Well the regular combat gets that way if u discover certain combos too. I absolutely slaughtered the super boss once I found the golden ticket. Victor with the accesory that makes you go first, have him pop his super team buff, then follow with mikah using the high end agility boost, with glenn and sienna in tow. Once you set up like that everyone on your team will get 2-3 turns between every enemy turn and you can just spam high power moves and obliterate them before they can do anything.

For sure. Mikah/sienna are s tier and Lenne/Glenn as back up dps and the trash mobs are cake. But there are atleast enemy encounters, boss or otherwise, that resist certain set ups and make you think on your toes.



The mechs are basically the exact same fight with like 1 boss fight and even that boss is the same thing but longer. There's no variance at all.

Exploration in them was enjoyable though

Yeah I loved the exploration aspect of them for sure.

As for saying there are encounters that resist certain setups....that set up I listed has no counter. The super boss got one turn on me before I wiped him using it. Last boss took a little longer because of it being multitarget but was still a push over that never once made me feel threatened.

Agility is super broken at high levels, basically.

In saying that though, the first half, maybe 2/3rds of the game didn't feel like that. Every battle, even regular ones, felt like it could be lost at any time. Really liked it when it was like that.

Honestly the super boss was a joke. By that point youve figured the game out and the challenge isnt really unfair in any way. Superbosses kinda NEED to be unfair. At end game its the only way.

And AGI is stupid broke

You should keep an eye on Sacrifire and Alterium Shift. I imagine they'd be right up your alley. Alterium apparently has a pretty lengthy demo now as they get close to launch.

Sacrifire is on my steam wishlist already. It looks great. I added altreium so I'll keep an eye out

I had the sudden urge to play Ghost Recon Wildlands so that's what I'm finally doing.

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Sea of Stars is another one you should keep an eye on.

After octopath 2 its my most anticipated game of the year.

Diablo II Resurrected.


Got it on sale. I originally pre-ordered it, but it played like trash. Much better now, and they've added new stuff. Weeeee

Trying to get into Atomic Hearts. There's a good game in there...... but there are some design decisions that get in their own way.


I've played for about an hour. Can't remember what made me stop, but I know it was something that literally made me say "Nope" and just killed the game without saving.




Hopefully it gets better as upgrades begin.




Edit: This game is very horny btw


2x edit: And the voice acting is FUCKING TERRIBLE.

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Started Skyrim last night and quickly realized that the inventory weight system is going to be a pain to deal with since it goes against my usual habit in games of grabbing everything possible. Think the Witcher 2 uses a same weight limit restriction for gear and items your allowed to hold at any one time.

Also found out the hard way that Giants or whatever they are called really are that tough and should be avoided at all costs until after leveling up a lot. Had 2 fights with them and both ended with my character getting 1-2 hit killed and launched into the air.

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Plenty of mods available if you don't want to deal with carry weight.

Lot of great ideas. Terrible execution. I've gotten to the more open explorable area and I don't know if I'll keep playing. Massive enemy density, cameras everywhere and robots that repair enemies seconds after you destroy them. It would be fun to explore but its just annoying dealing with enemies every second.

The cameras early on were annoying. Never saw the repair bots.... but fuck me the range of vision on both the bots and the cameras seem "huge".


Annoying is the exact word. I recall shutting the game off in the middle of an activity because it was just annoying.


Managed to level up some characters in D II though. can't fucking wait for Diablo IV in June maaaaaaaaaaaaaan

Yeah theres supposed to be a stealth element but it doesn't work because enemies are densely packed and can see you from the moon.

If you haven't gotten to the outdoor area, know that it only gets worse.

Want to play it first as is and then in a future playthrough or if i get stuck badly in an area I might install some mods for fun or to get out of a jam.

I have survival mode turned off so I just carry a few potions and food for battles instead of needing a lot of stuff for weather and hunger reasons.

Finished the newest Mechwarrior 5 DLC stuff. Final payoff was kinda dumb. But it's a fun regardless.

I'll jump into Destiny 2: Lightfall tomorrow. Do all the Seraph season stuff so I got an idea what's going on with Season of Defiance.

How is Octopath 2? Have that or Harry Potter to start this weekend. Was expecting to see more talk 9n social media regarding Octopath 2 but I barely see any. Makes me a little nervous I overhyped it.

I'd say if it's anything like 1, you've not overhyped yourself at all. It's going to be amazing.


I haven't seen a single advert for it anywhere.

Havent played it yet but my understanding is that the reviews/hype seem a little mediocre because it's basically just more of part 1. It's not that new hotness now. I personally don't take an issue with it being more of part 1 because that's exactly what I want from it.

Sold. I am good with it being part 1 with new characters.

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I'm actually trying to make a conscious effort to sit my ass in front of the television and finish up my uncompleted games in the pile. Right now I'm trying to blaze through Darksiders 2. Nor only can I scratch it off the list, but I'll finally have a reason to fire up Darksiders 3, which has also been waiting on my hard drive. :o

I really enjoyed the 1st 2. 3 wasnt bad.

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I didn't find the first one particularly gripping, but it had the kind of aesthetic I tend to dig, so when the second game was featured in a Game Informer issue I checked out what it was going to be about and it sounded cool, being able to play as Death and all. I just never got around to buying it. I ended up picking it up, along with the third, when they were the free game for the month on Xbox live. I'm looking forward to the third one, as the idea of a female horseman (horsewoman? :wtf:) is pretty neat. Not sure I'm completely on board with the names of the all the horsemen, as I've always been used to War, Death, Famine, and Pestilence.

Never played the other games in the series but remember enjoying playing Darksiders 2 a lot besides one or two areas in the game.

Also remember that my save file from the digital version I got for free from Games for Gold doesn't work at all for the physical version I bought later for cheap. Its all due to the digital version is the regular edition and the physical version is the special limited edition and the Xbox 360 considers it to be two separate game files despite it being from the same game. Did not know that beforehand so now I have a useless game disc that I just keep as a backup copy in my collection.

Darksiders 2 is the best imo. But all 4 games are a good time and the lore of the series is pretty sweet.

So I'm really digging Atomic Heart other than 1 or 2 small gripes and I am convinced that the polarizing reviews are due to some people being fair to the game and others just shitting on it because Russia.

Oh and the stuff about the protagonist being a dick? He sure is. And considering the situation I don't blame him.

ftr im not saying that this game is a 9 or a 10. But it also isn't a 3 or 4. Like a 7.5 or 8 out of 10 seems fair. It's nothing spectacular but it's a good time in a pretty sweet world with an interesting story (so far at least).

they fix "stealth"? cuz that shit was broke AF and the main reason I uninstalled.

The bad stealth wasn't that big of a deal to me in the earlier linear levels, but once you get to the open areas, the densely packed enemies make simply moving through the world a chore.

I dunno, I don't really do stealth in this game. It's so easy to just bolt through an area or just shut down the security system altogether instead of fighting. Plus you can easily crowd control with the right abilities anyways. I don't ever fight anything I don't want to in the open world and if I do I can easily turn the situation to my advantage.

fwiw when I have tried to use stealth (not to get around but to kill things) I find that watching an enemies pattern for a moment and then neutralizing any nearby camera before hand makes it A LOT easier. It's just a timing thing pretty much to get in range before they turn back on their route. Much easier to just dip out lol.

I'm totes putting this down for a few days starting tomorrow morning though because Diablo 4 and stuff.