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Welp. That advert sure worked on me! 😅

Armoured Core games were always tricky! Always about knowing your mech, inside and out; how you built it; what it's weapons are, and what your strengths/ weaknesses are, prior to going on any mission. You build your mech constantly, always tweaking and improving it to be more energy efficient/ quicker/ hit harder. Or flip it entirely and make a heavy tank that can barely fly, but has copious guns and rockets and can withstand bigger hit.
The freedom in approach has always been there- not just since Elden Ring.

And as far as I'm aware, I don't think there's fall damage from falling a great height? At least, I don't believe that was ever an issue in past games!

As someone who's been in it since AC2, I am all in for this!

@BadPlayerOne Better ask John Carpenter! 😉

@BadPlayerOne a 'b' movie, certainly- (a great one, at that!)- and a huge source of inspiration for Hideo Kojima, who literally stole the name, so let's not "pooh-pooh" the fact too much? 😉

@Nepp67 Absolutely this! After the edgerunners anime, I'm glad they're going back to rethink how to make having more individular and "super-human" characters possible, with all the enhancements and stuff. More in line with how everyone thought it was gonna be at launch, really!

I personally really disliked the art style, and echoing many, feel that contemporary rap being shoveled into every trailer is getting a bit ridiculous. Otherwise? Looks fine, but nothing so special, just not especially bad.

Remember seeing this a while back... looks good to me!

@FatalBubbles Yeah, a friend was keen on FF16, but once he heard I'd grabbed Diablo, he had to jump ship! Coop for the win!

@Marquez I thought I'd play after work "just for an hour". Yeah... right...

@Gaia093 Days of Play was pretty lacklustre, yup. Best thing is the subscription price cuts!

Pretty darn good sale! But just copped Diablo IV, so I won't have any spare time for a while...

@thefourfoldroot1 no co-op necessary!

I like the idea, but if it's essentially useless outside of the home, don't see why you wouldn't just go for the backbone device and play via remote play on your phone (assuming it's got a good enough screen!). That at least allows for streaming?
I don't stream games anyway, so I would theoretically be the ideal candidate for such a device, but even I wouldn't have that much use for it!

@ORO_ERICIUS I beseech you to play Divinity 2! It's not an actiony rpg or hack and slash like Diablo, however, but a crpg )or tactical rpg, if you like), but the gane is incredible! Fantastic writing, huge amount of flexibility in how you approach it and genuinely one of my most played and enjoyed games ever. This will get you hyped for Baldur's Gate 3!

@3Above You stay with that lady for life, sir! 😉

God of War in 2022: Becomes more 'party' based, rounds Kratos' character, grounds the action to more intimate settings.

FfXVI in 2023: Loses the party focus, becomes about 1 man's quest for revenge, is all about combat, and action; fights literal 'gods' (I.e. Eikons) in giant set pieces.

Did the two top titles of their respective fields just do a genre swap? 🤔

Is Billie Eyelash- while admittedly, potentially may be hellspawn- really that relevant to a game like Diablo 4? I feel like 'Slayer', or some other doom-drenched metal band would have been thematically more fitting...

I would really dig a (local?) Coop game, with exceptional production values, and solid gameplay. Something that could play a bit like darksiders genesis, with kratos and atreus together, utilising their different styles and skills... or something like that!

@Ravix I think you got it spot on there- not about (just) production values, jank, tone or graphics- which can all vary immensely- but that sense of wonder. ER was my game of last year, and one of very few games that have had me glued to it and still enjoying, after 200 hours. No doubt I'd feel similarly for BOTW or TOTK... but I don't have a switch, so can't compare. But fond memories of Windwaker and OoT confirm that for me.

So, after all the whacky changes and exaggeration for everyone else, Hworang's character design actually becomes less biker-pirate, and more of a normalised martial artist. 🤔
Playstyle is looking good though!

@Shinishii was that one not just called 'Mortal Kombat'? Further adding to the confusion....

But I guess you're right! MK 1-3 it is!

@Orpheus79V @Voltan
Maybe they'll go the Final Fantasy route and call it MK 1-2 😅

@Shinnok789 It's true. The end of aftermath basically shows that the series is getting a reboot, back to the past and re-writing the story, no?

@rachetmarvel I actually just forgot, but thanks for reminding me!

Time to invest...

Fighter Z was a great 3v3 team battler.
Now just re-make Budokai tenkaichi 3 and that'll easily be another 10 mil.

@rachetmarvel This really isn't true... pretty much any fighting game released before online multiplayer was a thing had an extensive character selection without paid dlc? Any Tekken game before 7, (I'd say as a guess), most MK games prior to MK9? PS2 Soul Calibur... etc.

I genuinely laughed when I first saw how scarce SFV was, in terms of options. This, on the other hand, has me very impressed! All fighting games going forward should take a leaf out of this- there's really no reason not to include a robust single player option in any fighting game. Just smacks (no punch intended) of laziness!

@Thrillho Great games! Blitter Boy was my favourite back then!

@wiiware I had a blast playing that- even (or especially?) as a non-fan of racing games... coop was great fun, even after my gf turned out to be better at it than me!

Objectively, it's fine- but subjectively: "meh". Not crap, per se, but not enough wide appeal to keep everyone but a very niche crowd happy. The 1 game I'd play, I already have, so I can't say it's a total wipeout, but neither can I say I'm pleased... PS plus needs to start including games that are a bit less divisive, in that sense, as last month seemed objectively better!

@Lumic I'd say 'wait for another sale'. I had been tempted to get it for a while and eventually picked it up with all the dlc (ultimate edition?) for about 40 quid, so, given dlc is approx £20, that makes the base game £20 also!
It has been selling for £40 physical in some places, so while this is the cheapest price it's been in a while, in a sense, it isn't the best value?
An enjoyable game though, once you get past the schlocky script and graphics!

Hmm. Yup. Absolutely nothing here for me! Not a fan of racing games (generally), and the one game I'd be keen on (Chivalry 2) I have, already.
Hopefully this means we'll see a big resurgence in the latter, which is soon to get cross platform parties, and I'll otherwise clear up my backlog!

Was really hoping for Sifu, or Cult of the Lamb, mind. 🥲

@ShogunRok Yeah, lovely! That double speed and 4x XP gains will be my go to, for sure. Certainly takes the slog out of the grind!

@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy Ah, I thought that was the case (think I read that article a while back?) But just wanted to double check. Great about VII, too- just added it to my wishlist! After beating the remake, and crisis core, I'm kind of keen to blast through all the originals again. Cheers!

Might just be enough to convince me to hop on board the sacrificial train...

Can you confirm if the extra options (boost mode, etc.) disable trophies? @ShogunRok

I'd maybe be keen to blast through the originals, but wouldn't want to lock myself out of unlocking any goodies!

Best way to improve it, would be to scrap it all and start again...

To think gamers the world over had held out in high hopes that this would deliver where 'Gotham Knights' failed, only to receive this tripe and realise it was actually that much worse!

How hard can it be to make a DC multiplayer/ squad based action-adventure rpg. Hell, there was already a fantastic ps2 era 'Justice League' game that did it pretty much perfectly. All they had to do was bring the environment, interaction and controls up to par with contemporary standards, swap the league for the Squad, and job done!

@Splat play Crisis Core Reunion, if you haven't already? Some similarities, (only 1 playable character, mind), but some cool twists with equipping and using materia. Feels like a solid middle-ground to me.

What I dislike about the recent spate of trime games, is they've severely nerfed the wizard and made him completely unviable for combat situations. In 2, he at least had ways of controlling enemies and potentially crushing them (with boxes), which was dropped (no pun intended) thereafter. I think the game plays better when you can, technically, stick to a single character and still solo every puzzle.

@Allfather it's true!

Cross-platform, hopefully can allow up to 4 people locally and online, and I'd love for coop support on story mode, but this is looking great! Had some fantastic times on bomberman on the ps3 with 7 controllers all synced up!

If it's not incredibly overpriced, looks nice and functions well, I may be tempted to dip on this! I do quite like playing games in bed on a lazy day, so actually being able to play my ps5 without moving room sounds good to me!

@ShogunRok so true! A solid 8 or so rounds, with each character facing their canon rival for the penultimate. Intros and outros, both, and this let's you unlock a new character. Classic Tekken.

@Unlucky13 It's so much better than it looks, and it looks like a charming, pixel castlevania. It's also free, so you may as well try it.

Classes seemed a bit dull to me... I did a quick run with barb and necro. The 1st was a bit boring, although I liked the use of 3 weapons for different skills, and necro was totally OP, plus quite similar to D3.
I understand D3 isn't much liked tonally, which I get, but felt the paladin and witch doctor were quite cool/ fun classes respectively, whereas here, things felt a bit bland after a few hours of using the same skills.

@Colour You had me at 8 hour plat 😉

@Keyblade-Dan the rules of Tekken know no bounds!

@Keyblade-Dan it was Gon, indeed! Haha...

That's a shame, but about as much as I expected 😅

@Uncharted2007 or the little dinosaur...