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 Pacific wrote:

balmong7 wrote:I finally finished Dark Cloud. After 15 years of periodically picking this game up and then putting it down. I finally finished it. I have no idea what I am going to play next.

Great stuff! That was such a fun game. Have been meaning to get hold of a PS2 again and that would definitely be on the list to play.

If you have a PS4 it's one of the few PS2 games they released for download on the PS Store. It's also on PS Now which is how I played it.

 nels1031 wrote:
I'm getting back into the swing of things with Total War : Three Kingdoms, in anticipation of the next DLC in 2 days. Looking forward to it.

Same. Been a bit too. Been trying the Yellow Turbans from Mandate of Heaven campaign start.

Its funny, even though Cathay is the aspect of WH3 that I'm least interested in, its utterly killed any interest I had in Three Kingdoms.

The last WH2 dlc as well, but any time total war comes up at this point, I find myself making a 'get on with it' gesture at the computer.

Thanks Balmong! The wonders of online game downloads these days, never realised that was available again.

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Pacific wrote:

Dreadwinter wrote:Jedi: Fallen Order. Honestly one of the worst souls games I have ever played. It is like they took all the worst ideas from Dark Souls 2 and decided they were the best ideas.

Ah really is it not any good? It was on my list of purchases just waiting for a good offer on it.

I enjoyed it. I also think that comparing it to Soulsborne games is not a very useful comparison. Mechanically it is much closer to Sekiro.

Cheers man - I have seen a few copies very cheap so will get hold of one.

Urtuk got out of early access. I'm really quite fond of it. Everything is so incredibly ugly and brutal. They really nailed the art style they where going for. Feels very balanced as well. High recommend from me, if you're into xcom style games.

Finally beat Gears 5. That was a surprisingly long campaign. I think it’s longer than 1,2 and 4 combined. It was certainly their most ambitious.

Xcom 2 long war campaign seems to be going well for as far as I've gotten in it. I think it's not terribly tough when you've figured out some mechanics of it.

I finally made it to the new content in Persona 5 Royal and I am remembering why I love this series so much again.

Arkham City done.

Onto Harly's Revenge...

[EDIT]: And done. That was quicker than I remembered. And it kinda just... stops. Really abrupt ending.

Started playing Stellaris again, the base game and nearly all of the relevant DLC are in one of the Humble Bundle charity sales so I picked that up for the DLC as they're pricey when not on sale.

Still playing Civ 6 too, invested in a multiplayer game with three friends and it's a great additional layer to be a dick to your pals.


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 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Pacific wrote:

Dreadwinter wrote:Jedi: Fallen Order. Honestly one of the worst souls games I have ever played. It is like they took all the worst ideas from Dark Souls 2 and decided they were the best ideas.

Ah really is it not any good? It was on my list of purchases just waiting for a good offer on it.

I enjoyed it. I also think that comparing it to Soulsborne games is not a very useful comparison. Mechanically it is much closer to Sekiro.

I enjoyed it too, although haven't gotten round to finishing it yet.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Arkham City done.

Onto Harly's Revenge...

[EDIT]: And done. That was quicker than I remembered. And it kinda just... stops. Really abrupt ending.

Yeah. It had some interesting stuff, but felt rather flat and anti-climactic.

IIRC, there was a theory at the time that it primarily existed because DC wanted to nix the idea of Harley being pregnant.

Crusader Kings 3. Paradox finally remembered it exists, and released a flavor pack (Northern Lords, because obviously they're going to start with Scandinavia).

Haven't noticed much beyond a few UI improvements, but apparently you can go adventuring somehow, and a couple other thinks got reworked.

Game still has some issues, though, as an Event pop-up just had my 3 year old son assisting me in surgery... The man died, but the kid was very eloquent about consoling me on the man's death.


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CK3 is also play free on steam for the next 3 days, so if in doubt, give it a spin for nothing.

Eumerin wrote:
IIRC, there was a theory at the time that it primarily existed because DC wanted to nix the idea of Harley being pregnant.

As evidenced by the fact that when you go back into the Joker's main room, the crib is surrounded by negative pregnancy tests.

 Tyranid Horde wrote:

Still playing Civ 6 too, invested in a multiplayer game with three friends and it's a great additional layer to be a dick to your pals.

Ooh what is that like and how does it work in context of multiplayer (do you have wait for people to finish their turn, then hand over to you etc?)

I'm really enjoying the game on the Switch at the moment and have talked a friend into getting it, so would be fun to have a go at it.

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 Tyranid Horde wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Pacific wrote:

Dreadwinter wrote:Jedi: Fallen Order. Honestly one of the worst souls games I have ever played. It is like they took all the worst ideas from Dark Souls 2 and decided they were the best ideas.

Ah really is it not any good? It was on my list of purchases just waiting for a good offer on it.

I enjoyed it. I also think that comparing it to Soulsborne games is not a very useful comparison. Mechanically it is much closer to Sekiro.

I enjoyed it too, although haven't gotten round to finishing it yet.

I'm a few hours in and definitely see the Souls comparisons, although I don't think it is anything like as 'tight' a gameplay experience as that game. I would say definitely a bit of Tomb Raider in there too. Certainly a lot of fun, and the Star Wars license probably makes it a lot better than it would be otherwise. I can't comment on Sekiro as haven't played that game.

On a light-hearted note...

Paradox has announced that the 3.0 update for Stellaris (set to coincide with the release of the new DLC) will be called "Dick", presumably named after Philip K.

The forums now have threads speculating on things such as how big the update will be (and arguments over whether the size truly matters), whether the update will make the game longer and harder, and similar questions.

The current Dev Diary does say its named for Philip K., and then goes on to talk about the movies he inspired. :sigh

I'm amused that they've reworked it enough (again) to be a 3.0 version of the game. I do like what I've seen of the first contact system, and it looks like they've developed a real espionage system (always iffy in 4X games), though I think they transplanted a fair amount from Hearts of Iron there.

I'm just amused that they've retooled Pop growth, districts and goods again.

But its the little things like the UI changes that excite me. Being able to re-order planets in the Outliner is really helpful. May give this another chance...

Eumerin wrote:
Paradox has announced that the 3.0 update for Stellaris (set to coincide with the release of the new DLC) will be called "Dick", presumably named after Philip K.

That's some nice news. I keep comming back to stellaris a bit with every expansion. Play it for about a month and then move on. Cool to see some extensive updates to it. Though I do miss the trio transportation system. This is more balanced but that felt by far more sci-fi.

Myself has started playing Endzone, a world apart. It just got out of early access. It seems to simply be banished but with a post apocalyptic theme. I really liked banished and still fire it up time to time so I think this'll be a blast. Very much enjoying my time with it so far.

Persona 5 Royal is finally complete. The final semester was totally worth it. Though I feel like the original ending had a bit more punch than the revised ending. "The Phantom Thieves depart on one last road trip" hits better than, "The Phantom Thieves drop you off at the train station".

Also, we managed to snag a PS5 on the Walmart drop the other. So I guess I have that to look forward to. Not sure what games are coming up next on our list though.

balmong7 wrote:
Persona 5 Royal is finally complete. The final semester was totally worth it. Though I feel like the original ending had a bit more punch than the revised ending. "The Phantom Thieves depart on one last road trip" hits better than, "The Phantom Thieves drop you off at the train station".

Also, we managed to snag a PS5 on the Walmart drop the other. So I guess I have that to look forward to. Not sure what games are coming up next on our list though.

You could try Persona 5 Strikers. It's Dynasty Warriors-style combat, but with a very distinctly Persona feel.to the other mechanics.


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 Nerak wrote:

Myself has started playing Endzone, a world apart. It just got out of early access. It seems to simply be banished but with a post apocalyptic theme. I really liked banished and still fire it up time to time so I think this'll be a blast. Very much enjoying my time with it so far.

How does it compare with the Paradox version - Surviving the Aftermath?

Eumerin wrote:


You could try Persona 5 Strikers. It's Dynasty Warriors-style combat, but with a very distinctly Persona feel.to the other mechanics.

We plan on buying it at some point. But for now, I am trying to work down some of my PS+ and PSNow backlog. This morning I played a little of the Mario Sunshine remaster on Nintendo Switch. I love that game, but man the controls are clunky. I died so many times today to being a millisecond late on hitting the jump button and mario just running off a ledge instead.

Probably gonna win this xcom 2 long war game on Commander Ironman difficulty. I did the avatar autopsy so all i gotta do now is contact the advent main relay region and go on that mission.

Avatar progress is still pretty high and it's june of the next year in-game.

I'm also about to take out the 3rd advent regional hq. This one is a bit close to a high advent strength region though so it's possible that it gets attacked but it's late enough in the game that it's not really that relevant anyway. I need the resources and alien corpses more anyway. My monthly supplies could use a boost but it's not needed.

Regardless of what happens i probably have a month or two at most before avatar progress completes. Hopefully everything is in order for when it happens.

Fire Emblem Three Houses has taken over my weekends. My first foray into the series was Fates to set the bar low, so the experience this time around is exponentially better. There were even some parts of the story that caught me waaaay off-guard, and I have no idea how any of this is going to play out.

Hoping to try Awakening and the GBA one next. I get that the castle/monastery was more of a Fates/Three Houses thing, but how similar are these former two with the latter two?

Almost finished up the last mission of xcom 2 long war mod on commander ironman. So far so good but I'm gonna head to bed for work tomorrow. I'll finish it when I get back but I just entered the aliens throne room. Should be a tough fight but I'm hoping I win. I'm doing well so far. Gonna maybe wait till most of my soldiers skill cooldowns are mostly refreshed for the big battle.

I was playing Blaz Blue: Chronophantasma Extend but for some reason my games keep minimising to desktop I've tried so many things and it just keeps happening. Just started after I had a Windows 10 update recently...Hmmm

The Outer Worlds. Decided to do a new game and play it all the way through, quite enjoyed it this time around! Had just uninstalled it when I noticed that the season pass was on sale, so got that, reinstalled the game and am doing a new game now with a different build and two new stories on top.

Back to playing Blaz Blue: Chronophantasma Extend I'm now really getting into it. The minimising seems to have fixed itself now. It could've been something to do with the Clan Quest Mod of Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines? I don't know...

Trying to settle into a calm, fairly zen game of Civ 6. But it keeps crashing. Its the only game in my currently installed library that crashes regularly, and its been out for 3 and a half years!

Also Portugal, a new map type (wetlands) and zombie mode hits tomorrow, as the last of the 'New Frontiers Pass.'

Apparently in April they're going for a major rebalance pass, with around 2/3rds of the civs getting tweaked.

Unknown if that will be the 'content complete' end of 6 or if they'll do another pass or traditional DLC.

Just finished my commander ironman long war run in xcom 2 for a fairly easy victory in the throne room bit. Running fully promoted guys helps a ton in certain missions and with certain gear. The final tier chain lightning perk on a few holo targeted enemies really can stun whole enemy pods and it is OP and glorious. If you use tier 3 stun guns then it forces the enemy to be knocked out for 2 turns so in this case a whole enemy pod. It's generally enough to wipe out a whole pod but just in case it isn't after every two turns you get one more available stun so stun locking your enemies should be really easy. While a full pod is stunned you can just run your whole squad up there and give them constant flanked damage they can't even respond to and holotarget them before doing so to make sure nothing misses. Not to mention some units do more damage to enemies that are stunned which is great.

Specialized squads in long war are so absurdly powerful.

 SkavenLord wrote:
Fire Emblem Three Houses has taken over my weekends. My first foray into the series was Fates to set the bar low, so the experience this time around is exponentially better. There were even some parts of the story that caught me waaaay off-guard, and I have no idea how any of this is going to play out.

Hoping to try Awakening and the GBA one next. I get that the castle/monastery was more of a Fates/Three Houses thing, but how similar are these former two with the latter two?

The GBA one I can't speak to. but Awakening doesn't really have a hub world like the monastery. Just a world map that you select your missions from. The support bonds are a major element on the game though, and not something to ignore due to story reasons that I don't wish to spoil. Awakening introduced the support bonds, so you won't find those in any earlier games.


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Got to like 50 shines in mario sunshine. Got my first covid shot and it knocked me on ass for a day. So I laid in bed and played my switch all day.

balmong7 wrote:

 SkavenLord wrote:
Fire Emblem Three Houses has taken over my weekends. My first foray into the series was Fates to set the bar low, so the experience this time around is exponentially better. There were even some parts of the story that caught me waaaay off-guard, and I have no idea how any of this is going to play out.

Hoping to try Awakening and the GBA one next. I get that the castle/monastery was more of a Fates/Three Houses thing, but how similar are these former two with the latter two?

The GBA one I can't speak to. but Awakening doesn't really have a hub world like the monastery. Just a world map that you select your missions from. The support bonds are a major element on the game though, and not something to ignore due to story reasons that I don't wish to spoil. Awakening introduced the support bonds, so you won't find those in any earlier games.


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Got to like 50 shines in mario sunshine. Got my first covid shot and it knocked me on ass for a day. So I laid in bed and played my switch all day.

Thanks for the heads-up on those support bonds! Rather liked mechanic, even if the interactions tend to go a bit all over the place.

Good on ya for sticking through the shot. Hope there are still some shines left by the time you’re back on your feet!