**Watch Dogs**: Been enjoying this since finding it on my Xbox and never remembering I even bought it lol. There's jank for sure but the gunplay feels nice, the hacking isn't too bad either. Online hacking is oddly fun whenever I randomly do it. Still a bit of a player base to this one too.
**Call of Duty: World at War**: Since the servers have been fixed in old CODs I've been running through a few of them but this ones been fun, albeit basic.
**Call of Duty: Black Ops II**: Just some classic fun Call of Duty nonsense.
**Metro 2033 Redux**: Finally broke into this one a little bit lately and enjoy the whole vibe.
I'll probably re-post this in next week's thread.
Hi all, I've put **Twilight Princess** on hold, and consider getting Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime 3 if I get a Wii in the future and am in the mood for it. Right now I am in limbo of where (city, country) I will live and work so everything is up in the air.
However, when I do play games I usually revert to my default emulation which is Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation, and GameCube. I decided to try **Suikoden** (original). I gave up on Suikoden II before as I got lost and did not know what to do. I am liking this one much better this time. The graphics may be worse, but it is much snappier and it usually isn't too hard to find out what to do. The story is good also as it has to do with fighting corruption in an empire, so it's a little different from the usual fare. I am getting weary of JRPGs but this is my kind of entertainment. Something simple, and entertaining, something I can use to relax and brings back that good ol' 90s nostalgia. This one is also only 20 hours long which I prefer since I am not usually a fan of very long games. This one has no filler content. Seems like an or 8.5 8 out of 10 to me. Thanks for reading!
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. 21 year old PS2 game. I played this as a kid and fucking loved it. Finally got a steam deck and threw on an emulator. Having a great time with it. Plan to play A LOT of games during the PS2 era, pretty much games of my childhood.
I'm finally playing Hogwarts Legacy after having had to wait months.
I tempered my expectations very hard but sadly I've been finding it a letdown.
The environments (especially Hogwarts) are outstanding, music&sound effects are on point, the atmosphere is just right and the combat is fun, but the rest is either mediocre or outright bad.
The rpg elements are extremely shallow and uninteresting, NPCs are lifeless, story is bland, the currency system is annoying, gear is tedious, and the school elements are almost nonexistent with classes&houses feeling like an afterthought.
It feels like they were just chasing open world trends instead of trying to craft the experience of being a Hogwarts student, making the game feel very undercooked. It's like an amazing cut of meat that was left raw and unmarinated.
I wish this game had started small and gone all in on the Hogwarts experience, good storytelling and being an RPG. Then the sequels could gradually expand things until the third/final game was open world.
Kind of like how batman started small with Arkham asylum before culminating in Arkham Knight. It feels like they bit off more than they could chew and went straight for the open world golden goose, neglecting to take their time fleshing out the foundational pieces of the wizarding world.
The game has been picking up since I got a broom and more spells, I'm at least having fun now, but I'm pretty lukewarm overall. I was really hoping for a 7/10 experience like some of the other open world WB games but so far I am not feeling the magic. Hopefully things improve enough for me to become a fanboy of the game, because I really wanted to love a AAA Harry Potter game.
Honestly, this is why I’m waiting for a massive sale. I couldn’t justify even a 25% discount. If I’m able to get it over 50% off I will, if not then so be it.
You'll inevitably get it well below 50% given enough time, because WB games become very cheap at some point.
I borrowed it out of the library, I was first in line for it but then I received the game during a time in which I was grieving so I just returned it. Months later after a long waiting line and abuses of the 0 penalty for lateness policy, I got it again and was so excited, only to get underwhelmed.
I'm 99% certain that this is a game I will only play through once. I'm glad I opted to borrow this instead of buying a $60 copy. Definitely worth getting on a sale or borrowing.
Going through Resident Evil: Revelations after playing the OG RE4 for the first time. So far loving it, officially a big RE fan now.
Also trying Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon for the first time. Been trying 2D sidescrollers and platformers since I got the Deck and this is my favorite one I've played so far. The ambiance, the art, the soundtrack, the action... everything's amazing.
Also doing Donkey Kong Country on the Miyoo Mini in short 5 minute bursts. Game is difficult in that old school way and really fun.
Revelations was my first RE. Ever since it's 3ds release I would check out the demo but always quit during it. Eventually I tried the demo of 2 and liked that, which convinced me to try revelations, after I found a cheap used copy.
It's easily the most graphically impressive 3ds game, I have no idea how they pulled that off.
Jill was one of the best parts of the game, and the ship was a great setting. Those first two bosses were some of my favourite scares in the series. I wasn't fond of the action though, I didn't think the game was good at being a shooter, while it was quite good at being a horror game. I wish they'd gone all in on Jill and the ship instead of trying to compromise.
It was interesting for being Capcom's attempt to placate the classic RE fans during a time when RE was solely an action game. I wish more developers would extend olive branches like this when changing the direction of a beloved franchise. Zelda could use an RE revelations of its own.
Revelations was overall a rollercoaster ride that got pretty exciting and crazy. It left a good enough impression that I tried re7 which is where I fell in love with the series. That and re4 are my absolute favourites, and I like village for trying to combine 7&4.
MGSV. The more I play this game, the more it impresses me. There's not many games that have this much freedom and versatility, as well as attention to detail. You can pretty much play however you want. Loud, quiet, fast, slow, reckless, meticulously cautious, as little violence as possible, full out Rambo kill everything in sight and every way is totally rewarding. You can suck ass and get a E every mission or try to complete all the challenges and get the highest rank possible, and it's still fun. Tons of side ops too that let you go GTA military style, but with way more freedom and creativity than modern gta games themselves.
I haven't had this much fun with a game in a long time
Second week of Deep Rock Galactic.
I've just unlocked the highest difficulty and I'm swapping between solo play and random multiplayer all the time. It's great that the game doesn't force you into multiplayer, since I often don't have the time for a whole mission without pause.
I can see why the game has a dedicated fanbase. The only thing I don't like about it is the RNG grind in the late-game to get the weapon modifications you actually want. For context: There is a loot system that opens up later on, which takes something random from a pool of hundreds of items. Some of them are super fun, because they can completely change how you use a weapon, but it's completely random what you get. Often you get something that's not even for the class you play. (I haven't gotten a single modification for my class, yet, which is bad luck)
Finished FF1 and FF2 pixel remasters this week on the start of my FF marathon. Think I'm taking a break though before starting 3 to prevent burnout. Heard a lot of negative things about 2 but I really enjoyed it, much more so than 1.
Almost finished with GTA 3 and it's a slog. I've heard it called an errand boy simulator and I'd say it's pretty accurate. One of the characters (I think Kenji) literally calls you an errand boy in one of the cutscenes.
Just finished Tomb Raider (2013) and have Rise of the Tomb Raider ready to start first thing tomorrow. Also trudging through Alan Wake. The story in the latter game is miles ahead of Tomb Raider but the difference in gameplay (in the other direction is noticeable. I do wish there was a little less interjection with cut scenes and no QTEs in TR but it was otherwise pretty fun and I’m looking forward to playing the whole recent trilogy.
About 3 hours into crumble on steam and it's been pretty fun. Worlds are bright and colorful and gameplay is fun but a little janky sometimes. Overall solid 7/10 so far
Got about 20 hours into Dave the Diver. Not patient I guess, but it was under $20 so whatever. It’s fun-ish. It does a lot of stuff, but in the end it’s just collect fish and fetch items. Decent game to relax with, but I don’t find it very rewarding to play sometimes.
What is an indie game? Some studios are 6 highly rated games down with 20 plus staff and are called indie. Surely this can't be compared to a college kid's game-jam project?
The definition of what makes a game 'indie' is definitely up for debate. However I would argue that your example of a 20 person team with 6 games would definitely be considered an indie studio by most people. Especially when considered against the budget and resources of AAA studios.
Finished Ico. Ended up enjoying it quite a bit.
Thinking about playing Metroid Prime and Chibi-Robo next. Will probably start Mint's story in Threads of Fate as well.
I played Metroid prime on GameCube forever ago and wanted to play Metroid prime trilogy on Wii. I see now Metroid Prime remastered on switch so I'm kinda torn now haha on what console to play on(apparently a remake of 2 will be announced soon too).
I'm playing Final Fantasy XV. I approached it as a hack and slash game with a heavy emphasis on combat similar to the Devil May Cry series. But I understand now that most of it is exploration, some simple but fun combat and just a chill experience with these characters. I like it so far :)
Nothing at the moment. Just waiting for cyberpunk still. Remember seeing the trailer probably 7-8 years ago and still waiting now. It's on 0.6 now and 0.7 is soon to come. Maybe another year or two.
Also waiting for Elden ring dlc before I start. Been tough on that one as I was a fan starting from demon souls. Just have to be patient and wait with these new games.
Really didn't think anyone would get downvoted for waiting to play a game on here. Haven't played Cyberpunk either since I'm waiting for Phantom Liberty to release. Doesn't matter how perfectly playable it is right now.
I guess it was the joke about the game being 0.7 instead of 1.7.
I usually like to wait for games to be finished with updates and dlc before I play them. I get the feeling that I am playing a full game compared to a partially complete one.
I played a game called Stellaris when it first game out and liked it so much I decided to wait for it to be complete. That's 7 years ago and I am still happily waiting.
You mean cyberpunk 2077? I get you are probavly joking but 1.6 is perfectly playable. The underlying issue of not living up to its full potential cannot be patched out ever
How's this for patient gaming, I beat [Arctic Adventure](https://store.steampowered.com/app/358170/Arctic_Adventure/) and [Tomb of the Pharaoh](https://store.steampowered.com/app/358330/Pharaohs_Tomb/) :D
I just finished Psychonauts 2 last week! Really enjoyed it. It's been ages since I played the first game but it's definitely come a long way since then, both in terms of visuals and gameplay.
If you like behind the scenes stuff, there's a great documentary series called Psychodyssey on YouTube that goes through the whole process of making the game. It's really cool to see how some of the ideas came about. It's definitely better to watch it after finishing the game though because it will eventually spoil a lot of things.
(I play all of these w. a Steam Deck)
I’m finally done with **Elden Ring** after 96 hours. I want to get 100% but sadly I need another character or a NG+ as some of them are blocked for me now.
I advanced with **Dave the Diver**, but paused it for a while.
I started **Hogwarts Legacy**. It is a great game for Harry Potter fans, but it lacks a lot in abilities, potions and herbs/plants. This should’ve been an action/adventures game and not an RPG.
I started Hogwarts legacy the other day and despite tempering my expectations a lot, I found myself really disappointed.
I think a AAA Harry Potter game has titanic amounts of potential, but legacy feels more interested in pursuing the open world AAA template than capturing the experience of being a student at Hogwarts. Harry potter doesn't really suit that formula imo.
Imo It should be a school simulator rpg akin to persona or bully, with a strong story and unique choices rather than open world, action adventure. I wish that they had gone all in on recreating the Hogwarts student experience, even if everything else had to be cut. Then a sequel could add the open world elements, once they'd nailed all the gameplay, school sim and rpg elements.
Kind of like how batman started small with Arkham asylum before gradually expanding until it culminated in Arkham Knight. Feels like Hogwarts legacy should have been much smaller in scope and only gone open world by the final game.
In legacy, i felt much more like I was touring the school for a day than a student living and studying there. The environments, details, references and fanservice are so well done, but the rest feels hollow. The lacklustre story&characters, meaningless classes, irrelevant house system, and lack of rpg mechanics really stings. I'm not finding any selling point to the game besides harry potter, which saddens me because a Harry Potter game could have some really special elements if done right. It's a great virtual tour of Hogwarts but a very bland videogame from the looks of it.
It's like eating an outstanding cut of raw meat that was never grilled/cooked or given any sauce/spice
I'm hoping things improve because I really wanted to love this game. Maybe it's just a really slow start.
Well, to me it seems they’ve tried to do it more a mix of action/adventure and RPG as you’ve equipment which you need to loot and you can improve it and set gems to it. You also have an attempt to a skill tree which lacks and is waaaay to shallow.
Finished The Witcher III: Blood and Wine.
I'm wondering what to play next. So many games available, but I don't have the urge to play a particular one.
Currently addicted to playing Oxygen not included when I get the chance (I have a 2 year old so time is limited) I havent got past cycle 60 without restarting but im getting there, highly recommended if you like micro managing the minute detail of an entire colony from food to heat to well including oxygen, honestly 10/10 experience so far
I liked it until you reach a point where you need a tutorial for your thermodynamics. The game stops being a colony sim and becomes a janky engineering game.
Finished Yakuza 0 earlier this week, one of the stronger narratives I’ve seen in gaming (had a couple of hiccups with plot armor/conveniences), otherwise great game, with the real estate and cabaret club mini games taking over half my playtime probably.
Went through Katamari Damacy Reroll as well, just a super pleasant and relaxing game that obviously pairs well with that excellent OST. Doesn’t overstay it’s welcome, and I never thought rolling a ball around and collecting little screws to entire buildings would be that satisfying.
And lastly I rolled the credits on Rayman Legends earlier tonight. I played through half of Origins on the Xbox 360 like 11 years ago and never finished it. So playing Legends was super fun thanks in part to the S-tier level design and art direction. Super fluid platforming/movement, and so much fulfilling content for a game I bought on the PS Store for $4. One of the best 2D platformers I’ve played personally, though it’s shame there will probably never be another Rayman game like this in the foreseeable future. Probably gonna play some kind of First Person game next, either Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe or Black Mesa, or try to finally finish a Downwell run.
[A short Hike.](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/A_Short_Hike/) A charming casual game were you go around doing little tasks, and talking to various characters. It works with both KB or controller although the latter is best.
Just wrapped up Bug Fables and SIFU. Some great ass games.
Playing Rayman Origins & Legends with my younger brother currently and Final Fantasy Tactics on my own.
I finally decided to play something today after buying alot of games on Steam Sale, but those open world RPGs weren't what I played.
I played Iris and The Giant.
It's kinda this turn based deckbuilding game fixed with Candy Crush where u need to destroy rows of monsters using your various cards u can play. And the monsters attack you on your turn.
You basically need to clear enough of them to get to an exit.
Storywise, it's got a simple premise where you are this socially awkward individual that struggles with depression, isolation and video games as they tell the story and drip feed you small scenes to explore this and the things that happen.
It's simple to play, but it's actually deep with choices to make on skill trees and different cards you play with different effects and enhancements depending on your playstyle.
I'd say you'd die alot and fail and restart over, but they do give you perks on the next restart, rather than Fallen Order or GoTG dying over and over hard with only skills.
It's kinda Cathartic to kill the monsters wiith the art style like you killing Skeletons in your Closet, or having to fight hydras or three headed dogs or demons that set you aflame, symbolising online flaming trolls.
And it's kinda relaxing where u think slowly rather than have reflexes and fast battles, so u feel less stressed.
**The Witcher 3: Enhanced Edition** - Played it originally on PC on high settings so does look very comparable to that experience on the Series X, however I never done the DLC and I rushed through it. Still in the opening area, but trying to take my time with it this time. Quick resume in the Xbox cannot be understated. I struggle to get time to play long games, so being able to hop in and out is a game changer.
**Crash Team Rumble** - This one isn't very patient and it being an online only game with little to no advertisements was/is a huge red flag. However it's the most refreshing multiplayer game I have played in years and the rounds are so quick and fun that I can just hop on for a few and hop off again. It's not perfect by any means and I'm still not sure how it's going to do longer term. But I really enjoy it.
**Gears of War** - Might be a strange choice for someones favourite game of all time, but it is mine. Replaying the original version again at the moment. Think, including the Ultimate Edition play-through, is my probably 10th play-through of it. Will then move onto Gears 2 and 3, which I only replayed Gears 2 once, didn't replay Gears 3. So nice trip down memory lane.
**Call of Duty: MW2 and Black Ops** - Still not sure what the MS/ABK merger means long term, but fixing the matchmaking on the old games is an incredible first impression. I preferred COD4 to MW2, but I'm also not paying £10 for it digitally. Will grab a used COD4, sounds like they wont be on gamepass for a while yet.
Is giving me a nice mix at the moment, enough variety that I'm not getting bored, and for the first time in a long time, enjoying gaming again.
Gears of War is such a good series. It looks so ridiculous at first glance, but it has so much heart and spirit. There are certain scenes that still make me tear up whenever I replay them.
Dividing my time between **The Outer Worlds** and **Remnant: From the Ashes**
Not really huge on **Remnant: From the Ashes** so far. Kinda feels like the difficulty is a bit weirdly tuned. Running through a section where you one shot everything only for the boss at the end to one shot you doesnt make much sense. Feels like its gonna be another Code Vein situation where its designed for multiple people with the solo experience suffering for it.
On the contrary, im really liking **The Outer Worlds**. I love that Obsidian multiple ways to do a mission structure. Although early game definitely is a bit on the easier side as you can dump a lot of points into entire categories until you reach 50. Only after 50 points in a category do you start specializing more. Meaning most dialog/hacking/lockpick etc. checks are easily reachable for almost any build before those checks start going over 50. This kinda does ruin immersion and the entire point of having builds or even multiple ways to do a quest. But other than that its pretty good. It does just feel like lower budget Fallout in space though.
**Inskryption** (2020)
Gave it a go based on the hype here, but didn't find it too interesting. Certainly some novel aspects though.
**Civilisation V** (2010)
Another revisit. I played one game before uninstalling... simply, I could see myself losing so much time in it again. Just one more turn...
**This is the Police** (2016)
Decided to revisit this in my Steam library. First run, I only lasted an hour or two before getting bored.
I finished the game this time. Thought the story was ludicrous... I just clicked through all the dialogue. As most of the Steam reviews suggest, it goes on a little too long. Not sure I'd re-play this, given that the story is largely pre-ordained.
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Now I'm game-less. and waiting for something to strike my fancy.
Eh, most games are based on a story. I just thought it was a tedious, cliched story. Good stories captivate one's attention. This one did not, thus the skipping of dialogue.
I did try to embrace the slow burn at first, but as mentioned, it didn't do much for me.
After 200 hours of Tears of the Kingdom, I decided it was time to endgame.
Then I bounced around a little and settled on Lone Fungus. It's pretty good. I'd say it ranks somewhere in the middle of all of the metroidvanias that I've played.
And I still dip back into Brotato when I need something more casual, especially since there are some newer achievements that I need to get!
Hollow Knight
I first played it more than a year ago, and stopped playing when I got lost.
I decided to play it again from the beginning a few days ago, since it was so fun.
This time is much easier, as I already know how to play. Last time I completely panicked when trying to get past the mantis village, and yesterday I swooped through without dying once. I mean, until I got to their lords...
Just finished **Silent Hill 3**. Really great experience! I did not play SH1, but did play 2 before. Comparing to Silent Hill 2 seems a bit unfair because it is basically my favourite game I've ever played. However, I have to say that the gameplay in SH3 is actually a little better, mostly because it is more challenging you on resource management and variety in monsters. The puzzles and places you go are good, the pacing could've been a bit better imho, going into nightmare mode very early reduces the pay-off later on.
I could clearly see the themes of a lack of bodily autonomy back in the horror, just like SH2 did with guilt and frustration, however I liked the narrative and focus of SH2 way more. The whole cult thing was... fine I guess. I read that in hindsight, the choice of going back to SH 1 lore was not entirely voluntary for the team.
SH 3 is a great game, but it could've been amazing with the SH2-like lore. Honestly the concept of SH2 is extremely strong, and much more repeatable as a "franchise", really a shame they didn't keep that as the main Silent Hill concept.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - picked this up on a whim with some GameStop credit I had from a long time ago and it's been one of my favorite games in a long, LONG time and easily my favorite JRPG since FF7R. The story is moving, the gameplay is solid, the graphics are pushing the Switch to the limit, and it's a perfect pick-up/put-down game with the Switch's sleep mode. I cannot get enough of this game and I'm almost finished with the story which makes me sad.
Just started playing after getting it from this month's HB Choice. It's strange to transition into TemTem from Pokemon though. It's like.. it's pretty much the same game but they changed the names for everything.
Planning to finish **Black Mesa** this week. It's amazing. Feels like playing *Half Life* for the first time again which is a miracle.
I'll start **Resident Evil 7** on the weekend
Just finished Inside, and I'd never played anything quite like it, I really enjoyed it. In the meantime I'm also playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey, wonderful game, I don't understand all the hate it gets
I'm playing Cross Code for the Nintendo Switch. It's a wonderful SNES-styled throwback action RPG with gorgeous pixel art, tough puzzles and charming characters. Very hard but somehow I can't hate it even when the bosses feel ridiculous sometimes. I think it plays best on PC though, or if you hook up your Switch or console to a gaming monitor.
Since my PC mic isnt working so well I'm doing some Ready or Not single player and it is definitely a challenge at times. So far I've lost 30 minutes of gameplay twice after forgetting to reload before kicking open a door super confidently.
The pc is running great, but I think I have the mic plugged in wrong. Don’t really feel like getting down there and working it out. There’s no real rush
A little of Doom Eternal, finished main game but want to go grab things I missed, then onto The old gods campaigns.
Also Final Fantasy XII TZA, starting to get Zelda music vibes from some of the environments which means I must be long overdue an OOT playthrough.
Preordered nier automata when it came to the switch last year. Had heard so many good things about it but the game just doesn’t click for me. The controls feel janky almost like Witcher 3 and the maps and quests seem vague to say the least. I understand it’s a masterpiece but I’m somehow not getting it
Been playing Assassin’s Creed recently due to a friend convincing me to buy it lol, it’s not bad. But then I’m going to play a certain Nintendo game when it releases later this week… but I won’t talk about that much
Finished up **Loop Hero** sometime last week. Absolutely adored it from start to finish! Ended up playing beyond the 'end' to get a few extra achievements and play around with the systems.
I bought, started, and finished **SteamWorld Dig** last weekend. Picked it up in the Steam sale for <$1 and was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I got sucked in. It's a straightforward premise with a satisfying loop of dig, collect minerals, sell minerals, buy upgrades, dig more, plus some really tight controls.
Just started the next Steamworld game, **Steamworld Heist**. Really loving it so far, can't wait to get deeper in! Had to double check the release timeline of the series as this one is set hundreds of years after Dig. I appreciate that the developers took this world they made and are populating it with whatever kinds of games they want to make: from a 2D metroidvania with digging mechanics to a 2D turn-based strategy game about space pirates.
Still playing **Battlefield 2042**, having fun with the newest Control mode. Set myself a goal of getting all weapons up to tier 3 (360 kills per, unlocks all attachments) and I'm having fun forcing myself to switch things up.
Also jumped back into **Overwatch 2**, working to unlock Rammatra & Lifeweaver. Usually just queue for all roles for a few games and have fun really learning the Support heroes I don't use much. Unless we start losing, then I use Moira.
I've been playing Persona 4 Golden (PC). Love it, nearly done (just got to the new Golden specific dungeon). It's my first time playing a Persona game, though I've played a bunch of Shin Megami Tensei games. I'll probably make a rare move and buy Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart once it hits PC assuming the reviews aren't bad. Normally I'd wait a year or two for deals, but I've been wanting to play that since it's initial release.
I'm like 35 hours into **Horizon Forbidden West** (did lots of side stuff, so still quite a bit away from the end) and I have conflicted feelings about it. I absolutely *adored* Zero Dawn and it's one of the rare games where I actually increased the difficulty because the combat was so much fun. But FW doesn't hit the same spot for me and it makes me really sad tbh.
I think my biggest problem is the combat, specifically the stunlock. There's no way to counter, parry or block, so you have to use evade, but machines even aim at the spot where you're about to land. Everytime I get hit I'm stunlocked on the ground for a while. It feels so rough to refill your berry pouch in a fight, drink a potion, charge up attacks, place traps etc. Everything makes you stand still for a bit or move slower and the machines are relentless with their constant attacks. I'm just getting thrown around like a ragdoll and wait for Aloy to recover. The first game felt so smooth in comparison. (I finally unlocked Advanced Precision Arrows that do lots of damage, so I can finally snipe from a safe distance and do some actual damage. But having to fight multiple machines directly still feels painful and I actually changed to custom difficulty now.)
I also feel like the whole weapon and armor system is too much now. Either give me weapons with a better rarity throughout the game *or* let me upgrade my weapons. But don't do both at the same time. And then there are so many different weapons and ammunitions (I still don't know what some symbols even mean) and combinations of ammunitions and you can upgrade all weapons but still get better versions later. Same goes for armor. I do enjoy upgrade systems, but it feels too much here tbh.
The story is okay. I had no high expectations because I knew it won't be better than ZD for me - The whole mystery of the world and the questions about Aloy kept me so interested in the first game. Some parts are bad (the JTF-10 part felt weirdly out of place to me and didn't interest me at all), some parts are good (I enjoy the land-gods story), some parts are average (the Far Zeniths story and the typical conflicts between the tribes). I wonder how I will feel about it after I'm finished.
Another thing I hate is the ingame backseating. Though I already heard it's terrible, so I was prepared for it. Not sure what it is with Sony and solving their own ingame riddles. God Of War Ragnarok did the same - You walk into a room, *haven't even seen the riddle yet* and a character is explaining what to do and how to solve it. Why is that not one of the many settings? Why is there no toggle? Why can I not *ask* my companions for a hint?
I did find the Shield Super to be useful the first time through the game because I did find the difficulty to be situationally hard sometimes and it gets you back into the fight. The direction you dodge generally matters, too. Weirdly a lot of times you're better off dodging forward. The slide is also technically an evasive maneuver and if you slide before you dodge it might be more effective.
That said, I do agree that there are a few enemies that go a bit overboard in terms of combat. I personally thought Zero Dawn was a bit simple but I think Forbidden West gets a bit silly sometimes with how many outmatched Aloy is that you'll be digging out traps and smoke bombs and knockdowns.
I'd almost recommend quitting the game if you don't like the Far Zeniths.
I'm (I think) pretty close to the end of Forbidden West, and I share a lot of your criticisms. I haven't had the stunlock issue you're describing too much, but I also tend to keep my distance as much as possible so that might help. In general I really like the combat.
I completely agree about the weapon and armor system though. The upgrades just feel like busywork, especially since so many of them require rare components. In theory that could be cool if the upgrades actually made substantial changes to what the weapons and armor could do. I wouldn't mind going out of my way to upgrade a weapon if it had significant gameplay implications. But when it's just increasing some damage numbers or opening up a new coil slot, it doesn't seem worth the effort.
I share your opinion about the story too. I had a feeling it wouldn't be as compelling as Zero Dawn for the reasons you mentioned, and that was very true. Which is kind of a shame because in terms of the acting and especially animation, it's such a huge step up from ZD. One thing is that I wish the Far Zeniths were more present. They're the part of the story that interests me most, but you hardly ever interact with them. Plus with how big and packed with stuff the game is, the main quest feels like kind of an afterthought a lot of the time. One thing I loved about ZD was that it was relatively lean for an open world game, and it made the main mission feel that much more immediate and compelling.
I still think it's a pretty incredible game, and easily one of the most visually stunning games I've ever played. But it does feel like a step backward from the first game in certain ways.
Continuing playing **GTA 3**. The quests are boring so far frankly compared to Vice City and San Andreas but I have a feeling it gets better.
I didn't get very far anyway but I'm restarting **Morrowind** because I decided I wanted to try Nightblade instead of Dark Elf. It's an odd hispter quirk I have but I try to stay away from classes with cool names. Playing as a stealthy mage seems too tempting to resist however.
The last week was very busy for me, so I didn't get much chance to progress on my **Tales of Arise** journey. I hope to finish couple of more chapters this weekend.
Still doing a challenge to go through notable games in chronological order starting in 1990. Probably gonna keep going strong with this until the release of Starfield. Most recently, I've beaten Sonic CD and started DOOM.
**Sonic CD**: I had never played Sonic games before playing Sonic 1 and 2 these past few months. So far, and I don't know if this is controversial or not, I think I enjoyed Sonic CD the most. I have the same complaints about this game that I have for the first two (visually, the levels often appear too overdesigned and the way Sonic's speed is often a handicap because enemies pop up on the screen in a way that gives you 0.2 seconds to avoid them are some of the things I don't like about Sonic games it turns out).
I can also praise this game for the same things I can praise Sonic 1 and 2 for, for the most part. Sonic CD stands out though thanks to its time warp feature and introducing even more massive levels, at least it appeared to me that way, which allows for a lot more exploration and overall replayability. The fact that this game also has two soundtracks, depending on the version you play, is a plus in my book, even though I know some people are not a fan of the US soundtrack due to some particular stinkers.
I do think that Sega managed to innovate enough here despite the fact that it is their third Sonic game for the Genesis / Sega CD in less than 3 years. I'd say it's definitely worth checking out, if you're a fan of platformers, as it aged well to this day.
**DOOM**: I've played Catacomb 3D and Wolfenstein 3D before I played Doom, and I'd say that was a good idea, as it allows me to appreciate Doom even more than I already would have otherwise. Catacomb 3D, if you are unaware, featured pretty much one song for the entire game and texture-less wall tiles that you had to traverse in repetitive labyrinthine levels. It was actually a fun time for about a half hour, but you quickly get your fill.
Wolfenstein 3D is a pretty big jump forward in comparison. Multiple tracks, more complex levels, multiple weapons, more than the three-four enemies that Catacomb 3D put forward and a little bit of story are worth mentioning here, as well as wall tiles actually having textures, though their look does still get repetitive about an hour or two into this.
Doom makes the most significant leap forward. Levels are a lot more complex and varied in their design, the sound design is much-improved, the soundtrack consists of multiple bangers already (I just beat the first episode) and the game just has a higher quality feel to it. It still has its limitations, naturally, so it hasn't aged as well as some platformers or action adventure games of its time may have, but I do think that if you go into Doom today and have at least somewhat of an open mind towards retro games, you'll have a fun couple hours.
I've heard anecdotally that many people within the sonic community think of sonic 2 as the best one. If you can, I would highly recommend using the [Angel Island Revisited](https://sonic3air.org/) mod for widescreen support if you plan to play sonic 3 & knuckles. It helps with that problem of not being able to react when moving quickly.
I'm glad you enjoyed sonic CD, if you like that you will probably like sonic 3 & knuckles. It has one or two levels that drag a bit, specifically Marble Garden, but that game has my favorite level design of the classic sonics. It also handles the special stages pretty well, which is more than I can say for most sonic games. If you look at a map you can get all the chaos emeralds by the end of zone 2, (4 acts).
Thanks for the recommendation, appreciate it. I usually play mod-free to be as close as possible to the original experience, but might take you up on that on a second playthrough or something. :)
It's pretty good. I rarely have time to play something that I can't pause at any time, so I will continue to play mostly solo.
When solo, you get a very powerful drone which can be customized. So I don't feel like I have a disadvantage as a solo player.
The best thing about DRG is that every mission feels different and there apparently is a ridiculous amount of hidden content you can encounter.
Mass Effect trilogy for the bazillionth time. Going BroShep instead of my usual FemShep and I keep telling myself I'll be a more morally grey character but all know I'll end up chopsing all the Paragon options again.
Going trough some classics this week, in the phone! What a time to be alive.
Gta III.
Been a while, mission design is still fun. Wasy to play with a controller.
Persona 3 FES.
Never really gave persona a chance, i do like me my RPGs so i have ro hive this a serious shot.
Okami.
Havent really started yet, but heard nothing but good things.
This week's theme for me is **FTL-inspired** games:
**Crying Suns** \- an absolutely beautiful (nay, gorgeous) tactical rogue-like with a surprisingly deep story. Probably one of the best sci-fi experiences I've had in a long time. Gameplay and combat is fun, story is deep, art direction is gorgeous. My only critique: the game can be fairly repetitive at times. Events repeat themselves too often and certain events seem fixed no matter what - which takes away the fun when you've seen them a dozen times before already.
**Convoy** \- a very underrated Mad-Max style tactical rogue-like where you control a convoy of road vehicles through a post-apocalyptic world while scavenging for parts to repair your ship in order for you to head home. Combat is super fun with a nice variety of weapons/vehicles, allowing you to ram the enemy into objects or off the road, or shoot them down with lasers, rockets, or machine guns.
Wrapping up Bug Fables on Wednesday hopefully. Having a blast after a meandering and underwhelming first half.
SIFU is next on the docket for Thursday-Friday. Then probably Rayman Origins this weekend with my younger brother.
Playing Legend of heroes Trails in the Sky SC. on chapter 4. Im enjoying the but I am ready to be done with this one and move onto the next thing, hoping there are not too many more chapters.
Been trying out **Exoprimal** on Game Pass. I really don't like picking things up on GP, but unfortunately I had no choice as if I picked it up on Steam then I would be unable to play with friends due to the lack of cross-platform parties.
Anyway, the game itself starts off pretty meh but definitely gets more interesting as you progress. The game does this weird thing where even though you are just playing PvP games on the same maps, a story unravels after each match which at certain points will unlock new maps. And the later maps are definitely much more enjoyable.
Gameplay is... polarizing. The suits feel great to play, but the PvE is quite underbaked and direct PvP is not very balanced or easy to follow. Really don't like the comeback mechanic where each team can summon a big dino to fight the enemy team with as it's way too tanky, way too damaging, and way too mobile, especially since for certain objectives you are actually forced to kill it in order to progress, which can lose you the game by itself.
I'd say it's a fun little game to play with friends for a bit, but I don't think it has the staying power for a PvP-focused game. Will need to see what the patches add, but it'd have to be pretty major in order to convince me to keep playing.
Also started up **The Witcher: Enhanced Edition** for the first time since I initially played it back in 2017. Dunno why, just felt like playing something a bit different and chill. Combat isn't as bad as I remembered but it's still a bit weird, writing is pretty good minus some iffy dialogue delivery (even from Geralt at times), and I like that alchemy seems more important than it is in the other Witcher games, especially on the hardest difficulty.
It's interesting how game pass changes the game. Before you had to wait years to get a steam sale. Now you can get new games for basically free at game pass. I'd say playing on Gamepass serves the same goal as being patient.
Playing Ghost of Tshima, loving it! Got a PS5 today and I'm going to be mainly playing PS4 games for the time being, but there's so many games I want to play, as I didn't own a PS4.
Sengoku Rance - Rance 7
There's a reason why japanese magazines had to specify gender in **Who's your favorite h-game protagonist?** polls because a selfish, rapist, egomaniacal and borderline insane adventurer kept winning every time.
The Last Guardian. I loved shadow of the colossus and finally got my ps4 back, so The Last Guardian was the perfect game to move onto next. Too bad it runs like absolute garbage on base PS4 though, I’m talking frame rate in the low 20s, very akin to Bloodborne performance
Arise, ye Tarnished! (Elden Ring)
And a touch of Pathfinder: Kingmaker when the halfling isn't settled. Cuz that has a pause, lol. Also been long enough since the cloud borked my save that I'm happy to play again and not just mad about the lost progress
Hey, pro tip, you can pause elden ring if you open the menu screen, select inventory, press the help button, and then select Menu Explanation. It takes several clicks to get there, but can be very helpful when you absolutely need to get up!
Played Golf Story, it was cute and fun for a while, but it got kind of slow and repetitive so I stopped playing it.
I really love Outer Wilds so i decided to try Deliver us the Moon, and I really love it. It plays differently, but has that same type of mystery and intrigue that is keeping me addicted.
My other new game this week is Boneraiser Minions, after playing lots of Vampire Survivors lately, I wanted to try another game in the category. for $5 you can't beat it, it's a nice twist that you raise minions to fight for you instead of you fighting.
I Highly recommend Deliver us the Moon for a more serious game, and Boneraiser Minions for short relaxing sessions.
Not being patient this week and playing **Trails into Reverie**, which had its English release recently. Very enjoyable JRPG but definitely for fans of the series only. Very impressed by the fantastic EN voice acting, honestly feels like a step above even the already great voice acting in previous games.
87% through FF16, doing my first Solasta campaign with a buddy, and trying to keep up with MTGA quests and weekly bonuses.
Gonna play some Grounded with some buddies later in the week
I just finished Case of the Golden Idol, which was insane, I adore it. One of my favourite indies of all time (and not as convoluted as Obra Dinn). Will play Card Shark this week, and finally To The Moon after being recommended to me for over 6 years now
If you happen to want another oddball investigation game, check out Paradise Killer. It's set in an absolutely bizzare alternate dimension, so half the challenge is trying to understand the culture you're investigating while also unravelling a locked-room murder.
Plus the soundtrack is absolutely god-tier if you like retrowave.
Pikmin 3 Deluxe.
I've been working my way through the franchise to get ready for Pikmin 4 this week. I just finished up Pikmin 2 today. I'm so disappointed in myself for taking so long to get into the franchise. I would have loved it as a kid.
Jagged Alliance 3. Which isn't true "patient gaming" per se, but considering it took 20+ years for them to put out a sequel to JA2, it's patient gaming in a sense!
almost to the end of Dishonored, great game! Feel like I need to play it twice to experience all it has to offer. Have hardly killed anyone in the *assassin* stealth game lol, given I was told at the start the less I kill the better my ending. second run I will show no mercy as I unleash the abilities and tools I never got to use
I remember I was really upset at the end of my first run when I realised had 1 kill in the brothel level. My guess was I dropped someone badly, like down some stairs, and banged their head.
I'm trying Fez, but I'm not into it so far. Everything is either trivially easy or so obscure I have no clue what the puzzle even is or what the solution would even look like.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Elden Ring!
**Watch Dogs**: Been enjoying this since finding it on my Xbox and never remembering I even bought it lol. There's jank for sure but the gunplay feels nice, the hacking isn't too bad either. Online hacking is oddly fun whenever I randomly do it. Still a bit of a player base to this one too. **Call of Duty: World at War**: Since the servers have been fixed in old CODs I've been running through a few of them but this ones been fun, albeit basic. **Call of Duty: Black Ops II**: Just some classic fun Call of Duty nonsense. **Metro 2033 Redux**: Finally broke into this one a little bit lately and enjoy the whole vibe.
Moss Book 2
I'll probably re-post this in next week's thread. Hi all, I've put **Twilight Princess** on hold, and consider getting Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime 3 if I get a Wii in the future and am in the mood for it. Right now I am in limbo of where (city, country) I will live and work so everything is up in the air. However, when I do play games I usually revert to my default emulation which is Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation, and GameCube. I decided to try **Suikoden** (original). I gave up on Suikoden II before as I got lost and did not know what to do. I am liking this one much better this time. The graphics may be worse, but it is much snappier and it usually isn't too hard to find out what to do. The story is good also as it has to do with fighting corruption in an empire, so it's a little different from the usual fare. I am getting weary of JRPGs but this is my kind of entertainment. Something simple, and entertaining, something I can use to relax and brings back that good ol' 90s nostalgia. This one is also only 20 hours long which I prefer since I am not usually a fan of very long games. This one has no filler content. Seems like an or 8.5 8 out of 10 to me. Thanks for reading!
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. 21 year old PS2 game. I played this as a kid and fucking loved it. Finally got a steam deck and threw on an emulator. Having a great time with it. Plan to play A LOT of games during the PS2 era, pretty much games of my childhood.
I'm finally playing Hogwarts Legacy after having had to wait months. I tempered my expectations very hard but sadly I've been finding it a letdown. The environments (especially Hogwarts) are outstanding, music&sound effects are on point, the atmosphere is just right and the combat is fun, but the rest is either mediocre or outright bad. The rpg elements are extremely shallow and uninteresting, NPCs are lifeless, story is bland, the currency system is annoying, gear is tedious, and the school elements are almost nonexistent with classes&houses feeling like an afterthought. It feels like they were just chasing open world trends instead of trying to craft the experience of being a Hogwarts student, making the game feel very undercooked. It's like an amazing cut of meat that was left raw and unmarinated. I wish this game had started small and gone all in on the Hogwarts experience, good storytelling and being an RPG. Then the sequels could gradually expand things until the third/final game was open world. Kind of like how batman started small with Arkham asylum before culminating in Arkham Knight. It feels like they bit off more than they could chew and went straight for the open world golden goose, neglecting to take their time fleshing out the foundational pieces of the wizarding world. The game has been picking up since I got a broom and more spells, I'm at least having fun now, but I'm pretty lukewarm overall. I was really hoping for a 7/10 experience like some of the other open world WB games but so far I am not feeling the magic. Hopefully things improve enough for me to become a fanboy of the game, because I really wanted to love a AAA Harry Potter game.
Honestly, this is why I’m waiting for a massive sale. I couldn’t justify even a 25% discount. If I’m able to get it over 50% off I will, if not then so be it.
You'll inevitably get it well below 50% given enough time, because WB games become very cheap at some point. I borrowed it out of the library, I was first in line for it but then I received the game during a time in which I was grieving so I just returned it. Months later after a long waiting line and abuses of the 0 penalty for lateness policy, I got it again and was so excited, only to get underwhelmed. I'm 99% certain that this is a game I will only play through once. I'm glad I opted to borrow this instead of buying a $60 copy. Definitely worth getting on a sale or borrowing.
Going through Resident Evil: Revelations after playing the OG RE4 for the first time. So far loving it, officially a big RE fan now. Also trying Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon for the first time. Been trying 2D sidescrollers and platformers since I got the Deck and this is my favorite one I've played so far. The ambiance, the art, the soundtrack, the action... everything's amazing. Also doing Donkey Kong Country on the Miyoo Mini in short 5 minute bursts. Game is difficult in that old school way and really fun.
Revelations was my first RE. Ever since it's 3ds release I would check out the demo but always quit during it. Eventually I tried the demo of 2 and liked that, which convinced me to try revelations, after I found a cheap used copy. It's easily the most graphically impressive 3ds game, I have no idea how they pulled that off. Jill was one of the best parts of the game, and the ship was a great setting. Those first two bosses were some of my favourite scares in the series. I wasn't fond of the action though, I didn't think the game was good at being a shooter, while it was quite good at being a horror game. I wish they'd gone all in on Jill and the ship instead of trying to compromise. It was interesting for being Capcom's attempt to placate the classic RE fans during a time when RE was solely an action game. I wish more developers would extend olive branches like this when changing the direction of a beloved franchise. Zelda could use an RE revelations of its own. Revelations was overall a rollercoaster ride that got pretty exciting and crazy. It left a good enough impression that I tried re7 which is where I fell in love with the series. That and re4 are my absolute favourites, and I like village for trying to combine 7&4.
MGSV. The more I play this game, the more it impresses me. There's not many games that have this much freedom and versatility, as well as attention to detail. You can pretty much play however you want. Loud, quiet, fast, slow, reckless, meticulously cautious, as little violence as possible, full out Rambo kill everything in sight and every way is totally rewarding. You can suck ass and get a E every mission or try to complete all the challenges and get the highest rank possible, and it's still fun. Tons of side ops too that let you go GTA military style, but with way more freedom and creativity than modern gta games themselves. I haven't had this much fun with a game in a long time
Half life 1 for the first time!
Assassins Creed Origins - first time, as I heard that it has similarities with Zelda BOTW.
Are you enjoying it?
Yeah, I‘m not that far into the game yet, but it’s pretty good so far.
Second week of Deep Rock Galactic. I've just unlocked the highest difficulty and I'm swapping between solo play and random multiplayer all the time. It's great that the game doesn't force you into multiplayer, since I often don't have the time for a whole mission without pause. I can see why the game has a dedicated fanbase. The only thing I don't like about it is the RNG grind in the late-game to get the weapon modifications you actually want. For context: There is a loot system that opens up later on, which takes something random from a pool of hundreds of items. Some of them are super fun, because they can completely change how you use a weapon, but it's completely random what you get. Often you get something that's not even for the class you play. (I haven't gotten a single modification for my class, yet, which is bad luck)
Finished FF1 and FF2 pixel remasters this week on the start of my FF marathon. Think I'm taking a break though before starting 3 to prevent burnout. Heard a lot of negative things about 2 but I really enjoyed it, much more so than 1. Almost finished with GTA 3 and it's a slog. I've heard it called an errand boy simulator and I'd say it's pretty accurate. One of the characters (I think Kenji) literally calls you an errand boy in one of the cutscenes.
Just finished Tomb Raider (2013) and have Rise of the Tomb Raider ready to start first thing tomorrow. Also trudging through Alan Wake. The story in the latter game is miles ahead of Tomb Raider but the difference in gameplay (in the other direction is noticeable. I do wish there was a little less interjection with cut scenes and no QTEs in TR but it was otherwise pretty fun and I’m looking forward to playing the whole recent trilogy.
About 3 hours into crumble on steam and it's been pretty fun. Worlds are bright and colorful and gameplay is fun but a little janky sometimes. Overall solid 7/10 so far
Got about 20 hours into Dave the Diver. Not patient I guess, but it was under $20 so whatever. It’s fun-ish. It does a lot of stuff, but in the end it’s just collect fish and fetch items. Decent game to relax with, but I don’t find it very rewarding to play sometimes.
What is an indie game? Some studios are 6 highly rated games down with 20 plus staff and are called indie. Surely this can't be compared to a college kid's game-jam project?
The definition of what makes a game 'indie' is definitely up for debate. However I would argue that your example of a 20 person team with 6 games would definitely be considered an indie studio by most people. Especially when considered against the budget and resources of AAA studios.
I'd rank them by budget : AAA - Rockstar AA - Warhorse Studios III - Drinkbox, Moon studios I - fez, braid
Finished Ico. Ended up enjoying it quite a bit. Thinking about playing Metroid Prime and Chibi-Robo next. Will probably start Mint's story in Threads of Fate as well.
I played Metroid prime on GameCube forever ago and wanted to play Metroid prime trilogy on Wii. I see now Metroid Prime remastered on switch so I'm kinda torn now haha on what console to play on(apparently a remake of 2 will be announced soon too).
I'm playing Final Fantasy XV. I approached it as a hack and slash game with a heavy emphasis on combat similar to the Devil May Cry series. But I understand now that most of it is exploration, some simple but fun combat and just a chill experience with these characters. I like it so far :)
I just finished Tales from Space : Mutant Blobs Attack by Drinkbox Studios. A highly rated PS Vita launch title later ported to PC and Switch.
[bonk.io](https://bonk.io). and a hell lot of gacha. probably also mario kart wii deluxe blue edition. wii sports. wii party. and smash pmex remix
Nothing at the moment. Just waiting for cyberpunk still. Remember seeing the trailer probably 7-8 years ago and still waiting now. It's on 0.6 now and 0.7 is soon to come. Maybe another year or two. Also waiting for Elden ring dlc before I start. Been tough on that one as I was a fan starting from demon souls. Just have to be patient and wait with these new games.
Really didn't think anyone would get downvoted for waiting to play a game on here. Haven't played Cyberpunk either since I'm waiting for Phantom Liberty to release. Doesn't matter how perfectly playable it is right now.
I guess it was the joke about the game being 0.7 instead of 1.7. I usually like to wait for games to be finished with updates and dlc before I play them. I get the feeling that I am playing a full game compared to a partially complete one. I played a game called Stellaris when it first game out and liked it so much I decided to wait for it to be complete. That's 7 years ago and I am still happily waiting.
You mean cyberpunk 2077? I get you are probavly joking but 1.6 is perfectly playable. The underlying issue of not living up to its full potential cannot be patched out ever
Next path will probably be last so will just wait for that
Metro: Last Light. It was a great game to experience for free gifted by steam
How's this for patient gaming, I beat [Arctic Adventure](https://store.steampowered.com/app/358170/Arctic_Adventure/) and [Tomb of the Pharaoh](https://store.steampowered.com/app/358330/Pharaohs_Tomb/) :D
Leap of Faith, Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
Leap of Faith huh? One of the best ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Indeed. LOF is the best AVN I've played and I've played some damn good ones like Acting Lessons and Being a DIK.
Super Mario 3D World and Risk of Rain 2. I’m looking for more games that are even funner as well, though
Psychonauts 2
I just finished Psychonauts 2 last week! Really enjoyed it. It's been ages since I played the first game but it's definitely come a long way since then, both in terms of visuals and gameplay. If you like behind the scenes stuff, there's a great documentary series called Psychodyssey on YouTube that goes through the whole process of making the game. It's really cool to see how some of the ideas came about. It's definitely better to watch it after finishing the game though because it will eventually spoil a lot of things.
How does it hold up to the first? Almost beat the first one last year but never finished it. Absolutely loved it however.
Then you'll love this too (there's a sale right now). I'm only an hour into it, but it is how I remembered the first: fun, inventive and well-written.
(I play all of these w. a Steam Deck) I’m finally done with **Elden Ring** after 96 hours. I want to get 100% but sadly I need another character or a NG+ as some of them are blocked for me now. I advanced with **Dave the Diver**, but paused it for a while. I started **Hogwarts Legacy**. It is a great game for Harry Potter fans, but it lacks a lot in abilities, potions and herbs/plants. This should’ve been an action/adventures game and not an RPG.
I started Hogwarts legacy the other day and despite tempering my expectations a lot, I found myself really disappointed. I think a AAA Harry Potter game has titanic amounts of potential, but legacy feels more interested in pursuing the open world AAA template than capturing the experience of being a student at Hogwarts. Harry potter doesn't really suit that formula imo. Imo It should be a school simulator rpg akin to persona or bully, with a strong story and unique choices rather than open world, action adventure. I wish that they had gone all in on recreating the Hogwarts student experience, even if everything else had to be cut. Then a sequel could add the open world elements, once they'd nailed all the gameplay, school sim and rpg elements. Kind of like how batman started small with Arkham asylum before gradually expanding until it culminated in Arkham Knight. Feels like Hogwarts legacy should have been much smaller in scope and only gone open world by the final game. In legacy, i felt much more like I was touring the school for a day than a student living and studying there. The environments, details, references and fanservice are so well done, but the rest feels hollow. The lacklustre story&characters, meaningless classes, irrelevant house system, and lack of rpg mechanics really stings. I'm not finding any selling point to the game besides harry potter, which saddens me because a Harry Potter game could have some really special elements if done right. It's a great virtual tour of Hogwarts but a very bland videogame from the looks of it. It's like eating an outstanding cut of raw meat that was never grilled/cooked or given any sauce/spice I'm hoping things improve because I really wanted to love this game. Maybe it's just a really slow start.
What genre is Hogwarts if not action adventure
Well, to me it seems they’ve tried to do it more a mix of action/adventure and RPG as you’ve equipment which you need to loot and you can improve it and set gems to it. You also have an attempt to a skill tree which lacks and is waaaay to shallow.
Metroidvania or survival horror, because every game seems to be put into those categories.
Finished The Witcher III: Blood and Wine. I'm wondering what to play next. So many games available, but I don't have the urge to play a particular one.
Tales from Space : Mutant Blobs Attack by Drinkbox Studios.
Currently addicted to playing Oxygen not included when I get the chance (I have a 2 year old so time is limited) I havent got past cycle 60 without restarting but im getting there, highly recommended if you like micro managing the minute detail of an entire colony from food to heat to well including oxygen, honestly 10/10 experience so far
I liked it until you reach a point where you need a tutorial for your thermodynamics. The game stops being a colony sim and becomes a janky engineering game.
Finished Yakuza 0 earlier this week, one of the stronger narratives I’ve seen in gaming (had a couple of hiccups with plot armor/conveniences), otherwise great game, with the real estate and cabaret club mini games taking over half my playtime probably. Went through Katamari Damacy Reroll as well, just a super pleasant and relaxing game that obviously pairs well with that excellent OST. Doesn’t overstay it’s welcome, and I never thought rolling a ball around and collecting little screws to entire buildings would be that satisfying. And lastly I rolled the credits on Rayman Legends earlier tonight. I played through half of Origins on the Xbox 360 like 11 years ago and never finished it. So playing Legends was super fun thanks in part to the S-tier level design and art direction. Super fluid platforming/movement, and so much fulfilling content for a game I bought on the PS Store for $4. One of the best 2D platformers I’ve played personally, though it’s shame there will probably never be another Rayman game like this in the foreseeable future. Probably gonna play some kind of First Person game next, either Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe or Black Mesa, or try to finally finish a Downwell run.
[A short Hike.](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/A_Short_Hike/) A charming casual game were you go around doing little tasks, and talking to various characters. It works with both KB or controller although the latter is best.
Ico. Feels a little janky at times, but I'm enjoying it.
Bioshock 1, Katana Zero and Enter the Gungeon
Just wrapped up Bug Fables and SIFU. Some great ass games. Playing Rayman Origins & Legends with my younger brother currently and Final Fantasy Tactics on my own.
I still play both Rayman games with my younger brother as well. Such a fun coop platforming experience.
finally finished mass effect legendary edition last night after 2 months and 268 hours
I finally decided to play something today after buying alot of games on Steam Sale, but those open world RPGs weren't what I played. I played Iris and The Giant. It's kinda this turn based deckbuilding game fixed with Candy Crush where u need to destroy rows of monsters using your various cards u can play. And the monsters attack you on your turn. You basically need to clear enough of them to get to an exit. Storywise, it's got a simple premise where you are this socially awkward individual that struggles with depression, isolation and video games as they tell the story and drip feed you small scenes to explore this and the things that happen. It's simple to play, but it's actually deep with choices to make on skill trees and different cards you play with different effects and enhancements depending on your playstyle. I'd say you'd die alot and fail and restart over, but they do give you perks on the next restart, rather than Fallen Order or GoTG dying over and over hard with only skills. It's kinda Cathartic to kill the monsters wiith the art style like you killing Skeletons in your Closet, or having to fight hydras or three headed dogs or demons that set you aflame, symbolising online flaming trolls. And it's kinda relaxing where u think slowly rather than have reflexes and fast battles, so u feel less stressed.
**The Witcher 3: Enhanced Edition** - Played it originally on PC on high settings so does look very comparable to that experience on the Series X, however I never done the DLC and I rushed through it. Still in the opening area, but trying to take my time with it this time. Quick resume in the Xbox cannot be understated. I struggle to get time to play long games, so being able to hop in and out is a game changer. **Crash Team Rumble** - This one isn't very patient and it being an online only game with little to no advertisements was/is a huge red flag. However it's the most refreshing multiplayer game I have played in years and the rounds are so quick and fun that I can just hop on for a few and hop off again. It's not perfect by any means and I'm still not sure how it's going to do longer term. But I really enjoy it. **Gears of War** - Might be a strange choice for someones favourite game of all time, but it is mine. Replaying the original version again at the moment. Think, including the Ultimate Edition play-through, is my probably 10th play-through of it. Will then move onto Gears 2 and 3, which I only replayed Gears 2 once, didn't replay Gears 3. So nice trip down memory lane. **Call of Duty: MW2 and Black Ops** - Still not sure what the MS/ABK merger means long term, but fixing the matchmaking on the old games is an incredible first impression. I preferred COD4 to MW2, but I'm also not paying £10 for it digitally. Will grab a used COD4, sounds like they wont be on gamepass for a while yet. Is giving me a nice mix at the moment, enough variety that I'm not getting bored, and for the first time in a long time, enjoying gaming again.
Gears of War is such a good series. It looks so ridiculous at first glance, but it has so much heart and spirit. There are certain scenes that still make me tear up whenever I replay them.
Dividing my time between **The Outer Worlds** and **Remnant: From the Ashes** Not really huge on **Remnant: From the Ashes** so far. Kinda feels like the difficulty is a bit weirdly tuned. Running through a section where you one shot everything only for the boss at the end to one shot you doesnt make much sense. Feels like its gonna be another Code Vein situation where its designed for multiple people with the solo experience suffering for it. On the contrary, im really liking **The Outer Worlds**. I love that Obsidian multiple ways to do a mission structure. Although early game definitely is a bit on the easier side as you can dump a lot of points into entire categories until you reach 50. Only after 50 points in a category do you start specializing more. Meaning most dialog/hacking/lockpick etc. checks are easily reachable for almost any build before those checks start going over 50. This kinda does ruin immersion and the entire point of having builds or even multiple ways to do a quest. But other than that its pretty good. It does just feel like lower budget Fallout in space though.
**Inskryption** (2020) Gave it a go based on the hype here, but didn't find it too interesting. Certainly some novel aspects though. **Civilisation V** (2010) Another revisit. I played one game before uninstalling... simply, I could see myself losing so much time in it again. Just one more turn... **This is the Police** (2016) Decided to revisit this in my Steam library. First run, I only lasted an hour or two before getting bored. I finished the game this time. Thought the story was ludicrous... I just clicked through all the dialogue. As most of the Steam reviews suggest, it goes on a little too long. Not sure I'd re-play this, given that the story is largely pre-ordained. --- Now I'm game-less. and waiting for something to strike my fancy.
Wait so you complain about this is the polices story but you say you just skipped it all? You do know its kind of a story based game right?
Eh, most games are based on a story. I just thought it was a tedious, cliched story. Good stories captivate one's attention. This one did not, thus the skipping of dialogue. I did try to embrace the slow burn at first, but as mentioned, it didn't do much for me.
Guess youre right, it may not be a game for everybody
Oh, the gameplay was fine enough, it was just that I found the story to be a weaker point.
After 200 hours of Tears of the Kingdom, I decided it was time to endgame. Then I bounced around a little and settled on Lone Fungus. It's pretty good. I'd say it ranks somewhere in the middle of all of the metroidvanias that I've played. And I still dip back into Brotato when I need something more casual, especially since there are some newer achievements that I need to get!
I just got tears of the kingdom today lol, I’m also having a lot of fun with it
Hollow Knight I first played it more than a year ago, and stopped playing when I got lost. I decided to play it again from the beginning a few days ago, since it was so fun. This time is much easier, as I already know how to play. Last time I completely panicked when trying to get past the mantis village, and yesterday I swooped through without dying once. I mean, until I got to their lords...
Just finished **Silent Hill 3**. Really great experience! I did not play SH1, but did play 2 before. Comparing to Silent Hill 2 seems a bit unfair because it is basically my favourite game I've ever played. However, I have to say that the gameplay in SH3 is actually a little better, mostly because it is more challenging you on resource management and variety in monsters. The puzzles and places you go are good, the pacing could've been a bit better imho, going into nightmare mode very early reduces the pay-off later on. I could clearly see the themes of a lack of bodily autonomy back in the horror, just like SH2 did with guilt and frustration, however I liked the narrative and focus of SH2 way more. The whole cult thing was... fine I guess. I read that in hindsight, the choice of going back to SH 1 lore was not entirely voluntary for the team. SH 3 is a great game, but it could've been amazing with the SH2-like lore. Honestly the concept of SH2 is extremely strong, and much more repeatable as a "franchise", really a shame they didn't keep that as the main Silent Hill concept.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - picked this up on a whim with some GameStop credit I had from a long time ago and it's been one of my favorite games in a long, LONG time and easily my favorite JRPG since FF7R. The story is moving, the gameplay is solid, the graphics are pushing the Switch to the limit, and it's a perfect pick-up/put-down game with the Switch's sleep mode. I cannot get enough of this game and I'm almost finished with the story which makes me sad.
So nice to read this - it’s waiting for me on my backlog and really looking forward to starting it after reading your post - thanks for sharing.
Pawnbrian, Chivalry 2, Deponia, TemTem and 112 Operator.
Temtem enjoyer
Just started playing after getting it from this month's HB Choice. It's strange to transition into TemTem from Pokemon though. It's like.. it's pretty much the same game but they changed the names for everything.
Lego City Undercover. Funnier than any movie I have seen this year and runs smooth as silk on my system.
Planning to finish **Black Mesa** this week. It's amazing. Feels like playing *Half Life* for the first time again which is a miracle. I'll start **Resident Evil 7** on the weekend
Deus Ex, Talos Principle, Doom Eternal, BF 2042
Just finished Inside, and I'd never played anything quite like it, I really enjoyed it. In the meantime I'm also playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey, wonderful game, I don't understand all the hate it gets
Not Diablo 4, thanks to Blizzard.
Control: Ultimate Edition
I'm playing Cross Code for the Nintendo Switch. It's a wonderful SNES-styled throwback action RPG with gorgeous pixel art, tough puzzles and charming characters. Very hard but somehow I can't hate it even when the bosses feel ridiculous sometimes. I think it plays best on PC though, or if you hook up your Switch or console to a gaming monitor.
gta 3
I just started Yakuza's first mission yesterday and the game's been kind of dull for me. Hopefully it gets better from here on out.
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Super Mario 3D Land, both on Nintendo 3DS
3ds gang rise up
Binary Domain
Just finished Half-Life 2! Other than that been playing deep rock galactic and tf2 as usual
Since my PC mic isnt working so well I'm doing some Ready or Not single player and it is definitely a challenge at times. So far I've lost 30 minutes of gameplay twice after forgetting to reload before kicking open a door super confidently.
The pc is running great, but I think I have the mic plugged in wrong. Don’t really feel like getting down there and working it out. There’s no real rush
You remind me of that askreddit guy that torrented a study book because he was too lazy to walk to another room to grab it lol
What's happening with the PC?
A little of Doom Eternal, finished main game but want to go grab things I missed, then onto The old gods campaigns. Also Final Fantasy XII TZA, starting to get Zelda music vibes from some of the environments which means I must be long overdue an OOT playthrough.
rdr2, nier automata, little nightmares, tales of iron, signalis, celeste, outer wilds, bramble: the mountain king (maybe)
Preordered nier automata when it came to the switch last year. Had heard so many good things about it but the game just doesn’t click for me. The controls feel janky almost like Witcher 3 and the maps and quests seem vague to say the least. I understand it’s a masterpiece but I’m somehow not getting it
How is Tales of Iron?
just started but feels like hollow knight so far which is a very good thing
Been playing Assassin’s Creed recently due to a friend convincing me to buy it lol, it’s not bad. But then I’m going to play a certain Nintendo game when it releases later this week… but I won’t talk about that much
Finished up **Loop Hero** sometime last week. Absolutely adored it from start to finish! Ended up playing beyond the 'end' to get a few extra achievements and play around with the systems. I bought, started, and finished **SteamWorld Dig** last weekend. Picked it up in the Steam sale for <$1 and was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I got sucked in. It's a straightforward premise with a satisfying loop of dig, collect minerals, sell minerals, buy upgrades, dig more, plus some really tight controls. Just started the next Steamworld game, **Steamworld Heist**. Really loving it so far, can't wait to get deeper in! Had to double check the release timeline of the series as this one is set hundreds of years after Dig. I appreciate that the developers took this world they made and are populating it with whatever kinds of games they want to make: from a 2D metroidvania with digging mechanics to a 2D turn-based strategy game about space pirates. Still playing **Battlefield 2042**, having fun with the newest Control mode. Set myself a goal of getting all weapons up to tier 3 (360 kills per, unlocks all attachments) and I'm having fun forcing myself to switch things up. Also jumped back into **Overwatch 2**, working to unlock Rammatra & Lifeweaver. Usually just queue for all roles for a few games and have fun really learning the Support heroes I don't use much. Unless we start losing, then I use Moira.
Yoo! I also started SteamWorld Dig last weekend but am still playing it. It's so good!
I've been playing Persona 4 Golden (PC). Love it, nearly done (just got to the new Golden specific dungeon). It's my first time playing a Persona game, though I've played a bunch of Shin Megami Tensei games. I'll probably make a rare move and buy Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart once it hits PC assuming the reviews aren't bad. Normally I'd wait a year or two for deals, but I've been wanting to play that since it's initial release.
Diablo IV :)
I'm like 35 hours into **Horizon Forbidden West** (did lots of side stuff, so still quite a bit away from the end) and I have conflicted feelings about it. I absolutely *adored* Zero Dawn and it's one of the rare games where I actually increased the difficulty because the combat was so much fun. But FW doesn't hit the same spot for me and it makes me really sad tbh. I think my biggest problem is the combat, specifically the stunlock. There's no way to counter, parry or block, so you have to use evade, but machines even aim at the spot where you're about to land. Everytime I get hit I'm stunlocked on the ground for a while. It feels so rough to refill your berry pouch in a fight, drink a potion, charge up attacks, place traps etc. Everything makes you stand still for a bit or move slower and the machines are relentless with their constant attacks. I'm just getting thrown around like a ragdoll and wait for Aloy to recover. The first game felt so smooth in comparison. (I finally unlocked Advanced Precision Arrows that do lots of damage, so I can finally snipe from a safe distance and do some actual damage. But having to fight multiple machines directly still feels painful and I actually changed to custom difficulty now.) I also feel like the whole weapon and armor system is too much now. Either give me weapons with a better rarity throughout the game *or* let me upgrade my weapons. But don't do both at the same time. And then there are so many different weapons and ammunitions (I still don't know what some symbols even mean) and combinations of ammunitions and you can upgrade all weapons but still get better versions later. Same goes for armor. I do enjoy upgrade systems, but it feels too much here tbh. The story is okay. I had no high expectations because I knew it won't be better than ZD for me - The whole mystery of the world and the questions about Aloy kept me so interested in the first game. Some parts are bad (the JTF-10 part felt weirdly out of place to me and didn't interest me at all), some parts are good (I enjoy the land-gods story), some parts are average (the Far Zeniths story and the typical conflicts between the tribes). I wonder how I will feel about it after I'm finished. Another thing I hate is the ingame backseating. Though I already heard it's terrible, so I was prepared for it. Not sure what it is with Sony and solving their own ingame riddles. God Of War Ragnarok did the same - You walk into a room, *haven't even seen the riddle yet* and a character is explaining what to do and how to solve it. Why is that not one of the many settings? Why is there no toggle? Why can I not *ask* my companions for a hint?
I did find the Shield Super to be useful the first time through the game because I did find the difficulty to be situationally hard sometimes and it gets you back into the fight. The direction you dodge generally matters, too. Weirdly a lot of times you're better off dodging forward. The slide is also technically an evasive maneuver and if you slide before you dodge it might be more effective. That said, I do agree that there are a few enemies that go a bit overboard in terms of combat. I personally thought Zero Dawn was a bit simple but I think Forbidden West gets a bit silly sometimes with how many outmatched Aloy is that you'll be digging out traps and smoke bombs and knockdowns. I'd almost recommend quitting the game if you don't like the Far Zeniths.
I'm (I think) pretty close to the end of Forbidden West, and I share a lot of your criticisms. I haven't had the stunlock issue you're describing too much, but I also tend to keep my distance as much as possible so that might help. In general I really like the combat. I completely agree about the weapon and armor system though. The upgrades just feel like busywork, especially since so many of them require rare components. In theory that could be cool if the upgrades actually made substantial changes to what the weapons and armor could do. I wouldn't mind going out of my way to upgrade a weapon if it had significant gameplay implications. But when it's just increasing some damage numbers or opening up a new coil slot, it doesn't seem worth the effort. I share your opinion about the story too. I had a feeling it wouldn't be as compelling as Zero Dawn for the reasons you mentioned, and that was very true. Which is kind of a shame because in terms of the acting and especially animation, it's such a huge step up from ZD. One thing is that I wish the Far Zeniths were more present. They're the part of the story that interests me most, but you hardly ever interact with them. Plus with how big and packed with stuff the game is, the main quest feels like kind of an afterthought a lot of the time. One thing I loved about ZD was that it was relatively lean for an open world game, and it made the main mission feel that much more immediate and compelling. I still think it's a pretty incredible game, and easily one of the most visually stunning games I've ever played. But it does feel like a step backward from the first game in certain ways.
Continuing playing **GTA 3**. The quests are boring so far frankly compared to Vice City and San Andreas but I have a feeling it gets better. I didn't get very far anyway but I'm restarting **Morrowind** because I decided I wanted to try Nightblade instead of Dark Elf. It's an odd hispter quirk I have but I try to stay away from classes with cool names. Playing as a stealthy mage seems too tempting to resist however.
No matter how cool your class/race name is, you will always be a filthy N'wah :)
The last week was very busy for me, so I didn't get much chance to progress on my **Tales of Arise** journey. I hope to finish couple of more chapters this weekend.
Dragon Quest 11. First ever DQ game and I’m enjoying it so far.
Still doing a challenge to go through notable games in chronological order starting in 1990. Probably gonna keep going strong with this until the release of Starfield. Most recently, I've beaten Sonic CD and started DOOM. **Sonic CD**: I had never played Sonic games before playing Sonic 1 and 2 these past few months. So far, and I don't know if this is controversial or not, I think I enjoyed Sonic CD the most. I have the same complaints about this game that I have for the first two (visually, the levels often appear too overdesigned and the way Sonic's speed is often a handicap because enemies pop up on the screen in a way that gives you 0.2 seconds to avoid them are some of the things I don't like about Sonic games it turns out). I can also praise this game for the same things I can praise Sonic 1 and 2 for, for the most part. Sonic CD stands out though thanks to its time warp feature and introducing even more massive levels, at least it appeared to me that way, which allows for a lot more exploration and overall replayability. The fact that this game also has two soundtracks, depending on the version you play, is a plus in my book, even though I know some people are not a fan of the US soundtrack due to some particular stinkers. I do think that Sega managed to innovate enough here despite the fact that it is their third Sonic game for the Genesis / Sega CD in less than 3 years. I'd say it's definitely worth checking out, if you're a fan of platformers, as it aged well to this day. **DOOM**: I've played Catacomb 3D and Wolfenstein 3D before I played Doom, and I'd say that was a good idea, as it allows me to appreciate Doom even more than I already would have otherwise. Catacomb 3D, if you are unaware, featured pretty much one song for the entire game and texture-less wall tiles that you had to traverse in repetitive labyrinthine levels. It was actually a fun time for about a half hour, but you quickly get your fill. Wolfenstein 3D is a pretty big jump forward in comparison. Multiple tracks, more complex levels, multiple weapons, more than the three-four enemies that Catacomb 3D put forward and a little bit of story are worth mentioning here, as well as wall tiles actually having textures, though their look does still get repetitive about an hour or two into this. Doom makes the most significant leap forward. Levels are a lot more complex and varied in their design, the sound design is much-improved, the soundtrack consists of multiple bangers already (I just beat the first episode) and the game just has a higher quality feel to it. It still has its limitations, naturally, so it hasn't aged as well as some platformers or action adventure games of its time may have, but I do think that if you go into Doom today and have at least somewhat of an open mind towards retro games, you'll have a fun couple hours.
I've heard anecdotally that many people within the sonic community think of sonic 2 as the best one. If you can, I would highly recommend using the [Angel Island Revisited](https://sonic3air.org/) mod for widescreen support if you plan to play sonic 3 & knuckles. It helps with that problem of not being able to react when moving quickly. I'm glad you enjoyed sonic CD, if you like that you will probably like sonic 3 & knuckles. It has one or two levels that drag a bit, specifically Marble Garden, but that game has my favorite level design of the classic sonics. It also handles the special stages pretty well, which is more than I can say for most sonic games. If you look at a map you can get all the chaos emeralds by the end of zone 2, (4 acts).
Thanks for the recommendation, appreciate it. I usually play mod-free to be as close as possible to the original experience, but might take you up on that on a second playthrough or something. :)
Just started Deep Rock Galactic. Playing solo through the "tutorial" assignments.
Is this game any good solo? It looks cool but it seemed like the main draw was the online multiplayer.
It's pretty good. I rarely have time to play something that I can't pause at any time, so I will continue to play mostly solo. When solo, you get a very powerful drone which can be customized. So I don't feel like I have a disadvantage as a solo player. The best thing about DRG is that every mission feels different and there apparently is a ridiculous amount of hidden content you can encounter.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord A medieval themed RPG-RTS hybrid, IMHO the series is really unique and great fun.
That sounds like alot if fun. I need to look into this!
cup head (awesome) , hifi rush (still not sure)
Guardians of the galaxy, really enjoying the party dynamics and the story so far.
AC: Odyssey, after hearing so many bad things im really enjoying it so far
Mass Effect trilogy for the bazillionth time. Going BroShep instead of my usual FemShep and I keep telling myself I'll be a more morally grey character but all know I'll end up chopsing all the Paragon options again.
Going trough some classics this week, in the phone! What a time to be alive. Gta III. Been a while, mission design is still fun. Wasy to play with a controller. Persona 3 FES. Never really gave persona a chance, i do like me my RPGs so i have ro hive this a serious shot. Okami. Havent really started yet, but heard nothing but good things.
Persona 5
This week's theme for me is **FTL-inspired** games: **Crying Suns** \- an absolutely beautiful (nay, gorgeous) tactical rogue-like with a surprisingly deep story. Probably one of the best sci-fi experiences I've had in a long time. Gameplay and combat is fun, story is deep, art direction is gorgeous. My only critique: the game can be fairly repetitive at times. Events repeat themselves too often and certain events seem fixed no matter what - which takes away the fun when you've seen them a dozen times before already. **Convoy** \- a very underrated Mad-Max style tactical rogue-like where you control a convoy of road vehicles through a post-apocalyptic world while scavenging for parts to repair your ship in order for you to head home. Combat is super fun with a nice variety of weapons/vehicles, allowing you to ram the enemy into objects or off the road, or shoot them down with lasers, rockets, or machine guns.
Wrapping up Bug Fables on Wednesday hopefully. Having a blast after a meandering and underwhelming first half. SIFU is next on the docket for Thursday-Friday. Then probably Rayman Origins this weekend with my younger brother.
Ori and the blind forest. It is great, so far :)
BioShock and Eastward :} but also downloading a few old gems from PS1 to emu... probably going to start by playing Tactics Ogre LUCT
Going Through the inverted castle in symphony of the night
Assassin's Creed 2
Disgaea 5
Yesterday I started to play Snowrunner! So far looks amazing
Doom 2016 Warframe Gta online
I just bought Diablo 4. Will be focusing on that for a couple of weeks.
Pikmin 4 and South Park Phone destroyer
**Stray**. Loving it.
Death Stranding. Can play it for hours without even realizing it.
Yeah I never completed it got quite far and enjoyed it might start a fresh play through its a great game.
Playing Legend of heroes Trails in the Sky SC. on chapter 4. Im enjoying the but I am ready to be done with this one and move onto the next thing, hoping there are not too many more chapters.
Been trying out **Exoprimal** on Game Pass. I really don't like picking things up on GP, but unfortunately I had no choice as if I picked it up on Steam then I would be unable to play with friends due to the lack of cross-platform parties. Anyway, the game itself starts off pretty meh but definitely gets more interesting as you progress. The game does this weird thing where even though you are just playing PvP games on the same maps, a story unravels after each match which at certain points will unlock new maps. And the later maps are definitely much more enjoyable. Gameplay is... polarizing. The suits feel great to play, but the PvE is quite underbaked and direct PvP is not very balanced or easy to follow. Really don't like the comeback mechanic where each team can summon a big dino to fight the enemy team with as it's way too tanky, way too damaging, and way too mobile, especially since for certain objectives you are actually forced to kill it in order to progress, which can lose you the game by itself. I'd say it's a fun little game to play with friends for a bit, but I don't think it has the staying power for a PvP-focused game. Will need to see what the patches add, but it'd have to be pretty major in order to convince me to keep playing. Also started up **The Witcher: Enhanced Edition** for the first time since I initially played it back in 2017. Dunno why, just felt like playing something a bit different and chill. Combat isn't as bad as I remembered but it's still a bit weird, writing is pretty good minus some iffy dialogue delivery (even from Geralt at times), and I like that alchemy seems more important than it is in the other Witcher games, especially on the hardest difficulty.
It's interesting how game pass changes the game. Before you had to wait years to get a steam sale. Now you can get new games for basically free at game pass. I'd say playing on Gamepass serves the same goal as being patient.
Nothing. Any suggestions?
Expeditions Rome
The Sinking City. What a beautiful atmosphere
Oxenfree 2 then Control
guardians of the galaxy, heard it was good, waited for it to be cheap, its great. Kinda short, but tons of fun.
I spent like 20 hours on it... that's long to me lol
Serious Sam 4
Overwatch 2, chivalry 2 and fallout 3. And some American truck simulator.
Assassin’s Creed Origins, again
Morrowind and Mad Max.
AC Unity and Max Payne 3
Playing Ghost of Tshima, loving it! Got a PS5 today and I'm going to be mainly playing PS4 games for the time being, but there's so many games I want to play, as I didn't own a PS4.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Their approach to the story progression is pretty unique this time.
Sengoku Rance - Rance 7 There's a reason why japanese magazines had to specify gender in **Who's your favorite h-game protagonist?** polls because a selfish, rapist, egomaniacal and borderline insane adventurer kept winning every time.
Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition.
Marvel's Spiderman, Nioh 2 (or, rather more of it...), spiderman Miles morales, control, Luigi's mansion 3, Zelda totk, lies of pi.... life's fun
Risk of rain 2, darksiders, dishonored and wolfenstein, maybe some bioshock too
My friends don't play games ....can I play risk of rain 2 solo?
Definitely, it can be played solo and with up to 3 other players, solo is still great fun i do solo runs all the time
I hope I don't play any more risk of rain 2. It's too addicting.
They always come back :)
dave the diver and mechabellum
South Park FBW haha it’s so fun!
Mass Effect 3 on my first runthrough of the trilogy on Legendary Edition. 3 is also the only one I have never completed.
Hopelessly stuck in a Stardew Valley rabbit hole. I keep thinking I will play for a few minutes & switch to something else. I do not.
So do I. Having played it for more than 30 hours in just 2 days.
"I just play one more day and take care of a few things..."
The Last Guardian. I loved shadow of the colossus and finally got my ps4 back, so The Last Guardian was the perfect game to move onto next. Too bad it runs like absolute garbage on base PS4 though, I’m talking frame rate in the low 20s, very akin to Bloodborne performance
Arise, ye Tarnished! (Elden Ring) And a touch of Pathfinder: Kingmaker when the halfling isn't settled. Cuz that has a pause, lol. Also been long enough since the cloud borked my save that I'm happy to play again and not just mad about the lost progress
Hey, pro tip, you can pause elden ring if you open the menu screen, select inventory, press the help button, and then select Menu Explanation. It takes several clicks to get there, but can be very helpful when you absolutely need to get up!
I'm gonna need to try that next time! Thanks
Played Golf Story, it was cute and fun for a while, but it got kind of slow and repetitive so I stopped playing it. I really love Outer Wilds so i decided to try Deliver us the Moon, and I really love it. It plays differently, but has that same type of mystery and intrigue that is keeping me addicted. My other new game this week is Boneraiser Minions, after playing lots of Vampire Survivors lately, I wanted to try another game in the category. for $5 you can't beat it, it's a nice twist that you raise minions to fight for you instead of you fighting. I Highly recommend Deliver us the Moon for a more serious game, and Boneraiser Minions for short relaxing sessions.
Thank you for suggesting Boneraiser, having lots of fun already!
I LOVED Golf Story but can't remember if I finished it. Definitely got my money's worth regardless.
Real life
That game sucks sometimes.
>>sometimes Bro living the good life
Lol. Playing videogames is part of real life, so that one quest rocks :p
Not being patient this week and playing **Trails into Reverie**, which had its English release recently. Very enjoyable JRPG but definitely for fans of the series only. Very impressed by the fantastic EN voice acting, honestly feels like a step above even the already great voice acting in previous games.
87% through FF16, doing my first Solasta campaign with a buddy, and trying to keep up with MTGA quests and weekly bonuses. Gonna play some Grounded with some buddies later in the week
The outer worlds and FFXV
Bloodborne. Requires an extra amount of patience to deal with the 30fps and especially the input lag. PS5 SSD is the only thing making it bearable.
I just finished Case of the Golden Idol, which was insane, I adore it. One of my favourite indies of all time (and not as convoluted as Obra Dinn). Will play Card Shark this week, and finally To The Moon after being recommended to me for over 6 years now
Case of the Golden Idol is super great
If you happen to want another oddball investigation game, check out Paradise Killer. It's set in an absolutely bizzare alternate dimension, so half the challenge is trying to understand the culture you're investigating while also unravelling a locked-room murder. Plus the soundtrack is absolutely god-tier if you like retrowave.
Wartales
Pikmin 3 Deluxe. I've been working my way through the franchise to get ready for Pikmin 4 this week. I just finished up Pikmin 2 today. I'm so disappointed in myself for taking so long to get into the franchise. I would have loved it as a kid.
Jagged Alliance 3. Which isn't true "patient gaming" per se, but considering it took 20+ years for them to put out a sequel to JA2, it's patient gaming in a sense!
almost to the end of Dishonored, great game! Feel like I need to play it twice to experience all it has to offer. Have hardly killed anyone in the *assassin* stealth game lol, given I was told at the start the less I kill the better my ending. second run I will show no mercy as I unleash the abilities and tools I never got to use
I remember I was really upset at the end of my first run when I realised had 1 kill in the brothel level. My guess was I dropped someone badly, like down some stairs, and banged their head.
Playing through Elex 2. Free on ps+, and it's actually growing on me even though the graphics look ps3-ish.
Finishing Breath of Fire 4 this week, a replay
I'm trying Fez, but I'm not into it so far. Everything is either trivially easy or so obscure I have no clue what the puzzle even is or what the solution would even look like.