Where do we go from here?

Darcy Casselman
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:00:00 EST

I’m feeling the loss of Dragon Age in my life. In an effort to further distract myself with another immersive narrative RPG. Cyberpunk 2077 was on sale. I heard it’s good now.

Look, I really like cyberpunk as a genre. Far more than I do fantasy. And maybe I’ll like Cyberpunk 2077 eventually, but I’m feeling it’s not really what I need right now.

Maybe it’s the rather unsettling commitment to the first person perspective. Maybe it’s the frustrating driving. Maybe the grim cynicism. Maybe it’s just gestures broadly…

It also doesn’t look that great on the Steamdeck. I appreciate that it’s got dedicated Steamdeck settings. But I’m not feeling super-immersed. And it struggle to switch between the controller I use when it’s docked and the built-in controller.

Maybe I shoulda got Baldur’s Gate III. But it’s not on sale. And I’m not entirely convinced it’s what I’m looking for. I’m not sure what I’m looking for.

I figured I might recapture the Dragon Age feeling by going back and dusting off the PS4 and playing the Inquisition DLC I didn’t finish, but my Dragon Age Inquisition disc is still in a box somewhere. I’m not particularly moved to buy it again.

Ellen got Fire Emblem: Three Houses on the Switch. It’s a game I’ve been wanting to play pretty much since I got the Switch. So I gave that a try.

I’m… not feeling it either.

I really liked Fire Emblem: Awakening, but I understand it’s a bit of a departure for the series. So maybe I’m not as into Fire Emblem as I thought. I like the tactical combat stuff. But wandering around this castle to get an occasional tiny bit of interaction from way too many characters feels like too much of a slog. I think Awakening just had these little cut-scenes or something. This feels like a grind. For friends. A friend grind. And I find myself not caring very much about any of them.

I’ve got lots of games on Steam, but not really anything that i think is likely to scratch that itch. I fired up Borderlands 3 ‘cuz I’ve liked Borderlands, but it’s the grim cynicism again. Not feeling it.

I dunno. I’ll find something. Mostly I’ve just been playing spider solidaire or the Netflix match-three game on my phone. But I cancelled Netflix for reasons, so I guess I’ll enjoy that while it lasts…