Topic: What (Non-PS4) game are you playing??

@RogerRoger I played Infamous 2 around 8 months ago, it is so good. As someone who wasn’t as ‘bowled-over’ by Insomniac’s Spider-man (sure I liked it well enough but it is towards the bottom half of the PS4 1st Party exclusives imho) I actually enjoyed Infamous 2 more and is possibly my favourite Superhero game ever (it’s between this and Arkham Asylum, which I much prefer over City).

Haven’t played the two PS4 Infamous games (I have them and have scheduled them in for next year) but going off the two PS3 games it is a really good franchise.

@RogerRoger it is hugely ‘playable’, traversal into combat and back into traversal is just so smooth.

I've made a start on Danganronpa: Ultra Despair Girls. The gameplay is completely different to the regular Danganronpa games, but it still seems to capture the heart and magic of the main series. So far I'm really enjoying it.

@RogerRoger I can’t believe you’ve never read the Ultimate Spider-Man comics! Bendis might be Marmite for some people and the Ultimate universe is extremely hit and miss but the Spider-Man ones were brilliant. Miles Morales was later introduced in that imprint and it all started from there!

Started Dead Space 3 back last month as a ‘second game’ but as things were coming to a head on attaining the Dying Light Platinum, DS3 kinda took a back seat. I’ve now promised some guy that I will be done with my first Dead Space 3 playthru by March 16th though so we can do the co-op sections together... so I’m back chipping away at it for an hour after work each day (AC: Black Flag on PS4 is my current ‘main’ game when I plough a whole Wednesday in).

It really isn’t a bad game but once I’ve got the co-op sections finished (sometime after March 16th) I’m not gonna have two games on the go at once again (for a while at least). I’ve cut myself a pretty fine schedule and all these little hour sessions after work could be better used making sure I don’t fall behind schedule on getting my back-sequoia back into a mere back-log..

TFW you've never read any Marvel comics of any sort.

My superhero comic exposure is pretty much limited to Batman, outside of independent series that are usually meant to deconstruct the whole concept.

@crimsontadpoles Ultra Despair Girls is a really good spinoff. It did the impossible and made me go from not being able to stand Toko to actually sort of looking forward to scenes with her in them.

@RogerRoger For Miles Morales, you’d probably be best grabbing key storylines, so just seeing how you get on with his first appearance. The only problem is that his introduction is linked to a massive spoiler and then his whole Ultimate arc is linked to the rest of the universe. You honestly might be better jumping in with his introduction in the main Marvel universe, somewhat unoriginally titled ‘Spider-Man’. It’s all about finding the right place to jump on as it’s a never-stopping train ride. Perhaps @TheFrenchiestFry could add something?

@RogerRoger I don’t know... I haven’t played 1 or 2 (I’ve only started with 3 as it has online trophies, so I want to get them out of the way) so I wouldn’t be able to discern whether 3 is less ‘finished’ that the first two. I was always under the impression that 3 got a lot of hate due to micro-transactions and more action, less horror game play.

It may well be that I’m pleasantly surprised by it due to my low expectations going in though.

And in regards to Marvel, a lot of the early Ultimate runs were pretty good actually (I absolutely LOVED The Ultimates back when Millar was writing it, and early Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Spidey were very good too). My suggestion to anyone new to Marvel though is read all of the Annihilation and Annihilation Conquest books... and then just keep going through to Annihilators!

Funny enough i've ended up playing Ultra Despair Girls myself @crimsontadpoles.

I'd been feeling kinda aimless the past week or so with my gaming (Despite enjoying it I was only playing a level a day of Rayman legends by the end) and I ended up flicking through a whole bunch of titles on my PS4 (Including doing a run of School mode in Danganronpa 1 for no real reason) before putting on Ultra Despair Girls that just ended up clicking with me.

Got to chapter 3 yesterday.

@Ralizah I think I said to you before when I bought it last year and gave it a little go that the whole villains being kids made it rather hard going for me... And goodness gracious it is difficult at times for me 😥

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Nice. I've been busy this week (and getting distracted with Super Mario Galaxy 2), so I'm still only on chapter 1. Almost the weekend, so I'll be able to play lots more then.

@RogerRoger My personal recommendation for Miles Morales specifically would be the new run that came out after he was integrated into the main Marvel continuity

There's a clear distinction in the way he was written pre-Secret Wars and post-Secret Wars, and I think especially after Secret Wars, the other multimedia stuff, particularly Spider-Man PS4 and ITSV, attempted to swerve him away from how he used to be written under Bendis and closer to the stuff that came out after he was integrated into the main 616 Marvel Universe

Had some great fun revisiting Fight Night 2004 on PS2. So much nostalgia from just the opening video! I sifted through boxers I made back in about 2004 with names like ‘Jobbie Muncher’ and instead made a new boxer with the nickname ‘Pretty Boy’ and made him incredibly attractive by 2004 standards. Might just see how far I can take him in between chapters of Fire Emblem 4.

Bravely default 2 - Switch
Baldur's Gate 3 - PC

@Kidfried Yeah, that sounds a bit discouraging. I was looking forward to it on PS5. I’ll probably still play it since it’s free and due to the reputation and GOTY accolades, but it sounds like it might not be masterpiece I’d hoped! Do you need to have any knowledge of Alan Wake to get the most out of it? I’ve never played that game and I read somewhere that especially the DLC is highly related to AW

@Th3solution That is the second dlc, AWE which you are referring to. I've not played any of the dlc, but in the main game the AW stuff is like easter egg content, so you are not missing much if you've not played the AW game.

Baldur's Gate 3 (PC)

@Kidfried I came away from Control not really sure what to think. Even taking away the whole deleting my save, horrible headache-inducing visual issues and a couple of hard crashes, the game was great every once in a while but bang average for quite a lot of it. None of the guns really felt right and you couldn’t use your telekinesis often enough to solely rely on it. Not to mention the plot that just stops. It’s an odd one.

Been playing quite a lot of Friday Night Funkin'. It's a free rhythm game, playable in browsers. The music in it is very catchy, and it's a lot of fun to play. It's also got some charming visuals, particularly with the character designs.

Ys: The Oath in Felghana on my Vita. A surprising amount of voice acting in this, and some of the performances are... interesting. Margo's va is very extra in terms of her performance, and Cythia sounds like she's coming onto Adol every time she talks, lol. Perma-seductive voice.

Also, I'll admit, every time the narrator, who sounds like he's doing voice work for a nature documentary, says anything, I crack up.

Sounds like one hell of a good time with that voice acting @Ralizah! That the title before Lacrimosa of Dana?

As for me alongside giving FFXIV's free trial a shot on PS4 I've decided to dust off my PS3 and give it some love with replaying the classic Metal Gear Solid yesterday.

Just starting it up made the memories flood back with the music (even the do do do's over the Konami logo) and the mission briefing on the sub.

I only played a little of it though so far, just getting to the heliport and past most of the tutorial/opening stuff so I can get into it properly this evening!