R(ob)’s Comments (group member since Jun 21, 2021)

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DeckardCain's Sandals wrote: "Glad to see the Tlou 2 remaster trophies are unchanged and the extra bits are erm extra. The main reason I'd replay is for the plat, not sure I'd have been as enthusiastic if they'd made it more of..."

I believe you can transfer the save from the ps4 version so any common trophies auto pop.

Glassmoon - The Benny Hill of Plats wrote: "R(ob) wrote: "Glassmoon - The Benny Hill of Plats wrote: "R(ob) wrote: "Glassmoon - The Benny Hill of Plats wrote: "Hi everyone.
Hope all you haws been doing great.

I myself just finished a game t..."

In that case I’m glad I gave up.

Glassmoon - The Benny Hill of Plats wrote: "R(ob) wrote: "Glassmoon - The Benny Hill of Plats wrote: "Hi everyone.
Hope all you haws been doing great.

I myself just finished a game that i never thought i would be willign to play...Redfall.
..."

He was called Hollow man.

Glassmoon - The Benny Hill of Plats wrote: "Hi everyone.
Hope all you haws been doing great.

I myself just finished a game that i never thought i would be willign to play...Redfall.
Truth be said, although its not a masterpiece or even a gr..."

I gave up on Redfall on the Benny bill boss fight in a circular room. It was a good few hours into the game. Perhaps the worst boss fight I’ve ever experienced.

K. AW1 divides opinion. Many love it and many hate it with equal measure. I love it. Control however I think is mostly universally loved. So perhaps Control might be a good first game to play although connections to AW1 are in Control especially one of the DLC expansions so maybe AW1 is the best place ot start. Probably didn't help you there :-). Anyway if you do ever play them prepare to be confused by the story.

DeckardCain's Sandals wrote: "For the first 2/3 of Alan Wake 2 it was on course to be my favourite Remedy game. My enthusiasm dulled a little towards the end for a few minor reasons, but overall definitely enjoyed it"

Yea I can't say I enjoyed the first and only boss fight encounter. It was OK but sometimes I just hated him disappearing and reappearing as I often couldn't see him.

Morning all. I started Alan Wake 2 over the weekend about 6 hours in and got to the end of the first 'New York' levels. So far very good. The experience is a little different from AW1. It has the same errie vibe, the same excellent story telling (albeit with a lot more live video) and has basically the same combat but less of it (at least so far). The case investigation mind room is OK, and probably better for keeping up with the complexities of the story, but it's not really my bag. Also in the New York level the light stealing mechanic I found confusing at times and swapping between realities in the subway tunnels was a bit confusing too. I do love the environments though. Going through the wooded area with Casey and then in the New York streets with Alan, across the rooftops and then into the subway was excellent. The game really has drawn me in. Defo different to the first AW1 but with a lot the same - hopefully makes sense - it's just presented differently but with the same world and reduced combat. Looking forward to playing more.

Morning all. Completed Robocop Rogue City over the weekend. Good AA game. Enjoyable combat and is Robocop in a game. Could do with a bit of polish in the cutscenes and in the graphics (the graphics are actually good just a little low res). 7/10 on the r-score-o-meter. And I even got the platinum trophy, which is pretty straightforward if you pay attention to the missable trophies - although none are truly missable as there is an automatic save file for each chapter but I didn't need the saves in the end.

I did download Alan Wake 2 - my next game - but in the end I wasn't in the mood for any more gaming over the weekend.

Welcome back K. Yea we were all kicked as a certain ex forum mod deleted the forum without warning. This forum was raised from the ashes. It’s all calm here now and welcoming. We didn’t get everyone back but the few that remain keep the forum active and if we get Shelf Rot people over here all the better.

Absolutely fine Hancock. I’m sure the guy that trolled any COD talk is long gone. Not that we talk much about COD much on here. Well, at all. It’s mostly talk about stuff I don’t understand. Elden Ring and platinum trophies.

I’ve put the smooth aside this Friday evening, to give the missus a rest, and I’ve been playing Robocop on a Friday of all days. And later I’ll be playing Warframe with mates.

Welcome Dennis. I don’t think anyone here plays Apex. Call of duty 3 that’s an old game. I actually liked it back in the day but we’re talking 15 years ago. I don’t suppose the multiplayer severs are still live.

I enjoyed the first A Plague Tale - bar the difficulty spikes - but the sequel is the better game.

Morning all. First day back at work :-(. I didn't game a huge amount between Christmas and New Year but I'm around half-way through Robocop. It's a decent AA game. The combat is satisfying - a bit whack-a-mole - but good fun. The investigations are devoid of any investigation work but still I quite like them. I do really like there are lots of open maps in the game where you can explore and actually find skill points, PCB parts etc and some of the side missions are decent game play wise. My only very minor complaint it's one of those games again this gen where you can see the world is very detailed graphically but it's all in sub-HD making it blurry (especially in 60fps). Still, a minor complaint. And it looks like I'll get the platinum. I've only two missable trophies to get (bar the final story related ones) which look easy. The only two missible trophies that required any effort were pretty straighforward in the end - only 22 seconds left for the 'beat the wave of bots trophy in under 10 mins'. And get 250 points on the shooting range on my third attempt I got 450+. So far, and I'm very far into the game, it's defo worth a play at £20-25 and if you like Robocop from the 80's it's defo full of nostalgia and captures Robocop well. So far it's hovering around a 7/10.

Yea that’s a cracking month. Evil West has been on my wishlist for ages for the right price. I’ve played Requiem before but it’s an excellent game. Tempted to play it again but I’d have to have nothing unplayed on my backlog.

Finished the campaign of Avatar. A decent game, excellent graphics, beautiful open world, good satisfying combat, good missions. No big negatives but to nitpick a bit tricky in parts especially early on, waymarkers are implemented poorly and a lot of the same hacking puzzles. Story is a bit meh but serviceable and seen and done it all before in other games. 8/10 on the r-score-o-meter.

Morning all. Hope you all had a good Christmas. I’m close to the end of Avatar. I’ve really enjoyed it. Has some really lengthy well done meaty missions. And I’m even finding it easier now I’ve leveled up stealth and damage. Breezing around bases taking out the RDA now. If you like Far Cry then you’ll like Avatar. And it’s in the Snowdrop engine so looks really good graphically. Talking about Robocop and Terminator I got them both for Christmas so I think Robocop will be my next game. I’m also going to haw Alan Wake 2 and The Entropy Centre. And I have 6 days before I go back to work 😀.

I feel a hawing coming on too. I have £50 in PSN vouchers and with the January sale I can get Alan Wake 2 and The Entropy Centre for less than £50. Although my back log is seriously growing.

Phil, psn: p4tiny wrote: "I'm enjoying Horizon Forbidden West so much. I absolutely loved Zero Dawn and earned the plat over 96 hours in (I think) 2018, but I have to say/admit, Forbidden West is a lot better even though I ..."

Yea I preferred Forbidden West much more than the first game. After the first game I thought I had my fill of Horizon as I found the game tedious. The sequel though is much more focused and far less tedious.

Phil, psn: p4tiny wrote: "R(ob) wrote: "Morning all. I started Avatar Frontiers of Pandora over the weekend. I'm already half-way through. Pretty decent so far but a very typical open world game - a bit like a far cry game ..."

Yea the graphics are pretty amazing. Sometimes it looks a bit soft with the resolution but on the whole it’s one of the most visually impressive games I’ve seen. Plays much like any other open world you’ve seen before so don’t expect anything different in that sense. For me it looks better than any other game with the abundance and the motion in the wind effect on vegetation - best vegetation animation I’ve seen 🤣.

Morning all. I started Avatar Frontiers of Pandora over the weekend. I'm already half-way through. Pretty decent so far but a very typical open world game - a bit like a far cry game but not a direct clone of Primal. The story is a bit underwhelming and the way it is done - just a lot of static cut-scenes and some follow someone moments and you listen to them. The game play is mainly fighting the RDA, flying around (which is actually fun) and first person platforming again which is well done. The graphics are definitely a notch-up on your typical far cry game - the whole world is beautifully rendered, looks alive and the vegetation looks amazing and moves with the wind like I've never seen before. Definitely one of the best looking games of this gen. The game is suprisingly difficult even on easy difficulty. Trying to clear RDA bases even early on in the game is not easy - each RDA base I've probably died 5-6 times before managing to find a way not to die. Stealth is a bit flaky and the enemy grenade spam you as soon as you're spotted. It takes literally seconds to die. I'm finding ways though to clear bases but sometimes feels more luck than skill. All in all a decent game but kinda seen it all before. I do like the verticality of the game world though - flying up to floating sky islands is really spectacular.