Passion has taken me on quite the adventure. During HF20 I did not see much value in continuing to keep my gaming index updated. After HF21 and things changing I see it worth my time again. I’ve also been putting it off so this made the perfect excuses to get it updated again. With that said this is just a sneak peek and it will be migrated over to the old one once the post closes.

Table Of Context

While games could fit into multiple genres I limited them each to just one that I felt was the best for the ones they were included with and fit that theme.
(Control + F or whatever search function you have for one’s sanity!)

Adventure

• Casino
• Firewatch
• Regions Of Ruin
• Sea Of Thieves
• Thimbleweed Park

ARPG/RPG

• Borderlands
• Chronicon
• Darkest Dungeon
• Diablo 3
• Grim Dawn
• Legend of Grimrock 2
• Might and Magic VI
• Mount & Blade Warband
• Path of Exile
• Stardew Valley

Blockchain/ Cryptocurrency Games

• DrugWars.io
• Brosino
• EOS Knights
• Gods Unchained
• NextColony
• Prospectors.io
• Steem Monsters (Splinter Lands)
• Other Blockchain Tips

Collective Card Games (Non-blockchain)

• Gwent The Witcher Card Game
• Magic The Gathering Arena
• The Elder Scrolls Legends

Gaming Industry Topics And Thoughts

• Curating Video And Written Gaming Content
• Do Item Resellers In Video Games Add Value?
• Gamers Are Angry At Their Lord And Savior Gabe!
• Has Easy Of Information Degraded Gaming And Critical Thinking Within Them
• Holiday Event Done Right
• I Use to Love Nintendo Products
• Loot Boxes And Gambling
• Managing Expectations Of Players Using Communication
• My Dream Game: Crafting And Gathering
• Scammers In Video Games
• Things To Consider Before Buying A Game
• What Makes A Good Tutorial In Games?

MMO

• Everquest
• Old School RuneScape
• Word of Warcraft

Simulation

• Jurassic World Evolution
• Viscera Cleanup Detail

Space And Sci-fi

• Entropia Universe
• Eve Online
• Faster Than Light
• No Man's Sky
• Space Rogue
• Warframe
• X Rebirth

Strategy

• Defcon
• Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
• The Red Solstice
• Satellite Reign
• StarCraft
• Uplink

Survival

• Ark Survival Evolved
• Conan Exiles
• Don’t Starve
• FortressCraft Evolved
• Frostpunk
• RimWorld
• State of Decay (I and II)
• Subnautica
• Terraria
• Wurm Online/Unlimited
• 7 Days To Die

Adventure

A lot of the games I play could fall under this category. This ended up being more of a catch what’s left that didn’t have enough I felt like putting it into its own subcategory.

Casino

Recommend: Yes

While I’m not much of a gambler sometimes its fun to go out into the real world and try something new so that is what I did. I know gamers going out into the real world what a shocking thought!

• Over The Weekend For My steemit Anniversary I Did Something New

Firewatch

Recommend: Yes

While it was quite a short game this one proves it’s not always the length but the adventures and how well it is implemented from start to finish. From a slow character build-up to the game pulling at the heartstrings. It was quite the adventure I’ll give them that.

• Review | Firewatch

Regions Of Ruin

Recommend: Yes

A bit different than most RPG I play this one happened to be a side scrolled with base building and so many different zones you could discover. While it did feel a little bit like the game was trying to do too much with things like companions having some pathing issues when I played it. It was still quite fun between the sieges, exploring ruins, and upgrading gear.

• Review | Regions Of Ruin

Sea Of Thieves

Recommend: Yes

I was hoping to produce a lot of content regarding this game as I’ve been on the search for a good seafaring pirate adventure. Sadly at the time, the game feels a bit short of the mark. Might be one of those games I revisit to see how it has progressed.

• Sea Of Thieves: Review

I was exploring if I wanted to create more content for this game or not. After this, I moved onto other games. Many of them should still hold up quite well. They are just things you learn from experience by playing.

• Tips and Tricks Guide

Thimbleweed Park

Recommend: Yes

Thimbleweed Park is a witty retro point and clicks adventure game that holds true to its roots and takes the player on an experience. I take a look at the retro vibe, humor, storyline, and puzzles aspects of the game.

• Review | Thimbleweed Park

ARPG/RPG

At the core of my content would be ARPGs in general. I am a very big fan of things like PoE and just how deep the gameplay can be in the sense of creating amazing class builds and the itemization such games as it has.

Borderlands

Recommend: Yes

This game is a series of which I’ve only covered one of them so far. I own several and be will working my way up to it in the coming months. I always find it fun to go back and see what a series was like before getting into the new stuff. Sometimes the old days were the best and other times the fun is only starting.

Borderland itself is an RPG with lots of fighting and looting. You play the role of a vault hunt on the search for lost treasure. You get a couple of different classes to pick from whether it be short or long-range combat. Some of them focus a little more on group play but I still had a blast playing solo.

• Borderlands GOTY Enhanced

Chronicon

Recommend: Yes

When it comes to ARPG genre I’m a bit of a snob I don’t find many I truly enjoy. This one created by an indie developer presented me with quite a lot of hours of entertainment. The best part is this game is only in early access so there is a lot more to come. Lots of loot, sets, zones, and omg screen-clearing death-defying skill setups await.

• Chronicon

Darkest Dungeon

Recommend: Yes

Darkest Dungeon can be a rather brutal dungeon crawler where you will lose heroes, have setbacks, and have things spiral out of control. I take a look at party and heroes, dungeons, and buildings in this game.

• Darkest Dungeon

Diablo 3

Recommend: Not any more

Not a game I play much anymore. The content updates don’t bring much to the table and the company themselves these days are not moving this franchise in a direction I’m happy with.

While I use to be a big D3 fan nowadays I only go near that game if some friends want to create a challenge out of it.

• Friendly End Of Season Race

If it’s one thing I’ll always try and do is cram too much into a single post!

• Diablo III: Thoughts On Cheating, Store Sale, And Some Necromancer Play

Grim Dawn

Recommend: Yes

Quite a fun hack and slash ARPG that draws a little inspiration from a bunch of different games but still remains to be its own thing. You have the classics like going though acts and working your way up into higher difficulties. This game has an amazing and deep class building with different items and skills to make it your own. Along with that fun going through a screen packed screen of monsters.

• Review | Grim Dawn

Legend of Grimrock 2

Recommend: Yes

The only thing I love more than just an RPG is one with a decent amount of dungeon crawling in it. Even better when they add in some puzzles, hidden doors, and death around the corner. This game will have you picking up everything just in case it has a use but the inner packrat in you was going do that anyways. There is also a bit of mystery behind this being on this island an adventure you take a four-party team on.

• Review | Legend of Grimrock 2

Might and Magic VI

Recommend: Yes

I played this game as a child and I revisited it as an adult. To my shock, it was still working at the time and I had picked the game up as a random free gift for buying another game. You could not even buy this game off that site!

• My Favorite Video Game From Childhood

Mount & Blade Warband

Recommend: Yes

I was really hoping we be nearing Bannerlord being out by now but it’s still quite a ways away. I have signed up for the beta but no word yet.

While waiting around for it I replayed the classic and wrote about my adventures in it. Some of them are more written as a guide while others more on the fanfiction site.

• The Start
• How I became a Vassal
• To The North, We Go!
• Finding Companions For My Army
• Economic Backbone
• Kingdom of Swadia
• Kingdom of Nords My Love

Path of Exile

Recommend: Yes 999999999%

Quite an adventure this game has taken me on throughout the years and has been my main source of gaming content on steemit for quite some time. Everything from my overall review of the game, talking about league starts, hardcore races I entered, and many topics about the game. I have almost 30 blogs I’ve written about this game!

This was the first full game review I wrote back in 2017. I wrote very little about gaming prior to the success this post got. I had no idea where my blog was heading and I was trying to avoid showing my gamer side. It has since that fateful day taken over my blog little by little.
Why I Enjoy Playing Path of Exile

Current League: Blight

More Content Coming Soon!

• Path of Exile | Getting My Butt Kicked Four Times In A 24 Hour SSF Hardcore Blight Race

• Path of Exile | Intention To Compete In SSF Hardcore 24 Hour Blight Race

• Path of Exile | Thoughts On Upcoming Blight League

Past League Overviews:

Each league I do a write-up overview of me taking a deep look the new game mechanics.

• Path of Exile | Legion League Overview
• Synthesis League Overview
• Betrayal Overview
• Incursion Temple of Atzoatl
• Abyss Challenge League

Other

I’ve created a bunch of other content for the game far too much to want to include all of them. Some below are guides while others are random things I usually do as well in a league.

I explored and hunted many gods that make up the different pantheon powers you can use.

• Thinking About Pantheon

This is one of those I thought would be a great idea. 15 hours later into creating this I just wanted it to end! I might have lost some of my sanity—what was left anyways.

• A Look Into The Games Currencies

While I’ve enjoyed playing Shadow for most of my time spent in Path of Exile I have on occasion tried out different playstyles. Such as this one focused on farming drops.

• Luck Of The Windripper

This was in part just going be one of many series of posts I made regarding different mechanics in the game. There is just so much in this game which comes from its beauty of age.

• The Eternal Labyrinth

Stardew Valley

Recommend: Yes

Farming simulators on Facebook be dammed this one got some spunk and no microtransaction as well. Mix in some RPG elements, spelunking and fishing and you have a nice little game to spend the nights away with. I personally loved just jumping into the different mines and going as deep as I could in a single day.

• Review | Stardew Valley

Blockchain/ Cryptocurrency Games

Since my content is published on a site that pays in crypto it only makes sense I have some skin in the game when it comes to taking a deeper look at these kinds of games. While this industry is still quite young it has massive room for expansion and I feel I will start building up more of an audience for it over the long run.

This includes games from Steem, EOS, and ETH blockchain.

DrugWars.io

Recommend: Maybe

Is early access free to play the game that draws inspiration from the former game of the same name—Drug Wars. After a while and so many changes to how the player would be paid out I lost interested and stopped playing. Most of my content is a bit dated on it. It is, however, something to play on Steem.

A quick overview of the game is a bit outdated these days.

• DrugWars.io | Early Access Overview

Some thoughts I had about the game I would like to see introduced back when I use to play.

• DrugWars.io | Some Suggestions I have

Brosino

Recommend: Yes

Whether you are slots or a card kind of person there are a couple of different games to enjoy. I talk about in detail for those who don’t know how to play the classics that are provided in this online casino. Thankfully it just plays money and they are looking to expand the games they provide in the long run!

• Brosino

EOS Knights

Recommend: Maybe

While I’ve never been a huge fan of idle games if you in the market for one this might be for you. It is also on the EOS blockchain I would just not have high hopes of making back what you put into it. The lower markets don’t seem to have high trade volume and most of the top players seem to have their value in the gear they wear more than anything else. As such if you want a game where you spend a little and check in a couple of times a day to revive your character maybe.

• Review | EOS Knights

Gods Unchained

Recommend: Yes

Still, in development, this collective card game uses elements of the Ethereum blockchain for card ownership. While keeping player matches and other stuff that’s not really required off to save on the cost of using gas for transactions. You get to pick different gods who each have their own abilities and this is a turn-based game at that.

I look forward to creating more content about this game when it comes out or had changed quite a lot.

• First Impressions | Gods Unchained

NextColony

Recommend: Maybe

I go over my initial thoughts of the game after it became available to play on the Steem blockchain. It’s a f2p browser game that is inspired by Ogame and has you colonizing the universe after the earth is no longer sustainable. I take a look at skills, building, microtransactions and other aspects of the game.

• First Impressions | NextColony

Prospectors.io

Recommend: Maybe

If you have gold fever perhaps this browser game being played on EOS blockchain can meet your fix. Players work their way up from using their hands to building up land and hiring others to do the back-breaking labor. While you can mine gold there are a bunch of other materials and goods in this fully player-driven economy game.

• Prospectors.io | Review

Steem Monsters

Recommend: Yes

A collective card game played on the Steem blockchain. Players build up there decks around splinters and level up the cards by combining them. They then can battle other players in matches that have different rule sets and other resections like mana cost. This is one of the few blockchain games I expect to keep innovating and creating value over the long run. It has changed a lot during the short time it has been around.

A look the tournament system that has been added to the game.

• Steem Monsters | Tournaments A New Era

I wrote this when the game was still young and Alpha cards were still cheap! My the game and the times have changed. This review is a bit dated these days!

• Steem Monsters: First Impressions Of Open Battle Beta

I go over at the time my plans to slowly remain viable in this game in the long run. Games like these you need to think long term. At some point, I took a break so my plan did not work out as well as I was hoping.

• My Strategy So Far

It is shocking to recall I used to be able to get rather high up in the seasons. It has been a while indeed.

• Nearing End Of Season 2

Knowing not everyone is a gamer. I wrote a few pieces like this with the intention of trying to build up an audience of new people to both the game and gaming. Quite of the number of others were doing the same and so I never wrote many of these.

• Steem Monsters Fundamentals

Other Blockchain Tips

I go over some things to watch out for from small costs to possible scams. Along with pointing out some advantage and giving yourself multiple options for revenue streams.

• 11 Profit Mistakes People Make Playing Blockchain Games

Collective Card Games (Non-blockchain)

I grew up playing physical collective card games like MTG and really enjoying the social and environment that comes with them. It’s great to start seeing a lot more digital in this space.

While a number of blockchain game are also CCG I’ve placed them under blockchain since they are a bit different and not as straight forward to get started as more traditional games in this space are.

Gwent The Witcher Card Game

Recommend: Yes

For those who played Gwent as the mini-game in the Witcher 3 you are in luck, they made a full card game out of it. It’s a bit different than most with two lanes for combat. Along with leaders having their own skills that decks are made around. The best part is it’s free to play unless you want to buy some card packs and other stuff. They are always adding new content with quite a few systems that make logging in daily a fun way to keep coming back for more.

• Gwent | The Witcher Card Game

Magic The Gathering Arena

Recommend: Yes

MTG itself is quite an older and more established game card game with Arena being an online version of it. I check out many of the features from playing to how a player can acquire digital cards. The game is quite deep and I’ve only scratched the surface of it. I may consider writing more content about this game in the future. It has a lot of amazing prospect for that.

I start off by taking a look at the basics of the game. I played for a couple of days but wanted to give my honest thoughts on it before diving deeper into a longer period of time.

• Magic The Gathering Arena

I round up my content by sharing my experience of being a free to play player over a long period of time. I had quite a blast and it renewed my enjoyment of a childhood classic for me.

• Magic The Gathering Arena | Being A Free To Play Casual Player For Months

I use to be really into collecting physical cards for games like Magic The Gathering and Pokémon. Those were the good old days without much care in the world.

• Gaming Decades The 90s | Collectible Card Games

The Elder Scrolls Legends

Recommend: Yes

A collective card game based around the lore and world of Elder Scrolls. I wished they had gone further with this one I think it could have been bigger than it was. Still, quite a fun game to play with a two-lane system and some other stuff that makes it stand out in this genre. While you can start playing for free you need to earn or buy all the DLC and other content in the game. The DLC themselves have a bit of a lore flare to them while they tell a narrative as you play through different matches and earn new cards.

• Review | The Elder Scrolls Legends

Gaming Industry Topics And Thoughts

On occasion, I’ve written about the gaming industry in general through the lens of different games. Along with entry into contests that might have just been inspired by some gameplay or my own thoughts on certain game topics. Finally, stuff like my curating efforts in gaming and topics to that nature.

Curating Video And Written Gaming Content

My passions for gaming lead me to be a gaming curator in a number of communities for a while. While I have since stepped down from most of my active roles this post still holds true on a lot of things.

• Curating Video And Written Gaming Content

Do Item Resellers In Video Games Add Value?

PoE
This one is another tricky subject in the gaming world. On one side someone just buys up the market and plays monopoly controlling the supply side of things driving the price beyond what you were hoping. On the other, they do take the risk and if don’t right they could be the ones left holding the bag and taking a loss on an item.

• Do Item Resellers In Video Games Add Value?

Gamers Are Angry At Their Lord And Savior Gabe!

Sometimes we just don’t like change or would prefer companies to have spent resources and time into other areas of their product.

• Gamers Are Angry At Their Lord And Savior Gabe!

Has Easy Of Information Degraded Gaming And Critical Thinking Within Them

D3
There are so many tools, guides, and videos these days it’s just not like the old days where you had to come up with stuff yourself. Sometimes it’s great to have the ability to look up something you are struggling on but at what cost does that have on one's ability to problem solve?

• Has Easy Of Information Degraded Gaming And Critical Thinking Within Them?

Holiday Event Done Right

While the gaming industry sure has its hand full of endless scandals and controversy I on occasion try to highlight what I think a company is doing right. I miss my Direbear mount!

• Holiday Event Done Right

I Use to Love Nintendo Products

Before I was just into computers I had some gaming consoles. Still, have some of them around as well. Not quite sure if blowing on the cartridge would get them to work these days.

• I Use to Love Nintendo Products

Loot Boxes And Gambling

This one can be quite a sticky topic for some with governments even trying to outlaw it. Is it gambling that is targeting kids or a legitimate form of selling goods in a video game?

• Loot Boxes And Gambling

Managing Expectations Of Players Using Communication

Some game developer is really good at under-promising and over-delivering while others can’t seem to get off the hype train over every little thing. Somewhere I think you need to find a balance otherwise far too many players will be unhappy when they realize it was all hype and nothing else.

• Managing Expectations Of Players Using Communication

My Dream Game: Crafting And Gathering

For a while, I ran a number of contests every couple of weeks that had fun gaming topics. This was one post I made after it was over as I really wanted to explore the topic and have fun.

• My Dream Game: Crafting And Gathering

Scammers In Video Games

Even in the virtual worlds of games. There are people who focus on nothing but to swindle and steal their way to whatever they desire. I take a look at a number of games I’ve played over the years and some stuff people have tried to pull from Eve online to Path of Exile.

• Scammers In Video Games

Things To Consider Before Buying A Game

I go over quite a few things to consider such as early access, release day, and even reviewers. Along with the importance of not impulse buying, doing some research, and not buying into the hype.

• Things To Consider Before Buying A Game

What Makes A Good Tutorial In Games?

D3

Often times the first few moments in a game can be the deal-breaker between a player going deeper into that world or trying to get a refund. I know I have played a few games where I noped right out of them quicker than a fly on manure. If a game can’t get those critical first few moments’ rights I have little hope for the rest of the game.

• What Makes A Good Tutorial In Games?

MMO

I use to be really into these when I was younger. Nowadays I just don’t have the time they take to fully get involved in them. If you are someone just looking to play one game for months or longer these kinds of games can be great. There is just so much on market these days I find that rather hard to do.

Everquest

Recommend: Not anymore

Despite all my years of playing this game as a kid. I rarely talk about or even write about this game. I see it as a former life and I miss the real sense of community that was around the game that I’ve not come across in gaming sense. At least to the degree, it was in that game.

• EverQuest: Nostalgia Story

Old School RuneScape

Recommend: Yes

As someone who did not grow up playing this game at all, I felt it was finally time to see what all the fuss was about. While quite a time consuming I have enjoyed what little I have done in the game so far. I played it as a f2p and never moved beyond that. The game requires a little more time than I’m willing to put in these days.

• Getting To Level 40 Fighting Skill In Old School Runescape

Word of Warcraft

Recommend: Maybe Classic but I’ve not played

Another game I had plans to go crazy on content creation over. Thanks to what I felt was rather lackluster after playing it for a while I moved onto other games. My main joy for whatever reason for a game like WoW is the gold making. There was so little thrill in that department I have not since looked back to see how that going for the game.

I have always loved the add-on created a community for this game and the developer’s acceptance of it within reason. So many games out there would instantly ban you for any of those add-ons!

• Getting Ready For Battle For Azeroth

The moto for this expansion might as well been -- been there done that.

• Battle For Azeroth

While I’m not a gold farmer I do take joy in farming and acquiring the gold. One of the few reasons I even wanted to play the game again in the first place. It was a big letdown.

• Market Thoughts

I at least had some fun while it lasted in the first couple of weeks farming and selling items on the auction house.

• I Been Gold Farming

Simulation

Never been a big fan of these games. Some games in this genre seem to come with almost yearly releases that don’t always add much from the last one. The two I’ve liked are a bit different from normal. While they can still be somewhat mundane with the tasks at hand sometimes that is the whole point.

Jurassic World Evolution

Recommend: Yes

I have such fond memories of playing Dinopark Tycoon as a kid and while this does not quite live up to it. There is still lots of fun to be had like letting the Rex escape and partake in the guests for the evening. There is also the joy of breeding your own dinosaurs and messing with their DNA to give them that extra spark in the eye of fear.

• Jurassic World Evolution

Viscera Cleanup Detail

Recommend: Yes

If you are extremely OCD about getting every little splatter spot, wrapper and bullet this game can sure suck you in. It is one of the stranger games I’ve owned. For whatever reason, it’s just a relaxing gore-filled good time. With blood splatter, all the walls and messages were written on the floor. There is also something twistedly satisficing about using the incinerator to dispose of the evidence.

• Viscera Cleanup Detail

Space And Sci-fi

I’m a massive fan of space games in general but I can be a bit of a snob. Sci-fi also really goes well with those kinds of games as well. I still have quite a few I need to get around to reviewing and possibly making other types of content as well. This section is going to grow in the future.

Entropia Universe

Recommend: Not anymore

I use to make some money while playing this game with it being a real cash economy. I played to the players and not so much to the game. Which tends to be the trick in these sort of things. The results from the game were expected and predictable losses. The profits from trading with the players and meeting market demand were thrilling

I have on occasion had fun spreading gaming content into places of Steem you would not see such a thing.

• Market Friday Goes to the Underworld

A rather rare glimpse into one of the ways I use to make money playing video games. I also just enjoyed the mining system that game had which you can tell from what I shared!

• Bitcoin Not First Digital Currency I Profited From

Eve Online

Recommend: Yes

This game used to be such a big part of my life for many years. It is where I created the name En Jar. Some of those friendships bonded back from 2008 still exist today along with enemies made!

The backstory about my name and adventures I had in Eve Online. Filled with betrayal, roaming, and some questionable acts like piracy!

• Name Challenge: Enjar, Unconfirmed Time-Traveling Cat

I talk about the good old days of being in the Z.E.R.G alliance when we would roll out to do some POS Smashing. Not always the funniest thing to do in the world but sometimes action would happen out of nowhere.

• Eve Online | The Good Old Days Of POS Bashing

Faster Than Light

Recommend: Yes

Almost a classic by now if you have not played it you are missing out. One moment you are just flying through space on your shiny new ship and another DAM dead. I guess that distress because was not the best idea to send your crew out to. Perhaps leaving that door open to vent a fire resulting in not enough oxygen remaining on board was also not the best idea. Oh heck, there are no good ideas just experimentation and sometimes on crews members!

• (Review | Faster Than Light](https://steemit.com/review/@enjar/review-or-faster-than-light)

No Man’s Sky

Recommend: Yes

Some games are at their best when you go out and have your own adventure. Mix in some space travel and science fiction and you had me at more planets then anyone could ever discover. You have discovered, ships, farming, base building, and maybe some piracy as well.

A full review and some guides will come along at some point.

For now, I’m in the middle of writing fan fiction based around my adventures in the game itself. It’s still ongoing with some of it already out.

• No Man’s Sky | Ep. 1 – A Universe From Nothing
• A Universe From Nothing A No Man’s Sky Tale | Ep. 2 – Almost Paradise
• A Universe From Nothing A No Man’s Sky Tale | Ep. 3 – The Start Of Someone Else's Plan

Space Rogue

Recommend: Yes

Not as hardcore as a game like Faster Than Light but different enough to be its own thing. It can get a bit reparative after you have played it a few times since you more times than not make it to the end. Otherwise a decent game with some settings to make it take longer or shorter per play thought.

• Space Rogue: Review

Warframe

Recommend: Yes

As far as free to play games go this one rocks it in sci-fi. Your character gets to use different suits called a Warframe which dictate the class and the special ability you have. Which you can build different ones and change into. You also get to have a choice of going solo or with a team on different missions down on the plants in the solar system. A couple of times a year as of late they have been adding in more content for free as well.

• Warframe | Review

X Rebirth

Recommend: No

It’s rare for me to feel a game is so badly broken it’s not one I would ever recommend. This is one I’ve followed for years hoping things would improve and get an epic space adventure out of the deal. The last time I played a few months back it was still riddled with bugs, broken dreams and an empty bottle.

• X Rebirth In 2019 Still A Broken Disappointment

Strategy

There is nothing like plotting the perfect plan and defeating one's foe. Even better if you are forced to adapt and change to any incoming challenges. I don’t play these games as much as I’d like to.

Defcon

Recommend: Yes

This game was inspired by Wargames and the graphics sure give you that vibe. Sometimes keeping things simple really allows a game staying powering and aging from a game mechanics standpoint. Not a very hard game to learn and it’s decently fast to play a game as well. All in all, I would use nukes again!

• Review | Defcon

Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Recommend: Maybe

While in the modern day of gaming a title like this is considered long dead and forgotten it’s still playable for the most part. Along with bringing some nostalgia and fun to an afternoon!

I often wonder how games like these hold up after a significate amount of time has passed. This game was for a while a big fun factor in my life.

• Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

The Red Solstice

Recommend: Maybe

Many times I explored different kinds of content presentation and process. This one I wanted to look into the free game they have for a limited time over on humblebundle. Where I would play the game for 5-10 hours and then write a first impression review while still having enough time left over for people to find my review and get the game themselves. It was exhausting and I never attempted to do it again since it was something like a 72-hour offer.

• First Impressions

Satellite Reign

Recommend: Yes

A cyberpunk style game where you control character and use them to get into facilities to overthrow the corrupt system. I take a look at the different characters you get to control, the map, missions, gear, and other stuff.

• Review | Satellite Reign

StarCraft

Recommend: Yes

A couple of my childhood years were spent playing this game. I go back in the past for a blast of nostalgia. I relived playing the campaign, dominating with carriers, and remembering my favorite maps. The best thing is the older version is now free to play as well since they want people to buy the remastered version. This is nice not having to buy the game yet again I’ve scratched the CD a couple of times over the years. The Korean servers are still packed as if time never moved forward!

• Gaming Decades The 90s | StarCraft

Uplink

Recommend: Yes

Uplink a classic with many wishing there was a sequel that never happened. This was a fun one to go down nostalgia lane again and replay. You don’t need a lot of time or even a powerful computer to just jump in and have Hollywood type hacking simulator fun in this game.

• Uplink

Survival

While a lot of these games can fall into the easy cycle of break a tree down and make a tool to progress. Once you start adding in other fun elements like dinosaurs, zombies, or other needs to survive they really start to take off. They can also encompass a very wide range of genres making them quite fun and different from each other to play while still keeping that struggle to survive element.

Ark Survival Evolved

Recommend: Yes

This is one of many games I’ve somehow managed to break 1k hours played on. Most of that was before steemit and so I don’ have much content to show for it. It can also be a rather slow game to play if you want retail rates and I do prefer playing on private servers where I think the player has the highest opportunity to fall in love with this game.

• Review | Ark Survival Evolved

One of my many attempts to create a narrative-driven story about an adventure I was having inside of a game. A few episodes there were not much interested and my friend wanted to switch the server over to another game. As such I never finished the one I was in the middle of about The Light House, and a few others I had planned.

• Escapades of a Crazed Wander

Most of my fun from this game transpired from just random weekends of a friend renting a server out. I’ve restarted so many times over in this game I never want to push a tree again for thatch.

• Weekend Fun

A big part of the gameplay for me was always living out of and using rafts. I’ve tamed on them, transported, hidden supply’s and lost a few on many adventures.

• Raft Life For Me

Conan Exiles

Recommend: Yes

The plan was to create a lot of content around this game. From sharing my adventures in a narrate sense which I wrote a couple of pieces on to a full game review and other stuff. One night the server crashed and the file corrupted along with finding out backups where not being generated. Everyone voted to move onto another game then restart over fresh. I had some unfished works I never published and more than likely meet their bitter ends in my recycle bin. So with that ended my plans for this game

• Conan Exiles: A New Journey
• New lands

Don’t Starve

Recommend: Yes

I wrote this funny little intro post in what I was going turn into a series. It went to the back burner after I had too many other things to do and to this day I’ve never gotten around to it. While I never got around to expanding this idea out I did a circle around and write a review of the game. Perhaps in the future I’ll consider trying reboot what was going be a gaming comedy series.

• Willison Will Not Do

There are so many things that make this gaming amazing I ended going over some of my top ones in this review. From looking at the characters to what really makes sanity quite unique. This game is quite the gem.

• Review | Don’t Starve

FortressCraft Evolved

Recommend: No

I’ve played this voxel craft game throughout the years off and on with friends and solo as well. The game has evolved into a very complex game of needing to build production assembly lines to keep progressing and building the next component needed to build the next and so on. I take a look at combat, crafting, and the not so needed DLCs.

• Review | FortressCraft Evolved

Frostpunk

Failure is being excommunicated by your people off into the giant and frozen lands of what used to be humanity. This city builder has heavy elements of survival, hard choices, and living with the consequences. Do you choose to keep true to your own personal ethics or do the unthinkable just to survive?

Recommend: Yes

• Review | Frostpunk

RimWorld

Recommend: Yes

This game is named after the idea that you have crash-landed on an outer rim planet and need to survive. The game has an Ai that controls your ultimate fate from how easy things are going be and when a series of events seems to be trying to consider against you. I also take a look at the administration control the game gives you for controlling your community, building, and many other things.

• Review | RimWorld

State of Decay I And II

Recommend: Yes

I revisited the original game before its sequel came out. That way both the reader and I could remember and making some comparison would be easier to the original.

Both games themselves are some great zombie bashing fun. If you like running things over with a car and need a break from GTA5 well both of these games have you covered. You also get set up and build up a base while looting and depleting the local areas. While taking shelter during zombie attacks.

• State of Decay
• State Of Decay 2

Subnautica

Recommend: Yes

This survival game throws you into an open world that is primarily an ocean planet. Throughout the adventures you have in this game you encounter mostly harmless creatures but there are some killers lurking in the murky waters as well. This game is well worth it just for the exploring aspects so many amazing things to discover and experience.

• Review | Subnautica

Terraria

Recommend: Yes

Terraria is quite the adventure to be had for a two-dimensional sandbox game. From its procedurally generated world to epic boss fights. It will catch you off guard and spoil that perfect plan. take a look at the fun of spelunking, boss fighting, and events that occur.

• Terraria

Wurm Online/Unlimited

Recommend: Yes

I have played both versions but I mostly only talk about unlimited since you can have higher than retail rates and are not paying a monthly fee to play. What can take months to do in the online version can be done sometimes in just days in Unlimited. I use to be a part of a massive community in the online version but that was long before I was on steemit.

• Why I Enjoy Playing Wurm

Why I ever left that cave will be anyone’s guess. I do enjoy mining in these games!

• Wurm Unlimited: Some Weekend Fun

For as much as I’ve played this game during my time on steemit I almost never talk about it. Some games are more for my own personal enjoyment.

• Games You Played Over The Weekend

7 Days To Die

Recommend: Yes

While this game is taking forever being in Alpha it at least provides some nice content updates while we wait for the full game release. The downside is older save files don’t always work but that is the life of a gamer playing something in alpha. Until then lets of zombie bashing with a crowbar, base building, crafting armor and driving around in vehicles.

• Review | 7 Days To Die
• Alpha 17 What Are You Most Excited About?

Final Thoughts

Till the next one have a great week.

Information

Screenshots and photos were taken and content written by @enjar. Cover image is from the game No Man’s Sky. Screenshots are from their represented games noted by the header of that section or included in the linked out articles.

This post is an updated version of my old gaming index that I made for Showcase-Sunday being hosted by @nonameslefttouse.