And it's still at that stage where things that still matter, like resolution, are improving. It's like the 90's again which I think it's why I'm so drawn to it. The PC community is great and I like how you can watch an Early access game evolve on a weekly basis. 

I swear H3VR is the most documented game ever made and after 3 yrs it's still in Early Access, but every week brings a new YT vid from the creator, Anton, and a new feature in the game. It's a pretty cool combo to keep up with. It's an amazing feat for a single dev.

Definitely needs a lighter headset with better resolution, but that’s just tech evolution. What I cannot figure out is how they make it a more communal/less solo pursuit when you’re in a room with others. Maybe the headsets get so light and so cheap that everyone has one. It’s very much solo or online multiplayer so far.

Next gen I reckon. 

It's amazing how social online MP is in VR and the sense you're standing next to someone is powerful. Not something I expected when I bought a Vive back in the day. One can only hope FB gets lawsuited to death in some mass VR sex pest scandal.

stellavista wrote:

Good to hear and looking forward therefore to the new PS+ subscription thing. Another game that did this well was Fire Watch. The gameplay was on the face of it boring but the story was decent and kept me in it. I think jaded is probably a better name for how I feel towards games and I’m hoping the new shinies can give more also on the emotional investment.

I loved Fire Watch. Awesome game. Such a pity the devs abandoned their next Egyptian game.

Id like to add Rime to the wordless games list too. Fucking hell the ending packed an emotional punch right to my feels gonads.

Not necessarily bored... but I'm definitely going through a phase of lack of time/energy to play games.

Elden Ring is the last proper game i've played, but I've not even met the first boss... and the thought of how massive and vast the game is... it actually puts me off. The more I think about it, this has been going on for a while now - even as far back as GTA5... then RDR2, GoW, Horizon:ZD, heck even Zelda BotW.. I've not disliked any of them - in fact some of those have been my favourite games, but I've just not had the time to go back and finish them.

My son is very into Fortnite, so I often find myself dipping in and out of that for a quick pick up and play. But in the evenings, I find I'm more inclined to watch something on Netflix than gaming at the moment. I think i'll stick to short games for the foreseeable, to get me back into it.

I realised long ago that I'm completely stuck in the past when it comes to gaming.  I can probably track back to the point where I began to lose the motivation to stick at it, with Twilight Princess being the first Zelda game I failed to complete.  I've completed precisely two games since 2009, one of which was a GB remake.

My favourite game right now is Milly & Molly.  A game could easily have come out over 30 years ago.  I try with games like Fortnite, but i watch my son instinctively clicking the myriad of buttons in combination and aiming at characters in the distance that I can't even see, and I feel very old indeed.

Saying all that, I do really need to buy FH5, or get back on Game Pass and give it another go.  Arcade racers FTW.

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This is definitely the longest period I have gone recently without spending any amount of time with a game. February was the last high active month for me now. Dabbled a few hours here and there on my Switch but nothing else.

Everyone should play OlliOlli World. That'll revitalise ya.

hylian_elf wrote:

When did I finish Elden Ring?  End of April?  Start of May?  Haven't really played anything properly since. I'm not bored.  I just prioritise other things.  Spending time with the family (otherwise I can never be a REAL MAN), and gym Haak, you still gymming/CrossFitting?

Yeah still going 3-4 days a week to get out of the house and clear the head. Kinda just more in a chill mode when I get to sit down in the evenings now. I got far too into Lost Ark in Feb and it's the last time I am going to make that mistake, the guys I play with are juts far too committed.