Disco Elysium, mostly. I got Halo MCC, so I'll play a bit of that if I get the time. Also Demon's Souls
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Those hitting their backlogs over Christmas...what are you playing?
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Currently doing Metro Exodus on XB1X. I bought it at launch for $43 and then it went on Game Pass a few months later. At least I can play the game without putting the disc in - that's good, I guess?
Getting to TWD: The Final Season episode 4 next week. This season has some crazy twists.
Getting to TWD: The Final Season episode 4 next week. This season has some crazy twists.
Final Fantasy 15 and Dissidia NT.
The 3v3 isnt so good on dissidia though. Oki is meh on a lot of folks so it's mainly fish for knockdown and swap targets a lot trying to score the triple knockdown to be awarded a ko victory. Kos only coming from hp attacks is dumb and I think it limited them on how far they could've pushed the combat in this. It's far better balanced than playstation all stars was with it's only one move kills thing though.
Mainly it's that downed folk cant take damage and have delayed wakeups that makes its rhythm so stop start. HP attacks cant be blocked so you dont hover around a body after knockdown and many spells take too long to setup after knockdown. Generally they just hit jump and dash to fly then homing dash away if you try it and are at advantage usually vs an Anti air attempt if you wanted this scenario.
It's close. But it needs a few tweaks is all I'm saying to really make it sing.
Ff15 is a gem though.
The 3v3 isnt so good on dissidia though. Oki is meh on a lot of folks so it's mainly fish for knockdown and swap targets a lot trying to score the triple knockdown to be awarded a ko victory. Kos only coming from hp attacks is dumb and I think it limited them on how far they could've pushed the combat in this. It's far better balanced than playstation all stars was with it's only one move kills thing though.
Mainly it's that downed folk cant take damage and have delayed wakeups that makes its rhythm so stop start. HP attacks cant be blocked so you dont hover around a body after knockdown and many spells take too long to setup after knockdown. Generally they just hit jump and dash to fly then homing dash away if you try it and are at advantage usually vs an Anti air attempt if you wanted this scenario.
It's close. But it needs a few tweaks is all I'm saying to really make it sing.
Ff15 is a gem though.
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Just keep plugging away honestly. The more deaths, the little bit more forgiving. Use lots of different things to see which you get along with and unlock all the flasks for health ASAP!
The grind complaints aren't really applicable to me because I do every single side quest anyway (except the gray "repeatable" ones that don't have a real story). I've never once had to go away and do something I don't want to in order to level up.
But I guess if you weren't someone concerned with missing story / lore and therefore not doing all side quests, then you may find yourself in a position where you have to go and do them.
Currently I've not played much except a few rounds of Smash. I'll be jumping on Halo tomorrow evening and probably playing we Pokemon during the down time in the day.
I've got some time to myself next week so may try and finish up Fallen Order.
I've got some time to myself next week so may try and finish up Fallen Order.
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How many badges do you have? I've just gotten my sixth, my team has totally changed as I had a lot of high level evolving Pokemon (Rhydon, Pangolin and Abomasnow just all evolved) and my team now feels mega! I might dump Abomasnow though if i find something cool or he doesn't learn any new moves. Maybe for a Steelix.
What do you do for work?!
Continuing Assassins creed series. Dropped it after revelations. I beat black flag earlier this year and have unity, syndicate, origins, and odyssey purchased. Gold editions of origins and odyssey to boot. Currently playing the remastered version of III that came with odyssey gold.
I might finally start final fantasy xv as well if I get bored of assassins creed.
I might finally start final fantasy xv as well if I get bored of assassins creed.
Fininshed Untitled Goose Game and Gato Roboto today. I think I should be able to beat We Know the Devil, Heaven Will Be Mine, Rose of Winter, Frog Detective 1, Donut County, Chuchel, Pilgrims, and maybe 1 or 2 more games before the New Year.
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AC Odyssey. Over 100 hours in and now I just want to fully focus on quests instead of exploring every corner. I think I've uncovered the entire map now but this game just feels too big.
Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess. I never had any Nintendo console before the Wii, and around a decade ago I decided to play through Nintendo's back catalogue, pretty much in release order. Usually play a mainline Mario or Zelda every Christmas, but I'm getting itchy fit to play Breath of the Wild and Odyssey so I've taken on two of them this year. Might speed it up even further and play Galaxy 2 in the summer, then 3D World and Skyward Sword next Christmas.
Played Darksiders 3 for the first time on Game Pass, and I'm pretty sure it became my new GOTY 2018. It's REALLY good.
I still have Pokemon Shield on standby for when friends do raids (or whenever I feel like killing time breeding things) but I think in the new year I'll start swapping out for something else. Death Stranding's still on the PS4, I'm trying for the Platinum and I haven't found any of the post-game delivery stuff tedious yet so I guess that game really has a hold on me. (I worry about that last pizza delivery, though.) I think I might slip in the Persona dancing games after that just to get them out of the way; I picked them up for cheap and I don't expect much (didn't like P4D's gameplay) but it might be a good test for whether I have the energy for P5 Royal in the new year.
On PC I tried playing The Amazing Adventures of Captain Spirit to prep for Life Is Strange 2, I feel like that game can't be that long and it has lots of cute moments, and yet I don't really want to spend time in it. I also started up Jedi Fallen Order, and I don't know if it's a Souls-like or not but I keep dying a lot to dumb things so in that sense at least it reflects my minimal experience with Souls-like games. It's very pretty and surprisingly charming, though.
On PC I tried playing The Amazing Adventures of Captain Spirit to prep for Life Is Strange 2, I feel like that game can't be that long and it has lots of cute moments, and yet I don't really want to spend time in it. I also started up Jedi Fallen Order, and I don't know if it's a Souls-like or not but I keep dying a lot to dumb things so in that sense at least it reflects my minimal experience with Souls-like games. It's very pretty and surprisingly charming, though.
Playing Death Stranding. Already spending lots of time just doing mundane things but I like it. So not making real progress!! 😅
I'm finally getting round to the Metro Redux games - finished 2033 and coming up to the end of Last Light and they're incredible! Just amazing world building - I love how some levels are basically walking simulators where they just tell a story. Incredibly ambitious games considering when they were made.
Played a lot of Hades over Christmas and finished my first run through yesterday, very addicting game and fantastic to play with a podcast in the background.
Moving onto Golf Story but also want to tackle the massive about of Yakuza games I still want to play. I finished the original Yakuza 1 and 2 on the PS2 this year and am going to slowly try and get through the rest on PS4.
I don't need to play the Kiwami games too, do I?
Moving onto Golf Story but also want to tackle the massive about of Yakuza games I still want to play. I finished the original Yakuza 1 and 2 on the PS2 this year and am going to slowly try and get through the rest on PS4.
I don't need to play the Kiwami games too, do I?
And I finally finished Crimsom Flower on FE. I'll probably start playing Yooka Laylee now to switch things up a bit.
Shame I get back to work on Monday.
Shame I get back to work on Monday.
I just beat the game today! My team was Rillaboom, Gastrodon, Torkoal, Drifblim, Arctozolt, and Grapploct. Really enjoyed it, though the end felt a bit rushed.
And I work in university administration! You?
Enjoying Control after playing DMC 5.
Next up trying to decide if I want to start Death Stranding, Ace Combat 7, or Hitman 2
Next up trying to decide if I want to start Death Stranding, Ace Combat 7, or Hitman 2
I just finished Death Stranding. I'm working on the campaign in Tooth and Tail, but even in a simplified form, I'm realizing I hate RTS games. I was enjoying the missions until reaching the common folk or whatever they're called, and jesus christ it got hard. I think I'm going to drop it and work on some turn-based strategy. Battletech probably. I'm also finally getting back to God of War. I'm trying this third where I play 1 RPG and 1 standard AAA game at the same time.
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Luigi's Mansion 3
AI: The Somnium Files
I hope i will have enough time to play those as well:
Raging Loop
Saga Scarlet Grace
The Touryst
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
DQXIS
lol.
Luigi's Mansion 3
AI: The Somnium Files
I hope i will have enough time to play those as well:
Raging Loop
Saga Scarlet Grace
The Touryst
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
DQXIS
lol.