100%ed Tale of Arise. 100 hours. great game. started guardians of the galaxy. seems on par the with uncharted series

I finished Guardians. What a fucking ride. Combat is rough around the edges, but still fun like I said before. This game leans heavily on its narrative and characters. If you don't care about story in video games, I'm gonna say this isn't for you. That said, this is one of the most enjoyable stories I've ever experienced in a game. Just a blast all the way through.

Characters are well written and voice acted. Insane amount of VA in this, as the group is constantly bantering during missions and all of it is unique. The comedy had me chuckling all the way through. I was a bit worried after the trailer as some of those jokes fell flat, but most of what's here is pretty funny.

The world's you explore are fucking gorgeous. Can tell a lot of the budget went into the environments.

I think it has enough draw from the mcu to pull in fans who have only seen the movies, while not coming off like Dollar store knock offs, like Avengers. But if you are familiar with the books, there's a lot great stuff here.

Speaking of Avengers, GotG shits all over it by having mcu skins as free in game unlocks as opposed to charging 14 fucking dollars for them.

Downloaded UnMetal on Switch and am about halfway through it. Specifically got it for Switch instead of XBOX because it "feels right" on Nintendo.

Fantastic love letter of batshit insanity towards Metal Gear. As in, the pre-solid games. It's like a Mix of BOTH versions of MG, the original sequel, and Snake's Revenge... but a lot of tounge-in-cheek nonsense to outright bullshit as you play a guy who was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.

There were a couple of BS cheap deathtraps (there's one area specifically where, no matter what you do, the situation is unwinable, but it's still fun to try just for the narrative), but it is kinda par for the course, given how the narrative works.

In fact, my only *real* complaint came early in the game, since there was a thing you need to do to progress, and there is no real moment in the game that tells you you can do x thing, but it hints/signposts/tutorializes pretty much everyting else. Seems almost like a programming oversight.

Started Diablo 2 remake with my buddy.

Inventory system sucks. We were stopping like crazy to adjust, check, and drop like crazy.

Also playing Lost Judgement on the side. Already about an hour in and it's getting good.

You know I thought I was hyped for D2R seeing as I probably have more game time in D2 than any other game ever by a wide margin. But I can't bring myself to play it for some reason. Dunno if its because of all the launch issues or if I just don't want to ruin the image I have of what is one of my favorite games ever.

Don't.


Had D2R pre-ordered, played the demo and canceled. It does not translate well to console IMO. The inventory alone is abysmal. That single problem causes chain-reaction issues.... like grabbing loot, which is THE main reason to play.

Yeah, I played it for a couple hours and haven't touched it since. Couldn't deal with the inventory system.

Playing Blasphemous now. Metroidvania game with an absolutely brutal aesthetic involving Spanish religious iconography.

Oh rest assured if I ever do play it I will not be doing so on a console. F that nonsense. My PC is like 2 gens ahead of the consoles at this point so they only ever get used for games I can't get on PC.

Honestly probably won't ever play it even though my Diablo itch is worsening every day, especially with D4 getting delayed out of presumably 2022 to God knows when. I'd rather just keep my fond memories of OG D2 untarnished.

Playing DQXI Definitive Edition. Don't think I ever finished the OG version, got sidetracked or something even though I liked it. Dunno what happened.

5 days until Shin Megami Tensei 5 drops too. And Forza Horizon 5 next week too. Woooo its gaming season.

DQ11 is high on my games of this last gen list

Always get the urge to play Fallout in fall. Tried to solo a nuke bunker having zero fucking idea what it entailed....... so I basically have to start over with ammo//consumables :(

You need to hop on with the boys. We'll get you through it.

Did you play the definitive edition? They added something into it that is super duper awesome. I feel like it would be right up your alley.

thats pretty cool not cool enough for another 100 run but maybe one day. its worth a replay for sure

Yeah man. my timing can be so sporadic, which is the usual problem. Knowing what I know now, I'd definitely put on hacker and lockpick 3.


Just need to take the time to get on and try to do "dailys' or whatever and build my inventory back up. I know fuckall about the endgame of FO76, but it still seems fun to play when I do dive in.


My son has kinda started playing, but he gets sucked right back into his "usual games".

Also, some of the CRAZIEST platforming I've ever done is in fucking DOOM. What?!


"HEY! YOU SEE THAT FUCKING LEDGE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY OVER THERE?!?!?! JUMP, BITCH!"

It always brings me joy to see someone playing the new doom games.

Doom Eternal might be my favorite fps game of all time.

Had a moment last night where I just arrived on Danuk (can't remember, but I think it's the last place) and thought I was looking at Destiny 2 for a moment. Looked very similar to the Dreaming City.


Easily my favorite FPS. It goes hard on the platforming too, much more than it has any right to, for an FPS.




Sooooooooo good man. Got your DM too, lol. I was AFK at the time, but yeah man. Can't stop riiiiiipppppinnnnng and teaaarrrrrrrinnnnnnggg.

Make sure you lube your butthole before playing the dlc. They assume you're a doom master and are absolutely not fucking around.

Jesus.....


I thought they weren't fucking around with the dude who can summon buffed demons. Fuck that guy.

guardians of the galaxy was outstanding

Yep. I might actually enjoy the story and characters more than the movies. Too close to say.

Finishing Ancient God's part 1 is the only time I can recall being drenched in sweat after finishing a video game. I don't even know how that happens, but there ya go.

im like 5 seconds in to voice of cards but im pretty sure im going to fall in love

I fucking hated this game so much

thats kinda tragic really

2K and Gearbox with a surprise release, Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure , a standalone game version of Borderlands 2's penultimate full DLC, with new additions, for $9.99. Of course I grabbed it.

Still getting used to the new control scheme. R1 (instead of R2) shoots, R2 (was R1) throws a grenade, and L2 (The Artist Formerly Known As L1) activates the player character's action skill.

I have no idea of the level cap. It doesn't let you import BL2 character data, so all characters start from scratch at level 1. But, you get 2 skill points per level, and that starts at level 2, whereas it was level 5 for BL2 and you only got 1 skill point per level up.

Giving Back 4 Blood a try for the sake of my friend. Really don't know why they didn't just go for Left 4 Dead 3. It's still pretty neat, though. Definitely improves on some of the formula.

Just finished Guardians of The Galaxy. Def was worth the buy.

so fun

Wooo Forza 5.

lol @ RNGesus looking out for me though. Got the fastest car in the game on a free wheelspin within 2 days of starting. 10/10 speed (and handling too) the way it comes. Speed challenges on paved roads quiver in fear at the sight of it.

smt5. masterpiece of a dungeon crawler

debating playing that... didn't like the atmosphere of nocturne cus it was too bleak, love persona though

smt wont scratch your persona itch then. if bleak makes you want to pass on nocturne then pass here too. smt is all about top tier mechanics polished to the max in a punishing combat system with a bleak backdrop.

should be noted that there are some major QOL improvements over previous entries

Put Diablo 2 on hold and in full into Lost Judgement.

However, 10 minutes in I needed to find the nearest Mahjong parlor and get my fix. So addicting.

nocturne did have the best battle theme of all time to be fair

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Tsukasa Masuko is an outstanding composer. The music in smt5 isnt bad but in a year i wont remember it.

Battlefield 2042.


It has some bugs, yep. But, it is actually really fun and the most chaotic FPS I've ever played.


SMG's need balanced badly, as they outperform EVERYTHING right now. There was a good reddit post Fignuts and I had a laugh at where someone hyped up the game and did a long breakdown of each weapon class, only to end each class with saying the PP-28 is the best gun in every class (cause it is :D)


Played a few bot matches. Can pubstomp beginner, but intermediate is a huge difference. Went from winning regularly to getting pubstomped by AI, with the AI usually having 200-400 resources left.


Fun stuff.

I've been off and on with the beta for Halo Infinite. Haven't lost a game yet but it's good that there's enough familiarity with the gameplay to where I'm not completely lost. I've never been of fan of locked features but I supposed I should be used to it by now. I miss being able to completely remove your icon from your display and armor because none of the ones available have ever been appealing to me. Looking forward to the campaign, though.

Finally in the last chapter "Destiny's Crossroads" for Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

Still playing Warzone nightly with friends.

Finally beat FF7 Remake

Ending was interesting. Was a nice set up for the second game, god knows when that will come out. I found the final battles of Kingdom Hearts 3 to be more difficult then FF7 Remake

Finally started Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4. Enjoyable enough but it runs into the same problems I typically have with open world games. Going to see how long it takes to get through the main story.

BF 2042. The AI isn't terrible. Okay, they're terrible on Beginner, but will fuck your shit up on Intermediate.


Has helped me get a good feel for the guns and attachments, and just overall feel of the game.

Tried Goose Goose Duck over the weekend.....it's nice but I still perfer among us..... sad that one died.

finished smt 5. will def do another run. not now tho. deaths door is up next

Picked up Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries bundle from the PSN Black Friday sale.

Digging it so far. But I got a looooooooooong way to go before I get to piloting some death machines. Also need to study up on customization too, looks like it goes pretty deep this time around.

UN Squadron

Underappreciated gem.

I'm about 4 missions deep in Halo Infinite. Not sure how to feel about the navigation around the ring world since I prefer things to be linear, ESPECIALLY with a Halo game. I kind of feel like I entered in the second reel as far as the story goes. Like did I miss something in one of the novels or whatever because this barely addresses the events of Halo 5. I wager I'll be done with the campaign in about a week.

Fuck that. Halo 5 is awesome :D




I don't read comics or get into the semantic of "what's canon" and what isn't. SOmetimes I feel like I'm playing Destiny + Doom (minus the epic gore and music)


So good.

Halo 5 was fine. I was just hoping this would continue that thread and wrap things up. Maybe it will. It's fairly early. Exuberant Witness was probably my favorite thing about that game. I even made sure it was my multiplayer announcer voice.

Infinite, whatever.

Been in a bit of a mental cluster because I was told to convert ~1200 mailboxes to shared resources in less than 24 hours and my scripts were fucking up.


Got it sorted, but FOOK

Yeah what the fuck, feel like I missed a huge portion of the story. Don't ever recall cortana getting deleted or master cheif going up against Atriox.

Other than that I'm enjoying it. Really like open world format. Especially after upgrading cooldown of the grappling hook so that I can swing through the trees like spider man.

I know Atriox was the big baddie for Halo Wars 2 but even in that game, there's really nothing linking it to the events of Halo 5. I'm guessing there's going to be a big exposition dump somewhere in the second act or whatever to help fill in the blanks. One thing I do appreciate about the gunplay, though, is the ability to vent plasma weapons manually and recharge them with certain crates. It just feels better than just discarding a depleted plasma rifle on the ground; and it's environmentally friendly!

100p going to unfold more in the 2nd half.


Already feels like Master Chief knows a ton more than he is telling "us" the player - if that makes sense.

Still enjoying halo infinite so far. That said one thing bothers me, and it's something that has always bothered me about halo.

The grunts. I just fucking can't, with these grunts.

The whole series plays it completely straight, and takes itself very seriously. And then you've got daffy fucking duck running around over here. I can suspend my disbelief and accept that aliens from across the galaxy speak English just like humans do. What I can't accept is these idiots behaving like hired goons in an Abbot and Costello movie.

It's fucking stupid and I don't like it.

prob gonna start the infinite campaign later between sessions of forza

Every game needs to copy the grappleshot physics. That shit is so fun.

Well they're cowardly so there's that aspect. They were a bit more tolerable in Halo 4 when it had them speaking in their own language. I've learned to just deal with them. It definitely helped to have the skull that caused them to burst confetti when you shot them in the head.

I legitimately forget that's even a thing when I'm in the middle of a firefight.

pffffft.


Stunning grappleshot + shotgun = winning. Good for long reload animations too.


Sometimes I feel like Doom guy with how Master Chief kicks ass. I feel like he could rip and tear, but his animators won't let him xD

Don't know if this will be anyone's bag but I'm looking to take a break from the campaign and do some multiplayer on Halo Infinite this morning; probably until about noon. Anyone wants to hit me up and join to see how incredibly skilled I am at respawning and running away is welcome. No worries if you don't want to. :o

My Gamertag just in case: His Bubbliness

ecks bawks?

Yuppers.

Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries

Fun as hell. I just wish the AI teammates were consistently smart. They have their moments, but at times when I really needed them to step up, they're clueless.

Played Among Us for the first time with Heisenberg and friends. Holy shit that game is a lot of fun.

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep. It was $5 and I missed out the OG DLC.




THis shit is really good!

I love that DLC. It introduced me to the greatest character in video game history: Butt Stallion.

acksyually the base game did the introduction. DLC elevated her to queen of all video game characters.

I hate it that you spoiled this for me. I know it's old..... but its new to me dammit!

Halo Infinite. Sandbox nature of the game is long-overdue for Halo.

I'm so sorry I didn't even think about it like that.

Got a Steam gift card. Not sure what to buy yet...heard a new Battlefield was out only to see the reviews for the game are in the absolute toilet.

Don't.


I have it and got it at launch. The state of things is pretty shitty right now for sure.

Ya, that's unfortunate. Fucking LOVED the old Battlefields, probably the most fun I've ever had with a FPS. Will research and buy a couple other games before the sale is up.

100% And Battlefield V is still fucking great! I still go back to playing it more so than 2042 so far. Most BF games launch with a host of issues, and this is no exception.


They have a long road ahead of them to get it to a "good place".

I'm mostly annoyed at Portal mode. They advertised it as a 100% customizable "anything from previous battlefield games" type deals. It is still rather restricted, sadly.


Moreover, the gunplay is trash and they should have kept the fluidity of movement from BF V


They need to fix:




* In-game voice chat (how the FUCK is this NOT in the game??)
* More environmental destruction!!! (this is a big one. Tell me why a FUCKING FLAGPOLE STOPS MY TANK!!) ugh
* Bring back the class system or at least an option to have a game mode with the OG classes.

felt nostalgic. Playing Chrono Cross with HD texture replacement. V nice.

Link's awakening

og or remake?

Going to buy the Zelda Game and Watch tomorrow. Love Zelda 2 and have never played Link’s Awakening.

Original but playing it on an emulator on the wii

I just bought Yakuza 0 for $12. I've never played a Yakuza game.

Excellent.

You're in for one hell of a saga.

For reasons unknown to me, I've started playing Super Mario 64 on the Switch.

It's just as I remember from 20+ years ago. God awful camera. And the laws of friction to not apply.

Exactly how i feel about the game. I think the game is good, but dated.

Its actually not a lack of friction. Mario actually runs extremely fast. They actually slow the animation down to make it easier to control him. What you are seeing isnt a lack of friction, but mario losing traction and drifting when he turns or tries to stop. The reason for his awkward take off is basically that he is spinning out before he catches traction.

I've been thinking of getting into the Yakuza series too. I need something instead of just playing Warzone all night.

Empire of Sin. 20's era X-Com-ish style of game. Pretty satisfying so far. Free on Game Pass

Finished Super Mario 64. Didn't go hunting for the 100 coin stars.

Biding my time until Horizon: Forbidden West comes out. Super pumped for that game.

is it stable? on release it was a broken mess

I'm always late to the party.


I'm almost finished with Mass Effect 2 and I just started Monster Hunter World and MHW is fucking amazing. I'm HR 7 atm and i'm addicted.

Just got a big badass high end pc. Going to finally play FF7 remake.

WOOO Hello fellow member of the PC Master Race! What kind of rig did you get and shall we gloat about it to the console peasants? huehuehue

Nothing wrong with playing games later, they're just as good... plus cheaper

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And Rolling Thunder