Just finished Darkest Dungeon, amazing game.
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The OG Silent Hill. Dandelions along a path? A bitter tangerine? What the hell are these puzzles, man?
Also, I love the emergency hammer. It's my new best friend.
I have sinned and got Doom: The Dark Ages for 40 bucks so I can rip & tear a little bit.
Did not like the parry mechanic at first but it's starting to grow on me. Also, can't really recommend the game if you don't have a high end PC.
I was curious about it when it was first announced but haven’t looked into it at all. I still have to play through 2016 and Eternal first. I’ve only ever played 1993 and 2
They are some of my favorite shooters, so definitely give them a go. 2016 and Eternal also go on sale quite frequently for a few bucks.
They play quite differently by the way. So in case you don't like one, try the other.
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Shadow Labyrinth: A metroidvania set in a very dark timeline for Pac-Man. As a metroidvania it is solid. The traversal and exploration are on par for the genre. The sections where you transform into Pac-Man are a cool new take as a variation of Metroid's classic ball. The maze levels which most resemble the Pac-Man we're all familiar with provide quite a challenge. Overall I would put this on the shelf next to some of my other favorite metroidvanias including, but not limited to, Hollow Knight, Sundered, and the Ori games.
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Tales from the Shire: A cozy sim of living in a Hobbit village. I'm sorry, not-village, as that is the goal of the game: to make your small town an official village. I find the pathfinding mechanics in this game adorable and liken them to the wind in Ghost of Tsushima which acted as your objective guide. In Tales from the Shire you follow little blue birds that perch on nearby trees, rocks, and signposts. Speaking of which, when they're on a signpost they actually sit on the board pointing in the direction you need to go.
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Primal Planet: Another metroidvania, this one is a primitive setting where you're a caveman living with your village when it is attacked. You then track down your missing villagers and rebuild the village while levelling up, gaining new crafting recipes, etc. Nothing groundbreaking in here, but it is still a good pixelated entry in the genre with a nice art style and animation. This game does do a really good job of letting you know when you're under-levelled for an area...brutally so.
FF VII Rebirth. I'm about 40 hours in, currently roaming around Gongaga. I've been trying to do all the side quests because they're pretty well done and enjoyable. The Queens Blood card game is fun too!
Not sure about Cait Sith's moveset at the moment but maybe he'll grow on me. I've just found out that he's based on Scottish folklore which explains his accent!
Did a FNV run for the first time in maybe 10ish years? I had never played modded, was feeling like some fpv shooter arpg hybrid with a dose of nonsense, so figured I'd give it a replay.
Holds up remarkably well. Played it with the Viva New Vegas modpack as a base to simplify things a little bit for myself, added on a few extras for cool features, and it did significantly improve the experience. I remember crashes used to be very frequent, but even with a bunch of mods, this was actually more stable than I remember. Multiple companions mod made the difficulty completely trivial, so felt more like a power romp than an immersive game, but still fun as it sped the playthrough up enormously, with this posse I'm running around with just gunning down absolutely everything in the wasteland.
On the whole, good stuff, modded replay is recommended.
Viva New Vegas is such a great community service. It's incredible what the modders have done with this scuffed ass game over the years. You can get it feeling remarkably modern once you're done setting up all the mods. God damn you're making me tempted to fire it up again and fiddle with my mods...
I've started Shadow of War. It's sad what WB did with the game when it released, but in its current state it's a blast to play. The pacing is just a smidge to the slow side but I'm taking it more as a marathon than a sprint, because I am enjoying the core gameplay loop. It's one of the few games where dying is fun. The story is essentially nonsense and you can see plot twists coming from a mile away, but you're not playing it for the actual story. You're playing it for the stories the nemesis system creates.
It's such a simple system that just creates such memorable stories and enemies. In my playthrough I have an ork who killed me, I then got revenge on them by poisoning them, they then came back from the dead as a legendary with epic poison trait and now I run away from him because he keeps getting stronger. I have another ork who followed me from one area to another, he's an epic ork with iron will (meaning I can't turn him to my side) and I keep humiliating him in hopes that eventually I can break his iron will trait. No luck so far but I'll keep trying.
If anyone is planning on playing it my recommendation is to either start on the hardest difficulty (and focus on collecting skill points because the game does get easier one you have more skills unlocked) or raise the difficulty as you progress until dying is relatively common. You're simply not going to get the full nemesis system experience if you're never dying.
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Trying to play Atelier Lulua, but like most JRPGs, the beginning is painfully slow.
Why can't game devs make JRPG start with a bang like with Final Fantasy 7 OG?
Just started Arco and it’s super fun.
Terraria again. First time master mode.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Terrible game honestly
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- Slow Walk down corridor
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- Fight 2 copies of the same sprite, once you kill one, another appears, button mash till they stop showing up
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- Use Random New Ability once and only once
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It plays more like a visual novel than the kind of games I typically like.
Some games try too hard to be cinematic, but they don’t understand what cinematic actually means.
Fantasy Life 3DS is a great game but I have to skip most of the dialogue because they are unbearably long and boring.
Fantasy Life i seems to be better.
Pokemon firered for the Nth time.
Nice. I’ve been meaning to do another playthrough of Gold or Silver again recently. Likewise for the Nth time
Ooh yes, those are great too 👌
Gen 2 and remakes have always been my favourite games, I just love the Johto region. Gens 1-4 are all excellent games though.
Have you played HeartGold/SoulSilver? I also think Gen 2 was peak, and the remakes were incredibly faithful while still adding a ton of content. Plus if you can get a physical copy the Pokewalker was really fun!
Many times. I bought SoulSilver when it was new and got the pokewalker with it. No idea where it is anymore though. I think HGSS are the best ever Pokemon games but unfortunately there’s a lot of bugs with it on emulator for some reason that didn’t exist on cartridge. Every ROM I’ve tried for those games have black spots everywhere and occasional full black screen where you have to save and then restart the “DS” in order to fix it. If you know of a rom for HGSS without bugs that would be awesome.
Oh weird! I have never played it on emulator as I still have my 3DS and my physical cartridge. That's a damn shame.
I still have my original playthrough from 2009 on my cartridge, I don’t want to erase that to make a new save file, which is why I like emulating. The original gen 2 games are clean so I tend to just play those instead, even though I prefer HGSS. GSC are probably my #2.
I’d probably rank them HGSS, GSC, RBY, FRLG, RSE, DPPt, XY, ORAS, B2W2, BW, USUM, SM. I haven’t played anything after that. After Gen 4 is a noticeable drop in quality for me. They’re still good but not nearly as good I’d say. Gen 1-4 was peak. DPPt are still some of my all-time favourite games despite being lower on that list. I’m curious how you’d rank the Pokemon games.
I haven't played all of them either, and I have played even less of them than you have. I really fell out of love with the series for a while and there are many entries that I started and never finished, latest SM. I never played B2W2 either but its interesting you put it above BW. Maybe I should get on that some day.
Your ranking looks good to me I think from the entries I've played, except objectively I think I'd have to rank RBY lower. I love it due to nostalgia but I'm not sure it holds up. Probably would put BW above XY. Would honestly be tempted to rank Crystal separately and put it above GS.
Yeah that’s fair, I just love that RBY is so janky and you can kind of just do whatever in those games. You don’t even need cheats if you want to mess around with the game. You can get a Mew after the first badge, you can walk through walls, duplicate items, all the standard Pokemon cheats you’d usually use a game shark or action replay for, you can just do in those first games with glitches. They definitely do have a lot of problems though. Limited, unorganized bag space is probably my least favourite part of that game. GSC are limited bags too but at least it’s organized.
If you thought BW were alright, B2W2 are basically just improved versions. There’s a different story line and all that but it’s the Emerald of Gen 5 if that makes sense. I’m intrigued you’d rank Crystal higher than GS though. I love all three but Ampharos is basically mandatory in a Johto playthrough for me and she isn’t available at all in Crystal for some reason. No idea why they did that. If we’re breaking up games within a group though Emerald would definitely be higher than RS. Same thing with Platinum above DP.
What makes Ampharos so mandatory? I used it on my first Gold run back in the day but haven't since I think. Crystal has a bunch of minor improvements that really add up, I think. Enhanced areas, sprites, addition of the move tutor, battle tower, earlier elemental stones, some Pokémon have new moves, overall more catchable Pokémon... It just is the definitive Gen 2 game. I like the story changes as well, bigger emphasis on Suicune and also female protagonist is cool.
Well objectively Ampharos is by far the best electric type in the game if you aren’t using legendaries. Between her stats, move pool, and how early you can get her. There’s also some subjective reasons for me too, she’s one of my favourite Pokémon they’ve ever released. I only usually play Crystal if I’m okay using legendaries for the playthrough and then I’ll hunt for Raiku as early as I can. There’s not many good electric types in Johto unfortunately. The other alternative is getting Kadabra and teaching him thunder punch, but you don’t get STAB and he’s not the most defensive out there. It works but it’s not ideal. You could skip having an electric type on the team altogether but it’s a very valuable type to have. I’m curious what you use instead of Ampharos, if anything.
I like Lanturn, but I've also used Electabuzz and Jolteon. Raichu is an option and of course early Raiku. Also used non-STAB electric coverage, in fact back in the day I used Gengar, but these days I don't have anyone to trade with.
I forgot that the thunder stone is actually attainable in the main game of crystal, that does make it better. Jolteon is post game in GS unfortunately. I haven’t tried Lanturn, maybe I’ll give it a try next time. I’m not a fan of Electabuzz, not really sure why. Maybe I need to give it more of a chance.
Elemental stone access is one of the many reasons Crystal is placed a notch above GS in my ranking!
Lanturn is cool, good typing and can learn water HMs. Move Tutor exists in Crystal and Lanturn learns both Thunderbolt and Ice Beam from it. Can of course teach it Thunder if doing Rain Dance. Never a blockbuster Pokémon but does what you want.
Good to know, I’ll give it a shot on my next playthrough. How early can you get it? I’ve always ignored them.
Uhm I'm pretty sure you can fish up a Chinchou from New Bark Town as soon as you get the Good Rod. If you're talking about Electabuzz or Raichu the Odd Egg you get from the daycare man can hatch into any of the baby Pokémon so you could get an Elekid or Pichu. Sadly we non-Japanese plebs only get a 14% chance of it being shiny instead of the Japanese 50%, so I don't tend to reset for a shiny.
Good to know. I think I’ll go for a full new team next time, I usually pull from the same ~10 Pokémon.
It's always fun to switch it up, I like going for less obvious picks. Especially ones you can pick up early and build a narrative with. I tend to be sentimental like that, it's fun to build little stories for yourself. I guess I watched too much of the Pokémon anime as a kid.
I should do that for all the games. Go for picks I’ve never done before. I’ve definitely fallen into a rut, going for the same ones every time. I do the same in Dark Souls and Skyrim, always going for the same builds. Gotta force myself to try something new.
mostly dcss & heroes of might and magic 3 lately
I started a playground of homm3 on the weekend. First time since in about 20 years. But I only lasted about 20 minutes and fell asleep.
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My stalling of Blasphemous continues. Apparently some time saving features - like teleporting between bonfires or getting the good ending while still being able to get rid of guilt - were added in a DLC. You just gotta donate an exorbitant amount of currency to a tithe box that you have no idea the function of without a Wiki. Sigh.
So instead of grinding currency I went back to Deus Ex: Mankind Divided to finish the DLCs. Desperate Measures was a huge disappointment honestly. Completely linear, extremely short and just clearly a main story mission shamelessly ripped out and sold separately.
A Criminal Past was an extraordinary DLC however. Solid probably 6-8h playtime, awesome level design, lots of actually impactful choices. The replayability seems high enough that I could definitely see myself going back for another run at some point.
This DLC disables your augmentations at the start, and while I don't like the "lose all your abilities and equipment" trope (especially since it's a repeat from the Human Revolution DLC) it didn't bother me as much here. Probably because I took a substantial break between finishing the main story and coming back, so it didn't really feel like losing abilities.
Pretty early on the DLC gives you the option of using an item to regain the use of your augs, however, it's heavily implied that doing so would lead to negative consequences so I abstained. For the most part, this was fine. I was actually extremely impressed by the level design, which was well thought out enough to accommodate stealth without augs... except perhaps for the prison riot. I have no idea how you're supposed to navigate that unseen and non-lethal without augs. But I probably missed something.
Regardless, it was an awesome experience all told, and continuing the trend from Human Revolution once again a DLC is the best part of the game in the New Deus Exes.
Moss: Book II
I adored Moss (mostly for its theme but also for the highly innovative gameplay) but I haven't had a VR system in some time. This one might be first on my list to buy if I ever get into VR again.
- Magic Arena - phone and laptop
- Tunic - Steam Deck
- Tears of the Kingdom - Switch
- Final Fantasy VII - Desktop
I only play the last two with my kids watching.
Tunic was such a fun adventure.
I played some 20 Minutes Till Midnight. I like it, but not a lot to say about it.
I kind of feel like I want to give Bioshock Infinite a go soon.
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Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 but I'd like to find a copy of Gundam Versus.
I'm on a big stompy robot kick.
TL;DR:
- Colin McRae Rally 04
- Project Wingman
Lots of rambling
Still playing Colin McRae Rally 04, mostly on Steam Deck this week.
I think I'm finally used to playing this game with a stick - not that this was particularly difficult but after years of doing so exclusively with keyboard it did happen easier than expected.
I didn't migrate any of my progress from the desktop so I'm just slowly getting into the groove with 2WD Championship. It's one of those games where I don't really mind having to unlock everything again (maybe I'm just unconsciously worried there won't be enough content otherwise).
Besides that I finally started playing Project Wingman. I got it during GOG's summer sale but outside of testing it for performance as well as Linux and HOTAS compatibility I didn't really touch it otherwise.
I'm 40-60% into the game, I think, so things might change but I like it a bit more than either of the Ace Combat titles I played so far (not by much but still).
Game feels great to play, looks awesome and I really appreciate how they're able to use the fantastic soundtrack to make even the early missions into extremely hype affairs.
I enjoy it way more than I expected to, to the point it became my favourite game in a long while.
I also decided to try playing it in VR. First reaction: it's freaking playable on my machine?! Awesome! Second reaction: this is really cool. Feels less intense than anticipated but really cool nonetheless.
Bonus points for finally getting a chance to SEE the designs of enemy aircraft - I was never able to get a good look at them when playing in pancake mode (I'm talking about large support planes you can't buy for yourself).
Unfortunately for me, this will most likely stay as a fun experiment rather than something I'll continue with. While the game runs well enough, I can already tell the performance during later missions will take a dive to unplayable levels and there's no point in dealing with that. I'll most likely try a few more missions and just wait for a proper VR playthrough until after I upgrade my ancient hardware. One day...
While there aren't any game breaking issues so far I do have a few small nitpicks about the game:
- Excessive missile spam in some missions - it's not even difficult, just tedious.
- I keep getting tripped over my key binds as they differ slightly from what I'm used to in Star Citizen (my main HOTAS game at the moment).
- I wish there were more key binds for enemy targeting - I miss the ability to select the target I'm aiming at instead of having to cycle in whatever order the game decides to go with.
- Had an issue with enemy helis bugging out and not moving in one of the mission. They just hanged in place with their noses aimed at the sky.
- Navigating menus in VR is seriously borked. Mouse cursor doesn't show up and when it does its visual position is completely unrelated to where it physically is. Aiming with my had is a complete guesswork as that too has no reticule to use as a reference point. Last but not least, keyboard works for the most part but can't be used (or just doesn't work for me) with certain elements of the settings menu (like trying to go through key binds to a specific position). Setting things up was a HUGE pain.
- Dunno if it's just numbers magic or an actual mechanical difference but combat distances seem to differ between VR and desktop modes. I'm pretty sure distances during the latter are at like a third of what I've seen during my VR playthrough. I need to do some more testing.
- I miss the afterburner from AC, it was fun to use.
Finally, I have a question for those more familiar with the game: does the number of enemies change with difficulty? I'm playing on hard and the amount hostiles can be pretty ridiculous at times. It's (mostly) fun and it's properly challenging but it can look pretty stupid sometimes.
I’m going to have to check out Project Wingman, it sounds and looks really fun. No idea why but your comment made me want to go back and try to continue my playthrough of Armored Core 6. Not sure where that thought came from reading your comment, but I think that’s how I’ll spend my weekend if I find the time.
It's not perfect but it is pretty great great - definitely better than what I'd expect from an indie Ace Combat clone made three people. Just watch out for the ridiculous amount of enemies in some missions.
I really want to get into Armored Core someday, starting with the PS1 original. I've heard gameplay changes pretty significantly every few games and I'd like to test which type will be the most fun for me. Are you familiar with the series in general or just like AC6?
I haven’t finished any game in the series so I can’t fully comment, but if my memory serves me right the control scheme prior to maybe AC4 was absolutely awful. There’s a really good video on YouTube that pretty accurately describes my feelings on the series from what I’ve played. I don’t remember exactly who made it now but I want to say either VaatiVidya or Iron Pineapple. If I find it I’ll edit my comment and include the link.
I'm back in the Warframe mines, after my Whispers in the Walls break. Dante has been a lot of fun, most interesting frame I've had in a while, and I'm also catching up on Prime releases while building up Hex trust.
Still slowly going through Momodora: Moonlit Farewell, the moment-to-moment gameplay isn't hitting very strong, but I do appreciate the mobility upgrades, the wall jump was a godsend.
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