I've been diving back into Ghost Recon Wildlands after discovering just how damn enjoyable the game is at the highest difficulty levels. Suddenly sniper rifles and stealth are the only viable playstyles, and I feel like I'm actually being tested by the AI rather than watching all these paper narcos obligingly fall over and die for my amusement. I also love how unwoke the game is. Very America Fuck Yeah.
I also dusted off Master of Magic. Still haven't found a 4X that rivals it in my eyes, and it's not nostalgia talking. I actually never played it growing up (though I played MoO and MoO2 like my childhood depended on it). Good shit.
This will be an odd one but I finished Zelda Ocarina of Time for the first time ever. Honestly struggled with it as I don't do well with old 3D control schemes. In the end it was a fun experience.
I've been leaning towards dumb meaningless stories and older games lately. Just grown tired of the modern "serious adult" cinematic open world lately. Every time I pick one up after a little while I just want to put it down for a while. So I've been alternating mainly between what I'd call old kids games like Zelda and older FPS games.
You might enjoy Nuclear Throne. It's raw dumb fun but also a very tightly designed game.
Looks fun I'll have to check it out. Always up for something new
It's good if you like bullet hells that aren't super Japanese, and have a zillion Super Mario Bros 3 styled secret levels/warps/hidden characters, etc etc. Think Enter the Gungeon but fast paced with playthroughs usually ranging between 5-15 minutes.