So I tried to write a post about our lives and I deleted it because everything seems to be sucking right now. I’ve vented to Jeaniene Frost yesterday and told her that I haven’t written anything for a while, and she said, “I can’t imagine why. Your life is so zen, like a little green leaf floating on a gentle breeze.”
So instead let’s talk about things we do to escape the reality. I’ve been playing Empyrion again, but I got to the point where I made a ridiculously awesome base and now i don’t know what to do with myself, as raiding the little alien forts doesn’t seem to be exciting.
I’ve also come to the conclusion that my favorite type of game would be a cross between Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and some sort of survival game, where I can kill stuff and build stuff. So basically I want the new Skyrim. Give me new Skyrim, people.
So my question to you today is what are you playing?
I am completely addicted to Love Nikki on mobile. Been playing for over a year and can’t seem to get bored of it. Would not advise unless you have a very tight grip on your money….
You might like Dragon Quest Builders 2. It’s a perfect blend of Minecraft style building, breath of the wild exploration, and hack and slash rpg quests.
Probably not anyone else’s genre here, but I absolutely fell in love with Yoshi’s Crafted World and Unravel 2 on the switch. Unravel 2 has some surprising things that you wouldn’t realize from the trailer.
I have been playing last day on earth on my phone like it was my job. Not even sure why I enjoy it as much as I do. But I do.
Hate to admit it I’m mildly addicted to Merge Dragons, there is no killing 🙁 you can build bigger things. I personally like tossing the dragons about and building bigger rocks. I’m strange that way. My other time suck escape is Chess, I suck at it, only winning 1 out of every 10 games, I do like the challenge and if I get discouraged I go to a lower level and anillate the computer a few times before it sends me back to a higher level to be bullied again.
I’m envious. I love games but lack the necessary discipline to stop when needed to take care of whatever is most important. So I stay away except for a mindless fish aquarium game. And I have issues with that.
I’m the same way with reading, but one addiction is all I can handle at a time.
Maybe when I retire. Your home base looks awesome!
I lean to that direction as well! Well done keeping it to only the one.
Stellaris and Crusader Kong’s 2. And I played Kingdoms and Castles for a little bit lately.
If you haven’t already tried the Dragon Age series, I would recommend it.
A super-oldie rpg but ‘Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines’ with the player patch. Love that game.
I had 6 grandkids sleeping over last night, and we play marathon Angry Birds. There’s a movie, tv shows, and several games. I like them because they’re simple, immediate gratification, and most importantly, things Blow Up! My favorite thing.
I am a Runescape fan. I’ve been playing for years. I need a quest based game to keep me involved.
Have you heard about new game Cyberpunk 2077 that will realese in 2020 same developers that created Witcher 3 i’m so hyped about it. You should check it out at realease. For now tho you can play Devil May Cry 5, Final Fantasy XV (rest of the franchise is really good too), Dishonored 1&2, Wolfenstein, God of War (only console :/) for nice story.
New Skyrim vote here, that would be perfect..and another new book like Jennifer Government for something different to read in between rereading my auto buy series.
Actually gaming with my grandkids at the moment so my life has been Kingdom Hearts and Lego Hobbits…a new grown up game would be awesome.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 on the switch is my current addiction. It fits the killing stuff and building stuff requirements though it’s a bit more of a prettier/cuter minecraft like block building game with quests than Skyrim.
You don’t need to have played the first in the series to enjoy the second and I believe it is also available for the PS4 if you don’t have a switch.
I am replaying Skyrim 😀
… but I JUST found out that there are two other possible homestead locations in the Hearthfire add-on. Now I kind of want to start over and try one of those 😐
You don’t need to start over Bat – you can have homesteads in all three locations by doing the relevent quests for the Jarls – though if you have wife/husband/kids, you can only choose to live in one at a time.
When you have multiple homes that fit the requirements (beds for the kids) there are options when talking to your spouse to move the family to a different location.
Gems of War, Diablo III, want to finally start playing The Witcher 3….have Cyberpunk on pre-order…irony…i work in video games but never have time to play.
Lord of the Rings Online. It’s free and they add new content on a regular basis.
I’m not that into games, just cause I have too many hobbies and a reading habit to keep on top of. I’m very fond of Minecraft, though-my kids were addicted, and I thought it was really lame. They got me to play with them and it’s amazingly fun – kinda digital legos with zombies, and things that will blow you up.
Still hanging in on World of Warcraft, Battle for Azeroth. Blizzard will be releasing a vanilla expansion soon (but who knows when, as they’ve been saying soon for quite some time now). I can’t wait to revisit Vanilla… It has been so many years……
I am waiting on that also. I return to WOW periodically but I really miss the days when you had to wait until level 40 to get a mount and the title of ambassador meant something.
I am totally addicted to GW2 although it has been out almost 8 years. Found a new virtual BFF when she told me Ilona Andrews was one of her favie authors. Win-Win. Give GW2 a try!
“she said, “I can’t imagine why. Your life is so zen, like a little green leaf floating on a gentle breeze.”
oooh the sarcasm. It burns. She is funny.
Overwatch – you can make your own custom game, using the workshop function, but I do quick play which is 6 vs 6 teams combating for the objective, usually 8 to 10 minutes long once it starts game play. It has wonderful cinema like lore building in clips you can find on youtube, humongous fan base with fan art, story, animation, music. I like playing the sniper Widowmaker because she is pretty, French, with a tragic backstory, I loved her cinematic ALIVE. Game play is mainly mindless fun where I get to shoot people in the head, yay! Or get shot/blown up/life drained/blown off the side of a cliff/ etc … boo! And respawn. You try to kill them more than they kill you and achieve an objective. If you catch it on sale it’s usually under 20 bucks.
Darkest Dungeon, and a narrative driven browser game called Fallen London that’s very cool and imaginative.
Harvest moon, before the split on localizing publishers, and Story of seasons. I play on DS but am considering getting a switch to play the upcoming games. Farming sims are my jam. I am still on Story of Seasons trio of towns but I keep starting over because I can do this or that better….
Solitaire. I don’t like people. Or games involving them. I am not exactly anti social, and I do wish the best for people, but I don’t have to like them……And are there Ever going to be more books about Erra and Julie?
Are you saying you want a Kate Daniels video game?
I would have recommanded Subnautica but you already played it 🙂
Heaven’s Vault: explore the Nebula and decrypt an ancient language to uncover the Nebula’s history (great atmospheric storytelling, no crafting or killing)
Witcher 3: ++ for people who already recommand it
Return to the Obra Dinn: Solve a mass murder mystery that occured on a ship
I am now addicted to Subnautica.
Conan Exiles, have played that game since the beginning when in EA … survival game where you can build so beautifull palaces !
After a 4 year break, my hubby had talked me back into playing Guild Wars 2. You can craft, but not build, lots of jumping puzzles, raiding, PVE, PVP and WVW. I have also played every Fallout there is and clocked over 500 hours in Skyrim. My go to builders for a quick stress reducer – Prison Architect and Dungeons III.
I’m so sorry for the recent chaos, and hope all resolves successfully *soon*. Thanks for the many hours of wonderful escape in your books!!
Since you’ve constructed such a cool base in Empyrion, I’d like to recommend to No Man’s Sky. I’ve really enjoyed the most recent update (which is probably what the original release should have been). Although the planets can become repetitive after a while and as with many games there is “grinding” to earn enough to upgrade your equipment, there are so many possible threads to investigate I’ve had dozens of hours of fun. You start out with a spacesuit and a broken spaceship and have to figure out how to repair it all. Once you get the basics operational, you can specialize in hunting pirates, exploring the universe, ID-ing planet flora and fauna, hunting creatures, doing missions for and learning about any of four alien races, mining, farming, or building your home world base after you find the perfect planet. Your base can be on land, under water, or on a space freighter. The thing my kids and I have had the most fun with lately is driving the dune-buggy you eventually get for your base.
Take care!!
Ark: Survival Evolved Single Player Mode.
Tameable, breed able dinosaurs, massive open world, resource farming, survival, sandbox fort builder (similar to fallout 4 building) with breathtaking HD, especially when a carnosaurus is chasing you through the dark. The only downfall is that the quests are not exactly obvious, you have to find little notes and clues to even know where to start.
Final Fantasy XIV Shadow Bringer.
Loving it!