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"Sixteen militiamen went out. Only Rumford came back." — Townsfolk in New Tristram


There is a cold silence in his mind, then a hissing of a thought, a response sharp and deadly, like a dagger blade. The lie comes swiftly, unburdened by emotion. "I love you, Deionarra."
(Planescape: Torment)



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Favourite Games — Part II

OUT OF DATE

Real-Time Tactics/Strategy
1. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) ★
2. Desperados III (2020) ★
3. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016)
4. Desperados (2001)
5. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines (1998)
6. Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996)

Freeflow Combat
1. Batman: Arkham City (2011) / Marvel's Spider-Man (2018, PS4)
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)
3. Mad Max (2015)
4. Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)
5. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020, PS5)

Stealth-Focused
1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015) ★
2. Dishonored (2012)
3. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)
4. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2003)

First-/Third-Person Shooter
1. BioShock Infinite (2013)
2. Call of Duty (2003) 🅽
3. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) 🅽
4. Max Payne (2001) 🅽
5. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) 🅽
6. Metro: Last Light (Redux) (2014) / Metro 2033 (Redux) (2014)
7. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017)
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007) / Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
9. Metro Exodus (2019) / Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)
10. Far Cry 5 (2018)
11. Far Cry Primal (2016) / Far Cry 3 (2012)

Competitive
1. Mine Bombers (1996) 🅽
2. Wordfeud (2010, Android)
3. Scorched Earth (1991) 🅽
4. Slicks 'n' Slide (1993) 🅽
5. Battleships (1987, C-64)
6. Worms (1995) 🅽
7. Soldat (2002) 🅽
8. Buzz! Quiz World (2009, PS3)

Grand Thievery
1. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003) 🅽 ★
2. Grand Theft Auto V (2013, Xbox 360, PS4, PC) ★
3. Mafia (2002) 🅽 ★
4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005) 🅽
5. Saints Row: The Third (2011)
6. Mafia II (2011)
7. Mafia III (2016)
8. Watch_Dogs 2 (2016)
9. Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020)
10. Grand Theft Auto III (2002) 🅽
11. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
12. Grand Theft Auto (1998) 🅽

Platformer
1. Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) 🟊
2. Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) 🅽 🟊
3. It Takes Two (2021, PS5) 🟊
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii)
5. Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) / Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) / Super Mario 3D World (2013, Wii U)
6. Stray (2022, PS5)
7. Astro's Playroom (2020, PS5)
8. Prince of Persia (1989) 🅽
9. INSIDE (2016)
10. LIMBO (2011) / Little Nightmares (2017)
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Games Completed in 2025

Unless otherwise specified, the platform I played on was PC.

0 = trash | 1 = weak | 2 = okay | 3 = good | 4 = great | 5 = glorious

• 03/10: Split Fiction (PC) — 4.5
• 02/25: 🔁 It Takes Two (PC) — 4.5
• 02/19: Silent Hill 2 (2024) (PC) — 4
• 02/13: 🔁 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition (PC) — 4
• 02/11: 🔁 Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC) — 3.5
• 02/06: 🔁 Grand Theft Auto IV (PC) — 4.5
• 02/05: Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) — 3
• 01/30: Sleeping Dogs (XSX) — 3.5
• 01/27: 🔁 Mafia III (XSX) — 4
• 01/22: 🔁 Mafia II: Definitive Edition (XSX) — 4
• 01/21: 🔁 Mafia: Definitive Edition (XSX) — 4

🔁 = not first playthrough

Games completed in 2024 [www.grouvee.com]


Top 6 Games of All Time

1. Disco Elysium (The Final Cut) — brilliant writing with absolutely no competition when it comes to video games; mostly fantastic humour (without reducing to indifferent levity); captivatingly melancholic yet hopeful atmosphere; beautiful soundtrack; artistically inspiring
2. Beat Saber (PSVR2) — pure joy (especially at +50% speed); pretty much always saves the day
3. The Last of Us: Part II — first-class presentation, direction and attention to detail; emotionally impactful; brutal; highly unusual way of handling video game adversaries; triple-A at its finest
4. Planescape: Torment (Enhanced Edition) — remarkable literary quality for a video game (beaten only — yet easily — by Disco Elysium); refreshingly inverted fantasy/RPG tropes
5. Kingdom Come: Deliverance — outstanding immersion; highly rewarding gameplay mechanics with an aim for realism; extraordinarily lifelike world design; stunning graphics
6. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — excellent dialogues and worldbuilding; delightfully melancholic Slavic atmosphere


Favourite Games — Part I

OUT OF DATE

A very small sample of my all-time favourites, limited by maximum character limit. The rest of the lists (i.e. Part II) can be found on my profile summary.

The years are release years.

🟊 = 5/5
🅽 = nostalgia — the game has a special place in my heart, yet it might not hold up particularly well by my today's standards


Role-Playing / Prominent RPG Elements
1. Disco Elysium (The Final Cut) (2019) 🟊
2. Planescape: Torment (Enhanced Edition) (2017) 🟊
3. Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) 🟊
4. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) 🟊
5. Fable (2004, Xbox, PC) 🅽
6. Pillars of Eternity (2015)
7, Dragon Age: Origins (2009)
8. Mass Effect 2 (Legendary Edition) (2021)
9. Fallout 4 (2015)
10. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (2018)
11. Mass Effect 3 (Legendary Edition) (2021)
12. Mass Effect (Legendary Edition) (2021)
13. Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018)
14. Fable II (2008, Xbox 360, XSX) / Fable III (2010, Xbox 360, XSX)
15. Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero (1989) 🅽

Open World Action-Adventure
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) 🟊
2. Dying Light (2015) / Dying Light: The Following (2016)
3. Assassin's Creed Origins (2017)
4. Days Gone (2019, PS5)
5. Mad Max (2015)
6. Ghost of Tsushima (2020, PS5)
7. Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
8. Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020, PS5)

Narrative-Driven/Cinematic Action-Adventure
1. The Last of Us Part II (2020, PS5) 🟊
2. A Plague Tale: Requiem (2022, XSX)
3. The Last of Us (2013, PS3)
4. God of War (2018, PS5)
5. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (2017)
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016, PS4)
7. Tomb Raider (2013)

Point & Click Adventure
1. Syberia (2002) 🟊
2. Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth (2017) 🟊
3. The Longest Journey (2000)
4. Maniac Mansion (1987, C-64) 🅽
5. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991) 🅽
6. Day of the Tentacle (1993) 🅽
7. Gemini Rue (2011)
8. Syberia: The World Before (2022)
9. Technobabylon (2015) / Primordia (2012)
10. Leisure Suit Larry 3 (1989) 🅽
11. Leisure Suit Larry 2 (1988) 🅽
12. Leisure Suit Larry 6 (1993) 🅽
13. Black Mirror I (2003)
14. The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) 🅽
15. Leisure Suit Larry 7 (1993) 🅽
16. Broken Sword (1996)
17. Kathy Rain (2016) / Resonance (2012) / The Blackwell Saga (1–5) (2012–2014) / Whispers of a Machine (2019) / Unavowed (2018) / Thimbleweed Park (2017)
18. King's Quest I–III (1984–1986) 🅽 / Space Quest I–V (1986–1993) 🅽 / Police Quest I–III (1987–1991) 🅽 / Blue Force (1993) 🅽

Walking Simulator / Interactive Drama
1. To the Moon (2011) 🟊
2. Detroit: Become Human (2018) 🟊
3. The Walking Dead (1st season) (2012) 🟊
4. The Forgotten City (2021, XSX)
5. Gone Home (2013)
6. Heavy Rain (2010, PS4)
7. Life is Strange (2015)
8. Tales from the Borderlands (2014)
9. Beyond: Two Souls (2013, PS4)
10. What Remains of Edith Finch (2017)
11. INFRA (2016)

Puzzle
1. The Talos Principle (2014) 🟊
2. The Witness (2016) 🟊
3. Portal 2 (2011) 🟊
4. The Room (2014) / The Room Two (2016) / The Room Three (2018)
5. World of Goo (2008)
6. We Were Here (2017) / We Were Here Too (2018)
7. Castle of Dr. Brain (1991) 🅽
8. The Incredible Machine 2 (1994) 🅽

Looter
1. Diablo III (2012)
2. Grim Dawn (2016)
3. Tom Clancy's The Division (2016)
4. Outriders (2021)
5. Borderlands (2009)
6. Torchlight II (heavily modded) (2012)
7. Borderlands 2 (2012)
8. Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (2019)
9. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)
10. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem (offline mode) (2020)
11. Chronicon (2020)

Survival Sandbox
1. Minecraft (2009)
2. The Long Dark (Survival Mode) (2017)
3. Subnautica (2018)
4. The Forest (2018)
5. 7 Days to Die (Early Access)
6. No Man's Sky (2016)

Horror
1. Outlast (2013) / Resident Evil 7 (2017)
2. SOMA (2015)
3. Resident Evil Village VR (PSVR2) (2023)
4. Remothered: Tormented Fathers (2018)
5. Resident Evil (1996, PSX) 🅽 / Resident Evil HD Remaster (2015)
6. Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019)
7. Silent Hill 2 (2001)
8. Resident Evil Village (2021)
9. Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010)
10. The Evil Within 2 (2017)
11. Alien: Isolation (2014)
12. Until Dawn (2015)
13. The Evil Within (2014)
14. Alone in the Dark (1992) 🅽
15. Ecstatica (1994) 🅽

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