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Post by The12thMonkey on Aug 18, 2021 8:01:49 GMT
Started up Humankind yesterday. It's interesting and could easily swallow multiple hours without you noticing. I like the way you combine nations over eras to get a mesh of civilisations, but the lack of clear identity - both for the player and the AI - makes it a little less charming than it thinks it is.
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Post by Singularity on Aug 18, 2021 8:28:38 GMT
A Monster's Expedition on Switch. It's absolutely great. It's all very calm but some of the puzzles (which involve rolling tree stumps to make bridges/rafts off islands) are fiendish. Each tiny little island is part of a gigantic world map, and the way you loop round and link back up with previous parts is like opening the first ladder in Undead Burg.
Hmm, I might have to play Dark Souls again.
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Post by cptjohnnycasino on Aug 18, 2021 12:19:46 GMT
Just started Hades as it's appeared on 'game pass'. Really enjoying it so far! Loads to unlock, decent "pick up and play" sort of thing.
I've never played a "roguelike" before but can see me picking up more in that genre now. Supergiant sure do love the isometric-narrated-musically-driven style thing.
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Post by marcp on Aug 19, 2021 10:19:26 GMT
Started NFS: Heat last night. 30FPS is jarring, other than that it's pretty good fun.
Still plodding the Guacamelee 2. About 8 hours in, must be 3/4 through it now. Some almost Treasure vibes in parts.
Just picked up Hades for PS5, even though I've got it sat unplayed for Switch. Yes I'm an idiot.
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Post by mrharvest on Aug 19, 2021 10:49:44 GMT
I've got proper hooked on MWO. It's like an FPS with giant robots for people with bad reaction time. Basically made for me.
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Post by daver on Aug 19, 2021 10:59:55 GMT
Playing Last Stop just now, which is on Gamepass. It's a vaguely Sci-fi three-pronged yarn.
When I started it, I thought it wasn't the kind of game I'd usually play, but the 3 stories got their hooks in and I warmed to it greatly. I'd struggle to call it a game - more like an interactive TV show along the lines of the Twilight Zone. It's fun and quirky, and a well realised slice of life in Fahking Lahndahn.
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Post by bichii on Aug 19, 2021 11:08:15 GMT
I'm not sure what to start next..I've just finished sekiro again and played a bit of back4blood over the weekend.
The options are gears tactics, bloodborne, carry on with disco Elysium, desperado 3, halo guardians. I think the favourites are gears tactics or Bloodborne.
I have find it frequently hard to get into new games lately. Disco is a perfect example, played it for several hours over a few days and was loving it but didn't have much interest in carrying on.
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Post by dangerousdave on Aug 19, 2021 12:37:57 GMT
Quite enjoying Xevious from 1982 Namco. A top down scrolling shooter. Only because I can save the game, I'd have launched it out of the window with just 3 lives. The game gets harder the better you become. So if you wipe out everything, it sends out more difficult enemies at you. But, being a highscore chasing game, you kinda need to kill everything. It's pretty evil like that. I first played it on the 3DS, as part of the 3D Classics series. Definitely the best way to play it (if you have an XL model). |
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Post by marcp on Aug 19, 2021 14:30:27 GMT
I'm not sure what to start next..I've just finished sekiro again and played a bit of back4blood over the weekend. The options are gears tactics, bloodborne, carry on with disco Elysium, desperado 3, halo guardians. I think the favourites are gears tactics or Bloodborne. I have find it frequently hard to get into new games lately. Disco is a perfect example, played it for several hours over a few days and was loving it but didn't have much interest in carrying on. I abandoned DE a few hours in, because I decided it was a Winter game. That, and the load times were fucking atrocious on PSPro. Looking forward to starting again on PS5. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Aug 19, 2021 14:46:18 GMT
I'm not sure what to start next..I've just finished sekiro again and played a bit of back4blood over the weekend. The options are gears tactics, bloodborne, carry on with disco Elysium, desperado 3, halo guardians. I think the favourites are gears tactics or Bloodborne. I have find it frequently hard to get into new games lately. Disco is a perfect example, played it for several hours over a few days and was loving it but didn't have much interest in carrying on. Have you played Hollow Knight? A lot of people consider it quite Soulsy and it's really cheap. Only thing I've played from your list otherwise is Bloodborne so I'd say that  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2021 15:51:22 GMT
I'm not sure what to start next..I've just finished sekiro again and played a bit of back4blood over the weekend. The options are gears tactics, bloodborne, carry on with disco Elysium, desperado 3, halo guardians. I think the favourites are gears tactics or Bloodborne. I have find it frequently hard to get into new games lately. Disco is a perfect example, played it for several hours over a few days and was loving it but didn't have much interest in carrying on. I started off liking gears tactics, by act 3 (of 3) its massive chore, they recycle the same missions and maps again and again with bullshit modifers like no overwatch or no grenades. Also the last boss is shit and still has game breaking bugs on that fight. Shame as its mostly good xcom style game |
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Post by stacks on Aug 19, 2021 21:13:54 GMT
So I sacked off Plague tale. Gonna try and really get back into Disco Elysium. The fact I couldn't transfer my PS4 save and then me somehow fucking it up and losing it turned me off it. Must say the improved loading times on PS5 are nice. It's just great game to smoke a doobie and let the game take off. Literally in stitches in nearly every conversation. Think it's slowly becoming one of my favourite games!
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Post by vicedestroyer on Aug 20, 2021 0:42:30 GMT
Spent some money on AC: Valhalla season pass and starting the DLC set in Ireland. Only problem is that the recommended level to attempt it is 55. And I’m currently level 405. Guess I’ll destroy my enemies like a tourist swats at a mosquito.
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Post by anthonyuk on Aug 20, 2021 1:41:52 GMT
Back with Wreckfest again on the Series X. For me hands down one of the best racing games ever made. From the handling model to the tracks to the fantastic multiplayer. Just so much fun and this far into its lifespan the racing can also be suprisingly competitive and fair too. At 4k 60fps it can often be a sight to behold.
Special mention how outside of DLC packs, there's a number of unlockable cars each month. None are paid for,instead all are earned completing monthly themed challenges and online score attack tournaments.
This effectively acts as free DLC each month in the form of new cars and tracks. Last month they had the original E3 concept demo, which was an assault course, with the task of causing as much damage as possible. This month they've licensed Carmageddon with cars and tracks from the game with more community wide score attack challenges.. All free.
It gets a black mark for charging a small amount for the recent 4k update, but taking into account the monthly free DLC to keep things fresh and effort gone into it, I'll let the developers off, they deserve it.
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Post by Lizard on Aug 20, 2021 4:13:09 GMT
Still Metroid Samus Returns. Right near the end, just need one last push.
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Post by Roddy on Aug 20, 2021 4:41:25 GMT
I'm playing the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune remaster and Plague Tale: Innocence.
Drake's Fortune is the only Uncharted game I missed. It's a lovely remaster job but it feels very, very dated. Also, I finished half the campaign in one evening, so I'm guessing it's very short!
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Post by marcp on Aug 20, 2021 7:37:59 GMT
Back with Wreckfest again on the Series X. For me hands down one of the best racing games ever made. From the handling model to the tracks to the fantastic multiplayer. Just so much fun and this far into its lifespan the racing can also be suprisingly competitive and fair too. At 4k 60fps it can often be a sight to behold. Special mention how outside of DLC packs, there's a number of unlockable cars each month. None are paid for,instead all are earned completing monthly themed challenges and online score attack tournaments. This effectively acts as free DLC each month in the form of new cars and tracks. Last month they had the original E3 concept demo, which was an assault course, with the task of causing as much damage as possible. This month they've licensed Carmageddon with cars and tracks from the game with more community wide score attack challenges.. All free. It gets a black mark for charging a small amount for the recent 4k update, but taking into account the monthly free DLC to keep things fresh and effort gone into it, I'll let the developers off, they deserve it. I've got this in my queue. I'm weird, in that if I really want to play something I tend to hold off on it, as though I'm going to run out of games or something. Flatout UC is one of my favourite racing games ever despite the occasionally wonky physics, and their Ridge Racer game was criminally under-rated, purely because Namco were stupid to stick the name on it - it's Flatout: Street, and brilliant. Really looking forward to this one. |
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Post by LockeTribal on Aug 20, 2021 7:47:20 GMT
Up to chapter 16 on Final Fantasy 7 Remake and still enjoying it, although I'm basically only getting the chance to play it for a few hours each month. I'm finding I'm having to relearn the battle system a little bit each time.
Also been playing The Signal from Tölva on PC which is a nice wee game to jump in and out of.
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Post by dfunked on Aug 20, 2021 8:00:36 GMT
Yeah, up to chapter 14 in FF7 remake and I'm enjoying it so far. Finished off all of the side quests, so I'm ready to crack on with the story again.
Complete opposite of you, though... I only started it on Monday and will probably finish it this weekend at the rate I'm going!
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Aug 20, 2021 8:30:58 GMT
Just about finished Darkest Dungeon again. I'm not sure why I started playing it again; maybe the sequel hype was getting to me.
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Post by marcp on Aug 20, 2021 9:55:48 GMT
It's almost fashionable to rag on the NFS games these days, but I've started Heat and am finding it quite enjoyable. Not sure if it's as good as Rivals yet - I played that one through on X360 then PS4 - but decent enough, though 30fps is a little disappointing.
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Post by Danno on Aug 20, 2021 10:28:20 GMT
Warhammer 40K: Battlesector.
It's got a decent tabletop style feel to it, but it sort of lacks depth and content - you only have a handful of dofferent units, only two factions are included and only one of those has a campaign. If they sell enough of the base game they will no doubt start rinsing players with DLC.
Some of the voicework is quite amusing e.g. a mockney, vocoded space marine booming out the usual ludicrous dialogue
Wish I'd held out for a Steam sale or just a general drop in price, but I'm having some fun with it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2021 11:02:55 GMT
F1 2021 (PS5): First F1 game I've played in years and I'm enjoying it. Good breadth of difficulty/assist settings.
Wreckfest (PS5): Generally my go-to game when I'm tired after work and want something easy and brainless to play. Nearly finished the campaign now. Great spiritual successor to the Destruction Derby games.
The Witcher 3 (PS4): Currently doing quests in Skellige.
Valorant (PC): Been my main competitive multiplayer game for about a year now, and it's also my main social game as a bunch of mates play it too.
There are a bunch of other games I have started but didn't get far into before being distracted by other games or life in general.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2021 11:17:19 GMT
Quake - So fucking chuffed.
Dragon's Dogma - "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong"
Sekiro - It's going to fucking cane me but I'm ready dammit.
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Post by lordofthedunce on Aug 20, 2021 11:20:46 GMT
Started Hades this afternoon - pretty damn good so far. I think I'll give this a go later. Been playing quite a bit of For The King, it's not bad. I actually prefer single player to co-op as it is a tad slow for online bursts. The art style is fun and it's fairly polished, though the menus/game setup could be better. |
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Post by Cosmopolitan on Aug 20, 2021 12:05:29 GMT
For the King was my most played freebie from EGS, unfortunately found it very frustating in later stages and never completed. It is incredibly addictive though in the "just one more try" way.
Currently tinkering with PS2/PS3 emulation, also revisitng GTA San Andreas (PC) with mods, because ... nostalgia.
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Post by daver on Aug 20, 2021 13:29:33 GMT
Finished Last Stop yesterday, it mostly stuck the landing. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Now onto Twelve Minutes which I've been looking forward to HOWEVER I can already see the annoyances with it, and that's only after about 15 minutes with it. I really wish they'd add mouse support for it (series X here), and if there's a hint of that, I might hang off until implemented because using the controller for a point n' click is fuckin' junk.
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Post by rolandocalrissian on Aug 20, 2021 15:42:22 GMT
Obviously very late to the party but streets of rage 4 is a bit bloody good isn’t it.
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Post by quadfather on Aug 20, 2021 15:55:38 GMT
Quake - So fucking chuffed. Dragon's Dogma - "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong" Sekiro - It's going to fucking cane me but I'm ready dammit. So you've found the merchant then. |
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Post by quadfather on Aug 20, 2021 15:57:23 GMT
I'm right at the end of Axiom Verge 2. I've completed it, and reloaded my last save again so I can spend some time hoovering up. On 72% items and 92% map.
Absolutely loved it. Great controls, good levels, some really interesting stuff going on with alternate realities, really good music, and only a handful of (mostly optional) bosses - thank fuck.
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