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[Dvl666]

YS: Memories of Celeta on the VIta for me, the PS4 just doesn't get a look in these days.

[Chirpychicken]

I've finally beaten Lords of the Fallen so I've treated myself to Shadows Of Mordor on Steam (only £14 through G2A for the steam key - https://www.g2a.com/)

Anyone got any tips I'm literally 5 minutes into the game?

[funkstar]

Took a time out and went through The Swapper - absolutely gorgeous. Splendid pacing, stunning visuals and sound design, excellent exploration of the mechanics.

I also took a look at Spec Ops: The Line. Hmm. I've read Brendan Keogh's close reading "Killing Is Harmless," along with some other writing on this, and it echoes with me: the game wants it both ways, but fails, but in interesting ways. Might continue with this, might not. I can very much feel how my gaming tastes have changed over the past years...

[MattyP]

Sunset Overdrive on XBO. Still working out WTF is going on having done the intro LOL. Basically this far it's kind of grind and shoot with garnish... Feels like a mixture of JetSet Radio and Crackdown.

[venusian]

Lego Batman 3 with #2 son.

It's definitely a Lego game. Lots of lovely little touches but nothing much new or groundbreaking.

[Mark]

Took a time out and went through The Swapper - absolutely gorgeous. Splendid pacing, stunning visuals and sound design, excellent exploration of the mechanics.

I also took a look at Spec Ops: The Line. Hmm. I've read Brendan Keogh's close reading "Killing Is Harmless," along with some other writing on this, and it echoes with me: the game wants it both ways, but fails, but in interesting ways. Might continue with this, might not. I can very much feel how my gaming tastes have changed over the past years...

I've had a copy of The Swapper sitting in Steam for a while now - I must get round to giving it a pop some time.

I was gifted a free copy of Spec Ops: The Line by Mat, and thoroughly enjoyed it (I haven't quite finished it, but can't be too far from the end). Nice meaty combat, and whilst I generally don't care for story in games, this was better than most by a long shot. Worth sticking with, IMO.

[VNVObit]

Lego Batman 3 with #2 son.

It's definitely a Lego game. Lots of lovely little touches but nothing much new or groundbreaking.

my 8 year old is dropping not so subtle hints that he wants it. maybe in a few weeks


paused on Assassin Creed:Black Flag as picked up Middle Earth:Shadow of Mordor and having loads of fun with it though not progressing the story too quickly.

The fighting is similar to Batman series which I enjoyed so coupling that with Middle Earth made this a must buy for me. The overall vibe is in keeping with the various Middle Earth books I've read. While the fighting mechanics are based similar to Batman it has the added interest of Uruk captains that have a power struggle in the background and consequently replenish the ranks that you decimate.

It's easy to get overwhelmed in the early fights, particularly if 2 captains gang up on you but as you gain various powers you become a hardier ranger that has a few instant kill moves (though these don't always work on captains). The stealth side is well done if very forgiving which makes it easier to escape detection (there are a few quests where this is an optional objective) as is the terrorising (angry insects anyone ).

The death scenes for captains and war chiefs sometimes have quicktime moves but victory is satisfying. There are a couple of quests with Gollum which obviously tie the game into the books and movie as the Elf Wraith (part of your character) is the forger of the one ring.

Overall really rate this game and glad I got it (via cdkeys so not at full price).

[SuperMappy]

I just defeated Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, which I mentioned in the steam sales thread.

Took about 10 hours and was quite an enjoyable metroidvania style game.

There is no spoken dialog at all.

After you acquire the necessary part during game play you can scan enemies or obstacles to see how to defeat or remove them.

It seems like a console port due to the fact it suffers from slight frame rate issues which cause speed up or slow down problems from time to time.

[SuperMappy]

I just completed "Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons".

Took almost 5 hours of continuous play, with a break in the middle.

Very good with very powerful moments in the story. Kind of short, but well executed.

The reviewers that mentioned that it causes hand cramping were exactly right.

[funkstar]

I stuck with Spec Ops: The Line and am glad I did as I am now thoroughly engrossed. I'm past that part, and even though I knew what was going on (per above mentioned "Killing is Harmless") it was still forceful. The subtle and not-so-subtle deterioration of the unit and their collective mental state is fantastic. The shooty-bang is still a bit clunky, but I'm even starting to appreciate that more: rushing headlong into open ground in a firefight should get you killed. (Also, I had a brilliant moment right at the start of a fight where an enemy shouted "Murderer!" which coloured that scene for me completely.)

Fantastic.

[SuperMappy]

I've started a little campaign to at least try all the unplayed games in my steam library.

So far here is my experience:

Astebreed: Fun anime bullet hell shooter. Couldn't beat the final boss though. Great how it switches the firing direction around, basically you are firing up then right then you are flying in to the screen like Space Harrier.

Cave Story +: Classic metroidvania platformer. Currently stuck on the final bosses attack wave, will revisit later.

Danmaku Unlimited 2: Another great vertical bullet hell shooter, haven't defeated it yet. Great for a quick revisit for a change of pace.

Droid Assault: Great clone of Paradroid without the electronic circuit minigame. Great for a quick revisit for a change of pace.

Q*Bert Rebooted: Contains both the classic arcade game and a remake of it. The controls in the classic game are perfect with no troubles. The controls in the reboot are not so good, due to the fact you can jump in all eight directions, but I often end up jumping off the play field.

X-Blades: God of War clone. Main character is annoying as all hell and the controls are the same! Couldn't play past the 2nd level due to lack of tolerance! I deleted the local files!

Xotic: A unique first person platformer that is difficult to describe, but I got bored with it. Jump around and start chain reactions to get bigger bonus points and defeat enemies with your bug gun? It's not bad though.

These are the game I wanted to at least try because they looked at least mildly interesting. Now to try the ones that just came along with other games I wanted.

[Darkflame]

Lego Marvel - finnaly got around to playing this. The open world New York is fantastic fun to run/fly/drive/web-sling around. Really great for casual play.

Some crits; flying controls seem horrible (at least on a pad), few bad interface choices. But on the whole, funny and stuffed full of content.

Lots of references too for a comic nerd like me too. (Is that the Horizon Labs? The HellFire club building? oh cool...I just unlocked Suppiour Spider-mans costume....)

[Chirpychicken]

My current guilty pleasure is Gun Game on Call of Duty Ghosts on PS4 having picked it up for £10 from CEX.

[MattyP]

Super Mario 3D World on WiiU!

And it's bloody awesome!

[Chirpychicken]

Don't buy Destiny its taken over my life - its like the crack cocaine videogame. Choose life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCxgqHqakXc