What are you currently playing?
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Don't let the naysayers push you away on this one- the game is freaking awesome. Enjoy!
If a PS5 is off the table, the game releases in less than three weeks now on Steam -
Agreed. Give it a shot if and whenever you have a chance!
I'd buy it on Steam, but I'm lucky enough to live in a country that Sony decided isn't worthy to play their PC ports. Hence the need to sail the high seas.
Well that sucks. How the fuck can they region lock something on Steam that they wouldn’t on their own damn platform?
It's funny, I fully intended to keep pirating games when I got a real gaming PC. Then I just didn't, because Steam is so convenient and prices weren't too bad. Then Sony comes in with their 70 dollar game region locking bullshit, and now I'm willing to step back into a life of crime.
Anyway, completed my first 40 minute hunt in MHW with my girlfriend. That was fucking rough, I am TIRED. I know longer hunts are kind of MHW's thing, but this monster was just straight up ass to fight against. Anyone wanna try guessing who it was?
Finished Crypt Custodian! Am the second person in the world to Platinum it on PS4 (seventh overall).
If you have any love for Metroidvanias play this.
If you have any love for Metroidvanias play this.
How are 2nd in the world, but 7th overall? Congrats, btw.
5 other people already got the Plat on PS5. And thanks!
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Beat the pyramid in Persona 5. Holy crap, it just gets better and better. Still don't think I'm even half way through and certainly won't make it in time for the Space Marine 2 launch, but, gonna keep at it. Story and characters are so interesting, want to see where things go. So far Ann is still best friend.
Congrats! I guess that means you did the boss rush and beat everyone with an S rank, eh? That's the part that prevented me from getting all the achievements, I'm not into that. But I did find all the treasures and do the post-game stuff. Game menu says I have 99% completion *shrug*
Yeah, that's the hardest part of the game really. Went for it because I was kinda sad for the game to already be over and the combat is so much fun. Wish there had been some kind of arena within the game (small battle rooms aside).
The worst boss to S+ was Ice Witch because of the RNG in the attack that covers the whole room in spikes except for the spot in the middle which immediately, randomly spawns a bunch of fireballs. It was basically a crapshoot every time. Every other boss was fair with enough practice and patience.
That's weird, did you try buying any item markers from the jukebox at the store?
Yes (re: item markers) as I posted before I spent a whole evening just buying item markers, finding treasures, listening to podcasts. And at post game checked again.
That's ok I'm not complaining I 'm done with the game and I found all the most important items- the pictures.
Alright. If you bought out all the markers (which go to upgrades, points, photos and music discs) the missing 1% it must be a room you missed. For me the 100% trophy popped as soon as I made it to the end of Kendra's Crying Place.
Finally playing Hue, a game I bought on sale some years ago but never got around trying. I'm getting Thomas Was Alone vibes.
It's a very elementary puzzle-platform game, designed entirely around changing the color of the background, which removes objects of that color while baring everything else. Starts out simple enough with having you reveal platforms or remove barriers, until the puzzles introduce hazards and soft locks that require some forethought and synchronicity. Not quite Braid 4D chess, but it's engaging enough. I think the game benefits from focusing on a single gameplay mechanic and making the most of it without ever complicating it too much.
I don't think there's much to the story but the game makes the most of it with very little, including a decent, somewhat mawkish voice over narration (waxing philosophically about perception and whatnot) and some melancholy piano plinking.
It's a very elementary puzzle-platform game, designed entirely around changing the color of the background, which removes objects of that color while baring everything else. Starts out simple enough with having you reveal platforms or remove barriers, until the puzzles introduce hazards and soft locks that require some forethought and synchronicity. Not quite Braid 4D chess, but it's engaging enough. I think the game benefits from focusing on a single gameplay mechanic and making the most of it without ever complicating it too much.
I don't think there's much to the story but the game makes the most of it with very little, including a decent, somewhat mawkish voice over narration (waxing philosophically about perception and whatnot) and some melancholy piano plinking.
I mean, parts of it are awesome - Odin and that new Spear kick ass - but the bloat, both narratively and gameplay wise, weighs heavily on this game. Also, Kratos is really kinda boring in this game. I heard that for GoW '18 the developers were trying to not turn him into this wise old sage, but for Ragnarok that's unfortunately what happened. Valhalla picks him up though.
Playing more Baldur's Gate 3, and I can't get enough of chiseling my crew into their best selves. I even got Shadowheart to be useful by turning her into a radiant nuke. And having two (or even one) character with Hunger of Hadar and another with Sleet Storm allows you to turn the ground into a bloody meat grinder. It's hilarious watching enemies try to make their way through that shit.
I finished up my replay of God of War (2018). I think it is a great game, the story is well told and well delivered, and the combat is an obvious highlight, but I don't like it as much as I wish I did, and I definitely don't like it as much as other people. I've been trying to put my finger on it, and I think it mostly comes down to that I find the game to be kind of ugly, to the point where it actually detracts from my enjoyment of the game. Its technically impressive, but the game is so washed out that the game is the visual equivalent of an overcast day, though there are some obvious exceptions.
I also played Thank Goodness You're Here, which is that recent British humour indie game. It definitely got more than a few chuckles out of me, and it is very clear that this was a passion project for the devs. As a Brit, it was really just nice to see a small UK town faithfully recreated in a videogame; im not sure that I have ever seen this before. The only word of "warning" is that this game is very short (about 2-3 hours), so judge the price accordingly.
And just to tide me over until Space Marine 2, I have been replaying Space Marine 1. I think it holds up fine, but I wish there was more to it. The guns are fairly unexciting, the melee doesn't really have much to it other than spamming the same linear "combo", and I generally just wish that the game was much more visceral. The character models and weapons look great, especially considering that it is a 360-era game, but the environments are missing a lot of the microdetail that I would expect from a 40K game, which means that whilst the game takes place on what is literally a factory world, it often feels less like a 40K factory, and more like a generic factory with the occasional skull carving or gothic window. I will say though that I really enjoyed the factory announcement lady who would occasionally chime in to say some really draconian stuff like "Attention all workers: Despite the planetary invasion, you must still attend your shifts. Quotas must be met", or "workers grade 8 and below are not eligible for medical attention". Otherwise, the story is your fairly normal 40K shenanigans, but it is pretty well paced actually. Its not overly long, and I am almost done with it.
Next up, im not so sure. Space Marine 2 is coming out on the 9th, so I don't want to start anything massive only to drop it half-way through. It'll have to be something short, or something that I don't mind leaving for a while. Maybe Dredge on the Steam Deck?
I also played Thank Goodness You're Here, which is that recent British humour indie game. It definitely got more than a few chuckles out of me, and it is very clear that this was a passion project for the devs. As a Brit, it was really just nice to see a small UK town faithfully recreated in a videogame; im not sure that I have ever seen this before. The only word of "warning" is that this game is very short (about 2-3 hours), so judge the price accordingly.
And just to tide me over until Space Marine 2, I have been replaying Space Marine 1. I think it holds up fine, but I wish there was more to it. The guns are fairly unexciting, the melee doesn't really have much to it other than spamming the same linear "combo", and I generally just wish that the game was much more visceral. The character models and weapons look great, especially considering that it is a 360-era game, but the environments are missing a lot of the microdetail that I would expect from a 40K game, which means that whilst the game takes place on what is literally a factory world, it often feels less like a 40K factory, and more like a generic factory with the occasional skull carving or gothic window. I will say though that I really enjoyed the factory announcement lady who would occasionally chime in to say some really draconian stuff like "Attention all workers: Despite the planetary invasion, you must still attend your shifts. Quotas must be met", or "workers grade 8 and below are not eligible for medical attention". Otherwise, the story is your fairly normal 40K shenanigans, but it is pretty well paced actually. Its not overly long, and I am almost done with it.
Next up, im not so sure. Space Marine 2 is coming out on the 9th, so I don't want to start anything massive only to drop it half-way through. It'll have to be something short, or something that I don't mind leaving for a while. Maybe Dredge on the Steam Deck?
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