i'm (still) playing GoW right now, about 30 hours in. it does have a very slow start, but i started having more fun once it opened up and the whole world opens up (maybe 5 hours in?). it also became more fun once i unlocked all the combat abilities and it entered that diablo III sweet spot of juggling various abilities and cooldowns.
i haven't played any god of war game before, though, so maybe this one is much worse.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Thursday, 17 May 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
i don't know how coherent it ultimately all was, but it was actually interesting and intriguing.
Yeah I couldn't care less about the "actual" lore, but I love that it just gestures at it and you end up making up weird stories and connections in your head. Like, with your actual imagination.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 17 May 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
gonna do FF4 next in my Year of JRPGs since i never finished that one as a kid - kinda tempted to try the DS version with the gross 3d characters instead of the original SNES
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
sacrilege! though i was curious myself how that was
― Nhex, Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
the draw is apparently it improves the gameplay a bit with some modern QOL stuff and higher difficulty
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
i'll probably just do the snes one though
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
SNES one i remember being eminently replayable, because it was easy and the music is great. but my last replay was probably about 15 years ago or so
― Nhex, Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
i have only ever had playstations (1-3) and am finally facing up to being obsolete. i really want to get another one so i can play last of us. but i have two kids and the switch is so tempting..
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:48 (six years ago) link
The Switch rules and it’s only gonna keep ruling harder.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
Yeh the DS game is a lot harder iirc, the DS FFIII was even harder. Probably best to stick to the SNES one (and burn the godawful PS1 version)I had a busted finger for the past couple of months so haven’t been doing much gaming. I did however spend far too much time fannying around with setting up emulators on my computer with a nice front end, so I can stream them to my TV. Kinda ridiculous how deep that rabbit hole goes.Also my PS4 has started to randomly turn itself on, have had to unplug it ffs.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:54 (six years ago) link
Tracer, get them both. You know you want to. Get ALL the game systems, now is the time.
― Nhex, Friday, 18 May 2018 00:55 (six years ago) link
strong truth
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 18 May 2018 08:49 (six years ago) link
I bought the Mass Effect trilogy pack last week, but since then I've started another TLOU game, this time on hard. BUT, I've gotten to the hotel basement and not being in a hurry to relive that horror, I'm thinking I should start on Mass Effect?
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Friday, 18 May 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
i don't see the point of playing TLOU on hard, it's hard enough and you're playing that game more for the story/atmosphere
― Nhex, Saturday, 19 May 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
i decided to get back into BOTW and beat the remaining Divine Beast and check out Hyrule Castle (which i am very excited to see). i just got to the desert, and holy crap, this game just gets better and better. i may have saved the best for the last. right off the bat the sweeping desertscape was impressive and cartoonishly apocalyptic in the kind of way that reminded me of the old Bakshi LOTR film.
then i learn about the seals. omg i love the seals. what a great idea, what fun! then 10 minutes later the story about sneaking into town and seeking out the aid of a cross dressing fellow traveler. i really like how they did the story in this game, in presenting all these wide and varied scenarios. the avatar is undergoing this process of continuous transformation into a godlike & mythical being, interacting with the world and growing with it, taking on it's attributes. admittedly it's just the same old abilities-based progression Zelda games have always used to mark progress, but portrayed in the most beautiful, gracefully animated renderings. the player is constantly partaking in the creation of all sorts of experimental fantasy world and elemental-based myths (the Link-green garb desert garb helps you counteract the scorching red heat). this game is so brilliant. so loopy in that classic JRPG way. i love it.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 19 May 2018 04:35 (six years ago) link
at first i was going to complain the seals go a little too slow but then i saw a button prompt for speeding up and yeah that was a fun moment right there
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 19 May 2018 04:38 (six years ago) link
installing trails of cold steel...
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 23:37 (six years ago) link
played the demo for detroit: becoming human ... kind of intrigued tbh
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link
david cage......
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
is he a bad man
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
nah he's just kind of a hack compared to other auteur game designers
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
I liked his other games despite their obvious flaws.
There's a bit at the end of the Become Human demo that visualizes the underlying decision tree that led to the outcome I chose ... found it pretty exciting.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 00:14 (six years ago) link
cold steel is an overwhelming production quality upgrade from trails in the sky even if its still a last-gen game, and they've managed to maintain the coziness of the world design into full 3d. i already love it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 01:13 (six years ago) link
Beat Far Cry 5. It dumb as fuck.
Also playing Stellaris, which is great.
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 24 May 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
beat god of war. i rushed the ending and skipped out on a bunch of "content" because i was just ready to be done. the upgraded skills in god of war are fun to use, but the combat gets very monotonous after a while because the enemies don't really prompt you to come up with more than 2 or 3 general strategies, and changing weapons/eq only provides a stat boost, rather than changing how you have to use the weapons, or their effect. the puzzles are really meh as well.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 25 May 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
10/10 Masterpiece!Yeah, everything I’ve heard from real people who aren’t games journalists has made me know this isn’t something to rush out and buy.
― two cool rock chicks pounding la croix (circa1916), Friday, 25 May 2018 02:03 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nbYtQuA.jpg
― ciderpress, Friday, 25 May 2018 02:23 (six years ago) link
friday the 13th: killer puzzle on my phone. liked it enough that i bought all the levels.
grow up on ps4. so far it seems too similar to the first one, but I'll continue.
― adam the (abanana), Friday, 25 May 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
trails of cold steel is really good. turns out adding persona-style school life to the trails in the sky formula was the perfect match. definitely a game for people who enjoy hanging out in towns in RPGs and talking to every NPC, even the most minor characters have new dialogue every day and there's all sorts of cute little side stories going on in the background
― ciderpress, Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
Started a new game of Skyrim because I never completed it and it's just a lot of fun to wander about in.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 28 May 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
loving Curse of the Moon rn
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 28 May 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
I've started playing ME1 as an Infiltrator and am currently stuck on Therum (the first time you face geth sappers). I can't say this is exactly fun.
― Young Lunchy (Leee), Monday, 28 May 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
I managed to get past that part and finish the mission! I basically had to figure out how to use biotic abilities (I kept expecting an in-game tutorial that never arrived), also, how to take cover.
Still not entirely sold but I'm on to the next mission (Feros).
― Young Lunchy (Leee), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
'bout to start moonlighters
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 00:48 (six years ago) link
I'm kinda enjoying ME1 now! I had to change my mindset from playing this as a third-person shooter to an action rpg. (Also nice treat to hear Marina Sirtis!)
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Monday, 4 June 2018 19:47 (six years ago) link
Cultist Simulator is fantastic search if you loved fallen london
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 23:20 (six years ago) link
ooooh
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 14 June 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
'into the breach' (the 8x8 grid turn based strategy from the FTL guys)
it's ... if you understand that description you have enough information to understand if you like it or not
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Saturday, 16 June 2018 08:40 (five years ago) link
valkyria chronicles. this game hasn't aged a day, it still looks fantastic
― ciderpress, Saturday, 16 June 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
yoku's island express is very good if people like the idea of a pinball metroidvania
― devvvine, Saturday, 16 June 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
speaking of pinball and vania, that helpless feeling when you see that the pinball falling exactly between the two flippers at the bottom is very similar to that helpless early vania feeling when you've committed to a stupid deathjump and can't change the direction of your character in midair. this feeling is known as Nunnph
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Saturday, 16 June 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
Yoku’s Island Express is an absurdly good game, I beat the game at about 50% completion so I’m gonna go back and look for more stuff.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Saturday, 16 June 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
I've been playing State of Decay 2 the past month or so. Anyone else here playing it at least semi-regularly?
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 16 June 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
pinball metroidvania
sold
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Sunday, 17 June 2018 03:57 (five years ago) link
dammit.. i must buy that
― Nhex, Sunday, 17 June 2018 06:05 (five years ago) link
metroidvania pinball and yr a dung beetle taking over an island post office job from pterodactyl... it's a very good game
― devvvine, Sunday, 17 June 2018 07:15 (five years ago) link
yoku was excellent yes. hollow knight not really grabbing me in the same way as that or steamworld dig 2 did, it's more on the Castlevania side of the spectrum which is less preferable to me
― ciderpress, Sunday, 17 June 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
Really want to play Hollow Knight on Switch and Slay the Spire but I have to clear some of my currently playing (Far Cry 5, Golf Story, maybe more Nier Automata?) before I do.
― Mordy, Monday, 18 June 2018 00:17 (five years ago) link
Interested in Battletech too
― Mordy, Monday, 18 June 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
Mordy you 100%ed ftl, right? what do you think of their new one ?
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 18 June 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link