Gaming Babble: Some games I've been playing

Time flies. 

Granted, I have been keeping busy with D&D and such, but it's still pretty alarming. My country is still in some state of lock down, so I guess I could have called this Lock down list II or something. Anyhoo. Here are some games I've been playing.

Grounded

Yes, I kid you not. I'm still playing this game. I've talked about it multiple times, raved about it, bemoaned the lack of updates, and now I'm playing it on multiplayer which is loads of fun. We even have unofficial roles. One is the builder, one is the scientist, and I tend to play the scout/tank. Still shouting at the spiders, but the screaming has subsided somewhat. 

Green Hell

I have a love/hate relationship with this game. Mostly love though. You play Jake, a researcher, who has come to the Amazonian rain forest for a specific reason. It's another first-person survival game though the emphasis is a lot more on survival than on combat. This lists both the strength and weakness of the game. You learn to listen to your surroundings, avoiding predators and creepy crawlies, treating wounds with various bandages, building different kinds of armor and most likely a home base or bases. But you also have an enemy AI that's not quite up to snuff as compared to The Forest. It's still a very interesting game. The game has a story mode, a survival mode, and challenges. Green hell has a co-op multiplayer mode as well, which I haven't tried out yet, but would probably be fun too.

It also now has a free DLC prequel, Spirits of Amazonia, that's a bit of a mix of story, survival and largely exploration. Bit of a completionist trend though with the prequel, which isn't quite my taste, but I can still recommend trying out.

Medieval Dynasty

I've sunk a surprising amount of hours into this game, but it's difficult to really narrow down what it is.

 Medieval Dynasty is to some extent a first-person medieval town builder with some survival and a lot of crafting elements to it. You are a village leader who starts off on their own, building, crafting and completing quests until your settlement grows. You can marry, have a son, and build a dynasty. Each season is divided into three days wherein you can build, hunt, craft, farm, etc. 

At first the time feels too little as there is so much to do, but the more help you get in terms of villagers, the more it frees you up to do other things. It is a game that's more in the line of a simulation and I find it just generally relaxing. It's a great game to just switch your mind off in.

Valheim

I've clocked almost fifty hours in this game, so it deserves honorable mention. 

Valheim is a third person
survival-crafting game wherein you are a deceased viking dropped into the world of Valheim by Odin to kill monsters. The game is challenging, the art style is interesting, crafting is good and building is fun. It should have all the elements that pull me in, but I struggle a bit with it and haven't played it in months. Still, I'm sure I'll come back to it.

So what have you been playing?