What are you currently playing?

[Bob_McMillan]

Venba, a cute little indie game that I finished in one sitting.

Basically, it's a cooking game that spotlights an Indian immigrant family's experience in Canada. It was well made, gorgeous, and had great sound design. But at the end of the day its maybe a one hour experience that did make me miss my mom, but beyond that I was just going through the motions.

It was a Gamepass thing, so no regrets. If you enjoy watching street food ASMR videos, this is for you.

 

[Absent]

GTA 4. It's an average GTA-like, but it's okay. It belongs to one of the best GTA-like franchises, that I'd rank only below the Watch Dogs and Mafia (and Saints Row of course) series. Meaning it's miles better than other GTA-likes such as okay I don't know, I haven't played many, but I'm pretty sure there are worse ones.

Anyway, vroom vroom and also pew pew. And I'm still the worst virtual driver in the world, which tends to benny hill a lot of these games whatever the tone they were going for.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

GTA 4. It's an average GTA-like, but it's okay. It belongs to one of the best GTA-like franchises, that I'd rank only below the Watch Dogs and Mafia (and Saints Row of course) series. Meaning it's miles better than other GTA-likes such as okay I don't know, I haven't played many, but I'm pretty sure there are worse ones.

Anyway, vroom vroom and also pew pew. And I'm still the worst virtual driver in the world, which tends to benny hill a lot of these games whatever the tone they were going for.

What GTA 4 are you referring to that it’s merely a “GTA-like”?

 

[FakeSympathy]

BG3 is finally done, and I feel I haven't discovered everything.

I feel for the first time in a very long, long, time, I got my money worth. Or probably because Diablo 4 left such a bad taste in my mouth.

I don't think I enjoyed a fantasy RPG this much since Dragon Age Origins. In fact, I think this is how that game would look like if there was a remake. The characters, the world-building and lore, the character builds and respec, the combat versatility, soundtracks, and the overall experience has been all superb.

The game is so good, I think once you start a new playthrough, you should finish it before checking out other games.

Now I'm off to Armored Core 6!

 

[Absent]

What GTA 4 are you referring to that it’s merely a “GTA-like”?

GTA 4.

 

[Worgen]

BG3 is finally done, and I feel I haven't discovered everything.

I feel for the first time in a very long, long, time, I got my money worth. Or probably because Diablo 4 left such a bad taste in my mouth.

I don't think I enjoyed a fantasy RPG this much since Dragon Age Origins. In fact, I think this is how that game would look like if there was a remake. The characters, the world-building and lore, the character builds and respec, the combat versatility, soundtracks, and the overall experience has been all superb.

The game is so good, I think once you start a new playthrough, you should finish it before checking out other games.

Now I'm off to Armored Core 6!

I've only been playing for like 60 hours so I haven't even gotten to Gate yet.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Failing the simple task to not post - Immortals of Aveum.

Gun is hand now!

or.

Hand is gun now!?

Am a lil fascinated by how those two phrases can mean the same thing. Uhh. Umm. Ohh. Oh no. But must not be distracted! This feels like someone looked at the success of COD, looked at the success of God of War and thought "hmm what if smash together tho? Surely double profits?!" And you know what, if you go in expecting COD but magic, it will surprise a smidge. But if you go in looking for a masterpiece, ehhh let's settle those expectations down a bit there eh? I read Eurogamer review which was quite negative in their pattern of arguably snooty takes, but is still an interesting perspective I'll never agree with. The visuals, audio, performances and gameplay all feel great, I been shooting these chests just for the filthy primal desire of basking in their explosive shower of magic sparkles so much so it was over an hour in before I bothered looking at what bullshit they claimed they were giving me. Yes it's EA, but it's kinda the less shit side where some visible effort is put into a single player experience and I don't hate it. In a way it reminds a lot of that game Legendary, the Pandora's box game? One insignificant niggle is the environment has that typical unreactive behaviour most CODs campaigns have: everything you shoot is static, no physics here mate, sorry. Perhaps is why the chests feel so pleasing, being the few interactive parts of all this nonsense. It's bearable nonsense though. However, in the end, perhaps not quite at that modern release price.

 

[Worgen]

Armored Core 6 is really cool, but kinda weird to control. Then again, its also been a bit since I played a controller game so I really just need to get used to a game that needs all the buttons.

 

[thebobmaster]

My computer isn't really handling BG3 all that well, so I'll continue that when it comes to the PS5 (yay, crossplay). In the meantime, trying to finally actually finish a run on Darkest Dungeon.

 

[sXeth]

My computer isn't really handling BG3 all that well, so I'll continue that when it comes to the PS5 (yay, crossplay). In the meantime, trying to finally actually finish a run on Darkest Dungeon.

Uh. it doesn't have crossplay

 

[thebobmaster]

Uh. it doesn't have crossplay

Baldur’s Gate 3 crossplay, save transfer, and cross saves explained

A Larian account will help you keep your Baldur’s Gate 3 cross saves protected, but read on to find out if it helps when it comes to BG3 crossplay.

www.pcgamesn.com

I meant cross-save.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

GTA 4.

But that would mean it’s just “GTA” minus the “like”.

 

[Absent]

But that would mean it’s just “GTA” minus the “like”.

No no, I still like it.


No, seriously. To spell it out : It's a whole genre now. And the irony is that GTA is far from the best franchise in that genre (actually I even forgot to mention The Saboteur, that could also qualify as a better one). When I'm in the mood for a GTA-like, some GTA isn't even my first choice. But still, it was dirt cheap, so I'm giving it a go.

 

[Piscian]

There's something about having physical games that makes it so much easier to decide what to play. I really hadn't successfully latched on to another game since Ghost of Tsushima. I was just sorta wandering around my gameroom when I spotted a copy of Red Dead Redemption GOTY edition for Xbox One, I'd bought on sale and forgot all about. Infact being honest I bought an Xbox One on release, played Dead Rising 3 (massive hidden gem) and then put it in a closet and forgot about it. It's weird to fire up this old relic and see it still works. I'm getting so old it feels like Xbox One is as distant from modern gaming as SNES.

Not sure how I feel about RDR. The story opens very opaquely. I guess you're outlaw thats been released to go kill/capture an old partner? If this is explained in the intro I missed it. You just get escorted onto a train and the next thing you know you're demanding the surrender of an old school mate. I'm about an hour in and the story is essentially started with you offering to help a sheriff in return for assistance capturing your bestie...I think.

It's not quite wowing me. The controls are clunky as shit, but it appears to be GTA in the west which hopefully ends up being as compelling as GOT. I suppose we'll see.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

No no, I still like it.


No, seriously. To spell it out : It's a whole genre now. And the irony is that GTA is far from the best franchise in that genre (actually I even forgot to mention The Saboteur, that could also qualify as a better one). When I'm in the mood for a GTA-like, some GTA isn't even my first choice. But still, it was dirt cheap, so I'm giving it a go.

Ahh…ok as a cheeky subversion, but technically wouldn’t it be more appropriate to use whatever one thinks as “best” example in the genre? As in, GTA4 is a decent Saboteur-like or whatever.

Same thing with Souls likes. There are probably a lot of people who find non-Souls games better examples of that sub genre, but we never hear of people labeling actual Souls games themselves as “Souls-likes”.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Not sure how I feel about RDR. The story opens very opaquely. I guess you're outlaw thats been released to go kill/capture an old partner? If this is explained in the intro I missed it. You just get escorted onto a train and the next thing you know you're demanding the surrender of an old school mate. I'm about an hour in and the story is essentially started with you offering to help a sheriff in return for assistance capturing your bestie...I think.

It's not quite wowing me. The controls are clunky as shit, but it appears to be GTA in the west which hopefully ends up being as compelling as GOT. I suppose we'll see.

The basic gist of it is your character is blackmailed by the government into hunting down the last members of his gang in exchange for the safety of his family.

 

[Absent]

Same thing with Souls likes. There are probably a lot of people who find non-Souls games better examples of that sub genre, but we never hear of people labeling actual Souls games themselves as “Souls-likes”.

But if you check lists of soul-likes (or doom-likes, or roguelikes, or diablo-likes, etc), be them history lists or top 100, chances are iterations of the originals aren't omitted.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Ico on the PS3.

I'm doing the under 2 hour speedrun for the Platinum. There's nothing super hard about it if you already know the game and use some overachiever's guide for reference, just in case. The problem is my perfectionism gets the best of me. I've replayed the first section until bench #1 for about and hour, over and over, until I could whittle down the first save to 4 minutes 48 seconds (first try was a little over 7 minutes). There're so many unpredictable variables between the Yorda and shadows AI, Ico's procedural movement cycle, the animations that long overstay button inputs and the mildly outdated camera/controls. It's too tempting to redo a section over and over until you get a perfect run and shave the maximum amount of seconds possible. Gotta be able to afford fucking up later on. Especially the last 30-40 minutes when I won't be able to save the game - and know my time - until I finish.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Ahh…ok as a cheeky subversion, but technically wouldn’t it be more appropriate to use whatever one thinks as “best” example in the genre? As in, GTA4 is a decent Saboteur-like or whatever.

Same thing with Souls likes. There are probably a lot of people who find non-Souls games better examples of that sub genre, but we never hear of people labeling actual Souls games themselves as “Souls-likes”.

But if you check lists of soul-likes (or doom-likes, or roguelikes, or diablo-likes, etc), be them history lists or top 100, chances are iterations of the originals aren't omitted.

It's for the same reason every fantasy novel that's come out in the last 60 years has been called 'the next Lord of the Rings', rather than 'the next [last book that was 'the next Lord of the Rings']'. Because that's the one that's stuck around in the public consciousness after everybody else has come and gone.

 

[sXeth]

Ahh…ok as a cheeky subversion, but technically wouldn’t it be more appropriate to use whatever one thinks as “best” example in the genre? As in, GTA4 is a decent Saboteur-like or whatever.

Same thing with Souls likes. There are probably a lot of people who find non-Souls games better examples of that sub genre, but we never hear of people labeling actual Souls games themselves as “Souls-likes”.

I'd call Salt and Sanctuary the best souls-like. Although that was also on the virtue of it being the best traditional Castlvania sequel in ages lol
(the sequel tried to do Mega Man, and also kind of open world, it didn't work so well)


Anyhow, Wayfinder got its servers de-hicupped, so been playing that. I semi-accidentally managed to get the shotgun, which is definitely more to my taste then the rifle.

Sea of Stars is out on Tuesday, so I've got a solid thing to do for my tuesday/wednesday "weekend"