# Video Games You've Played Recently **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [July 25, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546 "2022-07-25T19:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1176 "2025-12-17T00:55:47Z")
How do you generate that image with the spider graph? I can’t find it anywhere. (lol at the two arrows pointing at each other in the top right of this post.) ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1177 "2025-12-17T01:05:47Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > How do you generate that image with the spider graph? I can’t find it anywhere. Did you check out your [Steam Replay](https://store.steampowered.com/replay/) page? It should be just a bit below the three bar charts. Do you not see it there…? Maybe it only comes up if you’ve played enough genres…? Maybe share your Steam Replay URL with us, if your profile isn’t set to private? > [@EllisDee](#): > > (lol at the two arrows pointing at each other in the top right of this post.) heh, I never noticed that! I could’ve sworn at some point soon after our transition to Discourse, the reply arrows were originally yellow… not anymore, I guess! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1178 "2025-12-17T02:28:44Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Did you check out your [Steam Replay](https://store.steampowered.com/replay/) page? It should be just a bit below the three bar charts. Do you not see it there…? Maybe it only comes up if you’ve played enough genres…? I do see it, but I do not see any way to share it. The only “share images” I can generate are from the share dropdown at the top (and very bottom) of that page, and it’s the same image in three different aspect ratios for different platforms. (square, tall and rectangle) The only info on those images is four numbers: games played, sessions, new games and achievements. Plus icons for the five games I played the most. No spider graph, circle graph, by the numbers, etc… I do have all those sections on my page on steam; just no way I can see to generate images of them for sharing other than old-school prtscr into paint. EDIT: I set it to public when I started, so it’s not that it’s private. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1179 "2025-12-17T02:30:32Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > just no way I can see to generate images of them for sharing other than old-school prtscr into paint. Sorry, that’s all I did too. I took a screenshot and uploaded it. In my case, I put it on a private image host, but you can use Imgur or any other image sharing service. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1180 "2025-12-17T03:33:11Z")
Aha! Mystery solved, then. heh. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1181 "2025-12-17T05:01:06Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/Of8VbZz.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/Of8VbZz.png) I didn’t play a whole lot – mainly new releases I was interested in and then I played them through: Stalker 2, Clair Obscur, Mafia: the Old Country, Eternal Strands. Spent some time messing with the old SSI Gold Box games until Secret of the Silver Blades became a boring slog and I lost interest. Finally picked up Stray and played that. Open World Survival Craft was my kid borrowing my account to play Terraria with his brother online one night. Steam must have been hurting for something to say about me if they had to use that session for their review. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1182 "2025-12-17T07:09:18Z")
I only played 9 games this year, and most of those were replays of things like _Portal_ and _Subnautica_. I did play the remake of _Riven_, and the only significant new release I played was **Caravan Sand Witch** which is one of those fetch-quest exploration games, one of my favourite genres. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1183 "2025-12-17T08:03:28Z")
Oh man, the DOS KevEdit is junk (there’s also something called zztae which runs more smoothly but is insanely slow and needs to make tons of temporary files), but I downloaded the Windows version, and it’s _phenomenal._ Superfast, powerful, intuitive, and best of all, I can run it at the same time as the game and make changes on the fly! I’ve been having _too_ much fun editing the daylights out of City of ZZT for the past week. Won’t even speculate how long Dungeons is going to take. One of the cool things I never anticipated doing was using the debug codes (which everyone sees as cheat codes, including me) for their intended purpose! Say there’s something I need to test which requires a certain number of gems, or access to a location behind wall, or a specific quest item. Repeatedly making the change to the map and changing it back can be a hassle, but with a one-time code to provide the necessary funds or get rid of a barrier, it makes playtesting a breeze. Oh yeah, [a great website with some super-nice fans](https://museumofzzt.com/) where I found out about KevEdit. Highly recommended. GuanoLad - There’s a Riven remake? Has it done anything to fix 1. the insane number of incomplete and/or brute force solutions and 2. that infernal never-in-a-billion-years marble board? I need to know this before I’ll give one iota of consideration to anything else. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1184 "2025-12-17T20:34:11Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/pj8XWe8.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/pj8XWe8) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1185 "2025-12-19T12:15:18Z")
**College Football 25** (PlayStation 5) After playing the better part of three seasons as the Indiana Hoosiers and leading them to national championships (granted with the sliders skewed in my favor), I decided to start a secondary save game and play as the Kent State Golden Flashes from the Mid-American Conference. I’m on Varsity Mode with no sliders adjusted. After a 1-3 start, I won my first seven conference games before losing my last regular-season game against Ohio, which beat me when I was #24 in the nation and they were 2-9. I won the MAC Championship in a shootout against Northern Illinois and have advanced to the Myrtle Beach Bowl to face Appalachian State. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1186 "2025-12-19T13:43:29Z")
I always liked EA NCAA Football better than Madden. 10x more teams, and recruiting was way more interesting than free agency and the draft. But I’m not buying a PS5 just for that one game and they’re not planning a PC port anytime soon, if ever. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1187 "2025-12-19T15:37:33Z")
I also bought a PS5 so that I could play the MyNBA Eras mode of NBA 2K26, and for an indie game called _In Sound Mind._ In Sound Mind is an interesting game. You play as a psychiatrist exposed to a psychotropic drug and forced to enter the horrible thoughts of your patients. It’s a first-person shooter/horror. The first level revolves around a young woman who had a mirror smash over her and ruin her appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1188 "2025-12-22T02:46:46Z")
Several months ago my uncle, who is an avid gamer, bought me **Clair Obscur** because he charmingly thinks I have regular time to play video games, and he’s been pestering me for months to play it. Well I just bought a couple new monitors so I had to see whether it was a tenable gaming situation, so today I finally sat down and played the game. According to him I’m not quite at the start of the game yet. Just walking around post-ceremony. Initial impressions: exceptional dialog and storytelling. I was taken in immediately and I’m impressed they managed to make me care that much about the characters in the space of about twenty minutes. Something about the tone and visual style reminds me of BioShock: Infinite. Which I loved. The combat mechanics are cool but they are going to tear my shit up. I managed to kill the mime but Moelle or whatever her name is wiped me out during our playful sparring session. It does not bode well. I’m using a PS4 controller but all the prompts are X-box prompts. This does not help. I might buy an X-box controller but then I have to learn X-box. Kinda in for a rough time either way. Yes, I know there’s an easy mode, but my pride! Either way I’m going to have to play this because I’m hooked on the story now. I imagine that once my break is over I’ll progress at the rate of roughly one hour per week. Stupid adulting. ---
**Author:** ![DreamsOfACheetah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@DreamsOfACheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreamsOfACheetah)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1189 "2025-12-22T20:00:02Z")
This has been a disappointing year for me. The Prince of Persia metroidvania was really good, but sequels to Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, Path of Exile, Diablo, and Salt and Sanctuary were all flops. I’m replaying the Witcher series, all 3 games were great, but the 3rd one was pure awesomeness. Also going back to X-Com: Enemy Unknown and will play X-Com 2 after. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1190 "2025-12-22T20:21:04Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > **Clair Obscur** […] > > Initial impressions: exceptional dialog and storytelling. Isn’t it though? We have a side topic on this: [Has anyone here played the new PC game "Clair Obscur"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-played-the-new-pc-game-clair-obscur/1017564) It won a shit ton of awards this year (more than Baldur’s Gate 3!), well-deserved IMHO. Probably the best first act in a video game, ever. Then once it really got “started”, it became super hard. I died most fights, even on Easy =/ Had to stop playing because of the parrying system. (Thankfully, there are cheats!) > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’m using a PS4 controller but all the prompts are X-box prompts. What? That’s just stupid… what an oversight on their part. Usually games just let you switch which controller art you want to use… In this case, it looks like using a PS5 controller will work and show you the correct buttons, but not PS4: [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 :: Steam Community](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1903340/discussions/0/592895271730484894/) Or use this mod: [https://www.nexusmods.com/clairobscurexpedition33/mods/12](https://www.nexusmods.com/clairobscurexpedition33/mods/12) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1191 "2025-12-23T20:49:13Z")
> [@DreamsOfACheetah](#): > > This has been a disappointing year for me. The Prince of Persia metroidvania was really good, but sequels to Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, Path of Exile, Diablo, and Salt and Sanctuary were all flops. Huh? Silksong has done _very_ well in terms of both [sales](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/silksong-has-sold-more-than-7-million-copies-in-3-months-and-no-thats-not-counting-game-pass/) and how well it’s been [received](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Knight%253A_Silksong#Post-release). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1192 "2025-12-23T21:11:30Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Huh? Silksong has done _very_ well in terms of both [sales](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/silksong-has-sold-more-than-7-million-copies-in-3-months-and-no-thats-not-counting-game-pass/) and how well it’s been [received](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Knight%253A_Silksong#Post-release) I think they meant in terms of their own opinion. ---
**Author:** ![DreamsOfACheetah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@DreamsOfACheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreamsOfACheetah)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1193 "2025-12-23T22:35:51Z")
Yes, this is my humble opinion. I finished Hallow Knight at 108%, but the moves are a lot trickier in Silksong. The diagonal bouncing off flowers is very difficult for me, and after the creature sliding back and forth spitting slime balls at you, I have trouble getting through the sand worms and flying things. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1194 "2025-12-24T00:13:41Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > In this case, it looks like using a PS5 controller will work and show you the correct buttons, but not PS4: [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 :: Steam Community](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1903340/discussions/0/592895271730484894/) I just bought a PS5 controller. It’s purple! This pleases me. I’ll report back. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546/1195 "2025-12-24T00:41:34Z")
@DreamsOfACheetah, you might want to check the now quiescent D4 thread: > [@Diablo 4, cross-platform, now in beta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-4-cross-platform-now-in-beta/981620): > > The open beta is [running now through the weekend](https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/beta), free for anyone to try. Who has preordered the game, who has played it in beta, what do you think so far? I’ve preordered the regular version of the game (the perks for the more expensive versions are just some cosmetics and 4 days early start, not worth it to me). I played the closed beta last weekend and really enjoyed the Sorceress class. This weekend I tried the Druid, which I thought was prop but was disappointed. I am playing a Necroma… But while several people in this thread had various degrees of fun in it, it seemed to suffer from so many self-inflicted wounds or cash grabs that it racked up new disappointments before the last one could be forgotten/forgiven. As I said there, I did actually enjoy the core gameplay and story as being very _Diablo_, but since all of that largely acted as an extended tutorial for the “post-game” endless grind that I hated, it didn’t work for me. Of course the fact they’re repeating the insult of a new “expansion” for $40-90US to get the Paladin and another nugget of story gives me _zero_ desire to pick it up again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-youve-played-recently/968546.md?page=60)