Still plowing through my backlog and playing Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. I don't know how they managed to make a game make me feel so much like a jedi but they did it. It's so so good, and I plan on it being my next platinum. It's also the second Metroidvania on record that I really enjoy after Hollow Knight. The one thing I don't like is the lack of fast travel but eh, every game has its problems.
I beat another couple of bosses in Code Vein, Insatiable Despot and Invading Executioner. I seem to be having quite a bit of luck with the Zweihander and Yakumo’s Atlas blood code. I really like huge swords in other Souls games so I guess I’m playing to type!
@nessisonett You and FGS are really cruising through Code Vein. You said you struggled a little with one of the opening bosses, but do you find it fairly easy now?
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@WallyWest I must admit I’m tempted by the price drop to $30 for Avengers. I’m a fan of the MCU and that’s my big draw, but I don’t like GAAS in general. I’m more of a play for the story and then end it. Good to know the campaign is solid enough.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Well done @nessisonett for finally beating the executioner!
I managed to beat the boss in the Cathedral Of Sacred Blood yesterday myself. I'm still only lvl ten at the moment in my self imposed challenge run... I think I'm somewhat better at Souls games then I give myself credit for 😄
I actually can't buy anything important with Haze now (I've unlocked every gift and bought every variant of Blood Veil I've unlocked) so I have over 100,000 haze just burning a hole in my pocket and a bunch of Shards, Crystals and presents to be used to get Haze too 😂
I didn't ask this last time but what have you thought about the whole "Walk down Memory Lane" stuff with the vestiges?
I quite like the mechanic myself. The one I've just started in particular stands out (You'll know which one I'm talking about as you go through the Cathedral) alongside the final Hunter one And the Louis one that revealed the Queen. The fact the English voice acting has been pretty solid helps sell it to me too.
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
@RogerRoger One thing I’ve gleaned from 2020 gaming-wise is an appreciation for different genres of games that I haven’t previously considered to be my thing. I’ve had some really good (...and some not as good) experiences with games of an ilk that aren’t in my usual wheelhouse.
If you do decide to try it be sure to let me know what you think and I’ll do the same.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution Just to be clear the live service elements are very much there and that side does bleed into the campaign what with loot and the odd mission what is designed around the live service side however for the most part its a linear Uncharted style set piece romp with Marvel Ultimate Alliance style combat (but much deeper). It lasts around 8-10 hours depending on how fast you are and if you can ignore all the other elements you could just treat as that a solid enough 8 hours good time. I would say wait until you can get it cheaper though, its going to constantly be on sale due to low sales so there's no harm in waiting until it reaches that sweet spot.
@Th3solution The executioner was a really quite difficult boss to be honest, that’s probably what I’d say would be a wall to most new players. I’m sorta getting the hang of it now though despite it having about a million tiny mechanics that I haven’t bothered with.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I quite like the vestige things in terms of the voice acting which is solid and the story which isn’t that bad at all. What I do take issue with is your incredibly slow walking speed during them. Fair enough when the cutscene’s playing but I’d quite like to walk faster than a snail when I just have to walk to the other side of the screen and finish the memory 😂
Finished Yakuza 3 last night, so I started 4 today. I'm only minutes in as I type this, so the only impression I can give is that Akiyama seems pretty cool.
Also been playing through Ghost of Tsushima since it came out. I'm pretty sure I'm at the halfway point, near the end of act 2. It's been great so far, and could potentially unseat Horizon as my favorite PS4 exclusive.
"We don't get to choose how we start in this life. Real 'greatness' is what you do with the hand you're dealt." -Victor Sullivan "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing." -Solid Snake
@DerMeister I can't go from one Yakuza game straight to the next. I love the series, but the games are all so similar. Yakuza 4 and 5 take place in several locations, so at least you have that variety, but gameplay wise they mostly feel like DLC for 3. Doesn't help that the games are massive! My completion for Yakuza 5 is about 14% and I've been playing the game for over 50 hours.
@Thrillho@Bentleyma- Yakuza fatigue isn't something I'm worried about right now. I actually took a break from the series earlier in the year after Kiwami 2 specifically to avoid burnout, since by that point I ran through 0, Kiwami, Kiwami 2 back to back, and even with other games that's probably too much exposure to one series. It helped that I still had P5R, Xenoblade, and Azure Striker Gunvolt to focus on. My PS4 backlog now is just Yakuza 4 & 5 and Ghost of Tsushima.
"We don't get to choose how we start in this life. Real 'greatness' is what you do with the hand you're dealt." -Victor Sullivan "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing." -Solid Snake
@nessisonett I struggled with Code Vein and gave up fairly early on - I think it was due to the fact that I wasn't grinding to level up or anything like that - did you do that early on?
"(Music is) a purposeless play. This play, however, is an affirmation of life" (paraphrased) - John Cage
@Draco_V_Ecliptic Nope, you don’t really have to grind at all. It’s more of an action game than RPG, the levels don’t add much and you can get through basically every fight on skill alone.
@nessisonett I see, more like Sekiro than Dark Souls then? The combat didn't really gel with me in Code Vein & Sekiro and it did in Dark Souls 1 & 3 & Bloodborne. So I think I am more of an RPG than action gamer, which is why I struggled with it. Bloodborne is pretty skill-based though. So, who knows.
"(Music is) a purposeless play. This play, however, is an affirmation of life" (paraphrased) - John Cage
I'm still playing Assassin's Creed Origins, I've got some leveling up to do before I can take on the next quest, so I am mostly exploring and discovering new locations and killing basic enemies like lions and hyenas, nothing too intense.
I also started playing Bound By Flame this morning, that ol' Playstation 4 classic. It was one of the first RPGs ever released on PS4, and I am really feeling the satisfying combat, it isn't up there with the best, but still quite enjoyable and satisfying to take out the hordes of the undead and assorted behemoths from among demonkind.
The PvE elements, while not being as refined as other RPGs, are still impressive and challenging as enemies have insane hitboxes and do insane amounts of damage.
@Draco_V_Ecliptic What’s your experience with Assassins Creed series? Have you played them all up to this point (Ezio trilogy, etc)? Do you plan to play Odyssey and Valhalla?
I quite enjoyed Origins when I played it earlier this year. I anticipate I’ll try Odyssey at some point when I feel up to a huge open world time-sink. Having just completed Ghost of Tsushima a couple months ago I think I’ve had my fill of the genre for a little while, but it’s one of my favorite types of games (open world action adventure with fairy easy to pick up combat and also stealth options) so I’ll certainly return to the series.
The Queen's Knight looks like it's wearing Skyrim's version of Deadric armour of all things to me so that was weird lol 😅. It was a pretty fun fight though with a rather aggressive boss. Not quite as agile or unpredictable as the executioner thankfully but the teleporting attacks were interesting to dodge. I won't say anything about the second boss I fought but that was really quite something!
... Still really quite enjoying myself with it and honestly I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying this.
Onto the Ridge of Frozen Souls now and I have a new companion to boot Io of course!. And still chugging along on my self imposed challenge run... I'm still only lvl 10
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