one of the most memorable gaming moments I have ever experienced. My grandparents have a farm in the region where the game takes place, so I spent summers there when I was a kid. Today I was traveling through the game and I ran from one place to another and came to a crossroad that stayed more or less the same for the last 600 years. So, as I was traveling in the game I somehow lost focus and … I took the wrong turn on the crossroad. After a couple of seconds, I was like “Uh, why am I … oh, I am not going to the pond.” … My freaking muscle memory kicked in and I just took the turn that we always took when we went for a swim with my buddies. It just blew my mind, I started to laugh and clapped to Warhorse Studios in awe of their achievement.
So, if you are a fan of RPGs, history, and gaming in general, KCD2 is IMHO a must-play. I am definitely biased, but damn the immersion level of the game is completely off the charts.
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I continue to look forward to the new monster Hunter game and fighting more dinosaurs.
I played Kingdom Come Deliverance a bit, it was a lot of fun. Having watched some videos on KCD2 it does look like a game I should buy
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I played a bit of the 1st one and keep meaning to get back to it. The hunting and combat were obtuse, but the rest of the setting was pretty interesting.
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I haven’t finished the first one. And frankly, I consider it a 6, 7/10 game. It was a classical eurojank and simply not so well-realized idea. Because of that, I didn’t plan to play the second one, but guys from the studio I know, sent me the code, so I tried it and now the game is the full realization of the “medieval sim sandbox” with barely any hiccups. I have like 35 hours in 3 days. I absolutely understand that the game isn’t for everyone (although they streamlined it a lot), but for me, it’s just mind-blowing to move in a game around the world I personally know, just 600 hundred years back in time. Interacting with characters and history I spent years learning in school about. I find that so cool.
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That’s great to hear!
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I’m moving my response to this here, to not clutter up a very worthwhile thread with a complete tangent.
I love games and am fully in the “Games are art” camp. I disagree that they are THE MOST effective storytelling medium. They are a unique medium that is capable of conveying things that other mediums can not. But other mediums can convey things that games can not.
I love The Expanse novel series. No way you could have that kind of universe building and broad exploration of factionalism and what makes leadership good or bad in a game. Terry Pratchett is my favorite author. You could not convey the experiences his books give me in a game. Nothing has made me think about “what makes something art”, and why I create it than the Sarantine Mosaic duology by Guy Gavriel Kay.
Nor could you give me the same experience as watching a David Lynch or Denis Villeneuve film.
Nothing has taken me on a more concentrated emotional cathartic journey than songs like, “Telegraph Road”, “Shine On You Crazy Diamon”, or “Heroes”.
But similarly I don’t think I’ve wondered at the discovery of an alien place like in ‘Subnautica’, nor the emotional experience of caring for and letting go of people like ‘Spiritfarer’, nor wrestled with philosophical question like ‘Planescape: Torment’ or ‘Disco Elysium’.
All these artistic mediums are unique and valuable for different reasons.
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I totally get what you are saying. For me, in my past life, games were my escapism and very valuable to me, but I am also an avid reader so am as happy with my head in a book as I am revelling in the 3d world of a game.
Music was aways my emotional release more than anything
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Love me some escapism and/or low-pressure tasks for my brain to chew on.
Which is why I’m currently playing ‘Chants of Sennar’ and ‘Tactical Breach Wizards’.
I think that puts it well. I didn’t mean to imply that any of the mediums detract from the others in terms of value.
I will stick to the opinion though that I do feel that audiovisual immersive and interactive experiences provide potential for more effective, compelling, and emotive storytelling than purely observational media.
It’s fine to disagree on this 
Did you play the Telltale Expanse game? I agree that it is not so good at what you are describing, but that was probably more execution than the fault of the media itself. It was good to get into for some Drummer backstory though (Drummer from the series, not the books).
Agree and yes, I totally didn’t mean to say that they replace or obviate each other, any mroe than cinema did to books.