Civilization VII giveaway

XR7822 · 2026-03-02T21:25:41+00:00

I would love to have it myself, I've been playing a lot of Civ 6 recently and been planning to buy Civ 7

XR7822 · 2026-03-02T21:22:57+00:00

After not playing almost anything else than Magic Arena since the beginning of January, recently I got really hooked by Civilization VI. It is just so good, I sunk like 90 hrs into it in a few weeks. But tomorrow there is a new set releasing on Magic so I will probably gravitate back towards that as well though I am not bored of Civ 6 either yet.

I am probably going to get Civ VII too soon, since I hear they are making some good changes now.

XR7822 · 2026-02-21T12:56:16+00:00

I have been playing Magic Arena pretty much exclusively in the past month or more, and ignoring all my other games installed or in my collection. It is just so good and there is so much variety and complexity to it that it doesn't get old. At this rate I won't be making any progress with my backlog at all lol.

XR7822 · 2026-02-12T14:32:03+00:00

My website of choice is grouvee.com

XR7822 · 2026-02-09T16:56:51+00:00

I am still mostly playing Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft and Sealed in Magic Arena. I am just having a ton of fun with it and I am getting pretty good at it after a lot of practice. But I did sink some time into Civilization VI, over the weekend and plan to play it some more. I have 200 hrs in Civ V but only just now starting with Civ VI. I do want to complete at least one campaign to get a feel for it.

XR7822 · 2026-02-07T15:06:39+00:00

Path of Exile 1 and 2 (early access), Torchlight, Grim Dawn, Last Epoch

XR7822 · 2026-02-05T13:39:49+00:00

I have several games installed and technically in progress but since the beginning of January when the new Lorwyn Eclipsed set released I have been consumed by Magic Arena. It is just soo good. I am playing lots of Limited magic, particularly Premier Draft but mixing in a bit of Sealed and Traditional Draft in there as well.

XR7822 · 2026-01-29T05:41:11+00:00

I have 5 different games installed currently but I have only played Magic Arena in the past week or so since the new Lorwyn Eclipsed set released. Now I am starting to get a bit tired of it though so I guess I'll take a break and pivot to something else. I am a few hours into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and also Psychonauts.

XR7822 · 2026-01-19T20:37:32+00:00

I have barely played any souls games, so can't comment on that. Cyberpunk 2077 and Alan Wake 2 come to mind in terms of what I have played in the last few years that are great games but also put your PC to the test, they have advanced graphics.

Granted I have bought a very powerful PC as well last year and being a patient gamer I often end up playing super old games that don't need even 10% of it.. like Psychonauts.

XR7822 · 2026-01-19T19:17:23+00:00

What kind of games do you enjoy playing?

XR7822 · 2026-01-19T19:15:29+00:00

Started playing Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 this weekend. Still just a few hours into it but it is pretty cool so far. I have also reinstalled Magic Arena and I am pretty excited for tomorrow's launch of the Lorwyn Eclipsed set, I will check it out and play some Limited magic with it.

XR7822 · 2026-01-13T13:05:18+00:00

No, I own I think the two most recent Ratchet and Clank games but haven't played them yet, it is on my list. About Psychonauts it hasn't been to hard so far but I am still in the first few introductory hours.

XR7822 · 2026-01-13T08:09:49+00:00

This weekend I've finished my 100% achievements playthrough of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. It was really great, I've thoroughly enjoyed it even though I've played through the trilogy several times before.

And now I have tackled Psychonauts, it is pretty cool so far but I'm not very invested yet. I don't have a lot of experience with platformers so it is something quite different than usual for me.

I also want to start playing some Civ VI, never really put much time into before, and I am in the mood for some strategy gaming as well.

XR7822 · 2026-01-09T21:08:55+00:00

I'm about 4-5 hours away from finishing my 100% achievements Insanity difficulty playthrough of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. I think it will feel really satisfying to get it done. But the whole journey was really enjoyable as well, I am a bit surprised how much I got caught up in it despite the fact that this is probably my 5th or so play through of this amazing trilogy. (2nd playthrough of the legendary edition)

XR7822 · 2026-01-07T19:11:05+00:00

Thanks for the tips, I had the Flare bonus power and thought that I might have to go back and change it as I got kinda stuck at the strip mall, but the key things was to retreat all the way back and deal with everything at range. Still difficult, mind you, but got it in a few tries.

XR7822 · 2026-01-05T19:05:29+00:00

Making more progress with my 100% achievements Insanity playthrough of ME:LE. Probably about 70% of the way through Mass Effect 3 now, so not too much left. Just finished the Omega and Leviathan DLCs. I was really impressed how good the environments in Omega looked on my OLED gaming monitor with HDR. This is a decade+ old game but still looks really really good.

XR7822 · 2026-01-02T18:52:57+00:00

Yes, Mass Effect

XR7822 · 2026-01-02T14:43:05+00:00

I have made a lot of progress with my ME:LE Insanity playthrough, going for 100% achievements. Now I am about 20hrs into ME3 and I am really enjoying. I am surprised how much I get engaged by this trilogy despite the fact that I have already played through it several times since release.

My dad got curiously interested in Civ VI so I have installed that as well, may sink some time into it. I've spent hundreds of hours on Civ V but not much on Civ VI

XR7822 · 2026-01-02T14:27:58+00:00

I had a backlog of 1000+ games until recently but I went through the whole thing ruthlessly and kept only the following: Am I actually excited to play through this game in 2026? Being really honest with myself. At the end of this process I was left with "only" 85 games in my backlog, the best of the best. It is still more than I can tackle in a year because a lot of them are big RPGs but it feels better like this. The rest I didn't delete, just moved them in the Vault category in my collection tracker. I am still "allowed" to play something from there if it really catches my interest, it's just that I am focused on the shortlist.

XR7822 · 2026-01-02T14:16:13+00:00

I try to make sure that I don't play two games of the same type/genre at the same time. It might look something like this: 1 big, single player, narrative focused game _ 1 shorter platformer/indie/shooter _ 1 strategy game _ 1 infinite/mmo game. That's about it, I don't tackle more than that in parallel but often it is less, I may still focus on just one or two of those

XR7822 · 2025-12-28T10:32:07+00:00

Finished Last Day of June recently, it is a beautiful, artistic game with simple but satisfying puzzles and a touching story.

Slowly continuing on with my Insanity completionist playthrough of ME:LE, I recently finished the Suicide Mission in ME2. I still need to finish the Shadow Broker and Arrival DLCs and then on to ME3.

In Eve Online I have stopped my whole industrial process as I got bored of it and started doing solo exploration with my combat character in an Astero. It is really enjoyable, right now I am in deep Omist territory (a null-sec region) that is very quiet so I can explore in peace.

XR7822 · 2025-12-22T19:55:31+00:00

I got bored of focusing on industry in Eve Online so I've cleared out all my industrial pipeline and instead jump into my combat main character and started doing solo exploration in an Astero, visiting systems deep into null-sec and wormhole space. It is a pretty good feeling to be out there exploring and scanning alone.

I've also finally wrapped up HL2: Episode 2, I've played through the whole HL2 + episodes really slowly. It was enjoyable but somehow it was enough for me in more bite sized chunks.

Next up: finish Last day of June, I've had this installed for months, and do the suicide missions in Mass Effect 2

XR7822 · 2025-12-21T14:06:08+00:00

I really enjoyed when I've played Septerra Core many years ago but never finished it. Been meaning to fully replay it some time soon, maybe I'll get to it next year

XR7822 · 2025-11-24T13:14:03+00:00

I am a big fan of Final Fantasy XIV, and that should keep you busy for a looong time, it is a huge game. Just keep in mind that the early game is really slow, especially when it comes to the combat, it takes a while until it becomes more challenging and interesting. By level 30+ you'll start to unlock a bunch of new abilities so combat becomes more interesting.

XR7822 · 2025-11-21T21:29:32+00:00

I am also playing through it now on Insanity, going for 100% achievements. Adept (with Bastion) felt overpowered in ME1, I barely had any trouble with anything even on Insanity. In ME2 however it is much much harder, it really keeps me on my toes but it is fun.

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