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Post by simple on Jan 8, 2024 10:45:50 GMT
I liked wandering about and chatting and doing puzzles in Undertale but I hated basically all of the combat mini-games so ended up never finishing it since random encounters mean you do those a lot.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 8, 2024 11:01:35 GMT
Laika: aged through blood
Looks lovely and I'm sure it's great when you git gud and the controls click, but the constant one hit deaths in the opening really put me off finding out. (even if a reload point was never that far away)
I'm a simple man and this was stretching the Metroidvania template a bit too far for me.
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Post by Duffman5 on Jan 8, 2024 11:17:38 GMT
I thought it was 24, that sounds more doable, cheers |
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Post by Tomo on Jan 8, 2024 19:25:10 GMT
Hi-five fellow Undertale unbelievers!
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on Jan 18, 2024 18:28:20 GMT
Binned of Need For Speed Unbound today. Given it two fair cracks at it, but I think it’s probably the worst NFS game I’ve played. The cel shading gives it’s a fresh look but I found the game more grindy than the loot box editions (the last one I played was Payback) as you spend persona style weeks upgrading your cars in prep for a end of week showdown. Sounds interesting on paper but you spend all your time with your shit bucket and not quite sure what you need for the end of the week other ( it tells you the entrance fee and rank of car but keeps harping on about you needing 4 type of cars etc).
These games live on their handling and it’s a bit shit. It’s feels very understeery and drifting and turning round corners never felt quite right, even with a combined 15 hours worth of play. It also to easy to get caught in a 4/5 star cop chase. Spend 5 minutes getting away and then too easy to get spotted and the whole thing starts over again. It made me long for Rivals/wanted and HP. This ain’t it.
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Post by minimatt on Jan 18, 2024 22:43:46 GMT
picked up Rimworld in the santa sales, played 9 whole minutes, refunded today. realised it'd take me ~20 hours just to learn how to play it and I'm a lazy, ridiculous man who'd rather just retreat into the safe space of yeeting lorries off mountains in snowrunner or drowning Oxygen Not Included duplicants in tanks of piss
edit: just noticed this is my thousandth post. which i marked by talking about drowning in a piss tank. have a consistent brand, what I always say.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 18, 2024 23:05:28 GMT
Metroid 2 due to no map, nondescript areas and the wonky spider ball controls. Samus also runs like she's just shat herself.
As much as I love the series, it's hard to go back past Super as they've aged like milk. Think I'll just play AM2R or Samus Returns instead.
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Post by RadicalRex on Jan 24, 2024 10:08:25 GMT
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice I always thought it looked interesting, and currently it's only €3 on Steam, so I decided to try it. I jumped in blindly, not really knowing what to expect, except that it's probably heavier on storytelling, atmosphere, psychology, emotions and facial expressions than it is about gameplay. Possibly more of an "interactive experience" or art or something rather than a traditional video game, but that's fine, I'll give it a shot. But I had no idea just how rudimentary and unenjoyable the interactive part is. Part of it is a slow on-rails walking simulator with invisible walls spammed all over the place, another part is a look-around-for-patterns game that got old the second time I did it, and then there's also combat, and oh my God the combat is just miserable. And everything is horribly stretched out. One of those games where I wish all interactivity was deleted and it just played like a movie, because the gameplay is among the worst I've ever played. Probably the best way to experience it is to watch a playthrough on Youtube. But playing it myself, hell no I just can't go on any longer. One weird thing is that at some point it says that if Senua dies too often, all her progress, everything will be lost. Which sounds like you'd have to restart from the beginning. Obviously this can't be true, because permadeath in a slow-mo walking simulator, no developer in the world could be that daft. I wonder what that was really about.* *Just looked it up, it's no permadeath, it just prevents a good ending or something. Whatever. |
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Post by rhaegyr on Jan 24, 2024 10:47:52 GMT
Typical Ninja Theory - big on style, very little substance.
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Post by theguy on Jan 24, 2024 11:10:03 GMT
Yeah, had similar with Hellblade. Honestly felt strange just how limited its gameplay ideas were. I did finish it though.
I also thought the bits about mental health weren't really even explored very well. iirc they just end up as vague whispers while you go ahead and conquer every obstacle in true videogame fashion anyway.
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Post by malek86 on Jan 25, 2024 16:52:27 GMT
One weird thing is that at some point it says that if Senua dies too often, all her progress, everything will be lost. Which sounds like you'd have to restart from the beginning. Obviously this can't be true, because permadeath in a slow-mo walking simulator, no developer in the world could be that daft. I wonder what that was really about.* *Just looked it up, it's no permadeath, it just prevents a good ending or something. Whatever. There's only one ending. Getting all the lore stones will unlock an extra cutscene near the end that explains a few things, but the ending itself doesn't change. That bobbins about resetting your progress if you die too often is just bobbins . |
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Post by Mr Wonderstuff on Jan 27, 2024 22:51:43 GMT
System Shock remake. Great game and really captures the essence of the original. However, the penultimate boss battle was crazy hard with some unfair moves - was the original like that? I can't remember. Can't.Be.Arsed. I hate boss battles with a passion, especially with the difficulty spike ramped up unfairly. Shame the game won't allow you to adjust the difficulty on the fly otherwise I would have just stuck it on easy.
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Post by pierrepressure on Jan 27, 2024 23:06:35 GMT
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.
Only about 2 hours in but really not seeing how it'll keep my attention for much longer. I was hoping it would scratch the JSR itch I had.
Think I'll have to wait for the new one, hopefully it's half decent otherwise I may have to dig out the original.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 30, 2024 12:49:24 GMT
After falling in love with the RE2 and 3 remakes recently, I still felt like I had a bit of an itch to scratch (itchy... tasty)
Code Veronica X (360 BC) - I probably would've given it more of a chance if it had updated controls ala RE1R, but fuck that tank noise.
RE6 - after a lengthy QTE tutorial I finally got to an action scene and Leon starts running around the place like a Benny Hill reject.
This feels like a horrible middle ground between OG RE4's clunky controls and the slicker modern controls of the remakes.
I might try it on PC again which didn't feel as bad to play with M+K IIRC.
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Post by Duffman5 on Feb 1, 2024 21:23:03 GMT
FF7 Remake This game can fuck the fuck off, you can probably tell I am less than happy as I hate quitting games. However after being bored off my tits with chapter 17 and fight after fight after longwinded fight, The Arsenal boss was one of the worst I have ever played I just can't go on! Anyway I eventually get to the final chapter and directly after a cut scene I am involved in several stages of a boring motorcycle combat section and I die fighting the tank thing ? I have had enough.
I started really liking looking at Tifa...I mean playing the game and found it fairly charming but it is way too long with some awful chapters with 14 and 17 being lowlights. This was only my second ever FF game, with the other being 15, which I enjoyed a lot more but also did not complete, although I may go back to that. As for FF7 I have no interest in part 2 and 3 of the remake. I will play 16 as I did enjoy the demo.
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Post by Ulythium on Feb 3, 2024 21:37:32 GMT
Duffman5 I'll be interested to hear what you think of XVI, as I'm trying to decide between that and VII Remake as my next game (and first-ever Final Fantasy experience).
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Post by JuniorFE on Feb 3, 2024 22:11:09 GMT
Duffman5 I'll be interested to hear what you think of XVI, as I'm trying to decide between that and VII Remake as my next game (and first-ever Final Fantasy experience). Not to dissuade you from Final Fantasy, but if you're still interested in Fate/Samurai Remnant the digital version is 30% off for a couple weeks on PSStore (the European one this time, no mistakes like with the Nioh Collection a while back 😅). Thought I should mention it just in case  |
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Post by Ulythium on Feb 3, 2024 22:14:24 GMT
As much as I appreciate the tip, Junior - and I really do! - it'll take the outright extinction of physical media to make me buy digital games  Did you buy Fate/Samurai Remnant in the end, or are you still working on your backlog? |
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Post by JuniorFE on Feb 3, 2024 22:19:10 GMT
As much as I appreciate the tip, Junior - and I really do! - it'll take the outright extinction of physical media to make me buy digital games Did you buy Fate/Samurai Remnant in the end, or are you still working on your backlog? Normally I wouldn't yet as I actually grabbed Stranger of Paradise (20€ in our local game store, no amount of memes could make this a bad price  ) just last week, but it is pretty hard to pass up a good deal on a game I know I'll want eventually |
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Post by ekz on Feb 4, 2024 1:53:48 GMT
As much as I appreciate the tip, Junior - and I really do! - it'll take the outright extinction of physical media to make me buy digital games Did you buy Fate/Samurai Remnant in the end, or are you still working on your backlog? Sorry if you've mentioned it before, but why are you so die-hard on physical copies only? I only ask because a lot of people say they'll never switch to digital only for X reason, but you're the only person who's remained deadset on it that I've come across. No judgement, just curious as I've been a primarily PC gamer since CoD2 so I long ago gave up on wanting to keep my stuff. |
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Post by Ulythium on Feb 4, 2024 11:02:15 GMT
ekz Just one of my (multitudinous, and presumably charming) personal foibles, is all! I'm the same way with everything, to be honest. CDs, records, books, DVDs, games - I like to own physical tat things.
I know I'm only delaying the inevitable day when I'll have to embrace - or at least, accept - an all-digital future, but I'll hold out for as long as I can.
I probably can't ignore the role played by my stupid OCD brain, but that seems like way too heavy a conversation for this thread
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Post by Duffman5 on Feb 4, 2024 17:39:34 GMT
Duffman5 I'll be interested to hear what you think of XVI, as I'm trying to decide between that and VII Remake as my next game (and first-ever Final Fantasy experience). Evening mate No problem, I will let you know. I did thoroughly enjoy the demo, hence buying. once I get to it fully I will update/dm you on here. Based off playing the demo and all 18 chapters of FF7 remake (albeit I did not complete) I have played, I think the themes in 16 will be more my thing. I purchased 16 where as FF7 was "free" on ps+ and I am not sure I would have paid money for it. |
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Feb 6, 2024 18:19:08 GMT
Space Hulk - Ascension: Unfortunately I have run into the same issue as a lot of others back then. Apparently some severe bugs never got fixed and so I'm stuck on the end of one mission as the game believes that the person teleporting out with the McGuffin has instead died. Should have made a dedicated save before picking between two missions. From what I remember reading only certain missions are bugged.
I'll probably give it another try with another chapter at some point.
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Post by Rich on Feb 8, 2024 9:48:48 GMT
The Last of Us Part II
It's a really, really good game and I'm sure I'll go back to it, but it's just so unrelentingly bleak and miserable. It's just not what I want at the moment. I don't remember the first game being like that.
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Post by dfunked on Feb 8, 2024 10:21:58 GMT
The first game wasn't exactly a ray of sunshine, but yeah they cranked the relentless bleakness up a notch in part 2.
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Post by malek86 on Feb 11, 2024 18:24:06 GMT
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
It's a GOW/L4D mashup. It's also one of the worst shooters I've ever played. Floaty aiming, no weapon impact, annoying controls, non-existant AI that compensates by forcing you into choke points before you have time to take cover... the list goes on. Dialogue is inoffensive, I guess, but then it doesn't do much to keep you interested either. In fact, it does nothing.
I did enjoy getting slammed around by Mr. X a good seven years before the RE2 remake. Even the Tyrant's animation is similar. Of course, I did not enjoy getting stunlocked and killed. At that point I realized I was bored to the point of sleep, so I turned off the game and did just that. Much better.
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Feb 12, 2024 18:15:40 GMT
Tried a bit of Wigmund, an ARPG that has a bit more of an active combat style with WASD-movement, dodging and so on. First impressions weren't great and the combat was fairly tedious. What I have seen of story, character system, atmosphere and world and so on hasn't impressed me enough to bother with it any further. Character system seems fairly simple whereas the combat system itself is apparently where a lot of the focus is. But personally I'm usually more interested in the options the systems give me.
Aside from that it ran pretty badly, even after telling it to use the dedicated card and turning down some options. Recommended GPU is a GTX 1070 with 8GB Ram, whereas Wolcen only asks for a GTX 1060 (6GB)..... It does look ok, but not really that good.
Edit: Back to the backlog it is.
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Post by apollo on Feb 17, 2024 8:13:38 GMT
Dead rising
Got on games with gold when that was a thing and this xbox one port is so lazy and bare bones of a port (don't listen to gamers who call it a "remake") It really need a proper remaster, update the controls, 2 plays a lot better than this. Also the graphics look like 360 but at 1080p native res
Shame as played it a lot in the 360 days but its rough to go back to now, the game deserves better.
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Post by Duffman5 on Feb 18, 2024 10:58:53 GMT
Call of the sea ps5.
Just not for me, got to chapter 3, with the sometime help of a guide! but it is just too puzzle heavy for me. I did know it was a game with puzzles going in but didn't realise just how much of it is based around this. My second abandon of the year after FF7 remake, although with that I got to and started the final chapter, so I may (however unlikely) return to that at some point, but I will not be returning to CotS.
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Post by RadicalRex on Feb 22, 2024 15:09:05 GMT
Super Woden GP 2
It's a fun idea, essentially Gran Turismo goes RC Pro-Am, but I found it got old relatively quickly, it's more repetitive than I'd hoped because aside from the speed difference all the cars feel the same. I'd probably still play it but controls and handling aren't great either.
Control-wise, I like to play on the TV with a controller, but controls in this game are sadly digital only as it's designed for arrow keys. So you can't move the stick gently for wider turns, you have to repeatedly "tap" into the direction. Sadly, this is one of those d-pad hating developers so you can't use that, only the stick. Tapping the d-pad like in the old days would have at least fit the nature of the controls and would have been somewhat intuitive, but flicking the analogue stick all the time instead is really awkward and counter-intuitive as hell.
As for handling, it's mostly fine, just what you'd expect. However, you always lose a lot of speed when turning (even before losing any traction), as if some super-aggressive ESC was cutting off the throttle all the time. That sucks and I haven't found a way to disable it.
It's not a bad game by any means, at the core it's fun, but the unsatisfying controls and handling let it down to a level where I just don't really feel like I want to play it.
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) just last week, but it is pretty hard to pass up a good deal on a game I know I'll want eventually 
