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[TintoConCasera]

Started Valkyrie Profile but wasn't really feeling it, so instead I'll be playing Persona 3 FES.

Never played this one before. Started on Hard, so far so good, also the story seems interesting and the music is great as well. Always heard this one takes a ton of time to get going but I dunno, so far I find the pacing to be fine.

 

[yogaflame]

In preparation for November 20, I started to play Stellar blade again for my 5th playthrough It is just me but I notice some changes, in the movement and even the graphics in my Ps5 slim. Or maybe it is just I haven't played the game for a couple of months.
And I'm also playing Silent hill 2 remake for ps5 slim.

 

[violence]

Turok 2 remastered (PC) - This is one of those games that sadly could have reached higher levels of greatness, maybe even classic status, had it just had a little more polish. I remember reading that they were forced to make the game so quickly they never actually played it with an N64 controller. This is clearly a mouse and keyboard game.

The levels feel like first drafts that never got a quality pass. They are maze like and easy to get lost. However, progression objects are now clearly marked which is merciful and helps a lot.

I always enjoyed the game and but this remaster gave me newfound love for it. The shooting is a good time, Sir Turok has some great hardware.

 

[SmokedMeat]

You never played Nintendoland, Splatoon, Captain Toad, Mario Maker, Wonderful 101, Amiibo Festival… etc? Even ZombiU was damn cool use of the pad.

It’s been a long time. Nintendo land was a pack-in game so that was going to make great use of it. Zombi U I think it was the inventory screei had ZombiU, Splatoon, and Wonderful 101 but I’m struggling to recall what the screen did? Weren’t they just map/inventory screens?

The map/inventory was handy in Wind Waker, but then I remember Mariokart being a big horn button.

Overall I think it was pretty underutilized.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Started Valkyrie Profile but wasn't really feeling it, so instead I'll be playing Persona 3 FES.

Never played this one before. Started on Hard, so far so good, also the story seems interesting and the music is great as well. Always heard this one takes a ton of time to get going but I dunno, so far I find the pacing to be fine.

I played Persona 3 FES when it came out on PS2. It was my introduction to Persona at the time and for awhile I was a HUGE fan of Persona. I never played The Answer though. Whenever The Answer DLC ever get a massive price drop on Steam, I'll bite. Persona 3 still has the best story and my favorite Dungeon concept in the series. Hope you enjoy the game

 

[Danjin44]

I decided to replay little bit of Unicorn Overlord again before DQIII 2D-HD comes out but before I knew it put 50 hours in to it.

Why the fuck this game so addicting!?

 

[Roman Empire]

Nothing much. At parents house for the end of the year till january, so I plugged the PS5 and downloaded Uncharted 4 and F1 2024 to play with my old man. He was blown away by Uncharted and like the story and characters a lot, especially Sully. So I'll probably download the whole Collection and play through the games while he watches and we have some good laughs.

 

[RAIDEN1]

All these years I had Black Ops Cold war in my backlog, I decided to install it on the PS4 Pro, took 7-9 hours to download, once installed, I was looking forward to getting into the campaign (never played any of the Black Ops games before..) but low and behold the campaign is "locked" and requires a separate download and not only that you have to install the other multiplayer components in first before you can even begin the installation of the campaign.....I never had this amount of hassle in the last COD game I played (Infinite war) why does it have to be soo complicated? Hell even Black Ops 1 and 2 probably won't be as bad...though I do wonder about Black Ops 6...

 

[od-chan]

I haven't found a general thread in which I could ask for recommendations, so I'll ask here:

I want to play something like Destiny. I don't mind paying something, I just don't want to pay whatever Bungie is asking. If I understand it correctly I'd need to buy like a bazillion expanions (4 or 5 or sth) in order to get all the content, which is obviously ridiculous. Final Fantasy 14 didn't make me buy each single expansion either, and that's Square Enix we're talking about.

So is there something similiar? Halo Infinite is a dead mess last I checked sadly. PC btw, game should have a multi player of some sorts.

 

[adamsapple]

I haven't found a general thread in which I could ask for recommendations, so I'll ask here:

I want to play something like Destiny. I don't mind paying something, I just don't want to pay whatever Bungie is asking. If I understand it correctly I'd need to buy like a bazillion expanions (4 or 5 or sth) in order to get all the content, which is obviously ridiculous. Final Fantasy 14 didn't make me buy each single expansion either, and that's Square Enix we're talking about.

So is there something similiar? Halo Infinite is a dead mess last I checked sadly. PC btw, game should have a multi player of some sorts.

Warframe, maybe?

 

[TintoConCasera]

I haven't found a general thread in which I could ask for recommendations, so I'll ask here:

I want to play something like Destiny. I don't mind paying something, I just don't want to pay whatever Bungie is asking. If I understand it correctly I'd need to buy like a bazillion expanions (4 or 5 or sth) in order to get all the content, which is obviously ridiculous. Final Fantasy 14 didn't make me buy each single expansion either, and that's Square Enix we're talking about.

So is there something similiar? Halo Infinite is a dead mess last I checked sadly. PC btw, game should have a multi player of some sorts.

It might not really be like Destiny since I haven't played it, but if you want a game in which to collect a ton of weapons with a Diablo-like loot system and in which to shoot at shit in coop multiplayer, then check out Earth Defense Force. 5 is the best entry point while 6 is a direct sequel.

 

[od-chan]

Warframe, maybe?

Thanks, I'll check it out. I know there's an active community, so that's definitely a plus, I just don't know if I'll click with the gameplay, never really gave this a proper look.

I kinda liked The Descendant, but that only really lasted for about two hours. Just feels veeery repetitve, very quickly sadly.

It might not really be like Destiny since I haven't played it, but if you want a game in which to collect a ton of weapons with a Diablo-like loot system and in which to shoot at shit in coop multiplayer, then check out Earth Defense Force. 5 is the best entry point while 6 is a direct sequel.

This honestly looks like a mess I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, just looks way too janky/fanmod-ish to me. I appreciate the suggestion though, thanks!

E: Nevermind, I decided to get Gamepass. Call of duty seems to be hot shit right now, I haven't played one for like 10 years. And also there's Diablo, which I also never played seriously besided for like 10 hours in d3. Maybe I'll even find some people on GAF to carry my ass :3 Call of Duty might not be as fun in VR as destiny, but maybe it does the job. Need something to wind off of Metaphor

 

[bender]

Played a bunch more Echoes of Wisdom and wrapped up the desert and water temples. I'm still having a ton of fun and I love the sense of exploration and how you are rewarded for doing so. It probably has my favorite music in any game this year. I do think the combat can get a little tedious at times and managing your echoes can be cumbersome but those are really my only complaints outside of some iffy performance.

 

[twilo99]

 

[Branded]

Playing Excavation of Hob's Barrow (2022) atm and am really enjoying it. The atmosphere is spot on and it's perfect to play during this time of year when it's grey and grimy outside. I'm about 2 and a half hours in and almost halfway, I think, so it's nice and short as well.

 

[Rick Dangerous]

FFVIi remake intergrade on my new ps5 pro. So far so good (chapter 6)

 

[stn]

I beat Trials of Mana (PS4) recently, it was good! Doing the platinum cleanup and also continuing FF7 Rebirth (PS5), and Evil West (XSX).

 

[EerieArcade]

World of Warcraft
Bought War Within, got my Paladin to the level cap, and I have been doing a lot of Delves and world stuff. Looking at creating an alt. Probably a ranged class after leveling the Paladin. Although, I do rather fancy making an Earthen warrior.

Silent Hill 2 Remake
Crossed the lake and I'm in the hotel. Love this bit of the game.

 

[EerieArcade]

Playing Excavation of Hob's Barrow (2022) atm and am really enjoying it. The atmosphere is spot on and it's perfect to play during this time of year when it's grey and grimy outside. I'm about 2 and a half hours in and almost halfway, I think, so it's nice and short as well.

Bought this for my Steam Deck. Had it on my wishlist for so long!

 

[Chuck Berry]

Crysis 2 Remastered - Forgot how lightning fast the pacing is in this and how much it feels like a Michael Bay movie Also Hans Zimmer did that main theme. Hot diggity damn.

RDR 2 - It's like my fifth playthrough so Id really like to get at least one new trophy to put up on the board. Im thinking of going for collecting all of the cigarette cards. And it really pretty much is the best open world ever.

 

[Hrk69]

Helldivers 2. I forgot how much fun it was. Going to finish my 100% Red Dead Redemption playthrough soon.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I bought Lies Of P on a whim, cleared the factory and man, this game just feels so fucking dull on every level. It's not that it's bad, it's very serviceable, but the amount this clones Souls is just silly and bland. There are quite a few sfx and enemy movesets that are directly ripped from Souls games, the levels consistently look like bargain bin carbon copies and the lore is like random Souls jargon generator with the word puppets thrown in.

I'm unsure why I bought a Souls clone right now honestly but I loved The Surge for example so figured why not. It has some cool, small ideas of its own here and there but I just find it boring as fuck. Strike 2. Also bought Octopath II and hated that. Damn man...

 

[Jesb]

I just started black ops 6 via gfn and I’m not sure how this is going to go. My dpad on my 8bit ultimate controller seems to be unresponsive in this game.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I'm unsure why I bought a Souls clone right now honestly but I loved The Surge for example so figured why not. It has some cool, small ideas of its own here and there but I just find it boring as fuck. Strike 2. Also bought Octopath II and hated that. Damn man...

Lies of P and Octopath II are some of the best games I have played recently. I can't wait to see if they follow through with the teaser at the ending of Lies.


I just finished Alan Wake. I found all the manuscript pages except five and I still have no real grasp on what the hell was the truth in the story. I'm going to try nightmare mode and see if those hidden pages explain a bit more. It was a fun game! I enjoyed Quantum Break more, but that's probably because the story made more sense and the balance between story and action more heavily favored the former.

My copy of Alan Wake still has the unused DLC code, so I'll give that a try as well. I checked into the remake of the game, but they never added HDR? Seems criminal, and makes it not worth buying.

Next up on Xbox will be Ashen. I am still going with Xenoblade Chronicles on Switch and Ys Nordics on PS5.