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True haws never stop buying ;) Unless walking sims are all that's left. There are some bridges you just don't cross
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My bridges are sport (apart from Fifa) ,driving and strategy games.
I have a strange fixation with survival games. I keep buying and end up never playing them. Im 100% sure i´ll have a great time but i never gather enough willpower to start one because i know i´ll be playing it for ages without making proper gaming progress so i feel like i´l be wasting time.
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My bridges are sport (apart from Fifa) ,driving and strategy games.
I have a strange fixation with survival games. I keep buying and end up never ..."
But its for the Switch. :P
I told myself years ago I would consider picking up a Switch when a proper Metroid was released for the system. I'm still waiting...
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Metroid Prime 1 and 2 were both amazing.
I still think of them very fondly to this day.
I loved the atmosphere.
I still have Metroid 3 completely unplayed though.
Its amazing how i still have a Wii backlog...
I remember buying a Wii U day one, expecting a new Zelda to follow pretty quickly..... It didn't arrive until near the end of the Wii U's life and on top of that I didn't like what they'd done with the game. That machine made me very wary of Nintendo. I'd likely be more tempted to pick up a Switch if it wasn't for it
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The Switch is a nice console.
But i dont think its a good choice for someone who regularely plays on the PS4/5 or the Xbox.
95% of the games im personally interested are on the other systems, so in the end, why should i play them on a weaker system and not get all those trophies?
I only use my Switch when im on vacations, tbh.
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Oh come ooooooooooooon.
You will never know what Skyrim truly is unless you play it on VR.
That alone is worth the price. :P
I had the exact same experience as Deckard...I got a Wii U on launch. My family had great time with it for party games (Nintendoland, best game on the console), but it did little for me. Hyrule Warriors (great), Bayonetta 2 (ok), then Breath of the Wild (good) when the console was already dead. I said never again. I will not buy a Nintendo console out of tradition and the promise of good games to come. It will never EVER happen, but a streaming Nintendo service would be the best way for me to enjoy the occasional Ninty game I'm interested in.
Adam - I'm sure Metroid Dread is a nice little game. A 6-8hr 2D adventure is not enough for me to buy into the Switch ecosystem though. Almost everything on the system is a Wii-U port or games I've already played on other consoles.
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I loved that little thing and was really sad when it broke.
Me and my Mrs played a lot of games in there and she still says it was the perfect way to play rpg´s for casual gamers like her.
I've done all the bases/checkpoints etc in FC6, so on one hand I know I could probably fly through the story pretty quick, but on the other, I feel like I'd be pushing myself through it rather than playing for enjoyment. Think I'm going to leave it for a bit, but the problem with that is - if I leave it too long I'll probably decide to start from scratch, and after a while I'll probably get bored of retreading old ground and get caught in a cycle. It is good but guess it isn't completely what I'm in the mood for at the minute. Not sure what I am in the mood for, which sounds like as good an excuse as any to haw ;)
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Deck, i know exactly what you mean.
That also happens a lot to me. I play a game and after a point, i know if i stop playing for a long time im missing the oportunity to play it and will eventually have to start over. So its hard to decide weather to push it until it clicks or just quit.
I may just have hawed Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba despite knowing it's probably going to be of similar quality as the One Punch Man game (which to be fair I did enjoy).
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Every hawing counts to the Way of the Haw!
I hawed Risen 3 the other day despite never having played the previous and knowing its probably a mediocre game so i cant say anything against your hawing.
Risen 3 is one I always see on sale and every time I'm half tempted, but for some reason I've never cracked
Oooh Crysis 2 & 3 remastered have appeared on the store. Time for another hawing
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No way...
Instant hawing!!
Surprisingly reasonably priced too
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Indeed.
I never played Crysis 3 actually.
Its the perfect time to do it.
Im actually making good progress on Divinity as of lately.
Im level 6 now and kill almost all the mobs in the west area and im slowly getting really deep in the game.
I started Rise of the Tomb Raider last night but after 10 minutes i went back to Divinity cause i was feeling dat itch.
Edit: i also have dat itch for Biomutant...
I've enjoyed all the Crysis games, 3 was maybe not quite as good as 2 but still very decent from what I remember. Looking forward to replaying them both. I was half tempted to give Divinity another go and had reinstalled it but can't see me getting around to it now. I've way too much to play at the minute
I've never uninstalled Divinity. Probably 100hrs broken up over the past three years. I may even play it sometime soon with Glass talking about it all the time. In the meanwhile I have tons of "games in progress". I've been having a great time with Xcom, 3/4 through Tombraider reboot, some progress with Arkam City, still plugging away at Dragon Quest etc. etc.Still, what I really want to do is install Back 4 Blood and try that out tonight after work.
I'm currently in between Far Cry 6, Diablo 2, Alan Wake, Phoenix Point, Crysis 2 & 3, Demon Slayer, Henchman Story, Dungeon Encounters, Dodgeball Academia, Lost Judgment, Undead Darlings and Soldner X 2. May have bitten off more than I can chew this time......
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Thats some serious gaming Error.
Im probably starting Rise of the Tomb Raider tonight as i tried it a little bit last night and the itch is still here.
The recent Tomb Raiders have been a bit weird for me. Loved the first (was a bit surprised by how much I enjoyed it) but any time I've tried to play the last two, I just can't get into them.
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I loved the reboot but never felt the itch to play any of the others. Probably because i still remember how exhausted i was by the end with all the collectibles searching.
Stuck Crysis 2 on there and compared to some of the half-assed remasters we've seen, it looks pretty good to my untrained eye. Then again I seem to remember it looking pretty good on the 360. It also reminded me how much I like the main theme tune, one of those that gets stuck in your head
I was fairly surprised that the Tomb Raider reboot hooked me as well as it did. I don't go crazy on collectible hunting in any game though. Was enjoying the actual tombs a lot. Tried Shadow earlier this year but only made it a few hours. *shrug*I've never played any of the Crysis games, so they are on my list as well!
you should definitely add the Crysis series to the list, it's not that they do anything out of the ordinary but they've something about them as FPS. And, for me, the main theme tune is up there with Halo to get the blood pumping.
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I have a huge headache today because i spent the entire weekend finding pockets to time to keep playing Divinity.
Im really tired today so dealing with exportation logistics is exactly what i feel up to do the whole day...
I also hawed Crysis 2 and 3 because Adam forced me to it. :P
I was semi-tempted to push through to the end of Far Cry 6 but it seems like it's never ending. As open worlds go, there's definitely bigger out there but it's just quest after quest after sub-quest. I thought since I'd done all the bases, checkpoints etc that I'd be able to fly through it but they've really drawn it out. I'm on the last stretch of the game but how long that stretch is, I've no idea.Had a little break from it at the weekend and played a bit of Crysis 2 and Dungeon Encounters (which is weirdly addictive)
Morning all. After psyching myself up to finish Wolfenstein The New Order on Uber difficulty, the bloody thing wouldn't work. I need to play the unpatched version to make life much easier (although still hard) but it looks like it's not going to work without the patch. Not sure why as it worked fine last week. I'll have one more go at deleting and reinstalling and then might give up. Really annoying.
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Back 4 Blood is on my radar as I did like Left4Dead, but I'll wait till it's nearer the £20 mark. Good to hear it's not a disappointment though, there was always a chance it wouldn't match up to those previous games
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This is what's putting me off it. I saw the size of the map and it looks huge and no doubt an opportunity to fill it full of map markers for pointless quests. That's why I gave up on AC Valhalla - after 30+ hours it felt like I was getting nowhere and just repeating the same mission structure which is OK for a reasonably length campaign but for after 30 hours I was barely half-way through the Valhalla campaign. From what I see Far Cry 6 is only 20ish hours campared to AC Valhalla which is at least 60+. Although I'm hearing Far Cry 6 is chilled out fun so that gives me hope.
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Of course better with friends but with randoms I'm having fun. Yea I think £20 is probably the biting point. Not that it's not great just that it's probably only an 8 hour campaign and depends on whether you'll play through it again on harder difficulties. It can be tricky even on recruit difficultly, although not always. If you guys get it on here I'll surely help you out if you want ;-). I'm playing with PC, PS and Xbox players - cross-platform play suits this game as opposed to COD or Battlefield where you feel PC players have the upper hand.
Managed to finish off FC6 and yeah, if you like the Far Cry formula, you'll not have many complaints. For me it had a similar feeling to 4 (but slightly better) but personally I think I probably had more fun with 5. Nothing really stands out as being wrong with it, so it could well be it just wasn't what I was looking for at this moment. Going to play something else before getting stuck into Crysis 2 & 3 properly so I don't have a shooter overdose. Maybe Dodgeball Academia and Henchman Story as they probably aren't overly long and feel like playing something a bit daft
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Im facing a two game struggle atm.
Im hooked to Divinity but Rise of the Tom Raider keeps pushing me to play it.
Last night i played 20 minutes of divinity, then 10 minutes of RoTR, then switched to Divinity again and then played another 10 minutes of TR again.
This is really annoying as i end up not commiting 100% to either any of them cause while i play one i keep thinking of the other.
TR looks so gorgeus though. Beautifull game if there is one.
Xcom continues to dominate my time. I'm pretty sure it's the best of its kind. I'm late to the party, but at least I got it on the cheap. I can see several replays of this one.I did have a go with Back 4 Blood one evening. I was wanting to play it like Vermintide, where melee is primary with shooting secondary. Didn't work as well as I might have hoped. Maybe it opens up over time, as I only played the first half-dozen levels. I'll go back to it sometime soon when I can give it proper attention.
Ping! (seems like a while since I've had one of those). Dodgeball Academia. As you'd probably expect from a dodgeball RPG, pretty daft and mildly amusing mostly. Quite liked it.Then went to go back to Diablo 2..... and wouldn't you know the patches probably designed to fix the online, seem to have messed up the offline. Offline was fine day one, stuck many hours into it. But yesterday evening every so often the screen would just go blank apart from the Diablo 2 symbol and the cursor. Had to close it down 3 times in the space of 30 minutes, so decided I'll leave it until a few more patches down the line.
So now I'm undecided as to what next. I'm halfway through Crysis 2 so may continue with that
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I wish i could do the same cause sometimes i feel like i´ve playing the same type of games for ages.
Im still alternating between Divinity and Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Reached level 8 in divinity and im making good progress. As an rpg, its becoming pretty deep and satisfying now. I which the camera was a bit diferent though as i dont like the angle and how little you can see ahead of the party.
Tomb Raider is actually pretty fun too. Visually is stunning and the gameplay is so simple when compared to Divinity that its somewhat refreshing.
I think it's just that Deckard actually plays every single game that appeals to him on any level. We started something at the same time recently and he was on to a third ping* by the time I finished it (with no ping : (You're making great progress Glass. Levels come slowly in Divinity. Some of the story beats are amazing though.
My current game of Xcom is going really well. I restarted again after figuring out how all the side game stuff actually works. I'm completing almost every scenario flawlessly (no damage/injured soldiers). I'm also making much more efficient choices in building up my team and base. As a result, I have top equipment and my soldiers are just that much more deadly. I have a squad of mostly rangers (shotgun/sword) who basically just sneak in and chop everyone down while snipers clean up the mess. Good times. Most fun I've had gaming for a while.
Back in the day, a lot of people (myself included) used to decide on whether to buy a game almost solely on what was on the back of the box. And when you think of your early gaming days I'd wager you can't think of too many disappointments. I still do the same, don't care about reviews or what some self-appointed expert thinks, I look at a couple of screenshots and more often than not know whether it's for me or not. I think that (and my terrible taste) means I'll often try games that not too many would look twice at. And the only games I often feel are a bit of a let down these days are the AAA or otherwise critically acclaimed ones. Do generally still enjoy them (to an extent) but they can often leave me feeling a bit flat. The ones I pick up that think look like a laugh, tend to be exactly that and often good palette cleansers. Nah, it's probably the dodgy taste thing
Currently having a "to haw or not to haw" over Disciples: Liberation. Will more than likely pick it up at some point, just not sure I want to be paying £45 for it considering I've a tonne of games to be getting on with
So I may have got a ps5. I got an alert ps5 was available on GAME website and out of morbid curiosity I had a look to see what crazy prices they were charging for bundles with all sorts of crap no one wants. Top of the page I got what I expected - ps5 with baseball cap, tshirt, charging station, headphones etc. for circa £700.
But I scrolled all the way to the bottom.... ps5 with £50 PSN credit and an extra controller for ....£469.99?! Wait...that's....a...steal.
Ordered. Got confirmation. Will be delivered in 10 days. Each day expecting a cancellation email. Arrived last week. Still in the box. Can't believe it. Bought Racket & Clank Rift Apart to celebrate.
I definitely have enjoyed the 2 games of back4blood I played on game pass.
OK, no more buying games for me until Christmas, I've had way too many posts saying "I may have hawed" recently. That said... I may have hawed Disciples: Liberation and it's pretty good so far. Has a bit of a simplified Divinity feel, with a touch of Pillars of Eternity and maybe a hint of Dragon Age. Only stuck a couple of hours in so far but looks like it's one that'll keep my attention.
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Reached level 8 in Divinity.
I cleared all the zones in Cyseal apart from the level 8 area where im suposed to find an undead powerfull sorcerer.
Did the Black cove cave last night and the giant crabs were a pain but in the end i managed to clear it without a single death.
Great game!
Definitely not tempted by The Caligula Effect 2.....definitely wont pick it up while drunk at the weekend......probably.....maybe......
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I hawed Narcosis which its on sale atm.
Its a horror in the vein of Soma that has been under my radar for a long time.
Edit: im also very very tempted to haw Biomutant.
I have a huge itch to play it...god knows when.
Was half interested in Biomutant myself, but it hasn't reached a price I'm willing to pay yet
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Yeah. I feel the same.
Its currently at 38 eur.
I havent paid more then 20 bucks for a game for ages so i feel a bit stupid to do it for this one.
But i do have dat itch.
Im enjoying Divinity but im not overly excited and the same goes for Styx which im also playing but im finding i..."
Im not hawing any more games for the Switch.
I have a 20+ games backlog already and i havent properly played a single one of them. :P