@Werehog Just read your post over there. That's a strong recommendation, wow. The game is a bit of a weird one for me, some people I really trust hate it, while other people I trust love it. How can this game be so divisive.
I'll probably have to play it to understand. Maybe after Indy!
@Herculean As with all of my opinions, that paragraph was (and is) an incredibly personal take, but hey, at least I'm not totally alone in singing the game's praises! It's always going cheap nowadays, so if you're ever tempted to try it for yourself, it shouldn't be a costly risk.
There are a handful of rational and valid perspectives on The Veilguard which do put forward a few fair criticisms. Even if I don't agree with them myself, I can stand back and recognise that they're different from the endless white noise of prejudice which spitefully attacks any mere mention of the game. When you get to the fourth instalment of a rich, detailed, and deeply personal series, you're never gonna be able to please everybody. Best you can realistically hope for is that you like more of it than you don't.
And it sounds like you can safely say that about Indiana Jones for now, which is awesome!
"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"
@Werehog The more I progress in Indiana Jones, the more I find enjoyment, by the way. It's different from other games, but based on your gaming preferences, you might really like it.
My partner and me play it together. It's a nice game even when you're not playing, because it's mostly about finding things and solving small puzzles, than it is about combat.
@Herculean Oh yay, thanks for the report! Especially since it's a positive one. I'm real glad you've been able to share the experience with your partner, too. Even with the focus on puzzles, I'd also imagine it must be a fun adventure to watch regardless, much like the movies.
Here's hoping it continues its upward trend, and that it sticks the landing for you both!
"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"
I'm actually quite tempted by those new HyperPop controllers and console covers. I don't know if I'll actually get any of them, but I think they look cool. I don't know if the covers come without the disk drive.
Maybe I just like the idea of them more than actually liking them. I don't know.
Maybe I just like the idea of them more than actually liking them.
That was my reaction to 'em, too! At least as far as the cover plates go. Took a real good look, smiled, thought they were great, and then instinctively knew that I would never apply them to my own console.
If some of the controllers are still available come the day I need a new one, I might be tempted. I used to be totally against anything other than standard / default controller colours, but now both my DualSenses are what I call "fancy" editions and I actually kinda like it.
"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"
Sorry for the long winded post to come and props to any who actually bothers to read it 😂
I've played some really brilliant games over the past year and a half since I last posted, I'll make a quick list and rundown of my thoughts for each one.
I start with Final Fantasy X
Great game, I really enjoyed my time with this, infact when I played X as a teenager I didn't ever really hold it in that high of a regard but replaying it as an adult gave me a whole new outlook on the game. Characters are some of the best in FF and the story is really really well done I think. Yes there is flaws but overall its a definite must for FF and JRPG fans alike 8.5/10
Scarlet Nexus
I was looking forward to this game for a while and it had been in my backlog for years, I managed to pick it up in the sale for about £7 and honestly for that price it's ok. And I think that the problem with the game its just ok, nothing flashy, characters are pretty much what you would expect from a jrpg and whilst the story isn't the worst its not the best either. Combat is pretty fun but enemy types and moves are not that different so ends up becoming a bit tedious 6/10
Black Myth Wukong
Absolutely loved this game put in about 50 hours to get through it all plus a lot of the side content and really enjoyed my time with it. Combat was flashy and quick, felt powerful enough to take on bosses but not to powerful that the small enemies felt like cannon fodder. Great level designs, great enemy designs and a decent story to go with it. Obviously in terms of souls like, it wasn't Elden Ring or Bloodborne but it was a game I was really glad to have played. 8/10
Final Fantasy Rebirth
I want to state that I'm someone who loved Remake, I thought Remake was near enough perfect (not perfect but nearly).
This game disappointed me in a few ways and now I've had this conversation with a few people and everyones opinion always seems to be a bit different which to me is a clear indicator that the game just didn't land in the way it should. My main problem was all the good work it did building the characters and tension in remake it just sort of undone it all in this game. Characters where childish, story pacing was off with all the mini games, side quests were tedious. I was disappointed. The combat was great, I loved some of the open world environments, boss fights where epic, synergy system was a win. But overall I didn't enjoy it the same as remake. 7/10
The Witcher 3 + DLC
I had never played the DLC's before and for years I always said I will get back to them one day and well last year I did. Played a whole new game from beginning to end on the PS5 version and the fact you can pick up the complete edition for £6 when its in the ps store sale is an absolute amazing bargain for what you get. 179 hours later still an amazing experience and 2 of the best DLC's I've ever played. Blood and Wine in particular is like a whole game by its self. I feel like I could start it all again and another 179 hours wouldn't feel wasted.
A master piece is story writing and quest design and a true classic. It was easy to forget this game was 10 years old when I was playing it. 10/10
Stellar Blade
Well this was a game I was looking forward to playing but it actually went beyond my expectations. 50 hours of absolute fun. A cross between God of War and Soul's like mechanics meant combat was fast, sleek, fun whilst having that little edge of punishment. Game design was fantastic for a mainly mobile developer and graphics and performance where brilliant. Story was as weird as expected but I really enjoyed the whole thing, thought it was quite creative. 9/10
Clair Obscur Expedition 33
This as I'm sure everyone will be aware by now is probably similar to BG3 in terms of generational. I was slightly sceptic at first. What was it that was driving everyone mad about this game, but after the first 10 hours I was hooked. I really got it. Turn based combat was excellent, the graphics, the game design, the level of love put in to create this piece of art is easily there to see. The story and characters are phenomenal. A very human story with very real flawed, emotional characters in a bizarre fantasy setting worked so well I actually couldn't believe it. It knocked me out of the park, I completed this game and literally thought about starting it straight again, I never do that. Probably up there with the last of us for a narrative game in my opinion, felt like a movie at times and I mean that in a good way. 10/10
High on Life
Needed a pallet cleanser after E33 and this did just the trick 😂 game its self was nothing out of the ordinary, fun enough to get through in terms of combat alone but its the humour that makes it a bit more bearable. Overall just a fun little shooter to get through and at 14 hours its worth it. Plat did glitch for me though so couldn't be bothered to do a 2nd play through. 6.5/10
Currently going through Death Stranding, will post my thoughts on the Currently Playing page for updates as I go through that.
My daughter fell in love with the last of us show and wanted to play the games as well so watching her play through the first and now 2nd games is a good time, she's never played console games before only mobile so maybe this is her gateway 😂
@MaulTsir Hey, buddy! So great to see you post again! I’ve been wondering how you’re getting along.
And the update of your recent games played is so interesting! Mainly because several of the titles you’ve played are either in my backlog, or ones that I’ve been thinking and/or talking about lately.
@Tjuz and I were just discussing the Final Fantasy series recently and I’m trying to convert TJ into a FF fan. I said that I think although FFX is a good jumping in point, I was concerned that it hasn’t stood the test of time since it was such an early attempt at the modern open world. I’m glad to hear that I’ve underestimated its longevity.
Also interesting to read about the disappointment for Rebirth. Some of what you mentioned about it sounds familiar with other criticisms I’ve seen. I plan to hopefully get to it this year. I enjoyed Remake, although it sounds as though I liked it less than you did. I do hope Rebirth clicks with me, as I’ve been looking forward to it.
A couple other notable games on that list are on my ‘To Play’ list for 2026 — Clair Obscur and Witcher 3. Both earning 10/10’s on the Maul scale is really making me excited to get them. I’m reading The Witcher books now to get myself accustomed to the world and characters because the first time I tried W3 it didn’t really gel with me and I think I didn’t understand the character Geralt at the time.
Death Stranding is an all-time favorite of mine, so I hope it’s been enjoyable for you. I want to try to get to the sequel this year as well.
If I get through Rebirth, Witcher 3, CO: E33, and DS2 by end of year than I’ll be quite happy.
@Th3solution hey mate, its good to post again. It's nice to be back! Hope everything's good with you!
Story wise for FF X it's brilliant, like I say when I first ever played it, I didn't Gel but maybe age was a factor. I couldn't say as an entry point which FF is best, I guess it depends on the individuals taste and gameplay style but I did feel X held up really well. It does have a very FF feel but at the same time feels completely different to 7, 8 and 9 If that makes sense. I think FF fans and JRPG fans in general would appreciate a playthrough of X though.
Yeah I feel like I should of loved Rebirth, but I don't know, it just didn't hit me the same as remake. The story is fine, I'm actually happy with this version, I feel like I get what their trying to do. And the combat is brilliant, improved on Remake and switching party members was a genius stroke, even though I still near enough always had Cloud in my party because it feels more right lol but the game felt "childish" for want of a better word. I still enjoyed it and would recommend anyone who's played remake to play it but yeah overall disappointed, left alot to be desired and I now worry for the 3rd installment.
Expedition 33 is truly something special. I won't go on to much about it as I'd like not to spoil anything for you but I absolutely loved it. There's been few games that have earned multiple playthroughs from me, Mass Effect series, Red Dead Redemption 1, God of War 2018, Bloodbourne, Ghost of Tsushima, Last of Us 1&2 and The Witcher 3. E33 will certainly join this list, that's how highly I regard it
Speaking of The Witcher 3 I very similar to you tried multiple times to get into it when it first came out. Then I read a few of the books and loved the game, but I couldn't do the DLC's at the time. I'm so glad I did, honestly Blood and Wine is basically another game in it self, unbelievable the amount of content on that DLC. Hopefully you get to enjoy them as I did this time.
@MaulTsir@Th3solution aha, I told you, Sol, it is quite common for even massive fans of The Witcher 3 to have struggled initially (took me a few years and a few starts to get into it for various reasons, one being I didn't play any fantasy games and as my first massive fantasy rpg I had no idea what I was doing with all the swords and magic and game systems and inventories. Then I got stuck in a cave with all broken equipment and I hate going back hours in a playthrough just to redo everything again, so I packed it in. Because of this I learned to "save before cave" in all games. And not just rely on autosaves that get overwritten after x amount of time, meaning you don't have a hard save to back out to if you make an error on a quest where you're locked in to a location or chain of events)
Hopefully, knowing how common this is means you can be welcomed into our club sooner rather than later. I'd also say it might be best to start it after you finish Sword of Destiny, otherwise you may have to lock in and read the entire set of novels which may take a while to get through, because the really good stuff starts part way through Baptism of Fire, i'd say. These are the parts of the journey I could read over and over again, anyway. It is obviously different first time through, as everything is new to you, and it is all good.
And i'm glad @MaulTsir has experienced Blood & Wine. A fitting end to the witcher 3 as a complete package. My consensus has always been it's basically better than a lot of full game releases these days, and it's 'just a DLC' and it was really this DLC that took me from, I love this game, to I need more Witcher content and will binge read all the books, and those in turn made me appreciate everything even more.
Also, great write ups on everything else. I really need to play E33, but I think I slowly became put off by the hype rather than drawn into it. But I do love a cinematic game, and this all sounds very promising.
Hopefully you enjoy Death Stranding, it is a very unique game, but one that I feel everyone should play at least once.
Now, based on the games you love, i'm pondering whether to attempt to sell you on KCD, as well 🤔 as, for me, it was the game that gave me hope that other games can still be good after playing RDR2 and The Witcher 3 one after the other, and thinking "well, what now? Is there even any point in other games? 😅"
And the fact I always go back to the quote I read "it's like the Witcher, but without Witcher Senses to help you" as being a great description of how the game is designed, makes me think it may appeal to you. You get the classic voiced protagonist with multiple ways to talk to people and solve quests, you go out in to the world and do side quests that matter a lot more than most games, and you have a very questionable horse companion 😁
@MaulTsir Ravix already Witchered you up but those DLCs are good enough to be stand-alone games. It must have been great to experience them for the first time on PS5, they ran fine on PS4 but feel more polished on PS5. My technique with the remaster was to get straight to the DLCs for the Gwent cards and then start to play Gwent in the main game. That was a lot of coin for my Witcher (it's not cheating Ravix) It was rough with the difficulty spike, fun too. I was surprised how good Blood and Wine was. I haven't gotten around to Chiaroscuro Expedition 33 and it's been sitting there since launch. Final Fantasy Rebirth is on my list for the open-world.
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@Ravix “…it might be best to start it after you finish Sword of Destiny, otherwise you may have to lock in and read the entire set of novels which may take a while to get through…”
Oh yeah… about that — too late. 😅
Finished SoD and started Blood of Elves already. I might have to put my actual book impressions in the relevant thread, but I’m looking forward to Blood of Elves so much I went ahead and just kept going. The way SoD ends it’s almost impossible not to want to know what is next.
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