My corporate overlords decided I get some vacation during this time of year, it being the holidays and all that. With some free days on my hands I'm planning to mess around with a couple games.
First up is Millennia a 4X game kinda like Civ. The twist is there are different ages that go off the rails from real history—so you can get a steampunk age or one where aliens invade and stuff like that. I barely touched it when it came out but now, after 7 updates, I figure I will give it a proper try.
Then theres Songs of Conquest, an indie game with amazing pixel art that’s sorta like the old Heroes of Might and Magic games- I might play this with a friend early next year as well.
EDIT: OK im feeling a bit tired so Im just gonna play my current Crusader Kings 3 save till I go 2 bed. Happy Holidays everyone
What are the fine folks on Hexbear playing 
I just finished my second playthrough of Prodeus. I still really like it but wish we'd get the rest of the campaigns. The game in it's current state ends on a cliff hanger. There was talk about 2 years ago about possible DLC but radio silence since.
I picked up Dusk, Cultic, and Sprawl from the Steam sale and played a bit of each. I did grab Amid Evil and Selaco but refunded those since they weren't really jiving with me. I'm waiting on a refund of Incision too since I tried playing on easiest difficulty and still had my ass handed to me. The game is super imbalanced.
Dusk, everyone probably already knows. It's has super fast strafey quake/doom movement. gunplay is decent too. The levels feel very Quake-like from what little of Quake I've played.
I'm not sure about Cultic quite yet but what I do like so far is the art style. It's fantastic. Think of those 16 bit pixel art gifs you see on like reddit that manages to create depth with very little colors but make that a 3D game instead. I was actually blown away a bit by the intro cutscene. It's really cool. The game is mostly just boomer shooter like you'd expect. I think it feels a bit like Forgive Me Father 2 from what I recalled. Others have said it's like Blood but I haven't played that.
Sprawl is scratching a bit of my itch from Turbo Overkill. It's more of a movement shooter but with old school graphics, rather than a straight up boomer shooter. It has a wall running mechanic and a slow mo mechanic which makes for some very stylized combat.
Boomer shooters are hit and miss for me but I adored Dusk. From the horror setting to the gameplay it was super enjoyable to me. I didnt really click with the others I have tried so far which to be fair was only Amid Evil so far.
I'm sort of chasing the dragon after having a blast with Prodeus and Turbo Overkill. It's very hit and miss with me too. I thought I was gonna like Amid Evil but it really wasn't clicking. Dusk has been fun so far.
Yeah I envy folks who just like most shooters. In my case I loved Doom 2016 but I really didnt vibe with Doom Eternal seemed like such a cool game as well. Like I legit cant say if I will enjoy a shooter until I have played it for a bit. Shooters arent one of my main gernes though.
Eternal tried too hard to escalate from 2016 imo, to the point where all the special weaknesses and resources I had to keep in mind while also playing a very fast shooter just left me mentally exhausted after a single level.
I was almost gonna pick Eternal up but was hesitant about the game size and was waffling, then read a negative review that was basically what you said. The thing I liked about 2016 was that it was mostly just mindless mayhem the entire time. I don't want my mindless mayhem to feel like a chore lol.