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[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Online purge, you say... doesn't look like you were thorough enough, the Andromeda defenders seem to have survived ;)

[Equinox80]

They always find away. I imagine they're secretly plotting a PS5 remaster with all the bugs and glitches included.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I reckon the bland protagonist, dull dialogue and uninspiring bad guys would be too much for some, so they'd probably tone them down a bit. Also add in multiple endings in the original ME3 style, and they've got a monster on their hands....mist likely an abomination

[Equinox80]

Are you looking forward to any of the game releasing later this year?

Despite having not touched the first two games, I'm really interested in The Crew: Motorfest. It looks pretty much like Forza Horizon but playable on PlayStation.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Lots of slight interest, wouldn't say there's much standout.

The Crew, Hot Wheels 2, Mortsl Kombat, Armored Core, Immortals, AC Mirage, Lords of the Fallen, Cities Skylines 2, Lies of P, Alan Wake 2, Infinity Strash, Persona 5 Tactica, Star Ocean 2, Anonymous Code....lots of maybes

[R(ob)]

Welcome back Equinox.

The games I'm planning to play later this year:
Forza Motorsport
Starfield
Stalker 2 - apparently relasing Dec 1st but I'm not convinced.
COD MW3 - actually looking at yesterday's release of details this actually has some promise - contains all graphically improved MW2 multiplayer maps from 2009, longer time-to-kill much like in 2009 and map voting. Then I think it's 12 new maps over the first year. I mean COD is COD but at least it's a bit more retro and not the superfast TTK of the new MW1 and MW2. And the 2009 MW2 maps are pretty iconic in COD. Also has the first MW zombies mode which is apparently openworld.

Other games I'm interested but not 100% sure they're for me:
Alan Wake 2 - looks to be more Resident Evil than Alan Wake so puts me off a little. I want AW2 to be a next gen AW1 sequel not a Resident Evil rip-off. We'll see, you never know.
Assassin's Creed Mirage - thankfully back to the shorter games that are not stretched out to 50+ hours like Valhalla.

[Equinox80]

Ping! - Quake II (PS4)

My plan was to play both versions back to back but I'm not sure I fancy it all again now.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Congrats on the Quake II plat, sounds like it would have been the type that would be a headache to ping, but the trophy list doesn't sound too bad.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

More Inscryption with a fair bit of Everspace 2 over the weekend. Enjoying them both

[R(ob)]

Morning all. Wasn't sure what to play after Death Stranding. My back log contains lots of DLC explansion campaigns (Metro exodus and TLOU pt1 DLC) and a lot 'maybe-play' games. In the end I thought I'd see what all the negative fuss was about for Redfall. Initial impressions were not good - 30fps and graphics more last gen than this gen. However after giving the game a bit of a chance it actually opened up into a reasonably nice open map with day-night cycle, some fun combat and a wide variety of fun weapons. Redfall definitely deserves criticism but I found I was enjoying it. Yea the frame rate is sometimes choppy, the enemy AI is one-dimensional and just comes straight at you and the "cut-scenes" lack effort but I was kinda having fun. I'm playing it on easy and I'm finding it a bit sticky in parts - must have died 3-4 times in two hours. I've not really experimented much with the powers yet - think I'm playing as Layla with an umbrella shield and the ability to jump long distances. The vampires ganged-up on me once too and I didn't last long. I'll give it more time but at the mo I'm finding it fun but the game lacks a lot of polish. There is a decent game in there somewhere but probably needed another 6-12 months of development.

[Equinox80]

Cheers Deck. Quake 2 is fairly straight forward to plat. Once you've got through Quake 2 itself, you only need to plat the last missions of the expansions and Quake 2 64 for their associated trophies.

I'd have hated to play this back in the day without the compass as its so easy to get lost. Thankfully the inclusion of the compass means you can select it whenever you want and it shows you where to go with some useful green arrows on the floor.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Yeah, I've often thought they aren't great at level design. Even the Doom reboot, i remember it having a few times where you'd have no idea where they wanted you to go

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I remember getting a bit lost in Doom 3 as well

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I restarted Marvel's Avengers for some reason yesterday. I'd not played too much of it when it was first out, got bored of it very quickly. This time around, I'm enjoying it a bit more, no idea if that will last though

[Equinox80]

I wasn't sure what to start last night so stuck on Quake 2 (PS5). Got one of the less enjoyable trophies out the way before starting the main campaign again.

Shouldn't take me as long now I'm aware of the compass from the off. Took me a while to discover it on my first run.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Out of curiosity, which one was the least enjoyable trophy in Quake II? I've it in my ever growing to-do list and can't see Avengers keeping my attention (but you never know) so it might scratch an itch before Armored Core VI on Friday

[Phil, psn: p4tiny]

just earlier completed chapter 1 of Alan Wake Remastered, playing on Xbox1S.

Can tell it's very much a ps360 era game, and the performance has some issues, especially cut scenes, but seems fun enough. Reminding me a fair bit of Life Is Strange - but not as good lol.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Alan Wake compared to Life is Strange....now I've seen everything ;)

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I see Bulletstorm VR has got a release date, not till December but looking forward to that one

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I see Bulletstorm VR has got a release date, not till December but looking forward to that one

[Equinox80]

Deck - it's the Quake 2 64 related trophy. You only have to play the last mission of it but it has awkward platforming sections before you get to the boss. Nothing that will cause too many problems but I just found unenjoyable.

[Equinox80]

How does Alan Wake compare to Life is Strange? One's a 3rd person horror game and one's a Telltale style game about time manipulation.

[Equinox80]

Just been watching some of the Games Gamescom stuff. The First Descendent looks interesting and a bit Outriders-esque. It's free to play which, possibly unfairly, puts me off a bit.

Just watched a preview of Space Marine 2 Warhammer 40k. It looks really good, especially as it can be played coop. As close as you'll get to Gears of War on PlayStation, a series miss since going PS only.

That Immortals of Aveum that released yesterday also looks good. A wait for sale/wait for it on PS+ probably but one I look forward to playing one day.

[Equinox80]

And COD MW3 looks ace as well. The preview clips looks very much like mission in MW2 (2009) where you rescue Capt Price.

[Phil, psn: p4tiny]

Equinox80 wrote: "How does Alan Wake compare to Life is Strange? One's a 3rd person horror game and one's a Telltale style game about time manipulation."

Well I have only played chapter 1 of Alan Wake, but so far not scary at all, set in a quirky coastal small American town, 3rd person, chat to different NPCs, episodic.

Granted they have different core mechanics (time travel vs light) to get through the situations which are thrown at you, but I just get a similiar feel from the 2 games.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I'm back to Elden Ring while I wait for Armored Core (with a bit more Inscryption on top).

Immortals of Aveum was one I had half an eye on, but wasn't willing to part with £70 for it. Have a feeling it'll price drop pretty quickly

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

And I can't see the PlayStation Portal (or whatever its being called) being a hit

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DeckardCain's Sandals wrote: "And I can't see the PlayStation Portal (or whatever its being called) being a hit"

It's a 200 buck Wii U game pad...but for the PS5. I might pay $75 bucks for it if I was in a very busy house with one TV. The market for this thing has to be fairly small.

[Equinox80]

I could definitely use PS Portal. My PS5 is connected to the main TV so have limited time to use it. Usually later on when I'm too tired to play.

Not sure I'd want to part with £200 for it though.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Played what you'd suppose is the tutorial area in Armored Core VI this morning, and think I'll like it. Might have died 6 or 7 times to the tutorial boss but was satisfying when I finally stopped being daft and beat him. Could see me taking frequently Elden Ring breaks while playing this one to relax, bit of a stressful start ;)

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Probably more accurate to call it the prologue area

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Managed to finish chapter 1 of Armored Core but bloody hell, it's exhausting ;)

I reckon it'll get a bit too tough for me sooner rather than later. Seems to be a case of picking the right weapons for the right fight, and requires a level of skill and determination that is probably beyond me. Like what I've played but my hands don't,)

[Equinox80]

Is it a Fromsoftware game?

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Yep

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Kind of a mix of Vanquish and arthritis

[R(ob)]

Well I gave up on Redfall. I put around 7 hours into it and got half way through the campaign, The difficulty is all over the place. Sometimes it’s fun and balanced and then often the difficulty ramps up to 10. It was getting to point I was swearing a lot - so much so the missus could hear me - and I thought why am I playing this f’ing frustrating game so deleted it. I like the map, some of the missions are fun and the weapon loot can be fun. It’s not polished though, the gunplay mechanics are only borderline acceptable and I must have died at least 5-6 times an hour. The vampire battles can be fun then they’ll throw 6-7 vampires at you at once which make a beeline for you and never let up. And you don’t get a chance to fight back to kill them all at once. Then the last boss fight was the final straw - the hollow man - basically would never miss hitting me and I could barely touch his health bar. And healing is so slow and taken back down again so quickly it was beyond frustrating. And this is playing on easy. Basically I don’t think they play tested this game at all. 5/10. The game had potential but they didn’t give it enough development time.

[Equinox80]

That sounds really frustrating R and probably best to call it a day. Given how few Xbox exclusives there are, I'm surprised this was allowed to come out so half baked.

Ping! Quake II (PS5)

I really couldn't think what else to play after doing the PS4 version so plodded through it again. It didn't take as long as I had a better idea of what I was doing second time round but oddly, I found it slightly more difficult on the PS5 version and died a few more times.

Not sure what to do next. I fancy something fairly short again and without a tonne of collectibles like Quake II.

[R(ob)]

Yea so am I. They should have delayed it because there is definitely a decent game in there but just half baked. I think the decent exclusives will come and perhaps even in the next month or two what with Forza, Starfield and Stalker 2 all this year. The latter two I think will be decent if not excellent - Forza is a given - however saying that they might not be for me. I’m not really into really big massive games with a million things to do like what Starfield seems to be and Stalker 2 albeit apparently shaping up nicely apparently is a true simulation in that you have to manage everything down to the last detail and scavenge and make sure you use ammo wisely. I’ll try them though, you never know considering how I didn’t fancy Death Stranding but it turned out to be one of favourite games ever.

Anyway after binning off Redfall there is nothing enticing me to play it. Honestly I think I’m stuck for what to play next. So played a bit of Wreckfest today which is ok but I deleted it after a few races and just a bit of COD and Battlefield multiplayer.

[Equinox80]

I quite enjoyed Wreckfast but it's not for everyone and does get quite samey after a while.

I'm really scratching my head as to what to play next too. That's despite having a lot of decent options already downloaded and ready to go.

I keep thinking I'll do an Uber difficulty run on Wolfenstein: The New Order or try the ridiculous trial speed run course in Titanfall 2 as I want either of those to be plat #225 (as it'll be a permanent milestone on PSN Profiles). However, both will make me swear worse than Gordon Ramsey on a bad day and my kid is picking up on stuff now. I'm not sure I can take the frustration and inevitable retries either at the moment plus I still need a few more plats before I'm at 225 so will try and find something more sedate for now. Might have another look through the latest PS store sale.

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I've been a very boring gamer. I'm still just bouncing between Diablo and Elden Ring. Think I might be ready to dust off Persona 5 and see if I can finish the second half.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I've given up on Armored Core at the minute. It's a bit too much of an effort for me and no real way of brute forcing your way through it. Its pick the right weapons and hope you are good enough. It's a pity because outside of the boss fights, it's a lot of fun. If they'd did something un-From like and added difficulty, i reckon there's something there that would appeal to a lot more. I'll come back to it at some point if I'm feeling a bit masochistic but have a feeling it'll join Sekiro in the like it but it don't like me category.

Bit more Inscryption and Elden Ring after that, making decent progress in both.

[R(ob)]

I've been watching game play vids of Amored Core and it looks decent but also looks hard - it being FromSoftware also caught my attention - so glad I didn't bite in the end.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I am a big fan of From games but do tend to prefer the ones where I can make up for my lack of skill to an extent by levelling up. The likes of Armored Core is a bit too stressful when if not 100% in the mood

[Glassmoon - The Benny Hill of Plats]

Morning all

Back from a 2 week vacations.
Nothing but sun, beach, eating, relaxing and watching Demon´s Souls playthrought on YT every night.

Hope you´re all dong great.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

Lvl 172 on my current Elden Ring character and still managed to get one-shotted by a sub boss ;) Well one and a half shotted anyway. Still got plenty left to do though, so plenty of room for growth. I'll be passing my NG+ character at this rate

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That's a lot of levels Deck. My hook claw assassin is level 82 and heading out to the Forbidden Lands.

Welcome back Glass - a couple weeks at the beach sounds amazing! I'm looking forward to an island getaway in December myself.

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

He's a jack of all trades type, so I reckoned the only way there would be any point to that approach would be if he could use everything to a decent degree. Of all the stats, I tend to neglect vigor though, hence the occasional instafail

[DeckardCain's Sandals]

I'm pretty sure I said this last time, but next time I start a new character I'm going to look at a guide to see what characters are in the area, and what blocks progression in their side stories. This time around I've been jumping to wherever takes my fancy, and although I've managed to get to the end of quite a few, my inventory is full of quest items I've past the point I can use them. Aiming for the Lord of the frenzied flame ending this time though and from what I can tell I'm well on course

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There is some special door under Leyndell in the Subterranean Shunning Grounds I've never figured out how to open...still a lot of side quests I didn't complete myself.

I just realized Starfield is coming out next week. I think I'm obligated to try it out since I still have some months of Gamepass left. I have a bad feeling that it is going to end up being a disappointment but I guess time will tell...

[Glassmoon - The Benny Hill of Plats]

Error wrote: "There is some special door under Leyndell in the Subterranean Shunning Grounds I've never figured out how to open...still a lot of side quests I didn't complete myself.

I just realized Starfield i..."

I feel that too about Starfield.
Althought the game is about to be released the actual finished product will only be available by the end of the year after it has 3 or 4 patches under it.
Thats the sad reality of gaming these days so i cant find myself getting excited.
Even if the game launches ok, they will fix and add a lot of stuff in the next months for sure.
Im constantly delaying playing Cyberpunk 2077 for that exact reason.
Everytime i feel like now its the time a new update its announced that will finally add this and that so i end up putting it on hold again.
During my vacations i had a huge itch to play it until i found out the 2.0 update will be released on 29/09 and NOW it will make the game as intended....so i better hold a bit more.

Rant over...