One change in my playlist for this weekend. Some Ashes of the Singularity though I wish they would rework the economic system which is rush oriented. Defensive play is not a viable option.

I finally over my addiction to Invisible Inc. Now trying to defeat Banished, which I've decided is like Sim Farm just in a different time period. Of course in Sim Farm you worried about not going bankrupt. In Banished the challenge keeping enough people alive, so everything can grow and flourish without running out of labor or resources. Also playing a bit of Rebel Galaxy.

Leisure Suit Larry Love For Sail

Since I quit UnderRail (great game but a massive timesink, definitely not a frustration-free game which requires all your attention -- I'm keeping the save files and I'll return sometime in the future), I've been playing The Curious Expedition & a little bit of Risk of Rain.

aaaaw, thanx for the feedback, i was thinking about starting UnderRail since i purchased it, but with the amount of spare time i have atm, it sounds a bad idea then...

The biggest "problem" (it isn't ) with the game is the absence of a map. If there was one, the game would have been a lot shorter, especially since no one would get lost in the caves section. In fact, there are all sorts of maps inside the official wiki to help players get around easily, but i prefer to navigate the hard way & draw my own maps which takes a lot of extra time. Also, i guess the better your character is (able to do more damage for example), the faster you should be able to advance. You can also avoid any secondary quests but that may detract from the overall game experience so before commiting yourself to the game, make sure you have lots of free time.

Every single day I played The Witcher 3 since it came out there was some awesome experience if not a dozen. In one way it would be hard to pick a single moment that was particularly remarkable across the entire gameplay when every day there were so many experiences that I'd consider remarkable in one way or another.

But then thinking about it a bit more, there was one particularly exceptional moment that stands out clearly above all others in my approximate 6 week long playthrough. That was on the release day of the game. I had pre-installed the pre-download and waited for the release to trigger the last few bits of data to make the game playable.

This may sound corny or cheesy to some folks but I don't care as it was an amazing experience for me personally and I want to share it. :) I went from expecting the game to not work on my Radeon HD7850 to launching it and it coming up no problem. I went in the game options to see everything that was available and turned a few things off/down slightly to improve frame rate however I left it in my monitor's native resolution just to experience the graphic quality even if it turned out to be unacceptable FPS.

Then... I started a new game for the first time. The opening sequences were cool, and I was totally shitting bricks feeling all kinds of emotions about what I was about to see, but when it really struck me like a baseball bat was once you finally get control of Geralt with the mouse and keyboard. Standing in the bedroom at Kaer Morhen with Yennifer off to the side and just staring at complete awe at to the extreme level of detail and high quality of the textures of everything in the entire game at 2560x1600 was the most breathtaking moment of my gaming life.

My jaw was literally open and I think I may have even had a tear in my eye over the experience. I was completely speechless, and I just sat there looking at it without moving going "wow" in my mind. After a minute or so I fumbled with the mouse and very slowly looked around like someone that just woke up out of a coma and was seeing for the first time in 50 years or something. I was so awe struck that I wasn't even thinking of playing the game but just blown away by what I was seeing. Then I spotted the balcony and immediately walked over to the balcony where I was totally floored by the scenery from close up to far off in the distant, the sky, the mountains all in super high detail like I'd never seen before in any game. I looked down and saw Ciri practicing fighting and at the detail in the brick on the balcony, a plate, the woodgrain on a door, the trees, just about everything. I stood on the balcony for literally about 10 minutes just looking around and shaking my head in a daze.

Next I paused the game to take a break and get a drink and to try to snap myself out of it. I called up a buddy and told him about everything I saw so far and how I was freaking out. He laughed at my reaction and definitely never heard me ever react to a game like that in over 20 years, so he was also super curious himself. :)

I came down a bit and went back to the game and unpaused it, looked around the room for the things you do at the start and then made my way downstairs. The whole first few hours of the game I was literally in the same awe struck daze, first at the graphics, the sound, the detail, technological things others wouldn't likely ever notice, the dialogue and writing quality, the motion capture and voice acting, and just how much depth it all had. Then the real game started with Vesimir on the road and I had another period to adjust to everything I was seeing and try not to be too blown away but my brain was literally retarded mush at this point. :)

I got off the horse to wander around in the grass and explore a bit etc. and eventually back on track and headed to the griffon encounter and then on to White Orchard. Every step of the way was mind boggling awesome and without a doubt not only the best experience I've ever had with any game in my entire life of gaming, but quite possibly better than the combination of all previous best experiences to date.

I'm not sure how many days it took to get past that honeymoon type feeling and get used to it all but definitely several days of gameplay. The game drew me in and captured me like no other game ever. I couldn't put it down and more or less played it every day until completion approx 6 weeks later. Real life was put on hold during that time. :)

But yeah, that first hour/day and few days of seeing and playing the game was a priceless experience that no game ever gave me before and I think it may be a long time until another one makes that kind of impression on me also. For the price CDPR charged for the game, I kind of feel like I stole the damn game from them TBH, especially compared to what I've spent for some other games in the past.

Anyhow, hopefully some of you enjoyed reading about my experience, I certainly enjoyed having it.

(offtopic) Interesting how Weekend Playlist posts *mostly* decline as time passes...

This is an essential thread. I mean it. Hopefully it won't die off quick! :)

I guess that's the reason they added bonus discussion themes lately. In any case, I agree with you; it's always nice to see what the community likes to play during the weekends.

Absolutely!
Great to see that, at the same time, one plays Alea Jacta Est and like 8 hours later the same dude's deep knee into Ostrich Island and whatnot ;P

Where's this thread for this weekend? GOG, do you not care about the minutiae of my life? Are you...are you breaking up with me? ;_;

Though in honesty, my answer is the same as last weekend - Tahira and Deadbolt. These games have got some serious lasting play value and addictiveness. Also, they both kick my buttocks pretty hard. :)

Damn good taste of yours, sir. I salute you! ;P

Such an incredibly odd person.

I don't know. Witcher 3, maybe some Silent Hunter 3. Still on the hunt for those juicy Atlantic convoys. Then later I'll wrap up my weekend with some Spiderman 3, because everything good comes in 3s. So Hollywood keeps fecking telling me.

Well GOG went and did it to me again and put another game on my wishlist on sale. So 80 days will be played this weekend (already on fourth run) and Overwatch. I also still have the Banner Saga to start,