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What have you been playing: before the forum was deleted?
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DeckardCain's Sandals wrote: "I think I'm going to have to replay the Remake first. Stuck on Rebirth there briefly, and minutes in was scratching my head. I'll leave it to the weekend to decide I think."There was a recap in the demo to watch so I would think there was one in the game. I was surprised how much I forgot.
Yeah I noticed a story so far in the menus but think I'd rather replay Remake anyway and have a FF7 marathon. The head scratching looks like it's down to them messing with the originals timeline, so likely would have made sense if I'd played a bit longer.And had a £20 wallet boost from playstation stars after picking up Rebirth, so picked up AC Mirage for £6.99...no idea when I'll get around to playing that one, mid 2028 I reckon
It's crickets around here...I'm in between lots of stuff - some Forza, bit of Diablo, some Hotline Miami. Most recently I re-downloaded Dragon's Dogma and did some Bitterblack Isle runs. That game is absolutely one of my all-time favorites, and I'm really excited for the sequel due out later this month.
Yeah, looking forward to Dragons Dogma 2 as well, though Rise of the Ronin is out on the same day, I think. which I've half an eye on.Made a start on FF7 Rebirth and mostly like but a few mixed feelings. Does a lot of things right but have a feeling the boss fights will become a chore at some point and not a big fan of the combat in general. It does the job and there's worse out there but it's a not quite for me. Also have a bad feeling they'll veer too far away from the original story. But finished Chapter 2 and it's mostly good stuff
That said, I seem to have been jumping from one 100+ hour game to the next for a while now. Think I might need a few shorter experiences before then
I have one more mission to go in AC Mirage - I guess it's kind of the epilogue because I have killed the big bad final target. Won't be going for the plat even though I know it's rated as an easy-ish one. Have played for about 35 hours I reckon and had my fill of it.Fun game with solid enough performance etc. but really feels and looks like a ps4 game imo. I was actually more impressed technically and everything with AC Origins which runs great on ps5 with the 60fps patch. Really looking forward to getting stuck into Odyssey at some point.
Anyway, after Mirage (which itself followed 100+ hours of Horizon FW) I want something more linear. Thinking Evil West (which I have installed and ready to go).
I see the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games have appeared on the PS store. Might give them a blast. I remember playing a bit of the first one, don't think I've played the other 2.
Half way through chapter 7 in FF7 Rebirth and mostly loving it, with the occasional patches of frustration and annoyance. Might take a short break from it over the weekend and continue with it next week
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I've been playing Robocop and must be quite near the end now. It's been enjoyable for the most part despite being pretty rough round the edges.Some nice nostalgic nods the first film (one of my favs). Will hopefully have it finished tonight or at least this weekend as I've seen all it has to offer. Well, I'd done that after the first hour or so haha.
Not sure what's next. Have a few indie games ready but not sure I'm in the mood for them. Tempted to download the latest NFS (Underground?) whilst the online is still active for those trophies. Slightly apprehensive though as I hated NFS Heat so much I genuinely considered giving up gaming as a hobby.
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What did you think of Robocop?
Me. Just been plugging away at The Entropy Centre - still got 5 more missions to go and it's definitely getting trickier. Got to say though in recent weeks probably even for Evil West and even Alan Wake 2 I've lost my gaming mojo a bit.
Hi R. I thought Robocop was OK. A similar sort of standard to Terminator Resistance, although Robocop is the better of the two for me. Rough around the edges but a decent and fun effort for a AA game. I might have been slightly disappointed if I'd paid full price day one though.After the first couple of missions you've pretty much seen it all but it was still fun walking round as Robocop and the devs obviously love the source material.
One addition that would have been great and feels a bit like a glaring omission, would be the ability to tag multiple enemies with Robo's aim targeting and then link a load of kills together. In the first film where he busts the coke factory, he uses his targeting to make a note of where everyone is and then picks them off one after another. It could have been done in a similar way to deadeye in RDR where you mark multiple targets and then press fire.
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The plat for Terminator Resistance is straight forward but a bit like Robocop, you need to funnel a certain number of points into the lock picking skill by a certain point.It makes you play the game slightly outside of what you'd otherwise want to do so if you're not too bothered by plats, it's probably not worth it.
Up to Chapter 11 in FF7 Rebirth and no big complaints from me. Doing everything in each of the regions can be a bit samey, but if the trophies are anything to go by, I'm on to the last large region. The changes to the story haven't been anything to throw the toys out of the pram thus far, so mostly good stuff. It'll not dislodge the original for me but it's been done well enough that even I can't complain...OK, I've a few complaints but nothing major
Equinox80 wrote: "The plat for Terminator Resistance is straight forward but a bit like Robocop, you need to funnel a certain number of points into the lock picking skill by a certain point.It makes you play the g..."
I was thinking of the RoboCop plat, seems doable, but then had a go at the shooting range, where you have to score at least 250, and I barely scraped 100! Is that particular challenge one that gets easier with upgrades?
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Yea there’s upgrades via the circuit diagrams to have larger magazine capacities etc and even an upgrade where you don’t have to reload. It’s pretty easy when you’ve upgraded your weapon several missions in. I got over 400 and I’m far from a skillful gamer. You revisit the police station many times so go back after you get some more circuit boards (or whatever they’re called).
I think the toughest trophy is ‘There can be only one’. I did it first time but only just and I was well prepared for it. Ultimately pretty straightforward and you can repeat it by going back to the checkpoint or repeating the level.
I tried to get that Super Cop trophy (250 on the shooting range) out of the way early but probably did it too early and made it harder than it needed to be. As R says, it gets a lot easier with upgrades. Focus where you can slow mo times helps too.I failed 'There can be only one' first time. I reloaded a save for what I thought was the first wave but turned out to be the last (apparently it saves after each wave). Thankfully after doing that last wave again, it unlocked. I think it's a bit of a glitch or bug but a good one.
Talking of making things difficult for myself, I started Swamp Defense 2. A budget tower defense game. I'm usually OK at these but was really struggling after about 12 levels last night. Thankfully this morning I've realised you can permanently increase starting the stats of towers, ie more damage, range etc. I spent my money just unlocking new towers to see what they can so will need to grind some cash replaying early levels. I may even delete my save my file and just start again actually. It's pretty addictive and I was up until past 3am. Feel like sheet today haha.
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Yes, you can upgrade the Auto 9 itself. Larger magazine cuts down on reloads and you can speed up reloads too.
I spent the weekend playing Brotato - a cute little Vampire Survivors-like with a graphics style that borrows heavily from The Binding of Isaac. The game is kind of non-nonsensical but very addicting. I ended up finishing runs with half a dozen different characters. I also noticed that Capcom released the character creator for Dragon's Dogma 2 ahead of time, so I downloaded that and created my main character. They will import into the game on release day. I just though this is a fantastic feature so people playing on release won't have to spend the first few hours with the game fumbling through menus.
Getting closer to the end of FF7 Rebirth, still probably a couple of days before it's done, but there was one fight there that's killed my enthusiasm. As boss fights go its up there with the worst, total bs even on easy
Did you get past it in the end Deck?I'm back up and running on Swamp Defense 2 having almost fully upgraded the basic tower. I can't believe how much longer and more grindy I've made this for myself but should gain a bit of momentum now.
Yeah, got past it but it was literally the complete opposite of fun.Might have to have another look at Swamp Defence 2 myself. I think I own it but gave up on it, maybe I didn't realise you could permanently upgrade the towers either
Just had a wander up to CEX at lunchtime and chopped Robocop and Spider-man (PS4) in for Spider-man 2 for £14
Decided there were too many trophies I didn't like the look of in Rebirth, so pushed through the last few chapters. Mostly good, but towards the end there's more stuff i'm not a fan of, in terms of both story changes and battles. Was loving it early on but it did sour a little towards the end. Now what....
I think I remember why I gave up on Swamp Defense 2. It was looking like a bit of a grind to fully upgrade and was getting the feeling that a lot of those would be needed to progress to the end. Might stick with it a bit while I decide what's on the menu next
I had a look at your progress and you got to pretty much where I am now.I'm grinding the 100 wave bonus level as you get over 1000 coins each time. I'm able to do it on x4 speed so doesn't take too long.
I think once 3 or 4 towers are fully upgraded it should be fairly plain sailing. I've upgraded the basic turret and electro turret so next going to do the rockets as they do a lot of splash damage and with the range upgraded, they'll be pretty unstoppable.
I think that was something else I was a bit wary of - the levels were taking longer and longer. Think I might do a level or two a day and chip away at it rather than focus on it
I'm happy to keep hammering. I'm finding it weirdly addictive and keep playing into the early hours. Although not necessarily making much progress.
Doing the first level on hard difficulty seems to be a quicker way to make cash in Swamp Defence 2. You get 210 credits and can be done in 2.5 minutes, whereas the 100 wave one was taking me 30 minutes for the 1000 odd credits.
Nice one, I'll give that a try tonight.
Damn you, Equinox, you've got me addicted to it too now ;) Stuck it on at lunch, 4 hours later, I'm still at it. Think my problem first time around was playing it straight after MACE Tower Defence and wasn't in the mood for more. It's looking a lot less grindy than I remember, a couple of fully upgraded towers looks like going a long way
Haha sorry mate. It is addictive though. I keep thinking I'll have a go at the next map or if I get stuck do a bit of grinding for coins. Its hard to know when to call it a night.That music is stuck in my head as well.
haha. I do like a bit of tower defence. The cheap ones like swamp seem to get things right more often than not....apart from the ones with no plat trophy, which the few other cheapie TD types seem to be
I know it's not up to the minute news, but anyone else a bit peeved at EA when they announced when the cut jobs that they are going back to grabbing money wherever they can...I mean focusing on games as a service...ahem. Very worried for the next Dragon Age now, not to mention the possibility of an Andromeda worse than Andromeda...
Dead Space as well, EA have a fair few very good franchises under their umbrella, they just suck at maximising their potential
Mark my words when Andromeda 2 wins the game of the year you'll be sorry...mostly because the world has ended and the buying the first game condemned you to oblivion...and not the good type ;)
The job losses that have happened across the board in the games industry has made for unpleasant reading of late.I've always groaned a bit internally when reading the words 'live service games' but Helldivers 2 has shown they can be great and not just disgusting cash grabs. I think that game has done so well, it's re-written the rules of the live service space and possibly the games industry as a whole. Obviously, as I bought HD2 on day one, I've played a huge part in saving the games industry ;)
I thought EA releasing Dead Space remake was a good move although not sure how well it sold. EA have also published a few gems including It Takes Two, A Way Out and Unravel so they're not all about the live service.
Surely there are enough live services failures like Suicide Squad to deter the likes of EA doubling down on them?
More Swamp Defense 2. There seems to be a difficulty spike lvl44'ish, defo slower going
You're a bit ahead of me now as I'm on level 29. I've fully upgraded the rocket tower and find if I can get a few placed early on, I should be OK.I'm currently upgrading the adhesive (slowdown) tower as it's cheap but can really make a difference.
Next I'll probably concentrate on the nail gun, long range big bertha one.
I'm not sure if I'll unlock anymore tower varieties with the possible exception of the farting fire tower as the damage over time looks useful.
Yeah the rocket towers look pretty much essential now, i'd not used them much up to that point but their range and fire rate look like the best way to proceed post 45. The fire tower and dynamite can get you a long way. Regretting starting a 300 wave bonus level at the minute, built on every square around the 100 mark, now I'm getting impatient at having nothing to do ;)
I'll have to try the dynamite tower as well I think.
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Next I guess it's probably Terminator Resistance but I may have to complete some Warframe Codexes first to keep my gaming buddies happy - which I'm not looking forward to as I've read they are hard.
Ping! Swamp Defence 2There was another jump in difficulty at level 49 (of 54) which slowed my progress. Thankfully the five levels after that were all straight forward. Not sure what's next for me. Maybe Bugsnax.
I pinged Swamp Defense 2 as well over the weekend. Had a bit of trouble with lvl 49 as well, took a few attempts to stumble past it.Now trying to find something to keep me going till Friday, when I'll likely be pulling my hair out trying to decide between Dragons Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin
It's got to be Dragons Dogma 2 after the Ian McShane voiced trailer
After dispensing managed democracy through the barrel of a gun in Helldivers 2, its time to do the same for justice.