Topic: 🍁 PUSH SQUARE GAME CLUB 🍁 | November | The Plucky Squire ⚔️

@Th3solution
I am really enjoying Avatar. I would not say it is Far Cry with an Avatar paint job. The only thing I would say is Far Cry like are the RDS bases but in the grand scheme of things, it makes sense to the story. It is it's own style of game that really encourages you to "learn" the world in which you are in. Like where to get the best crafting items from. I love the levelling system as it feel backwards to what I normal expect. Your level increases based upon what gear you have and the number of skills unlocked.
I am currently playing it on Series X with VRR enabled but if you set it to Quality 40fps... it is a feast for your eyes.

Outer Worlds was a perfect game on my portal. Especially at the end when I was so OP. 12,000 ammo rounds and over 200 health packs 😂

It is cool that Aveum supports VRR. Will have to try that out.

@ZeD Thanks for that info on Avatar, and also Outer Worlds, as I also need to have a good collection of Portal games to keep in mind. My current one continues to be Midnight Suns which I peck away at still.

I’ll also have to consider Avatar for the future. I saw steep price cuts for it already, so perhaps it will drop onto PS+ before too long.

As for Aveum’s performance settings, there’s an option in the settings menu for frame generation, or something like that. I forget exactly how it’s worded. But the VRR and boosted frame rate performance is on by default, but this frame insertion/ frame generation is not, so you probably want to try that. It’s called FSR3 or some such. I’m not a tech savvy guy, but the online experts have lauded the technology to really make these high fps better and smoother by generating frames in between natively rendered frames so that it appears quicker…. Or something like that. 😅 All I know is if you have a 120 Hz TV that you’ll want to switch on that FSR frame generation option for a slightly better experience. I tried it both on and off and couldn’t tell an enormous difference visually, but I’m not very sensitive to frame rates and have been known to play 30 fps without problems. But my TV (an LG OLED C2) was saying FR was 50-90 with FSR off and usually 70-115 with it on.

@Th3solution Midnight Suns is a perfect game for the Portal. I completed it on there.

Morning gang! You’ve really blown me away this month, what ever shall I do with all these votes?

Clearly, I’m taking the piss, so I’ll throw what suggestions I have received (Thanks Sol and Yousef) into a super magical wheel of destiny again and let you know later, unless of course you have other suggestions. Peace ✌️

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@Pizzamorg @Mr_B021 @QualityGeezer @KilloWertz @Th3solution @Ryne-Gaia @crimsontadpoles @RogerRoger @Hallowmoonshadow @R1spam @CaptD @Th3solution @ralphdibny @LobsterJohnson @SillyBoyJudas @kidfried @Fight_Teza_Fight @Yousef- @ZeD

@AgentCooper oh wow speak of the devil, yeah sorry I was gonna post suggestions here but put it on hold because I got curious if there’s some ps2 stuff on the service. Unfortunately, not that many. But I still came out with a few games. One I’m curious about, one I wanna replay alongside a friend and one game I’ve been really itching to play for a while so it might be a good suggestion. They’ll be written down in that order and obviously bolded. Hopefully I’m not super late, I was gonna post here but kept forgetting:

• Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Definitive Edition
• Toukiden 2
  Best of wishes. ✌️

@AgentCooper
Apologies I've been too busy preparing for the loss of PS+ so I think I will bow out for August although Dredge is a good shout and my vote goes to that (ignore my vote as I've already played it. )

Here it is gang, the wheel of destiny has spoken and your game for August is Superliminal. Make a start as and when, on the platform of your choice. I have played a wee bit of this already and it impressed. As always find some details courtesy of HLTB below. Have fun!

Peace ✌️

#PSQGAMECLUB
One love 👍
@Pizzamorg @Mr_B021 @QualityGeezer @KilloWertz @Th3solution @Ryne-Gaia @crimsontadpoles @RogerRoger @Hallowmoonshadow @R1spam @CaptD @Th3solution @ralphdibny @LobsterJohnson @SillyBoyJudas @kidfried @Fight_Teza_Fight @Yousef- @ZeD

2hrs?! I think I could squeeze that one in! 😂

Two hours...I'm in.
Thanks Kidfried for this months' suggestion as this game was never on my radar.

I might give this a shot after reading a little more about it.

I have to be in the right mood to enjoy a straight-up puzzle game, but apparently there’s some decent narrative here too.

Barrier to entry is low due to the short playtime needed, so that’s good too.

Still, I think I’ll try to finish Immortals of Aveum before I crack Superliminal open. The game is going a lot longer than I expected because I’m still horsing around exploring too much. I just need to mainline things to the end now. My opinion of Immortals has waned as the story has deteriorated, imo and it’s made it harder to keep the intense interest I first had in the world and characters. I just uncovered one of the larger reveals/twists of the game (although in retrospect I don’t know how I didn’t see it coming) but even that can’t make up for some of the blandness of the characters and writing. The silliness and humor that they try to shoehorn in feels out of place and awkward most of the time. For example when you go through the Underwell, I think it’s called, with the magic eaters, it’s legitimately frightening and disturbing when you come across those enemies that you can’t kill but can only stun for a few seconds while you frantically try to find an escape from the room, but then you meet Rook who is clearly written for a little comedy relief, but in so doing talks like a Gen Alpha preteen with an attitude and it’s just really strange… too ‘try-hard’ for laughs. Sometimes the script feels like an unedited MCU first draft.

@Th3solution you probably should. It’s a mix of portal and Stanley parable. If you liked those (and you should, ignore the gun) you will find this a jolly ol’ time.

Would anyone be interested in taking over this thing for a while?

Huh, everything alright there, friend?
Edit: to answer the question, I suppose I can? It’s just keeping track of votes and games suggested, yeah? Seems simple enough.

@AgentCooper Whomever does take over needs to make sure they haven't blocked any users as that might cause a bit of a situation in this thread.

@Yousef- More or less yes, I can pass on some details over DM on XB or PSN. Thanks for volunteering 👍

I’ve been circling a break for a while but events in the real world have expedited that. My impulse is to delete my account and run away (I did two years ago) but that probably isn’t wise, I just need to course correct and get my head back in a better place.

@AgentCooper sounds messed up, stay safe, you can hover to XB dms and we can talk it out.

@AgentCooper Hey buddy, sounds like you’ve got a full plate. Hopefully all is well and you can get the real life events all taken care of, and that you and yours are happy and healthy. 🍻

I certainly know a thing or two around real world struggles. My game times has been sporadic — sometimes self imposed , but often a byproduct of life’s various demands and challenges.

I did finally get around to completing last months game — Immortals of Aveum is now in the books after (according to my PS5 timekeeper) 36 hours. Crazy to me that HLTB has the average playtime at 14-28 hrs. I usually land on the longer end of these estimated times because I game slower than most, but it’s not usually quite that far off. I definitely did an inefficient run, wandering around and wasting time exploring and trying to solve puzzles that I didn’t have the ability unlocked for yet, etc. Also struggled with some of the later game encounters and had to replay sections and several of the boss fights. There’s a few challenging large enemy encounters too.

My opinion of the game didn’t change a whole lot from a couple weeks ago, but if anything it went down after about the halfway mark. It just seemed to drag. After you get over the awe and wonder of the beautifully rendered world and the bright flashy magic powers, it gets to feel stale and uninspiring. The writers went to great lengths to build a unique game universe and lore, and for the most part they succeeded in making something nice and creative but at times it feels like they were just a little over their heads and couldn’t decide if they wanted it to be a fun tale of ragtag quippy characters saving the world, or a dark fantasy story with ethical dilemmas and character evolution. It fails to hit the mark, either way.

And as I alluded to, there’s some difficulty balancing issues, for sure. I played on normal and took my time exploring so I could have plenty of gold and points to level up and have decent equipment and I still struggled mightily on some late game encounters. Some of this could be attributable to my poor FPS skills, but honestly I think it’s more than that. The art style being what it is with bright colors and copious particle effects makes for a really chaotic and confusing time when in the midst of battle with several enemies. The game gives you multiple skills to use and three main kinds of magic to cycle through on the fly, each with their respective special magic spells, power moves, and augmentation equipment on your off-hand to use, and …it’s all a bit too much. Many of my late game struggles were with either enemies that rapidly changed their base color scheme or hoards of enemies of all three magic colors simultaneously attacking, so cycling through magics and abilities was frenetic and truly sometimes just blind luck because you could hardly see with all the colors flashing and don’t have the reaction time to change even if you could. Hogwarts Legacy did a much better job of this ‘colored magic’ combat, imo.

By the time I grew less pleased with the experience I was close enough to the end that I felt I owed it to the game to see it through to the conclusion. The final outcome was satisfying enough, but the game’s warts really show in the second half.

I’d still recommend it for people who like fantasy and FPS. I’ve played much worse games for sure.

Ding Dong! Ding Dong! It is the third Sunday (in my timezone)! The time of voting shall commence. Hope have your votes ready, you only have till next Sunday to vote, else the Wheel of Fate will decide your destiny!
The fate of the universe relies on you v.v

Huh? You’re saying… I look a little different? Probably just your imagination >.> unless you mean… yeah I did lose some kilos thanks for noticing :0

Now onto more pressing matters…
Here are all the titles you can vote for:

#PSQGAMECLUB
One love 👍
@Pizzamorg @Mr_B021 @QualityGeezer @KilloWertz @Th3solution @Ryne-Gaia @crimsontadpoles @RogerRoger @Hallowmoonshadow @R1spam @CaptD @Th3solution @ralphdibny @LobsterJohnson @SillyBoyJudas @kidfried @Fight_Teza_Fight @Yousef- @ZeD

G A M E C L U B L I S T
Samurai Warriors 5
FF7 Reunion: Crisis Core
Gotham Knights
Child of Light - 2 (Sol, Sarge)
Tales of Arise
Nier Replicant - 1 (Lobster)
LiS: True Colors
Uncharted 2
Deliver us the Moon
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Definitive Edition
Toukiden 2
Cursed to Golf
Dredge
Spiritfarer - 1 (Capt)

As always, you’re free to suggest any titles from the PS Plus service!
Goodnight and have fun gaming, see you next Sunday. <3
Love and Peace. <3

Give me an excuse to finally play Nier Replicant.