The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[The Minsky Moment]

Even if it's a 3rd/first person rpg like the Divinity series before Original Sin?

Sure if that's how they want to do it.

[Syt]

Even if it's a 3rd/first person rpg like the Divinity series before Original Sin?

I think that was only Divinity 2. Divine Divinity and Beyond Divinity were isometric action RPGs, and Dragon Commander was a mix of RTS/action and Visual Novel.

[The Minsky Moment]

Like I said, whether its first person, or top down isometric, or an 80s style vector multidirectional shooter, Larian gets a free pass me, next game, buy no questions asked.

[Syt]

Yeah. They've always done their thing and they've been doing it well (with some jank on the way).

[Grey Fox]

Just bought Secrets of Grindea on Steam. It had been on my wishlist since December 2015.

[The Brain]

If it's on Grindr, is it really secret? The previous Swedish national security advisor resigned within 24h because some old Grindr pics were sent to media, pics that he presumably hadn't mentioned at his security interview.

[Syt]

Terra Invicta is coming out of early access today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/

Guess now is a good time to take another look?

[Josquius]

I've had that on my wish list. It does look like one of those games of my dreams.... Though top review sounds like eu5 with it taking forever to learn. So better not.

I've been getting very into rail route lately

[Syt]

I dabbled with it a bit when it launched into early access. I'd put it on the same level of complexity as Shadow Empire, maybe, based on it at the time?

[frunk]

I made a few attempts at Terra Invicta, and it was tough to get past the initial development.  Not because it was difficult, but it takes a long time and there isn't that much that's interesting to do.  I think if you can get further into the game it opens up and becomes pretty fun but I never got there.

[The Minsky Moment]

Most played games on Playstation in the US in 2025:
 1 - Fortnite
 2 - Call of Duty
 3 - GTA V
 4 - Roblox
 5 - Minecraft

Most played games on Playstation in the US in 2024:
 1 - Fortnite
 2 - Call of Duty
 3 - GTA V
 4 - Roblox
 5 - Minecraft

[Syt]

Goes to show why Live Service Games are so attractive ... but also that it will be difficult for anyone new to break into this.

Was listening to Three Moves Ahead's games of the year episode this morning and they lead off with the big disappointments, like Civ7. Meanwhile, for me Civ7 was one of my most played games this year. I bounced off of Civ6 repeatedly, but Civ7 worked a lot better for me out of the box (though I haven't played with recent patches). Then again I also like Beyond Earth (the Civ 5 spin off), so I think I'm just weird.

That said, I didn't play anything on my PC over the two and a half weeks of Christmas break. I mostly played games on my phone while watching Youtube and TV shows, completely turning off my brain.

[Josquius]

I finally decided to play the outer worlds....and....man....this looks like vomit. Like worse than Oblivion. I thought it was maybe from the early 00s but checking up actually 2019.
Wut.

[Grey Fox]

Now go checkout actual game from the first half of the 'OOs and report.