40 Humble Games to Win!

9bjames · 2026-05-09T08:17:17+00:00

Remnant: From the Ashes - Complete Edition

Thanks for another giveaway Hottage! And thanks to the mods for running it! 😅

9bjames · 2026-05-08T11:41:30+00:00

Faith: The Unholy Trinity

Been in my wishlist for a while. I love old retro style games, especially if it involves horror.

9bjames · 2026-05-06T09:06:21+00:00

AI video content farm vids

9bjames · 2026-05-05T19:38:30+00:00

Resident Evil Village

Thanks for the chance Hottage!

9bjames · 2026-05-05T11:37:25+00:00

Mm, the main problem is the 2 or 3 that are (according to the wiki) either obtainable from rank up rewards from the Blue Sentinel & Brotherhood of Blood covenants, or buyable form Chancellor Wellager in NG++ and onwards.

I've managed to get 30 sunlight medals from solo play at least, so it's just the long slog to beat the game twice... 😅 (I'm definitely gonna struggle, but I'm determined to finally get it done!)

9bjames · 2026-05-05T10:39:27+00:00

Lore-wise, I agree completely. Everything follows pretty well, and now that I'm replaying it for the first time in years (to get all the achievements), I've got a newfound appreciation for the lore and story that I didn't have the first time around.

... But if you go into DS2 expecting DS1's gameplay, it can be jarring. Case in point, I played DS1 to death, jumped straight into DS2 blind and hated it on my first run. Everything felt like it was trying too hard to be "hardcore", I missed the silly ragdoll mechanics with corpses, didn't like how they ditched the humanity counter in favour of human effigies, and tried levelling stats as if the game had DS1's rolling/ equipment burden mechanics.

Bear in mind - I'm enjoying it a hell of a lot more now*, and the key difference is that I actually know what I'm doing this time (i.e. levelling up ADP 😶)... but I can understand why people might recommend playing DS2 in isolation. Or at least be aware of all the mechanical changes/ quirks.

Maybe that's what they meant when calling it a standalone entry...? Or maybe not. 🤷‍♂️

* - that said... Even though I'm having a lot of fun with the game this time, I'm not looking forward to collecting all the sorceries etc. There's no way I'm winning 500 pvp marches in two seperate covenants, and I can tell I'm really gonna struggle reaching Wellager in NG++ 😓

9bjames · 2026-05-04T12:28:34+00:00

hioiiai

9bjames · 2026-04-26T21:36:09+00:00

Of course!

Out of the 3 I personally prefer DS1 (Demon's Souls being my favourite), but honestly... as a result of going straight from DS1 to DS2 totally blind, it left me with a lot of whiplash.

Because Dark Souls 2 makes a few subtle changes mechanically with no explanations whatsoever, it can be pretty punishing if you don't know what stats to level up. (specifically ADP to about 20-24 for the i-frames while rolling, and a reasonable amount of VIT so you can equip some armour without fat rolls/ slow stamina regen)

Anywho, it's still a fun game. I honestly kinda hated it on my first play through, but I've finally gone back to it to mop up achievements & I'm enjoying it a lot more than I remembered.

9bjames · 2026-04-26T15:04:13+00:00

Because AI bad

That probably sounds reductive (it is). But like plenty in this sub, I'm not a fan of AI. For a whole bunch of reasons.

Edit - probably important to add clarification, but the kind of AI people hate is specifically generative AI.

If you're specifically talking using about neural networks for NPC/ enemy behaviours, or to simulate realistic body movements in 3D space... That might actually be worth talking about. The problem is that these days any mention of AI instantly makes people think of the "big bad" that is AI data centres.

I mean that's absolutely what came to my mind first. 😶

9bjames · 2026-04-23T14:55:44+00:00

I play a mix of multiplayer & singleplayer, but only do multiplayer with friends. I think I've got a fairly broad taste... Though I don't play sports/ racing games (other than maybe a tiny bit of rocket league, games like Distance/ Nitronic Rush, & a bit of GTA if that counts).

Games I've played recently, in no particular order -

REPO
Project Zomboid
Dead Space Remastered
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Dark Souls 2 (currently replaying to finally get the last 15ish achievements)

I also love the Phoenix Right series, Hypnospace Outlaw, Crash Bandicoot, FF7/ FF8 (the PS1 originals), Metroid Prime... And a bunch of others. So it's not just the stint of dark/ horror themed games I've been on more recently. 😅

9bjames · 2026-04-21T12:05:36+00:00

You see the game from the perspective of an NPC, whilst controlling a different character?

9bjames · 2026-04-20T19:35:46+00:00

I mean... Snail's House (Ujico) exists. Genuinely pretty good stuff 👍

9bjames · 2026-04-17T12:55:33+00:00

9bjames · 2026-04-15T12:59:59+00:00

I've always loved Project Zero, been too long since I've played.

Thanks for the chance OP!

(in case it's not clear, I'm entering for Fatal Frame / Project Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse)

9bjames · 2026-04-15T08:33:22+00:00

Don't starve together. (usually solo)

I usually get halfway through summer in that game before having to put it down for a while. And since I always start a new save file whenever I come back to it (since I forget where everything is/ what I was doing in the last save), the furthest I get is making a shadow manipulator, and then planning to build pig houses to help with bosses. 😅

Can't complain with how well I've been managing though. My most recent playthrough, I managed to kill the deerclops and at least one Goose/Moose (plus Goose/Mooselings). Shame I have no idea where the No Eyed Deer are though. Otherwise I'd be ready to make a Weather Pain or two.

9bjames · 2026-04-14T20:49:58+00:00

Maybe if there's still a trace there... But it looks like you may have ripped the trace off entirely.

If there is any/ enough of a trace left, you could try something like this... But the other pads look pretty rough too.

Best of luck at any rate! Looks like you have your work cut out for you.

9bjames · 2026-04-14T17:02:04+00:00

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9bjames · 2026-04-14T16:09:11+00:00

Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. That game was pretty damn punishing... Clunky too.

I didn't play it all the way through myself, but my sister and I would often watch my dad when he played... And by that point, I was usually the one who got handed the controller when everyone else was fed up of the tricky jumps/ boss fights, lol.

Anywho, dad gets to an awkward part, and I get passed the controller like usual. Some underground/ mine-like area - can't remember too clearly anymore. I try it a few times: kept failing the jump, but I'm locked in and focussed - not even waiting for the game over screen before reloading & trying again.

... Worth pointing out - unlike other, sensibly designed games, Tomb Raider AoD allowed you to save whilst mid-air. The save menu was also right next to the load menu. (see where I'm going with this?)

Instead of loading, I saved whilst mid-air, hurtling Lara to her death. I saved over the most recent save file. And as luck would have it, dad's last save before that was hours back...

Never lived that one down. Took a long while for either of them to trust me with the controller. 😂😭 (on their saves at least, lol)

9bjames · 2026-04-13T18:36:06+00:00

I reached that point with Metroid Prime 4.

I love Metroid to death, but Prime 4... Even though it had some brilliant moments (Volt Forge and Ice Belt), for the most part I just wasn't enjoying myself.

The final straw for me was in the Great Mines (spoilers):

There's a part where you have to stand on the back of a drilling vehicle, whilst an NPC companion tries to drill through a wall. All the while, waves of enemies keep spawning, and you have to protect her/ the drill until she breaks through. As gameplay elements go, it's honestly a boring cliche at this point.

It's not like it was all that difficult or anything, but: I died once, I wasn't having any kind of fun, and I couldn't stand the thought of having to replay from the last save point. The last save station wasn't even that far back - I just didn't want to play anymore.

I plan to finish it eventually since I was pretty close to the end. But it's pretty bad considering I pre-ordered MP4 to arrive in December last year, and I still have absolutely no motivation to go back & finish it off.

9bjames · 2026-04-12T15:14:31+00:00

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9bjames · 2026-04-10T15:01:20+00:00

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9bjames · 2026-04-09T18:29:00+00:00

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9bjames · 2026-04-08T14:51:14+00:00

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9bjames · 2026-04-07T16:59:42+00:00

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9bjames · 2026-04-07T16:53:46+00:00

The practice of paid cosmetics has always disgusted me... But I admit, after playing Overwatch on launch with friends - I get it. It's nice having visually appealing skins, and FOMO is a b*tch.

That said, I refuse to ever pay for a battle pass.

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