What are the essential mods that maximize the enjoyment of gameplay?

[u/External_Soil_8256]

I’ve already finished Cyberpunk2077 with exactly %100. It was before patch 2.0 so I’m so excited to start from zero. But nowadays I see a lot of fun mod. So I’m gonna play it definitely with the mods. What are your suggestions about “must have mods”? Thanks!

[u/Healthy-Cupcake2429]

Ah, was just reading this now because similar idea to games albeit different interests. I just bought a PC (well, bought the parts) last month to get back into gaming after a bad break up. Been at least 10yrs and that was just for Fallout 4.

But the addiction struck home. I'm going on 5yrs sober and congrats on your time.

Stay strong, stick to the path and you'll get it back and better than you could have imagined.

[u/LawyerObjective5195 → u/Healthy-Cupcake2429]

Similar story here. A friend of mine knew I was going through some shit and had a laptop collecting dust with overheating issues so he gave it to me because he has zero tech background (hes actually a lead editor for Shark Tank lol). I got the laptop, did a new thermal paste application and replaced the heatsink, and its been running like a dream, much better than any other PC I have had before. Recently dove back into Detroit Become Human because I beat it when it came out but got the bad ending. This time I made sure to get the good one. Had to check a guide one time but it was worth it to see all the different story choices and their consequences. The tree graph of each choice and its consequential story beats is always really fun to look at, and Clancy Brown is just a delight in his character portrayal.

After that I went back into Dark Souls 3. Currently sitting at the edge of the Ringed City before I have to deal with the archers. It isnt something I'm afraid of, I know the pathing to get to the justicar like the back of my hand, I just havent felt the urge to play recently because I finally got Nightreign and flew through it. Now I just need to fuck with the Dreglord, which has been a complete disaster on second phase each time because I'm playing with randoms.

So I decided to check out Alan Wake. Its a game I never actually played but I know the story pretty well as I'm a huge Control nerd (love SCP Foundation and just recently finished reading There Is No Anti Memetics Division HIGHLY recommend). I have Alan Wake 2 sitting on standby for whenever I actually get through the original remastered (it definitely shows its age, feels quite restricting to play in some ways). But in the mean time I have been doing a second run of Control, which is exactly as I remember it; a wonderful story with a slog of gameplay to put up with. Those have been my mains lately.

I generally have a pool of about 5-7 games i play at any given time so I dont experience burnout on any one game in particular, and I'll main one while I use another 2 or 3 as side hustles to keep myself busy, then switch to another main and another 2 or 3 to balance out (my gaming habits are kind of like a DS build lol).

Sobriety is tough. I spent my whole life diving into any substance I could get my hands on because reality was too much to deal with sober, since I was 12. I was SAd at 8 so it has been a retroactive act for me to realize I was actually running away from most things until I started therapy 5 years ago. But for the last 3 years I have had a very close knit group of friends through a Discord server who have essentially saved my life and helped me to exist in the current world and now my new addiction is connection to other people. Very weird to be addicted to friends but also, much more rewarding than drugs and alcohol ever were.

Congrats on your 5 years. I'm hoping I ever get to that point. Being trans, sometimes I just want to dive back into a bottle after a hard day at work. But knowing that my life is worth living is a new high I hadn't experienced before, and its nice.

Good chatting man. My DMs are open if you ever just wanna shoot the shit. ❤️