What has happened in my gaming?
Have to give up on Vector Thrust (again). I was reminded why I didn't play the game that long: it won't recognize my bone standard Xbox 360 controller (wireless). And playing on a keyboard is a no-no.
I'm at the point in Warstone TD I'm trying to come up with Mithril, but you only get those as mission rewards, and I ran out of missions to play as I don't play online. So that's that. There are DLCs, but I don't feel like playing those at the moment.
Played Trailmakers to the end, got enough to make the spaceship and left the planet. Did record a video of me trying to get 2-3 more items mainly as a demo. It's on my Youtube channel already and should be on my Steam feed soon. I do recommend it.
Tried Duskers. This is one of those games I probably will never finish due to it just being... extremely hard, but extremely atmospheric. Basically, you woke from your cryogenic sleep to find you alone in the universe... every space ship or space depot you find was derelict or abandoned, no one alive anywhere, just a bunch old patrol bots, turrets, and nasties like the swarm, leapers, or the slime. All you have are a couple drones: you can remote control them, or you can issue them simple orders via the remote interface. But video feed could fail. Their equipment can malfunction. And your drones cannot fight the enemy. Best you can do is to contain them by locking them in other rooms. But your motion sensor may give inconclusive results. Should you take the chance? Can you live with the consequences? What happened to the universe? Will you be able to find out before your equipment fail? Or will you find another ship before yours fail altogether?
Tried Forged Battalion, which is like Command & Conquer albeit on steroids. The plot is your typical underdog vs oppressive regime. The graphics are nice, but not spectacular. The main trick here is the extensive tech tree and the ability to customize your units based on the tech tree you unlock. Unlock treads instead of wheels? Your chassis got heavier and you get more armor and thus more HP. Unlock heavy barrel? Now you can equip your units with armor piercing (AP) rounds. Unlock armor? Make armored versions of your units. Combine the upgrades, but keep in mind your economy is still fixed and these new units would be more expensive and take longer to produce. Otherwise, this is still the same: make more units and crush the enemy base real-time strategy (RTS) game where you need to build the right number of structures to power your factories, produce the units, and so on. The fixed scenarios have pretty big maps and each has a twist or two. On the third mission you're already fighting against TWO enemies AND protecting an installation. And there are like 15 missions. Due to differences in tech tree things be hectic. I am not sure I want to play all 15 missions, as I know what the game's about now.
Trying RAM pressure, which is a game in the style of XCOM, but with a global server so it's closer in spirit to MMO's like The Division, but it's still turn-based tactical combat. Alien ship and fragments have landed on Earth, and you, as a mercenary unit working for (US, Russia, or China) will attempt to wipe out anyone at the landing site and secure it for your side. Other mercs are doing the same. So you may be against generic PvE (play vs environment) enemies, or you may be facing other players in a much tougher fight. You may even be fighting the aliens too. Use the money you earned to upgrade your equipment and HQ, assign skills and perks to your operators, hire new operators as necessary to round out your team, and advance the plot: are there survivors? Can first contact be made peacefully? Or was all this just a warning of things to come? Early access game is free, but you can support the devs by "buying" additional equipment in the game with real money.
Right now, my reaction is a bit mixed. I'll put it in a different post.
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