Eurogamer staff on D&D paralysis, 007 First Light's emotional ending, and Steam burnout

Eurogamer's weekly what-we've-been-playing column is back, and this week's entries cover everything from tabletop character creation anxiety to full-blown gaming burnout and an unexpectedly emotional Bond game ending.

Bertie is gearing up for a new D&D campaign using the Ravenloft book, but character creation has him spinning in circles — he's torn between a Paladin, a Cleric, a Bard, and several other options, weighing both mechanical party composition and narrative justification for every choice before he can commit to anything. Dom is deep into Mina the Hollower on Switch 2, praising Yacht Club Games for making an 8-bit-engine game that feels both nostalgic and completely fresh — he's been sneaking sessions in between 007 First Light's loading screens. Kelsey rolled credits on IO Interactive's 007 First Light on PS5 and got a little emotional doing it — as a Hitman series devotee, seeing IOI's gameplay DNA fused with Bond's spectacle and violence landed hard, and she's already eyeing a Hitman replay or a dive into 007's TacSims. Victoria has roped her kids into Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight on Xbox Series X/S, but now faces a parenting dilemma: one character they're rooting for doesn't end well in Batman lore, and she's not sure whether to warn them.

Connor's entry is the most relatable: he's burnt out. He's been downloading games on Steam only to delete them five minutes after booting them up. After months of heavy RuneScape play, he's stepped away from the rooftops and spent time walking through the park, sitting on a bench, reading a book, and eating ice cream. He frames it simply — sometimes you need to be a human being for a bit.

The column is one of Eurogamer's longest-running regular features, and this week's mix captures the full spectrum of how people actually live with games — obsessive theorycrafting, genuine emotional investment, and occasionally just needing to put the controller down entirely.