Everything to do with our favourite pastime! Reviews, recommendations, sells/swaps, problems etc. Whether they are on the latest consoles, arcade or retro classics. It's not the winning or losing, we came to play!
VNVObit wrote:Buckled and picked up Ghost of Tsushima
Still haven't finished Valhalla (got sidetracked on the various side missions and Irish expansion) but saw GoT discounted.
It really does feel like you are playing a samurai movie
haven't tried it in Kurosawa mode but really enjoying it. Really like the standoffs and the various other touches (following foxes, meditation moments, respect at shrines)
Looks absolutely stunning on PS5 with fast travel feeling really fast
not very far into it but really glad I picked it up so far
Just picked this up myself, as an Xmas gift for my eldest who's been asking about it. Quite looking forward to giving it a go myself.
Finished the main story yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed the game though thought some of the collectables jarred with the main game (shinto shrines) with climbing puzzle.
Son bought me Outriders for Christmas so giving that a go next
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
"Finished" Slay the Spire, moved across to Loop Hero. And it's fucking ace! Part RPG, part card game, part clicker, it's genuinely one of the most interesting takes I've seen in years
.. and I am still playing Hatoful Boyfriend and enjoying it A LOT
"There's something incredibly weird" and the same time for me "SO relaxing" the fact it's all about pigeon/birds
I can't even explain myself "WHY ?" .. but I can tell you "if it would be about humans I would NOT like that game" .. but "the real absurd situation" ( that makes "no sense" ) where everyone else is a bird .. makes it .. "fantastic"
I got a point I want to try to get all the different endings ( that seems to be 33 ??? ) ... so far I got a few
But yeah "someway all the absurd story with pigeons relaxes me a lot"
VNVObit wrote:Buckled and picked up Ghost of Tsushima
Still haven't finished Valhalla (got sidetracked on the various side missions and Irish expansion) but saw GoT discounted.
It really does feel like you are playing a samurai movie
haven't tried it in Kurosawa mode but really enjoying it. Really like the standoffs and the various other touches (following foxes, meditation moments, respect at shrines)
Looks absolutely stunning on PS5 with fast travel feeling really fast
not very far into it but really glad I picked it up so far
Just picked this up myself, as an Xmas gift for my eldest who's been asking about it. Quite looking forward to giving it a go myself.
Finished the main story yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed the game though thought some of the collectables jarred with the main game (shinto shrines) with climbing puzzle.
Son bought me Outriders for Christmas so giving that a go next
Ah cool. I'm still going on it and really loved discovering some of those things you mentioned (following foxes, meditations, etc.), but it's slow going for me as only playing fairly intermittently.
Have also been alternating with Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin on Switch, and realised that flipping between two expansive, story-driven games, each with a zillion side-quests and whatnot, is quite the time-sink, for someone who is mostly game-time-poor of late...
Played (and finished) Gorogoa, a beautiful little puzzler added to Game Pass recently.
Not a long game at all (took me less than 90 minutes) but the puzzles are great and the artwork is just incredible. Wouldn't recommend it as a buy, due to the length, but it's a perfect one to try if you sub to GP
I just bought myself an Anbernic RG522 and I've been playing some old Dreamcast, PS1 and GC games. It's nice to revisit PN03, Super Magnetic Neo (#2 son finished this in a day, I was impressed), M:SR, Devil Dice, Gradius Advance...
Moved onto The Forgotten City last night, prompted by the umpteen awards it's picked up over Xmas. (Also because I'm feeling the need to get value out of Game Pass)
Initial impressions.... not great. It was a Skyrim mod but it's been rebuilt in Unreal. Looks and feels pretty rotten on the whole and some of the dialogue is laughably bad. Every character speaks like they're a worker in a museum pretending to be "of the time"
But I'm going to persist - despite the issues there's a certain charm to it and the story, as bad as it seems from the outset, is actually intriguing. One genuinely fun part is how the dialogue can be guided by you playing the part of a modern world sarcastic/cynical prick. For some reason this appeals to me :-)
Finished the single player campaign of Outriders. Nice diversion, not too long. Slightly on the rails gears of war/borderlands cover shooter.
There's a small RPG element (skills, side quests and upgradeable equipment - Borderlands bit of the mashup) combined with a reasonably good cover shooter. Something pleasing about turning your opponent into a thermal grenade (one of the pyromancers abilities). only tried one class and not sure it'd play materially different for the other ones.
Some annoying bugs made quests impossible without reloading
overall enjoyable - It was a present but I personally wouldn't pick it up at full price.
now back to AC Valhalla and just got to the cross over quest with AC Odyssey want to finish this plus some of the DLC before trying a new game
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
In the end not very recommended. Seemed good in first half hour, actually nowhere near as deep mechanics as it appeared.
Anyway, Nova Drift
Think something like a Spheres of Chaos / Warning Forever mashup.
It is in Early Access, so there are major changes going on but it is already having much content + playability.
Just you have to nuke your highscores with each big change, which could understandably put a bunch off.
Currently working my way though Horizon Zero Dawn on the PlayStation. Interesting game so far... I was originally put off this a bit when it released as it looked a bit like a JRPG game which I'm not really a fan off. It's more like God Of War (PS4) with robots for want of a better description. Big map lots of things to do (mostly optional) and a story threaded into the world.. It's the complete version so think there is a bit of extra content in there.
Also got Uncharted The Lost Legacy on its way to play through enjoyed 4 so looking forward to playing this.
Having fun catching up with some older PS4 content I missed or dismissed over the years. Much of it enhanced on the PS5 which is an added bonus.
A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
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MattyP wrote:Currently working my way though Horizon Zero Dawn on the PlayStation...
Also got Uncharted The Lost Legacy on its way to play ...
Two great games there. The story of HZD was genuinely really good. Not often I pay attention to game stories (I'm a cut-scene/dialogue skipper) but that one was actually very decent
I started Not For Broadcast last night. You've been tasked with looking after the broadcast feeds for a channel during an election night. You're picking ads, bleeping swears etc. But then it gets insidious, letting you pick photos/scenes that favour certain people or change the context of a story. It's all set during a huge political upheaval in a country and it's handled really well. The devs had a ton of fun doing the scenes - there's some great Brass Eye stuff in there and the ads are brilliant
