What games are you playing now?

[Fezzik]

4K too apparently (I can never tell the difference between 4K and 1080).

But for a game that's nearly 10 years old it looks pretty good apart from some of the character models. Would definitely recommend when on sale.

Gold Edition of Syndicate is in the latest PS Store Sale for under £20 so I'll grab it now.

My backlog is starting to pile up again. So much for not buying any more games until I've cleared it a bit.

 

[sirjim73]

Gold Edition of Syndicate is in the latest PS Store Sale for under £20 so I'll grab it now.

My backlog is starting to pile up again. So much for not buying any more games until I've cleared it a bit.

Your bank manager: Stay away from this thread!

@AEKara38 has cost me £20 in Grid Autosport DLC this week

 

[TypeRDC5]

Gold Edition of Syndicate is in the latest PS Store Sale for under £20 so I'll grab it now.

My backlog is starting to pile up again. So much for not buying any more games until I've cleared it a bit.

It's certainly worth it for that price.

Gaming forums are not so good for not adding to the backlog, neither is Steam, I never had a backlog until I bought a Steam Deck, there is always a sale on!

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I'm still playing EA WRC, done 2 seasons in carrer and a standalone WRC championship, making my own custom championship with Group B cars now.
The game has so much content and the stage lengths are incredible.
Screen tearing is still only my complain but it is quite bad on some rallies so it's a big complaint.

 

[Fezzik]

It's certainly worth it for that price.

Gaming forums are not so good for not adding to the backlog, neither is Steam, I never had a backlog until I bought a Steam Deck, there is always a sale on!

I'm aware of the dangers of the Deck, have resisted so far - though I was looking at the OLED one earlier. Still debating that or Switch 2, so I'm safe for now.

 

[TypeRDC5]

I'm aware of the dangers of the Deck, have resisted so far - though I was looking at the OLED one earlier. Still debating that or Switch 2, so I'm safe for now.

Sounds like your backlog is big enough so I would advise against a Steam Deck 😅

Switch 2 could also be as bad as it's backwards compatible so plenty of cheap games to add to the backlog.

 

[sesselpupser]

Sounds like your backlog is big enough so I would advise against a Steam Deck

The way I see it, if you already had a Steam backlog the Deck is very useful in reducing it because a) it isn't powerful enough for the newest games so you pretty much have to play older ones and b) it's better for the sorts of smaller games that people buy and then forget to play because they get distracted by newer, shinier games.

Problem is there are A LOT of games that do run on it so if you're like me, you'll cross a bunch of games off your backlog then go and buy some more. So I mean, there's been a of movement on my backlog, but not all of it is forwards. Whereas before I was buying games but just playing the same ten big ones over and over because I didn't want to play, say, Bastion or Celeste on my £2,500 PC that I built to play VR games and others at 1440p 144Hz, it just felt too wasteful.

But yeah if you don't already have a PC, stay away, it's a money pit.

 

[TypeRDC5]

The way I see it, if you already had a Steam backlog the Deck is very useful in reducing it because a) it isn't powerful enough for the newest games so you pretty much have to play older ones and b) it's better for the sorts of smaller games that people buy and then forget to play because they get distracted by newer, shinier games.

Problem is there are A LOT of games that do run on it so if you're like me, you'll cross a bunch of games off your backlog then go and buy some more. So I mean, there's been a of movement on my backlog, but not all of it is forwards. Whereas before I was buying games but just playing the same ten big ones over and over because I didn't want to play, say, Bastion or Celeste on my £2,500 PC that I built to play VR games and others at 1440p 144Hz, it just felt too wasteful.

But yeah if you don't already have a PC, stay away, it's a money pit.

Yeah I can see why you wouldn't want to play an indie game on a high spec PC, feels like a waste really.

I haven't had a PC in over a decade and got the Steam Deck primarily for emulation but then I discovered the steam store and that was my downfall.

I cannot pass up say GTA4 complete edition for £4 when it's on sale just as an example, the thing is all the little cost of each game adds up quickly and the backlog grows.

Such a great machine though, I regret nothing

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

Currently playing Avowed as my steam is refusing to start on pc, something about webhelper but everything I tried bar reseting my pc isnt working and I dont feel like doing another reboot this soon. So yeah no steam games atm.
So I cant buy either TXR2025 or AC Evo sadly. Even tho I want to play both.

 

[GTvsForza]

Just clocked over 24 hours in Disney Dreamlight Valley. I didn't think I would be so invested in this game, gives me something to do while I wait for the next set of GT7 Weeklies. I just introduced Anna to the Village, and I felt terrible after explaining what happened to Kristoff...

 

[sirjim73]

Doing the weekly races in Grid Legends though this week not that great, not a fan of Drifting.
Doing the weekly Racenet races in Grid Autosport and a bit of career, having just started that.
I normally do 3 out of 5 weekly races in GT7 to get the two cash rewards (or the shaft!)

I'm also doing a final 12 week run on FM7. I have all the cars collected, but I am missing some Special Dealer cars (that rotates over 12 weeks, same as the Forzathons). Also have 3 gifted Paganis with no Tier points that I need to buy for Tier points. I am currently at Tier 43, after the 12 weeks, I should be Tier 44 or maybe Tier 45 and can then retire FM7, as complete as I can possibly get it

Most fun is the few hours I spend on The Crew 2 each week, still working through events with many not yet done, about 60% completed on each category (the last 2 air exhibition events that need 3,000 points are beyond my skill level totally!). When I finally complete these, there's still the skills and photos to work through. And the Hobbies. And the Stories
When I first bought the game, I got bored quickly as there wasn't much to actually do. Now, there's endless stuff...

I have also downloaded F1 22 as with F1 24 having just been added, I am guessing F1 22 will be withdrawn at some point soon.

Working on Gris this weekend as that leaves GamePass next week.

No chance of getting anywhere near the backlog @TypeRDC5