Really glad you both suggested this game!

Am having an absolute blast playing!!!!!

I wanted to love Soma, I tried playing twice now. I live for the ocean, so this should be right up my alley. But to be fair I never passed the apartment at the start.

I reaaaaally should stick with it and try again. Thanks for reminding me of my shame!

Wow, thank you so much for this! So much in this I wanted to see, I really appreciate the time you took!

I adore diving. I actually moved around the world for 11 months to teach diving after my PADI IDC. So you'd think Subnautica would be tailor-made for me.

It just didn't really explain what I needed to do. I don't need my hand held in games, but by the time I figured out what I needed, the realization was a whole lot of upkeep and 'menial tasks' to progress. If that makes sense. I couldn't pass the early game to get to the story and progress. This is all on me, but I never enjoyed Minecraft, so that whole genre is maybe not for me. I wish I did, it looks so lovely.

Abzu though, that was amazing!

I've got Outer Wilds downloading right now. I keep reading and seeing comments and posts telling me how much I'll love it, so I have to have faith (like Dutch kept telling me -_-), thanks for reminding me about this one. It seems quirky and to have its own style, I think I'll like this!

(P.s. is Spiritfarer harrowingly sad? I see a lot that this game needs a box of tissues and a teddy bear nearby when playing through, that's why I haven't jumped to it yet!)

I tried Hades! I loved the art and the world, but the idea of progressing only a little each time and dying (often) was a turn off to me.

The world they made though? Amazing! Thanks for these suggestions, I'll check them all out!

Newpipe is the way to go!

Download videos, download audio, have no ads, listen to audio with the screen locked.

I love Newpipe!

You've been paying the Apple Tax!

After Snowden's efforts at showing what America was capable of nearly 10 years ago, I'm not at all interested in letting that country have my data

What a shock to read. I love his books, his story, what he achieved and how he did it all. The world was a better and safer place with Kevin in it.

What a sad day to lose someone like that.

The Metroid Prime Remake was beautiful to see on my Switch. Really appreciated playing through that. I had to have a online walkthrough on hand, but that's just me!

Well worth the price.

I see this weird Death March thing everywhere. I replayed through recently on the easiest setting (story and sword, I think its called?) and had a GREAT time.

If you ever feel the urge, I can't recommend it enough. The first couple hours of playing are like an extended tutorial. The entirety of White Orchid is a learning zone, really.

As everyone says, once you reach the Bloody Baron quest, you see just how amazing the game and the writing can be!

Maybe ny fav game of the last 5 years. Control just took my breath away.

The Stephen King/Twin Peaks-feeling atmosphere I needed in a game, and yep, Jesse Faden was 100% my gym motivation for a solid month there!!

I've never heard of this, but I love podcasts.

Isn't this similar to the totally free AntennaPod from f-droid?

That's interesting you loved XV, I played right after the VII Remake and it just didn't 'click' with me.

I love the design (the almost mid-cent car's look), but it just wasn't right to me somehow.

OP what do you think about Xenoblade Chronicles X? Have you played? Is this an okay one to 'start' with?

Usually I see mecha and I am all in, but haven't played yet! Would love to hear if you have played it.

Agreed with this.

A few years back it seemed better: fewer people meant recognised faces, regular chats, and almost a community feeling. I was in some kind of Linux instance.

Being much younger than most threw people off though, and I ended up feeling a little...on-the-outside and left.

I hopped on a week back and it feels so different now. Less community-oriented and all I find interesting is searching a hashtag and leaving.

I don't know, maybe reddit (before the death) and lemmy have spoiled me, it just seems like random thoughts above all now.

Can't recommend playing it on Steam Deck enough. Amazing pick-up-and-play game that looks incredible on the screen!

Yep, it was 100% a 'bigger' game, so I'm sure I'm just stuck somewhere in the mix. Everything I click in the support pages just takes me back to my already requested request for a refund, so can't even reach any live chat support.

My main take-away is to just be patient (it's so not in my nature!)

Appreciate your input and help by the way!

That's the strange part. A few days old and a total of 4 minutes play-time!

I just hope its maybe stuck in the system, like you said, for a few days.

I can't be frustrated, because the system exists for our benefit, I think I'm just mystified why it is taking some time!

Isn't this Pop-OS's thing? Being literally for the gamers on Linux?

Agree with this wholeheartedly.

We shouldn't use that word or the meaning behind it as a slur for anything.

You can be better than that.