What lockdown games are you all playing?
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For many of us we have had a little extra time on our hands over the last few months. What games have people been playing?
I've been playing "Train Simulator" as there was a Steam Sale at the time. It doesn't run very well on my aging laptop, but it's quite relaxing to be able to travel through the countryside watching the scenery unfold. I'm not very good at driving them, but it does give an insight into the hard work that train drivers must have, learning braking points, signal sighting etc.
1980's - Class 508 Woodhead electric multiple units at Manchester Piccadilly.
Present day - class 390 West Coast Mainline south.
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I've been playing "Train Simulator" as there was a Steam Sale at the time. It doesn't run very well on my aging laptop, but it's quite relaxing to be able to travel through the countryside watching the scenery unfold. I'm not very good at driving them, but it does give an insight into the hard work that train drivers must have, learning braking points, signal sighting etc.
1980's - Class 508 Woodhead electric multiple units at Manchester Piccadilly.
Present day - class 390 West Coast Mainline south.
SD.
Yakuza 0 - a game with an open world so small you could run across it in 90 seconds, but feels so vibrant and alive, whilst being packed with things to do. Also somehow manages to balance having a deadly serious main story with bats
t mental side quests.Can't say I've ever played a game where one moment you're engaged in a life or death power struggle with rival gangs, and the next moment helping a dominatrix who's too shy to berate her clients.
t mental side quests.Can't say I've ever played a game where one moment you're engaged in a life or death power struggle with rival gangs, and the next moment helping a dominatrix who's too shy to berate her clients.
These simulator games are very relaxing in their own way, I feel the same with American Truck which I've been putting a lot of hours into recently. I typically put a podcast on in the background, accept a job and keep on 'truckin!! 
Another game that I've been playing a lot is a mod for the PC version of GTA V, called LSPDFR. It is basically a police mod that allows you to turn GTA V into a police simulator and can do all sorts of things, traffic stops, drug busts, missing persons etc Great laugh
Hotline Miami is another if I want a quick blast at something completely different, very retro and infuriating at times.
Another game that I've been playing a lot is a mod for the PC version of GTA V, called LSPDFR. It is basically a police mod that allows you to turn GTA V into a police simulator and can do all sorts of things, traffic stops, drug busts, missing persons etc Great laugh
Hotline Miami is another if I want a quick blast at something completely different, very retro and infuriating at times.
Rojibo said:
Just picked up Control. Mainly because I wanted something with ray tracing to go ooooh, aaaah, at, but it's actually a really good game, I'm really enjoying the level design and the aesthetic.
Just googled that and read the wiki entry for it, sounds interesting and may be one I ad to the list. I'm currently playing Death Stranding (only about 10 hours in) and am kind of struggling with it. Not having any weapons is a ball ache, though I now have some BT killing hand grenades (not used them yet). So will see how it goes.Alxxx said:
I've been playing Jurassic World Evolution, such a time suck and a bit of a grind at times but I am really enjoying it!
I have also started playing Alien Isolation, only a couple of hours in but I have never played a more tense game.
When you unlock the sandbox, Jurassic World is great fun. The missions aren't bad, but being able to muck around and create whatever you want is where it is at for me. I used to love Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis as a kid, so it scratches a certain itch. I have also started playing Alien Isolation, only a couple of hours in but I have never played a more tense game.
Working through games I have bought and not yet played or finished (both lockdowns).
Horizon Zero Dawn - finished.
Far Cry 5 - finished.
Far Cry New Dawn - finished.
Doom (2016) - finished.
The Outer Worlds - finished.
Metro Exodus - finished
Battlefield V (single player bits) - finished.
Black Mesa - finished.
Dying Light The Following - finished.
Still have to finish
Rage 2, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Doom Eternal, Control.
Installed games that don't have a finish.
Assetto Corsa
Assetto Corsa Competizione
Dirt Rally 2
MS Flight Simulator 2020
Elite Dangerous
Horizon Zero Dawn - finished.
Far Cry 5 - finished.
Far Cry New Dawn - finished.
Doom (2016) - finished.
The Outer Worlds - finished.
Metro Exodus - finished
Battlefield V (single player bits) - finished.
Black Mesa - finished.
Dying Light The Following - finished.
Still have to finish
Rage 2, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Doom Eternal, Control.
Installed games that don't have a finish.
Assetto Corsa
Assetto Corsa Competizione
Dirt Rally 2
MS Flight Simulator 2020
Elite Dangerous
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