I saw a video on spawnwave that talked today about what games people are enjoying in 2026 right now. And the different reactions of different social media/sites.
I personally am loving Wild Blue Skie s. Its just starfox. Thats what I want to play!
BALL x PIT is a whole lot of fun. I didn’t think it would be but it keeps getting better and better.
I also liked FTL back in the day so I picked up Void War . Its like warhammer + FTL and its fantastic.
EDIT: You all are great! Keep them coming! So many games (video games and otherwise) in this list!
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Currently I’m addicted to Dressmaker. It’s chill, creative and without pressure that it’s perfect to decompress and relax after work.
I just finished GTA IV on the PS3. For a game that’s satirical of America’s love of guns and violence, it makes some very poignant statements of war and the bitterness one gets from having to live through it. I still have The Ballad of Gay Tony and Lost & Damned to play through so I’m looking forward to the themes the story has there.
I’m struggling my way through Dark Souls right now, just got to Blighttown. Souls-like games weren’t ever my jam previously but I just got into them recently after beating Mortal Shell 2 and figured I’d play my way through the Fromsoft catalogue in order.
I’m also playing Lies of P and that game is fantastic. Before that it was a lot of Hades and Pathogenic, which I still go back to for breaks from dieing in Dark Souls lol
Both are incredible games, with incredible DLC’s. enjoy! (Also Blightown is not as bad as it’s made out to be.)
We have a nice and cozy souls-like community, (and Matrix /discord channels) if you’d like to join and share about your playthroughs
[email protected], hope to see you there. :D
Nice! Subscribed :)
Fuck Blighttown.
I made it through, only lost 10,000 souls lol
All my homies hate Blighttown
In blighttown, torches are where the ladder is.
I was down with the flu for a week, so I a) started Broken Sword…for REAL this time. b) charged up my 3DS for the first time in years and am just playing a lot of CrossworDS Plus or whatever.
Tonight I started Pokemon Heartgold, but I can’t lie, didn’t play them back in the day and don’t understand the appeal. I’m going to try though.
If you didn’t play Pokemon as a kid, you shouldn’t waste your time. They’re games for babies. You’re only going to like it as an adult if you’ve got nostalgia.
There are way better monster collecting/training games that aren’t made for kids in kindergarten if that’s what you’re looking for. The Shin Megami Tensei series has some amazing monster design.
I think probably the most novel thing gold/silver did back I the day was a real-time clock and day of the week tracker. This meant you had to log in at certain times to hunt certain pokemon, or attend certain events. This isn’t as impressive today, but at the time was a whole new level of immersion fans had never seen before, in any handheld game really.
It was also incredible that they had the new jhoto region, but also the entire gen 1 kanto region (set a few years in the future). I remember that was just mind blowing that this was even possible.
But if you’re not feeling it, don’t force yourself through it. The Pokemon games aren’t for everybody.
Yeah, I try one every few years because tastes change. I will say my time last night was a bit more engaging than in the past. So we’ll see.
Yeah, I try one every few years
But… Why?
Well…
because tastes change
You suddenly want to play games for babies?
Maybe. The same way I’ll sometimes read a YA book or watch a kids movie. Being aimed at children doesn’t make something inherently bad or unenjoyable. What you enjoy and how you relate to a piece of media can be influenced by any number of things. What you’re going through at work or in your personal life, what you’ve played recently, or watched or read. Maybe it won’t ever click for me, but I don’t mind taking an hour or two every few years to revisit something millions of people love to see if it will.
In the last couple of years, I’ve enjoyed the GBC Harry Potter games and Wendy Every Witch Way. If I just dismissed things as kid games, I wouldn’t have touched those. And Wendy has actually become a really fun and calming one I go back to often.
So I guess maybe you do you and I’ll do me and that’s okay?
My buddy talked me into no mans sky and I gotta say, its really fun.
Its got bugs for sure, and some stuff that is irritating like having to hold E for every action or the stupid notification that happens every time you warp to a system or station that requires you to hold tab to skip but there are mods that help.
I love being able to build a ship and a base on different planets, own my own space fleet, destroy pirates, be a pirate, etc. Its far from perfect but I’m into it now. Its fun as hell.
It is really fun! Been playing it for years, and I come back to it regularly. They’re still doing so many updates, big updates multiple times a year. Came back when Cosmos hit.
Oh, btw, if you find nice things (ships, multitools, whatever), you could share them at No Man’s Sky Glyph Exchange. And yes, I guess I have been ‘spamming’ there (again) the past 2 weeks. :D
Holding E is optional but heavily encouraged to be kept on. I only turned it off for bulk repetitive tasks, but realistically it protects you from screwing up and accidentally acting on something you didn’t want to act on.
Theres only one setting I found and it only works for menu actions. Any where you have to hold E for harvesting plants, opening refiner menu, interacting with NPCs, its still there.
I’d rather make mistakes than be forced to wait every time I want to interact with something you know what I mean? Its just irritating. Thankfully I found a mod for that which makes the hold function almost instant for everything else.
Original Metroid 2 on GB. It’s short, but I’m having a lot of fun doing a few metroids each morning.
I played ballxpit for a bit, I’m playing Deadly Days Roadtrip right now, it’s a survivor with a backpack leveling mechanic
I am enjoying Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries. Ended up restarting the campaign when I went bankrupt in game. Turns out keeping 75% of all the mechs I salvaged was a poor choice. This time I’ve kept my mech inventory focused, and it is paying off.
It has been two years since I did a perfection run on Stardew Valley so why not do it again - this time heavily modded with the most downloaded extended mod pack that I customized even further.
I’ve also tried to play Where Winds Meet but Stardew has my attention nine days out of ten.
Lately I’ve been playing Dicevaders. It’s a pretty unique spin on Balatro, essentially. The best one I’ve seen.
Oh! I want to try. Loved balatro.
Dressmaker! I love making my mostly hideous dresses with one or two very lovely dresses thrown in! And it’s nice you can undo cuts unlike irl where gg, wasted fabric. Love you magic game fabric!
I’ll likely get some mods soon and just go wild adding a bunch of new fabrics!
Your like the third person here talking about that game. I’m gonna recommend it to my wife.
It’s nice! I also like the story of the little town we’re in. Making dresses for some absolutely Very Normal People.
Dune: Awakening, doing singleplayer because I have nobody to play online servers eoth and enjoying it a lot
XCOM 2
Currently bouncing between Space Station 14 and Elite: Dangerous. SS14 when I’m feeling social, Elite when I need to just disappear into space in my very own ship where nobody can bother me
