I got back into Red Dead Redemption 2. Still debating with myself if I should continue the story or try online.
I just bought it last weekend when it was on sale for like $17. I have to get used to the pacing, it forces you to take everything slowww.
So my friend played through the game 2 times without knowing you can auto ride wagons and your horse to make those segments not so tedious. I think its clicking the left stick down, but its so helpful for those wagon missions.
After watching ManyKidos’ recent video, I’m never touching RDR2 online.
Why? Can you do a short tl:dw for those at work?
Yus! I also spelled his name wrong, it’s ManyKudos. Anyway, he was VERY passionate about RDR2 online, but all of their decisions were extremely lazy and cash-grabby. Now they’re on an indefinite hiatus from any meaningful (or any at all) updates, just years of shitting on the playerbase.
Ty!
With Cyberpunk 2077 “complete and fixed”, I’m finally checking it out. Been using the Welcome to Night City modpack. Act 1 and all the content in Watson (starting area) was amazing. Very immersive. Completed all of that, about halfway through Judy’s missions, and most of Panam’s missions. I think I’m around 40 hours in.
Quality starts dipping outside of the main story missions outside of Watson. Nothing so far has been anywhere close to bad, and there’s still some absolutely amazing things sprinkled here and there, but it’s frustrating how just good some of it is given how strong the start is.
It’s incredibly obvious that the game was meant to be much more. Like Watson district’s fixer (person who gives you missions) has 39 gigs, and she has Cyberpsycho fights across the whole map. I don’t think any other fixer has more than 15 gigs for their own area, and most don’t have any other “gimmick” missions like the Cyberpsycho missions.
I’m already planning to replay it with mods that add more gang activity and give the gangs “memory” so they hold grudges if you keep doing missions against them. Also, unscaling the stat checks. Stupid that I go from being able to comment on certain topics (the psuedomyth of Rache Bartmoss specifically) in conversations to not being able to because I got too high a level and the stat check jumped from 10 to 15.
I don’t know how to put it. The great stuff is some of the best gaming experience I’ve had in a long time, where I can’t wait to get back to it. Most of the game is good, but not “can’t wait to get back into it”. But there’s a big feeling of missing “what could have been”.
Like the Watson Fixer Regina has extra rewards for you capturing Cyberpsychos alive, but in any of the actual fixer gigs with Cyberpsychos it doesn’t matter if you kill them or incapacitate and Regina has no comments on it. There’s a lot of emphasis put on customizing your character for you to not see them outside of a few cutscenes (most are first person) and driving a motorcycle. Lots of NPC visual cyberware just isn’t available for the player character.
Maybe it’s just residuals from the collective overhyping of the game, but I feel it hard when stuff like that pulls me out of things.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney! My partner and I each voice act half the characters. It’s been a HOOT! I think I’m at the end of the first game.
I recently got New Leaf installed on my hacked N3DSXL. I loved New Horizons but it got a bit stale. The villagers were all kinda samey and didn’t have much dialogue. New Leaf insofar feels like it has much more soul. But we’re only 30 hours in or so, so we’ll see!
I’m picturing a couple cuddled up in bed. Sitting up with a single DS. One person “driving” the game and the other backseating occasionally.
Then the dialogue hits and y’all dub it.
Sounds like an awesome time!Hahaha that’s an adorable image, but we’re on the computer! My partner sits in the bed and I sit in my office chair next to the bed. I have my computer screen mirrored to a really big monitor for them to see. I click on things, and they do the brain-thinking.
We would cuddle while doing this, but we get REALLY into the voice acting, so we really gotta belt it out. We each have a solid set of unique voices for each character!
I don’t wanna get into spoiler territory just in case, but it’s fun that they are Maya and I’m Mia… I didn’t think that would come so heavily into play!
Hahaha magnificent. My partner is Phoenix, and I’m Edgeworth. I like to think my Edgeworth is pretty perfect. We’ll be switching for the second game, then switching back for the third. Assuming both characters still exist by then.
You two have fun and keep the games going. It’s better than just binge watching a show together.
Oh heck yeah. We only binge watch shows a couple times a year when we get all messed up on MDMA hahaha
I think I am going to try Dave the Diver and/or Songs of Conquest.
Really enjoy Dave the diver. Wish the sushi restaurant was more central than the adventure story, but it’s fun.
Got back into crusader kings 3. Reformed the old basque religion. Trying not to piss off the catholics and muslims that now surround me.
Still wrestling with Blue Prince and still as enthralled with it as I was last week. It’s such a clever, beautiful, unique and interesting game.
I’m finally starting to glimpse the finish line at the horizon now after having been in the endgame for about a week. Still a couple of puzzles left to solve, still a couple of unanswered questions left to investigate but I can feel how close I am now.
God damn it am I going to miss this game once it’s over. Experiences like this don’t come around often. If you like puzzles and mysteries and escape rooms be impatient for once and play this game. It’s extraordinary.
I’m loving Blue Prince although I’m quite bad at it, haha! The aesthetic is quite lovely and soothing just building very bad houses.
Dang it this sounds right up my alley and I really don’t need it right now!
Most games that are thoughtfully crafted I go in blind, read nothing, no reviews, no wiki for help, just explore. Sounds like this game is just made for that? Or do a lot of the puzzles kind of require foreknowledge?
This is certainly a game that is best played blind. Peeling back the mysteries is so rewarding and there is a lot more under the surface than you think at first.
I don’t think there are many puzzles relying on foreknowledge. Most of the puzzles also have clues to be found later, sometimes clues leading to other clues, so if you can’t find a solution to something right away I recommend just moving on for the moment and coming back later, doing other puzzles and investigations in the meantime. Exploring and figuring things out, both in terms of puzzles but also narrative is the whole game so just take it slow. You’re not meant to solve everything in one run, but gradually learning and making progress over time. Contrary to what the intro video suggests there is no time limit, so there is no rush.
Also: take notes. I have filled out like 30 pages of notes at this point. This is a very satisfying game to take notes of, making connections and spotting details.
This is one of those rare Obra Dinn/Outer Wilds type games that only pops up once every couple of years. If you’re into that sort of thing you should absolutely jump on it right away, it’s spectacular.
you should absolutely jump on it right away
I will do exactly that, thank you for the great info :)
Still going through Prince of Persia: Sands of Time from last week - the combat is quite repetitive, though the platforming is as good as I remember so that more than makes up for it!
I can definitely see how Assassins Creed was eventually born from this series.
Kid’s just fallen sick, so I’ll likely STILL be playing this in next week’s thread too - so don’t judge me too harshly - I promise I still have that gamer cred! 😅
With the Oblivion remaster hype, I decided to go back to the original and so I’m playing Nehrim now.
It’s kinda buggy, crashy and puzzle-y, but it’s both new and old so it works for me.
I’ve been playing Blood Typers with a friend after finishing The Textorcist from last week (what can I say, I like typing lol).
Apart from that, I got the itch to play some Titanfall 2 / Northstar, so that’s been fun as always
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Palworld. Just finished Legends Arceus and Legends ZA is too far from being released so I wanted something to scratch the “pokemon but it doesn’t suck” itch.
I’ve been replaying the Pokémon series lately. I’ve finished all games Gen 1-4 and am currently playing through Pokémon X. Gen 5 got put on hold but I’m a couple hours into Black too. I don’t own a switch and haven’t found a decent switch emulator yet so I’m not sure I’ll be able to make it past Gen 7, unless anyone here knows of a good switch emulator and ROM site. My go-to site for ROMs only goes as far as the 3DS
GreemDev’s fork of Ryujinx is pretty good. My R5 5700/RX7600 is able to perfectly emulate SV at 36 fps*. It also runs okay on the Ally X. It mostly stays at 30 fps but stutters hard when showing new animations, like when using a move for the first time.
As for the older Switch titles, I’ve only played Legends Arceus and it runs great on the Ally X. I also tried it on my Ryzen 5 4500U laptop and it runs pretty well over there too, so Let’s Go, SM and SS probably run great as well.
* Why 36 fps? Because the animations in the game are slow as fuck and tied to the framerate so you can’t go any higher unless you use mods but disabling VSYNC and capping it at 36 fps makes it run 20% faster, which is honestly a much better experience.
MotorTown. Absolutely chill. It’s like all the vehicle driving sims merged into one!
I’m playing Wylde Flowers. It’s a farm sim game with witchcraft, but I mostly like it because it is extremely low-stress. No inventory management, no time pressure to do things, just building a farm and talking to / romancing people.
I picked it up after I got to the point in Subnautica where you have too much contact with leviathans, and I need something calm and relaxing. Maybe I’ll make more Subnautica progress soon, though :).
Edit: Spelling
Farming sim? No stressful management? Witchcraft?
You caught my interest and my attention.
With the release of the final content patch (and a steam sale), I finally picked up Baldur’s Gate 3. Only 3 hours into it but enjoying it greatly. It’s different enough from Divinity Original Sin 2 that it doesn’t feel like a re-hash.
OK, after trying both Monster Hunter World and Rise over the past couple of weeks, I can confidently say: fuck Monster Hunter. Fun combat, but the game insists on being a slog.
Anyone who claims this franchise is more action than RPG should STFU.
