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[VNVObit]

Finished the main campaign in Diablo 3 on PS4 but have too many other good games to go back to do the bounties

Picked up Murdered:Soul Suspect in the humble bundle and was pleasantly surprised as it is essentially a 3rd person point and click adventure with a little bit of demons dodging thrown in for good measure. Story is well done and it moves along at a reasonable pace. Currently about half way through the game and dip into it the odd evening (most of my gaming is now on the PS4)

Also got The Order which I started when I was on holidays and never quite finished it (almost there so will go back to it soonish) before Dragon Age Inquisition dropped through the letter box. Still early on in the game (Level 8 mucking about in the Hinterlands) and really enjoying it. Clearing most of the side quests as I try and level up before approaching dragons. Have opened up quite a few new areas so will probably go exploring them next before returning to the main plot.

[fog]

Just about to start Diablo 3 myself. Never player a Diablo before so not sure what to expect

I've just stopped playing Alien Isolation. The endless stress of playing hide and seek with the alien eventually wore me down. No complaints though. I got plenty of hours of enjoyment out of it before stopping and the atmosphere, alien AI and encounters were brilliantly handled.

I'm also a chunk into Farcry 4. It's a bit too similar to F3 at times and the world feels less interesting (so far). Luckily F3 was one of my favorite games of the last couple of years so that familiarity isn't all bad.

Also the inclusion of the "level" editors is brilliant. Taking over the compounds was always the best part of F3 and here you have a virtually unlimited number of user created compounds to attack. Oh and a bunch of levels where you have to do stupid things like kill 200 pigs with a mortar which are far funnier than they should be.

[grue]

Just about to start Diablo 3 myself. Never player a Diablo before so not sure what to expect

Nooooooooo... Do not start with D3! Play Diablo or Diablo 2 or Torchlight 1 or 2, or Titan Quest. But not D3, it is atrocious!

[VNVObit]

Just about to start Diablo 3 myself. Never player a Diablo before so not sure what to expect

Nooooooooo... Do not start with D3! Play Diablo or Diablo 2 or Torchlight 1 or 2, or Titan Quest. But not D3, it is atrocious!

The main campaign is relatively short compared to Torchlight 1 or 2 but I really enjoyed it on the ps4 using a controller (plays more like gauntlet on steroids) not sure I'd have enjoyed it as much using a mouse

1&2 haven't aged (resolution wise at least) well but are still good games

Fog, if you do enjoy it try either torchlight game as both are really good

[Mark]

I never got on with Diablo back in the day - found it a bit humourless and grim. I thought 3 looked pretty good though, but never got around to playing it.

I quite enjoyed the bit of Torchlight I played but it was far too long for my tastes.

My favourite game of this type is Nox though. Haven't played it in years, but I loved the line-of-sight thing it did, and I seem to remember it had bags of charm, and never took it self too seriously. I bought it again on GOG when it was released, but never got round to playing it. Might be time to rectify that...
http://www.gog.com/game/nox

[Mat]

Just about to start Diablo 3 myself. Never player a Diablo before so not sure what to expect

Nooooooooo... Do not start with D3! Play Diablo or Diablo 2 or Torchlight 1 or 2, or Titan Quest. But not D3, it is atrocious!

Not any more it ain't.
'tis a damn good game now with lots of replayability and something to occupy you whether you've got 5 minutes or 5 hours.

[noodles]

I never got on with Diablo back in the day - found it a bit humourless and grim.

Thought I was alone in that view on Diablo. I gave up on it quite quickly because of that same grimness and lack of humour.
If you look at the ancestry of that game, the hilarious ways in which your demise could happen in Moria were an essential part of it's character and charm.
Tried to put some of it into my own version but it's quite hard to get the balance right without frustrating the player with silly deaths.

[fog]

So Diablo 3 is either "atrocious" or "damn good".

I did like Torchlight, although I must admit to finding it very samey pretty quickly.

[Baggypants]

So Diablo 3 is either "atrocious" or "damn good".

I did like Torchlight, although I must admit to finding it very samey pretty quickly.

there's a few good mods for Torchlight. My favourite was the tinkertoy golems mod for the Embermage. lot's of 'bots chugging about.

[funkstar]

I started on Klonoa - it feels weird playing what is essentially a 20 year old platformer, after having just played Thomas Was Alone and Stealth Bastard. The Wii version looks fine, but the level design feels a little dated...

[Chirpychicken]

I've finally managed to take the Destiny disk out of my PS4 long enough to give Bloodborne a few hours play.

Even for a very experienced Souls player like myself there is a big learning curve with the new health back for aggression system, off hand guns, transforming weapons and multiple other gameplay mechanics.

Its definitely got its hooks into me, its pretty brutal at first but I've now settled into a rhythm of farming to level up the character and weapons and if you discover something too tough - run away and come back later.

The thing to remember with this game is each death is a learning experience - learn from it try something different - rinse and repeat until you find a suitable strategy.

[noodles]

Tried Miami Hotline last night. A funky retro-style top-down 2D gore fest with a nice overall style to it.
The controls are a bit irritating at times and a gamepad option would have been nice but it still draws you in quite well with it's sudden flares of pure action
that demand serious twitch skills.

[tenshi_alpha]

I just got myself a few (discounted) games on Steam -

* "A Pixel Story", which I've been looking forward to since Play Expo last year - it's a charming 2D platformer about a fellow in a hat that acts as a portal gun, and
* "Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender" which is a lot like Defender and I'd been listening to the soundtrack a lot on Spotify.

In Aqua Kitty, you are a cat and the world has run out of milk, but they found reserves of it under the ocean.
So they built mines, and you need to pilot a submarine to defend the mining cats - who walk about on the bottom of the sea - from nefarious sea creatures, by shooting them and stuff.

[precious_pony]

Currently playing Gridrunner 2012 on Windows, with cursor keys.

[Chirpychicken]

Precious_pony cheers for the link i did not know this was possible