apollo
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Post by apollo on Sept 15, 2024 10:53:12 GMT
Persona 3 episode aigis
Thankfully the entire "expansion" pass is/was free as gamepass ultimate perk, as its lot to ask for minimal content. The only gameplay DLC is this episode and while its nice to see some flashback scenes of the main characters, large part of the DLC is doing more repeating dungeons again and again. They could of done a theme like the palaces in p5, but that would of been work. Same old monsters even for the "bosses" - bosses are just regular enemies with more health and resistances.
5 or 6/10
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Sept 15, 2024 11:44:00 GMT
Thank Goodness You're Here - 7/10
Appreciate the intention is largely for the humour to carry most of this like a sketch show, but the gameplay loop is frustrating.
Has anyone sent off their Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope?
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JonFE
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Post by JonFE on Sept 15, 2024 17:13:28 GMT
I managed to complete a game myself this weekend, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown on the Xbox.
There's not much to say that hasn't already be said about this game, but I'll give my 2 cents anyway.
It is a metrovania game, which means there's a lot of backtracking to open parts of the huge (oh matron) map that were previously locked/inaccessible with your limited early abilities. Speaking of abilities, as it is customary in games like this, you start off as a pushover and end up a god, both in regards to fighting and transversal. The game does a great job handling abilities over time gradually opening the map and keeping things interesting, before it gets boring or a chore.
Art direction, level and enemy design, animations etc are all top notch. The game also offers an extensive array of difficulty/accessibility options apart from the basic Easy/Normal/Hard, like damage modifiers, that will help every player customize the experience around his/her needs. It even has an option to let you bypass demanding platforming bits (that are aplenty), if they stop you from advancing the game.
Took my sweet time with it, over 50 hours for a bit of over 90% completion, although many hours were lost on me trying some platforming bits over and over again to actually beat them. I still got 3 achievements to get, 2 of which involve the aptly named "Impossible Climb" and the last one finding a couple of missing health upgrades. I'll probably gun for them in the coming weeks, along with the upcoming DLC.
Apparently, it didn't sell very well (according to the internet and the fact it's asking price was soon discounted) and it is a shame, as it's one of the best games coming out of Ubisoft lately and a fine way to revive a once great gaming franchise. Hopefully the upcoming DLC will do the game justice and more is on the horizon.
Easily 4/5.
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Post by peacemaker on Sept 16, 2024 16:21:48 GMT
Space marine 2 on Xbox
Great campaign full of carnage from start to finish. Visuals are great and it has some lovely cut scenes which are always welcome in a campaign.
Loses a couple of points for some dodgy audio issues and lacking much variety.
Decent length as well, didn’t outstay its welcome like most games and comes together in an epic finale.
Highly recommended though.
80/100
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Blue_Mike
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Post by Blue_Mike on Sept 16, 2024 20:36:11 GMT
Caravan SandWitch
This was on my wishlist since the first trailer. Thoroughly enjoyed the demo, so it was a day one purchase for me.
It's a (near) perfect game to chill out with over a couple of evenings. Finished it in 11.7 hours with 22 out of 26 achievements. The relaxing atmosphere of it served as a welcome break from my play through of Red Dead 2 where things had been getting quite heavy. It's one of those things where you can really tell that a small dev team poured their hearts into it.
I started to think of the van as a character in itself, although I would have appreciated a speed upgrade. The "speed up" did so little it put me in mind of the way Bioware fucked with our heads by making mount travel in DA:I seem like it was faster even though you were travelling at the same speed.
The soundtrack by French artist Antymony is really quite something. I can't praise the sound design enough, ditto the art direction. It never looks anything less than stunning. Estello village in particular was a place I would be quite happy to live in.
The only thing that marred my enjoyment of it was the fact that on several occasions, my progression was stalled by mis-placed quest markers, where it would direct me to a certain area of the map, only for me to discover that the next step was somewhere else entirely.
It's good, but it could do with a patch to address minor issues.
8/10
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Post by gamingdave on Sept 17, 2024 15:44:29 GMT
Dave the Diver (PS5)
I'm still playing, but I've reached the end credits of this little gem. It had me from the off with and only grew on me the more I unlocked the various different sub-games and the story unfolded.
It looks great, sounds great, all the play mechanics are well designed and it's got a lovely humorous charm.
Already put 55hrs into it, but I am going to keep going to platinum it as I don't think I am far off that.
Felt bad not supporting the devs as it was free on PS+ so I bought the physical version for the Switch as it should be a delight to play on that and it'll be fun starting all over again now I know whats coming and will make for a lovely holiday game.
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Post by skalpadda on Sept 17, 2024 21:46:24 GMT
In my ongoing journey to assassinate all the creeds* I just finished AC Syndicate. At first it didn't click with me on any level and I thought it would be my least favourite by far, but I ended up having a pretty good time. I liked the setting of Unity more, but while this has inherited most of Unity's problems with glitches and shitty AI it was a much smoother ride overall. I even kind of enjoyed the ending, which is a first for this series.
I had fun with the Jack the Ripper DLC as well. The terror mechanics were actually interesting and fun to play around with, while not taking away your other tools. Completely broke the AI and made everything stupidly easy, but it didn't outstay it's welcome. The only letdown was that the story didn't go anywhere.
*All the creeds of the last decade. I wanted to start with Black Flag, but Ubisoft doesn't want to sell it to me for some reason. No idea if the earlier ones are worth going back for - I know a lot of older players swear by the first few games, but they look very much of that PS3/360 era of console games that I never managed to connect with.
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Duffmangb
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Post by Duffmangb on Sept 18, 2024 7:51:09 GMT
*All the creeds of the last decade. I wanted to start with Black Flag, but Ubisoft doesn't want to sell it to me for some reason. No idea if the earlier ones are worth going back for - I know a lot of older players swear by the first few games, but they look very much of that PS3/360 era of console games that I never managed to connect with.
Shame you can't get BF, brilliant game. As for the older titles I would still say they are worth going back to, if not the first (there is talk of a remake ?) certainly the Ezio trilogy. I played AC3 for the first time ever recently (it was the only mainline game I had not played through and completed) and actually had a lot of fun with it, so maybe that ? As for Syndicate, I have a lot of love for it, loved the WW bits and being a Sherlockian I love being in Victorian London.
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Post by kilters on Sept 18, 2024 10:00:52 GMT
No Man's Sky 6/10
Spent 60 hours or so on this. Completed the main story arc. I think.
It looks great and at the outset there is plenty to do. Some of the activities are interesting at first and I was very interested in getting all the vehicles, freighter etc. Once I had those, it all fell off a cliff.
All of the activities, the plot lines, the settlement management, derelict,freighters, planets are paper thin in terms of depth. I appreciate they use procedural generation to change things up a bit but somehow it just feels incredibly similar. And it's all delivered in a really twee and false way in terms of dialogue and interactive options
Another disappointment was the vehicles. They look cool but feel like absolute shit to control. You are. Always better off just flying your ship around and landing.
I could not recommend even though I spent a fair chunk of time on this as it is ultimately very unrewarding.
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Post by pierrepressure on Sept 18, 2024 12:11:56 GMT
Mr Moskeeto
A paperthin premise, with a whacky setting and characters combine to make a relatively enjoyable experience.
Blasted through this in under two hours via PS+ so it never outstayed its welcome.
6/10
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lukasz
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Post by lukasz on Sept 18, 2024 14:37:47 GMT
Crysis 2 completed. on 3rd attempt. first one was 11 years ago (according to steam history i activated the key Aug 2013) second one maybe 5 years ago. got distracted had better games to play.
7h or so to beat campaign. almost zero 'collectibles' found.
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Post by skalpadda on Sept 18, 2024 16:27:58 GMT
*All the creeds of the last decade. I wanted to start with Black Flag, but Ubisoft doesn't want to sell it to me for some reason. No idea if the earlier ones are worth going back for - I know a lot of older players swear by the first few games, but they look very much of that PS3/360 era of console games that I never managed to connect with.
Shame you can't get BF, brilliant game. As for the older titles I would still say they are worth going back to, if not the first (there is talk of a remake ?) certainly the Ezio trilogy. I played AC3 for the first time ever recently (it was the only mainline game I had not played through and completed) and actually had a lot of fun with it, so maybe that ? As for Syndicate, I have a lot of love for it, loved the WW bits and being a Sherlockian I love being in Victorian London. It's weird - Black Flag comes up on the Uplay store when I search for it, but the actual game page doesn't seem to exist and gives a 404. It's been that way for a year. I could buy it on Steam, but Ubi games on Steam still launch via Uplay and I'm not so desperate to play it that I want to mess around with multiple launchers and other faff. I actually have AC3 remastered in my library (I guess it was added for free at some point), so might give that a whirl.
Crysis 2 completed. on 3rd attempt. first one was 11 years ago (according to steam history i activated the key Aug 2013) second one maybe 5 years ago. got distracted had better games to play. 7h or so to beat campaign. almost zero 'collectibles' found.
Was it fun? I only ever made one attempt and couldn't get through it - everything just felt "wrong" compared to the first - but yeah, that was over a decade ago.
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malek86
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Post by malek86 on Sept 18, 2024 19:45:36 GMT
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
A puzzle adventure limited to one location. It was okay, but most of the puzzles were a bit on the easy side... except for one time where the game assumes you must obviously know what the hell one of the notes is talking about. Anyway, the game was very clearly written by someone whose first language was not English, and while it's usually not an issue, it does get annoying at times. There is a story but it's not very clear, nor does it really matter. I was just there for the puzzles anyway.
Despite being point and click, it's not very accurate. I often had to click things several times to find the right spot.
6/10
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lukasz
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Post by lukasz on Sept 19, 2024 15:52:13 GMT
Crysis 2 completed. on 3rd attempt. first one was 11 years ago (according to steam history i activated the key Aug 2013) second one maybe 5 years ago. got distracted had better games to play. 7h or so to beat campaign. almost zero 'collectibles' found.
Was it fun? I only ever made one attempt and couldn't get through it - everything just felt "wrong" compared to the first - but yeah, that was over a decade ago.
It was. I liked the setting. modern NYC, very detailed. Felt new to me as i didnt play a FPS in modern city in a while. I thought the upgrade to how you use powers was good. found them easier to use than in C1. I needed something straightforward and simple and the game delivered.
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Post by Mark1412 on Sept 19, 2024 19:48:53 GMT
Cyberpunk 2077 10/10
This game aligns so perfectly with my tastes in games and stories, feel genuinely miserable that it's over. Sunk so many hours into this playthrough and loved everything about it even if it is absolutely creaking under the weight of the ambition of it. My game of the generation, and very much consider it a game of this generation as the PS4 version I played when it released was not even close to being the same game.
Please don't make us wait a decade for another one.
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Post by peacemaker on Sept 19, 2024 22:29:58 GMT
Cyberpunk 2077 10/10 This game aligns so perfectly with my tastes in games and stories, feel genuinely miserable that it's over. Sunk so many hours into this playthrough and loved everything about it even if it is absolutely creaking under the weight of the ambition of it. My game of the generation, and very much consider it a game of this generation as the PS4 version I played when it released was not even close to being the same game. Please don't make us wait a decade for another one. Good news my fellow 2077 lover they already have a team working on a sequel.
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Post by pierrepressure on Sept 20, 2024 7:14:37 GMT
Bad news is it'll take 10 years to make
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Aunty Treats
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Post by Aunty Treats on Sept 20, 2024 10:26:11 GMT
Good news is we'll get it in 7
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Post by rhaegyr on Sept 20, 2024 11:20:49 GMT
Neon White
Brilliant. Some of the most fun I've had with a game in quite a while. Controls like a dream, level design is excellent and even the wrap-around story is interesting enough to provide a bit of breathing room between levels (though it's a bit anime cringe at times).
Any fan of arena shooters, DOOM 2016, Mirror's Edge, Super Meat Boy or Celeste should absolutely give this a look.
9/10
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Post by Bill the kidding on Sept 20, 2024 13:47:25 GMT
I was tempted when it first came out, but the anime stylings kinda put me off.
I like all those games though (except meat boy)
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deez
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Post by deez on Sept 20, 2024 13:49:21 GMT
Good news is we'll get it in 7 But another 2 years after that to fix it.
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Post by pierrepressure on Sept 20, 2024 14:00:41 GMT
Robocop: Rogue City
This really surprised me, was expecting a pretty average game but it had some neat ideas (that were mostly cribbed from other games).
It's a strong 7/10 that could easily have been an 8 if they'd have given it a little more polish and ironed out the jank.
Wouldn't mind a sequel, maybe Robocop vs. Terminator?
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Tuffty
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Post by Tuffty on Sept 20, 2024 16:33:56 GMT
Neon WhiteBrilliant. Some of the most fun I've had with a game in quite a while. Controls like a dream, level design is excellent and even the wrap-around story is interesting enough to provide a bit of breathing room between levels (though it's a bit anime cringe at times). Any fan of arena shooters, DOOM 2016, Mirror's Edge, Super Meat Boy or Celeste should absolutely give this a look. 9/10 What a game, absolutely wonderful. Actually went super all in on it and was sitting around #8 on the world on ps5 at some point. Very much doubt that's the case now but still, soundtracks amazing too.
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