The 9800X3D just came out, so I’m looking to upgrade my 2017 PC to join the modern era, which means I’m waiting to play Baldurs Gate 3 (runs, but not ideal), Dead Space Remake (poorly optimised), Space Marine 2, Cyberpunk, Metaphor etc when I build my new rig in a couple of months.
In the meantime, I’ve finished some indies like Rise of the Golden Idol, first run of Satisfactory, did the Elden Ring DLC.
Then, there’s the gap from now till the next RGG game and Monster Hunter, which would really scratch that action, open world itch.
Any recommendations for action games that feels like you’re doing some exploration? Trying to get into a flow state. I may actually take a break and go read a book instead.
Metroidvanias have a blend of action and exploration but in 2d. Some recs: hollow Knight, nine sols.
Only play this if you have the self control to never spend any money on it, but genshin has some pretty good open world exploration.
You can emulate BOTW on PC.
Actually on Nine Sols now, but the amount of concentration it needs it’s quite high, so I can’t stay in a session too long. Thinking of doing a Hollow Knight replay
Second for BotW emulation, if you haven’t played that yet. I took the emulation opportunity to set max_durability of all items at 400% with a helper program. Frick that noise, hahaha.