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[VNVObit]

Played call of the sea recently which had a similar feel, though with greater emphasis on puzzle solving. Very enjoyable game

I got a bit worn out by it at the end, a bit repetitive in the puzzle style and a couple were just too obscure.

And it was pretty obvious where the story was heading.

A couple of puzzles fewer and I'd have enjoyed it more.

Only needed prompts on a few occasions. did go back and see an alternate ending and it was obvious from the outset where the ending was likely to be

Finished Sea of Solitude recently, was different and I really enjoyed it, having lot's of empathy for the few characters.


About 3/4 through the latest AC Valhalla. The usual spew it out annual franchise but, I have to admit to enjoying it.

Picked up AC Valhalla last weekend and really enjoying it. Only finished the first story arc in Britan and will start the next.

[Zzap64!]

Currently playing Yakuza Like a dragon. It’s fantastic. Love the story and characters and just the down right absurdness of it all!

[Rhythm]

Currently playing Yakuza Like a dragon. It’s fantastic. Love the story and characters and just the down right absurdness of it all!

That team really are fantastic at knocking out amazing, weird, fun-as-hell games. I've played a couple of the main series but my fave was Judgment, which is "Yakuza except you're a detective doing investigations (and lots of fighting) whilst also becoming an ace drone pilot and chasing down wigs for TV stars"

[MattyP]

Still The Magnificent Trufflepigs here... Just such a chilled out summer experience loving it...

Also had a bit of revelation the other day... whist installing a new SSD into my PC... noticed my graphics card was plugged into the slower x4 slot and not the faster x16 slot...d'oh its been like that for a bit! Put Forza Horizon 4 on to test and automagically it detected a change and moved many of the graphics detail settings to ULTRA. Result. Although to be fair in real terms not noticed a huge difference. But well best to have it where it can perform at its best! I originally made the assumption that both slots were the same spec and chose the lower one for cable routing purposes at the back of the PC and inside. Ah well... feel like I got a free upgrade this week which is great!

[Zzap64!]

Currently playing Yakuza Like a dragon. It’s fantastic. Love the story and characters and just the down right absurdness of it all!

That team really are fantastic at knocking out amazing, weird, fun-as-hell games. I've played a couple of the main series but my fave was Judgment, which is "Yakuza except you're a detective doing investigations (and lots of fighting) whilst also becoming an ace drone pilot and chasing down wigs for TV stars"

Just actually picked up judgement on the PSN sale, so will tackle that one after Like a dragon. This game just keeps on getting better and definitely a whole lot crazier. Memorable sheep mini game in the cinema - hahahahaha!

[Rhythm]

Just actually picked up judgement on the PSN sale, so will tackle that one after Like a dragon. This game just keeps on getting better and definitely a whole lot crazier. Memorable sheep mini game in the cinema - hahahahaha!

Nice one. I grabbed it for a tenner in the summer sale last year and ended up feeling guilty. There's so much game in there and so much of it is flat-out fantastic

[Foozwah]

Just actually picked up judgement on the PSN sale, so will tackle that one after Like a dragon. This game just keeps on getting better and definitely a whole lot crazier. Memorable sheep mini game in the cinema - hahahahaha!

Nice one. I grabbed it for a tenner in the summer sale last year and ended up feeling guilty. There's so much game in there and so much of it is flat-out fantastic

Damn, I somehow never heard of this game until now, but watched some vids and done some reading and definitely going to pick it up. Nice.

[mb3018]

I played Dusk, Amid Evil, and Ion Fury. I don't like these new games. They're fun for one playthrough I guess. I'd rather just play Doom or Quake.

[rowan]

I played Dusk, Amid Evil, and Ion Fury. I don't like these new games. They're fun for one playthrough I guess. I'd rather just play Doom or Quake.

Gaming seems to be in a real rut for me, the amount of good stuff seems to be dwindling fast and the amount of crap increasing exponentially.
Lots of signs suggest things are going to go in the "live version" direction, where they keep releasing more & more bits of paid-for-content and for me that just turns it into the gaming equivalent of so many US TV shows, where there is no obvious "beginning, middle & end" to a story. Instead just a neverending pile of episodes until they suddenly decide to pull the plug.


I'm currently on Outer Worlds which seemed alright for the first hour, then dreadfully meh and bland in every aspect for the next 15 but oddly after that it's started to pick up a bit.

I've got Disco Elysium queued up after that but want to get my money's worth from OW first as I am sure once I stop playing it I'll never return.
Bit perturbed at all the reports the Director's Cut apparently ruined the voice acting for many people. But since I never saw the v1, I can probably not notice that.

I did really enjoy Doom Eternal a while back, once I got past the rage of the platforming bits.

[VNVObit]

Back gaming on the PC again (bought a new one)
Currently juggling Cyberpunk 2077 and Last Epoch
Enjoying Cyberpunk but not very far into the game and getting a little distracted by the side quests
Only one crash so far and thankfully was able to reload and play on.

Last Epoch is an ARPG in the Diablo vein though with more customisation of character classes and less cinematics. Game plays very well with some time travel required. Fairly polished game so far and having fun with my marksman build which reminds me a little of the Demon Hunter in Diablo. Crafting is interesting with probability of breaking items.

Disco Elysium is on my to play list along with a few other CRPGs

[Misfit]

My daughter is on her third run-through of Disco Elysium - Director's cut. She has no complaints about any of it and has it up there as one of her favourite game ever. Keeps badgering me to play it, but I don't have the time to invest.

Loads of interesting stuff popping up on game pass that I'll try soon, maybe over this long weekend (Hades and 12 minutes among them)

I was playing some Art of Rally again via Game Pass and it's very nice, but that lead me to find Circuit Superstars early access on Steam which is tremendous and perfect for my Steam Deck wanna be device (although it came fist). It's a beautiful top down racer currently PC only but coming to consoles.

So even with all those great free games I still ended up buying something.

[Rhythm]

Bounced off Disco Elysium really hard when I tried it so refunded it.

Mostly playing Luck Be a Landlord and TheHunter: Call of the Wild. Both really easy games to drop in for 5 minutes to 5 hours.

The current fascination with "live service" games is getting tiring. It equates to a sub-categorisation of "you need to play this game for 3+ hours per day or you'll be utterly useless against everyone/everything". The idea that games be consistently updated for little to no charge is great but in practice, for a 44 y/o with 6 kids and other hobbies, it means it's really effing difficult to get any true value out of them

[Misfit]

The current fascination with "live service" games is getting tiring. It equates to a sub-categorisation of "you need to play this game for 3+ hours per day or you'll be utterly useless against everyone/everything". The idea that games be consistently updated for little to no charge is great but in practice, for a 44 y/o with 6 kids and other hobbies, it means it's really effing difficult to get any true value out of them

Examples of the games, I'm not sure I understand.

And excuse me, 6 kids?! That's not a mistype? I can't believe you have any time/energy for gaming! You must have the patience of a saint too.

2 kids, 3 rescue dogs and my own business pretty much screwed my gaming life.

[Rhythm]

Examples of the games, I'm not sure I understand.

One immediate contender: Destiny 2. I ran through the SP campaign, but that's a tiny tiny part of the finished product, with building up to Raids, meta-currencies etc that are parts of a finished game I'll simply never be able to get to.

And excuse me, 6 kids?! That's not a mistype? I can't believe you have any time/energy for gaming! You must have the patience of a saint too.

2 kids, 3 rescue dogs and my own business pretty much screwed my gaming life.

2 of my own, GF has 4... Only one of them is even remotely interested in gaming, too, so there's never any chance for crossover play here and there

[mb3018]

I've been playing Space Giraffe again. I bought all the Llamasoft games on PC. Man I love that game. I'm playing the new remixed levels exclusive for the PC version. From what I could tell, the Acid Mix are the exact same levels I played on Xbox.