Been a little while!
Finished Orcs Must Die, and decided to play Shadow of Mordor on my Steam Deck. I managed to crank it up to high settings, and lock it at 50FPS, which ran like a dream.
The combat good, but it is ripped straight from the Batman Arkham games (this is not an exaggeration). The open world is suitably depressing, but there is never anything interesting to do in it. The Nemesis System is promising, and it did have a few standout moments for me, but the campaign doesn't do a particularly great job of showing it off. The game starts off being somewhat challenging, but it becomes markedly easier after you unlock the ability to brand enemies, and there are no difficulty options.
Its an enjoyable game, but everything that I like about it is immediately followed by a "but..."
Once I finished it, I decided to give Shadow of War a brief go (again on the Steam Deck), but I quickly realised that I couldn't be bothered.
At this point, I've dropped Frostpunk 2 because I don't really find it all that interesting at the moment, with its lack of content (that isn't a sandbox mode).
I have Ghosts of Tsushima shared with me on Steam through family sharing, so i've dabbled with that. Its a pretty game, but I so far don't find it particularly remarkable.
Mostly, I have been playing Hearthstone Battlegrounds, which is that auto-chess/pseudo-battle royale game. Playing it on mobile makes me realise that the game doesn't actually have an advertisements, which is nice. Definitely a time sink though, I might have to go cold-turkey on it soon.