No, but you have got me intrigued enough to want to give it a go! Does it take long to complete?MajorGamer wrote: ↑August 18th, 2018, 8:53 pm The most notable thing I have to say about this ends up being a spoiler. Without going into details, it pulled off something I've never seen in a videogame before. It is rather clever and is even foreshadowed fairly well. Won't mention anything else unless someone asks me to.
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19-08 Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)
Turns out that winning a war isn't the easiest thing to do. Especially not when the enemy has hulkingly monstrous machinery and weird weaponised blue energy at their disposal. Looking forward to dive in deep on tonight's podcast recording.
KSubzero, did you ever play this one? I could imagine you taking a liking to it.
Turns out that winning a war isn't the easiest thing to do. Especially not when the enemy has hulkingly monstrous machinery and weird weaponised blue energy at their disposal. Looking forward to dive in deep on tonight's podcast recording.
KSubzero, did you ever play this one? I could imagine you taking a liking to it.
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KSubzero1000
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I bought it on both PS3 and PS4 but bounced off of it both times. I really like the setting, and the game sounds like it'd be up my alley on paper, but the gameplay never quite grabbed me for some reason. I was actually planning on listening to the podcast to motivate a third attempt! Do you think I would I be spoiling interesting plot developments for myself by doing so? Maybe I should just persevere...
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Perhaps, but even though I like the plot and cast of characters, I'd say it's hardly earth shattering stuff. You can see the modest twists coming from more than a couple of miles, too. Certainly not a game I was playing for the story!
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Oh, interesting. I have heard very positive things about the story, so I suppose there is enough to satisfy at least some people on both fronts. I just started Horizon as a result of Chopper's kind reminder yesterday, but I think I'll bump VC to the top of the pile and save the podcast for later, then.
I'm kinda excited about it, all of a sudden! ^^
I'm kinda excited about it, all of a sudden! ^^
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By no means should you take my comment as a recommendation; I found the game unremarkable apart from one or two things. I was just looking at the podcast schedule and remembered you saying you hadn't played it.KSubzero1000 wrote: ↑August 19th, 2018, 2:23 pm I just started Horizon as a result of Chopper's kind reminder yesterday
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MajorGamer
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Took me 30 hours to complete it but that is on the hardest difficulty (just about everything one-shots you) and doing all the extra challenge stuff. If you were only beating it on a non-insane difficulty, I'd guess it would be about 15 hours. It regularly goes 75% off during the Steam sales if you have no problem waiting.Alex79uk wrote: ↑August 18th, 2018, 9:24 pmNo, but you have got me intrigued enough to want to give it a go! Does it take long to complete?MajorGamer wrote: ↑August 18th, 2018, 8:53 pm The most notable thing I have to say about this ends up being a spoiler. Without going into details, it pulled off something I've never seen in a videogame before. It is rather clever and is even foreshadowed fairly well. Won't mention anything else unless someone asks me to.
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Indiana747
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(Jan) Life is Strange: Before the Storm - PS4.
(Jan) Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition - PS4.
(Jan) Watch Dogs II(platinum) - PS4.
(Feb) Marlow Briggs - Xbox 360.
(Feb) Shadow of the Colossus - PS4.
(Mar) Assassin's Creed Syndicate - PS4.
(Mar) Ghost Recon: Wildlands - PS4.
(Apr) The Witcher III - PS4.
(May) Halo 4 :TMCC- XB1X.
(July) Dungeon Siege III - Xbox 360.
(Aug) Resident Evil 5 - PS4.
(Jan) Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition - PS4.
(Jan) Watch Dogs II(platinum) - PS4.
(Feb) Marlow Briggs - Xbox 360.
(Feb) Shadow of the Colossus - PS4.
(Mar) Assassin's Creed Syndicate - PS4.
(Mar) Ghost Recon: Wildlands - PS4.
(Apr) The Witcher III - PS4.
(May) Halo 4 :TMCC- XB1X.
(July) Dungeon Siege III - Xbox 360.
(Aug) Resident Evil 5 - PS4.
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Sinclair Gregstrum
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Feb – Destiny 2 (Xbox One X)
Feb – Snake Pass (Switch)
Mar – NBA Playgrounds (Switch)
Apr – Assassin’s Creed Origins (Xbox One X)
May - The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter (PS4 Pro)
May - Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare (PS4 Pro)
Jun – The Wolf Among Us (Xbox One X)
Aug – Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360 via Xbox One X)
I’ve owned this for years (not day one or anything, but a good while), and just never got round to it. I’ve no idea why – the frontier west is a period I find incredibly interesting and I’m very cine-literate in films of the genre along with having read many a book on the subject. Red Dead Redemption though, has just sat on the shelf, never quite making it from case to console for I variety of long forgotten reasons. Until this year! Spurred on by early glimpses of RDR2 and the lovely 4K upgrade implemented for the Xbox One X and it’s nifty backwards compatibility, I finally popped it in and off I rode into the wide blue yonder!
I don’t need to say a great deal about the game itself as everyone knows everything about it by know I assume. What I will comment on is my perspective as someone playing the game for the first time in 2018 and how it holds up or otherwise vs games of today. Voice acting and storytelling are clearly two of the game’s biggest strengths, and it says a lot about how well it delivers in this regard that over 8 years on from release it’s still one of the very best I’ve ever played in terms of those elements.
On the flip side, gameplay at large is pretty clunky by today’s standards and would get a mauling if this hit stores and online marketplaces in 2018. I’d wager everything from character movement, to horse riding, to combat would all be considered below par by most modern gamers, and even many minigames are more an irritating aside than the addictive distraction they should be.
Overall though I still loved the game. The storytelling and characters didn’t just drag me through the average gameplay, they made it irrelevant. I was just enjoying living in the world so much, being John Marsden, engaging with the rogues gallery of a cast, discovering the latest twist in the plot – it was all just so damn compelling!
I’m not sure I’ll pick up RDR2 straight away for fear of open world western burnout, but I’ll be jumping in within the next 6 months, and I’m certain it won’t be gathering dust for as many years as the captivating original so undeservedly did.
Feb – Snake Pass (Switch)
Mar – NBA Playgrounds (Switch)
Apr – Assassin’s Creed Origins (Xbox One X)
May - The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter (PS4 Pro)
May - Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare (PS4 Pro)
Jun – The Wolf Among Us (Xbox One X)
Aug – Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360 via Xbox One X)
I’ve owned this for years (not day one or anything, but a good while), and just never got round to it. I’ve no idea why – the frontier west is a period I find incredibly interesting and I’m very cine-literate in films of the genre along with having read many a book on the subject. Red Dead Redemption though, has just sat on the shelf, never quite making it from case to console for I variety of long forgotten reasons. Until this year! Spurred on by early glimpses of RDR2 and the lovely 4K upgrade implemented for the Xbox One X and it’s nifty backwards compatibility, I finally popped it in and off I rode into the wide blue yonder!
I don’t need to say a great deal about the game itself as everyone knows everything about it by know I assume. What I will comment on is my perspective as someone playing the game for the first time in 2018 and how it holds up or otherwise vs games of today. Voice acting and storytelling are clearly two of the game’s biggest strengths, and it says a lot about how well it delivers in this regard that over 8 years on from release it’s still one of the very best I’ve ever played in terms of those elements.
On the flip side, gameplay at large is pretty clunky by today’s standards and would get a mauling if this hit stores and online marketplaces in 2018. I’d wager everything from character movement, to horse riding, to combat would all be considered below par by most modern gamers, and even many minigames are more an irritating aside than the addictive distraction they should be.
Overall though I still loved the game. The storytelling and characters didn’t just drag me through the average gameplay, they made it irrelevant. I was just enjoying living in the world so much, being John Marsden, engaging with the rogues gallery of a cast, discovering the latest twist in the plot – it was all just so damn compelling!
I’m not sure I’ll pick up RDR2 straight away for fear of open world western burnout, but I’ll be jumping in within the next 6 months, and I’m certain it won’t be gathering dust for as many years as the captivating original so undeservedly did.
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PUZZLES! I never really got into puzzle books so its good to know that I actually like these old fashioned style of puzzles, especially as I bought the next 5 games in the series.
The village is nice enough to wander around. The plot didn't grab me but ambled along without taking anything away. I thought I would like the soundtrack more than I did, although there were 2 or 3 pieces I enjoyed. But the puzzles are the meat of the game and they are good (and wildly varying in difficulty).
I cheated on puzzle 135 (a bonus puzzle and the last puzzle in the whole game) and looked up the answer. Otherwise I would have been sliding blocks for weeks.
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I finished the main story and side quests of Nioh! There's a bunch of DLC stuff, but I'm going to take a break for a while.
It really was a cool game. Having never played a Dark Souls, Nioh felt closest to Onimusha to me, except brutally hard at time. Proud of myself for beating this one.
It really was a cool game. Having never played a Dark Souls, Nioh felt closest to Onimusha to me, except brutally hard at time. Proud of myself for beating this one.
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Marvel vs Capcom infinite story mode.
Pretty uninspiring stuff throughout. One of the main draws with MvC has always been the sizable roster but without the X Men here if feels limited which is highlighted in story mode. The amount of times you have to fight Ultron Clones is beyond tedious. They even throw them in the final fight too.
Was worth the rental to smash up Nemesis as Haggar though!
Pretty uninspiring stuff throughout. One of the main draws with MvC has always been the sizable roster but without the X Men here if feels limited which is highlighted in story mode. The amount of times you have to fight Ultron Clones is beyond tedious. They even throw them in the final fight too.
Was worth the rental to smash up Nemesis as Haggar though!
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State of Mind (PS4)
Well, this is an odd one. It's a narrative game about a dystopia/utopia and the rich fleeing the former for the latter. Doug 'Geralt' Cockle is the really, really angry protagonist, and does a great job of portraying an almost totally unsympathetic character.
Interaction in a gaming sense is extremely limited; for most of the game you are going from A to B and clicking on hotspots to progress the story. Then at the end, they throw in a load of interactive stuff like stealth and puzzles, which bog you down just as you want the game to end. Pacing was very uneven all the way through; there were times where I was literally dozing off during the first half of the game.
Despite all that, they do manage to pull together an ending with a few decent moral choices. These are also ultimately flawed, or rather robbed of their weight, because the relationships between the leading characters were never developed properly in the course of the game.
All the way through, I was wondering why they didn't just make an animated movie; in the end it grew on me, though I couldn't recommend it unless you're a hardcore walking sim fan (and even at that I'd be hesitant).
Well, this is an odd one. It's a narrative game about a dystopia/utopia and the rich fleeing the former for the latter. Doug 'Geralt' Cockle is the really, really angry protagonist, and does a great job of portraying an almost totally unsympathetic character.
Interaction in a gaming sense is extremely limited; for most of the game you are going from A to B and clicking on hotspots to progress the story. Then at the end, they throw in a load of interactive stuff like stealth and puzzles, which bog you down just as you want the game to end. Pacing was very uneven all the way through; there were times where I was literally dozing off during the first half of the game.
Despite all that, they do manage to pull together an ending with a few decent moral choices. These are also ultimately flawed, or rather robbed of their weight, because the relationships between the leading characters were never developed properly in the course of the game.
All the way through, I was wondering why they didn't just make an animated movie; in the end it grew on me, though I couldn't recommend it unless you're a hardcore walking sim fan (and even at that I'd be hesitant).
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Just a note that State of Mind is published by Daedalic Entertainment, who have been on a run of publishing some very interesting games over the last couple of years. State of Mind, Pillars of the Earth, Aer Memories of Old (eh), Shadow Tactics, The Long Journey Home, Blackguards. They've been killing it, all credit to them.
Funnily enough, the other publisher competing most for my attention is Bethesda, who've also had a great run this last few years
Funnily enough, the other publisher competing most for my attention is Bethesda, who've also had a great run this last few years
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You're on a mission to find your missing friend the only way you know how, digging. Upgrades allow you to dig through harder dirt faster, allow more/better uses of other items, more health, etc. The main progression has you go down to explore and dig up gems that you sell in town to get money to get your upgrades. The tunnel also has caves that lead to their own areas that are little puzzles that usually have an artifact (helps get more upgrades) and cogs (turns the upgrade on/off) or rarely new abilities. It makes for a good, fun loop. The story is basic but serves its purpose in getting the game going.
For expectations, some people call this a metroidvania. It barely has elements of one. It would be like calling CoD an RPG. Some elements of the genre are there but the full thing isn't.
Aug 15 - Owlboy (Switch)
Heard many good things on this one and was looking forward to it. Turned out to to be very "meh" for me. The controls are a bit awkward. Even at the end of the game I was fumbling around a bit, pressing the wrong button to do what was needed. You'll generally be controlling Otus carrying around one of your companions. Otus is your hitbox for taking damage but all your attacks come from your companion which threw me off plenty of times for positioning things. Puzzles amount to carrying a thing to wherever it is needed. There is also a surprising amount of stealth in the game.
The story is one of the praises the game gets and I don't know why. It is fairly straight forward where you must stop the antagonist from getting the relics. The end is where I stared in disbelief at how dumb it was. You know how some games have conflicts that could be entirely resolved if the characters just talked to each other? That happens here within the span of 5 minutes.
For expectations, some people call this a metroidvania. It isn't.
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Silent Hill 2 HD Collection
What an abdomination. They’ve seemingly managed to ruin almost every facet of one of my favourite games of all time. I had to dig out my old ps2 to prove to myself that the original is still great. It is. When you compare it to the metal gear hd collection for example it is truly awful.
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999: 9 persons, 9 doors...
I’m a huge fan of virtues last reward and had been waiting for the European vita version for some time. I rushed out and bought it excitedly on release and proceeded to leave it on the shelf until now. It’s not quite as good as the sequel and the process to unlock the true ending is a bit convoluted but nonetheless it’s very very enjoyable and I would recommend it to everyone.
Next up: Shenmue.
See you all in about a month or two!
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What makes it so awful? I remember reading soenthing about the fog being removed which killed any tension, but other than that? What you playing on, PS3?Simonsloth wrote: ↑August 25th, 2018, 10:14 am Silent Hill 2 HD Collection
What an abdomination. They’ve seemingly managed to ruin almost every facet of one of my favourite games of all time. I had to dig out my old ps2 to prove to myself that the original is still great. It is. When you compare it to the metal gear hd collection for example it is truly awful.
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I was looking at Pocket City yesterday funnily enough when I searched to see if Sim City classic was available (and not that horrible version they promote on the store)
It wasn't, but this seemed similar. Worth getting then? Might take a punt.
It wasn't, but this seemed similar. Worth getting then? Might take a punt.