hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Jul 30, 2024 9:11:47 GMT
About 24hrs into Stellar Blade.
To be honest I’m just delighted that I’ve managed to maintain an erection for the distance so far given I’m in my mid 40’s.
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Post by JuniorFE on Jul 30, 2024 9:14:49 GMT
About 24hrs into Stellar Blade. To be honest I’m just delighted that I’ve managed to maintain an erection for the distance so far given I’m in my mid 40’s. If your erection lasts longer than four hours you should see a doctor If your erection lasts a day you should probably see a succubus
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JonFE
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Uncomfortably numb...
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Post by JonFE on Jul 30, 2024 9:15:31 GMT
About 24hrs into Stellar Blade. To be honest I’m just delighted that I’ve managed to maintain an erection for the distance so far given I’m in my mid 40’s. You know, playing in the skin suit makes the game (among other things) harder, right?
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Post by JuniorFE on Jul 30, 2024 9:16:12 GMT
About 24hrs into Stellar Blade. To be honest I’m just delighted that I’ve managed to maintain an erection for the distance so far given I’m in my mid 40’s. You know, playing in the skin suit makes the game (among other things) harder, right? Yeah, it's not easy to play with one hand
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Post by zisssou on Jul 30, 2024 9:17:53 GMT
Was this the collectors edition?
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Post by JuniorFE on Jul 30, 2024 9:19:16 GMT
Does that come in "Hims and Hers" matching packages?
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Post by zisssou on Jul 30, 2024 9:21:10 GMT
Suppose it depends on how you identify!
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malek86
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Post by malek86 on Jul 30, 2024 15:39:48 GMT
So I've been in a retro mood lately. Here are the two games I've been playing.
Eye of the Beholder: at the start I was like, oh, this is easy. The mapping can get tiresome, but I could make some progress here. Then the second level is a maze, with stronger monsters and some puzzles I had to reach the hint book to solve. By the end, I had given up on trying to fill the map, as the corridors all looked the same and I'd get confused fairly quickly, especially with all the spinners and teleporters around.
At the third level, monsters started appearing that creamed my party in seconds, and that's when I decided I was better off cutting my losses here. I guess I'm not made for very old dungeon crawlers. Strangely, I finished Elder Scrolls Arena and Anvil of Dawn, but perhaps those were just easy.
Descent: so after giving up on EoB, I started this (the DX1 Rebirth version). Reached the 11th level so far. Again, it starts easy enough, but it's now getting quite hard. I hate those hitscan robots. Still, I don't feel overwhelmed just yet. Hopefully I won't give up for a little longer. If I can somehow get to the end, DX2 is next.
I'd also like to start Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time, for when I don't quite feel like navigating dangerous mines filled with murderous robots and would rather take my chances with giant icebergs.
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Jul 30, 2024 16:08:31 GMT
Baba Is You
So apparently I'm a big stoopid head.
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Post by skalpadda on Jul 30, 2024 16:09:00 GMT
Started on Assassin's Creed Syndicate. It was nice of them to make one of the twins an insufferable twatface so I don't have to think about which one to play as.
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on Jul 30, 2024 18:49:38 GMT
Put in a solid amount of time into Persona 5 over the last couple of weeks. Juts done the Futuba palace and a little bit of the next chapter (now in August). Been playing it since January, but still really enjoying it, particularly how it’s piecing its story together. Definetly gone up a gear or two.
Kind of on the look out for a smaller game to play alongside it, don’t want to it ruin it for myself.
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Post by dangerousdave on Jul 30, 2024 19:02:05 GMT
Baba Is You So apparently I'm a big stoopid head. Its a very hard game! For a while you can get by on reverse engineering a level, but eventually you’ll hit a brick wall that you’ll never overcome. Still, a great game!
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Jul 30, 2024 19:26:15 GMT
Baba Is You So apparently I'm a big stoopid head. Its a very hard game! For a while you can get by on reverse engineering a level, but eventually you’ll hit a brick wall that you’ll never overcome. Still, a great game! I haven't had to look up a guide so often just so I can get a grasp of what the game's logic is as I have with this game.
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Blue_Mike
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jul 31, 2024 17:47:46 GMT
Started Minds Beneath Us, released today.
Launch trailer:
Do you like your sci-fi to be very, very text heavy? If so this could be for you.
I was worried the faceless character designs wouldn't endear people to me, but that concern hasn't really materialised in the couple of hours I've spent with it so far. There do seem to be some branching paths in the narrative, but I'm not far enough into it yet to see just how far those brances deviate from each other.
The soundtrack is quite nice, but the animation is top notch.
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Post by quadfather on Aug 1, 2024 13:30:25 GMT
I'm going to buy that new game called Thank goodness you're here! A Yorkshire group of devs have made it and it's getting really good reviews. Proper puerile comedy and it even comes with a Yorkshire dialect as part of the language choices haha www.eurogamer.net/thank-goodness-youre-here-review
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hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Aug 1, 2024 13:36:44 GMT
Hope you willy like it.
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Aug 1, 2024 14:05:31 GMT
I'm going to buy that new game called Thank goodness you're here! A Yorkshire group of devs have made it and it's getting really good reviews. Proper puerile comedy and it even comes with a Yorkshire dialect as part of the language choices haha www.eurogamer.net/thank-goodness-youre-here-reviewJust watched them play it for a few minutes on Second Wind. Certainly looks charming.
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wunty
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Post by wunty on Aug 1, 2024 14:07:55 GMT
I'm going to buy that new game called Thank goodness you're here! A Yorkshire group of devs have made it and it's getting really good reviews. Proper puerile comedy and it even comes with a Yorkshire dialect as part of the language choices haha www.eurogamer.net/thank-goodness-youre-here-reviewYeah I pre-ordered it yesterday. Went to have a look this morning but couldn't yet so will check it out later. A mix of Boosh, Monty Python and League of Gentlemen all wrapped up in something that looks like I used to read in the Beano with a cast that includes Matt Berry?
Yes please.
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Ulythium
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 1, 2024 14:12:56 GMT
wunty Have you managed to start Rise of the Ronin yet? I'm still waiting for a price-drop!
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wunty
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Post by wunty on Aug 1, 2024 14:14:41 GMT
wunty Have you managed to start Rise of the Ronin yet? I'm still waiting for a price-drop! VERY briefly. I want to wrap up the Wo Long DLC first.
From the brief bit I played though I lopped off three heads so... Early signs are good. Combat feels - as expected - amazing.
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hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Aug 1, 2024 20:24:05 GMT
32hrs in and I’ve hit a wall in Stellar Blade. Not my Cyberboner endurance waning but a boss fight that includes a cumulative special damage chain that if not broken effectively creates an insta-death effectively… my lame skills already meant 3 successive deaths. Time to study a YouTube vid on best tactics and regroup for a few more tries tomorrow. Failing that time to wet wipe the case and get it down to CEX sans tissues for a chunky value trade in while it’s still hot to trot!
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Post by Danno on Aug 1, 2024 21:43:23 GMT
Alrighty.
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absolute delight. It's more of a sketch show than a game but it works. It's charming, funny, intuitive and I loved it.
Maybe overpriced in terms of hours played, but I really loved it and I will be back to hoover up the dialogue, graffiti and hopefully the trophies.
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Post by simple on Aug 1, 2024 22:21:49 GMT
I don’t think I’ve played a game as dense with jokes as Thank Goodness You’re Here before. Every scene is littered with sight gags and then there’s the dialogue, the attention to detail, the quests. The period setting is perfect too. That even in the opening scene there’s a gag about chip pan fires in the background of what should be a nothing bit of gameplay. Chef’s kiss.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 2, 2024 2:45:19 GMT
Grabbed Steamworld Dig 2 because it was dirt cheap on Switch.
Only played the first 20 minutes or so, which is basically the tutorial, but it seems fun enough. Worried it might get repetitive, but I've been told the 2nd is better for that, and several people here said it's great.
Gonna have to work out how to remap the controls though. Having sprint on Y and jump on B seems a weird choice, when already lots of platforms require you to be sprinting and jumping from thing to thing.
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Kids are playing through all 7 years of Lego Harry Potter in Co-op. It's mostly working as a summer holidays time occupier, although it does provoke a few arguments. They played through years 1-4 on PC a few years back, which was the same. Some places were buggy AF, and it seems like the Switch version has slightly improved the stability, but not fully fixed some of the gamebreaking bugs. Luckily restarting usually seems to fix it.
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Aug 2, 2024 4:06:08 GMT
I checked Steamworld Dig a few times over the years, but impressions always blur in my mind after a while.
It's some kind of side-scroller with a particular style, aaand you fight things... probably upgrade some things as well, but what is actually the focus of it? Ressource gathering?
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 2, 2024 5:44:52 GMT
I checked Steamworld Dig a few times over the years, but impressions always blur in my mind after a while. It's some kind of side-scroller with a particular style, aaand you fight things... probably upgrade some things as well, but what is actually the focus of it? Ressource gathering? Not played enough to know. Seems like Repton with mild resource gathering to for upgrades, and then some specifically designed small platform sections (which are maybe slightly Spelkunky with a few minor puzzles, traps or enemies?) Supposedly #2 has more variety and opens up into more of a metroidvania type game in the second half.
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Post by dangerousdave on Aug 2, 2024 6:30:56 GMT
The first game is like a journey to the bottom of a collapsed mine. The aim is to trade the ore you find along the way for improved gear that allows you to dig deeper than before. Additionally, during your digging you’ll find shafts that lead to skill upgrades that make your character more nimble and resilient.
That’s the basic loop and I found it rather engaging. The sequel kinda follows the same structure, but has much more variety to its challenge and design.
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JonFE
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Post by JonFE on Aug 2, 2024 6:48:40 GMT
dangerousdave said it much more eloquently than I could. I just want to add that I found both games compelling enough to play start to finish and then some!
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Post by pierrepressure on Aug 2, 2024 6:57:36 GMT
I've gone back to Kirby and the Forgotten Land after being distracted by Dragons Dogma 2 and Jeanne d'Arc.
Forgot how good it is to play, there are cute ideas on nearly every level, definitely a high watermark for 3D platformers.
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hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Aug 2, 2024 7:04:07 GMT
Dabbling with Star Trek Resurgence while taking a break from Stellar Blade. After resisting the initial urge to turn it off as "wow for a PS5 game this is a poor looking PS4 game" it is actually not half bad. Will let you know if it's not half good either at some point!
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