What are you currently playing?

[Sepholio]

Godfall was my first PS5 game at launch.

The reason you haven't heard about it was because it was pretty universally considered to be trash.

That said, I thought it was OK. But just OK.

[drave]

Hmmmm, not going to watch//read reviews right now as I just want to "experience" whatever is thrown my way.


So far though, it's a pretty good looter chase game.


Without reading//watching, I'm sure the complaints are:




* Not enough content
* Too much of the same grindy stuff
* More variety




and other such generic complaints that always hit 99% of looter chase games (like Diablo for example).


Got the game and expansion on sale for $40, so not terrible. If the endgame grind is too damn boring, I feel as though I have my monies worth already.

[Ruien]

I think it was just over hyped with expectations. I will pick it up though once I get a ps5.

[Sepholio]

Expansion helped it a lot is my understanding. The vanilla game was super thin in content. I never got back around to it to play the expansion though, other games had my attention by then.

Really, it seemed like one of those games where they cut a lot and kept it simple at the time in order to make the console launch. 6 more months of polish and padding out the content/endgame would have done WONDERS for it. But that can be said for a shit ton of games these days.

[Sepholio]

And yeah it was definitely WAY overhyped as it was, if I recall, the ONLY new exclusive game at launch this generation. Every other exclusive and launch title was already available on the last gen consoles.

[drave]

I don't own a Playstation, maybe that's why I never heard of it.


Oh well. It's mindless fun for the time being, and I can PAUSE the fucking game (for now)

[Sepholio]

Oh yeah, that would explain why you hadn't heard of it for sure. It was exclusive to PS5 (and PC, but games really get lost in the shuffle there) for like the first 18 months. By the time it came out on Xbox there was not nearly as much attention on it.

[Sepholio]

The only reason I even knew about it and was hyped for it was its status as the lone PS5 exclusive at the time. I wanted something to show me what my shiny new console could do and it was the only thing available. I played the absolute shit out of it that first 6 weeks until I got Immortals: Fenyx Rising and AC: Valhalla for Christmas.

[Lock Jaw]

Currently playing Microsoft Minesweeper..... Expert mode 30x16 board, 8 spaces to go, 4 mines left.... near as I can tell there is no logical way to find out where the mine is... essentially have 4 50/50 chances.... Well, I guess 3.... one of them if I pick right would help me find one..... nothing to do now but just go for it....

Phew... chose right, 2 mines left.... but now it is legit two 50/50 percent chance.... Can I get lucky two times in a row....

The answer is no... RIP Lock Jaw.... died on the last two mines in a minefield....

[Fignuts]

Bunch of dlc has come out for Dead Cells since I last played, so i'm gonna fire that up and get my ass kicked.

[Destor]

Currently playing Microsoft Minesweeper..... Expert mode 30x16 board, 8 spaces to go, 4 mines left.... near as I can tell there is no logical way to find out where the mine is... essentially have 4 50/50 chances.... Well, I guess 3.... one of them if I pick right would help me find one..... nothing to do now but just go for it....

Phew... chose right, 2 mines left.... but now it is legit two 50/50 percent chance.... Can I get lucky two times in a row....

The answer is no... RIP Lock Jaw.... died on the last two mines in a minefield....
Minesweeper is dope

[Sepholio]

fuuuuuck finally beat Shiva in SMT5. What a monstrosity. Took me almost an hour on my 5th or 6th try with a pretty damn gangster squad. My item stash though :'(

[Sepholio]

I've no idea how I'm gonna beat the demi-fiend though. That guy waxes me on like turn 2 or 3 at most.

[drave]

If the OG game ended when you kill Macros, yeah, short AF. Did that last night. Fun fight though, took me 3 attempts with a greatsword and hammer.


The soulflame stuff is fucking cool though. Dude came in and just fucked up seventh sanctum like it was a gnat. Looking forward to the new shit

[Sepholio]

I've no idea how I'm gonna beat the demi-fiend though. That guy waxes me on like turn 2 or 3 at most.

FUCK the demi-fiend. Fuck him right in his stupid anus.

[Destor]

The demofiend is a bad fight. Its not a fight its a puzzle and its stupid

[Sepholio]

When that mealy-mouthed sumbitch full healed half way through the battle I almost threw my controller through the screen.

[Destor]

Yeah its trash. There's basically and exact strat you have to suss out of the fight essentially resets.

[Sepholio]

I finally beat it but yeah, required 10x the strategizing that other fights (including Shiva) did. Farmed some essences to increase by resistances, primarily for the mobs he summons and grimoires to max my party levels. Resists don't seem to matter with the demi-fiend itself because it'll either use almighty attacks or put impaler buff on to negate your resists before hand. I tried to ignore the adds so they would bounce attacks off me and end the enemy turn faster and only really focused on taking out any healers/buffers he summoned. Had someone to dispel debuffs and apply buffs and 2 people at all times to be able to cast full party heal and use mana pots on each other. Made sure to have a whittled goat item and enduring soul on everyone for the auto save/full heals in case he did some dumbass move that would wipe everyone. Finally got it handled with Main, Shiva, Vishnu and Sandalphon, popping Baal in when someone died.

[Sepholio]

Immediately fused his essence in for the cheater ass skills he has, ie Gaeas Rage and that one almighty AOE attack as well primarily. Went back and whacked him again with the same strategy after that and then fuses his essence again for the resists to everything except almighty.

I considered farming him a few more times to give everyone those resists but fuck that, I don't feel like doing that grindy ass battle any more after the first 2 times.

[Sepholio]

Was talking to a friend of mine last night about how much we love old school turn based jrpgs. He plays a lot of little niche titles that I would never know existed usually, so now that I have beaten SMT5, I asked him for a recommendation for a game to play. He told me to get this specific game and I didn't even bother to look it up, just went and downloaded it.

It took all of 2 minutes before I realized I had done fucked up. He had me download a gotdamn eroge game. So of course I ask him for a serious recommendation and he swears to me it's a good game and to just give it a chance. So I'm thinking OK, maybe it's not that bad and I keep going a bit. I'm already banging big titty party members by the first town. What in the actual fuck? This is a whole ass genre of game too. So confused. I find it absolutely hilarious because of the super crude hornyposting dialogue of the game. Kinda want to play it just to see how much weirder and hornier it gets. I dunno, feels dirty man.

It's called Evenicle for anyone else curious about how raunchy games can get lol

[Sepholio]

Should start a thread series along the lines of "Seph plays terrible games so you don't have to".

[Sepholio]

Holy shit this is terrible it has to be a joke I am dying please help me can't breathe omg lololololololololol

[Sepholio]

Destor I need your expertise. You are into the Trails series of games right? Where do I start with that? I think it's like 2 series or something, but do I need to play one of them first or are they independent of each other? I can't do this eroge shit and need something I haven't played before.

[Destor]

Trails is legit probably my fav series in all of gaming. Gimme a bit and i wi reply to this

[Destor]

There a 5 series in trails. They tell a narrative across their series but they absolutely tell a larger story and characters over lap heavily and it does assume you already know them. Here's the order chronologically:

The Sky Trilogy:

Trails in the Sky: First Chapter
Trails in the Sky: Second Chapter
Trails in the Sky: The Third

FC and SC were meant to be 1 game but it was decided it was too long so it was split into two. 3 has a mew protag (who was a party member in 2) but the gang is all here. This series is set in Liberal.

The Crossbell Duology:

Trails to Zero
Trails to Azure

This series is set in Crossbell and both games follow Llyod Bannings. Many characters from Sky appear as well as geopolitical ramifications of the events in Sky.

Cold Steele Saga:

Trails of Cold Steele 1
Trails of Cold Steele 2
Trails of Cold Steele 3
Trails of Cold Steele 4

Set in Erobonia. CS 1 and 2 stand alone pretty well for the most part. There are characters from past games, mostly Sky, but theyre all introduced like you dont know them. However CS 3 and 4 will essentially demand you play the past two series and pull from both Sky and Crossbell fully without any regard for the players past experience.

Trails of Reverie

Not yet released in the states. This coming fall. It closes out the previous 3 arcs (the 1st half of the Legend of Heroes.)

The 1st 2 games of the 2nd half of Legend of Heroes are out in Japan and are coming but the localization lags about 2 years. Should have a similar number og games in the 2nd half.

I would recommend 1 of 2 starting points. Either at the beginning with Sky or with Cold Steele 1. If a psp port is fine by you sky is a wonderful game. Estelle Bright is easily my favorite JRPG protag of all time. If you want something more modern with the QOL youd expect from a modern game start with CS1 and 2. If you're on board with what the Legend of Heroes offers after CS2 go back and play the full series.

Fair warning its on the easy side so dont be afraid of higher difficulty settings.

As to what trails is its a series that focuses heavily on characters and world building. Each npc in every town has a name. If you speak to them they will say things unique to them and they perspective. In nearly all cases you can actually speak to them twice per chapter and get unique dialogue and sometimes a third time. These people have lives. The npcs that is. Over the course of the game and games these peoples lives will become fleshed out. That all is of course fully optional. But that level of depth is there if you want it.

The primary narrative in a trails game is back loaded so be aware that the major moments are always in the back 90%. You spend most of a trails game exploring the country its set in and learning about its lore while small details are put in place. Then shit escalates. The more you pay attention the more you get out of it. The broad strokes though are outstanding and the core gameplay i really enjoy.

[Fignuts]

Was talking to a friend of mine last night about how much we love old school turn based jrpgs. He plays a lot of little niche titles that I would never know existed usually, so now that I have beaten SMT5, I asked him for a recommendation for a game to play. He told me to get this specific game and I didn't even bother to look it up, just went and downloaded it.

It took all of 2 minutes before I realized I had done fucked up. He had me download a gotdamn eroge game. So of course I ask him for a serious recommendation and he swears to me it's a good game and to just give it a chance. So I'm thinking OK, maybe it's not that bad and I keep going a bit. I'm already banging big titty party members by the first town. What in the actual fuck? This is a whole ass genre of game too. So confused. I find it absolutely hilarious because of the super crude hornyposting dialogue of the game. Kinda want to play it just to see how much weirder and hornier it gets. I dunno, feels dirty man.

It's called Evenicle for anyone else curious about how raunchy games can get lol

So ots just Redo of Healer then?

[Sepholio]

So ots just Redo of Healer then?

I have no idea what this is but considering you say it's comparable, I don't think I want to look it up.

[Fignuts]

No, you don't.

Surprised you haven't heard of it though since youre pretty in the know when it comes to anime.

[Sepholio]

Seph is no longer playing anything because his big beautiful PC died due to dysenpowersurge

[drave]

F

[Destor]

Thats BRUTAL

[Destor]

I went from being REALLY amped i might have someone new to talk trails with to GUTTED completely in less than a day :'(

[DAMN iNATOR]

Seph is no longer playing anything because his big beautiful PC died due to dysenpowersurge

So sorry to hear that man. I’m sure it won’t be inexpensive to replace. This has got to be the saddest death since Chris Jericho killed Dean Ambrose’s Mitch the plant. :'(

[Fignuts]

Started playing The Ascent. Fun little twin stick shooter, with rpg elements. Really well designed cyberpunk world. Was shocked at how good it looks, frankly.

[Sepholio]

I went from being REALLY amped i might have someone new to talk trails with to GUTTED completely in less than a day :'(

Don't worry, I'm already mapping out my path to an ever better PC. Might take a few weeks/month, but I shall make it so.

[Destor]

Perfect time to bust the steam deck out

[Sepholio]

yeah but its not the same and I'm so pissed at this other thing I won't even bother playing shit until I fix this.

Like I have Ragnarok sitting right there ready to go and I cant bring myself to even turn it on because of how blown I am.

[Sepholio]

Oh shit I might have got the beast working again 8======D~~~~~~

[Sepholio]

Yep, up and running albeit with the memory speed turned down for more stable voltage. Gonna let it ride a couple days first to check for stability before I start in on the games again though so I don't waste time and lose all my progress on everything again.

So fucking happy I had just finished SMT5. Would have been pissed af if all this happened before I fought the final boss.

[Destor]

YASSSSSSSSS

[Ruien]

Playing the new Pokemon. Such a great game. They got rid of the mindless grinding for hours with instant battles that give exp. Makes traveling and leveling up so much quicker and enjoyable.

[Evil Vito]

Most of this year I've been having a blast playing 7 Days to Die with my buddy a couple of nights a week. Gives us a chance to catch up with one another but also just seeing our skills and base improve over time is rewarding.

We started the game by taking over some three story building to use as our base and now have been gradually making improvements. Added an extra story, a mining shaft, and are now working on a full-blown underground garage.
Most importantly, constantly fortifying the base as we got incredibly close to dying in the last horde night we did when they found the one weakness in the base we didn't account for.

He and his wife are expecting their first baby sometime in late January so I suspect our gaming nights will be coming to an end for a while, so I'm just enjoying it while I can.

[drave]

WWE2k22 is on sale (on Xbox at least) for about $20.




Glad I waited, as I still wouldn't shell out $70, but it is a MASSIVE improvement on previous versions. If you've played before though, put the difficulty on hard at least, or every match will be a squash match.


I was fighting Kofi last night with my CAW in MyRise mode. Was stomping him, had my signature and finisher ready. This fucker does ONE COUNTER, follows up with a few moves, taunt and then the god damn BOOM drop.




I'm stunned, can't counter, and then the Trouble In Paradise. (as I read that, how did the new day never do a joke about "just the TIP")??


He fucking won, in a match that was about ~5 mins, and outta nowhere in some shit that could have actually played out on TV.


I'd give it an 8/10

[Sepholio]

Soccer Story. Attempting to be Golf Story with soccer, but made by a diff company. Its charming in the same way Golf Story was, but isn't as good as its inspiration, and is currently suffering from several game breaking bugs. I already know I've activated one of the bugs on my file and will eventually have my progress halted once the story directs me to the NPC who won't talk to me now because of the bug. They are aware of the issues though and already working to drop a patch, so hopefully it won't take too long.

Game is free on game pass rn so if you have access to that it's def one to keep in mind if you liked GS at all.

Heads up though: the actual soccer is not going to play the way a typical soccer sim does. Not even close. It's 5v5 and powers come into play eventually. It's going to seem really hard at first when you actually try to play the game like you would normally, but once you figure out what you need to do it becomes kinda simple. And the 1v1 (actually 2v2 counting the goalie, but the game says 1v1) matches are extremely easy regardless and if you lose one of those you suck at games and should never play anything ever again.

[Destor]

I cant help but notice that soccor story is not trails

[drave]

The new Need For Speed game is actually REALLY good!


Considering buying it.

[Sepholio]

I cant help but notice that soccor story is not trails

Waiting on approval from a site to get the PSP games because i forgot my access credentials that were autosaved on my PC before I lost everything. Taking them forever and it's annoying.

[Sepholio]

have been tempted to just run the risk and sail the digital seas out in the open tbh

[Destor]

Theyre on steam

[Sepholio]

Was not aware. Are they decent ports or are they shitty mobile feeling ports like square and other companies like to do because they suck donkey dicks?

[Sepholio]

Oooooh humble running a 50% off sale that conveniently ends in 15 hours.

[Sepholio]

of course I just learned that the source i was speaking of was nuked by nintendo because they had pokemons early

[Destor]

Legit ports and very good ones

[Sepholio]

indeed. I always worry about that because I've bought some SHITTY ports of old PC games via steam before and its left a bad taste in my mouth. Its why I tend to go back to OG console/portable versions more often.

[Sepholio]

got the game downloading, will start tomorrow when i wake up

[Sepholio]

Might start it tonight honestly because its not a huge file. I hope it doesnt have one of those openings where it takes like 2 hours to get to the first save lol

[Sepholio]

Its safe to skip the original legend of heroes games (dragon slayer, etc) right?

[Destor]

Trails is def narrative heavy but if you can move your character you can save

[Destor]

Its safe to skip the original legend of heroes games (dragon slayer, etc) right?
They are most likely not canon. Nayuta might be canon since theyre re-releasing it this year but how its canon is unknown. But yes the previous legend of heroes titles are non canon.

[Sepholio]

I like narrative heavy games and save anywhere is the best QoL invention ever in games.

[Sepholio]

They are most likely not canon. Nayuta might be canon since theyre re-releasing it this year but how its canon is unknown. But yes the previous legend of heroes titles are non canon.

Good. Was considering the playstation remakes instead of the OG ones on that front for the first 2 games. If I like these I'll prob get back around to them anyways though, just wanted to make sure I didn't need to at least read a synopsis to fill in things that I needed to know.

[Sepholio]

yo there is a ys vs trails fighting game i might have to try that out too haha love y's. Didnt learn about it until the psp but from then on I was on those games and any of the remakes of older ones they released.

[Destor]

Yeah Ys and Trails are the same company. Falcom.

[Destor]

I really hope you dig it. Im trying not to oversell it but i love the series.

[Sepholio]

Liking it so far but the story hasn't really taken off much yet. Part of that hold up is my incessant need to do some early grinding and this game seems like it very much discourages grinding in that the diminishing returns are super real. I have never seen exp drop off so hard.

[Fignuts]

Midnight Suns

Very good so far, as expected from firaxis. Story and character interactions are better than what I expected as well.

[drave]

Nuka World stuff dropped in FO76 yesterday

[ClockShot]

Evil West.

Not bad. Haven't gone too deep into it yet.

[Fignuts]

That looked really cool, but I heard it was short, so I'm holdi g off til its on sale.

[Sepholio]

Trails in The Sky FC pretty good so far.

[drave]

Downloaded Octopath Traveler - I've heard good things. Not started it yet.

[Helmsphere]

Midnight Suns.

[ClockShot]

Finished Evil West.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

It's games like this from a semi-established development team that make you wonder what the hell they are doing in the gaming business.

A real head scratcher this was.

[ClockShot]

Jumped back into Destiny 2 briefly. I can wait for a while since Fignuts' assessment of the new season is fairly accurate. Let a few weeks build up then I'll have something to do.

Bought the Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut/Add-on during Black Friday. I think I'll reinstall, upgrade to PS5 version and see what Iki Island has to offer.

[drave]

Downloaded Octopath Traveler - I've heard good things. Not started it yet.




I'm regretting not playing this sooner, but also regretting playing it. It has me 100% and I can't put it down. This game has fookin everything.

[Sepholio]

LEZDUIT

[Fignuts]

Finally playing the witcher 3, now that theres a next gen update. I started it before, but didn't get too far in.

[drave]

I need to play it through again. Only completed it once. It is a very deep game that does not respect your time. In this instance, that is a great thing!


Be prepared for a challenge as well (unless you put it on easy diff). Witcher contracts are engaging fights that do require preparation, unless you just overlevel yourself.

[Fignuts]

Got myself a ps5 + Ragnarok bundle. Also got the new Horizon and both last of us games with it.

Soooo gonna be busy.

[Sepholio]

noicccee

[ClockShot]

Way to go, Figs. Disc version or you making the jump to digital?

[Destor]

Trails in The Sky FC pretty good so far.tell me more

Midnight Suns.and more

I'm regretting not playing this sooner, but also regretting playing it. It has me 100% and I can't put it down. This game has fookin everything.
And more still


Playing chained echos. It's brilliant

[Fignuts]

Disc version.

Jesus christ Ragnarok pops off immediately.

[drave]

It's one of the best turn based JRPG's I've ever played man.


The break system is perfect, and makes you have to think about your next turn moreso than any other turn-based rpg.


It's grindy AF, and I don't even care, because its so damn fun

[Destor]

Tessa is best girl

[Sepholio]

tell me more

Was almost to Zeiss and I dunno what happened but my save got corrupted. Had to go back several hours because I wasn't making a full slate of alternate saves like I should. Ah well, lesson learned. Almost back there now. Just finished the questline with the mayor/orphanage again and am cleaning up a couple things before setting off to Zeiss again.

Love the battle system and the characters are endearing for the most part. Really my only gripes are that I feel like there should be a few more dungeons/locations and the game gets rather easy, especially if you over level at all. Story is kind of basic/slow so far but I can tell it's because it's setting itself up as a series in advance.

[ClockShot]

Finished the Iki Island expansion for Ghost of Tsushima.

Nice size island to explore with a solid story. But god damn was the subplot annoying as hell. The Sucker Punch team paying tribute to some of Playstation's other first party characters was a nice touch too.

[Destor]

Was almost to Zeiss and I dunno what happened but my save got corrupted. Had to go back several hours because I wasn't making a full slate of alternate saves like I should. Ah well, lesson learned. Almost back there now. Just finished the questline with the mayor/orphanage again and am cleaning up a couple things before setting off to Zeiss again.

Love the battle system and the characters are endearing for the most part. Really my only gripes are that I feel like there should be a few more dungeons/locations and the game gets rather easy, especially if you over level at all. Story is kind of basic/slow so far but I can tell it's because it's setting itself up as a series in advance.the narratives are back loaded. The final 20% of a trails game is always a rollercoaster. Its just how it does it. If you get into the world and learning about the factions and society you'll find plenty to occupy yourself with but i totally wouldnt scoff at the criticism.

That said sky first chapter and second chapter were made as one game and deemed too long so its in a unique spot. Still the back leg of sky fc...its memorable to say the least.

I love Estelle and Joshua. Estelle Bright is hands down my favorite jrpg protagonist of all time. She's everything the world isnt but should be.

Trails games all get easier the more you play them to an extent that is pretty uncommon. I always recommend people not be afraid of the higher difficulties. Thats dependent on the person but if the individual has played an SMT for example then put it on nightmare. Youll be fine once youve cleared the opening and you can start customizing. Maybe not in Sky the 3rd. It can be really challenging at points.

Otherwise the series is def a bit too easy. Most of the fandom focuses more on "how hard can i fucking break this game." And that can fun. Especially in cold steele. Some fucking NUTTY builds.

I love the combat though. The arts and crafts system is great. The games only really flex on the losable fights. The series will frequently give you fights that you can lose but if you win there's great loot and/or lore. And those battles are as challenging as anything in the genre.

But trails is all about the characters and the mysteries. If those hook you youll be a fan for life. And those get better and better and better and better.

[drave]

Tessa is best girl


I just can't stop. I sit down deciding what to play and this feels like... "i need a lotta time so nah". But then I load it anyway and never regret it.


I'm doing Chapter 2 for Tessa right now. Need to level her a bit. Had a combo by the chapter boss which wiped the party. The game is good at letting you know when to level by pummeling you :D

[ClockShot]

Finally started up Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

This is gonna be weird, isn't it?

[drave]

I just can't stop. I sit down deciding what to play and this feels like... "i need a lotta time so nah". But then I load it anyway and never regret it.


I'm doing Chapter 2 for Tessa right now. Need to level her a bit. Had a combo by the chapter boss which wiped the party. The game is good at letting you know when to level by pummeling you :D


35 hours in. Just discovered the god damn job shrines I feel like I missed forever ago, thereby making the game harder than it should be, ha! Have them all now, and finishing up Chapter 2 for Alfie. Holy shit @ Primrose's story, game got dark AF reeeeeeeeeeal fast.


Finally started up Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

This is gonna be weird, isn't it?




It's awesome, and feeeeeeels like a "new" game. Maybe it was the sound effects & world design, but it feels great.


I have a save file omw to Ganon, but I've not bothered picking it back up. Amazing game though. Kinda like Elden Ring, Zelda edition.

[Fignuts]

There are games where you can literally feel the shitzillion dollars that went into making it. I don't think I've ever felt that as hard as I am right now while playing Ragnarok.

[ClockShot]

It's awesome, and feeeeeeels like a "new" game. Maybe it was the sound effects & world design, but it feels great.


I have a save file omw to Ganon, but I've not bothered picking it back up. Amazing game though. Kinda like Elden Ring, Zelda edition.

I was thinking "Why the fuck was Link on ice and thawed out to become Master Chief?" Literally.

Worried Nintendo might have ran out of scenarios for Zelda after all these years and they gotta start mooching off other games.

[Sepholio]

Wouldn't it be more like Elden Ring ripped off Zelda though?

[Emperor Smeat]

Bayonetta 3
Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Bought both around the time they were released last year, played like one level each and then lost the urge to keep playing until late last month.

Feels like that habit got even worse for me in 2022 with the amount of games I bought and quickly dropped. Best might have been with Seikro where I reached the first real boss fight, got pounced off a cliff during the second attempt at it, and then lost all the urge to continue.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Beat

High On Life
Far Cry 6

Currently:
Lego Star Wars Skywalker saga.

[drave]

Bayonetta 3
Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Bought both around the time they were released last year, played like one level each and then lost the urge to keep playing until late last month.

Feels like that habit got even worse for me in 2022 with the amount of games I bought and quickly dropped. Best might have been with Seikro where I reached the first real boss fight, got pounced off a cliff during the second attempt at it, and then lost all the urge to continue.




Sekiro is insanely unforgiving. I bought it on sale and think I got to the horse boss fight and noped outta there. The world getting harder as you get thrashed also sucked. I did give it 3-5 restarts to really try, as I enjoy FromSoftware games a bunch. This one though..... this one will take time I simply don't have.


Monster Hunter Rise launches on gamepass soon, that's gonna be fun!

[drave]

Taking a break from Octopath. That game is fucking beefy! Started hearing battle music in my sleep, along with the menu "beeps". I've completed Chapter 2 for everyone, and 3 for a couple party members, around 42ish hours playtime.


solid 9.9/10

[Destor]

I passed 100 hours on it. Totally worth it. The true boss is my favorite boss fight of all time

[Destor]

Finally playing Trails from Zero in an official localization. Masterpiece of a game.

[drave]

I passed 100 hours on it. Totally worth it. The true boss is my favorite boss fight of all time




I can see this, easily, without even freakin trying. Game is nuts, and amazing, and II comes out soon :O

[rez]

About to play Spider-man Miles Morales for ps5

[Destor]

As far as dlc/expansions go its good. Main game has one of my favorite spider-man narratives of all time though so its a tough act to follow

[Fignuts]

Tried the forspoken demo and turned it off after 10 minutes. Cool concept, poor execution.

Switching between spells feels clumsy and awkward. Movement in general feels off somehow. Except for the magic traversal. That feels good.

The world is as bland as bland gets. Like something you'd see in a random ps3 rpg. It looks like the starting area from elden ring with all the atmosphere, mystique and great design removed.

[Ruthervin]

NHL 23 - kind of meh. Not bad but not great.

[ClockShot]

Tried the forspoken demo and turned it off after 10 minutes. Cool concept, poor execution.

Switching between spells feels clumsy and awkward. Movement in general feels off somehow. Except for the magic traversal. That feels good.

The world is as bland as bland gets. Like something you'd see in a random ps3 rpg. It looks like the starting area from elden ring with all the atmosphere, mystique and great design removed.

You were warned.

[drave]

Been playing more Destiny 2 than I ever have in the history of ever.


Son and I took down the first boss Akelous together. Pretty god damn fun to be honest, some of the most fun I've had in Destiny in a very long while.


We are going to move forward in it later tonight. Tried inviting other clan mates and friends list, but no one accepts so we just said fuck it.


I think we can complete it with just the two of us.

[Fignuts]

Raid or dungeon?

Theres actually rewards for completing dungeons solo, so you can definitely do it with two, although it will still be tough.

[rez]

Stayed up too late playing V Rising last night

[drave]

Dungeon - whatever the latest one is called. this dungeon would be insane solo. Totally possible, but good lord it'd take FOREVER.

[weather vane]

Elasto Mania

[weather vane]

E.V.O Search for Eden

[drave]

Seriously, @Kalyx - hit me up for some MH Rise if you want.




I'm HR 6 right now, just took down the god damn Kitzusune at hub 6, which was way fucking harder than any other version I fought.


I'll do whatever man, just love the game.




Regards,


Drave - Gunlance BigBoom Division

[Fignuts]

Persona 3

High school bullshit simulator. Pretty fun so far

[OssMan]

Persona 3

High school bullshit simulator. Pretty fun so far

Fun game... the series just gets better as it goes...

[ClockShot]

Winding down on Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Farming Lynels and Dragons for parts to juice up a couple more armors. Probably do the Ballad of the Champions DLC. then storm the castle. Kicking around doing the sword trials to juice up the Master Sword. Not sure if it's worth it or not.

Mechwarrior 5 snuck out a new DLC which sounds like it freshens things up a bit. Will most likely move onto that next.

[drave]

Think I got to the part on BOTW where I can finally go to Hyrule and just "meh" - never did.

[drave]

Seriously, @Kalyx - hit me up for some MH Rise if you want.




I'm HR 6 right now, just took down the god damn Kitzusune at hub 6, which was way fucking harder than any other version I fought.


I'll do whatever man, just love the game.




Regards,


Drave - Gunlance BigBoom Division


Swag Axe Division - Much drip. WOW

[Wehttam]

Think I got to the part on BOTW where I can finally go to Hyrule and just "meh" - never did.
i read botw and was hoping for some rich evans content.

angry

[drave]

Rich Evans is Ganon CONFIRMED!!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

Hitman 3.

I played around half of it before on my nephew's Xbox account since I didn't own the game at the time but this is the first time around trying to beat the whole game on my own Xbox account.

The new rouge-like Freelancer mode sounds really interesting but going to tackle that after I finish the main story playthrough first.

[Emperor Smeat]

Hitman 1. Need to get through that first before resuming Hitman 3's Freelancer mode since that's the only game in the recent trilogy I haven't played through yet.

Xbox version of classic Goldeneye.

Need to check but don't remember there being head-bobbing or screen swaying in the N64 version or at least it being as bad and noticeable as in the Xbox version. Almost feels like Bond is semi-drunk with how much the background moves when you don't touch the stick.

[ClockShot]

Finished Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

I don't know what all the hubbub is about this game. But it was just weird how they went about it. Like the Director didn't want to piss off anybody or make someone upset and just let all the ideas good and bad into the game.

They're definitely on to something with their reboot. But if the team held onto it longer, this could have been way better. Maybe they'll figure it out with Tears of the Kingdom.

[Ruien]

If I played it today it would not feel special. 7 years ago thought it was amazing.

[Fignuts]

7 years.

Fuck me.

[Sepholio]

Chained Echoes. This is my shit.

[OssMan]

BOTW 2 just isnt that exciting to me... i'll take 40 hour story driven zelda over 150 hour open world one... it was nice to do it once but i don't want another

[Ruien]

BOTW 2 just isnt that exciting to me... i'll take 40 hour story driven zelda over 150 hour open world one... it was nice to do it once but i don't want another

True story

[drave]

started up Assassins Creed Rogue Remastered. Definitely made on top of the world of Black Flag. The hits of nostalgia with the menus really makes it feel like a title from a previous generation.


Also the controls. While great, I wanna crouch manually all the time but cannot.

[Fignuts]

Moonscars

Soulslike metroidvania game. Very good so far. Hard as balls though

[Fignuts]

Oh shit I forgot about Wild Hearts. I might have to check that out tomorrow.

[ClockShot]

Oh shit I forgot about Wild Hearts. I might have to check that out tomorrow.

Make sure you take a moment to let it sink in that EA went to the Dynasty Warriors guys to make this and it may give Monster Hunter a run for its money.

[Emperor Smeat]

Also make sure your playing the console version since the PC version of the game is really rough in terms of performance compared to on PS5 and Xbox Series X. It currently has a "Mostly Negative" user rating score on Steam because of those issues.

Xbox Series S also has some really bad issues running the game properly.

[Fignuts]

Seeing nothing but positive reviews so far.

[Destor]

Playing fire emblem engage. Basically the octopath 2 waiting room though

[drave]

Oh shit I forgot about Wild Hearts. I might have to check that out tomorrow.




Kinda wanna check it out given how much I enjoy Monster Hunter.....

[ClockShot]

Back to Mechwarrior 5 for a bit. The new DLC with Bounty Hunter mode is fun, but a bit of a pain. Gonna keep on that until Lightfall drops for Destiny 2.

[Sepholio]

chained echoes is done. Great game. Really amazing that one guy made it. Hope he gets enough funding to do a sequel because I'm all in on it if so.

Made me wish a couple other old school style RPGs I've been hyped for would come out. I know Octopath 2 is soon but I want to play Alterium Shift and more importantly Sacrifire already. Sacrifire looks amazeballs.

Anywho, 3 days until Atomic Heart. Been looking forward to that since the original announcement trailer. Hope it lives up to the hiznype. Might try to run through Hi-Fi Rush before then.

[Destor]

Only issue with chained echos was the mechs. Once youve done one fight in them you can repeat that exact same combat pattern for every one of them.

[Sepholio]

Well the regular combat gets that way if u discover certain combos too. I absolutely slaughtered the super boss once I found the golden ticket. Victor with the accesory that makes you go first, have him pop his super team buff, then follow with mikah using the high end agility boost, with glenn and sienna in tow. Once you set up like that everyone on your team will get 2-3 turns between every enemy turn and you can just spam high power moves and obliterate them before they can do anything.

[Destor]

For sure. Mikah/sienna are s tier and Lenne/Glenn as back up dps and the trash mobs are cake. But there are atleast enemy encounters, boss or otherwise, that resist certain set ups and make you think on your toes.



The mechs are basically the exact same fight with like 1 boss fight and even that boss is the same thing but longer. There's no variance at all.

[Destor]

Exploration in them was enjoyable though

[Sepholio]

Yeah I loved the exploration aspect of them for sure.

As for saying there are encounters that resist certain setups....that set up I listed has no counter. The super boss got one turn on me before I wiped him using it. Last boss took a little longer because of it being multitarget but was still a push over that never once made me feel threatened.

[Sepholio]

Agility is super broken at high levels, basically.

[Sepholio]

In saying that though, the first half, maybe 2/3rds of the game didn't feel like that. Every battle, even regular ones, felt like it could be lost at any time. Really liked it when it was like that.

[Destor]

Honestly the super boss was a joke. By that point youve figured the game out and the challenge isnt really unfair in any way. Superbosses kinda NEED to be unfair. At end game its the only way.

[Destor]

And AGI is stupid broke

[Sepholio]

You should keep an eye on Sacrifire and Alterium Shift. I imagine they'd be right up your alley. Alterium apparently has a pretty lengthy demo now as they get close to launch.

[Destor]

Sacrifire is on my steam wishlist already. It looks great. I added altreium so I'll keep an eye out

[Kalyx triaD]

I had the sudden urge to play Ghost Recon Wildlands so that's what I'm finally doing.

[Fignuts]

@ Destor

Sea of Stars is another one you should keep an eye on.

[Destor]

After octopath 2 its my most anticipated game of the year.

[drave]

Diablo II Resurrected.


Got it on sale. I originally pre-ordered it, but it played like trash. Much better now, and they've added new stuff. Weeeee

[drave]

Trying to get into Atomic Hearts. There's a good game in there...... but there are some design decisions that get in their own way.


I've played for about an hour. Can't remember what made me stop, but I know it was something that literally made me say "Nope" and just killed the game without saving.




Hopefully it gets better as upgrades begin.




Edit: This game is very horny btw


2x edit: And the voice acting is FUCKING TERRIBLE.

[Emperor Smeat]

Hitman Freelancer
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Started Skyrim last night and quickly realized that the inventory weight system is going to be a pain to deal with since it goes against my usual habit in games of grabbing everything possible. Think the Witcher 2 uses a same weight limit restriction for gear and items your allowed to hold at any one time.

Also found out the hard way that Giants or whatever they are called really are that tough and should be avoided at all costs until after leveling up a lot. Had 2 fights with them and both ended with my character getting 1-2 hit killed and launched into the air.

[Savio]

Katamari free for Nintendo Online users

[Fignuts]

Hitman Freelancer
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Started Skyrim last night and quickly realized that the inventory weight system is going to be a pain to deal with since it goes against my usual habit in games of grabbing everything possible. Think the Witcher 2 uses a same weight limit restriction for gear and items your allowed to hold at any one time.

Also found out the hard way that Giants or whatever they are called really are that tough and should be avoided at all costs until after leveling up a lot. Had 2 fights with them and both ended with my character getting 1-2 hit killed and launched into the air.

Plenty of mods available if you don't want to deal with carry weight.

[Fignuts]

Trying to get into Atomic Hearts. There's a good game in there...... but there are some design decisions that get in their own way.


I've played for about an hour. Can't remember what made me stop, but I know it was something that literally made me say "Nope" and just killed the game without saving.




Hopefully it gets better as upgrades begin.




Edit: This game is very horny btw


2x edit: And the voice acting is FUCKING TERRIBLE.

Lot of great ideas. Terrible execution. I've gotten to the more open explorable area and I don't know if I'll keep playing. Massive enemy density, cameras everywhere and robots that repair enemies seconds after you destroy them. It would be fun to explore but its just annoying dealing with enemies every second.

[drave]

The cameras early on were annoying. Never saw the repair bots.... but fuck me the range of vision on both the bots and the cameras seem "huge".


Annoying is the exact word. I recall shutting the game off in the middle of an activity because it was just annoying.


Managed to level up some characters in D II though. can't fucking wait for Diablo IV in June maaaaaaaaaaaaaan

[Fignuts]

Yeah theres supposed to be a stealth element but it doesn't work because enemies are densely packed and can see you from the moon.

If you haven't gotten to the outdoor area, know that it only gets worse.

[Emperor Smeat]

Plenty of mods available if you don't want to deal with carry weight.

Want to play it first as is and then in a future playthrough or if i get stuck badly in an area I might install some mods for fun or to get out of a jam.

I have survival mode turned off so I just carry a few potions and food for battles instead of needing a lot of stuff for weather and hunger reasons.

[ClockShot]

Finished the newest Mechwarrior 5 DLC stuff. Final payoff was kinda dumb. But it's a fun regardless.

I'll jump into Destiny 2: Lightfall tomorrow. Do all the Seraph season stuff so I got an idea what's going on with Season of Defiance.

[Ruien]

How is Octopath 2? Have that or Harry Potter to start this weekend. Was expecting to see more talk 9n social media regarding Octopath 2 but I barely see any. Makes me a little nervous I overhyped it.

[drave]

I'd say if it's anything like 1, you've not overhyped yourself at all. It's going to be amazing.


I haven't seen a single advert for it anywhere.

[Sepholio]

Havent played it yet but my understanding is that the reviews/hype seem a little mediocre because it's basically just more of part 1. It's not that new hotness now. I personally don't take an issue with it being more of part 1 because that's exactly what I want from it.

[Ruien]

Sold. I am good with it being part 1 with new characters.

[M-A-G]

I'm both proud of and ashamed of myself for forcing my sorry ass to sit down and finish a game for the first time in a long time...Captain America: Super Soldier. :|

[M-A-G]

I'm actually trying to make a conscious effort to sit my ass in front of the television and finish up my uncompleted games in the pile. Right now I'm trying to blaze through Darksiders 2. Nor only can I scratch it off the list, but I'll finally have a reason to fire up Darksiders 3, which has also been waiting on my hard drive. :o

[Destor]

I really enjoyed the 1st 2. 3 wasnt bad.

[M-A-G]

I didn't find the first one particularly gripping, but it had the kind of aesthetic I tend to dig, so when the second game was featured in a Game Informer issue I checked out what it was going to be about and it sounded cool, being able to play as Death and all. I just never got around to buying it. I ended up picking it up, along with the third, when they were the free game for the month on Xbox live. I'm looking forward to the third one, as the idea of a female horseman (horsewoman? :wtf:) is pretty neat. Not sure I'm completely on board with the names of the all the horsemen, as I've always been used to War, Death, Famine, and Pestilence.

[Emperor Smeat]

I'm actually trying to make a conscious effort to sit my ass in front of the television and finish up my uncompleted games in the pile. Right now I'm trying to blaze through Darksiders 2. Nor only can I scratch it off the list, but I'll finally have a reason to fire up Darksiders 3, which has also been waiting on my hard drive. :o

Never played the other games in the series but remember enjoying playing Darksiders 2 a lot besides one or two areas in the game.

Also remember that my save file from the digital version I got for free from Games for Gold doesn't work at all for the physical version I bought later for cheap. Its all due to the digital version is the regular edition and the physical version is the special limited edition and the Xbox 360 considers it to be two separate game files despite it being from the same game. Did not know that beforehand so now I have a useless game disc that I just keep as a backup copy in my collection.

[Sepholio]

Darksiders 2 is the best imo. But all 4 games are a good time and the lore of the series is pretty sweet.

[Sepholio]

So I'm really digging Atomic Heart other than 1 or 2 small gripes and I am convinced that the polarizing reviews are due to some people being fair to the game and others just shitting on it because Russia.

Oh and the stuff about the protagonist being a dick? He sure is. And considering the situation I don't blame him.

[Sepholio]

ftr im not saying that this game is a 9 or a 10. But it also isn't a 3 or 4. Like a 7.5 or 8 out of 10 seems fair. It's nothing spectacular but it's a good time in a pretty sweet world with an interesting story (so far at least).

[drave]

they fix "stealth"? cuz that shit was broke AF and the main reason I uninstalled.

[Fignuts]

The bad stealth wasn't that big of a deal to me in the earlier linear levels, but once you get to the open areas, the densely packed enemies make simply moving through the world a chore.

[Sepholio]

I dunno, I don't really do stealth in this game. It's so easy to just bolt through an area or just shut down the security system altogether instead of fighting. Plus you can easily crowd control with the right abilities anyways. I don't ever fight anything I don't want to in the open world and if I do I can easily turn the situation to my advantage.

[Sepholio]

fwiw when I have tried to use stealth (not to get around but to kill things) I find that watching an enemies pattern for a moment and then neutralizing any nearby camera before hand makes it A LOT easier. It's just a timing thing pretty much to get in range before they turn back on their route. Much easier to just dip out lol.

[Sepholio]

I'm totes putting this down for a few days starting tomorrow morning though because Diablo 4 and stuff.

[Helmsphere]

Thinking about actually starting Bioshock Infinite tonight while waiting for RE4 to come out next week.

[Emperor Smeat]

If it wasn't for the dumb storyline swerve around half-way to final third of the game, Bioshock Infinite likely would have been remembered a lot more fondly than it is.

Went from being a critique of sorts of America's history of racism post-Civil War to early 1900s to being pro-racism of sorts because of that really dumb swerve.

The game's Columbia setting and gameplay with the elixir powers was really good.

[Evil Vito]

https://content.invisioncic.com/r229509/monthly_2023_03/image.png.75d80db20d9a047620a5ed8dd6bb8b15.png

In the center is the Country Club. To it's north a military base, to it's south, the water towers, Supermax and Toxic Waste Disposal. It's flanked by Recycling Centers, Waster to Energy Incinerators and nine fusion power plants.

The water supply for this area is cut off from the main town's water, for the express purpose of running the main water line through the Toxic plant first, and then all around through the nasty shit, until finally, the line ends at the Country Club with all that gloriously polluted water.

[Emperor Smeat]

Think I'm about a third to half-way through Skyrim but probably going to drop it very soon.

Started losing a lot of interest in wanting to continue due to the game being full of weird quirks, bugs, and questionable design decisions. Like the game's help system in terms of marking go to spots on the map and the magic path power randomly will stop working from time to time.

Spent like 2 hours one time on just a quest to find a book because the helpful show path power bugged out. Kept passing the one spot needed to continue without realizing it until I gave up and looked up a video walkthrough for it.

Then there were a few other quests where the game lets you start them but conveniently forgets to tell you that you actually need to do other stuff first before the quest actually activates. Spent a good 30 minutes trying to find a certain key before also giving up and finding out the quest isn't meant to be activated yet despite it being on the playable quest list.

[Sepholio]

While I think Skyrim is a good game I also find it to be extremely overrated.

[OssMan]

I spent a few hundred hours doing nearly everything in Oblivion then found myself to be completely uninterested in running around a bunch of slightly nicer looking ruins and hills for another hundred hours with some dragons

[Sepholio]

Caught Star Ocean: The Divine Force and Valkyrie Elysium on discount. Starting with Star Ocean. Digging it so far. If you've played SO before you know exactly what to expect. Voice acting is a tad whack but that's par for the genre at this point. Pretty game with some good world design thus far. Think a more grounded in reality version of xenoblade environs. Combat is fast and furious with the new traversal mechanic at play which borrows heavily from the warp function of FF15, but the battles feel kinda uneven. One minute you are wrecking things, the next you've been inexplicably wiped by someone else. Boss battles being the main offender there because they'll drag you face first through hellfire and brimstone not 10 seconds after you one shot the most powerful mob in the dungeon. The bosses would be perfectly acceptable as is honestly; it's the mobs that need to be bumped up a bit.

Also there is a minigame called E'sowa that has some serious promise. Its like a weird combination of chess and triple triad almost. It seems kinda simple at first, and the difficulty on the early opponents is fair. When you beat someone you get a new piece though and you'll quickly notice those new pieces allow you to absolutely crush the early competition. You'll be rolling over everyone like half way through the master ranks. Then you get to that second half of the master ranks (btw master isn't the top, there are at least 2-3 more ranks) and suddenly you'll get destroyed outta nowhere. Somewhere around the first level 5 master probably. They start getting stacked decks as well and a lot of really useful pieces that will tear you apart if you don't plan for them in advance. Really like this little game, nice diversion.

[Sepholio]

One gripe I have, and I'll always have this gripe: Why have a super in depth crafting system if the results are random? No matter how much you level up a particularly craft and all it's associated skills, you still have absolutely no idea what you are gonna get when you start your craft. Sure, certain things become more likely outcomes, but there is never a guarantee or set recipe for anything no matter what. You can't even reliably craft trash items when you need them for quests. Such a dumb flaw for what could have been an absolutely incredible crafting system with all they have there.

[OssMan]

Star ocean is one of those series that i feel like i want to beat myself over the head while i'm playing and i'm embarassed to tell people about it, yet i want to play each new game

[Sepholio]

I can relate to that.

[ClockShot]

Downloaded Horizon: Forbidden West to get ready for the Burning Shores DLC dropping tomorrow.

Exploring Yellowstone in the Frozen Wilds DLC in Zero Dawn was great. Hope Guerrilla hits it out of the park again with L.A.

[Sepholio]

Star Ocean: The Divine Force done. Time for Valkyrie Elysium.

[Sepholio]

fwiw, Star Oceans end game was a letdown compared to prior entries. Yes they had the 2 bonus dungeons, if you can call one of them that, and they had the 2 recurring super bosses. But it was so much easier this time. There is no real grind. You craft some gear that will level your whole party to max in 10 minutes, you should already have the best endgame weapons and armor considering you can craft them before half way through the story if you actually use crafting, and you destroy everything. The bosses can be a bit of a health sponge but they weren't remotely threatening. Almost feels like I could just stand there and tank it all in their face. Was expecting more of a grind and more challenge :/

[Destor]

I tried divine force. I liked the characters and exploration but after 5 hiur i was bored to tears by the combat

[drave]

Monster Hunter Rise. Maybe Subreak soon.

[Helmsphere]

I just can't bring myself to do it.

I told myself after I finished RE4. I would actually try to finish RE6 since beside Code Veronica it's the only mainline RE Game I haven't finished.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I'm revisiting Skyrim, focusing on the places I didn't spend too much time exploring the other several times I played the game, 10 years ago.

Kingdom Come Deliverance is on my to-do list; bought it 2-3 years ago and barely touched the game due to various reasons.

[Helmsphere]

Yep...no.

Gave up on Resident Evil 6 within 10 minutes.

[Kalyx triaD]

Blazblue Tag is pretty solid.

[Destor]

The animations are excellent

[OssMan]

Yakuza like a dragon is addicting but I broke the game due to doing the entire business simulator early on and making way too much money

[Destor]

You will completely bust the economy for sure. Plus the character you get for that is pretty useful

[Destor]

I think 2 games have ever made me cry that one is on the list

[Destor]

Maybe 3 games

[Destor]

Outstanding story though

[Frank Drebin]

What other games have made you cry?

[Destor]

The Last of Us 1 and the PS4 Spider-Man

[OssMan]

You will completely bust the economy for sure. Plus the character you get for that is pretty useful

She has the best attack skills in the party by far, nearly every encounter is an instant takedown. I do find the story compelling but I get confused by it easily

[Fignuts]

Trying Redfall since its on gamepass.

It's not terrible or anything, but given the studio's previous efforts, it's very pedestrian.

[Kalyx triaD]

If I told you guys there was a F2P Soccer/MOBA mishmash with shockingly attractive character designs that didn't play like complete shit would you believe that?

Omega Strikers.

[Fignuts]

Looks interesting.

Best soccer game is rocket league.

[M-A-G]

Used a gift card I got for my birthday to get Town of Light on the Switch. If it ends up being bleh, no skin off my nose as it was basically free.

[M-A-G]

I actually accomplished what I thought was impossible, for me at least, by actually beating the original 1987 Street Fighter. If I ever touch that thing again, it'll be too soon. :|

[Emperor Smeat]

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.

Spent the first couple of days just playing in the tutorial Sky land area and took my first dive into the regular world.

First dive off the Temple of Time launch pad area ended up with Link splatting himself on the ground and dying because I didn't pay attention until right near the end to where I was located in the little lake area below. I thought I was far away enough from land to safely fall in water and spent almost the whole time instead looking away at the scenery of the world map while in mid-air.

[ClockShot]

Finished the Burning Shores DLC for Horizon: Forbidden West.

Guerrilla got a bit lazy here. Frozen Wilds was a better DLC.

[ClockShot]

Fired the Switch back up and popped in Metroid Dread.

Hot damn, this looks good.

[drave]

Monster hunter Rose and Sunbreak.... soooooooo good.


Diablo 4 when it drops on the 6th and then nothing else for the rest of the year

[ClockShot]

Finished Metroid Dread. Fun times.

I'll dip my toe into Season of the Deep for Destiny 2 and report back if it's something fun. But I'm just biding my time until Final Fantasy 16 drops in a few weeks.

[drave]

Diablo IV - when I get time.

[Lock Jaw]

Opened up Microsoft Minesweeper for the first time in awhile cause I saw the start menu icon had changed.... they overhauled the look and feel and have completely ruined it... sounds and response not relaxing anymore.... Damn.... RIP Minesweeper....

[rez]

I forgot I bought Splatoon 3 for Switch. I had fun for a minute with 2.

[Fignuts]

Started Ghost of Tsushima. Absolutely incredible so far. Combat is so satisfying.

[ClockShot]

Playing the Final Fantasy 16 demo. Liking it so far. But, needs more action and less cutscenes.

[Destor]

Gotta disagree with you there. Unlike the combat the cutscenes are good

[road doggy dogg]

I forgot I bought Splatoon 3 for Switch. I had fun for a minute with 2.

I love Splatoon 3. It's probably my most-played game since it's come out. Doesn't hurt that my 9 year old niece is in love with the game so gives me extra motivation to do my daily wins for Catalogue levels haha. I am a filthy Inkbrush main.

[ClockShot]

Gotta disagree with you there. Unlike the combat the cutscenes are good

Just realized after playing that saved data can be passed on to the main game. So, yeah. I guess I was playing the intro.

Still fun though.

[ClockShot]

Final Fantasy 16 later on this afternoon when I get out of work.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I’ve recently gotten back into Watch Dogs 2 for what is now evidently the third time. First played it in 2017, then again in 2020, and never cleared the main story because I didn’t have the patience to solve the Prime_Eight bunker puzzle in “Hacker War”, which gives you 5 minutes or the room, rigged to blow, kills Marcus.

Finally beat that one yesterday, and a couple others, and seems like I’m close to the end, as the new main op I got is called “Hack Teh World”.

[ClockShot]

Finished my first run of Final Fantasy 16. What a lot of fun.

Yet again, robbed of a happy ending. :'(

Gonna do a 2nd run on New Game+. Should go a little faster.

[Helmsphere]

Went back to Midnight Suns since I got a little tired of Diablo 4.

[rez]

Baldur's Gate III.

[rez]

I bet half of us chose penis option D over E

I bet one of us chose E over D because they looked the same

[Emperor Smeat]

Still chugging along with Tears of the Kingdom but its been more on-and-off in terms of playing in recent weeks.

Finished Saints Row III over past week and it was enjoyable overall despite not caring that much about its story by the end of it. Between it, II, & IV, still had the most fun playing II out of those games in the series.

Did also get AEW Fight Forever on discount the same time I got Saints Row III but put that on the back burner until I finished Saints Row III first.

[OssMan]

I'm finally free of TOTK, didn't get as bored of it as I did in BOTW, both phenomenal games, but I can't shake the feeling of being upset that Zelda isn't what I grew up with anymore

[rez]

When's Spring Stampede, errr Stadium Stampede dropping? Def need to PS5 meetup.

Maybe some impromptu matches tonight!

[ClockShot]

Finished my Final Fantasy difficulty run for Final Fantasy 16. All done with it.

I have Atlas Fallen on preorder from GameStop. However, GameStop never received the game. :?:

Let you all know how it goes if I ever get it.

[drave]

Was wondering about that game. Never hear of it but saw a badass looking preview.


Lemme know whatcha think. Part of me feels like the super cool looking combos would become super repetitive real quick, kinda like DMC.

[ClockShot]

Atlas Fallen on the PS5.

*sigh*

Agitating is the word I'll use for now.

[Fignuts]

Got the boys to try out Broforce Forever now that it's on gamepass. Also unlocked all the new bros from the update. They're all a lot of fun.

[M-A-G]

Finally beat Mega Man 8. Not a particularly enjoyable experience. :|

[Ruien]

BG3 has me by the nuts.

[ClockShot]

Armored Core 6 getting great reviews and I am so ready to play.

After I knock off Atlas Fallen.

[Destor]

Juuuuuuuuuuuuuust about to wrap THe Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure. I think im going to start Gal Guardians before WrestleQuest/Sea of Stars but the order could flip depending on my mood.

[ClockShot]

Finished off Atlas Fallen.

Ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh. So conflicted here. Deck 13 has something here.

It's one of those cases where if the team had a few smarter and experienced people on staff, A LOT more time, a bigger budget, etc. This game could have been great.

Give it a try. But I'd wait until it hits the bargain bin and if a few more patches or updates drop.

[Sepholio]

Sea of Stars is everything I hoped for and more. Really scratching my nostalgia itch. The soundtrack especially. Nothing short of top tier there. Also really appreciate the inclusion of items that you can enable/disable to tune the difficulty and gameplay experience. Makes the game much more approachable for my younglings.

[Destor]

Loving sea of starsso far. I didnt use the hp relic but i did use the one for extra feedback to know when your timing is right. I dont think its making it easier to succeed just easier to know when you're doing it right.

[Sepholio]

Yeah I used that one too. That feedback helped me get my timing down to where I don't really need it any more.

[Sepholio]

Love the little nods to things everywhere, especially the chrono trigger love. When I saw that lone guy staring off into the distance in the mountains and he said "Mountains are nice" I knew what was up lol.

[Destor]

Everything is so well animated. From the sprites to the dialogue portraits to the fully animated scenes. Theres a ton of chracter in every frame.

[M-A-G]

Mega Man 10 finally got scratched off the list.