In between my spikes of melancholy, isolation and loneliness I’m currently playing Tekken 8. The game can be extremely frustrating and unfair but I don’t have anything else to play and I’m running out of money so I won’t buy anything else this year. WWE 2k24 has been a disappointment this year, cyberpunk was a disappointment, stardew valley has been a disappointment. Warframe, another disappointment, that game feels that has no real direction or sense of progress.
Seems like modern games aren’t good anymore (I guess stardew valley isn’t new but whatever).
The only decent modern decent game I played this year is Re4remake…
I was planning of buying the new Spider-Man game, but after seeing the promotional material, it turned me off.
Pathos Nethack on Android. It’s a version of Nethack that’s optimized for mobile screens and interfaces. It still takes skill and knowledge to play well, but the RNG can screw with your character in amazing ways to make every game just a little different.
And most importantly, it doesn’t require a network connection, so I can fire it up wherever I am.