Game #43 - Elder Scrolls Online
Time: 30 hours for now
I'm a big fan of ESO and a huge pet fanboy, so when they announced Elswyr with the Necromancer class I knew I was going to jump back in, I just didnt expect to jump back in so soon. Bought the Summerset expansion on sale and 100%'ed it with a new Warden character, and I had a blast. Still one of my favorite mmos, and easily the one you can most easily play as a single player rpg imo, the summerset story was cool and the zone looks gorgeous. Lot's of quality of life improvements to the game these days too since the last time I played, and the community is as healthy as ever. Will update more throughout the year when I play Morrowind which I bought at launch and never really play much, and of course, when Elswyr comes out and I fully dive in for the Necromancer.
Game #44 - Slay the Spire
Time: No idea, a lot
One of my favorite games from last year (which ironically was one of my least favorites for the first 20 hours or so) slipped back into my daily routine when I decided to try the steam workshop mods and oh boy... people are going crazy with mods. Basically Slay the spire 1.5 these days, between entire new zones to explore, new items, cards and bosses in the existing zones, new events and most importantly, a bunch of new classes / decks that range from ok to "wow these seem done by professionals", the modding scene has completely revitalized the game for me and I look forward to lose countless more hours just trying out all these new decks people are doing. One of the biggest examples of why sometimes PC gaming is really really cool.
Game #45 - Operencia the Golden Sun
Time: 20 hours
My very first dungeon crawler and much like visual novels last year, this might have opened up a whole new genre for me, because I had a blast. I love how colorful the game is, it has great level and enemy variety, and for me most importantly, lots of cool looking skills and abilities (one of my biggest problems with these games at first glance was always how drab and static they look). the story is your standard fantasy fare, but I give them points for trying to create their own lore and universe. The levels are big, with lots of secrets to discover, including using various abilities that you aquire a long the way to backtrack to previous levels and discover new secrets, which was really cool. It's not the hardest game (even tho it has a bit of a difficulty spike later on) but I had a lot of fun and am now looking forward to trying out other games in the genre.
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