I bought Elite Dangerous on Xbox a while back, couldn't get on with it to be honest, I prefer Space combat games on the PC with Mouse controls.
Yeah, I couldnt get into it that much either, though I'm not entirely certain as to why (and I had the PC version). I dunno. It just never clicked with me. I tend to think there's just so many better space-themed games out there.
Now as for what I'm playing, well....
This is Scavenger SV-4. If the Mars rover was a roguelike, this is what you'd get. It's one of the most unique games I've seen. You're orbiting an alien world, out to get artifacts and make a fortune, but the place is super radioactive... the only way to interact with it is to send your rover down to the surface. You'll find and interact with all sorts of derelicts in the creepy wasteland, and you'll encounter ancient sentries, still operating and ready to destroy your most important tool. Interestingly, the game takes a Mechwarrior approach, in that every single function of the rover... even the camera... is a module attached to it, and they can all be damaged or destroyed individually. You'll find all sorts of alien gizmos as you go, which you use your science station to identify, and then equip onto your rover, building it up as you go.
But also, you have your actual ship to deal with. The screen you use to control the rover (when it's on the planet) is only one terminal of many on your ship, and you'll move from one spooky room to another to accomplish all sorts of things. Including the medbay, which you use to attempt to slow down the constant radiation decay that you are being hit with as long as you're in orbit. Not only is the rover in danger (when it's on the planet anyway, you'll send it back and forth between the planet and ship to do various things) but you are also in danger, and not just from the radiation. A variety of rather messed up things can happen on board your ship... you have to be on your toes here. The game has a pretty good horror element. I've been absolutely loving it.
Other game I've been playing lately:
This is Streets of Rogue. Ever heard of a game by the name of Deux Ex? Well, this is basically that, combined with Grand Theft Auto, combined with a variety of roguelike elements. You go through many different sections of a city, from the Slums to the dangerous high-tech Uptown, on your way to deal with the horribly corrupt mayor, who has an iron grip on basically everything. On each floor, you'll have some missions that need doing. Maybe you need to find certain items, or neutralize certain NPCs.
Like Deus Ex, one of the things that makes this so very, very good is the incredible freeform nature of it. In other games, "neutralize" would mean "kill", every time. But here? That's just one option. I could try talking to the NPC directly, warning them that someone is out to get them, and convince them to leave the city. I could use a hypnotizer on them, and COMMAND them to do so. Or, perhaps, I can conceive some convoluted plan to kill them, but in a way where nobody will suspect anything. I can come up with all sorts of loopy plans using the incredible variety of items in the game. I could play a pacifist character who does his best to kill nobody, or I could play a crazed wacko who accomplishes every mission with guns or maybe an axe. Or a mix of both.
The other big aspect of it though is the emergent nature of the gameplay, something which very few games can boast. All the different NPCs have their own agendas and behaviors... and to them, you're just another jerk in the crowd. They'll interact with and react to each other, or get into all sorts of situations the same as you can. I had one incident recently where I was in the Downtown area, and this random thief comes out of nowhere and steals something from me. A random citizen witnesses this, and summons a group of Supercops to deal with the thief. The Supercops immediately fire at the guy, but... they hit a mobster instead. He and his group start fighting back, and some other NPCs get caught in it too. At the end, there's like 12 dead guys and half a building destroyed. And I didnt even need to do anytyhing. Of course, I can use all sorts of tricks to engineer a situation like that.
I just adore this game. Absolutely adore it. It's one of my most-played games on Steam. I hear it might be coming to consoles later, but I'm not sure which ones. It'd be a perfect fit though. Even on PC, I play it with a PS4 controller (granted, I play MOST things with a PS4 controller). Fantastic game, and the passion the developer has for making it can be seen everywhere in it.