What videogames are you playing in 2025?

[haakon1]

For me:
MLB the Show 25 on Xbox. Franchise Mode as the Mariners, managing everything but Scouting, including the Minor League games. Earlier I did RTTS (Road to the Show) as a high school relief pitcher who went to UCLA got drafted in the 2nd round and made the Majors in one season. Franchise Mode is slightly improved, but I liked last year’s RTTS better - my female knuckleballers 3 years grinding in the Minors with a TV coverage of her first ever draft and promo to each level felt like an accomplishment.

BG3 on PC. No mods. First game, playing since launch. I stop for like a month at a time when I get frustrated. Like now in Act 3, at the Sharran temple, I’m in a scene where there are about a dozen opponents (level 4-12, I think, mostly 7-8) when the fight kicks off against my party of 4 11th level. So I know the game wants me to do a mega fight using height and barrelmancy and whatnot, but I actually want to do is “unalive” them in a less direct way, like my repeated sneaking into the towers and offing one group at a time. Tactical brute combat is not my happy place but looks unavoidable.

 

[Pale Violet Light]

Like now in Act 3, at the Sharran temple, I’m in a scene where there are about a dozen opponents (level 4-12, I think, mostly 7-8) when the fight kicks off against my party of 4 11th level.

That can be a rough fight, your opponents have a couple of nasty special abilities and can deal a lot of damage in a short time. Depending on your choices so far, you may be able to talk a couple of them onto your side, which does help quite a bit.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I’ve been playing Lost Epoch, after it was mentioned here.

I’m like “I like complex strategy and deep character driven stories and puzzles.” Then after three hours of mindless violence “hell yeah!”