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

@Th3solution I know right… though my ‘main’ skill (or the more appropriate word would be trait) has always been ‘persistence’ in fairness 😩.

Think I might have screwed myself on the final level of Tomb Raider. Went into it with 1 health pack, which is basically needed for the boss fight. I haven’t found another one the entire level and now I’ve saved outside a set of dart traps that I think are impossible to do without being hit. So I’m caught in an endless death loop. Brilliant.

I'm (slowly) playing through The Great Ace Attorney 2.

Meanwhile, since I only have half a month or so to get far enough into Genshin Impact in order to gain access to Aloy on PC, I finally started playing it. It's a game I've avoided since it released since I hate the way it's monetized. And, don't get me wrong, the gacha elements are pretty patently obvious, but they're disguised under a rather charming and addictive open world action-RPG. Granted, one that borrows pretty liberally from Breath of the Wild, but I'm continually impressed with the quality of this title. It runs at a smooth 60fps on my rather underpowered PC, and I'm finding it actually works really well with a gyro-enabled Steam controller. It's just too bad I have to rush through the beginning of the game so that I can get to adventure rank 20 before time runs out on Aloy.

Paimon is a truly obnoxious companion character, though. Just awful.

@nessisonett Only having one manual save? Are you mad??

(Or does the game not have more?)

@Thrillho The game only has save points which you find throughout the level. I could restart the level but I’d still only have the one health pack. Urgh.

Still ticking over on the MGS2 VR & Alternate Missions (feels like a lifetime tbh) and am now 82.7% done and ‘just’ have MGS1 Solid Snake’s missions left. I say ‘just’, as they are apparently the most difficult missions in the game 😅

94.7% done on MGS2’s VR & Alternate missions now… gonna start MGS4 tomorrow though, really excited to see how it all ends.

@nessisonett Start again, grab a bunch of health packs, then level skip cheat to the last level, use weapon+ammo cheat and run your guns down to whatever ammo you had!

@kyleforrester87 I eventually finished it but I had to start the level again and beat the first boss without getting hit!

@nessisonett way to git gud

@kyleforrester87 To be fair, it’s just a big jobbie of polygons that shambles about waiting for you to shoot it in the face. Not the greatest boss in video game history.

I’ve made a start on MGS4 and really enjoying the little I’ve played. Haven’t made much progress as I need to work on some lengthy emblems and apparently it’s best to get them out of the way during your first play through. The main emblem being a 35 hour playthrough, so I got Snake chilling in his tin can for an hour.

Looks and plays amazingly considering it age though. I can’t think of a PS3 game that looks better, the story seems like a natural continuation (or as natural as can be expected from Kojima). Can’t wait to see how it all pans out.

@RogerRoger @Keith_Zissou @Thrillho @ralphdibny and anyone else who has played MGS4.

I'm grinding out the... well, more 'grindy' emblems and the Bee emblem requires that I use the syringe on 50 enemies... the thing is I don't have a syringe in my inventory. From what I gather it's an item that Snake should have from the start, am I missing something?

@colonelkilgore I don't remember I'm afraid as I've only played it once early in the PS3 days so don't have such a good memory of this game.

@johncalmc played it more recently too I think?

@colonelkilgore I just had a search and apparently you get it after meeting a certain character and before you fight another certain character in a boss fight.

I didn't say their names because I can't remember how early they enter into the story and also I don't know how far into the game you are! Didnt want to give you spoilers!

Do the emblems translate as trophies?? I can only vaguely remember them. I played the game through once before they patched in trophies and then once again in 2020 which was after they'd patched in trophies. Had to start a new save post patch so I've never played the game in a "new game +" style save

@Thrillho no probs pal 👍

@ralphdibny ahh cool, that’s a relief 😅. Yeah, there is a trophy for achieving every emblem… the most difficult of which (the Plat-blocker if you will) is the Big Boss emblem. To get it you have to complete the game on hardest difficulty with 0 deaths, 0 kills, 0 continues, 0 health items, 0 special items and 0 alerts, in under 5 hours.

@colonelkilgore Christ almighty, that sounds ridiculous! You Gona go for it then? 😅

I hope that's correct info about the syringe, was just a quick Google. I guess you didn't Wana search it yourself in case of spoilers so I thought I'd do it seeing as I already know what happens in the game. My memory is fading though so maybe it's time for another playthrough of the series 😂.

@ralphdibny yeah I’m gonna try at least… still trying for the MGS2 plat too, their both frikkin’ crazy tbh. Not too far off 2’s now though, don’t know if I’ll even get that close to 4’s!

@Keith_Zissou sorry to hear about you having a tough time of it buddy. Yeah, I’m free Saturday and most of next week actually, message me when you’re good to go 👍

I am playing Agatha Knife on my IPad.