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Ping! Wolfenstein: The New Order
So happy to get this one, 9 years after first playing it. It was the first game I played on my PS4 as a disc version came bundled with my PS4 back in the day. I quickly blasted through it and traded it in for something else.
I rebought it a couple of years ago and did some cleaning up before stopping again as I could face Uber difficulty. I managed to get that out the way, made easier with all the health upgrades and perks from my previous clean up. That just left collectibles which I've been chipping away at for a few weeks.
Number #225 for a nice milestone on PSN Profiles


Part 1 of the guide says just play the story normally which I did 10 years ago.

Might take a break from Lies of P. On one hand, I'm not really in the mood to grind and would rather make some more progress at the minute. But on the other hand, feel like I'd need a bit of grinding to make progress a bit easier

I started the Toem DLC last night. They've added a couple more game mechanics which add a bit more interest. The map changes depending on whether its day or night which may make the clean up slightly trickier. Hoping to finish it tonight or at least have done most of the heavy lifting.



I finished the Toem DLC last night. Was a simpler clean up than expected.
Hi all. Finally completed the main campaign of Starfield. In the end the game for me was good but nothing special. Definitely not as good as Fallout. It lacked a feeling of adventure and exploration. There were some graphically impressive areas but you have to fast travel between them rather than discover them walking around an impressive map like you would do with Fallout. I didn’t find the story or characters that interesting but were ok enough. Shooting mechanics are vastly improved compared to fallout. And the space combat side feels disjointed from the main game and largely bland. And one of the final missions was a frustrating nightmare navigating through a research facility switching between parallel dimensions. The route is only possible navigating both alternately. Sounds good and clever on paper but in reality it was a confusing frustrating mess. At that point I honestly just wanted the game over. Overall good but falls short. 7/10 on the r-score-o-meter.
And then I thought I’d try Payday 3. And the first thing I’m presented with is register an account with the game dev/publisher before you can play. Absolute joke so binned it off immediately without even playing it.
I think my next games are Forza and Modern Warfare 3. Also really want to play Warhammer Space Marine 2.
And then I thought I’d try Payday 3. And the first thing I’m presented with is register an account with the game dev/publisher before you can play. Absolute joke so binned it off immediately without even playing it.
I think my next games are Forza and Modern Warfare 3. Also really want to play Warhammer Space Marine 2.


Also played a bit of Gloomhaven, which I quite like but it looks like it'll be a bit of a struggle
DeckardCain's Sandals wrote: "Can't remember what game it was, but a while back I did something similar. Downloaded a demo, but they wanted you to create an account with them before it would let you play. I thought "no thanks, ..."
Yea used to be quite common 360/PS3 generation but not seen it for a while. Usually it's not mandatory.
Yea used to be quite common 360/PS3 generation but not seen it for a while. Usually it's not mandatory.

I really want to play Space Marine 2 as well. I don't buy new games often these days but might do with this one.
Apparently Space Marine 2 will be on games pass so assuming the interwebs is not lying it should be free for me.

Did what you read about it coming to Game Pass give any indication of when it releases? I couldn't see anything when I looked earlier.

It could be early next year maybe as the devs have only said this winter. Might even get delayed. Yea would be good for Christmas holiday.
I might ask the missus to get me AC Mirage for Christmas as well. Assuming it truly isn’t another megathon Valhalla. Make it 20 hours and more focussed and I’ll be happy. I gave up Valhalla after 30 hours of boring repetitiveness.
I might ask the missus to get me AC Mirage for Christmas as well. Assuming it truly isn’t another megathon Valhalla. Make it 20 hours and more focussed and I’ll be happy. I gave up Valhalla after 30 hours of boring repetitiveness.

Only one trophy left (obviously apart from the plat itself). Complete the game on Impossible difficulty, so super tough enemies, high damage taken, less resources, only one save slot allowed and permadeath - if you die you have to restart the game from the beginning. Easy stuff then lol.

Yes AC Mirage is meant to be like the old style AC games. Not these marathon map clearers. I've heard 20 hours playtime, 30 hours for completionists. One I'll have a look at next year I think.
It'll be a bit of a shame if Space Marine 2 gets released much onto 2024. I like the look of Helldivers 2 as well, another 3rd person shooter against overwhelming waves of enemies, due out in Feb 2024. Would be a shame if they released close to each other as I'd have chose one or the other. Having said that, Helldivers 2 is a Sony first party game so may come to PS+ on release. Still time wise, it'd be a shame if they're not spread out.
Started River Pirates last night. Up to level 15/25. A bit on the basic side but still a decent tower defence game. £2.49 well spent so cheers Deck, for the heads up.
Another Warhammer game coming to XBox soon (I think the next couple of weeks) on games pass (not sure about PS5) is Darktide. A four player CO-OP with mates/randoms/bots against overwhelming odds. And apparently it has quite a lengthy campaign - made up of a number of missions - of around 20-30 hours total. It's been out on PC for a year and from game play videos looks really good. From one review I read it said it's the best game of its type since Left4Dead which is high praise indeed.

I've been waiting for Darktide forever. Vermintide 2 is the best online coop experience I've ever had, and this is the next iteration of that. Intense, visceral, melee-focused combat.
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Only warhammer video game I've ever played is Space Marine 1 which was really very good at the time. I have watched some game play videos of Darktide and it does look very good. I'd only ever play it single player (maybe try it with randoms too) so hopefully it's good solo. I was fine playing Back 4 Blood solo and with randoms so here's hoping. My gaming mates are on PS5 so miss out playing with mates on XBox.
Only warhammer video game I've ever played is Space Marine 1 which was really very good at the time. I have watched some game play videos of Darktide and it does look very good. I'd only ever play it single player (maybe try it with randoms too) so hopefully it's good solo. I was fine playing Back 4 Blood solo and with randoms so here's hoping. My gaming mates are on PS5 so miss out playing with mates on XBox.


Not sure what's next. I downloaded Tacoma last night (another Extra game) so maybe that.


I'm usually so many thousandth.










Still, it's a really decent effort overall from a relatively unknown developer

Hi Everyone.
Been having tons of work lately.
God...i need to win the lottary...like...tomorow!
Been playing Cyberpunk 2077 and i still dont feel it completely.
The graphics are amazing, the story is also good so far but i feel like there´s something missing but i cant put my finger on what.
I just dont feel excited to go back to it every night.
Been having tons of work lately.
God...i need to win the lottary...like...tomorow!
Been playing Cyberpunk 2077 and i still dont feel it completely.
The graphics are amazing, the story is also good so far but i feel like there´s something missing but i cant put my finger on what.
I just dont feel excited to go back to it every night.
Morning all
So...been playing Skyrim for the last 3 days.
I wasnt feeling anything i´ve been playing lately so i fired up my 160rs save file and 5 minutes after i was completly immersed in the game again. Been doing Misc quests along with the Dawnguard dlc since its one of the things i never started before.
Sometimes i feel like this contant cycle of finishing a game and then start another is very tiresome.
I wish i had the mental strenght to force myself to just replay my favourite games for 5 or 6 months and not worry about the huge backlog i have waiting for me.
So...been playing Skyrim for the last 3 days.
I wasnt feeling anything i´ve been playing lately so i fired up my 160rs save file and 5 minutes after i was completly immersed in the game again. Been doing Misc quests along with the Dawnguard dlc since its one of the things i never started before.
Sometimes i feel like this contant cycle of finishing a game and then start another is very tiresome.
I wish i had the mental strenght to force myself to just replay my favourite games for 5 or 6 months and not worry about the huge backlog i have waiting for me.

Hey Deck, apparently the Motorfest platinum is now achievable.


Also decided that I'm not picking up AC Mirage until I've finished Valhalla, so possibly never since the chances I'll be in the mood to go back to it are pretty small.
And kind of felt in a bit of a COD mood for the first time in ages, so went to install Black Ops Cold War, to see if I could motivate myself to continue the story....but nearly 190GB storage for (from what I remember) a really average looking game, I'm not sure I'm that fussed. Might stick on the MW remasters instead, really not sure Cold War is worth a quarter of the hard drive. And by not sure, I mean 100% convinced ;)