[General Discussion] What have you been playing this week?

el niche said:
I did it... I.finally.did.it.

I had been craving for a game with good combat (preferably beefy sword combat). Tried in the past 6 months: Nioh 2, WoLong, FF7R, CodeVein, Godfall, DMC5, MHRise, Astral Chain, Tales of Arise, God Eater 3, Wild Hearts and a few others. There are some good ones there for sure (esp Nioh 2). I didn't want to try Sekiro because of the difficulty and because Soulslike havent really clicked with me (ex: Elden Ring).
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Quoting your post from over a year ago, coz why the fuck not!

I'm going through the exact same phase now. Finally finished Ghost of Tsushima IKI island, but I had to change to Lethal Difficulty, which made the game ultra realistic and super fun. One/two sword slashes getting you killed. The way they implemented this difficulty is fantastic, coz it works both ways and you can also kill with one/two hits.

But Tsushima left this hunger for more meaty, impactful and challenging sword games.

I'm still waiting for Sekiro to go on sale and I will grab it then, but in the meantime I tried few others.
Didn't like Wo Long. Having dodge and deflect under one button is an absolute moronic idea and I just could not play like this.
Wild Hearts and MH Rise were also crap. Felt like a cheap copies of MH World.

But I got remastered PS5 bundle of Nioh/Nioh 2 with all the DLCs and my God - this is Da Bomb. Never played any of them, so I started from Nioh 1 and I haven't had that much fun since Dark Souls 1. Whatever they did with this franchise after just did not sit with me. None of the later Dark Souls, nor Elden Ring ever worked for me. I tried Elden Ring 4 times and it's just clunky and I feel like I was trying to swing weapons under water.

But Nioh combat is crisp like Pringles and smooth like baby's bum. And I heard that second part is a step up again.
I've been stuck on second boss for two days but it's a first this type of game in ages, where I didn't think of uninstalling, just wanted to beat her.

Anyhoo - out of all others that you tried - any of them hit the spot? Any of them worth playing? Or maybe you found some new ones?
(Apart from Sekiro - this one I'm getting 100%)
 
Today I played the demo of "anger foot" which is released today also. Maybe I will buy it on sale. 25€ is a good price but maybe a bit heavy for an indie game.
The soundtrack is so god damn facking awesome! I love the music. :SNACK::COOL::BOUNCE:
 
Emroth said:
Quoting your post from over a year ago, coz why the fuck not!

I'm going through the exact same phase now. Finally finished Ghost of Tsushima IKI island, but I had to change to Lethal Difficulty, which made the game ultra realistic and super fun. One/two sword slashes getting you killed. The way they implemented this difficulty is fantastic, coz it works both ways and you can also kill with one/two hits.

But Tsushima left this hunger for more meaty, impactful and challenging sword games.

I'm still waiting for Sekiro to go on sale and I will grab it then, but in the meantime I tried few others.
Didn't like Wo Long. Having dodge and deflect under one button is an absolute moronic idea and I just could not play like this.
Wild Hearts and MH Rise were also crap. Felt like a cheap copies of MH World.

But I got remastered PS5 bundle of Nioh/Nioh 2 with all the DLCs and my God - this is Da Bomb. Never played any of them, so I started from Nioh 1 and I haven't had that much fun since Dark Souls 1. Whatever they did with this franchise after just did not sit with me. None of the later Dark Souls, nor Elden Ring ever worked for me. I tried Elden Ring 4 times and it's just clunky and I feel like I was trying to swing weapons under water.

But Nioh combat is crisp like Pringles and smooth like baby's bum. And I heard that second part is a step up again.
I've been stuck on second boss for two days but it's a first this type of game in ages, where I didn't think of uninstalling, just wanted to beat her.

Anyhoo - out of all others that you tried - any of them hit the spot? Any of them worth playing? Or maybe you found some new ones?
(Apart from Sekiro - this one I'm getting 100%)
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I really enjoyed Nioh 2 (didnt play Nioh 1 as most recommendations said just to do Nioh 2 as it improved in most ways). unfortunately I hadnt played it in a while and tried it again and completely forgot to play and I just didnt want to get frustratd learning everything again. I completely lost my rhythm.
But I did enjoy it a lot when I was into it.

Besides the ones I mentioned I just went with Sekiro and it just became one of my favorite games (I do not like soulslike games) but Sekiro to me is on another level. I enjoyed the combat too much, no special weapons, just you and your sword which you get 3min after starting and will take you to the end of the game.

The only platinum trophy I ever got was Sekiro. I still log in once in a while just to do a boss run. Hope you can get it on sale soon. I sucked for quite a while in that game, but then it clicks and you feel like a total badass.

I have to try GoT, I have it in my library I just dont feel like doing an open world game now... But I do want to try it as it looks fantastic.
 
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Actually just completed Suicide Squad, KTJL, but this extra DLCs not sure if I'm going to manage.

Was a bit repetitive, but loved the story, just not sure if I can be bothered with the grinding levels and waiting for for DLCs to drop to continue the story.

Just loaded up Rise of the Ronin, so will see how that goes.

Also got on the side to play Blade Runner game (the old click and point) and Mass Effect Andromeda.

Before Suicide Squad played Avatar, really enjoyed that, will see if I can be bothered about DLCs though.


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fd1972uk said:
Just loaded up Rise of the Ronin, so will see how that goes
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Let us know how it was. It's the same crowd that did Nioh 1/2 and I love Nioh's combat. It's their first stab at open world game. I heard that it's not a looker, but the combat is solid.
 
fd1972uk said:
Actually just completed Suicide Squad, KTJL, but this extra DLCs not sure if I'm going to manage.

Was a bit repetitive, but loved the story, just not sure if I can be bothered with the grinding levels and waiting for for DLCs to drop to continue the story.

Just loaded up Rise of the Ronin, so will see how that goes.

Also got on the side to play Blade Runner game (the old click and point) and Mass Effect Andromeda.

Before Suicide Squad played Avatar, really enjoyed that, will see if I can be bothered about DLCs though.


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I love the original Blade Runner, but never played the game, I've heard it's good though. Let us know how it goes.
 
Due to weather this summer, haymaking has been slow and I have had unusually long stretches of time to play. This is annoying, but what hasn't been annoying is playing the Mass Effect Trilogy, which I have now finished. It has been a while since a game has hooked me like these three. Maybe the Witcher 3, my favourite game so far, and these are actually not far from knocking it of the top perch!
Remarkably, unlike Witcher 3, which I finished and pretty much haven't touched since, I wouldn't mind giving Mass Effect 2 and 3 another go. 1 is maybe just a bit too tedious with the multiple driving bits, and although the planet scanning in 2 is also fairly tedious, the whole game is just so much more polished.
I turned on 3 the same night I finished 2, on a total high after I got through it with only one character (which I didn't really care much for) dead after the famous suicide mission and a generally good ending. The ending to 3 was not as pleasant, but still quite good story wise. Just one little thing happened there which I would like to rectify
Shepard dies - it makes total sense in the story but since I know I CAN avoid it, I would like to.
and I think I might even go through the whole thing again, with different romance options pursued, now knowing what I have to do for that better ending.

I watched Nextlander play through Andromeda a couple of years ago as I was pretty sure I would never bring myself to play the trilogy, so I wouldn't really care about any spoilers. And although I basically remember nothing from the plot I have little to no interest in playing it. I do remember that they reintroduced driving parts which is frankly bizarre, by far the most boring part of 1.
I already talked a bunch about 1 and 2 and 3 is in many ways equal to 2. There are a couple of new things introduced, especially in the combat, where you now have options to dodge. But like 2 the cover and jumping over things being on the same button is sometimes a hassle. I find myself pressing x multiple time just to vault over a box or whatever waist-high object is in the way. But the whole shooting part is still fun as ever. Story is also pretty much on par with two but I have to give top place to part 2 for giving you the option to carry a nuke launcher.

But all three games make an excellent package and are still well worth playing through today. I was comtemplating skipping 1 altogether but I am really glad I didn't as these games are all about relationships with your crew and those characters you bring all the way. For my very last mission I took a long look at my crew and selected two of my most loyal crewmates from the first game to close the circle.

Really happy to have finally played through these epic games.
 
Andromeda is a very rushed and poor attempt to add something to the story.
I have tried to get through it three times, the third time I even got quite far, but it was unfun, stiff and cringe experience overall. I don't recommend you to play it, as it will leave bad after taste after epic trilogy.
It's funny how we met so many different characters throughout the game, but when it came to the most important missions -
for me there were always Garrus and Wrex - the two coolest mofos in the crew.
I remember how simple side mission of
just hanging out with Garrus in part 3 of the game, after so much we have been through, I remember how happy this mission made me. No romance, no stupid bullshit, just two mates having the craic after being through some shit.
Thought it was brilliant.
I always claimed that if these games were just three separate parts - they would never have such impact. But because you can continue a story of one character and everyone at the end remembers your choices from part 1 - all this creates this epicness that haven't been replicated since.
I'm actually baffled how no other games used this mechanics of giving us an option to continue one save.
 
I replayed and recompleted Knights of the Old Republic.
Re-did it and completed all the side quests this time.
Must admit really enjoyed it, it is so good playing a game with an actual story again - Although Manaan really sucked and was so slow.

Graphically it is still playable as they aren't that bad for a 20 year old game.
The only issues with it was how people take the piss out of old games as other characters just stand there and completely get in your way so your constantly having to run round them or switch to someone else so your not stuck.

There are other glitches on PC which are caused by newer hardware same as FIFA 16 you have to lock the game to 60FPS or you get loads of weird glitching and screen jolts.

Still hoping at some point the remake is released, although it is still under development the original studio were kicked from the project.
 
Had mafia 3 on disc and mafia 2 (360) but they're gone so I bought the mafia bundle for 9ish Euro
Still have my save files for them so planning to played them (already finished M2 before,)
And also Witcher 3 got some love from me today, besides that Pes 20 a lot
 
Mainly I’ve been playing everybody’s golf for PS2. Trying to unlock the last 3 characters. Also I’ve been playing Tomb Raider anniversary and a bit of Mr Driller for GameCube.
 
rockstrongo said:
Been off and on with The Witcher 3, never really caught on, until now when i turned of most of my hud (just kept stamina etc) mainly turning off the mini map made it so immersive
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I don't know why but modern games can fuck the immersion up with their HUD so damn often.. now Witcher 3 is not exactly modern game, but same principle applies.

Last 2 or 3 years I started turning everything from the HUD off. Minimaps, auto aim, enemy levels, enemy health bars, even my own health bar.

I'm only leaving quest markers, so I know where to go.
Some games are becoming very difficult with none of this on, but then I just turn the difficulty down to easy.
I prefer to have an immersive experience on easy than being hand held on hard, with all this shit covering half of my screen.
 
Emroth said:
I don't know why but modern games can fuck the immersion up with their HUD so damn often.. now Witcher 3 is not exactly modern game, but same principle applies.

Last 2 or 3 years I started turning everything from the HUD off. Minimaps, auto aim, enemy levels, enemy health bars, even my own health bar.

I'm only leaving quest markers, so I know where to go.
Some games are becoming very difficult with none of this on, but then I just turn the difficulty down to easy.
I prefer to have an immersive experience on easy than being hand held on hard, with all this shit covering half of my screen.
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Such a difference having all turned off, it becomes way to linear otherwise.
Agree, much rather have it set to an easier difficulty without all the helpers on.
Pretty much same thing for football games , rather have a nice cam angle and PA0 on professional/TP than mashing buttons on superstar and above with a zoomed out cam and PA1
Really got hooked on this, so glad I have a lot to discover, haven't even been and seen the Baron yet

Plus you really play the game it should be played having hud off
 
rockstrongo said:
Pretty much same thing for football games , rather have a nice cam angle and PA0 on professional/TP than mashing buttons on superstar and above
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That's exactly it. I didn't want to directly compare it to football games and me playing on manual+lower difficulty, coz I know manual is slightly controversial topic, but that's exactly what I was thinking when I was writing this.
 
Emroth said:
That's exactly it. I didn't want to directly compare it to football games and me playing on manual+lower difficulty, coz I know manual is slightly controversial topic, but that's exactly what I was thinking when I was writing this.
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I absolutely get it and feel the same way.
Some think player traits/skills gets lost by playing manual, and could be the case, but other stuff is way more important, like placing a long ball exactly where you where you want, in to space instead of on to their feet, so much freedom opens up playing it
 
I've been hooked to Motorsport Manager for about a week.

Recently I've discovered a mod that allows you to play between the 95 and 02 season; after choosing BAR with Jacques Villeneuve and Olivier Panis at the wheel, we've managed to finish 7th in the 2002 constructor table as Panis won 6 points for us.

The 2003 season started by signing Mercedes as a motorist and improving the car slowly. We've managed to pick a point in Albert Park as Villeneuve redeemed himself finishing 6th.

We've got a long way to go but BAR's present is rock solid 🫡
 
Emroth said:
Andromeda is a very rushed and poor attempt to add something to the story.
I have tried to get through it three times, the third time I even got quite far, but it was unfun, stiff and cringe experience overall. I don't recommend you to play it, as it will leave bad after taste after epic trilogy.
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Ironically, the end game is actully the best part - the bigger picture finally starts to reveal itself, you finally get a grasp of what the fuck is going on in galaxy.
Foundation for sequel(s) was definitely there, but the overall "quality" and reception made sure there were none. Heck, "personal relations" being arguably the most polished part in the Bioware game says it all.
 
Really trying each day to learn a few more systems in Flight Simulator. Been watching tutorials to fly the Airbus A320, but its complex, but would love to do an international flight. For now turboprops. Cant wait for MSFS2024

And Diablo 4, perfect to shut off brain and blast. Changing a few builds here and there as I haven't gotten good gear so far. Really enjoying the game in season 4 and 5 after not being impressed on release.

Taking a break from College Football as I didnt recruit a punter/kicker and my season went to shit because could barely hit an extra point/FG. ruined my season.
 
Had 3 weeks off. As we were on holidays for 2 weeks, I dusted off my Switch and bought Balatro, a "roguelike deck-building pokerlike cardgame" and played quite a few rounds in the early mornings or evenings. It's really addictive but the texts are so goddamn small which is really annoying.

Last week at home I cleared some open quests in AC: Odyssey. I'm almost 100 hours in and finished the main story line long ago. Now I'm returning every now and then for some quests.

Mafia Remake. Never played the original one so I was happy when it came to the gamepass. Finished it yesterday. Nice one, enjoyed it.
 
rockstrongo said:
Absolutely nothing since I'm on vacation with my gf.
It's 2024 , we put a man on the Moon in -69 and still no hotels with a console included in the room.
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED I TELL YOU!!!
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About 10 years ago we were on vacation in a hotel in Mallorca, where they had 4 or 5 gaming machines somewhere in a floor. On one of them was PES 2011. 😃
On another one was Need for Speed Underground, the rest I don't remember.
 
shumway said:
About 10 years ago we were on vacation in a hotel in Mallorca, where they had 4 or 5 gaming machines somewhere in a floor. On one of them was PES 2011. 😃
On another one was Need for Speed Underground, the rest I don't remember.
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That s how its done my friend
 
Came home sunday afternoon and played PES 21 and The Witcher 3 for about 4-5 hrs
Yesterday i topped that with 8-10 hrs of the same games.
And yes its nice living on your own
 
Thanks to some help from beautiful soul called @geeeeee - I have finally managed to install emulators on my Series X.

And for the last week or so I have been going through nostalgia trip, playing Pes5 and Pes6.
Well... Playing is a big word... I was editing all the teams, kits, creating sponsors and logos pixel by pixel. My God how fun this is!
Id say 50% of fun I had with all old PES games was editing them!

I remember adding entire Bundesliga and creating each player from scratch with their looks, physique and stats from internet.

Anyhoo - finally finished all the teams and was ready to start ML and accidentally stumbled upon a video for another emulator, so installed this one and now I'm editing Pes2013. 😂

But I played few games on that and my God how smooth and responsive this game is, while also maintaining realistic animations and flow... Absolute gem!
I really did not remember how good this game is!
 
Emroth said:
Thanks to some help from beautiful soul called @geeeeee - I have finally managed to install emulators on my Series X.

And for the last week or so I have been going through nostalgia trip, playing Pes5 and Pes6.
Well... Playing is a big word... I was editing all the teams, kits, creating sponsors and logos pixel by pixel. My God how fun this is!
Id say 50% of fun I had with all old PES games was editing them!

I remember adding entire Bundesliga and creating each player from scratch with their looks, physique and stats from internet.

Anyhoo - finally finished all the teams and was ready to start ML and accidentally stumbled upon a video for another emulator, so installed this one and now I'm editing Pes2013. 😂

But I played few games on that and my God how smooth and responsive this game is, while also maintaining realistic animations and flow... Absolute gem!
I really did not remember how good this game is!
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Well that opened up a can of worms :LOL:
 
Emroth said:
Thanks to some help from beautiful soul called @geeeeee - I have finally managed to install emulators on my Series X.

And for the last week or so I have been going through nostalgia trip, playing Pes5 and Pes6.
Well... Playing is a big word... I was editing all the teams, kits, creating sponsors and logos pixel by pixel. My God how fun this is!
Id say 50% of fun I had with all old PES games was editing them!

I remember adding entire Bundesliga and creating each player from scratch with their looks, physique and stats from internet.

Anyhoo - finally finished all the teams and was ready to start ML and accidentally stumbled upon a video for another emulator, so installed this one and now I'm editing Pes2013. 😂

But I played few games on that and my God how smooth and responsive this game is, while also maintaining realistic animations and flow... Absolute gem!
I really did not remember how good this game is!
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how was the process of installing the emulator? is it another app like any game? or are you in dev mode and cannot run regular xsx games?
Im interested in this if it's a straightforward process and doesn't mess up the current ssd. I'm up for some old pes13 and gran turismo on the xcx
 
el niche said:
how was the process of installing the emulator? is it another app like any game? or are you in dev mode and cannot run regular xsx games?
Im interested in this if it's a straightforward process and doesn't mess up the current ssd. I'm up for some old pes13 and gran turismo on the xcx
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I'm not gonna lie - the process was an absolute pain in the bollox. :LOL:

You do need a Dev Mode, but you can very easily switch between the two.

The whole process, as I said, was a pain, but only up until you start to understand how it all works.
I would compare it to installing option files. Back in the day I was getting very confused on which boxes to tick, should I update this, or that and it was messy.
Until one day I understood how it all works and never needed anymore guides since.

It's like this here. Took me a gust of a day, where I got really frustrated and had to give up at the end, but then I continued in the morning and realized that I was about 90% done previous day. And the video guides are really well done.
Just few moments that might trip you up, but that's where me, or @geeeeee can help.

I was supposed to install one emulator and now I have three - one for PS1, one for PS2 and one for PS3.
So it can't be that hard.

I'm more than happy to assist anybody and forward all the guides that I used, so if anybody wants - hit me up on private.

geeeeee said:
Well that opened up a can of worms :LOL:
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That's what you get for being nice! :LOL:
Just send them all my way, while it's all fresh in my head. 😁


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One last thing, @el niche - you will need external drive for this and it has to be formatted to be used as Media, so if you are using one for Xbox games - this won't work unfortunately.
 
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