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Alice BeeVampire Survivorsis an ideal late afternoon game, post lunch, because you can play it while ferrying things from selection boxes into your mouth. I need to go back toElden Ringbecause I haven’t returned since my last rage-quit when I got stuck in a mine and lost thousands of runes, but I’ve also downloadedTunicbecause everyone says it’s good and cute. Also feeling the call toAmong Treesafter a couple of years of early access polish. But honestly I don’t know if I’ll play any games this year, because I’d have to fit them in around watching A Muppet Christmas Carol and hollering “NO CHEESES FOR US MEESES!”, and there simply isn’t time.
Alice0I want to start and finish a few games over the break.Signalishas fantastic mood and intriguing mysteries but I grew so bored of needing to find a keycard to open a door so I could find a keycard to open a door so I could find a keycard to open a door so I could find a key to open a chest to find a keycard to open a door. I will persevere. I also want to check outdice-rolling roguelikelike Slice & Dice, which looks to have clever ideas about mapping classes and equipment onto the faces of dice. And after unlocking a ton of stuff inBrotato, it’s time to push into the highest difficulty levels.
CJChristmas is a time for games old and new, and I’m planning on showing some attention to both over the next few weeks. Something I hadn’t expected to be playing during the holidays wasStar Wars: Dark Forces, a game I’ve not really touched since mucking about on a demo when I was a whippersnapper in the Nineties. Thanks to the recent Force Engine makeover, that’s something I’m really looking forward to digging into at long last. My past few Christmases have mainly been taken up byDragon Age: Inquisition, which I’m hoping I can finally finish beforeDragon Age: Dread Wolfarrives. Other than that, I’d like to dip into some of the Game Pass stuff I’ve missed, such as SNES-esque RPGChained Echoesand alchemy simPotion Craft.
EdMerry Xmas! I hope to cart my PS5 over to my parent’s place, so I can tackle someLost Judgment. I cannot let my high school students languish over the holidays.
HaydenAfter spending far too long thinking, I’ve narrowed down my list of potential Christmas games toPentiment,Hades, andDisco Elysium. I’m torn between the three, so maybe you can all help me decide. Disco Elysium is probably a bit too dreary for the holidays, and I would like to feel some sort of festive cheer. Hmm, yes, maybe I should rule that one out. That leaves Pentiment and Hades, and I’m leaning toward the former. I hear it’s a lot shorter, which should make it easier to squeeze in around the festivities of eating too many mince pies and spilling hot chocolate on new clothes. I suppose that makes Hades one for next Christmas, but I’m not sure if I can wait another year to romance some gods. Making decisions is hard!
JamesThis week, I tried out the PC demo for Stadia refugeeWavetale, and it’s an aquatic pleasure. Breezy platforming sections punctuate bouts of speedy, self-propelled surfing, with cartoon charm and a sense of wisftful mystery to spare. I’ve been hankering for an easygoing solo adventure to play over the break, and this feels like just the thing.
KatharineYou know, I was compiling a big list of games I wanted to play over the holidays just the other day, and man alive, it islong. Top of my list is finishing off Pentiment, but I also want to dig intoWarhammer 40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters' DLC Duty Eternal, and finally have a crack at Chained Echoes as well, a retro, Japanese-inspired RPG I’ve only heard excellent things about since Iinterviewed the devlast month. Then there are some smaller indies I want to mop up as well, likeHow To Say Goodbye,Goodbye World(I’m sensing a theme here),StacklandsandRPG Time: The Legend Of Wright. The list goes on, I’m not even kidding. We’ll see how we get on, but needless to say, I won’t be wanting for games to play this Christmas.
LiamGod rest ye merry readers. Christmas is officially here and for the first time in literal years I actually have a substantial amount of time off. Usually, I spend my limited festive break as far away from a PC as possible (I mean, I spend the best part 12 months sat in front of one, it’s nice to allow myself a change of scenery) but this year that won’t stop me from playing some gosh darned computer games. This Christmas I’m going to crawl into the sofa and playYakuza 0,Persona 5andDead Spaceon theSteam Deckand neither you nor Santa himself can pry that beautiful device out of my hands. Have a lovely Christmas, folks! See you all in the new year.
OllieGoodness, suddenly I’ve got free time, and there are far too many games to fill it with. I’ve recently started playing Pentiment, which is really swell so far, and the kind of game that I expect gets better and better the more you play it. I’ve also been chugging through another Elden Ring playthrough, this time challenging myself to beat every boss with the use of Spirit Ashes or jump-attacks. So far, so good - but I imagine I’ll be cursing myself once I get to thereally hard bosses. And whenever I’m not at my PC, I daresay I’ll be sneaking in the odd game or five ofMarvel Snap, because I’ll be damned if it isn’t the most fun I’ve had with a CCG since my days playing Plants Vs Zombies Heroes during lunchtimes in the Hampshire County Council cafeteria.
RachelI have a long list of games I’d like to play with no idea if I’ll play any of them, but I’m gonna be optimistic! First up are the games that I want to playthrough again, soRoadwardenand Signalis. Then there are games that I totally missed during the year when they released soWe Are OFKand all three episodes ofCitizen Sleeper’s DLC. Then there are games that were released this December, so first up is finishingLil Gator Game, thenAka, then Potion Craft. And finally, I’ll be playing moreV Risingand Vampire Survivors with my partner for vampire crimbo times. Phew!
But you, reader dear, what are you playing this weekend?
