I bought the Dead Space remake on Steamdeck because it was verified. 30 minutes later and I've hit the refund button. I'm cautiously optimistic about this one though.
I think one of their biggest concerns is that the majority of the work will be done by the AI and then a significantly smaller team of random writers will be hired on a very short term contract to merely check the work over and dot the t's and cross the I's.
Each to their own but I thought they should have leaned into that much harder. It's the only thing about the game that differentiates it from the score of other utterly forgetful entries into that series.
Won't lie. I got pretty emotional whilst watching the feature on the news just now. The man was a staple on our screens for decades and he'll be missed by more than he could ever know.
I think she might be fairly popular with the Conservative membership but from what I've seen she's generally pretty heavily disliked by the general public.
Started and completed 'Viewfinder' over the last few days. It's a little puzzle game where you have to play around with a camera and toy with angles to solve puzzles. Little Portal, little Witness, and a lot of fun.
Iirc I had a similar issue with base game Control. I wanted to experience the story but the combat really rubbed me the wrong way at first and I ended up knocking it down pretty early.
I own everything, but I'll be honest my preferred way to play right now is on my Steamdeck. Being able to play PS4 quality games on the sofa whilst the kids/partner has the TV is a game changer for me.
I play an awful lot of games on easy mode now anyway, unless I'm going in specifically to learn the game (Fromsoft games for example). If I'm playing a random open world game or a FPS I'm gonna knock that difficulty down to make life a little easier.
Time. I'd rather not do this, but I get like maybe five hours a week to play. The days where I can sit down on weekends and just...game are long gone, and likely won't return until the kids are much older.
Giantbomb did a frankly incredible series around Kerbal Space Program a few years ago. It starts off incredibly goofy and by the end it's still incredibly goofy, but also deadly serious.
Especially with the community they have (it's been ten years since I last played one of these but I'm assuming it's still a vibrant community full of mods, skins and database updates?).
My favourite bit of music from that is (iirc) titled '14.3 Billion Years. I've listened to it hundreds of times and it still gets me every single time.
Was interested in this for my daughter, so I'm glad to see it's on the easier end and the reviews seem to paint it as being pretty solid.