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EerieArcade

Member
Silent Hill 2 Remake
I'm still in the Woodside apartments. Looking for the hands for the clock. This otherworld is really, really creepy.

The retailer I pre-ordered Metaphor Refantazio with has been short-stocked. Disappointed. Got a £10 voucher as an apology. Not the end of the world.
 

BouncyFrag

Member
Still playing Mass Effect 3 multiplayer on my XSS and starting my nth replay of Skyward Sword on Switch. I never thought I’d like SS but gave it a shot and absolutely love replaying it. It’s the perfect ‘comfort food of gaming’ for me. I still get big sad when…
You say goodbye to Fi at the end.
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Great ost too.
 
Playing System Shock Remake on PS5.

The game feels faithful to the original whilst also giving it a QoL overhaul, making it accessible to more people curious enough to want to try the series, without having to overcome the original's archaic design choices. The game's easier to pick up and play which could be seen as a negative for the game. The original had a learning curve, whilst also dropping me into a world where I had no clue what I was doing, giving it that overall challenge that I must overcome. The remake strips that from the player for the sake of accessibility, which is good, but that feeling is gone...
 
Final Fantasy 8 remastered

Just started and I‘m already confused about the junction system. Tried to google some explanations but everytime I try to continue the game I feel even dumber than before.

I don‘t remember when I hit the age in which my attention span for game mechanics got worse than a 5 year olds. I‘m 35 and I don‘t understand a PS1 game, like wtf?
 

EviLore

Expansive Ellipses
Staff Member
Final Fantasy 8 remastered

Just started and I‘m already confused about the junction system. Tried to google some explanations but everytime I try to continue the game I feel even dumber than before.

I don‘t remember when I hit the age in which my attention span for game mechanics got worse than a 5 year olds. I‘m 35 and I don‘t understand a PS1 game, like wtf?
You draw uses of magic from enemies or other sources. Then you equip those magic uses to various stats to make characters stronger. Using magic makes you a little weaker since it reduces the power of the junctioned stat, but you can always draw more magic.

Enemies level up with you, and this is crucial to know. If you’re not drawing a lot of magic and junctioning it, but you’re leveling up, the game can become extra difficult, so watch out. There is a summon early on with encounter none ability to manage your frequency of battles if you don’t want to level up.

Draw, draw, draw. And play triple triad, you get a lot from it.
 

Dafegamer

Member
RE5 in co-op and it is so much worse than I remember.
Not as offensive as RE6 but to me it lacked RE "spirit" and felt more like Capcom take on Gears of War. RE4 was perfectly balanced and still inherited many things what made RE an RE game. RE5 stripped way too many things off in the RE DNA. Surprisingly, CO-OP with my brother was the saving grace for me.
 
Started playing Mutazione. It's a narrative 2D indie game in the vein of Night in the Woods or Oxenfree, but more "soap-opera" like, rather than horror/thriller mystery.

I've completed one day already... and I don't like it that much. It's dull. It's boring. It's too feel-good to me. There's no action whatsoever apart from "go talk to person X", "go bring me Y from location Z". There's a tacked-on mechanics of tending a garden, which is also not to my taste. The "mutants" from the title are cartoony characters.
Bought a physical copy from iam8bit. I'll say this: playing this "game" felt like what a eunuch would seek out and play (edit: the self-own just dawned on me :messenger_grinning_sweat:).

One of the NPC "quests" were you figuring out in the end that the married couple birthed a bastard child, while the woman who did the cheating tried her damnedest to rationalize it and brush it off like it was nothing. She literally got the baby daddy and the poor sod that married the bitch to join together and take care of their child. If there was ever a case for domestic violence, man... this takes the cake. The MC and the whole community was just supposed to play along with it.

Fucking pissed me off thinking about it; so much so, I'm thinking of either burning my copy as a sacrifice to the gods, or just sell it (which I never do).

0/10, fuck this gaeme
 
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Metaphor and vampire survivors for me. I got the platinum the other day in vampire survivors and trying to clean up the optional stuff and DLC trophies. Its a pretty solid game, especially for the price, but something about it just doesn't fully click. The difficulty spikes are just odd. At first it seemed natural, you learn evaluations, better builds etc and just naturally get better at the game. Then it becomes too easy where I would literally have to try and lose to actually die and if I got full build it would sometimes be impossible lol. However, one of these DLC levels is just insane and I only max out at 30 mins if I pick a OP character.

I don't mind a challenge but I don't really understand why this came out of nowhere, even with it being dlc. Like every other level is ridiculously easy, any main story, secret levels the one DLC, and even putting all of those on inverse mode. Its like I figured out what the game is over the last 30ish hours and it just throws a curve ball. Still would recommend but maybe not so if your a trophy/achievement hunter. All of those are fairly easy to get but man is there a SHIT ton of them.
 

Celcius

°Temp. member
Just about to start my second playthrough of FF16, this time on PC. It will be my first time playing through the DLC though.
 

bender

What time is it?
Not as offensive as RE6 but to me it lacked RE "spirit" and felt more like Capcom take on Gears of War. RE4 was perfectly balanced and still inherited many things what made RE an RE game. RE5 stripped way too many things off in the RE DNA. Surprisingly, CO-OP with my brother was the saving grace for me.

We went through RE6 earlier this year. It was my first playthrough. It's one of the worst games I've forced myself to suffer through. RE5 is certainly better and I played through it a ton of times on 360. I'm just surprised at how much I've forgotten and how unfavorably I'm viewing the experience.
 

Dafegamer

Member
We went through RE6 earlier this year. It was my first playthrough. It's one of the worst games I've forced myself to suffer through. RE5 is certainly better and I played through it a ton of times on 360. I'm just surprised at how much I've forgotten and how unfavorably I'm viewing the experience.
Yup, RE6 is a mess, it tries to be way too many things(horror, shooter, beat em up etc) and fails horribly. Dangers of over-ambition in game design
 

Mr Hyde

Member
Finished Brookhaven Hospital in Silent Hill 2 and I'm not gonna lie. That shit was pretty rough. Ate up a lot of my resources. I can't really remember how the story went down in the OG, but I think most here in the remake has been pretty faithful. It's not a 1:1, some things are changed, but overall it follows the same story beats. The puzzles are changed though and they are molded in the same contrived style as OG Silent Hill. Brookhaven had some truly disgusting ones and it also had a creepy little backstory attached to it. Love it.

One thing I'm really impressed by (except the phenomenal graphics) is the performance by the characters, especially James. His voice actor does a fantastic job. I was a bit iffy when Bloober revealed him, didn't really like the face change, but here he feels much more layered and real than James did in the original. Every character feels much better in fact, Maria especially. The dialogue is better written and delivered, and the story isn't as ambiguous, but it's still subtle and confusing, only in a good way. The original is still a masterpiece in psychological horror, and it was so far ahead in terms of the subject matters that are dealt with (and still is) but it could be overly abstract at times and go over your head (at least when I was in my 20s when I played it) so I appreciate Bloober taking a more straight forward approach while at the same time not lose any of the mystery and psychological impact of what is happening. That's quite impressive. I hope they can deliver all the way through.
 

pachura

Member
Replayed Limbo; replaying Inside now. I must say, while Inside has great 2.5D graphics and fabulous light effects, I find Limbo's puzzles much better; ingenious, in fact!
 

SkylineRKR

Member
I started Ghostwire and I like every second of it. The only thing kind of so so is the combat, but then I do like the stealth. Its pretty cool to ascend on top of a building, and then chain killing a group of enemies on the ground.

The open world is relatively small and fast to traverse, the amount of sidequests are just about enough and they are quite fun. The game is unique, and has a great art direction. Tango ftw.

Final Fantasy 8 remastered

Just started and I‘m already confused about the junction system. Tried to google some explanations but everytime I try to continue the game I feel even dumber than before.

I don‘t remember when I hit the age in which my attention span for game mechanics got worse than a 5 year olds. I‘m 35 and I don‘t understand a PS1 game, like wtf?

Such a great game. Probably my number 2 FF after XII.

Junction isn't that hard. GF have certain stat abilities, and unlock more while you level them. While you can also find scrolls that instantly unlock something. You can choose what stat your GF has to level and unlock first.

If your character equips this GF, you'll see this stat being white and you can alter it. What you then can do is add your magic to it to increase your stat. If you cast this magic however, you will ofcourse lose a spell and thus your stat will go down. You typically want not to use the magic you junction. Some magic works best in certain slots, like Cure in HP junction, Double/Triple in Speed etc.

Its not really a problem for me, once you can create magic from item drops you can easily create 100's and cast the spares that aren't junctioned (they have no symbol next to them), while drawing isn't that bad either. With higher Spirit you can draw like 12 every turn.

PS1 games weren't always easy to grasp, though the tutorials do explain everything and can be reread.
 
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King Dazzar

Member
And I'm done with Starfield. Couldn't take it anymore. Grind, grind, grind. So much repetition. I was on a planet just wondering why it was so bland and then it crashed. It felt good to be uninstalling it. I managed to put over 40hrs into it. And it had its moments. I loved landing on the moon for the first time. But its such a repetitive and antiquated experience. I'd rather play Skyrim again, a 13 year old game, that I've put 1,000+ hrs into than spend another minute with Starfield. And that tells me all I need to know.

Halo MCC next whilst I await PS5 Pro.
 

Diseased Yak

Gold Member
I picked Brotato back up. Such a fun game with so much to unlock.

Metaphor Revantazio, starting today, will eat most all of my time up for a while, probably right up to when Ys X Nordics releases.
 

Mr Hyde

Member
Reached Historical Society in SH2. My memory is a little foggy here on what is going down here, so it's gonna be interesting to see the story unfold. There has been a few times where the game has legit been scary as hell, which is nice for us veterans who played the original to death. I think this game is going down as my GOTY. The game is so damn good I have a difficult time putting down the controller.
 
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Dragon Ball Sparking Zero. I had to do it. Grabbed it for my bro a copy as well as his birthday gift. We'll probably spend to whole weekend playing against each other. The original Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi 3 was the only game where my brother trained enough to beat me in a fair fight and I was giving my max as a teenager.

It was the only time I think I raged in a game and we ended up fighting in real life. It was a bonding moment and my bro will forever tease me as he got me to rage in a game.
 

Roberts

Member
I've been playing pretty much only Starfield lately, obviously thanks to the release of Shattered Space. But after completing the main quest for that DLC and most of the side quests, I kept on going back and doing stuff that I never finished in the main game. Basically that Al Pacino gif in a nutshell.

Before Starfield came out, I was a bit sceptical about how it will work considering you have all these planets you can go to. Part of me wanted another Skyrim, Fallout where it is one big map, but after completing Shattered Space I realised that not being constricted to one planet is what makes the game tick. I was digging the Daedric Morrowind vibes of Va'ruun'kai for the most part but by the end I was so ready to get off that rock and travel the universe again. Shattered Space might have been a pretty good DLC but the game itself is pretty much my GOTG.
 

Nitty_Grimes

Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Balatro.

Don't all come hunting for me but the reviews for this... digital crack? The people posting it must have been on physical crack.

You get 3 or 4 levels in say then the boss will be 'only play one hand this round' BANG! You're fucked, game over. Not even risk/reward with your jokers because you cannot predict that boss will have that rule - you're unceremoniously dumped to the beginning of the game again.

Am I missing something?
 

Duchess

Member
PS5: Alan Wake Remastered

Laptop: Flight of the Amazon Queen (maybe we'll see more on the sequel next year..?)

edit: I forgot just how many stupid sex jokes are in FotAQ..!
edit edit: by "stupid" I mean amusing, in a very silly way
 
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Mr Hyde

Member
Toluca Lake Prison now in SH2 and playing with headphones honestly fucks me up a bit. It's incredibly unnerving hearing the disgusting sounds that crawls everywhere around you and you are on your toes constantly. It's mentally exhausting. Which is a great compliment to the sound design, but yeah, I just want to get out of this place. Godspeed if you have arachnophobia. It ain't going to be easy for you.
 

RAIDEN1

Member
Broken Sword reforged is my current "go-to" game on Xbox despite the wealth of games on Gamepass, I recently brought a PS Vita my first time in purchasing a handheld in decades, as I have been super intrigued by its catalogue, though disappointed to see it doesn't have much in the way of first-person shooters, soccer/football games... but still it has some great pre-loaded games with it, which I will look to get into, and I am looking to purchase Wipeout 2048, and Pursuit Force at somepoint..
 
Broken Sword reforged is my current "go-to" game on Xbox
I noticed this runs on Xbox One. I'm leaning towards getting it there instead of PS5, but I can't find any reviews for this version. Reviews don't even mention it. Hell, the official announcement doesn't mention this.
 
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engstra

Member
Finished Dead Space Remake. Really great, I probably sat for like 8 hours straight playing to the end of it. Absolutely glued me in. They really nail the atmosphere, and apart from a couple of technical stutters in some areas, it looks amazing.
It's obviously been a while since the original but kinda felt less scary this time around? I like for the most part the changes they made. The sidequest stuff is fun, although the backtracking to unlock rooms was a bit of a drag. It would've been good if you could set markers for romms on the map, I had a lot of trouble getting to one of the rooms in the medical area. I'm not a huge fan of the new zero-gravity sections, I kinda liked the sections better in the original.
I might go back and do new game + and plasma cutter only run for old times sake. I highly doubt I'll try for platinum, impossible difficulty level sounds absolutely brutal.
 
About 2 hours into Dino Cris (Dreamcast):

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  1. Really surprised about the lack of background music (score)
  2. Shooting at raptors has no "oomph" to it like when shooting the head off a zombie in RE
  3. Not scary at all
  4. First boss fight was on the roof of a Helipad with a huge T-Rex....and the game gives your first grenade launcher only for you to RUN around like an idiot until your friend says "Okay let's go to the elevator now". Shooting at the dino DOES NOTHING!
  5. I do like the voice of Regina and the Rick character.
It's crazy being a survival horror nerd I waited TOO long to give Dino Crisis a chance and pretty underwhelmed so far. Still gonna push through to the end.
 
About 2 hours into Dino Cris (Dreamcast):

dino-crisis-1-gif.gif


  1. Really surprised about the lack of background music (score)
  2. Shooting at raptors has no "oomph" to it like when shooting the head off a zombie in RE
  3. Not scary at all
  4. First boss fight was on the roof of a Helipad with a huge T-Rex....and the game gives your first grenade launcher only for you to RUN around like an idiot until your friend says "Okay let's go to the elevator now". Shooting at the dino DOES NOTHING!
  5. I do like the voice of Regina and the Rick character.
It's crazy being a survival horror nerd I waited TOO long to give Dino Crisis a chance and pretty underwhelmed so far. Still gonna push through to the end.
The first game is way overrated. The second one is the one that really shines in the gameplay department. It has more arcade styled action as well.
 
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Jesb

Member
I was trying a 3rd playthrough on village on hardcore difficulty and it seems impossible. It’s like not even the same game anymore. I even have infinite shotgun ammo but the section where you need to keep killing them until you can move on. They just keep coming, it’s like it never ends. It’s the first wave you need to deal with in the opening section. Right after an announcement telling you to go to a house if there are any survivors. And this isn’t even the highest difficulty lol. This is absolutely brutal.
 

cman

Neo Member
Silent Hill 2 Remake PC version, hardmode combat and puzzle. Just killed alot of female Thigh monsters upstairs lol and managed to do it with just MC's trusty wooden melee weapon yay. got the second coin and met Eddie. Recorded it:



The remake version of the meeting Eddie scene is handled good imo.
 

King Dazzar

Member
Playing dragon age 2, literally have trophies on this from 2011 that I have no recollections of, I love the gameplay, I think the main character Hawke is pretty cool, especially the mass effect companions.
The core gameplay was solid enough. Its a shame they ruined it with so many repeat areas. Everything felt very tired very quickly for me. I'd love a remake of the first one.
 

Lunarorbit

Member
Buy silent hill 2 (never played a sh game but like the movies) or play through dead space on ps5 (bought it before ps plus had it free).

Played dead space on ps3 Jan 2023 so it would be a second go through. Great ps3 game.
 

Roberts

Member
Deleted Starfield before it completely takes over my life again and got back to Sea of Stars. There is nothing wrong with the game and I am enjoying its atmosphere and combat, but I am not sure I want to commit to it fully - depends how long the game is and it seems like a very long game. Might pick another game and play them back to back.
 

bender

What time is it?
4 Chapters left in RE5 and I'm hoping my buddy has some time to day to wrap it up. I consider it mostly boring with really bad boss battles. I'm getting old as I finished the game at least three times back in the day and I barely remember anything about it.

I also finally spent some time with Luigi's Mansion 2. I'm in the middle of Haunted Towers. There is a lot to like about the game but I do remember why I dropped it so quickly on the 3DS. The mission structure just kills the game flow for me and the controls can be a little janky due to being designed around the system only having one slide pad (analogue stick).
 
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