What are you currently playing?

[FakeSympathy]

Decided to take a break from Silent Hill 2, and play a little game called Diablo + Hellfire. First time playing too.

And this was a mistake. The game has taken over all my free time. The addicting gameplay loop keeps me going.

I watched the diablol cartoon series by Carbot on youtube before this, and now i finally get the references and jokes. It makes me appreciate the cartoon series and the game itself even more.

Compare to Diablo 4, the game certainly has technical limitations and QoL changes that are found in later games.But it also really contained and linear, and not bloated experience like diablo 4. It doesn’t make me traverse all over the open world, and asking me to venture further into hell. Not to mention, building my character is way more simpler, and don’t ask me to farm to particular gears or runes for hours.

But it’s also the most difficult diablo game. The stun locking that snaps me back into a position is a pain, and asking a warrior it can be really annoying to deal with ranged enemies. Especially at the deeper level where a firing squad might be waiting for me around the corner.

Not sure if i want to do nightmare and hell run, but im determined to finish this on normal

 

[Drathnoxis]

Decided to take a break from Silent Hill 2, and play a little game called Diablo + Hellfire. First time playing too.

And this was a mistake. The game has taken over all my free time. The addicting gameplay loop keeps me going.

I watched the diablol cartoon series by Carbot on youtube before this, and now i finally get the references and jokes. It makes me appreciate the cartoon series and the game itself even more.

Compare to Diablo 4, the game certainly has technical limitations and QoL changes that are found in later games.But it also really contained and linear, and not bloated experience like diablo 4. It doesn’t make me traverse all over the open world, and asking me to venture further into hell. Not to mention, building my character is way more simpler, and don’t ask me to farm to particular gears or runes for hours.

But it’s also the most difficult diablo game. The stun locking that snaps me back into a position is a pain, and asking a warrior it can be really annoying to deal with ranged enemies. Especially at the deeper level where a firing squad might be waiting for me around the corner.

Not sure if i want to do nightmare and hell run, but im determined to finish this on normal

Huh, I've played Diablo through a bunch of times but this is the first I've realized it had an expansion. I don't think Blizzard liked it very much because it wasn't included in the Diablo II battle chest I got when I was young.

 

[Worgen]

Huh, I've played Diablo through a bunch of times but this is the first I've realized it had an expansion. I don't think Blizzard liked it very much because it wasn't included in the Diablo II battle chest I got when I was young.

It wasn't made by Blizzard, it was made by Sierra and it always felt kinda off. Didn't feel as good as the base game.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Huh, I've played Diablo through a bunch of times but this is the first I've realized it had an expansion. I don't think Blizzard liked it very much because it wasn't included in the Diablo II battle chest I got when I was young.

It wasn't made by Blizzard, it was made by Sierra and it always felt kinda off. Didn't feel as good as the base game.

Yep, that about sums it. The additional mini dungeons are fun, but doesn't really fit into canon. It feels like it's an unnecessary addition to the lore, and atmosphere doesn't really seem to fit.

The expansion also adds "three" new classes; Monk, Bard, and Barbarian. Monk is the only one available from default and Bard and Barbarian you need to edit some game files. Monk is technically the only new class, because he has his own sprite and was the only class approved by Blizzard.

Bard and Barbarian were scrapped, because Bard was completely experimental and Barbarian was scrapped because Blizzard asked (demanded?) to be removed so it won't be confused with the class in Diablo 2.

Haven't played any of the classes myself, but it looks like Monk and Barb are ones that seem to be worth getting into

 

[Ezekiel]

Think it would be cool if in a new true Tomb Raider she was invulnerable to fire immediately after coming out of water, when you still see the wet effect on her skin. Jumping and running through, I mean.

Edit: Finished. It was brutal. Don't know how PlayStation players persisted with only the save crystals. Most traps you can predict and think about how to maneuver before proceeding, but a few, man... Better than Tomb Raider II? I can't remember.

4/5

 

[Worgen]

Been playing a bit of Super Alloy Rangers. Its kinda like megaman, but you have two characters to choose from, one ranged and one melee... so its like megaman x, at least one of them. Anyway, its got some really nice pixel art, a story that needed a better localization and even then wouldn't be that coherent and surprise difficulty. The first 4 or 5 stages were rather easy, but then the difficulty took a big spike, mainly a big spike in the platforming. Jumps became much more punishing and result in big damage since you aren't just jumping, you are also having to look out for enemy fire and the game does love to include wind that you have to watch out for at the same time. I would say that overall I am still enjoying it, mainly because of the fantastic art its got and pretty solid gameplay.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Got convinced by my friends to try Marvel Rivals.

It's pretty fun, but weirdly enough I feel like my awareness in 3rd person is somehow worse than my awareness in first person.

Anyway, after playing for 2 days I main Squirrel Girl and Magneto, and have currently only tried like 15% of the cast.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I killed Raphael in Baldur's Gate 3.

And I feel this will yield me more satisfaction than eventually killing the Elder Brain will. This smug prick has been sleezing around throughout the game acting like the biggest swinging dick G, and similar to Mizora, feeling like one of those antagonists that are going to remain untouchable for the entire runtime. They are full-on Devils after all, and they know and love that they're pulling the strings.

So for me to break into his fucking house, steal a bunch of his shit, kill his weirdo doppel concubine, and then kill him... *shivers* Lovely.

 

[BrawlMan]

I played Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on my PS4 and did an arcade run last night. I used Cyclops, Sakura, and Cable.

For tonight, I decided to cap off New Years and did an arcade run of Streets of Rage 4, on Hard Mode, using Adam Hunter.