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Longtime Dakkanaut






I'm not sure how you can call it pandering when the whole theme of the game is Playstation's history.

And it really needs to give Nintendo a kick in the teeth and actually put some effort in after the crap of mario wonder.
   
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Fixture of Dakka





IDK, I adored Wonder. I'm definitely hankering for a proper follow up to Odessey or Bowser's Fury, but as a purely 2D outing it really recaptured the feel of SMW for me.

As for pandering, honestly the Playstation elements are pretty tacked on. There's one stage per world that's Playstation themed and the cameo bots are pretty randomly inserted among the normal ones. The vast bulk of the game is very much its own thing with its own characters and world that doesn't have much to do with the brand. The most integrated bit is the controller glider.

Like, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed all the cameos and they definitely add to the game. It's just the bits that get very self congratulatory about Playstation as a brand that I found distractingly corporate in a game with so much heart. It's really not what makes the game special at all. I don't HATE it, but I did kind of roll my eyes whenever they tried to get me invested in performing life saving surgery on my PS5.
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut






I feel the exact opposite of wonder. It was the very definition of style over substance. Boring, unmemorable levels, gimmicks over gameplay. After playing more than a few SMW hacks, the sheer lack of creativity or inventiveness from Nintendo was embarrassing.

But again, I don't feel any pandering for Astrobot. The whole game is based around the PlayStation's mascot. Nothing really felt out of place.
   
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Leader of the Sept







Astrometrica. A space-based rehash of Subnautica. It’s in early access at the moment, it the first chapter is basically complete. Looks nice and helps pass the time until Subnautica 3 is released later in the year.

Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Cozy cockpit of an Imperial Knight

Beyond Citadel, already got all the achievements, but will be trying new game plus soon, as the gunplay is quite satisfying.

Also started a coop run of Armoured Core 6, need to track down the OST of that one, goes pretty hard. But so far, slowly getting there, still figuring out the whole min-maxing thing for my AC.



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A Protoss colony world

I discovered a delightful little game called Islet Online. It's kind of a mash-up of Runescape, Minecraft, and Animal Crossing, with kind of chibi-looking characters. Most of the community for the game is Korean, as the game was made in South Korea, and some of the English translations are kind of janky (I lol'd at some of them). Nothing as bad as "All your base are belong to us" or "Setting us up the bomb", but still a little wacky. The game is currently free-to-play on Steam, with the option of microtransactions. Thankfully their marketing for those is not terribly predatory, unlike some other "free" games. I've been having fun with the game, as it's a pretty chill experience overall.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





Isonzo, HOIV and age of empires 3
buissness as usual

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GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Calculating Commissar




pontiac, michigan; usa

I actually got to the last two missions of xcom 2 long war of the chosen mod and then....i grew bored and stopped playing. God it got tedious. Turns out the aliens didn't even have to kill us they just had to bore us to death.

Aside from that i was playing a queek headtaker campaign on hard/hard. Funnily enough a coalition of dwarfs, dark elves and myself and some minor factions ganged up on greenskins and mostly wiped them out (down to about 3 territories at their lowest point). However then i attacked dwarfs and have been fighting back and forth while i also allied dark elves and my minor allies are fighting greenskins which have become resurgent in the far east but not by much. Dwarfs should be getting stomped slowly by me even if he has 2 allies and mine aren't really fighting dwarfs and their allies. On the plus side empire and the golden order are too far away to do much. I've also taken a huge swath of land dwarfs once had in my area so now they're mostly unengaged with me.

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Been Around the Block





Łódź, Poland

So I started Eisenhorn: Xenos, and I must say I don't fully understand why this game is so hated. It has crappy combat system at start, that's true, but I must admit that after 2 hours of playing I started to like it. Animations are bad, can't elaborate on that, but I really like levels design and vibe from that game. Sure, it's not better than book, but it has bo REALLY good to achieve that. I reallly enjoy that game at the moment

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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon






Path of Exile 2.

It’s pretty good fun. Some boss fights can be deeply frustrating, and I’ve had to call on my Guildmates at certain points.

Its main downside right now is it not really explaining its mechanics. And that matters, because once you’ve got your head round that? Your hitting power goes up massively. For instance, I’ve a three attack filthy combo which can drop non-bosses by the dozen. And I’ve other things which can help against said bosses at times.

There’s still a lot of wonk (melee characters are disadvantaged against certain bosses, and armour just does not work as it’s meant to). But it is in beta, and we’re getting patches.

I’ve also a nasty habit of getting my head kicked in as I enter a new area for the first couple of times. That’s because enemy casters hang back and can do rapid damage. So it takes a couple of sorties to figure out who’s who, and who’s first in line for a good ol’ Mace To The Face. I don’t mind that, but others may find it overly frustrating.

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Fixture of Dakka





Melbourne

Been playing Skyrim again last few weeks, trying to get the few remaining achievements I didn't have. Playing a modded game this time around using things like Frostfall and Campfire and a few others. I've never used mods before, so this was a bit of a learning curve installing and setting them up. But it was worth it because I've been enjoying the added difficulty Frostfall brings with the cold weather and what not. Although it does get annoying sometimes when you're trying to travel around the northern regions but keeping have to stop every few minutes to light fires and set up camp, just so you don't freeze to death. No clothing I've yet found gives enough of a warmth/exposure rating to allow anything resembling an extend travel time in harsh conditions.

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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

I need to just sit down and play all the way through Skyrim one of these days. Every time I start a playthrough, I get distracted by other games and by time I think about doing Skyrim again, I just go "Well, I have no idea where I was or what I was doing, so I guess I better just start over". And the cycle continues. I must have cleared out Bleak Falls Barrow over a dozen times by now...

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2024: 40 | Total models painted in 2025: 10 | Current main painting project: Kruleboyz Spearhead
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The Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000. It only looks like several bricks crudely gaffer taped to a cricket bat.
Grotsnik Corp. Sorry, No Refunds.
 
   
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Upstate, New York

Been playing Sins of a Solar Empire 2. Enjoying stelar domination.

   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut





I've been neck deep in Cyberpunk 2077 again, probably for the last month now. And, while I didn't really experience nearly as many game-breaking bugs at launch as some folks did, It's amazing where this game is at now.
   
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Fixture of Dakka





Final Fantasy III (DS)

Not as flash as FF4 but not nearly as frustrating. Simple but nice entry into the series.

Casual gaming, mostly solo-coop these days.

 
   
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Angry Blood Angel Assault marine





Frankfurt, Germany

I have this little tradition on Saturdays where after I leave my not-so-local Warhammer shop after a lot of painting and banter, I take the u-bahn home and play some left 4 dead 2 with a steam buddy who is far more experienced at the game (I'm relatively new). We've done a campaign a week so far, it's something fun to look forward to. We're on to the l4d1 campaign ports next. It's been a ton of fun so far. Left 4 dead is even fun when you're sucking at it. Highly recommend to everyone reading this!

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Cozy cockpit of an Imperial Knight

Signalis, never beaten it and stopped when I got to the mines last time around, powered through it this time around damn, the game is even bigger than expected. Still not sure what's going on, but eager to see how it'll end.




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Been Around the Block




Starship Troopers RTS, there's an open beta going for skirmish mode that was sorely missing from the original release.
   
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Executing Exarch




I've got a weakness for Dynasty Warriors, and a new Dynasty Warriors game just released.

This one's a bit different. Usually they cover the entire Three Kingdoms era, possibly including the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and you play a story that follows one of the specific kingdoms. It looks like this one is hyper-focused on the early period, though. I don't know how long the story will run for, but I suspect it will end when Dong Zhou flees west with the Emperor, and China switches to "every ruler for himself" mode. You're playing as a protagonist who's participating in the important battles, but isn't directly involved with any of the various factions/groups. Unlike other Warriors titles, the protagonist is (at least so far) the only character that you play. You can bring another character along with you in some battles, and then switch between the two characters. But that's the extent of it. I'm not going to rule out opening things up for you after finishing the game. But I'm nowhere near that yet.

Also unusual and interesting -

1.) The game opens by showing that the Yellow Turbans weren't completely unjustified in what they did. There was a lot of government corruption in China at the time, and when you first meet the Yellow Turbans, they're genuinely helping people. And then they become just as corrupt as the officials they opposed.
2.) Dong Zhou's usually portrayed in these games as a completely self-absorbed and corrupt idiot who only matters because of Lu Bu - who of course is the person who ultimately kills him. Dong Zhou historically was involved in the Yellow Turban campaigns, and this is where you first meet him. He's unsurprisingly focused on raw power over virtue, but he's also extremely unhappy with the corruption in the central government. The result is a character that you know you probably can't trust. But at the same time, his comments aren't entirely wrong.
3.) DW9's open world format was a mess. There were elements of it that I liked (it gave you a basic idea of just how *big* China is), but the overall result was unsatisfactory. This game brings back a world map. But battles don't take place on it. Instead, you approach a battle on the map, and then enter that location to do the actual fighting. One the one hand, it's not a cumbersome mess like DW9's world map was. On the other hand, the map feels cramped. China feels small.


Speaking of Lu Bu, he hasn't showed up yet. But I just met Daiochan and her foster father. And you're not going to have Daiochan in a game without also having Lu Bu. So it's only a matter of time.
   
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Preparing the Invasion of Terra






Playing my first Survival playthrough of Fallout 4 and damn it is a brutal affair.

Super Mutants raided Abernathy Farm killing the named cow and their cat. Pretty upset about it so I'm getting materials together to trap a new cat for them.
   
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General






Is that the mode where you can only save by sleeping? It was too brutal for me...

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Preparing the Invasion of Terra






That's the one. Upside of it is that because it's actually difficult I don't end up playing for hours at a time because it tires me out.
Having a wonderful time in the wasteland.
   
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Calculating Commissar




pontiac, michigan; usa

I'm playing Path of Exile 2 as well. Only like level 24 but there's only been a few bosses i've had trouble with. The first one i had serious trouble with was the Count (duke?) at the end of act 1 and then maybe that spirit in act 2 which is bound by 3 seals (mostly due to that bs poison gas she releases into the room i had to figure out how to stop).

I've been playing as the Witch which is basically just a necromancer in other games. I might try the bounty hunter next. I was unsure which of the two to play but ultimately chose the witch due to being like a necromancer and seemingly having solid firepower.

I can imagine the ranged classes are easier in these games vs say the melee classes. Only A-rpg i remember playing where it was the opposite is Grim Dawn.

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Savage Minotaur




Baltimore, Maryland

This time tomorrow I should be dying repeatedly because of poor choices in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, currently pre-loading!

"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
 
   
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Calculating Commissar




pontiac, michigan; usa

Doing the Trial of Sekhemas or however you spell it in Path of Exile 2.

Also i did a tutorial game of Crusader Kings 3.

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Been playing some Kingdom Come Deliverance 1, mostly puttering around in Skalitz before the raid, maxing herbalism/leg day and whatnot.

Played some Space Marine 2 last night.

Played some Pokemon Yellow Recharged as well.

I had also played some "Dungeon Antigua", but finding myself very little time these days for anything.

Nostalgically Yours 
   
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Fixture of Dakka





Mostly getting in a bit of Space Marine 2 before hopping on Rivals lately.
   
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Oklahoma in Murica

Warhammer 40k space marine 2 and Deep Rock Galactic (there's so many bugs ngl) I say give it a try its great and has a 40k type of fandom just no depression or heresy towards a group (a theory is spreading that we're mining a dead (or worst: alive) space God, you know the usual type of games.
   
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Baltimore, Maryland

Kingdom Come : Deliverance 2.

I think I like this game. But I also think I hate it.

I might just need to get good, I suppose. I feel like every duel/close combat is a toss up. Stealth is satisfying, if a little basic. Cleared out a roadside bandit camp sneakily after banging my head on it a half dozen times trying to kill them with arrows and combat. Only reason I had a bow and arrow is because as I came up on the camp, they killed a wandering archer guard right in front of me.

Last thing I did before logging off last night was find my horse, which gets stolen in the prologue, so that means I can stop stealing them! Or worse, actually pay for one.

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 nels1031 wrote:
Kingdom Come : Deliverance 2.

I think I like this game. But I also think I hate it.

I might just need to get good, I suppose. I feel like every duel/close combat is a toss up. Stealth is satisfying, if a little basic. Cleared out a roadside bandit camp sneakily after banging my head on it a half dozen times trying to kill them with arrows and combat. Only reason I had a bow and arrow is because as I came up on the camp, they killed a wandering archer guard right in front of me.

Last thing I did before logging off last night was find my horse, which gets stolen in the prologue, so that means I can stop stealing them! Or worse, actually pay for one.


Lol, that is kinda funny. Some things do bother me a little bit about the game/setting, I haven't played KCD2 but I have played over 100 hours in KCD1. Like... you're henry from skalitz, a bastard son of a local lord and end up working for him, and you run around stealing horses all the time (i've done it a bit myself), or you get loaded down with equipment from bandits or cumins and hock it off to merchants (hopefully after cleaning the blood off of it), or you wander around lockpicking into peoples homes at night to steal from their home.

A lot of the mechanics in the game are very well done, but they would feel more appropriate for a generic RPG where you might seem more likely to play a bad guy, like... I know they have reputation system, and different speech checks that are influenced by how you're dressed, but there's not enough.. "good guy" mechanics for getting around certain things? If you know what I mean. Like "halt, i'm a nobel working for lord radzig, I need to borrow this horse"

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