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Post by f00b_inc on Nov 18, 2024 16:58:51 GMT
This might have already been posted elsewhere but I thought I'd mention it just in case.
Netflix under the games tab (which I'm not sure if I've ever used!) had a pop up for Rise of the Golden Idol. I have been playing through it over the past few days and it is a great point-n-click'alike. I'm enjoying it so far - definitely worth having a look if you like some puzzley goodness and you've got Netflix already. Or even if you don't.
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Post by Ulythium on Nov 18, 2024 21:05:59 GMT
Reminds me, I should probably go back to RE4. I got sidetracked by other stuff and haven't touched it for a month or two.
How far did you get, out of interest?
I've just done the bit where you
play as Ashley - I don't have a frame of reference for whereabouts I am, but I'm guessing just after the halfway point.
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Post by peacemaker on Nov 18, 2024 21:52:53 GMT
Half life 2 on pc.
I’m assuming it’s had various updates over the years as this does not look twenty years old! Still a joy to play what is probably my favourite game of all time. This or the original deus ex.
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Post by dfunked on Nov 18, 2024 22:48:47 GMT
PoP TLC Loaded it up after work and had to drag myself away from it just now, otherwise I'd still be playing well after midnight. Excellent stuff! Snek boi is down and I've just got the double jump The map is ridiculously big, but traversing it is just so damn fun. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 19, 2024 1:46:37 GMT
Hmm. If the traversal is the best bit of PoP:TLC then maybe I'll have to check it out after all. All the noise around release time made it sound like it was mainly about the combat, which is the least interesting part of any PoP game for me. Reminds me, I should probably go back to RE4. I got sidetracked by other stuff and haven't touched it for a month or two.
How far did you get, out of interest?
I've just done the bit where you
REDACTED - I don't have a frame of reference for whereabouts I am, but I'm guessing just after the halfway point.
Hmm. Don't remember. The bit with the zombie villagers?  Just after going across the lake. Where there are some houses on stilts in a pond. Maybe? Don't actually know how long the game is, so I have no idea how far through I am. |
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Nov 19, 2024 5:22:37 GMT
Half life 2 on pc. I’m assuming it’s had various updates over the years as this does not look twenty years old! Still a joy to play what is probably my favourite game of all time. This or the original deus ex. Have they ever upgraded the lighting for the original? HDR, Bloom and such only got introduced with Lost Coast. But still, you are right, the water has always looked pretty good and facial animations are probably still superior to a good few modern games.
Other than that there were some weird updates to the visuals over time. Like the shotgun soldiers getting their own look or the blood spatter changing. For some time I even had it censored out I think  |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 19, 2024 5:30:07 GMT
They've updated a bunch of stuff, both over the years and in the anniversary update - including at least some lighting fixes/improvements. I dunno if they've backported everything from the episodes, but it sounds like it has HDR at least.. www.half-life.com/en/halflife2/20th |
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Post by peacemaker on Nov 19, 2024 12:10:49 GMT
Yeah it now supports hdr and it looks lovely.
Currently near the end of the hover boat escape and it is still 10/10, an absolute joy to play even by today’s standards. Almost makes me think what has actually advanced in 20 years outside of the visuals and audio tech. Like the music in this is pretty bad coming straight from playing Alyx.
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Post by Vortex on Nov 19, 2024 12:19:23 GMT
There's a hover boat??? etc I wonder what's happening with that guy? |
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Post by richyroo on Nov 19, 2024 13:29:36 GMT
I started Death Stranding last night on the Xbox after the surprise release last week and being able to get it from the Iceland store for a tenner.
For 5 years I looked at the game as a boring 'walking simulator' and had no interest whatsoever.
I played it for about 5 hours last night and was totally hooked. I didn't really have a clue what the fuck was going on, other than the world had gone to shit, something about the world of the dead spilling out into our reality and trying to unite the last remaining human settlements across America.
I loved the opening sequences, even though it was set in daylight it came across as a horror to me. The sense of dread and fear was palpable.
The menus are a bit overwhelming at first and the game doesn't really explain what you are doing very well. i think I started to get the hang of it though.
Looking forward to getting back into it tonight. Kojima at his batshit crazy best.
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Post by pierrepressure on Nov 19, 2024 14:18:30 GMT
Blood Omen on PlayStation Plus classics, I'm not a graphics whore but fuck this game is ugly, it's actually hurting my eyes trying to figure out what's going on.
Only half hour in so will keep with it for now but seriously tempted to not bother.
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Post by zagibu on Nov 19, 2024 14:31:29 GMT
The only good titles in the legacy of kain series are the first blood omen (the top down view one) and the first soul reaver. The rest were mediocre to bad.
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Nov 19, 2024 18:16:26 GMT
Icewind Dale:
I'm visiting Heart of Winter for the first time and the Burial Isle has proven to be a somewhat ridiculous difficulty spike. Mostly because of Wailing Maidens. Battery Sirens have nothing on them. Well, at least they die much easier. Once I prioritised them with ranged weapons and some spells like Sunscorch and Magical Stone it came down more to trial and error, but just one of those being allowed to cast Hopelessness on the party while there were still Barrow Wights and/or Drowned Dead around was a death sentence.
Then there was a boss version of them at the end and she has a spell that basically just kills half of the party... but the same approach worked here as well. She just has to be killed before she can cast it.
Well, once I was through the crypt I let myself be returned to the main campaign. Seems better to level my characters a bit more before continuing with HoW.
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Aunty Treats
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Post by Aunty Treats on Nov 20, 2024 9:14:02 GMT
Question for anyone who paid attention while playing Mario Wonder. After finishing the game, I'm pretty sure there was a pop up saying something along the lines of any remaining hidden levels will be displayed as a '?'
I can't see any indication of anything like that anywhere. Did I read it wrong? Is there a way to see which levels have hidden exits?
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 20, 2024 11:26:38 GMT
Aunty Treats I can’t really remember, but I think if you’ve found every secret on a stage it has a green tick next to it (on the world map). So, in theory, if there was a secret exit on a particular stage that you hadn’t found, it wouldn’t have a tick next to it. There a not that many secret exits, so if you’ve been thorough on your playthrough, you could probably figure out which stages have one.
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Aunty Treats
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Post by Aunty Treats on Nov 20, 2024 11:48:58 GMT
Aunty Treats I can’t really remember, but I think if you’ve found every secret on a stage it has a green tick next to it (on the world map). So, in theory, if there was a secret exit on a particular stage that you hadn’t found, it wouldn’t have a tick next to it. There a not that many secret exits, so if you’ve been thorough on your playthrough, you could probably figure out which stages have one. Yeah, I've noticed the green tick. I'm still missing 3 or 4 of the paths to the special world and nothing is jumping out at me from looking around the map. The special world levels I've done were really fun so I'd like to do the others and the final level. But picking levels at random and combing them for a secret that might not exist seems futile and a massive pain
Brilliant game though
I've got every seed available to me, all purple coins and even done the flags
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Post by peacemaker on Nov 20, 2024 20:34:59 GMT
Nearing the end of half life 2. Just as good as ever. Every level switches it up so it’s always fresh and engaging. Some driving, some horror, some sneaking, some hover boat, some running away, some bass defence, here have some ant lions attack you if you touch the ground, oh now you get to control them, assault on a prison, some horde mode action. 20 years on and it’s still unmatched. Even the simple thing of enemies using grenades properly to keep you on your toes hardly any games can do that to a decent effect still outside halo.
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Post by lukasz on Nov 21, 2024 5:40:49 GMT
Icewind Dale: I'm visiting Heart of Winter for the first time and the Burial Isle has proven to be a somewhat ridiculous difficulty spike. Mostly because of Wailing Maidens. Battery Sirens have nothing on them. Well, at least they die much easier. Once I prioritised them with ranged weapons and some spells like Sunscorch and Magical Stone it came down more to trial and error, but just one of those being allowed to cast Hopelessness on the party while there were still Barrow Wights and/or Drowned Dead around was a death sentence. Then there was a boss version of them at the end and she has a spell that basically just kills half of the party... but the same approach worked here as well. She just has to be killed before she can cast it. Well, once I was through the crypt I let myself be returned to the main campaign. Seems better to level my characters a bit more before continuing with HoW. One day I'll play it... one day. Thank you for those post. I am enjoying them!!! |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 21, 2024 7:16:13 GMT
Grr. That makes me want to play Half Life 2 again, but I really should play some games that I *haven't* already played, rather than just replaying classics all the time.
Talking of which, I was mainly playing Remember Me (which I have now finished and loved), but on the side I've been playing Biped on the Switch.
It's a really cute little game where you control cute robots through slightly puzzly/challenging environments by controlling each leg with a different analogue stick.
Each level is about 20 minutes, so it works well in small chunks. It's not too challenging once you get the hang of the walking, and more funny than frustrating if you fall to your doom (repeatedly). It doesn't punish you though, just respawns you a tiny bit back.
Except for one bloody platform that was a massive difficulty spike. It's also the only point in the game where a little popup appeared after I'd failed a few times, so I get the sense it was a lot harder than the devs originally intended.
After that it was plain sailing again.
Nice easy cheerful fun.
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