At the end of my 40s I still love #VideoGames. I play on #XboxSeriesS and #GamePass (use cloud gaming while away) and increasingly on my beloved #SteamDeck for those sweet non-Xbox games.
Recently (last 12 months) (re-)played games include:
Xbox did join Mastodon back in the day, but they never followed through since the platform wasn't that popular. It is now, though, and I certainly hope they will resume posting:
https://www.bookwalkergame.com/ Bookwalker: Thief of Tales (Multi, played on #SeriesX )
You are Etienne, a writer who can dive into books. Steal the artifacts and escape your shackles.
This is an interesting little game. FPS walking sim in the "real world", isometric turn based crawler when you dive into a book. Seeing how you interact with the books via bringing IRL things with you is cool, as is watching how the books change. Reading is fundamental. 👍 #Gaming#VideoGames#ShareYourGames#GamePass
https://dont-nod.com/en/games/jusant/
Jusant (Multi, played on #SeriesX )
The water has gone. You must climb The Tower in search of why.
This is an impressive climbing sim, in that the climbing mechanic is (mostly) painless. You can't walk off an edge, nice. I dig the art style. Finding the collectibles is rewarding enough I've gone back in looking for them after completing the "story". Following the stories of the people who left the tower brings the feels. 👍 👍 #Gaming#VideoGames#ShareYourGames#GamePass
Started playing Thirsty Suitors. It's way more inclusive than I thought it would be. Not that far in and already had some real meaningful moments. People really should check this game out. The ones that need to the most probably won't because it's "too woke". That's a shame. Hopefully being on #GamePass brings more people to it .#Gaming#VideoGames#ShareYourGames
https://www.thirstysuitors.com/ Thirsty Suitors (Multi, played on #SeriesX )
Jala has returned home after 3 years and is about to face all her exes and her family as her sister prepares to marry.
This is a great game. I quite enjoyed the windows into various cultures. It's great to see so much diversity and representation, done well and not played for a joke or to tick things off a list "the kids are into". This is a game all should at least try. 👍 👍 👍 #Gaming#VideoGames#GamePass#ShareYourGames
Honestly, I enjoyed it a lot. It's not a revolutionary gaming experience, but it is fun. And I actually quite liked the ending.
I'll come back to it for the new game+ experience/achievement cleanup sometime... but for now I need to get on all the games I've been neglecting through my nightly Starfield routine. 😅
So #Microsoft wants #Gamepass on #Playstation and #Switch? The only way I see that happening is a watered down version that only included first party #Xbox titles because I don’t see either company wanting to lose revenue from the sale of third party #VideoGames.
I must say though, as long as it was proper native ports of the games, I’d be all for it.
Persona 3 Reload - Everything New in Tartarus! (clutchpoints.com)
Persona 3 Reload releases February 2, 2024 on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Steam.