| Name | Platform | My rating | Notes | | ----------------------------- | --------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Aperture Desk Job | Steamdeck | 6 | Free game to introduce the Steamdeck's features. Short, and a reminder that I'm still hoping for a full-fledged Portal game. | | Halcyon 6, Lightspeed edition | Steamdeck | 7 | A 2D turn-based game, with base-management (ala XCOM). Lots of layers: without the touch of humor in the writing, I would have dropped the game earlier. | | Desperado 3 | Steamdeck | 8 | From the late Mimimi Games studio. Very similar to Shadow Tactics (so very good), but in a Wild West setting. | | Hades 2 | Steamdeck | 9 | Hades 1 but even better. | | Wasteland 3 | Steamdeck | 8 | What Fallout should have been, if it were still an isometric RPG. | | Diablo 4 | Steamdeck | 8 | I was looking for a loot/hack & slash game, and Diablo was the only one scratching the itch. Path of Exile was overwhelming, couldn't make Grim Dawn work on my Steamdeck, Titan Quest felt dated, etc. | | Interaction Isn't Explicit | PS5 | -- | A game to explain Game Design. Meta. | | Stellar Blade | PS5 | 6 | I was hoping for the spiritual successor of Nier Automata. And was left disappointed. I guess the character design made most players ignore the dumb plot. Combat system and soundtrack are good, but Nier Automata is still far ahead because of its story and characters depth. | | HiFi Rush | PS5 | 6 | I couldn't get into the *rhythm* of the game, literaly. All my combos were off, leading to frustration. | | Cyberpunk 2077 | PS5 | 9 | Glad that I waited to play it. Story is great, graphics are good, gameplay is fun. My main criticism is about the world environment. Even though the city architecture is impressive, the world feels fake and lifeless (unlike Red Dead Redemption for instance, or even The Witcher 3). |