Octopus Overlords

Welcome to 2025! Here's a place to keep track of what you're playing, what you've beaten (or finished), and what you've abandoned. It's traditionally for video games, but there's nothing that prevents people from including tabletop games played on the list, too. As always, give people a week or so to get 'slots' for recording their games, then feel free to use the thread for discussion as well.

Here are the previous Games Finished threads:

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

18 games finished in 2024, making it a very productive gaming year.

Games finished
- Cyberpunk 2077 (PS5): A-. Jan 9. Third time's the charm on this one, and it finally clicked. Ran through the base game and Phantom Liberty and thoroughly enjoyed it. Would have been a solid A if not for the ridiculous amount of bugs, even after years of squishing them. 58 hours.
- Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road (PS5). B. Jan 19. Zone was cool but the storyline was meh. Played a Stam Warden which was a fun new class. 30 hours.
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (PS5): B. Feb 1. A super short combo of shooter, bullet hell, fighting game, and QTE. Very cool and stylish, worth the single session it took to beat. 90 minutes.

Currently playing
- Palworld (PS5)
- Assassins Creed Valhalla (PS5)

Abandoned Video Games
- Octopath Traveler II (PS5). Got further than my first try (unlocked all the characters). It looks amazing and the combat is decent, but I just don't find any of the character stories interesting at all. 13 hours.
- Dragon Age Origins (PC). Tough to go backward after the excellent Veilguard. Also buggy as all hell, so I gave up after about 4 hours.
- Songs of Conquest (PS5). A very cool HOMM3 pixel art clone. Not interested in the campaign, but the random maps are super fun.

New Board Games

- Heroes of Might & Magic III: The Board Game
- Thunder Road Vendetta: Carnival of Chaos
- Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era

Finished
1) Sniper Elite: Resistance - Like Sniper Elite 5, but... well... the same.

Previous years:
2024 - 23 games
2023 - 28 games
2022 - 38 games
2021 - 58 games
2020 - 34 games
2019 - 27 games
2018 - 15 games
2017 - 16 games
2016 - 16 games

Abandoned

Watchlist
Kingdom Come Deliverance II - 2/11/2025
Avowed - 2/17/2025
Monster Hunter Wilds - 2/28/2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows - 3/20/2025
ARK 2 - 2025?
Hades 2 - Early Access
Dune: Awakening - Early 2025

2024 was another 'quality over quantity' year as I spent ridiculous amounts of time with both Cyberpunk and Baldur's Gate 3. I'm excited to see what 2025 has in store!

In Progress

Star Wars: Outlaws
Super Mario Bros Wonder
Ghost of Tsushima
Starfield



Finished

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle (PC) - 2/2
Halo 3 (co-op) - 2/2

Spot saved...

Finished:
Dragon Quest V (NDS) - 1/20/25; 31 hrs. Very fun. (No bonus content)


Currently playing:
Song of Conquest
Football Coach - College Dynasty (1.0 with achievements)
Our Adventurer Guild (Dabbling..)
Civ VI (One more round before VII?)

Backburner:
For the King (w/ the kids)

Finished

Feb - Boxes

Archinerd wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:56 pm

Games Finished:

• Mad Max: 1/18/25 - At just under 40 hours, a good value for 3 bucks on the last Steam sale. I had fun playing this, despite some quite repetitive aspects

In Progress:

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: beautiful and so detailed, I keep playing in short stints to try to make it last longer

• Inscryption

• Tiny Rogues

• Tactical Breach Wizards

• Halls of Torment

• Baldur's Gate 3: I need to get back to this after some time away

Games finished
- None Yet

Currently playing
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Abandoned Video Games
-

New Board Games
-

Finished

1. Luck Be a Landlord (Jan 20, PC, 66 plays, 20/20 floors, 93/186 achievements) 7/8

Rating system:
6 to 8 = Computer Games Strategy Plus
4 to 5 = Computer Gaming World
0 to 3 = PC Gamer


Playing

1. Emerald City Confidential: a third of the way through.
2. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay: two thirds through?
3. The Longing: AAR
4. Lost Odyssey: Heading for the final area.
5. Slipways: I'm about halfway through the campaign, on Reasonable difficulty.

Backburnered (games I'm in denial about having abandoned)

1. Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization: I finished the tutorial and played on the easiest difficulty against one opponent a couple of times, but I kept getting creamed. I'm now going through a 3-hour tip video on YouTube to learn how I'm really supposed to play.

Abandoned

1. To the Stars: had enough after completing three constellations. Thoughts.
2. Dominion: this is the card game that popularized the deckbuilding genre. I tried the free version on iOS, playing a few times against the medium and hard AIs. Kind of fun but I've enjoyed other deckbuilders more.

Before: 2006 (15); 2007 (14); 2008 (20); 2009 (23); 2010 (13); 2011 (15); 2012 (17); 2013 (25); 2014 (25); 2015 (9); 2016 (8); 2017 (9); 2018 (2); 2019 (22); 2020 (9); 2021 (6); 2022 (14); 2023 (7); 2024 (9)

Lethal League is going on the Abandoned pile. I'm pretty much over the fighter game aesthetic, and the combat tennis aspect doesn't really add anything to it that I would want to play.

Finished
Baldur's Gate 3
- Brother Merle, a morally ambivalent Duergar Barbarian Berserker
Old Man's Journey

In Play
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (via Game Pass)
Conscript

In the rotation or on the horizon
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl (via Game Pass)
Civ IV

Currently playing:

PC/Mac/Steam Deck:
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Witcher 3 (I'm getting to the end of the main game)
Victoria 3
Control

PS5
World of Warships: Legends (I'm still having a lot of fun with this one on a regular basis)
MLB The Show 24 (I'm playing this series since 2008)
Star Wars Outlaws (Really like it so far, looks great on the PS5 Pro)
Assassin's Creed Mirage (Very solid game so far)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Really enjoy it so far, also looks gorgeous on the PS5 Pro)

Nintendo Switch:
Nothing really

Tabletop:

PS3, PS VITA & 3DS XL:
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
Professor Layton and the Curious Village

On the short list:
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (started this right after finishing RotTR and really like it so far. Visuals are fantastic and I like the setting. Not sure why this one does not get more love)
Life is Strange 2 (need to continue, I really liked it so far)
Hitman - PS5 (still working on the missions, using the engine of Hitman 2. Need to play more!)
Spider-Man Miles Morales (need to pick it up again)


Completed:
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order (PS5) - Played it on easy setting but really enjoyed it

Games finished
- None Yet

Currently playing
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (xBox)
- Star Wars Outlaws (xBox) - just got it for Xmas, have only played a bit, want to finish Indy first
- Marvel Rivals (xBox)

There are a few other games I'm playing and/or got for Xmas, but haven't played them in 2025 yet. will hopefully post when I do, but I sure do tend to stop posting in these annual playing/reading/watching threads as the year goes on!

Abandoned Video Games
- None yet

New Board Games

- got Wyrmspan for Xmas, but haven't tried it yet

Finished-

Greedfall- 01.20.2025 (PS5)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6- 01.21.2025 (XBSX)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order- 01.29.2025 (XBSX)

Finished Mercenaries Blaze an old school JRPG turned based tactical game released in 2023. Not as simple as it first appears. There was a decision split fairly early on, so I am going back to that point to play with different companions.

Playing thru

Far cry 6
9 bit armies
Halo master chief collection

Constant rotation
Helldovers 2
Hit man 3

Pyperkub wrote:Games finished
- None Yet

Currently playing
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (xBox)
- Star Wars Outlaws (xBox) - just got it for Xmas, have only played a bit, want to finish Indy first
- Marvel Rivals (xBox)

There are a few other games I'm playing and/or got for Xmas, but haven't played them in 2025 yet. will hopefully post when I do, but I sure do tend to stop posting in these annual playing/reading/watching threads as the year goes on!

Abandoned Video Games
- None yet

New Board Games

- got Wyrmspan for Xmas, but haven't tried it yet

Finished Indiana Jones.

First finished game of the year!

Finished Dragon Quest V on the NDS. Very enjoyable. I liked the story, the gameplay was comfortably familiar. Just a lot of fun.

Civ VII and new MLB the Show coming soon-ish. Football Coach: College Dynasty hit 1.0 and added achievements, so I'm knee-deep in a new coach career. Dabbling with other things until I figure out my next RPG/S-RPG.

Finished Boxes, which isn't a great game but is more exciting than the title might suggest. It's a simple, short puzzle game, where you basically click around on themed treasure chests solving mini puzzles to eventually open them. It was perfect to play as I listened to some back log podcasts.