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Post by Chopper on Oct 14, 2021 9:51:17 GMT
A bit more detail on my Dishonored 2-playthrough so far: I have gone with Emily and have murdered pretty much anyone I could get my hands on in the first mission. You can definitely murder two whole levels and still keep a low-chaos playthrough. In both Dishonoreds, I 'did my best' all the way through but just massacred my way through the last two levels and kept low chaos. It was kind of cathartic.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Oct 14, 2021 10:13:17 GMT
ToomuchFluffyDishonoured 2 is a fantastic game. Its one of the games I wish I could forget it and experience some of the missions all over again with fresh eyes. When I first played through the clockwork mansion I thought it was genius, especially when you can see it all working in the background and can actually use blink effectively to be in between. You have another 'crack'ing level coming up soon (well I though it was amazing) so I'll be interested to hear your opinion of it when you get there.
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Post by malek86 on Oct 14, 2021 14:44:11 GMT
Currenlty making my way through Soldier of Fortune Platinum. Just finished the Iraq level.
My main question is... will it get any harder? I'm playing on normal difficulty, and so far it's been a cakewalk. I don't mind because the power fantasy is strong with this one, and if I had to play it like a cover shooter then I'd probably hate it. But it's just weird, especially because the overall feel reminds me of Shogo, but Shogo was like a million times harder.
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Post by dogbot on Oct 14, 2021 14:54:52 GMT
The Dark Souls of furniture building. It makes me want to build my own bonfires and drink from my flask. Wet blanket: Be careful burning IKEA furniture. The coatings are poisonous. Still playing Hitman (2). I downloaded the £15 add on to play the first one and have been working through those missions. I'm not very good - I think the best I've got is 3 stars - but I'm enjoying trying to plan and execute without being noticed and the slow, deliberate pacing suits me. Been starting each one on Casual to have a look around, then moving onto Pro to try and complete, but I tend to get caught out by stupid things I should notice - cameras, etc. |
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Oct 14, 2021 18:25:05 GMT
A bit more detail on my Dishonored 2-playthrough so far: I have gone with Emily and have murdered pretty much anyone I could get my hands on in the first mission. You can definitely murder two whole levels and still keep a low-chaos playthrough. In both Dishonoreds, I 'did my best' all the way through but just massacred my way through the last two levels and kept low chaos. It was kind of cathartic.
Edit: That said, maybe the last levels in the game were shorter and had fewer mooks to kill, who knows? I ended up doing that in Thief Gold. Stealth seemed too difficult during the last few levels (outside of the very last one), so I just ended up killing way more than intended. With the first Dishonored I think I went in blind enough that I played a bit too violently early on and once I realized that the story would be affected I toned it down again. Springrazors and such were probably just too interesting not to at least try them out.
When I first played through the clockwork mansion I thought it was genius, especially when you can see it all working in the background and can actually use blink effectively to be in between.
Yeah, it's quite interesting and I was relieved that the Clockwork Soldiers are way more vulnerable than expected. Quite fun to play around with them. Just got out Sokolov and will hopefully continue tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2021 20:25:28 GMT
I bought Far Cry 6 and basically got past the prologue island, but I also picked up the Xbox version of Cyberpunk 2077 on sale, and I've gotten sucked into a new playthrough of that.
The 4K quality mode looks so much better than the (last gen) game on PS5. I don't mind the drop to 30fps at all for this game.
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Post by BurnoutJunkie on Oct 14, 2021 20:27:40 GMT
Currently playing Metroid Dread and loving it so far!
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Post by dfunked on Oct 14, 2021 20:32:10 GMT
So I've awakened a beast inside me... I've already finished Super Metroid, Dread and Fusion in that bizarre order this month, but I've now also decided to start over from scratch and do them in the proper order.
Currently on Zero Mission (I'll skip the original, thanks)
Next up I need to decide between AM2R or Samus Returns.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2021 4:55:05 GMT
I bought Far Cry 6 and basically got past the prologue island, but I also picked up the Xbox version of Cyberpunk 2077 on sale, and I've gotten sucked into a new playthrough of that. The 4K quality mode looks so much better than the (last gen) game on PS5. I don't mind the drop to 30fps at all for this game. Just adding to this, I feel like there's less need for a current gen upgrade on Series X than there is on PS5. Almost everything is better. Resolution, textures, draw distances, reflections, NPC counts, soundspace, lighting, shadows... The only thing is that I'm playing in the 4K Quality mode, so the framerate is halved, but it's MORE than a fair tradeoff. I'd expect the native current gen version to be just the One X on Series X version, with a dynamic resolution and 60fps lock. |
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Post by Chopper on Oct 15, 2021 10:28:27 GMT
Going away this weekend so didn't want to start anything I would have to relearn on Monday. So I gave Arid(PC) a go, which as a free student game, I thought would be about 2 hours in length.
Boy was I wrong. It's a good game, and with the qualifier 'For a student project..' it's nothing short of phenomenal what they achieved. I'ts a survival game, so I guess once you work out the hunger, thirst, health meters, everything else follows from that, but they have implemented a really deep crafting system, timed events (you can set traps and catch critters), they have a sun+shade mechanic where your sun exposure varies, a sandstorm blows through every so often, AND the environments look fantastic. I don't know how they did it, to be honest.
So 5 hours later I've almost finished the game, except for a final crafting challenge, which is a doozy. The crafting is almost too complex, where you have to make the components of a tool, make the tool (axes, hammers, knives), use the tool to both harvest other components and make the next-level tool, to make the item that's gonna get you out of there. It's like I've gone from banging two rocks together, to making blue science packs in Factorio.
Really good. And free!
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Post by Sarfrin on Oct 15, 2021 23:23:40 GMT
And there's nothing but the environment trying to kill you? Sold.
Avicii Invector is just a rhythm game but with all Avicii songs so it lives or dies on whether you like those songs. I do. Nuff said.
Still making my way upstairs in Dishonored 2. I have no idea how where I am now relates to where I drifted away last time. I've found a whole new way in, which fits Dishonored very well I guess.
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Post by Chopper on Oct 16, 2021 7:39:07 GMT
And there's nothing but the environment trying to kill you? Sold.
There is one (as always) ill-advised chase sequence where you flee an angry spirit, but that’s mostly it. One thing I would really highlight is that pickaxes are like gold dust, and are used to clear rocks to move between levels, so if you find one, don’t use it on something frivolous. I think the game eventually makes you craft at least one, which is a challenge, as mentioned above. |
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Post by Duffman5 on Oct 16, 2021 8:20:48 GMT
FC6, 14 hours in and enjoying...but not so much that I can't put down, didn't play yesterday, had an hour gaming and decided to play Gears 3 instead!
I an going to start "Good Life" ? today though.
Oh I forgot I fired up the ps4 for the first time in months yesterday and started Farming sim 19, I really think I could enjoy this style of management game, loved Emmerdale when it was a "farm" (1980's it was a bonding thing with my ma) and listen to The Archers every week. I did the tutorial but that seemed to end rather abruptly and after that I did not have a clue what to do!
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Post by stixxuk on Oct 16, 2021 8:37:56 GMT
Psychonauts 2
Got a reasonable way in, it's started off good and grown even better. The gameplay is fine but the artistic vision is the star. I just fucking love the creativity and psychedelia of it all. It just makes me want to explore and see everything. Worth the wait, there's nothing else like it (certainly not on the same level, at least).
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Oct 16, 2021 14:42:10 GMT
Still on Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
I'm having a lot of fun with it, but trying to roleplay an evil character is a bit frustrating. There's a very cool evil path to choose in the main campaign, but the minute by minute evil decisions are very disappointing. So 9 times out of 10 the "evil" path in a conversation is just "I don't like the look of you, ATTAAAAAAACK!".
which is dumb. Good villainy isn't just attacking people for no reason like a psychopath, it's more nuanced than that!
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Post by Rich on Oct 16, 2021 19:54:22 GMT
Grabbed Sinking City which was on sale on psn for less than a tenner, and glad I did. I love the Lovecraftian city setting, and am pleased that so far it's much more of an investigation/exploration game, than a combat focused survival horror, which is lucky as the combat so far has been proper shit.
Feels a bit janky in a Deadly Premonition like way, but like that game is not enough to spoil things.
Also playing through Tales of Berseria which at the 20 hour mark is feeling a bit of a slog and the story isn't great. Not sure if I'll bother continuing at the moment.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 16, 2021 20:07:30 GMT
Grabbed Sinking City which was on sale on psn for less than a tenner, and glad I did. I love the Lovecraftian city setting, and am pleased that so far it's much more of an investigation/exploration game, than a combat focused survival horror, which is lucky as the combat so far has been proper shit. Feels a bit janky in a Deadly Premonition like way, but like that game is not enough to spoil things. Also playing through Tales of Berseria which at the 20 hour mark is feeling a bit of a slog and the story isn't great. Not sure if I'll bother continuing at the moment. I enjoyed The Sinking City a lot. Reminded me of Vampire Bloodlines a bit - interesting story with great atmosphere, janky combat
The combat is never difficult though so I didn't mind it. Wasn't the draw for me anyway
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Post by Rich on Oct 16, 2021 20:11:06 GMT
Ah yes, that might be a better comparison than DP.
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Oct 16, 2021 20:14:30 GMT
It had a good offer on Steam as well not too long ago, but I believe it's still the version apparently hacked by the publisher and then put online. The developer has been warning not to buy this version.
MolarAm🔵: Unfortunately that's way too common. Bloodlines is comparatively good with making evil* options feel more convincing, but otherwise I haven't tried playing as an as******e all that often. Usually there's just no proper context or important reasons to suddenly behave like that.
*My third playthrough recently with a Dominate/Intimidate-Ventrue felt like it should and declining Humanity helped with it as well.
Sarfrin: Where are you at? I have just arrived at the Royal Conservatory yesterday.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Oct 16, 2021 22:49:48 GMT
Mechwarrior 5 has it's hooks in me now, basically Sid Meier's Pirates with clunking mechs and ridiculous firepower. Thought the campaign mode would be more structured, but nope, just seems to add a questline you can follow or not with some more scripted missions. So glad they ported this onto PS4 despite having zero interest in Battletech stuff before.
Anyone playing art of rally ? By the same devs as Absolute Drift, and seems to be gaing a bit of hype. Wait. YT popped up vids from the past week for the PS4 release, but it was out last year on PC ? Dunno why I haven't seen it before.
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Post by KD on Oct 16, 2021 23:05:41 GMT
I've had art of Rally installed for over a year, love the game for a little blast every now and then.
Curcuit Superstars released this week on xbox and steam, been in early access and similar but circuit racing with pit stops and tyre strategy.
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Post by grizzly on Oct 16, 2021 23:59:49 GMT
Art of Rally is fantastic.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 17, 2021 7:17:08 GMT
Played a few rounds of the 2k21 golf game that's included with ps+ last night. That ain't half bad you know. Very competent, was surprised. Didn't like the cutscenes of other players in the tournament though, will have to see if that can be changed in the options.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2021 7:27:49 GMT
I was wondering about that.
I tried World Tour Tennis 2 that was given... last month?
Hated it. First thing you see when you boot it up was the an automated tour of the microtransaction store, as if it were some mobile game.
Then when it got to actually playing an exhibition match, on normal setting, the cards enabled make the CPU stupid OP and turning them off makes the game braindead, where I didn't know if I was actually doing anything, but I was crushing the CPU anyway.
Wanted to give PGA 2K a go, but might be better off just sticking to Mario Golf and Tennis.
Bring back Virtua Tennis!
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Post by Dougs on Oct 17, 2021 7:31:03 GMT
It's not particularly original but there's limited you can do with a golf game I guess. Once I get a handle on the greens, I'll turn off the preview shot, which does make it a tad easy.
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Post by oldsheppy on Oct 17, 2021 7:38:49 GMT
Far cry 6 , it's good but I do miss the skill trees and towers a bit. I would have waited for the inevitable patches as well but there's too much coming out later as it's a bit buggy and sometimes 2 minutes after killing a load of goons they reappear just like far cry 2. Gunplay still feels nice but I thought that by this day and age they could give the bad guys more intelligence than a cauliflower.
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Post by erekose on Oct 17, 2021 13:10:22 GMT
So I've awakened a beast inside me... I've already finished Super Metroid, Dread and Fusion in that bizarre order this month, but I've now also decided to start over from scratch and do them in the proper order. Currently on Zero Mission (I'll skip the original, thanks) Next up I need to decide between AM2R or Samus Returns. That’s a bit of a mission, good work! I’m going Dread - Fusion - Super, myself. Actually I got abut halfway through Dread and then decided to restart it again from the beginning for some reason. |
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Post by Kay on Oct 17, 2021 21:45:55 GMT
Just completed the Grassland Groove level of DKC: Tropical Freeze, and yeah, I'm starting to see why this game is regarded as one of the greatest 2D platformers ever.
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Post by dfunked on Oct 17, 2021 21:48:28 GMT
I've just played through DKC this afternoon so will probably end up caving in and rebuying Tropical Freeze (or just digging my Wii U out of the loft like a sensible person) Think I got pretty far in it but drifted away due to my Destiny addiction at the time. erekose - it's not all that bad really. Zero Mission and Fusion are both short and sweet (and ZM is already done and dusted), and playing Super again means I can test my memory with a 100% run. 2 is the only real question mark here as to my shame I've never played any of the versions of it. I'll probably stick with AM2R for now and come back and play Samus Returns at a later date. Altogether you're still looking at less time combined than you'd commit to a single 20+ hour game. |
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Post by LTK on Oct 17, 2021 23:46:20 GMT
Been playing a little bit of Ring of Pain and I stumbled on a winning run after about a dozen attempts. The problem I have with games like these is that I don't feel in control of anything. Maybe it's different if you know the game inside and out, but for me, whenever I die, I don't feel like I learned something or became aware of any mistakes I might have made, other than perhaps a move I made immediately prior to that. The choices you're given just pile up too fast for any of them to seem like they made a life-and-death difference, so the only thing I can really do is pick the option that makes the most sense given the circumstances.
Maybe other people derive satisfaction from picking the right item to synergize with their build and stats every time, but when I have to make that decision a hundred times or more per run, it stops being interesting really damn fast. At least with action games that use similar mechanics (from BoI to Hades) force you to adopt different playstyles depending on your build, but with turn-based combat you just don't get that. Turns play out the same every time no matter what your build is, putting a strict upper limit on how much gameplay variation is possible.
Ring of Pain is definitely a worse offender in this than Slay the Spire or Monster train, but playing any of them leaves me feeling pretty much the same, that my successes are more due to luck than skill and that the only reliable way to victory is identifying the most overpowered items and praying that the dice don't roll in your disfavor.
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