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I got a fancy 1TB Steam Deck OLED this week.

I’ve been jumping between Beyond Galaxy Land, Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Dead Space 3 and Half-Life 2.

Loving it!

@Ralizah yep, so far so good! Playing Half Life 2 and Beyond Galaxy Land. Any particular favourites?

Yeah I mean I have a Vita, 3DS, Switch, RG35XX and as of yesterday a Steam Deck OLED, so sign me up!

I’ve always enjoyed handhelds, the vast majority of the time sat on the sofa or in bed, although I hammered my Vita back when I had 2 hours of commuting a day on the tube.

@amatmulisha yep I have added it to my library so I can download anytime. They did the same with Half Life 1 recently, but I forgot to add that one 🥺

What a dream, getting my Deck on Monday and this was to be my first purchase!

I played Lego Lord of the Rings for about 15 minutes once. No thanks!!

I'm still getting a Steam Deck (and/or a Switch 2!)

@silverspeed Yes, both Red Alert and Retaliation were available on PS1. So when I hear people complain that you need a mouse and keyboard for games like Age of Empires 2 I know for a fact that is not true as I used to fly around on a D-pad back in the day! Interestingly, you can also play RA on the Vita through the PS1 Classics catalogue. But now that I mention it, from memory it had difficulty processing the music without lag... Hmm..

Good to hear they work on the Deck, looking forward to playing them again soon. Enjoy!

@Vaako007 I didn’t play too much of Zero Hour, which is a shame because I was mad for the base game for quite a while. But by the time the expansion came out I had kind of moved on. Generals is pretty underrated IMO although I can see why fans of the old games might not have gelled with it. The soundtrack for USA got me so pumped!

@silverspeed Enjoy! I just used to play Red Alert skirmish on repeat, on PS1, and a lot of Generals later on. I am going to get a Steamdeck in the near future, wonder if it’s compatible 🧐

I was always a much bigger C&C fan, but I would love this.

I do love me some Croc. Always reminded me of a reptilian Lara Croft with his little brown back pack.

(This is my 10,000th comment! 🎉🎉🎉)

@naruball it does suck for developers who are now unexpectedly out of a job, likely with rent/mortgage to pay in a flat close to the studio where they will now need to move or compete with everyone else in the area for any other industry jobs that might exist. Not nice having to go through that, or think about relocating, especially if you have a partner/family. Perhaps they are in the process of buying a home or have just booked a holiday.

If it were me I’d probably be thinking about doing something else for a year or two and hope the industry sorts itself out a bit.

@Korgon the surprise, really, was just that it happened so quickly. A lot of the signs pointed towards this being the outcome after 6, 12, 18 months, as is often the case. I guess they just knew they could not throw any more money at it, even if to just save some face.

On the plus side, I assume the developers got paid a salary, and hopefully got some sort of severance package now. It’s a shame the job isn’t ongoing, but I suppose it’s typical for many contracts to end once a game is completed.

Looks pretty good to be fair. Just had a look on Eurogamer and they seemed to love it. One to pick up!

I have been fooling around on Tears of the Kingdom this morning, 250 hours in and just enjoying exploring everything and the scenery, really.

Some more of that, and some Resi 4 remake!

I went a different direction and got Resi 4 Remake in the current sale, really happy with it so far.

Will grab Silent Hill soon, but when you can wait a year and get these games for £10-£20 it does make you stop and think…

I’m continuing a playthrough of Resi 6 with a friend, and actually having a lot of fun with it this time round. Really gone up in my estimations this has. Just finished Jake’s campaign, we are going to do Ada next.

@REALAIS @Titntin ah, sorry for the misinformation. That’s really good, then.

D3 just has a better rhythm and flow to the combat, and while the story is silly I found the d4 plot really dry and pretty complicated with all the names they throw at you. Plus d3 sends enemies ragdolling when you plough through them in ways 4 does not!

@Titntin don’t think d4 has couch co-op, does it? Unless it comes with this expansion.

Can’t really get on with d4 myself either, it’s okay for 20-30 hours but I put 100s into D3. It’s just more fun to play!

Could be good, cycling is fun!

I was really excited for this back in the day, watched and read whatever I could about it, loved the first one, then it came out and I just.. didn’t buy it.

I know what the story is about, loosely. I will get it before the end of the year for sure. Looking forward to playing it finally. I love the genre and I am positive it’s top tier stuff.

@Owyn that's because it's been confirmed.

Still chipping away at my second Pillars of Eternity 2 playthrough. Trying to complete all quests. Hit the level cap, done the DLC. Sort of wrapping up!

@Loamy @Kidfunkadelic83 @Northern_munkey https://www.pushsquare.com/forums/help_feedback_suggestions/changes_to_our_block_user_feature#reply-12

Spiders and skeletons are by far my two favourite enemies to kill in games. And spiders in real life are pretty cool. Bed bugs, now they suck.

You mean like how PS2 paved the way for PS3? And how I got out of bed this morning before I took a dump? Gotcha.

That's interesting. I thought I would like this but struggled to get into it, partly due to the long introduction being a flashback. For some reason that wound me up..!

Yeah people were hungry for a big RPG on PS4. Good timing.

It’s not too expensive, there is just little reason for most people to go for it over a regular PS5 (which in itself, you could argue there has not been many good reasons to get).

@ShogunRok The table should be larger (or extendable) - I want to see everyone’s, plus my own ranking when I inevitably get 3/10! Where is my £3 a month going??? WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY.

Well, when they come in at £499 for the PS6 it’ll look like great value

I thought this article was going to be job interview tips and stuff.

@colonelkilgore probably helps a lot going in with such low expectations, but it was not what was expected back at launch! I’d love to give it another go if they ever give me the means to on a modern PlayStation console, though.

I am playing the brilliant Alien: Isolation again. That encounter with the 4 humans an hour or so in is still a real hump to get over, but you quickly get a revolver, some schematics and the motion detector afterwards and things get a lot more manageable.

So it didn’t beat the haters? Huh.

I do admire the dedication to this, or anything, really. But at the same time, if you have three days to drop on this without a moments notice, I start to get a bit judgey.

I played a good chunk of it on iphone. It isn't exactly bad, but it all feels a bit "lite", in keeping with games like I Am Setsuna, etc.

Maybe it's a bit more compelling on a home console.

They should throw us a curve ball, buy the rights to SSX3 and remake that instead, with all the original tunes.

@yazzika you got it wrong, it’s “their taking the hobbits to Isengard!”

I held off and got a new copy of Callisto Protocol for £5.99 last weekend 😂

@PrettyPawsome I still don't buy it, personally. Who is completing surveys for Capcom? Not the general buying public, I'd say.

I'm not saying the games might not be cool, and certainly there is demand for them but if the Resident Evil remakes are the benchmark, I don't see Dino Crises being as successful for Capcom. That said, they are fast running out of things to remake!

In my opinion, a vocal minority want more Dino Crises and it would be a waste of money for Capcom to remake the last games. Although they are doing alright so perhaps have the money to be charitable!

It’s a cool idea in theory, but it’s a fair justification for not doing it. I’m not sure where you’d even start nailing the cultural satire as a complete outsider.

A sequel or (more boring/likely) a remake will happen eventually, it's a total no brainer for Sony.

I mean, it looks better than you’d think it would.

I blitzed through the original red faction this weekend, and thought about getting this but I never really got along with Timesplitters back in the day. Always felt like one of the only people who didn’t “get it”!

Red Faction 1, started yesterday evening and hopefully have it finished today. Its been fun to blast through, once I played around with the default controls a bit.

It’s my favourite of the 3 by far 🤷‍♂️