Recent content by Pifanjr

So far I haven't been one-shot by anything yet, but the heavy armour probably helps too.

I got strength up to 20 and put a couple of points in vigor and endurance. But I found a new weapon that needs more dex to use, so I'm going to put a couple of points in that as well. Then I quit playing near the right area, as I did just defeat that golem.

I played some more Elden Ring. I haven't been looking up anything, so I kind of feel like I'm running around like a headless chicken. I have no idea how to make a good build either or where to go for better gear, but so far I haven't run into any major problems. I figured out how to defeat the...

I find it hard to predict how well the Steam Machine will do. Most Steam users already own a PC and I doubt the Steam Machine will be cheap enough to be a worthwhile upgrade for most users. It also doesn't seem likely that PC players will shell out hundreds of dollars just for an extra machine...

Game of the Year None, I haven't played any games released in 2025 that I feel deserve to be nominated. VR Game of the Year I haven't played any VR games Labor of Love Baldur's Gate 3. I got several recommendations, but I don't really consider it a Labor of Love if developers are releasing...

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I felt the exact same way coming from Tactics Ogre to Final Fantasy Tactics: especially the class system in FFT felt more clunky. I tried one of the Fire Emblem games but it felt like you had to do each mission twice because the game loved to throw a twist at you in the middle of a mission...

Phantom Brigade's 2.0 update is only 5 days old and it seems some people don't like some of the new changes, but the general consensus seems positive. However, it would probably be wise to wait and see what the opinions are in a couple of weeks. You haven't played Midnight Suns yet? Definitely...

Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis was one of my favourite tactics games, though it's been a while since I've played it. From what I understand Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, which is the basis of Reborn, it considered at least as good if not better. There was also this article recently...

I played Civilization V with my wife and two friends yesterday. It'd been a while since I played a video game with my wife and we had a great time. I was on my own little island with a single city state, so my only troubles were from the raging barbarians, which were manageable but took most of...

Yeah, short weapons are probably quicker, but I'd rather have a weapon with reach and learn the timing than to have to get close to get a hit in. But I should try out some different weapons when I find some. I'm not saying I'm good at the game by the way, I'm just good enough to not die most of...

I started a new game on my own account and had zero issues, so either the game needed to be restart after changing the video settings or the problem was that my wife was streaming on Discord. Probably the latter, though I'm not sure why that caused the game to pause for like 10 seconds every so...

There seems to be a decent chance that the AI bubble will pop somewhere in the next few years and hopefully prices will plummet then, but we'll see. If prices don't drop down again, I suppose I'll just have to stick with less demanding games. I loved being able to play more games after my last...

My wife just tried to play Elden Ring for the first time, but for some reason the game kept freezing for several seconds every once in a while. It seemed like it was loading something as the fans would suddenly spin up too, but task manager indicated that CPU and GPU stayed below 100%. I tried...

I finished Cyberpunk 2077, so now I can finally return to Baldur's Gate 3. Or maybe Disco Elysium. Or maybe I'll start on The Witcher 3 or pick up the Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlords DLC and play that some more... I haven't had time to start up anything new on our good PC though, so I've just...