@Black_Swordsman Nice work, man! Glad to have that mountain behind you, I’m sure. I firmly believe the Souls games are designed to be beaten in whatever way the player sees fit, whether that be becoming an overpowered monster, scraping by as a frail weakling or outright breaking the game via imagination. Congratulations!
On my end, I finished Echoes of the Fallen (the final boss on FF mode is no joke!) and started The Rising Tide, still chipping away at Unicorn Overlord (which is a real joy) but mostly haven’t been able to pull myself away from Rise of the Ronin. I may actually end up getting the platinum for it after all. Also, I ventured to the city to pick up Stellar Blade but found a great price on Prince of Persia instead 😄
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
@Jimmer-jammer Thanks, man. I appreciate your words and yeah, it is great to finally have all that farming pay off. Congratulations for finishing Echoes of the Fallen with the extra difficulty of FF mode to contend with. I've got Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on my Gaming Wishlist as well, if that is the same one? Hope you get the plat for RotR, apparently it's not actually that hard to get, so I was thinking of platting it as well after finishing DeS, planning to plat RE2 Remake at some point soon too as well.
As I say, I don't think the RotR plat will be hard, just time-consuming, as it is, obviously, an open-world game, plus there's that mandatory single mission on 'Midnight' difficulty to contend with.
Playing Powerwash Simulator and Dave the Diver, both games I feel I can only play two or so levels/runs before having enough for the day. There is nothing terrible about them per say, just that there is not a great deal of game there to keep me interested for longer.
Although there is something strangely therapeutic about getting everything clean in Powerwash Simulator! 😆
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@Black_Swordsman Yeah, The Lost Crown. I played the demo and thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact, it’s a series I’ve always really enjoyed! The plat for RotR doesn’t seem too hard, as you say. There’s a lot of content here and I think it mostly needs to be completed in order to get bond levels up and the skill points to level up but honestly, I’m finding the busywork super enjoyable. More so than I usually do for these types of games. There’s some kind of special sauce here that’s hard to articulate.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
I might actually finally try the Stellar Blade demo I've had downloaded since it was available 😅 (i'm surprised there is no chat thread for the game on here considering all the articles and hype)
I just feel like I'm in gaming Limbo since DD2 and nothing is grabbing me or calling out to me to play it. Horizon and it being bow based just doesn't scratch that combat itch for me atm, and Stellar Blade is just sitting their with swordplay waiting to be tried out.
My main game is Stellar Blade, which I am enjoying. I'd definitely say it's up there with some of Sony's other big releases. My side game is Sea of Thieves in co-op with my brother. I am absolutely loving it. It's one of those games that gets me excited about gaming and reminds me why it's such a great hobby.
@Ravix Most of the conversation I've seen for Stellar Blade has been about people being offended by Eve or Sony's 'censorship', and very little about the actual game unfortunately.
I probably would have got it, if the Elden Ring DLC was not round the corner.
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I liked the demo of Stellar Blade but I have one question. I haven't really played that type of games before. If I were to try - is Stellar Blade a fairly unique game or is it heavily inspired by some classics which I should maybe play first to get more familiar with the genre and also not to spend $70 on something I may end up not enjoying in the end?
@lotan666 It's a fairly unique mix of things it borrows heavily from, if that makes sense
The closest thing I can think of would probably be the Jedi games (Fallen Order and Survivor).
I believe the first one was on PS+ a while back.
@Voltan Oh, that's a bit surprising. Certainly not a comprison I was expecting I liked Fallen Order quite a lot and Survivor is also on my list for this year. Thanks.
@lotan666 It's mostly that the next map after the one from the demo is significantly more open and there's a lot of optional activities (even if they're rather simple) and nooks and crannies to explore - made me think of the main planets in those games.
And they both are inspired by Souls games in some ways but aren't quite the same thing.
@lotan666 Yeah, @Voltan hit the nail on the head when he said it's like the Jedi games. If you liked the gameplay of those, then it's pretty likely that you'll enjoy Stellar Blade. The game is surprisingly open.
I platinum'd DeS (2020) during the pandemic and ultimately enjoyed my time with it. Still (IMO) one of the most graphically gorgeous games on PS5, and remains a solid showcase for what the machine is 'capable of'.
Currently replaying Elden Ring (ahead of Erdtree launch) and I must say though that the QoL elements in From's later offerings are well received. Those obnoxious run-backs to bosses in DeS are brutal at times!
@CJD87 Thank you! It is a great-looking game on the Ps5, and ,I agree, whole-heartedly demonstrates the console's full capabilities.
Hope you are enjoying your Elden Ring 'replaythrough' and, yeah, the DeS runbacks can be brutal, but, idk, to me, each stage is still quite short. But then again maybe that's just because I'm now op. 🤣
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I started Tales of Kenzera: Zau, as I was in the mood for a Metroidvania and I liked what I heard of the how the game was made. I see the director has been doing the media rounds, I just watched his appearance on Play, Watch, Listen which I can recommend. He comes across as a genuine and humble guy, and was interesting to hear his journey from a voice actor to creating a video game as a process to deal with his grief.
Only played an hour or so, but the presentation is very good and combat I have no issues with so far. Feels quite slick to play.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
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Still playing through DeS. Just beat Old Hero this morning on my first try. I used the Thief Ring and Curse Weapon on my Dragon Bone Smasher +2. He died in a few hits with that build, but he still hit me a few times and I was a hit or so away from death, but so was he, so it turned into a real duel but after I got greedy and took a chance to keep hitting him I managed to finish him off before he could do the same to me. Risk/reward. Classic Souls.
Edit: Just beat Storm King as well, using the Storm Ruler weapon that you find in the boss arena.
@oliverp 40-ish hours with all sidequests and enough collectibles to get related trophies, which means all cans, but also enough items to fully upgrade your stats and 30 costumes - there's more of those in the game than you need
I also caught all 25 kinds of fish (you need 20 for a trophy)
I found most things myself (only used a guide for a few cans and making sure I didn't miss anything important by the end) so it would probably be quicker with a guide
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