Recent content by Pifanjr

I don't remember any game breaking from being updated, but updating Windows has made it impossible to play older games. Luckily there's GOG and community patches that have made a lot of these games available on new Windows versions again.

I was enjoying just roaming around in Elden Ring, but after playing PEAK and Baldur's Gate 3 with other people I realised I want something more engaging. I could continue my own Baldur's Gate 3 game, but I don't really want to do two campaigns at the same time. So I opened GOG Galaxy and...

My wife and I played some more Baldur's Gate 3. We've finished pretty much all of the stuff you can do when you first arrive at the Druid's Grove, we freed Withers and we found Scratch. I also kind of screwed up the owlbear thing as my wife wanted to talk to it but I had already sent some random...

I assume that at some point supply will catch up to demand and things will get cheaper again, but that might take a while. I'm just hoping my old PC doesn't give up entirely before then.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/enormous-mod-elden-ring-reforged-refreshes-and-rebalances-every-inch-of-the-game-works-with-seamless-co-op-and-even-throws-in-a-crackdown-orb-style-scavenger-hunt/

I played PEAK with two of my friends today. It went a lot better than I expected, though it obviously took us a bit to get used to the controls and to gauge how far we can climb. We did two attempts and made it pretty far onto the ice mountain, but two of us fell down and the third player got...

I bought some socks that were buy 2, get 2 free. My dog just had 8 of his teeth pulled so we had to skip on soft- or hardware purchases this year, though there wasn't anything particularly interesting anyway.

I played some more Elden Ring. I found the Demi-human ashes that @Zloth pointed me towards (thanks!), a jellyfish one and one with skeletons. I upped my dex to 16 so I could use the new spear I found and discovered that it isn't actually used as a spear. For some reason my guy is swinging it...

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...

Share and discuss your nominations for the Steam Awards 2025 here!

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...