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 LordofHats wrote:

balmong7 wrote:
Got back into Ghost of Tsushima. I am beginning to think open-world games are just too much for me these days. There is just so much to do that it is overwhelming.

I've been feeling this way a bit myself. I tend to end up kind of lost, especially in regard to story. I never thought I'd want a return to old menus where I can pick a level and just play it.

Me too. I dread the time investment needed for them. I think they're good if you only get to play one or two games a year. Nowadays there's just too many games to play.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:

Control has been an Epic exclusive for the past year, it's new to Steam. So there was that bit of anticipation for the Steam release. However, this also includes the AWE expansion (released this week), which in itself has been very much anticipated as it incorporates Alan Wake into the Control universe. I've started a new playthrough of Control to experience the game all over again (and see how the early game is like now that I "know everything"), and play the expansions.

Huh. I guess I was just thrown off by 6 months of advertising popping up in the feature box. I'm more used to Steam burying Epic exclusives.

The Epic store was only launched in December 2018, and the exclusives came a little later after that... so we're only just now starting to see a whole bunch of them pass their one-year mark. Metro Exodus and Borderlands 3 I think from memory were the first AAA titles off the conveyor belt. Me? I'm just waiting for Untitled Goose Game, What The Golf and Tetris Effect.

As for right now, I've started playing Alien: Isolation again but this time round in VR (using the "Mother" mod to do so, it's not natively supported). Gotta say I'm really glad I played it through normally first, it's scary enough when I kinda know what's coming in the plot as it is...!!

Back being addicted to RimWorld, stopped playing a few months back because my Lovecraftian mods stopped working after the 1.2 update (and they haven't been fixed yet) RimWorld gets updated a lot so maybe the mod makers were sick of fixing their mods? lol Before that playing The Witcher 3 but stopped when I found the save I exported from my one and only Witcher 2 playthrough was the one I made when I killed Letho just to see what happened, Letho is one of my favourite video game villains, soo...and I'm too lazy to download The Witcher 2 again to see which save I let him him live and what ones I didn't lol

About an hour into Wasteland 3. Its legit.

 nels1031 wrote:
About an hour into Wasteland 3. Its legit.

That's one I'm going to need to see some 'let's plays' of. I was incredibly disappointed by WL2 (mechanics, UI, dialog, combat, the whole package), and won't touch this one until I'm absolutely sure its worthwhile.

 nels1031 wrote:
About an hour into Wasteland 3. Its legit.

Hows the combat system?

Just finished Persona 4 Golden this afternoon for the 1st time with the "true/golden" ending, all confidants maxed and most of the trophies accomplished.

Loved it though I feel deeply sad that it is done.

petrov27 wrote:
Just finished Persona 4 Golden this afternoon for the 1st time with the "true/golden" ending, all confidants maxed and most of the trophies accomplished.

Loved it though I feel deeply sad that it is done.

P4 Golden was my first foray into the Persona series and its ending definitely gave me the post-game blues for a good week before I was able to shake off the melancholy.

Glad you had a great time with it! Super glad to see more people getting to experience it since it was ported to PC.

Recently platted Nioh and I'm playing around with Dreams at the moment, definitely an underrated game given how much crazy stuff people have made with it.

Recently went back to playing Warframe after a couple of months away from it. They just dropped the Heart of Deimos content with a new free roam area and stuff, and so far it's pretty cool!

Played a game of warhammer 40k gladius with a friend today. He was playing nids and i played imperial guard (probably genestealer cults). After 2 days of gaming we managed to beat all of our opponents. His nids were engaged longer but this time I had a lot more leman Russ tanks. Sadly I couldn't get my baneblade to the front in time to use it.

Our last 3 computer opponents were defeated within a few turns of each other. It was hard ai difficulty if I recall and we had average difficulty on our armies' handicap. I feel like I helped him a lot more but this time I let him stay engaged with more enemies simultaneously. I did save him from an early ork opponent that was giving him trouble.

I find it a bit funny that when I finished off the 2nd ork enemy and engaged the other enemies we had we just rolled over them like it wasn't that big of a deal. Leman russ and leman Russ commanders are really potent. Vehicle heavy guard is ridiculously stellar but the infantry are a bit weak even with rockets.

He had a better score but I don't understand how scores are calculated. My tank commander with tanks deathball just ran over enemy armies with very minimal losses esp. Because of techpriests repairing said vehicles.

I am waiting for AOE3 DE edition
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I am kinda hyped, for the first time in a long time.

Voss wrote:

 nels1031 wrote:
About an hour into Wasteland 3. Its legit.

That's one I'm going to need to see some 'let's plays' of. I was incredibly disappointed by WL2 (mechanics, UI, dialog, combat, the whole package), and won't touch this one until I'm absolutely sure its worthwhile.

There are times where I'm thinking about how this isn't a game I'd normally pay full retail for, but overall I'm enjoying it. Enjoyed the first one too though, so make of that what you will.


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 Trondheim wrote:

 nels1031 wrote:
About an hour into Wasteland 3. Its legit.

Hows the combat system?

A bit more advanced then the previous game, and kind of repetitive. Granted, I'm just running and gunning and not really using my abilities/perks. Its definitely a challenge at the second to highest difficulty, but proper use of stat progression mitigates most of the difficulty. Plus the game has an annoying console-ish auto "saving game" sign when you enter certain areas, so you know a battle is coming.

Its been alot of fun.

 nels1031 wrote:

Voss wrote:

 nels1031 wrote:
About an hour into Wasteland 3. Its legit.

That's one I'm going to need to see some 'let's plays' of. I was incredibly disappointed by WL2 (mechanics, UI, dialog, combat, the whole package), and won't touch this one until I'm absolutely sure its worthwhile.

There are times where I'm thinking about how this isn't a game I'd normally pay full retail for, but overall I'm enjoying it. Enjoyed the first one too though, so make of that what you will.

Rather enjoyed the first one. Didn’t have the same black comedy as Fallout, but there was kind of a comfy isolation feeling to it. Kind of liked the pulp-y feel to it too, with the cyborgs and all that. Does the third game have a similar feel to the first one?

Really enjoying Control, nice blend of story, setting and action for me, but then again, this is Remedy we're talking about here who have their own way of telling a story, even throwing in short live action segments and low budget puppet(!) shows. Only thing I'm missing is a Roy Orbison song at this point.

Also noticed that a demo for Rift Breaker has been released almost a month ago with little to no fanfare, so gave that a try as well. A bit clunky, but I'm looking forward to the full release whenever it happens.

After re-watching Sseth Tzeentach's review of it, I downloaded Underail again. Hard as hell, but by the Emperor is it an awesome, immersive CRPG. My build is a smooth-talking, agile, dextrous, stealth assassin hand-to-hand combatant and critical hits. Trying to go with hit-and-run tactics eg: sneak behind an enemy ranged combatant, kill them with a few swift punches then dash away so my character is out of range of any other close combatants (perhaps leaving caltrops behind him) then when they run after him, he turns back, kills one then takes on any remaining enemies (which isn't working too, too well, but I think it could work at higher levels when his movement is higher and he has more traits) I used a similarish build in my 1st playthrough and managed to get through the infamous "Depot A" area after much trial and error so I think the build's pretty viable.

Working my way through the last missions and the DLC of Control.

Also playing some more Heliborne, having discovered the joy of combining a battery of mortars with a Cayuse.

Just donwloading the new Necromunda game (really enjoy the Mordheim version) and also playing the campaign for 40k regicide which is fun

Finished Odin Sphere last night. Immensely satisfying game. The remaster easily makes it Vanillaware's best.

Doom is eternal.

I finally picked up a copy of Breath of the Wild and am currently working my way through that. I'm totally lost in it but from what I've done so far that seems to just be how its played.

Starting FFXIII-3 AKA Lightening Returns.

I beat Wasteland 3. Pretty close to a masterpiece, but they got a few key things wrong in my opinion.

In no particular order:

-No sense of danger. Your dudes don’t die permanently.
-You can scratch build an entire squad to min/max your needs. Which I guess is fine, but it weirdly made me not want to try another playthrough as a different build of character as skill checks are party based.
-When you do take any of the Colorado denizens in your party, the only difference is they just talk a bit. Aside from one, who is crucial in a certain portion ofthe end game.
-I don’t want to spoil anything, but towards the end you are given some choices that are kind of no win and just felt cheap. I journeyed with 2 Colorado characters throughout the game, and they saw some horrific things and that counted for nothing in the end when it came time to make a decision. No skill checks to change opinions, no reward for unlocking some quests that led to some shocking revelations, just a binary decision and boom. Literally boom in 2 cases.
-Stealth is garbage. Really only need the Sneaky gak skill for alarms.
-Not enough perks. There were alot of “I guess I’ll take this one.” If my dude was a primary shotgun user, I don’t want options for SMG perks. Give me a shotgun equivalent of that SMG perk.
-Money was never a problem. I hate that in post apocalyptic games.
-Endgame felt rushed, and considering thats where I experienced the most game stopping bugs, I suspect it was.
-Load Times. Particularly annoying as you have to travel through multiple zones and back again for quests.

Seems like a lot after having written it down, but I enjoyed this game alot. 8/10.

Still on UnderRail, it's very addictive as hell, love it. My build is almost reached its potential now I don't even need the caltrops or explosives...Mostly. Currently doing the quest with the 'Dude' who isn't just a reference to The Big Lebowski (he even once says 'Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.') He's also a dimensional hopper who's taking me along for the ride, we're stuck in a Serbian military base of 'The Gray Army' and slaughtering my way through every soldier in my way, died though due to miss clicking, I wish the game didn't just use left-click most of the time as it's led to some mistakes. Great game, though. My normal tactic now is to sneak up on a few enemies, throw a flashbang, kill one in hand to hand combat or failing at that stun them. Then kill them the next turn or move on to another one. It's pretty OP, in all honesty.

 LunarSol wrote:
Finished Odin Sphere last night. Immensely satisfying game. The remaster easily makes it Vanillaware's best.

I bought a PS TV cheap a few years ago just to play this, Persona 4, and a few other Vita/PSP/PS1 Classics I never got to finish as a kid.

Odin Sphere really is quite the fantastic game. Smooth controls, fantastic art, and tons of character.

Finally got all achievements on Beat Saber!!



Yes, I am showing off. No, I don't care for your "humility", you can all stuff it, I've earned this.
Of course, this doesn't mean I'm done with it by a long shot. Still got a long way to go to master Expert+ difficulty tracks.

That game has kind of ruined my Playstation. I boot the thing up to play something and just kind of think.... why not Beat Saber?

Picked up the Mafia Remastered Trilogy for my Xbox One. Mafia 1 remastered doesn't come out until later this month so playing the 3rd installment since I have never played Mafia 3. Lots of bugs and random crashes but I loved Mafia 1 and 2 and the story isn't half bad so working my way through that, then once that is done Ill switch over to Mafia 1, then 2. Have to say the remastered versions look fantastic!

Been playing the DBZ Xenoverse 2. Was pleasantly surprised. I’m a sucker for flashy yet simplistic combat, but I have always it found it too easy. This seems to get the balance a bit better. Nice to have a fighter game where you can make your own character too, including a Buu knock-off or something from the Freiza race.

Saw the show once with none of the movies nor Super, so I was surprised to find some characters I had never heard of. Seems the storyline is briefly going through the main fights in the saga, so hopefully it gives a bit of detail on what’s up with their deal.

Back into Breakpoint, for what looks to be the last DLC and probably the final part of the story, but at least it looks and feels chunky enough, with ten targets to hunt down and new kit to collect in the process.

The new Pathfinder class is interesting and has some fun mechanics attached to it, I can see it be a fun thing to use in coop sessions. It won't supplant the Panther class for me, but it's better than the Engineer and Echelon in my opinion.