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[gilesgoat]

It seems I have a thing ( curse ? ) for picking up games that I *THINK* I should have fun with those and instead turn me into "a swearwords fest of galactic proportions"

So I am browsing PS Plus .. I see this game for free .. "Oh it' one of those platforms, I am GOOD at that ! Looks cute !" ...

And so I get it .. I start playing ..

.. 5 mins .. ()&*(#@&$(*@$ ... 10 mins (*&*(@#^$^#@&*$^#*@&$ *(&A*(&SD(* .... 15 mins *(#&(@*Y$#@ED&(*E@Y

... FUCKING *BRUTAL* GAME !!! ...

So this game "Rain World" .. It's one of the MOST "terrible" BASTARD games I EVER SEEN ..

"You are in this world, you don't know a shit about it, they don't tell anything about it, you HAVE TO DISCOVER IT ALL !" ..

FINE ... EXCEPT YOU HAVE A TIME LIMIT so if you haven't found "a safe location" BEFORE the time limit YOU ARE DEAD and there's NOTHING you can do to save yourself !

All you know is that "every X time THE RAIN COMES and FLOODS EVERYTHING" and unless you are in a "hibernation place" that so far apart the FIRST one I did NOT discover a second one YOU ARE DEAD !

And this place is "huge and pretty confusing" so while you go around desperately trying to find this "safe place" you are fucked all the time.

Oh yes and there are LOTS of obstacles/predators/shit that kills you .. that even if they don't immediately kill you THEY MAKE YOU WASTE TIME and then the RAIN KILLS YOU !

The control system of the character is WEIRD .. sometime it seems to do things, sometime others .. sometime it grabs on stuff .. sometime it doesn't and the heck if I understood WHY or what different I've done it .. sometime it jumps in a way .. sometime it doesn't .. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGH !!

So unless you are a MEGA MASOCHIST .. THINK before to try this game ..

I don't mind the difficult or such BUT the fact that "there's this HUGE place to explore" in PRETTY LIMITED amount of time and EVERYTHING is designed to fuck you up and you don't know where to go is a bit "too harsh" .

Ah forgot to mention EVERY TIME YOU DIE YOU RESTART FROM THE START ! So it's like "you have not made any progress" worse every time you die you lose "something" that if you do not re-gain it someway it'll make you impossible to progress further ...

I never seen such an UNforgiving/mega frustrating game !!

[Deckard]

I rock - top dog on Satryn ! All posing aside just love this game - not as quirky as LLamatron but an equally good take and the collection aspect of the humans should not be overstated. Plus the sound for the mini bosses - the diamonds, as good as a Williams one !

https://rwr.es/satryn/

Plus how great is it to have high scores accessible via the web rather than having to fire up your console to see if you've been beat !

[gilesgoat]

I rock - top dog on Satryn ! All posing aside just love this game - not as quirky as LLamatron but an equally good take and the collection aspect of the humans should not be overstated. Plus the sound for the mini bosses - the diamonds, as good as a Williams one !

https://rwr.es/satryn/

Plus how great is it to have high scores accessible via the web rather than having to fire up your console to see if you've been beat !

Not to break a thing but I THINK, I may be wrong (?), that even PlayStation / Steam have "automagically" web pages with score tables for games that support online score tables "if you know where to look at" ? ..

Fun fact I DO NOT KNOW "where to look at" but they should be

[rowan]

I am playing Talos Principle 2 and I am loving it.

The puzzles do seem a bit easier than TP1, perhaps because they introduce a lot of new devices/mechanics and there's only so many ways to use/abuse.
There is more of the story-side and it's rather less optional, as it's mostly presented through cutscenes.

Now I'm fine with all those things but it's displeased a minority of fans of the first one.

It's *very* pretty too, although I was a bit sad to see it's no longer Serious Engine [they went with Unreal 5].
Croteam are a cut above.

[mb3018]

I've been playing Street Fighter 6 a lot. I played fighting games a little bit when I was younger but I really like SF6. I'm also playing Street Fighter II, Alpha, and III. I like the old pixel art graphics better.

[gilesgoat]

I am playing Talos Principle 2 and I am loving it.

The puzzles do seem a bit easier than TP1, perhaps because they introduce a lot of new devices/mechanics and there's only so many ways to use/abuse.
There is more of the story-side and it's rather less optional, as it's mostly presented through cutscenes.

Now I'm fine with all those things but it's displeased a minority of fans of the first one.

It's *very* pretty too, although I was a bit sad to see it's no longer Serious Engine [they went with Unreal 5].
Croteam are a cut above.

I played Talos '1' .. and I loved it .. UNTIL ... I reced the "time based puzzles" .. and there my mind blew out and could not complete almost any of them .. "I can't make that sort of reasoning !!"

[venusian]

I finished 1, and 2. Agree that 2 is easier overall (or at least I found it easier). I quite enjoyed the story; there are still many, many collectables that add detail, and none of the cutscenes overstayed their welcome.

Despite being very pretty, it ran well on my laptop with iGPU.


I'm currently playing SCHiM. It's not wildly challenging, but by golly, it both distinctive and lovely.

Random video off YT:

[SuperMappy]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2160360/Aero_GPX/

[rowan]

I played Talos '1' .. and I loved it .. UNTIL ... I reced the "time based puzzles" .. and there my mind blew out and could not complete almost any of them .. "I can't make that sort of reasoning !!"

Yeah the ones with the recorder really messed with my head, I think I had to look up hints for 2 of them.

There was also some terminal or text somewhere that said "I hate the time puzzles!" or similar - made me smile anyway. They were clearly aware of what a mindmelt those were, a bit like the 90° rotation tempest web.

[grue]

I'm close to finishing Dread Delusion. It's been years since I immersed myself to such a lovingly crafted world and story in an RPG.
Highly recommended to fans of the genre.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574 ... _Delusion/

[MattyP]

Picked up Astro Bot which is amazing fun.

Lovely sound and visuals. Interesting environments to play in and feels like a gaming nostalgia trip. The dual sense controller integration makes this game really shine though - as it does in the demo Astro's Playroom.

Not quite up to Mario levels of awesomeness but not far off at all. Very satisfying game.

[VNVObit]

Back to Vampire Survivors this time on the PS5 so on the big OLED TV

https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games ... survivors/



Sinking yet more time into this game. it's only 3.99 and even if I didn't play it the hours I've sunk into the steam version (just under 150 hours ) I feel I owe the developer something for all the fun I've had. Just picked up the base game and had forgotten most of the combos so fun working them out again and getting all the power ups.
It's all so much clearer on a big screen too

[Misfit]

Back to Vampire Survivors this time on the PS5 so on the big OLED TV

I'm surprised you don't need the Pro for that many sprites.

[Misfit]

Picked up Astro Bot which is amazing fun.

Lovely sound and visuals. Interesting environments to play in and feels like a gaming nostalgia trip. The dual sense controller integration makes this game really shine though - as it does in the demo Astro's Playroom.

Not quite up to Mario levels of awesomeness but not far off at all. Very satisfying game.

I am very excited about this, I just need to work out where to put the PS5 in the living room (it normally lives in the playroom but I'm not generally welcome in there). Bloody stupidly shaped device.

[VNVObit]

Back to Vampire Survivors this time on the PS5 so on the big OLED TV

I'm surprised you don't need the Pro for that many sprites.

haven't noticed any slowdowns so seems to be coping ok
just seen price of the Pro model, won't be on my shopping list any time soon