what was the last game you played in 2024?
Happy new year guys!๐ Just now, it hit midnight here, and it's officially 2025. I was playing Pennon and Battle, and I realized it's the last game I played in 2024!! That gave it a different kind of meaning. Now I'm curious, what was the last game you played in 2024?
Breath of the Wild. Enjoying it so far
Slay The Spire - finally beat the heart.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2
Same. Quick review: it's so much like the old game that I'm fucking loving it
Phantasy Star Online on the GameCube. And I was actually online. Crazy huh.
Skyrim... First try with adamant perks.
Why do people still play this game??
Why not ? There is so much mods that you can play new adventures, with the feeling of being at home.
The base game is full of flaws, but the community makes it really enjoyable.
The balance of skills, the graphics, even the story can be changed. That's why I like to play it again and again. I can play a Skyrim that people built. And with the perks mod, I can build so much differents characters, I really love that.
And with skyblivion coming this year, I'm not even close to stop playing it.
its the potato chips of video games. You can even add your own flavors
Skyrim is a great game, what are you on about?
Why not? If they enjoy it, more power to them.
There's no law that says you can't replay games you've enjoyed.
outer wilds
That game made my head hurt but I so wish I could play it again for the first time. It was so fun
Helldivers 2
I just stole someone's sweet role.
Roll? Or is this some kind of lie I'm not Khajiit enough to understand?
Roal, role, roll, maters not to this one. If you need words ask the Telvanni, if you need maids seek the Argonian, if you desire paths follow the moon.
Jackbox!
Factorio : Space Age
Stellaris. As a hyper-aggressive, warmongering, Rome-obsessed species of lovebirds. All the organic aliens have been turned into GMO livestock and all the machine aliens have been forced into slavery. I bomb the planets into oblivion not because I need to, but because I imagine my pretty birds would enjoy doing it.
Dragon Age: Origins. Never got around to finishing it before.
This is my last one, too. First time playing it, about 30 hours in now. Planning to play through all the older DA games before doing another playthrough of Veilguard.
Nice! I started it 3 or 4 times but got distracted. Having a much easier time staying focused now, so Iโm playing through Ultimate Edition. I donโt plan on doing the rest, though - will go to Baldurโs Gate 3 after this one.
Helldivers 2
Baldurs Gate 3 split screen with my wife.
BG3 has a split screen!?
I have heard it doesn't run quite well on PS5... Now I wonder if this mode is available there and if it is better or worse lol.
It does have split screen, and getting that mode in particular to run well is why the Xbox Series S version had problems coming to market. I can't speak for how well it runs on PS5, but it had no problems getting certified by Sony.
We're playing on XBox Series X, and it behaves reasonably well. We typically split-screen while exploring, and merge the screens during battles.
When playing Divinity:Original Sin 2 we remained in merged screens 90% of the time, but for some reason it feels off in BG3, so we go with the merge only in battles.
Does this work on PC? I couldn't figure out local multiplayer last time I tried (I only tried for a couple of minutes).
Cat Quest 3 on the Switch with my wife
Oh, I didn't even realize it's already out!
That sounds very cute
Is that the pirate cat game? That was a fun game. I love puns and cats, so I'm very biased.
Yep!
Talos Principle 2! Man, what a banger.
Dishonored! Playing the whole series over again.
Incredible good games. I'm planning to do the same shortly.
It's too bad we never got a third installment. It would've been cool to see where they'd go after Serkonos like the Pandyssian Continent. With the way things are going with the devs that's probably a good thing though.
Stardew Valley!
Minecraft with my kid
creative mode Java through Prism on Steam Deck, connecting to vanilla self-hosted server
Grim Dawn
god of war ragnarok. it will be the first of 2025 too while I finish off the berserkers
A Shelter Full of Cats I'm a sucker for any game from Devcats.
Borderlands 1. Still a great game
2 player Mario Kart Wii, 16 race game with aggressive items and motion controls.
I watched my friend eat 5 blueshells in one race lmao
Tiny Rogues
NES Tetris. I have a little emulator device that looks like a Game Boy Advance SP, and that's been my go to while I'm traveling
It's only 10pm in my timezones and I'm playing LA Noire.
Inscryption ::: spoiler divulgรขche Shoutout to the player who sent me "Dr Smart!", that saved my game :::
I've been working my way through Half-Life Opposing Force. It is harder than the base game, but I do enjoy it. It has a lot of ideas like the squad mechanics that would be great to see reworked.
My last game was grimlord. :) highly recommended to anyone who has a VR headset.
Path of Exile 2 ๐
Of any game? Codenames. Was playing with family when the clock struck midnight.
Of computer games, it was probably Kerbal Space Program, which I've just started to get into again over Christmas for the first time in years.
Replay of Mass Effect. I had to cheat, though, because I forgot that the Mako is mandatory to finish the Ilos level. I had to use a cheat code to spawn it just before the end. So many people have made this mistake and you can't go back for the Mako if you left it behind, so you are soft-locked out of the ending if you don't re-spawn it. You'd think they'd have fixed that in the Legendary Edition, but no.
Diablo 2: Resurrected
Actually played it while watching the fireworks.
When a new game comes out, I'm compelled to play the earlier entries in the series first, so I got the Borderlands collection, and I'm playing through the first game now.
Everytime a new Borderlands game comes out (just the major ones), I've replayed the original before getting into the new one. All the sequels have at least one interesting variation on the formula, but none have matched the atmosphere and pacing of the original for me.
Cookie Clicker... Lol
Astrobot!
Tcg shop simulator
Whic TCG? I sold some old pokemon cards at a shop, was surprised to learn that anime cards were very popular now
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3070070/TCG_Card_Shop_Simulator/
It's a steam game! I used to manage a card/board game/rpg/miniatures shop, so it's nostalgic for me, lol.
I played Balatro with my brother (we put in up on a TV)
Baldur's Gate 3.
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
Not that I play a lot. I was just trying it, but it happened to be the last one I played last year.
Game is so intense. I really like the way it does inventory though
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
For The King II
X4. The economy must flow.
Palworld.
Path of exile 2
Minecraft, All The Mods 10
Witcher 3 (but there's still time!)
Spelunky 2.5
Marvel rivals
Gothic (2001). Still a really cool game!
Satisfactory
Same! I've got over 200 hours in so far. It scratches that itch so well.
Good choice. I've been going back and forth between Timberborn and Satisfactory for about the past month.
Timberborn! I do love those beavers.
Same here :D
It's been Jackbox every year for the past 8+ years. A side-effect of hosting the New Years Eve party for a bunch of gamers.
Hollow Knight. I just killed all 3 Dreamers on my steam save. Currently trying to beat Trial of the Fool. Keep dying to the Mawleks.
HK rocks! Those aspids fucking suck. I kept getting hit by them fuckers. The Trial of the Fool was tough, but the Mawleks got me nervous and jumping and that usually ends bad.
Did you open up the Hall of the Gods? You could practice on the bosses you've found.
I have opened it but haven't actually been inside. I usually do okay until the Mawleks. Usually die right after them. It's not a bad idea to practice bosses actually. I've gotten every boss in the game on this save except HK, and Grim.
The Legend of Zelda (og, on retroarch w/ shaders)
Chess. Nerd time
Gears 3
Deep Rock Galactic
ROCK AND STONE!
FOR KARL!
Minecraft. I just stopped playing about 20 minutes ago.
House flipper
On gamepass, and tha fully on gamepass because od never spend actual money on that game.
Generation Zero
Automobilista 2 - Caterham racing around Oulton Park as the clock hit midnight.
Earlier in the evening I played the latest Mario Party and some Jackbox games with the fam.
Guild Wars 2
System Shock, the remake by Nightdive.
I'm old enough that I bought and played the original SS back in the day, and it was transformative.
This is so high on my "should play list" and yes I haven't gotten around to it. Is it truly as good as folks say? What are your experiences with it having played the original?
Never played the original since it seemed a little too old, but did play ss2. I thought the remake was really good and a lot of fun. If you enjoyed the sequel or just really any of the games like it, I don't think there's anything in there that would turn you off from it, especially if you're getting it on sale for like $15.
Cracktorio
Simulacra together with my wife :-)
Elden Ring, just beat the dlc and helped a few others do the same.
Stalker 2, yesterday ๐
Technically โ Loop on my phone. But the last real game I was playing was Jade Cocoon.
Finished a run in Windblown.
Lost Odyssey
Darkest dungeon
Last game I finished was Veilguard. Pretty close to EoY. It wasn't exactly what I wanted, and the difficulty falls off a cliff as a mage when you get life steal, but it wasn't bad. The romance with Neve was entirely too... unromantic, and PG-13 though. Very disappointing. No intimacy.
Then I started CrossCode and it's been good. Feels like a mix of old snes games (Zelda, lufia2) and MMO, without the annoying parts like other players. The puzzles also aren't very hand holdy, which is nice. I feel like a lot of games are too aggressive with their "HEY IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN SLIDE THAT BRICK. HEY I BET FIRE MELTS ICE."
ARAM in League, a shit game to end a shit year.
Yakuza 0, first time playing yakuza games an it'sfirst game of 2025
Partner and I played Mario Kart 8, was quite fun!
Project Zomboid. B42 is out!
Me too. But I'll wait for stable release.
I mean, PZ has been in alpha/beta state for so many years... What does stable even mean at this point :)
Deep Rock Galactic on Dec 30th :)
I just started getting into Deadlock and that was the last game I played in 2024. However, I only played for about an hour. Before that, in the same afternoon I played Foxhole for about four hours and Balatro for two.
Vacation ends the moment I put my phone down and go to sleep... It was a good time.
Edit: Ah I forgot we played Jack Box at the party I went to leading up to midnight. Does that count?
I brought in the new year playing Fire Emblem: Awakening (which I've been obsessed with after finally getting it working on an emulator). I'd been struggling with lunatic mode but I figured out I can just feed Robin because of the XP boost and then use her to carry the team. Changed her to Pegasus Knight and then Dark Flier and now I can just swoop in and one-shot any enemy and she's over-levelled enough that the enemies won't prioritize her, and if they do, she dodges everything and has enough HP to survive a bow to the face.
The early levels were very challenging and I had to heavily abuse save states but once I got rolling it's been a lot smoother. The two cavaliers you start with literally can't survive a single hit starting out. Since everyone's so vulnerable, you just have to get one unit good asap to avoid relying on your Jagen.
Bloodborne
Red dead 2
Both the first game of 2024 and the last one was Medieval II: Total War.
Conquered the world with France at the start of the year, now doing the same with the Danes.
A classic :D
I haven't played M2TW in a while. Maybe I should pick it up again for another campaign. Hmm...
It's been almost twenty years and I still can't find a game that gives me the same chills. I was hoping that they'd release a Medieval Remastered the same way they did for Rome Remastered, but it didn't happen.
I hear that the 1212 mod for Attila Total War provides a more "up to date" experience for today's standards (graphics, historical accuracy, AI, diplomacy). But I can't fathom playing Medieval without Duke of Death.
Grim Dawn with Reign Of Terror mod.
STALKER 2
Replaying Pillars of Eternity Deadfire.
Hell yeah! I'm trying to finish up the DLC I never got around to before Avowed comes out. Have you checked out the turn-based mode? I like it way better, and I'm surprised it works as well as it does.
I didn't try that. I had been so used to RtwP. I might have to try another run with turn-based!
I'm currently a mindstalker duel-wielding blunderbusses. My previous character (on my way to Ukaizo) is a Scout duel-wielding daggers. I seem to like duel-wielding hmmm
I've pre-ordered Avowed, but will probably wait until the DLC comes out... Hopefully there will be :)
I like that they did turn based but I didn't actually like it that much. There are too many trash fights. I think one of the developers suggested a mod to cut HP so they go faster.
I also don't really like the "one action per turn" model (as in DND) and kind of would have preferred action points (as in divinity).
But overall I'm a big fan of Deadfire, and I'm bummed they're not making a third one.
I think the most fun I had was with chanter. Just hang out and summon dudes that wreck shit. Slap on the heaviest armor you want and just scream at people until they're dead.
Ticket to Ride
Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Rise of the Golden Idol
ARK: Survival Ascended; I run a public cluster for some streamers and friends.
Rimworld, and I just found that there are tons of mods for it. I'll likely be playing it for quite a while still.
Warframe. trying to get my noob friend up to current content so we can experience 1999 together.
Phantasy Star (the first one)
The Sims 3. I had to figure out how to disable OneDrive backup for my Documents folder, because Sims 3 insists on keeping your saves there, and somehow everything breaks if OneDrive tries to sync them. Previously I had given in and let OneDrive sync everything because Win11 nags you if you try to avoid it.
I also have to fiddle with processor affinity to get the game to launch, for some reason.
It still crashes a lot.
Pikmin
Astro Bot.
Ghost of Tsushima on the PC. 90 fps (most of the time) 4K.
The gameplay is really to my taste, so I am planning on playing this one for a while.
That's one of my all time favorites. The combat is just so polished and satisfying and the graphics are incredibly beautiful.
Half life 1
Genshin Impact just released a new version that for most of the world became playable on Jan 1, but where I live it started several hours before the end of Dec 31.
So that.
Infinity Nikki! It's probably my new favourite dress up game (dethroning FFXIV)
Cyberpunk 2077
I'm about halfway through Lego Lord of the Rings right now.
They really nailed the Lego game formula on that one. Truly a love letter to Peter Jackson's films and with all the silly Lego game humor. I finally 100%'d it last year, then went right onto Lego The Hobbit (almost as good!).
Got a need for nostalgia. Last game was MGS4. Before that, it was THPS1&2.
Fallout 4, just started Whispering Hills and my 100th something playthrough
My son and I played COD Mobile. Domination at Shipment before my dad arrived. We just got these two assault rifles gold, and we started the grind to diamond. Itโs a fun game, without having to pay to win to enjoy.
Boomerang Fu. Played with the kids who enjoyed stomping their parents.
Animal Crossing New Horizons. Celebrating New Year on the island are part of our new year tradition.
This also makes it the first game played during 2025.
Jackbox Survey Scramble
Basically like Jackbox Family Feud. Was a really fun all-ages activity over the holidays.
Brotato, working on unlocking all the characters
The witcher 3!!! 40+ hours in and loving it
Same game and roughly same amount of time. Just started the main quest in Novigrad.
Got both DLCs for like 3 bucks, which was nice.
We must be progressing very similarly, I'm also in novigrad! Lol
rdr2
idle dice 2
Europa Universalis 4
Retro Bowl
Escape from Tarkov with the homies, first game of 2025 was WoW
Some RuneScape private server called August lmao.
Also been playing some Battle for Middle Earth online with the fam: bfmeladder.com
Universe sandbox according to Steam
Might have been captain toad on my iPhone though
Zephon
War thunder:)
I've been wanting to try warthunder but I've been turned off the the micro-transaction model. Would you still recommend?
I've played other milsims like arma, was wanting something with better air vehicle usage
Yes I would. Three lines of thought:
One paying for premium is pretty cheap and often half off during holidays. Something like $30-50 for a year. And it makes the grind much quicker. They gotta run their servers and make money somehow.
Two buying premium planes at holidays is fairly reasonably priced, $30-40 dollars. You get exactly what you want the it makes the grind much easier. It gives you a ton more points making life easier. I recommend the Russian mig21.
So for 30$ once plus $30-50 the game isnโt that much of a grind, you support the devs, and you get to play what you want.
Three you can pay to just unlock normal planes youโre researching. Iโve found this to be unreasonably priced and see no reason to do this. For instance for US Iโm slowly research the f14. Maybe a couple days and I could have it, but if I paid for the gold it would be something dumb like $60. I think that is never worth it.
I first started playing thinking I would never pay but premium and a good high tier jet are totally worth it. Iโve played almost 600 hours and bought four premiums and prem twice. So for maybe $120 Iโve gotten 600 hours and four exactly jets I want. Thatโs worth it to me.
Another thought, on the subreddit people often say if you donโt enjoy just playing a the grind to get high tier isnโt fun then you wonโt enjoy the game. There is a lot of truth in this. Low to mid tier is actually in many ways more fun. WW1 is hilarious because there are a lot of newbs and the props turn so fast. WW2 is even more fun. I love my early jets like the f8u. So it was annoying to start not wanting to pay and just wanting high tier jets but honestly there is so many fun planes.
I believe Iโve got my monies worth haha ;)
Edit Iโll also add realistic if quite fun. If you want more arma like you might play ground realistic so you can fight tanks and planes.
World of Warcraft
It's also the first game I played in 2025. I just left it running.
Same game here, on firestorm-servers.com
Unicorn Overlord, on my way to my parents house for new year's eve.
Wii Sports. It's a yearly tradition on new years for me
Final Fantasy X
No Man's Sky in VR, played through midnight to usher in the year.
Caves of Qud. I was playing it when the clock hit midnight because I lost track of time.
Kingdom: Two Crowns, the Call of Olympus DLC. Also the first game of 2025 we played, we only took a small break at midnight.
World of Sisters it's a hentai game!
Freestyle Gunz. We had a lot of fun.
NFS Unboundโฆ Not great but I was just trying to finish it lol
Necrosmith
Bought, played and refunded Foxhole
F1 Manager 2024
I like to play it while watching a movie on another screen.
Max Payne 2
A Plague Tale: Innocence. Not my typical type of game, but I wanted a nice story and it provided.
Echoes of wisdom
Dungeons of dreadlock
Boardgame: Marvel Champions LCG. Not a surprise because it's my most played solo game since the release of the core set.
Videogame: Dead Cells. I'm a patient gamer who likes indie games.
Deadlock
Fantasian. It was made by the father of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi and composed by Nobuo Uematsu and feels just like a PS1 era FF game. It's a bittersweet sensation knowing this is probably the last time we'll have such a title made by these legendary figures working together but I'm happy they released it all the same.
The Quarry
Haven't completed it yet, so it'll be the first game I play in 2025 ๐
It was going to be Hogwarts legacy, but I had a flight and played xenogears on my phone
Warframe. First game I'll play in 2025 too.
Sea of Stars, Marvel Rivals, and Superhot VR were the three games my spouse and I played that day.
It was either noita or war thunder, was playing both last night and I forget which I was playing before midnight
Played and finished: Lisa The Joyful
Played: PoPoLoCrois
Farming Sim 22
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, a few days ago. Been busy or just didn't feel like gaming since then.
Space Marine 2. I love Warhammer stuff.
Zelda - echos of wisdom. Loved the new concept of the echos, but too easy of a game and too much talking without the option to skip.
Dwarf fortress. I am bad at juggling metal and fuel, but I got a set of bronze armor for my soldiers and steel shortswords for every dwarf
and then migrants showed up :)
Celeste
Resonite! So much more fulfilling than VrChat.
I think it was DOOM (Psychophobia mod over GZDoom).
Guardians of the Galaxy. The combat could have been a bit better, but otherwise it was fantastic. Better than any of the movies except the end of 2.
I mean its hard to say but im pretty sure it was elden ring.
Bloons 6 ๐ค
Diablo IV, the same game as in 2023. I bought the original with Christmas money in 2023 and then bought Vessel of Hatred on the last day of 2024.
To the Core
Funny enough it was RuneScape before work leagues V
After finishing Tactical Breach Wisards, I have decided to revisit the whole defenestration trilogy and now I can't stop playing Heat Signature.
Finished Metaphor: Refantazio right before the end of the year. Fantastic game which is shockingly relevant to so much going on at the moment around the world.
Commandos: Beyond the call of duty.
Old enough to be good (no dark patterns or other bullshit), new enough to be playable (the first Commandos is just too pixelated, you need hyper vision to play it).
What a game.
Like the last 7 years past, DOTA 2
Brought my steamdeck to our new years party and managed to snag 2 others to play brotato in multiplayer for a bit. I thought it would be more popular to play some games since that is how we all know each other. Otherwise it would have been Factorio: space age.
Echoes of wisdom
As much as I'd have liked it to be some kind of active or skill based game, it was either going to be webfishing or revolution idle.
I recently picked up secrets of grindea, but after having binged it for a few days, I'm grinded out. I need to earn so much gold if I want to collect all the things and it feels like my combat power has hit a wall. There are a few non-grind things I could tackle, but I'll just wait a bit and let burnout go away.
Core Keeper, I've known about it for a while but never really looked into it, tried it out and it's much better than I thought it'd be! Basically Terraria with a top down view, really fun.
Foxhole. Looks like a silly little indie game, but boy there are huge scale mechanics and coop required. I'm kinda fascinated and want to play even more, not sure if work and life actually allows me to play a lot though.
Brotato
I think it was either Mouthwashing, which I definitively finished that day (loved it), or Animal Well, which I bought that day and played a lot since.
A Short Hike
Final Fantasy XIV
Samurai Zero. I haven't attempted speed runs, but I just finished the game.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Helldivers 2
For liber-tea!!!
Archaelund
WH40K: Chaos Gate
Return to Moria for me. I picked it up for free from Epic recently and it's all I've played since. Going solo and I just made it to the Pilgrim Road waypoint.
TOTK
Just bought my self Lies Of P for Christmas. Didnt finished it yet but it was the last game ive started in 2024
Heavily modded Risk of Rain 2, because somehow itโs still a delightful gem
I've been playing a LOT of arma 3 rpg's. So fun trying to smuggle drugs across the map before the police figure out what's going on.
Next year I'll probably move over to a larger playbase game with similar gameplay loop, maybe EVE online
A Traveller character creation session.
I think it was BG3 or Potion Craft for me.
CK2 ...
A modded version of Final Fantasy Tactics
Dave the diver
Roboquest! I got my first completed run just in time!
Vampire's Dawn 3. I suspect I'm exhausting my opportunities to powerlevel through the content, being that my party reached level 86 and never having seen any zone tagged at a level over 85. I might have to use gasp strategy to finish it.
trying to see how many times i can take a shit in a single 24 hours
Is linux a game?
Is real life a game??
Balatro.
Anyone else feel like this is just a gateway drug to gambling addiction?
Wife was sick and in bed early, so I rang in the new year with Balatro! It was my last of 24 and first of 25.