Boy Wander
Member
I'm playing a lot of Into The Breach on Switch atm. Bloody excellent game with a simple but addictive game loop. Definitely recommended for anyone who likes a simple strategy type game with some good amount of depth to it.
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Laptop1991
Member
Rage 2, Rise of the Ghost's and AC Odyssey
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KingGhidorah
Banned
Dark Souls 3, Sekiro
zenspider
Member
I hava had a mighty juggle these past months.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses was very good, but not as good as Echoes and Awakening. Another run on a higher difficulty might change my mind, but...
Astral Chain is unbelievably good. As cool as it looked at the reveal, I thought it would be some summer fun between anticipated titles, but goddamn this might be my favorite Platinum title, and likely game of the year, if it wasn't for...
Dragon Quest XI-S. So far, all I can say is this game is pitch perfect, Decades of JRPG honed to a brilliant diamond. My only complaint so far is it's release date - I would have like to clean my plate for this came out, but it was my mistake getting hooked on the 10 hour demo.
I finally got to start River City Girls on the couch with my lady. Super fun game, with satisfying mechanics. It's a bit too forgiving so far, at least if it was single-player, but for co-op, I appreciate the lack of fruatration. Cuphead was no fun for us (mostly me), as I prefer a solo challenge but a bit more chill when we play together. Full Metal Furies is still my favorite co-op game on the system, but this is up there and I'm already eyeing the next beat-em-up we take on. That there's quite a choice is astounding... what a time to be gaming!
In all this, I also grabbed Link's Awakening. This has been the only disappointment so far this year purchase-wise. I'm pretty bummed out about the performance. The selling point for me was the tasty art style - I think LA is "okay" at baseline. It's something I can only enjoy in the brief respites of a chugging frame rate on what seems like every new screen and area.
The weird part is using the magic powder on any screen jumps the frame rate back up to 60fps, so I'm hoping it's just an optimization issue that can be patched out.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses was very good, but not as good as Echoes and Awakening. Another run on a higher difficulty might change my mind, but...
Astral Chain is unbelievably good. As cool as it looked at the reveal, I thought it would be some summer fun between anticipated titles, but goddamn this might be my favorite Platinum title, and likely game of the year, if it wasn't for...
Dragon Quest XI-S. So far, all I can say is this game is pitch perfect, Decades of JRPG honed to a brilliant diamond. My only complaint so far is it's release date - I would have like to clean my plate for this came out, but it was my mistake getting hooked on the 10 hour demo.
I finally got to start River City Girls on the couch with my lady. Super fun game, with satisfying mechanics. It's a bit too forgiving so far, at least if it was single-player, but for co-op, I appreciate the lack of fruatration. Cuphead was no fun for us (mostly me), as I prefer a solo challenge but a bit more chill when we play together. Full Metal Furies is still my favorite co-op game on the system, but this is up there and I'm already eyeing the next beat-em-up we take on. That there's quite a choice is astounding... what a time to be gaming!
In all this, I also grabbed Link's Awakening. This has been the only disappointment so far this year purchase-wise. I'm pretty bummed out about the performance. The selling point for me was the tasty art style - I think LA is "okay" at baseline. It's something I can only enjoy in the brief respites of a chugging frame rate on what seems like every new screen and area.
The weird part is using the magic powder on any screen jumps the frame rate back up to 60fps, so I'm hoping it's just an optimization issue that can be patched out.
GreenAlien
Member
Mass Effect Andromeda.
It's as bad as people say it is. The writing is subpar, most of the quests are boring, even the loyalty missions.. lots of small annoyances.. but for some reason I'm already 3/4 through and I'm still having fun anyway.
It's as bad as people say it is. The writing is subpar, most of the quests are boring, even the loyalty missions.. lots of small annoyances.. but for some reason I'm already 3/4 through and I'm still having fun anyway.
TestMonkey
Member
Borderlands 3.
DunDunDunpachi
Banned
Just beat Titanfall 2. Great campaign that was about 2 missions too short (played it on Hard). My favorite loadout for the Titan was Ion which made short work of pretty much any enemy. The Pilot weapons felt amazing (I can tell this was handled by CoD vets) and the Mastiff (shotgun) is one of the punchiest shotguns I've used in an FPS in a while. Overall I think the 5th mission (Effect and Cause) felt like a hint of things to come, but unfortunately the time-based mechanics never returned.
Phase
Member
Yes, I really wanted that game to be longer. Was really good.
ClanOfNone
Member
Unlocked the last playable character in Children of Morta, this game is exceptional. I'll probably double dip when it hits ps4.
recklesscognition
Member
Apex Legends
HoldSteady
Neo Member
Too many to list. Spider-Man which is great. Finishing up a second play through of the last of us. Just started the surge 2 which I’m enjoying. Rage 2 and borderlands 3. Control and gears 5. I have a hard time to sticking to just one game. The backlog is always there beckoning me. It’s an albatross around my neck.
JimmyRustler
Member
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow. Xbox Version via the 360.
Can’t believe I am writing this but after I was a bit salty that I have to play this game on the Xbox instead of the PC I am SUPER glad I had to. Call me crazy but I think that while QuickSave is super convenient it does take some of the games magic and I do have the impression that the game is built around fighting your way from Checkpoint to Checkpoint. I mean, every time the Checkpoint prompt pops up I’m like... ”yissss!”
Man, I did dig SC1 immensely but I find myself addicted to Pandora Tomorrow. What a great game. Will probably get CT on the Xbox as well even though the PC version seems to be just fine.
Can’t believe I am writing this but after I was a bit salty that I have to play this game on the Xbox instead of the PC I am SUPER glad I had to. Call me crazy but I think that while QuickSave is super convenient it does take some of the games magic and I do have the impression that the game is built around fighting your way from Checkpoint to Checkpoint. I mean, every time the Checkpoint prompt pops up I’m like... ”yissss!”
Man, I did dig SC1 immensely but I find myself addicted to Pandora Tomorrow. What a great game. Will probably get CT on the Xbox as well even though the PC version seems to be just fine.
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ClanOfNone
Member
You're in for a treat, Chaos Theory is by far the best one of the three originals.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
Castlevania III (Switch)
Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)
Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC)
Super Mario Sunshine (GC)
Metroid Prime (GC)
Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)
Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC)
Super Mario Sunshine (GC)
Metroid Prime (GC)
DunDunDunpachi
Banned
Started up a 4p survival playthrough with my kids. This is pretty cool as a parent. My wife and I have been playing the game (first on PC, now on console) since Survival mode first came out. We still enjoy playing it, vanilla, maybe with a texture pack but no mods like the filthy casuals we are, and it has been neat to see each of the oldest three kids (8, 6, 3) grasping the mechanics of the game, bit by bit. The game world still feels properly dangerous when you start (a single skeleton can kill you in 6 or 7 arrows) which I love. Minecraft's finely-tuned difficulty curve is one of the best aspects of the whole game.
It has been at least 5 years since I played through a survival file and beat The End, so this will be fun to play through a completely fresh map with my kids. They normally play Creative mode or one of the minigame competitive modes so this will be their first Survival playthrough. Grappling with starvation and dying from mobs is new to them, but they don't seem discouraged.
It has been at least 5 years since I played through a survival file and beat The End, so this will be fun to play through a completely fresh map with my kids. They normally play Creative mode or one of the minigame competitive modes so this will be their first Survival playthrough. Grappling with starvation and dying from mobs is new to them, but they don't seem discouraged.
TrainedRage
Banned
After 80 hours of Gears 5 I'm ready to get the UE of Ghost Recon so I can play today on PC.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
PC Building Simulator - on PS4!!
-Mr.Green-
Neo Member
Mass Effect 2 on PS3. Not bad!
stranno
Member
Finished all four versions of Gears of War, lol.
X360 on X360 still holds up surprisingly well. Framerate is ok for most battles but it struggles sometimes. All in-game cinematics have really poor framerate (10-20 frames per second). It lacks most chapters from the final act (2/7).
X360 on XBX corrects most performance issues, especially on in-game cinematics, but it introduces some artifacts when rescaling the effects, and anti-aliasing is terrible.
Ultimate Edition on XBX. New models/textures are fine but The Coalition destroyed the game's style, cleaning the environments and the characters. And they converted all the excelent in-game cinematics into stupidly awful videos
People Can Fly's PC edition is the real deal, but the style was changed a lot because of the different rendering approach. It looks way more brighter and dull. But it is the original game working at 60+FPS and it has the additional chapters so ... no complains.
I'd say go with the original PC version, unless you want to go with the Teletubbies version (aka Ultimate Edition).
X360 on X360 still holds up surprisingly well. Framerate is ok for most battles but it struggles sometimes. All in-game cinematics have really poor framerate (10-20 frames per second). It lacks most chapters from the final act (2/7).
X360 on XBX corrects most performance issues, especially on in-game cinematics, but it introduces some artifacts when rescaling the effects, and anti-aliasing is terrible.
Ultimate Edition on XBX. New models/textures are fine but The Coalition destroyed the game's style, cleaning the environments and the characters. And they converted all the excelent in-game cinematics into stupidly awful videos
People Can Fly's PC edition is the real deal, but the style was changed a lot because of the different rendering approach. It looks way more brighter and dull. But it is the original game working at 60+FPS and it has the additional chapters so ... no complains.
I'd say go with the original PC version, unless you want to go with the Teletubbies version (aka Ultimate Edition).
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Borderlands 3 with the other half at the minute. Great fun but the performance/lag is terrible at times on my standard Xbox One.
Just ordered Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Gold Edition for £26 (PS4). Price seemed too good to turn down considering what it comes with but it’s yet another game to add to my already big backlog...
Just ordered Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Gold Edition for £26 (PS4). Price seemed too good to turn down considering what it comes with but it’s yet another game to add to my already big backlog...
synchronicity
Member
I found myself still in the mood for some PS1 action, so I started up Tail Concerto for the first time. Definitely a quirky title, but I'm in the mood for that at the moment, so it's all good.
Looneyiscrazy
Neo Member
Gears 5
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
I just finished Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry and got the platinum.
I'm playing now Secret of Mana on the Switch (via Collection of Mana) and Final Fantasy VIII on PS4. Will proceed with Dragon Quest I on Switch once I'm done with Secret of Mana.
I'm playing now Secret of Mana on the Switch (via Collection of Mana) and Final Fantasy VIII on PS4. Will proceed with Dragon Quest I on Switch once I'm done with Secret of Mana.
SweetShark
Member
Lot of games and sadly I really need to follow my old "strategy" and play only maybe 3 games at the same time.
But damn, so many games come so soon!!!
Anyway.
-Anodyne 2: Return to Dust-
I thought the whole gimmick will be just a 3D RPG which the action took place in 2D environment when you get smaller, but I was wrong.
10 hours in and I can say it is very interesting experience. Sometimes feels like a you waste of time sadly cause of some specific actions must do...
But yeah, very good game if you find it a little discounted.
-WHAT THE GOLF?-
Silly game which again at first was basic, but the more awesome things happens later and it a very good start.
5 hours in and it had some unexpected moments. Good game.
-Hypnospace Outlaws-
You are an Internet Police Enforcer in a alternative world of 90s were the Internet got even more advance...I guess?
With all honesty I am trying to like it, but so far it is veeeeery booooring. So boring that I leave it after a new game get into my attention. I am not the target audience for sure.
-Sea Bed-
A very interesting Yuri VN.
It start normal enough and then it hit you with a enough good plot twist early in the beginning.
And that the problem. After this moment it become just a very typical story which sssssllllllloooooooowwwwwwllllllyyyy reveals what happening.
It is ok I am trying to say. You need a lot of tolerance on this one.
Plans to play:
For the people wondering I will be playing the Beta of Subverse soon!!!
But damn, so many games come so soon!!!
Anyway.
-Anodyne 2: Return to Dust-
I thought the whole gimmick will be just a 3D RPG which the action took place in 2D environment when you get smaller, but I was wrong.
10 hours in and I can say it is very interesting experience. Sometimes feels like a you waste of time sadly cause of some specific actions must do...
But yeah, very good game if you find it a little discounted.
-WHAT THE GOLF?-
Silly game which again at first was basic, but the more awesome things happens later and it a very good start.
5 hours in and it had some unexpected moments. Good game.
-Hypnospace Outlaws-
You are an Internet Police Enforcer in a alternative world of 90s were the Internet got even more advance...I guess?
With all honesty I am trying to like it, but so far it is veeeeery booooring. So boring that I leave it after a new game get into my attention. I am not the target audience for sure.
-Sea Bed-
A very interesting Yuri VN.
It start normal enough and then it hit you with a enough good plot twist early in the beginning.
And that the problem. After this moment it become just a very typical story which sssssllllllloooooooowwwwwwllllllyyyy reveals what happening.
It is ok I am trying to say. You need a lot of tolerance on this one.
Plans to play:
For the people wondering I will be playing the Beta of Subverse soon!!!
Rya.Reisender
Member
Starting playing the second game from the Bard's Tale Trilogy. Didn't finish the first because the final dungeon was too hard to be fun, so I just started with a new party.
I always like myself some dungeon crawlers, but this one really is heavily flawed. Combat is basically "Have high enough AC to never be hit or die" and the controls aren't really designed well. No option to put spells on hotkeys or define macros. Automapping also isn't perfect. I really dislike the on-screen minimap as it really makes you only look at that rather than navigating in 3D, but you can switch that off. The journal map however does not really note down everything you see. Like if I see a trap in from of me through detect spell it does not appear in the journal until I actually step on it.
There are many more things that could be improved. Really feels like the devs tried to copy the original feel of the game without considering that the original gameplay wasn't very fun.
Makes me wonder if the new Bard's Tale IV still follows that old broken formula or is much more modernized.
I always like myself some dungeon crawlers, but this one really is heavily flawed. Combat is basically "Have high enough AC to never be hit or die" and the controls aren't really designed well. No option to put spells on hotkeys or define macros. Automapping also isn't perfect. I really dislike the on-screen minimap as it really makes you only look at that rather than navigating in 3D, but you can switch that off. The journal map however does not really note down everything you see. Like if I see a trap in from of me through detect spell it does not appear in the journal until I actually step on it.
There are many more things that could be improved. Really feels like the devs tried to copy the original feel of the game without considering that the original gameplay wasn't very fun.
Makes me wonder if the new Bard's Tale IV still follows that old broken formula or is much more modernized.
IpsoFacto
Member
Well, I haven't played the PS4 in two weeks. And One Piece: World Seeker just arrived in the mail. So I still got three games to burn through till Shenmue 3 lands.
Earthlock, I just finally got through a major battle that I had lost every single time. So I just took a little break to indulge in Senran Kagura: Burst ReNewal. Much like Gal Gun this is one of those silly, simple shameless, good inbetween major games. It's silly from the offset and goes full into shameless fanservice. The hack and slash is fun and easy enough to learn. Should lift my spirits up to get back to Earthlock soon.
Earthlock, I just finally got through a major battle that I had lost every single time. So I just took a little break to indulge in Senran Kagura: Burst ReNewal. Much like Gal Gun this is one of those silly, simple shameless, good inbetween major games. It's silly from the offset and goes full into shameless fanservice. The hack and slash is fun and easy enough to learn. Should lift my spirits up to get back to Earthlock soon.
Lanrutcon
Member
Octopath Traveller. It's pretty decent. I finished everyone's first chapters, then got creamed in the second chapter so I decided to go explore.
Now I'm level 50something and I've killed the optional bosses in the game. I don't think I'm going to go finish the main storyline now. I've seen all the game has to offer.
7/10, the devs needed to spend less time on the visuals and more time on compelling systems and an endgame.
Now I'm level 50something and I've killed the optional bosses in the game. I don't think I'm going to go finish the main storyline now. I've seen all the game has to offer.
7/10, the devs needed to spend less time on the visuals and more time on compelling systems and an endgame.
EightBit Man
Member
Dthomp
Member
Lot of games and sadly I really need to follow my old "strategy" and play only maybe 3 games at the same time.
But damn, so many games come so soon!!!
Anyway.
-Anodyne 2: Return to Dust-
I thought the whole gimmick will be just a 3D RPG which the action took place in 2D environment when you get smaller, but I was wrong.
10 hours in and I can say it is very interesting experience. Sometimes feels like a you waste of time sadly cause of some specific actions must do...
But yeah, very good game if you find it a little discounted.
-WHAT THE GOLF?-
Silly game which again at first was basic, but the more awesome things happens later and it a very good start.
5 hours in and it had some unexpected moments. Good game.
-Hypnospace Outlaws-
You are an Internet Police Enforcer in a alternative world of 90s were the Internet got even more advance...I guess?
With all honesty I am trying to like it, but so far it is veeeeery booooring. So boring that I leave it after a new game get into my attention. I am not the target audience for sure.
-Sea Bed-
A very interesting Yuri VN.
It start normal enough and then it hit you with a enough good plot twist early in the beginning.
And that the problem. After this moment it become just a very typical story which sssssllllllloooooooowwwwwwllllllyyyy reveals what happening.
It is ok I am trying to say. You need a lot of tolerance on this one.
Plans to play:
For the people wondering I will be playing the Beta of Subverse soon!!!
Please give me the details on the Subverse beta
Wish I could have gotten in on that kickstarter, looks like my kind of game to play between big AAA stuff with the crazy humor and boobs.
SweetShark
Member
Please give me the details on the Subverse beta
The Beta already started from 28th of September.
You had to do some specific steps on Dev's Discord to claim your key.
However I have lot of other games to play [as you saw already] so I will wait.
TheSadRanger
Banned
The thing with Octopath is I found that sometimes after I do a characters chapter. Say I do Primrose Ch.2, that it takes so long until I come back to it that I either forget about it or become disinterested by the time I come back.
Lanrutcon
Member
It is a very time intensive game, yeah. And the party member swapping is tedious...makes it feel like things are taking even longer.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
Super Mario Sunshine (GC)
Link's Awakening (SW)
Link's Awakening (SW)
synchronicity
Member
I finished up Tail Concerto which was pretty good. A bit of a hidden gem maybe. Not an all-time PS1 classic, but still worth playing.
Anyway, I started up Resident Evil Revelations (playing on PC) and Incredible Crisis (PS1). Here's some of my pics:
I think it looks pretty good considering its age and origins, and I like the ocean liner setting.
This seems like it will be really crazy and fun. I'd always been interested in it, but never got around to it until now.
Anyway, I started up Resident Evil Revelations (playing on PC) and Incredible Crisis (PS1). Here's some of my pics:
I think it looks pretty good considering its age and origins, and I like the ocean liner setting.
This seems like it will be really crazy and fun. I'd always been interested in it, but never got around to it until now.
nightmare-slain
Gold Member
started Link's Awakening on Switch (frame rate is god awful).
trying to get through MGSV. played a bit of it at launch. only just recruited Quiet. it's been quite disappointing so far.
i guess i'm playing Sekiro too....i got it at launch but there was a boss that just fucking pissed me right off and i'm struggling to bring myself to come back to deal with this bullshit.
trying to get through MGSV. played a bit of it at launch. only just recruited Quiet. it's been quite disappointing so far.
i guess i'm playing Sekiro too....i got it at launch but there was a boss that just fucking pissed me right off and i'm struggling to bring myself to come back to deal with this bullshit.
Hostile_18
Banned
Continuing on with my Uncharted trophy run. Onto Uncharted 4 now, still loving it.
1-3 has made me an expert on finding the treasures, can't believe how many obvious ones I missed on my original play through. Combat seems harder, especially stealth than precious crushings. Really enjoying it though, HDR looks amazing on my Panasonic OLED.
1-3 has made me an expert on finding the treasures, can't believe how many obvious ones I missed on my original play through. Combat seems harder, especially stealth than precious crushings. Really enjoying it though, HDR looks amazing on my Panasonic OLED.
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