Laptop1991
Member
Fallout London with the new dlc, Rabbit and Pork, loads of fixes as well, which should include the settlements at last.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Finished Silent Hill f.
Restarted Phantom Pain after so many years.
For some reason the game thinks my base's morale is low just on my second visit there, it's way too early for that to even be possible.
Anyway, saw the low morale scene with the soldiers fighting each other for the first time firsthand, only seen it in YT clips before. It's a pretty good scene, not sure why they'd arbitrarily lock good content like this.
Edit : figured out what went wrong, coming back from rest mode the game was offline and apparently now they've started hosting GMP online now, wtf.
Restarted Phantom Pain after so many years.
For some reason the game thinks my base's morale is low just on my second visit there, it's way too early for that to even be possible.
Anyway, saw the low morale scene with the soldiers fighting each other for the first time firsthand, only seen it in YT clips before. It's a pretty good scene, not sure why they'd arbitrarily lock good content like this.
Edit : figured out what went wrong, coming back from rest mode the game was offline and apparently now they've started hosting GMP online now, wtf.
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FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I've pretty much been Switch 2 exclusive lately.
Hades II | Switch 2
Hogwarts Legacy | Switch 2
Star Wars Outlaws | Switch 2
Hades II | Switch 2
Hogwarts Legacy | Switch 2
Star Wars Outlaws | Switch 2
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Trails SC on steam. I preordered the remake of FC but still hasn't arrived yet
really liking the oldschool jrpg style with lots of heart put into the adventure honestly
pre-modernity localization is really impressive too
really liking the oldschool jrpg style with lots of heart put into the adventure honestly
pre-modernity localization is really impressive too
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Man, Kojima is such a fucking juvenile dumbass.
Quiet is legitimately a fantastic character. Good persona, motivation etc and comes off incredibly bad ass in a believable way and a great foil to Venom.
But then of course they had to do the "You will be ashamed of your words and deeds" and the whole narrative justification to why she's walking around in her underwear in Afghanistan.
Quiet is legitimately a fantastic character. Good persona, motivation etc and comes off incredibly bad ass in a believable way and a great foil to Venom.
But then of course they had to do the "You will be ashamed of your words and deeds" and the whole narrative justification to why she's walking around in her underwear in Afghanistan.
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Mr Hyde
Member
Finished Cronos the new dawn. Awesome game. Probably the best new survival horror IP since the Evil Within. Cool mechanics that you often don't see in the genre. Well told story that leans heavily on sci fi horror. Challenging and engaging gameplay with great atmosphere and art direction.
It had a couple of blemishes though that kept it from being a masterpiece. The inventory was far too limited which resulted in unnecessary back tracking, especially for the bolt cutter which just could have its own slot. The enemy variety was also quite bad and by the end I was kinda tired of seeing the same monsters over and over again.
The game was also plagued with numerous glitches, framedrops and crashes, most notably a serious game progression bug which hindered me from advancing through the game. Bloober has patched it now but it still sucked out a lot of the fun and hype playing it on day 1.
It had a couple of blemishes though that kept it from being a masterpiece. The inventory was far too limited which resulted in unnecessary back tracking, especially for the bolt cutter which just could have its own slot. The enemy variety was also quite bad and by the end I was kinda tired of seeing the same monsters over and over again.
The game was also plagued with numerous glitches, framedrops and crashes, most notably a serious game progression bug which hindered me from advancing through the game. Bloober has patched it now but it still sucked out a lot of the fun and hype playing it on day 1.
Shockwave_Fox
Member
Gone back to my PS5 from PC and just finished Stray - great game, good fun and awesome soundtrack.
R6Rider
Gold Member
I bought Monster Hunter: Rise + Sunbreak on PS5 last night. Not really feeling like going back to Wilds, but felt like I could play through Rise again (have on Switch) and then do Sunbreak which I hear is great.
Also playing a game called Islanders: New Shores. It's a simple and relaxing game about building up your island with various buildings and structures. You score points by placing buildings in relation to natural objects or other buildings.
Also playing a game called Islanders: New Shores. It's a simple and relaxing game about building up your island with various buildings and structures. You score points by placing buildings in relation to natural objects or other buildings.
CrimsonTide
Gold Member
I remember our sniper duel and then suddenly we became friendsMan, Kojima is such a fucking juvenile dumbass.
Quiet is legitimately a fantastic character. Good persona, motivation etc and comes off incredibly bad ass in a believable way and a great foil to Venom.
But then of course they had to do the "You will be ashamed of your words and deeds" and the whole narrative justification to why she's walking around in her underwear in Afghanistan.
I started playing Cyberpunk a few months ago but dropped off after a few hours. Would like to give it a fair shot but something about the game just felt a bit off? The world itself just felt quite dead with most NPCs not being interactable etc. Been playing some smaller games instead.
A Hat in Time: As a massive fan of 3D platformers I've always wanted to try it, with a lot of people recommending it as one of the best platformers in recent years. I think it does some interesting things and was fun but overall I think the game is quite rough around the edges. It tries to do a lot of things with a lot of it just not really feeling cohesive.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger: classic mascot 3D platformer, a lot of fun for what it is
Indika: This game is great, highly recommend everyone trying it out. Really strange, with such a bleak storyline but then has these weird videogamey aspects thrown in.
Harold Halibut: Claymation artstyle is fantastic. The game drags a bit but really picks up in the final two chapters. The trophies for this game are absolute bullshit though. I missed one of the collectables and to get the trophy would require me to play through the entire game from the checkpoint I reloaded (would require me playing through half the game again) Ridiculous.
A Hat in Time: As a massive fan of 3D platformers I've always wanted to try it, with a lot of people recommending it as one of the best platformers in recent years. I think it does some interesting things and was fun but overall I think the game is quite rough around the edges. It tries to do a lot of things with a lot of it just not really feeling cohesive.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger: classic mascot 3D platformer, a lot of fun for what it is
Indika: This game is great, highly recommend everyone trying it out. Really strange, with such a bleak storyline but then has these weird videogamey aspects thrown in.
Harold Halibut: Claymation artstyle is fantastic. The game drags a bit but really picks up in the final two chapters. The trophies for this game are absolute bullshit though. I missed one of the collectables and to get the trophy would require me to play through the entire game from the checkpoint I reloaded (would require me playing through half the game again) Ridiculous.
freemandos
Member
Finished Dreams in the Witch House. The best horror poin click game I have played in a long time. Very inmersive, addictive and tense. I'll be waiting for Horror in Dunwich!
I'm with Withering Rooms now. Pretty crazy horror 2.5D RPG roguelite with Soul elements...and Silent Hill's, Clock Tower's, Fatal Frame's, etc. And it works in a very unique way. The curse system adds another dimension to the exploration and atmosphere.
I'm with Withering Rooms now. Pretty crazy horror 2.5D RPG roguelite with Soul elements...and Silent Hill's, Clock Tower's, Fatal Frame's, etc. And it works in a very unique way. The curse system adds another dimension to the exploration and atmosphere.
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yogaflame
Member
After finishing my backlogs, I plan to transition back to PSVR2 games since there are allot of interesting psvr2 games right now, but, wow, MGSV from what I heard is really interesting and might get this game. I did not get this game in the past and I played very few games during ps4 era due to other personal things that kept me busy, but my interest in this game right now is growing. By the way, will the game run well on ps5?Man, Kojima is such a fucking juvenile dumbass.
Quiet is legitimately a fantastic character. Good persona, motivation etc and comes off incredibly bad ass in a believable way and a great foil to Venom.
But then of course they had to do the "You will be ashamed of your words and deeds" and the whole narrative justification to why she's walking around in her underwear in Afghanistan.
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Mr Hyde
Member
Finished Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls. It's still such a fun, addictive ARPG. It has the best pick up and play factor and doubly so on Switch. It's like a match made in heaven. It runs super smooth even when shit hits the fan with hundreds of monsters and particle effects blowing up on the screen. Did a wizard run and blasting monsters left and right is so much fun. Extra shout out to Blizzards CGI cut scenes. They are so incredibly well made and bad ass. Every time I finished up a new act I just sat there soaking in the new cut scenes. The monster and boss design is very good, very high quality, almost on par with something from Capcom or From Software. I could watch a whole movie done like that. Awesome stuff.
EerieArcade
Gold Member
Raging Bytes
Fun pixel art horror game with turn based combat. Very basic in pretty much every aspect but I have been enjoying it.
Fun pixel art horror game with turn based combat. Very basic in pretty much every aspect but I have been enjoying it.
Paltheos
Member
Finished reading Fate/hollow ataraxia recently, since it finally came out officially stateside. I think I can best describe it as 'indulgent'. It's a self-proclaimed fan-disc too, so it's on me for not really knowing what I was getting into. I can't say I'm the biggest fan.
80-85% of the VN is about Shirou faffing about with everyone he knows in a time loop, and most of the sequences are either too long or not that strong to begin with. Most of the time there's too much set dressing for scenes you know won't have any consequences rather than just getting to the point (or punch-line). Probably my favorite gag scene was the 'big sister/little sister' drinking party with most of the female cast because nasu largely dispensed with a large setup for every joke and just fired off dialogue that kept the momentum rolling. On the drama side, my favorite scenes were the Caster and Kazuki flashbacks because they revealed a lot about the characters and their relationship to each other and in a creative way (for her, demonstrating her innocence gradually being shorn away, and for him, letting the reader piece together what's even going on). Some stuff went on just way too long - the magic-sucking scene with Caren, Zelretch's treasure chest that spanned a whole time loop, that bath scene with Rider - and many SoL scenes with just nothing to them ('cooking' is the go-to pointer, but there are other troublemakers).
On the main story side, there's indulgent stuff you're not supposed to think that hard about like the exciting battle on the bridge at the halfway point and that's fine - it's clearly a set piece for its own sake - but even the serious stuff tends to fall victim to nasu's contradicting explanations and there's not much of an emotional core to fall back on. For example, Rin explains the time loops to Shirou not as a series of events connected end-to-end, but as a set of timelines occurring somewhat concurrently, letting Shirou observe other Shirou's experiences who are "ahead" of him. Which all flies in the face of the infinite number of monsters spawning at night that are each a direct consequence of the termination of a time loop and of the visceral descriptions of Bazett's resurrections. ... I guess those aren't actually directly contradictory, thinking on it a little more, but I don't understand the point of the overcomplicated explanation from Rin. Anyway, there were parts I enjoyed piecing together but not sure it was worth it.
Having read four type-moon VNs at this point, my power rankings are something like:
1) Witch on the Holy Night
+Rock solid main cast and performances, benefits from a third-person perspective and non-branching presentation making effective use of time skips, fantastic visuals and direction and soundtrack
-Supporting cast is spottier, first half of story is weaker than second half, could have used another editing pass to fix silly typos (I was fine with the prose overall though; some people are not)
2?) Tsukihime Remake (part 1)
+Generally the new stuff that nasu added is very good, Noel in particular is a trainwreck of a human and may be the best (if not my favorite) character in the story, voice performances all-around are solid though, again fantastic visuals and presentation
-Comparatively a lot of the original material and characters aren't as interesting and solutions to modernize problematic plot points are often awkward and lazy, Shiki is the worst type-moon protagonist for not being much beyond either 'plain boy who's often an asshole for no good reason' or 'serial killer who gets sexually aroused at the idea of killin'
3?) Fate/stay night
I'm far enough removed that it's tough for me to comment on, but I want to say it's paced decently well outside of Heaven's Feel which is a mess for a host of reasons. Shirou's a better protag than Shiki but I still might give TsukiRE the heads up on the rest of the cast. On the flip side I think Fate may dripfeed info to the reader better and have more/better(?) climaxes. Obv. looks much worse than the modern type-moon VNs.
4) Fate/hollow ataraxia
80-85% of the VN is about Shirou faffing about with everyone he knows in a time loop, and most of the sequences are either too long or not that strong to begin with. Most of the time there's too much set dressing for scenes you know won't have any consequences rather than just getting to the point (or punch-line). Probably my favorite gag scene was the 'big sister/little sister' drinking party with most of the female cast because nasu largely dispensed with a large setup for every joke and just fired off dialogue that kept the momentum rolling. On the drama side, my favorite scenes were the Caster and Kazuki flashbacks because they revealed a lot about the characters and their relationship to each other and in a creative way (for her, demonstrating her innocence gradually being shorn away, and for him, letting the reader piece together what's even going on). Some stuff went on just way too long - the magic-sucking scene with Caren, Zelretch's treasure chest that spanned a whole time loop, that bath scene with Rider - and many SoL scenes with just nothing to them ('cooking' is the go-to pointer, but there are other troublemakers).
On the main story side, there's indulgent stuff you're not supposed to think that hard about like the exciting battle on the bridge at the halfway point and that's fine - it's clearly a set piece for its own sake - but even the serious stuff tends to fall victim to nasu's contradicting explanations and there's not much of an emotional core to fall back on. For example, Rin explains the time loops to Shirou not as a series of events connected end-to-end, but as a set of timelines occurring somewhat concurrently, letting Shirou observe other Shirou's experiences who are "ahead" of him. Which all flies in the face of the infinite number of monsters spawning at night that are each a direct consequence of the termination of a time loop and of the visceral descriptions of Bazett's resurrections. ... I guess those aren't actually directly contradictory, thinking on it a little more, but I don't understand the point of the overcomplicated explanation from Rin. Anyway, there were parts I enjoyed piecing together but not sure it was worth it.
Having read four type-moon VNs at this point, my power rankings are something like:
1) Witch on the Holy Night
+Rock solid main cast and performances, benefits from a third-person perspective and non-branching presentation making effective use of time skips, fantastic visuals and direction and soundtrack
-Supporting cast is spottier, first half of story is weaker than second half, could have used another editing pass to fix silly typos (I was fine with the prose overall though; some people are not)
2?) Tsukihime Remake (part 1)
+Generally the new stuff that nasu added is very good, Noel in particular is a trainwreck of a human and may be the best (if not my favorite) character in the story, voice performances all-around are solid though, again fantastic visuals and presentation
-Comparatively a lot of the original material and characters aren't as interesting and solutions to modernize problematic plot points are often awkward and lazy, Shiki is the worst type-moon protagonist for not being much beyond either 'plain boy who's often an asshole for no good reason' or 'serial killer who gets sexually aroused at the idea of killin'
3?) Fate/stay night
I'm far enough removed that it's tough for me to comment on, but I want to say it's paced decently well outside of Heaven's Feel which is a mess for a host of reasons. Shirou's a better protag than Shiki but I still might give TsukiRE the heads up on the rest of the cast. On the flip side I think Fate may dripfeed info to the reader better and have more/better(?) climaxes. Obv. looks much worse than the modern type-moon VNs.
4) Fate/hollow ataraxia
Dazraell
Member
Still making progress on Persona 3 Portable. I also just started Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit. I like it so far, but I played only a bit so I'm fairly early in game. Voice acting is great, mystery is interesting and you can feel from the get go they were heavily inspired by Broken Sword games. The game also has some neat gameplay features that aren't that common in point'n'click adventure games like being able to edit the look of the main character to some degree or picking her background which already resulted in some nice minor changes in dialogue reflecting their profession
Nintendo's Witch
Member
Mario Galaxy on Switch. Best Mario 3D game by a mile.
JimmyRustler
Member
Finished AW2 for the 2nd time today and liked it a lot more than on my first run. Great game!
Will start Silent Hill f after dinner. Can't wait!
Will start Silent Hill f after dinner. Can't wait!
Humdinger
Gold Member
Eastshade, which plays like an Oblivion mod, without the combat or skill upgrades. It runs about 12 or 13 hours. The main enjoyment comes from free-world exploration and completing quests.
It's unique. I've never played a game like it. You're just walking through the forest, finding materials, encountering quest-givers, and seeing what's around the next corner. From the trailers, I thought the game would be all about painting, but it's not. Painting is one of the main mechanics, but there are many quests that have nothing to do with that. I've spent about 6 hours in it so far. I'm enjoying it. It's a relaxing experience.
As for negatives, the colors are very oversaturated, I've encountered a dozen visual glitches (nothing game-breaking), and it's a PS4 game that shows its age. Otherwise, though, it provides a unique mini-ES type experience, minus combat and skill progression.
It's unique. I've never played a game like it. You're just walking through the forest, finding materials, encountering quest-givers, and seeing what's around the next corner. From the trailers, I thought the game would be all about painting, but it's not. Painting is one of the main mechanics, but there are many quests that have nothing to do with that. I've spent about 6 hours in it so far. I'm enjoying it. It's a relaxing experience.
As for negatives, the colors are very oversaturated, I've encountered a dozen visual glitches (nothing game-breaking), and it's a PS4 game that shows its age. Otherwise, though, it provides a unique mini-ES type experience, minus combat and skill progression.
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Escape Goat
Member
I broke down and bought Spider Man 2. It feels much more refined than 1 or Morales and its a fun diversion. Im constantly amazed how much detail goes into the environment. Someone designed individual posters most people fly past, ive not been to NYC but I feel like this may as well be a 1:1 creation. High res/framerate with fluid controls is a great foundation for a Spuder Man adventure. I hope they let Miles pull a Nightwing and let him out from under the Spiders shadow. He's just as strong a character as Peter Parker.
Aenima
Member
Playing Baldurs Gate 3. Shadowheart 
I like how the game dosent mark quest starters, so you need to explore and talk to random NPCs to get side quests. You can start a quest from reading a letter, book or poster, finding an item, etc. I love it cuz sometimes its unexpected. With NPCs is a bit more expected cuz usually they stand out to draw atention. Im already with 100h in the game and still have my journal filled with quests to do and i keep finding new quests.
Also offers great replay value as some decisions you make or things you say can change the characters you meet or places you visit and pretty much all quests can be completed in multiple ways. On top of the diferent classes with different playstyles. No surprize this game won GOTY.
I like how the game dosent mark quest starters, so you need to explore and talk to random NPCs to get side quests. You can start a quest from reading a letter, book or poster, finding an item, etc. I love it cuz sometimes its unexpected. With NPCs is a bit more expected cuz usually they stand out to draw atention. Im already with 100h in the game and still have my journal filled with quests to do and i keep finding new quests.Also offers great replay value as some decisions you make or things you say can change the characters you meet or places you visit and pretty much all quests can be completed in multiple ways. On top of the diferent classes with different playstyles. No surprize this game won GOTY.
I collect VHS tapes
Gold Member
PuzzleQuest immortal edition for handheld, skate 4 otherwise
EerieArcade
Gold Member
Silent Hill f - New Game +
Only played around thirty minutes so far. I've been taking my time and looking to see if there's anything wildly different. Found a house that I couldn't get into before.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Beat the prologue and I'm just fighting some battles now. I first played this on the PSP years and years ago. Well, the original version. Forgot how much I loved the game - in fact, I don't think I've ever played any game in this genre to completion bar this.
Only played around thirty minutes so far. I've been taking my time and looking to see if there's anything wildly different. Found a house that I couldn't get into before.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Beat the prologue and I'm just fighting some battles now. I first played this on the PSP years and years ago. Well, the original version. Forgot how much I loved the game - in fact, I don't think I've ever played any game in this genre to completion bar this.
Crayon
Member
Motherabsolutefucker!!!
I tried to finish off rebirth today. Just a couple minutes ago, at 1201am, I lost the last fight with just a few hits to go.
I have NEVER EVER seen a finale of game go on like this. We are talking like 1000-stage boss total apocalypse horse shit. How am I supposed to go to bed?!?!
Fucking ripped off!!!!!
I tried to finish off rebirth today. Just a couple minutes ago, at 1201am, I lost the last fight with just a few hits to go.
I have NEVER EVER seen a finale of game go on like this. We are talking like 1000-stage boss total apocalypse horse shit. How am I supposed to go to bed?!?!
Fucking ripped off!!!!!
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johnysands
Neo Member
I had a similar thing with Cyberpunk when I just got it. I played for a few hours, then stopped. But a few days ago, I decided to try again, and I actually like it. Yes, the game is far from perfect, but good enought for me.
Lightbreak
Member
Silksong and Nine Sols
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Fucking nothing.
Decided to take a break after beating Silksong.
Decided to take a break after beating Silksong.
Punished Miku
Gaslighter Pro: 16.7 Fireflops
Gears 5 - On Act 4. Game is a lot of peaks and valleys. Some of those open areas just drag on so damn long and it destroys the pacing. Act 4 is more of a traditional linear warzone and it's been mostly great so far. Had a few fights I actually died on 4x, even on normal. Enemies sniping me with torque bows, while grunts rushed in and other enemies were covering their advance with smoke grenades. It was honestly a few really brilliant arena fights where you had to move around the whole level, and really intelligently try and manage the various enemies.
Silent Hill f- Might be half way through? Just going slow. Game is great so far. Phenomenal art and graphics, cool setting.
Silent Hill f- Might be half way through? Just going slow. Game is great so far. Phenomenal art and graphics, cool setting.
Mikado
Member
What a bizarre game. It looks ferociously ugly at first glance, so it's easy to understand why I ignored it for so long.
And now I put in about 30 hours this weekend alone.
At it's heart it's sort of a colony-builder / tactical RPG. And also a despair simulator.
The concept enforced by the design of the game mechanics is basically this:
Winning doesn't make you stronger; losing doesn't make you stronger
Getting back up after losing makes you stronger.
Mr Hyde
Member
Ys Lacrimosa of Dana
One of my favorite games of all time and my personal favorite in the Ys-franchise. This game is sublime. Great cast of characters, very good story that is full of mystery and it has a kick ass soundtrack. The story in particular is great. You start off exploring a mysterious island as a cast away from a ship wreck, but as the story unfolds you encounter something much more important. The way the story is unfolding and changing is the best part of the game. It really makes me care about the characters. The combat is awesome, fast and fluid like all Ys-games, but LoD edges the others out by a wide margin in my opinion. You can swap characters on the fly and just go to town on the monsters. The bosses are fantastic too. I fucking love this game.
One of my favorite games of all time and my personal favorite in the Ys-franchise. This game is sublime. Great cast of characters, very good story that is full of mystery and it has a kick ass soundtrack. The story in particular is great. You start off exploring a mysterious island as a cast away from a ship wreck, but as the story unfolds you encounter something much more important. The way the story is unfolding and changing is the best part of the game. It really makes me care about the characters. The combat is awesome, fast and fluid like all Ys-games, but LoD edges the others out by a wide margin in my opinion. You can swap characters on the fly and just go to town on the monsters. The bosses are fantastic too. I fucking love this game.
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PurePlatinum
Member
Yotei is my main squeeze right now - Very impressed with the world design and the overall structure of it. The first one was just a very polished assassins creed game, and this is much more like Breath of The Wild.
It's the only game besides BoTW or Elden Ring that I think earns that "open-air" moniker.
It's the only game besides BoTW or Elden Ring that I think earns that "open-air" moniker.
ecosse_011172
Gold Member
He's a cerebral auteur, you know.Man, Kojima is such a fucking juvenile dumbass.
Quiet is legitimately a fantastic character. Good persona, motivation etc and comes off incredibly bad ass in a believable way and a great foil to Venom.
But then of course they had to do the "You will be ashamed of your words and deeds" and the whole narrative justification to why she's walking around in her underwear in Afghanistan.
ecosse_011172
Gold Member
- ToTK on Switch 2 - glorious, I'll be here a while
- Baldur's Gate 3 - Ditto
- Was fooling around with Avowed on Series X and I love the first hour, I know people have plenty of complaints but for a weak sauce RPG gamer like me, it may be great.
- Played a bit more of Mario Kart World, loving the visuals, it's not clicking like previous games but I'll keep at it.
