D'oh. I completely forgot you can just buy a rocket launcher from the merchant outside the Salazar boss arena and gank him in one shot. In fairness it has been a few years since I played the original "RE4", but still - I just wasted nearly an hour trying to beat him with rifle ammo!
Made a start on Life is Strange 2, there is quite a lot of tribalism in that fanbase, so it was hard to parse what was genuine criticism versus people simply making stances to support their chosen collective, but I know there are people out there who absolutely hate this, even more than Deck Nine's titles. And that says a lot, as a subsect of the fanbase REALLY hates those.
However, at least based on the first episode, I am very much in the camp that thinks this absolutely terrible. At its best it shows no meaningful evolution from the original game, at worse it feels like complete regression.
It has more varied environments than the original Life is Strange, but the artstyle is still ugly and this runs even worse on the Deck than the original or Before The Storm did. You had to run True Colors on fairly low settings to get a stable experience on deck, which was a shame, but I couldn't even achieve that with Life is Strange 2, no matter how low I ran it, in places it just absolutely chugged.
Don't Nod went for a more point and click adventure approach like Deck Nine use, at least for this opening chapter, but I dunno, it still doesn't help the pacing. After a really clumsily written and executed sequence sets the game in motion, you would expect a really focused experience based on the set up, but everything feels aimless, and endless. This was the first chapter in a LiS game that had me pleading for it to end, but it just kept going and going, I didn't know the depths of the original game's tedium could be matched, let alone surpassed like it is here.
It has arguably the worst voice acting out of all four of the games, and the writing has never been worse. I'm not of the opinion that thinks politics have no place in games, and one of the best parts of the core Life is Strange is the challenging topics it tackles (even if not always successful) that are often not trodden by this medium, but if you wanna get onto a political soapbox you have got to have something to say. LiS is a thoughtful meditation on life, this? This is soulless. It has absolutely nothing to say beyond the most empty platitudes, it is a BLM in a Twitter bio of a person who does no other activism or charity beyond that.
Who knows. I heard that its the third chapter of this that will make you a fan of this if it is going to make a fan of you at all, so I guess we'll see where I land. The first chapter at least left a really bad impression.
Started playing Sniper Elite V2 on Series X. For some reason, I've been craving a game where you play as a sniper. So I decided to fire up this one as it's been sitting in my backlog for years. And it's so much fun! I can't believe I haven't played this series until now. It's just so satisfying when you aim at an enemy and the camera follows the traversal of the bullet until it hits them.
My only gripe is that the missions are incredibly linear. The game keeps baiting me with different pathways that are dead ends. Then I recalled that the levels in the later entries are more open, so I'm definitely getting those games.
@LtSarge I actually think I prefer how linear V2 is. 5 is a fantastic sandbox Hitman-esque game but 3 and 4 don’t really reach the level of refinement yet to justify the switch away from linear levels. V2 really nails the feeling of being in occupied territory as well, with a really cool recreation of Berlin near the end of the war, as it’s crumbling. The later levels are insanely tense as well. I did play on the hardest difficulty though so it was basically a survival horror game!
Amazon ballsed up my Dead Island 2 preorder and I read about how the game has some second half difficulty spikes which are resolved with guns, so I ended up getting it on PC. I'm about 50% done based on the progression tracker, main questline is almost complete, but I've barely touched the side content yet.
Honestly, it might be lowkey my favourite game of the year so far. Like, I've definitely played better titles by conventional metrics this year, but this is just pure frictionless gaming, which as a guy in my 30s I've grown to just really appreciate.
I know I can just play this for hours on end and know I will have fun all the way through and experience basically no frustration at all. I compare that to something like the Resi 4 remake (cause zombies), which I would say is inarguably a better game by conventional metrics, but I've not been in the right headspace for that for weeks, because every chapter is a sweaty, exhausting, gauntlet. The challenge is well tuned, and thrilling if you are in the right space for it, but it just isn't what I want after a long day of work. DI2 just removes all barriers that may block your fun, and I just love it for that.
@nessisonett As someone new to the series, I think V2 is a good entry point just to get familiar with the gameplay without feeling overwhelmed by so many different choices that you'll find in the later games that are more open. So I'm glad that there's at least one game like this in the series for us newcomers.
Xbox One:
Forza Motorsport 6 (not enjoying it but powering through it)
Ride 2
Dante's Inferno (360 backwards compatibility)
Brutal Legend (360 backwards compatibility)
Devil May Cry 5
Switch:
Shining Resonance Refrain
Clive n Wrench
Disgaea 6
Bayonetta 3's final boss
Metroid Dread
Monster Hunter Rise
Only game not listed but finished being Gear Club Unlimited 2 (yes that's my whole Switch library so far)
Wii U:
Tank Tank Tank
Hyrule Warriors
whatever eshop stuff I haven't gotten around to that are Wii U Indie games or virtual console.
Wii:
Speed Racer
Red Steel 1 & 2
Maybe NFS Nitro if I haven't given up enough on it yet.
PSP:
NFS Underground Rivals got others but it's the one focusing on the most.
Vita:
Trophy hunting a few games I own but mostly focusing on seeing how Minecraft, Borderlands 2 and Rayman Origins work on my PSTV. Otherwise was focusing on a few trophies or casual playthroughs of my other Vita games.
Regularly though playing Disgaea 3
WRC 4
and 40 Winks (wanted to try out a PS1 classic I hadn't and it's pretty fun).
PS3:
Finished Unreal Tournament 3 which was a lot of fun even if just bot matches the campaign so on to
Blazing Angels (flight game)
MotorStorm and Apocalypse
The Darkness 2 (my disk stops we at load screens whether the side modes or the level after the prologue (the button presses don't work but did the first time after crawling on the floor to the streets but the loading screens just go on and on it doesn't work).
PS4:
Conception Plus
Disgaea 5
I have others but those are the ones focusing on mostly right now. Like Redout, Utawareurmono Mask of Deception. I have GT Sport chillin there. A few others.
Besides Onii chanbara Z2 Chaos recently.
Decided to actually play some of the Dreamcast sports games I own. So far NHL2K is fantastic and NBA2K is decent but pretty difficult to run plays. Plus Kobe got his ankles snapped in the first game of the season so I decided to cut my losses and see if NBA2K2 is any better.
Started up the infamous Redfall today on Series X. I actually had a great time playing the game! I played it for about 2.5 hours and it was a lot of fun. I did notice some issues, such as some enemies not shooting at me at all time and my ammo capacity for my assault rifle wasn't showing the right number for some reason. The game did crash on me once as well. But other than that, I enjoyed playing the game a lot. I mean, I've heard that the AI was very stupid in this game but I don't agree with that at all. I died plenty of times during my session because of how aggressive the AI is. The devs have probably ironed out a lot of issues since launch, so I'm glad that I waited to play this game.
I am though very disappointed that the game has uneven achievement scores that don't end with a 0 or 5. Some achievements are 17 G, which really bugs me. I thought developers stopped doing this when the Xbox One era started, but apparently not.
Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (PS5) - Think I'm getting close to the end now. I'm on the moon getting ready to confront Rayvis, and just obtained the upgrade that lets you grapple between balloons.
I have every world's completion rate somewhere in the 80-90% range (it's so good to have Koboh at almost 90% since it's sooo huge), though I know there'll probably be at least one more world to go to. I currently have a maximum of 10 health stims, and all those Force crystal upgrade things are only giving me EXP anymore, so I'm pretty positive I've maxed out my total health & Force meter.
Blue Reflection (Steam) - Just recently beat the second boss. Not quite sure what to think of it yet. It reminds me a lot of the recent Sakura Wars reboot in that most of your time is spent running around hanging out with the cast in order to boost affinity, before getting to the brief "gamey" section of the chapter (in this case, light turn based RPG segments with a "magical girl" motif).
Currently Playing:
Switch - Blade Strangers
PS4 - Kingdom Hearts III, Tetris Effect (VR)
So I've recently thought about switching from being almost an exclusively console player (PS1 - PS4, including the PSP and the PS Vita) to gaming on PC.
Due to a lot of factors that I won't get into here, I'm currently stuck with my generic laptop that I use for University. It's a decent machine, but it's no gaming powerhouse (it can't even run Stardew Valley)
I recently discovered my laptop could run Fallout New Vegas after I claimed it as one of the free games offered by the Epic Game Store last month (I also managed to snag Death Stranding and Horizon Chase Turbo).
I haven't had a ton of time to play, but I've been enjoying Fallout New Vegas. I remember playing it over a decade ago on the PS3, and it wasn't a great experience at all. The egregiously poor performance issues on the PS3 version really marred my experience of the game back then.
I think also being a bit burnt out on the Fallout series at that time probably contributed to the poor experience I had with FNV. I had played Fallout 3 extensively on the PS3 prior to starting FNV, and by then, I think I needed a break from the series.
I'm playing the Ultimate Edition, and I seriously can't believe how smooth the gameplay is compared to what I remember back on the PS3.
Also, having an SSD on the PS5 must be amazing, as my laptop has an SSD and the loading screens go by in literally 3 seconds or less. I don't even have time to read some of the flavour text that accompanies each loading screen.
The graphics aren't great to be honest, but the gameplay, setting and writing is excellent, so I just forget about the outdated graphics. It's a pity that mods are either difficult to use or non-existent on the Epic Game Store, as I would love to replace the default Breaking Bad Mexico filter that's present in the base game.
@BeerIsAwesome Wow, snap. Been playing through Origins and contemplating whether to seek out 3D Blast and Chaotix through one of those collections for posterity.
@BeerIsAwesome Once I finish 3 and Knuckles, I’ll have a look at what’s the best option. I could always play the missing ones on Switch through RetroArch I guess. Modern ports might tempt me with their QOL features!
Not been around much because for the last few weeks I've been grinding out Diablo 4. Honestly really burnt myself out on it, and appreciate FF16's arrival to give me a break.
Physically cannot bring myself to play more than 5 minutes of Knuckles’ Chaotix and Sonic 3D Blast. Both just baffling creative decisions and aren’t fun to play in the slightest.
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