Bouncing Around

The last few weeks of my gaming time has been spent bouncing back and forth between several titles.  I have been trying not to buy a bunch of games (still...thanks to inflation) and work through some of my backlog and also do a bit of re-playing.  I'm keeping my hopes up for the next Steam Sale (you can check out the upcoming sale dates here.

Here's where my lunatic bouncing has been:

1.) Farming Simulator 19

I had previously checked out an earlier iteration of this series and spent some time playing it before I got bored.  I received this newer version free from an Epic giveaway and decided to spend some time playing at being a farmer.  There's something weirdly soothing about hopping in a tractor and caring for your crops.  However...I also find certain aspects of the game weirdly frustrating.  I haven't yet managed to figure out an ideal in-game schedule for planting and managing my crops for the best yield.  I don't enjoy trying to do farm tasks at night when it's harder to see (and yes, I could alter the speed of the in-game day and I've already slowed the crop growth speed down) and if you don't weed your fields at the right time your tractor causes damage to the crops (and yes, I could also turn this setting off--but I refuse!).  I have so far managed one good yield--just one!  There's a part of me that wants to just keep pushing until I figure out how to get those perfect yields...and there's another part that wants to rage quit as I watch my tractor destroy a portion of my fields.

I want a Spiffinmoore with wizards, punks, and cool guys!

2.) Two Point Campus

I have fully played through the main campaign (twice) and the Space Academy DLC but I do so love Two Point.  I've found myself toying around with some of the challenge modes (which I am not good at) and creating and growing sandbox campuses.  I always tell myself that I'm going to be super creative...and I'm just not.  But, there's something I very much enjoy about watching life happen on each campus.  I'm awaiting any news about future DLC's and enjoying some of the seasonal content they periodically release.

3.) Roadwarden

I decided to check out a text-based RPG that has some very positive reviews.  In it, you play as a sort of itinerant fighter whose task is to travel the backroads and convince settlements to join into a trade consortium.  It sounds relatively simple, but it's anything but!  The kingdom is fragmented and the roads are extremely dangerous--populated by monsters, bandits, and difficult terrain.  You never know what to expect with each forward movement--your path could be blocked and you're forced to rethink your route for the day or you stumble across something puzzling that you need to investigate.  Each encounter is extremely tense and it feels like you're constantly hanging on by the skin of your teeth.  It's well-written, but I've struggled to truly settle into it.  It's kind of brutal and I don't feel like I'm making much progress.  Maybe I'll return to it someday....we'll see.