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[Poutine]

Anyone play or playing Stray?

[Ken Aldred]

On 1/18/2023 at 9:24 PM, szav said:

I only did NG+ once… found it kinda boring.  Was more fun to repeat a few playthroughs  using different more challenging builds starting over from scratch… like fist weapons only without casting any spells, or pure caster no weapons etc.  and if you want a true bang your head against the wall challenge try the PVP.

I struggled with the game mightily early on, but if you dump 200+ hours into the game and figure out the mechanics you can win it a lot of different ways.  Definitely was my number one game as far as time devoted in 2022…

I finished one round of NG+ on Demon Souls PS 5.  Problem was biasing my build strongly towards a mage in the first run through, so second time out even the weakest characters could deflect my shield block away with a single hit, and levelling up by this stage required so many souls to improve stamina that it wasn't possible to compensate that much for melee combat.  A shame, because I like mixing up attack types.

[BriD.]

On 1/18/2023 at 4:41 PM, James' Honey Pot said:

Anyone play or playing Stray?

I finished it about a week ago. I enjoyed it. It wasn't too difficult but it was fun. Kind of of relaxing at times. My cat liked it! 

[BriD.]

Anyone play Returnal? 

[Diamonddave]

Forspoken is getting some "meh" reviews. 

[Ken Aldred]

On 1/23/2023 at 9:53 PM, Diamonddave said:

Forspoken is getting some "meh" reviews. 

Just looked at one that described it as 'an exceptionally middling experience'. 

[Diamonddave]

On 1/24/2023 at 6:37 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Just looked at one that described it as 'an exceptionally middling experience'. 

Squares last few games, besides FF7 remake, have been mediocre. Avengers was the same way. 

[Diamonddave]

Diablo IV, RE 4 remake, and Elden Ring DLC, all look top notch.

[Cat]

For anyone who still plays on PC, I highly recommend picking up Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from Steam. It's $4USD on sale at the moment, normally $50, I believe. For those in Oz, it's 5 bucks. This is a great game, and a bargain at only 4 or 5 dollars! 

[Ken Aldred]

On 3/18/2023 at 5:26 PM, Diamonddave said:

, RE 4 remake

Yup. Read very good things about this one. Seems to be a year for quality remakes. 

[Poutine]

On 3/19/2023 at 8:03 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Yup. Read very good things about this one. Seems to be a year for quality remakes. 

Second part off FF Remake also set to come out this year 

[Transplant]

In March I finally caved and got a PS+ Extra sub for a year.  Had just finished Horizon Forbidden West, which was a lot of fun.  Glad I did as I was thinking of grabbing God of War Ragnarok but wanted to try God of War first, as I'd never played it.  Instead, I detoured and spent many hours with Death Stranding, an altogether different game which I thoroughly enjoyed.  Once I'd had my fill there, I loaded up GoW and started beating up dead guys and monsters.  Very entertaining and will likely grab Ragnarok later. Might play Miles Morales or the LOU remaster after I get tired of GoW side quests.

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/11/2023 at 8:19 PM, Transplant said:

after.I get tired of GoW side quests.

Have fun with the Valkyries, especially the leader.

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/11/2023 at 8:19 PM, Transplant said:

.  Instead, I detoured and spent many hours with Death Stranding, an altogether different game which I thoroughly enjoyed

Probably won’t ever play it, but a lot of the gameplay footage I’ve seen suggests there’s a lot of hiking around as a cross-country courier, baiting suggestions that “there’s a lot more to it than that”. Point is, I can find exploring, heading in a random direction in an RPG relaxing and an interesting diversion, so it really only seems a variation on that. (Unless I encounter something 50 levels above me and get annihilated, of course.)

[Poutine]

Is the Diablo 2 remake working yet?

[Transplant]

On 5/11/2023 at 5:41 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Probably won’t ever play it, but a lot of the gameplay footage I’ve seen suggests there’s a lot of hiking around as a cross-country courier, baiting suggestions that “there’s a lot more to it than that”. Point is, I can find exploring, heading in a random direction in an RPG relaxing and an interesting diversion, so it really only seems a variation on that. (Unless I encounter something 50 levels above me and get annihilated, of course.)

I'd say there is 2-3 hours of gameplay before you are hooked.  The secret sauce is that you actually contribute to and benefit from the progress of other players you never see.  The story is the driver, not the action per se.  

[Transplant]

On 5/11/2023 at 2:19 PM, Transplant said:

Might play Miles Morales or the LOU remaster after I get tired of GoW side quests.

 

On 5/11/2023 at 5:33 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Have fun with the Valkyries, especially the leader.

I did knock out all the Valkyries, but haven't dedicated myself to beating the queen yet.  

Instead, I did very quickly blaze through the LOU remaster on an easy setting.  Also, completed the story in Miles Morales.  It was fun. 

Decided to take a shot at something different and played through the story in The Quarrry.  It is basically a motion captured movie that is pick your own adventure style.  Decisions impact how the story ends and are supposedly lots and lots of different endings, although I think most of that is just whether some certain characters die or not.  I don't know if I will bother going back into the chapters and making different decisions or not.  

[Galen130]

On 5/12/2023 at 2:29 AM, Poutine said:

Is the Diablo 2 remake working yet?

I don't know...I gave up on it back in November 2021.  That's $40 down the tubes...such a major disappointment.  I got it for PS5, but the problems were spread across multiple platforms.  I stopped following the Blizzard forums for it about a year ago.  It annoyed me so bad that I won't purchase/play Diablo 4.  Blizzard is just another company that's barely hanging on with all their problems.

[Ken Aldred]

After several months of free-roaming fun I’ve finally finished the PS5 upgrade version of Witcher 3 on Death March difficulty and New Game Plus.

Absolutely brilliant, masterpiece of an RPG game.  The story dialogue choices are very interesting, and trying to do the right thing doesn’t always lead to a happy conclusion.

[Skippeydoo]

On 6/7/2023 at 12:52 PM, Transplant said:

 

I did knock out all the Valkyries, but haven't dedicated myself to beating the queen yet.  

Instead, I did very quickly blaze through the LOU remaster on an easy setting.  Also, completed the story in Miles Morales.  It was fun. 

Decided to take a shot at something different and played through the story in The Quarry.  It is basically a motion captured movie that is pick your own adventure style.  Decisions impact how the story ends and are supposedly lots and lots of different endings, although I think most of that is just whether some certain characters die or not.  I don't know if I will bother going back into the chapters and making different decisions or not.  

I ended up doing multiple playthroughs on the Quarry. I ended up finding online deals that told you the specific decisions you have to make during what chapters to get the different trophies and endings. Some of them just required restarting on a higher chapter # and changing one or two things. So while I felt accomplished in getting all the trophies/endings, it was very grindy and repetitive, and I wasted a lot of time after work for a week to a week and a half to do it. So, you're probably smart to not go down that rabbit hole.