GuttyYZ

Shame about this game. I was excited about it before it came out but never played it. Not fussed about playing it either, might do one day.

Second that, have a great weekend all!

I'm playing Observer System Redux as it is on PS Extra. Played the original when it came out and loved that, but this update is even better. It's just so wildly inventive and out there that I can't help but not love it!

Also: the story set up of Observer is that there's a deadly plague on the loose and everyone's on lockdown, this was released way before COVID and at the time it seemed like quite an interesting horror idea.

Listen, I'm not this type of gamer but in the UK there a huge subset of people who buy FIFA every year, maybe Cod and maybe an Assassin's Creed title, that's it, that's what they play. I think the problem is that those three titles right there have pieced through gamer culture and into the mindsets of the average person. Plus, they are annualised (AC used to be) and established - what you are getting is on the tin. The average Joe doesn't know that Horizon or Ghost is like Assassin's Creed, nor do they care. If all your mates are playing Fifa, you're probably gonna do the same. The issue for properties like Ghost is social, and psychological - here in the UK at least.

This was an amazing game, played it when it first came out.

If I remember rightly the developer's next project was an MMO like Sleeping Dogs. When that tanked so did the developer. Shame, if they went on to make Sleeping Dogs 2 they could have had a big franchise on their hands.

@paulbuck1996

I'll be playing it day 1095.

I'm on Extra as I have no interest in cloud gaming, also I have most of the classics anyway. At the moment I think Extra is over delivering and Premium is under delivering.

With tech like this, Unity might be the MANE engine developers use! Ha!

@MFTWrecks Chorus is an under rated little gem.

Returnal for me. I can't seem to put it down. Think I'm doing well enough, biome 3 boss and have 16 deaths.

'Lets you live out all of your fantasies of unscrupulously forcing the youth of today into financial crises under the guise of academic advancement while you rake in the cheddar cheese.'

Oof.

Love all of the Arkham games, you're all wrong the Batmobile was sick - City is my fav though.

Have no interest in this however.

Stray for me, might be able to finish it this weekend in which case I will start Returnal seeing as it's on PS Extra now.

Loved Xenoblade Chronicles, played it on the Wii back in the day so might take a punt on 2 before 3.

I don't play as much as I used to because of rubbish life stuff like work.

Thanks for clarifying in the opening line, I actually thought I was indeed going mental.

@Royalblues

I completely agree.

Depends what game is it.

Stray makes me feel relaxed, Demon Souls on the other hand... Love both games btw.

I agree though, just the act of sitting down with entertainment you like, even if it's a challenging game for instance, makes a big positive difference to your overall mental health for sure.

I thoroughly enjoyed the campaign in this game but my main gripe was that I found the upgrade paths for weapons and armour too difficult, did anyone else find this?

Great game though, still a 9/10 from me.

I don't believe it either. Mind you Batman can be alive as long as someone else wants to don the cape.
Did he mean Bruce Wayne is really dead? I can believe that a bit more.

I've read a lot about Ubisoft mismanaging projects, Skull and Bones being a big one until it's re-reveal recently.

Seems like they struggle to get games out the door that aren't Assassin's Creed.

I doubt a full blown acquisition is on the cards in the next few quarters at least - due to being family owned (if I remember rightly) and the appetite wasn't there yet.

I foresee a partnership or merger in the future in the next few years though, but I may be proven wrong.

Hi all, first time posting.

I played the entire trilogy when it came out but didn't experience the extended cut until last year when I played the Legendary Edition.

I had no issue with the original ending at the time and have no issue with the extended cut either, now I have played it.

Mass Effect 3 was really good at tying up the loose threads from the prior two games. It's not a perfect story, nothing is, but if you take Mass Effect 3 as the final act (which it is) it makes complete sense to me to extend the ending of the trilogy over the course of the game, rather than tie it all up in the last hour or so.

Each to their own I suppose, I was happy and still am. Plan on replaying it again this year.