What game are you currently playing?

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
I think I'm coming to the end of the game. I need to play more games in this genre because I've enjoyed moment. Perfect atmosphere and top notch story filled with mystery and intrigue.


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I might mess with the following tonight:

Mario Kart World
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
Warriors All Stars

I'd really like a game where I can run around and whack things without much fanfare and other systems involved. Musou fits that bill but I get bored with them very quickly.
 
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Finished. Ends quite abruptly and picks up again in chapter 2. I'll buy it as it's only £2.19. Anyway, I enjoyed the game. Was in the mood for a casual mystery and horror game and this scratched that itch.

Probably jump back into Heartworm next or start Signalis.
 
I finished Final Fantasy X-2 last night.

The tone was all over the place. (We've just found out some more info on a weapon that can destroy the world... but let's go throw a concert! Also, we'll host that concert in a place called the "Thunder Plains". Because who wouldn't want to attend a music event in a place where there's constant lightning strikes and it's pissing down with rain 24/7!?)
The story is a bit silly but ties in with the silliness from FFX.
No likeable characters. (The side characters, such as Brother, were tedious.)
Piss-poor voice-acting.
Blitz Ball returns... that can fuck off.
The combat is fine. It's nice that you can quickly switch role/class/job mid-fight.
If FFX and FFX2 were released in the 2020's, FFX2 would be considered an asset-flip. The amount of re-used everything is astounded. Was this project handed off to the interns or something?
It's one of those 2000's era games that required you purchase a guide book in order to not have a hard time and miss a lot of items and story triggers.
The music was decent.
If you're one of those people who like to 100% games... this is great value for money.
It's a 4/10 from me.

Now I'm debating whether to go into FFXII The Zodiac Age.
 
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Like usual played some of the leaving games from PS Plus:
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
Crashed way too often. Can't remember exactly but I think might have been some PS3 game where I had so many the last time. Especially frustrating since it isn't autosaving all the time like Ubisoft games, so lost and wasted at least an hour just because of crashes.
Controls felt terrible "laggy", like the attack animation takes 4s while enemies can attack in 3s or something and since devs love their long winded animations, once started the game character commits without a chance to abort. Also hate when an attack is just hitting air, finishing the whole loop, and you can't just step forward instead. Also hated the way too long warning phase of the bosses, the red showing and then nothing happens for way too long until the attack. What's the point it that? I am warned but than I have to guesstimate when the attack happens? Played on easy until the last few percent and then turned it down to story. Imho way too hard for easy, and fuck difficulty with an anyway too long game and those controls. Way too much collectathon, okayish plot, but the villain was a bit invisible too much and not really that interesting (you kinda have to take optional steps to add a bit more depth to him) and certainly not cool evil like Darth Maul or Vader in the movies. Imho the best boss battle therefore happens within a short sequence (against Vader) ... which is kinda just dumb. Interstellar traveling also happens with unneccessary long load and transition times. PS5 load times, it certainly had not. Engine stuck in PS4 mode. Map was okayish but too often moved weirdly and was not showing what I tried to look at. Boggles my mind that Metroid Prime is still my gold standard and was certainly one of the first.
I guess this and I assume Guardians of the Galaxy will be the competetion for Intergalactic and we will see if Sony can elevate that. I guess space open world still has potential, but also easily drifts into maximised filler if the plot is not great and worlds too big.

Witcher 3
Never played any of them although I bought 1 and 2. lol And never watched the tv show.
So I am lacking a bit the backstory but overall it is still enjoyable to dive into it in the kinda middle. Open world/ sidequest stuff is the usual quest marker collectathon, but the writing with the greyish choices make everything a bit more interesting than the usual too safe stuff every other game does. Difficulty is insane on death march but I'll struggle through it for the trophy. Like Jedi Survivor, animations take way too long and hitting air because of it annoys. The chosen difficulty makes actually barely any sense since EVERY enemy is stronger than the supposed strong mutant hero of the world but whatever, devs and their idiotic view on challenging and trophy design. Load times are terrible, especially with the savescumming required on that high difficulty. Also crashed a couple of times. Either Sony fucked up firmware in the PS5 or those two games of the month are incidently both badly coded.

Vacation SImulator
It isn't as funny as Job simulator. Which barely made me chuckle, so no big change because of that. But it actually evolved into some actual game. Job Simulator was too much just going through some motions, without any thought required. Here it is much more of an adventure game, finding items, combining them, use them in the correct spot and very much like that genre with some instructions and solutions so far fetched that it is almost impossible to find all by yourself unless you just try everything. The skiing game is terrible, climbing is kinda fun and both sandcastle and ice sculpture building are minigames that certainly could be their own games, if more levels are added. It is not really something that requires VR, like most VR stuff, but VR adds a little bit of immersion and more natural controls. And weirdly enough another game with unusual technical problems. I lost several times the correct rendering of some level segments on one or both eyes, kinda like the engine skipped required steps and just output an unfinished image. Showing some pink image with only a few hints of the rest of the level on the left and the right showing also not everything but at least not entirely screwed up coloring. Just reloading my save did not solve it, always needed a restart.
 

There's a demo which if im being honest, didn't entirely sell me but I'm giving the full game a shot anyway as the art and animation are fantastic. Love the style.

I believe its a solo dev but I cant find anything confirming it. Just the main guy saying he's been working on the game part time for 7+ years.
 
Can anyone help me with Warriors All Stars? I am LTTP in that one, I know haha!

Can other characters join me in the hot springs?
Do I have to raise Bonds with a character for that to happen?
Are there any bonuses for sharing hot springs with other characters?

Thanks for any help!
 
Finished Donkey Kong Bananza and was positively surprise by the final layer and final boss. Overall a pretty good game that deserves the praise it got

I'll try to beat order of ecclesia today then continue my Ninja Gaiden Black playthrough
 
Finished Donkey Kong Bananza and was positively surprise by the final layer and final boss. Overall a pretty good game that deserves the praise it got

I'll try to beat order of ecclesia today then continue my Ninja Gaiden Black playthrough
Do you play order of ecclesia on the og DS?
 
Switch 2
Donkey Kong Bananza - Just hit the resort layer, I'm guessing I'm 50-60% through. (So much fun and so cute)
Tears of The Kingdom - Just left first village so very early on. Feels great so far

Series X
Indiana Jones - Just arrived in Rome . Enjoying the feel and relative chilled gameplay so far.

PS5 Pro
Rise of the Ronin - Just got my lodgings in Yokohama so early on, great fun to play but not sure I'll stick right to the end with so many huge games and Samurai everywhere
 
Sword of The Sea - Maybe one of the most beautiful games I've ever played but I cannot say it's overly engaging on a "game" level. There's just not a lot of mechanical depth going on...but sailing around does feel great. There's very little challenge or depth.

I will also say that I think it's time these guys made a game that isn't just Journey. They've done it like 3 times and it's getting a little silly.

Also playing Expedition 33 - It's solid but idk if I buy the "game of the year/generation" allegations. It's not better than Metaphor Refantazio.
 
It's a crazy time for me. I want to keep up with the new stuff, but I keep getting itches for older stuff -

Just finished Mafia: The Old Country - Fucking fantastic and will be on my Top 5 for '25

Donkey Kong Bananza - 100%'ed the Lagoon area and beat the first boss but have not played since (not that it's bad, I think the game is amazing... but Mafia came out)

Mafia 2/3 - I blame Mafia TOC.

Super Mario All Stars - The 25th Anniversary Wii disc version. I want to do a 100% run of Mario 3 after seeing Colin Moriarty attempt a week or so ago and completely sucked at it. I can STILL destroy SMB3, ever since I was 10. I play it annually. Best Mario.

Super Mario Odyssey - It just looks so beautiful on the S2 with a good OLED and I want to go through it again. Only played through it once.

Guardians of the Galaxy - I think it's not only one of the most underrated games of the past five years, I also think it's the most gorgeous, well acted and written comic book game out there. The combat might not break any new ground, but it worked. The writing was genuinely funny at times too. Also another disgustingly good licensed soundtrack that I hope never gets fucked with.


...But we got Gears PS5 AND goddamn upgraded Kirby next Thursday. I'm so fucked. I'm hoping in October I can finally get to this years so-called masterpieces like Clair Obscur and Death Stranding 2. I still have to wrap up Dark Ages as well.

This hobby fucking blows donkey dicks.
 
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Sword of The Sea - Maybe one of the most beautiful games I've ever played but I cannot say it's overly engaging on a "game" level. There's just not a lot of mechanical depth going on...but sailing around does feel great. There's very little challenge or depth.

Yeah, I played for 45 minutes earlier today. It was beautiful, but there wasn't much to do after a while.
 
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Guardians of the Galaxy - I think it's not only one of the most underrated games of the past five years, I also think it's the most gorgeous, well acted and written comic book game out there. The combat might not break any new ground, but it worked. The writing was genuinely funny at times too. Also another disgustingly good licensed soundtrack that I hope never gets fucked with.
I really like Gunn's films (second one especially) and his casting choices, but some of the characterisation and humour might actually be better in the game. Which is insane in the best way possible.
 
Sword of The Sea - Maybe one of the most beautiful games I've ever played but I cannot say it's overly engaging on a "game" level. There's just not a lot of mechanical depth going on...but sailing around does feel great. There's very little challenge or depth.

I will also say that I think it's time these guys made a game that isn't just Journey. They've done it like 3 times and it's getting a little silly.

Also playing Expedition 33 - It's solid but idk if I buy the "game of the year/generation" allegations. It's not better than Metaphor Refantazio.
Is Sword of the Sea really good? Best Indie game right now? I'm curious about this game since it was announced.
 
Snatched Battlefield 2042 at 95% (Steam).


I'll say, I'm surprised. This is really fun.

Good.
  • Huge, beautiful vivid and dynamic maps, guns feel great, vehicles feel amazing. Destruction is on point, movement is slick, weather effects are cool.
  • Very casual friendly, you can play conquest and rush solo with bots or make your own portal server and play with bots/friend and still get moderate amount of Battlepass progression/XP
  • Free 60 tier battlepass just launched with some rewards you will get in BF6. Progression works solo with bots using host server in portal mode but honestly just play with randoms or friends, it's more tense and fun.
Bad:
  • Optimization is worse than BF6, BF6 is silky smooth. This has a few FPS drops.
  • MP/Matchmaking is ok, anyways it doesn't matter as you're mostly playing with 70-80% game AI bots.
  • Insane amount of customization and cosmetics.
  • Vehicles are OverPowered! and the anti tank, AA, RPG launchers are quite under-powered or have low ammo.
  • Guns and attachments locked behind battlepass, individual gun missions, progression, levels, kinda the worst thing I can think of this game.
Honestly, I'm having fun either random matchmaking or just casual solo with bots. Blowing up tanks, helicopters, sweet slick headshots with the pistol or a sniper from far away with that punchy sound is all I care and a reason I love playing video games.

You know what? I'm right now launching it again, need that dopamine hit, that grind and XP :)
 
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Finished Cyberpunk main storyline over the weekend, still have to go back for Phantom Liberty stuff. Still have about 1.5 chapters left in FF7Rebirth. Kind of fiending on Battlefield for the moment.
 
Is Sword of the Sea really good? Best Indie game right now? I'm curious about this game since it was announced.

Well, it's beautiful but not deep. I got tired of the skating and sliding around 45 min. I'll go back later, though.

It's $30. Whether it's worth it, depends on you.
 
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I've completed Castlevania Lords of Shadow.

I was pleasantly surprised with this one. It's really atmospheric, with a solid soundtrack, great artstyle (the game aged extremely well visually) and the enemy/location variety is pretty good! Personally I love the "semi-fixed" camera style they use in this game, it makes for some good visuals. More games should use this style of camera, I kinda miss it.

The combat feels slightly weird since you cannot really stagger enemies, but overall I liked it since the moveset is decently varied. One thing they went overboard with is the climbing sections, there are a tons of them, not sure why they decided to put so many.

Not sure if I want to play Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 straight away, I've heard bad things about it. But since it's a direct sequel I want to play it at some point.

EDIT: It also runs easily at 400+ FPS, pretty good if you have a high refresh rate monitor.
 
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I've been on an Action and Metroidvania kick this week.

Finally getting around to playing Stellar Blade and Hollow Knight.

Loving Stellar Blade, but I can't say that I'm all that impressed with Hollow Knight so far. I mean, I understand why it was popular when it was first released but I feel like there are much better souls-metroidvania-likes now. Am I wrong? Am I missing something?
 
Do you play order of ecclesia on the og DS?

Yes, on a Dsi XL. Probably my favorite handheld ever

In time, i finished it this afternoon. the large cavern gave me so much trouble that decided i was done with the game and cheesed the dracula fight with death ring + judment ring
 
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Currently bouncing back and forth between live a live and berserk. I've beaten 3 chapters in live a live and I think about a third or so way through berserk.
 
The Rogue: Prince of Persia: totally hooked. Had to peel myself away last night to go to bed. 1 more run.
Wheel World: putting it at the front of the rotation. Had to set it aside to beat a few other games.
Herdling: starting it up tonight.

After these 3, going to have to do Outer Worlds 1 or Stalker 2. Running out of time.
 
Signalis
I can see why people rave about this - it's fantastic. I like how certain scenes and gameplay sections transition from third to first person. Combat is probably the best I've experienced in an indie horror title. Sound design is on point. Story has me interested. It's also got a really helpful map which is a massive bonus for me in survival horror.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Just met up with the journalist and photographer, made my way to the tower to take pictures, and now I'm heading back to town. Really enjoying my time with this. Hoping to get some new party members soon, and a few more skills/spells!
 
Already gone through it myself but one of my kids (9) just finished Minishoot Adventures😲
I'm blown away to be honest. When he started he had trouble even just understanding twin stick shooter controls. I guess this is the difference between old and young minds. Young people can learn new stuff FAST!
 
I finally got around to making the PS Vita "truly" mine...ie not tied to someone else's PSN account, and immediately went about purchasing Joe Danger 2, Virtua Tennis, and Wipeout 2048!
 
I've been on a retro-tear lately. Recently finished up Phantasy Star 2 (Genesis) for the first time, which I really enjoyed, warts and all. Now that that one is finished, the rotation is Shining in the Darkness (Genesis), Shining Force (Genesis), Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Saturn), a little Tetris (NES), and some sprinkling of Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) with my son. Having a really great time with all these.
Finished Shining in the Darkness. Was a great game. Really enjoyed the art style and music. The encounter rate was a bit high, but was still a fun and simplistic (which is good for me) RPG. After finishing that, Ghouls'n Ghosts for Genesis has taken its place. Really enjoying that one too, as challenging as it is.
 
Played the demo of Daemon x machina titanic scion. Pretty cool mech game. I remember trying the first one but this one sorta clicks. It's very overwhelming now in the beginning, lots of info and stuff to read, but combat is cool, fast and very fun. It also has an intriguing premise and I want to explore more. I'm usually not into mecha games but this one I want to play more of.
 
UnderMine on my Steam Deck, picked it up for $2 a bit ago and it's a steal at that price. Fun little action roguelike.

Might grab "Is This Seat Taken?" for the weekend, could use a chill little puzzle game. Don't want to dive in to anything beefy with Silksong now looming on the horizon.
 
Strange as it might sound, but I'm concentrating on hunting animals in Death Stranding 2. I will also finish a few more roads and monorail tracks and add more zip lines and bridges for later use on NG+. And I will try to squeeze some time to play Gt7 again.
 
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RE Code Veronica. I don't know why. It's my least favourite of the original pre RE4 games, but something about it always draws me back.

That, and Bioshock. I've found myself putting new games aside. I do that all the time though. Constantly putting off new games I've yet to play to just enjoy replaying games I've played countless times before.
 


Good evening gentlemen. I find myself here tonight to inform the void that Ghost Recon Breakpoint Ultimate Edition is on sale for $11 on UbiSlop Connect. The updates are more than enough to make it playable and VERY good, but the mods make it one of the best open world tactical shooters of all time. Simply amazing. Pick this shit up, drop a shortcut in Steam and enjoy the weekend.

Color coded loot and bullet sponge enemies can now be disabled at the start of the game, and the weapons you find have the same stopping power for the entire game. Just as God and his only son Jesus Christ intended. Heads are no longer bulletproof either. Just throwing this out there for the guy who doesn't want to bother with any mods. UbiSlop did a good job modding out most of the problems for us.

Most people will skim over the post, but for the 1 guy who doesn't, well he's got a new top tier game in his library with nigh infinite replay ability. Graphics are pretty sweet and it runs like well lubricated softened butter covered in graphite dust and 5 weight nano oil.
 
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Still nothing. This is a long period, now. Work is still heating up so weekday nights are a bust. Plus I started getting out on wednesdays that's been worth the hangover for my mental health. Makes it actually easier to sleep the rest of the week.

Getting squeezed out on the weekends, too. This is a long time without playing almost any games. Still feels fine for the moment. Just a tiny bit annoying because I am frequently craving to play pretty much any game.

There is a vertical shooter I picked up called under defeat. I have tried it and it's good. Plays pretty well on this tablet. I should try squeezing that in.
 
Heretic - Still going through a level or two once in 3-4 days. It's fun but not as timeless as Doom.

Herdling - Playing it mostly because my kids like it and it's not the most exciting game ever, but it's very relaxing after a stressful day at work.

Spray Paint Simulator - 1000/1000'd it after lowering difficulty. I have patience to sit there for hours and paint stuff, but I'm not into finding every tiny unpainted micropixel to finish the level.

My Friendly Neighborhood - I started it without knowing anything about the game so I was kind of shocked it is a Resident Evil style game, just set in a weird cartoon world. Too soon to have a real opinion, but it could be kind of fun.
 
Resident Evil 2 - Original - Claire A - Finished
One of my favourite games of all time. It was released onto the PS5 a few days ago and I haven't played it in a while, so I thought I'd play through it again. Pretty much everything about it is perfect, from the selection of weapons to the pacing to the amount of boss battles. The RPD is one of the very best locations in any survival horror game. Not sure if I'll play Leon's scenario or if I'll move onto Resident Evil 3.
 
Resident Evil 2 - Original - Claire A - Finished
One of my favourite games of all time. It was released onto the PS5 a few days ago and I haven't played it in a while, so I thought I'd play through it again. Pretty much everything about it is perfect, from the selection of weapons to the pacing to the amount of boss battles. The RPD is one of the very best locations in any survival horror game. Not sure if I'll play Leon's scenario or if I'll move onto Resident Evil 3.
How can you not play the other scenario after immediately? In the Original this is basically a must, not an option.
 
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