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Oct 16, 2024 10:31AM
Seems to be Xbox & PC, bah...not that I've the room for any more games at the minute anyway
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Deck, you always manage to find room for more games. I don't think anyone is buying that one...
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Finished Mass Effect 1 LE last night.
What an amazing game it still is. Easily 9/10. One of the best stories ever created for sure.
My plan was to start Dead Rising 3 or The Witcher 2 but i may just start ME 2 right away.
I need to deal with the Reapers!!
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That´s unfortunate mate.
I played the original back when it was released on PC (still remember it had a bug and the game freezed in the ship loading screen for 2 weeks until the patch lol) so my memory of the story was pretty vague.
I found the lore and story details even more fascinating this time around. The gameplay itself is good but nothing groundbreaking for today´s standards but it got me really immersed nonetheless.
I kept thinking during the playtrhough that no way any game these days would waste so much time in building a lore like this and add so many "pointless" yet immersive details in the world.
Yeah, It holds up for me too. I played through 1 & 2 LE back-to-back last year (maybe 2yr) and enjoyed it a lot. The individual interactions with all the crew are still fantastic, and shooting remains fun. I stalled out on 3 because I was playing a new trilogy on the highest difficulty for trophies and 2 glitched out on me. Took the wind out of my sails knowing nothing in 3 would track for me anyway...
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Just out of curiosity...who did you guys romance?
The first time i played the trilogy i went with Liara.
This time around i wanted to romance Thali the whole game and didnt realize it was onlly possible in the sequel so i ended up romancing Ashley without actually realizing it until we did the deed.
Stuck about 40 hours into Metaphor so far, and it's definitely following after Persona in that it looks never-ending. Still enjoying it but have a feeling it'll drag on a bit too long for my liking
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I tried Persona 5 and felt exactly the same way.
Spent probably 2 weeks just to finish the first dungeon and going through all the story and weirdness of the whole thing.
I enjoyed it quite a bit but after finishing that part of the story i realized i had another 2 or 3 months ahead of me and put it on hold.
More Space Marine 2 for me last night and tried the new Operation map. Good stuff and a bit bigger than the others and took me a while to understand the objective at the end.Tried my luck at jumping in a Ruthless difficulty game in matchmaking and got to the last boss before our squad got wiped out. Not too down on that though as it definitely looks doable and I still have scope for levelling up a bit more.
Yeah Glass, I'm a fan of the Persona & Shin Megami Tensei games, and Metaphor is probably up there with their best....but by the time you've got the itch to move on to something new, you realise you've still at least another 20/30 hours to go. As much as I like the formula and don't think it would work as well if they cut back, it can be a wee bit of a struggle to maintain the motivation/enthusiasm to the very end
Though to be fair, going for the plat for those types of games turns a 60 odd hour game into a 240 hour one. The games are great, the plats are lengthy...
And I've not bought a new game in at least ....mumble.....mumble....
What have bought Deck? ;)I've managed to do an Operation coop mission in Space Marine 2. I nearly did a second one earlier but the game errorred at the end and forced a shutdown of the game. Heart breaking scenes.
Squirrel with a Gun lol. Looks like a daft Goat Sim type, not given it a go yet though. Yeah, that'd be annoying. I'd tried a few of the coop missions with randos, and it seemed a bit hit or miss with who you were paired with on whether you completed or not, even at lower difficulties. Hope the errors not a regular thing, because it'll probably be one of the first things i reinstall once the Pro is out
The error thing has only happened twice in 30-40 hours worth of ops so nothing to worry about. It was just annoying in that particular instances but definitely not a regular thing.I logged on later and completed two more missions on Ruthless difficulty, picking up two top tier armoury upgrades on each run. This more than made up for that other run going kaput.
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Also seem to have an annoying bug with my console. When switching on from rest mode after signing in I don’t get a crossbar just the background. Power down sorts it but I think it’s a firmware thing and not a hardware problem.
I like the new hub thing on the PS5 XMB. It makes me feel a bit more connected again, being able to see friends and activity straight away. I mopped up the missing dataslate collectibles on SM2 last night. Ive just got one more to get tonight and that's another thing ticked off.
My trophy stats say im 96% towards getting the 20,000 kills trophy after approx 50 hours. I think its going to be a while then before the 41,000 kills one pings! I'm quite happy to keep running Ops but i might also look into good farming spots to help things along.
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I won't be going for the plat on SM2. Not that I go for plats often anyway. Is the campaign only six missions? I've already done three so it seems like a really short campaign.
I cant remember how many missions the SM2 campaign is but it was shorter than I was expecting. I think it might only be 6 or 7 though and I was a bit surprised when it did end. I thought it was good though, if not great.Operations is kind of more campaign as you're completing missions that are happening at the same time as the campaign and are referenced in the campaign. Plus they will be adding more of these for free.
Apparently the game has sold really well so SM3 is almost inevitable. Hopefully without the 13 gap though.
Has anyone else seen that trailer for FBC: Firebreak?Its a Control spin off. 3 player coop shooter set in The Old House from Control. Its first person instead of third person which is odd but it looks like it could be a lot of fun.
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Finished off the story in Metaphor ReFantazio. Enjoyed it....well, maybe apart from the final battle. Probably took over an hour on that fight alone, was getting more than a bit tedious. Think if I want to plat it, I'd be looking at another 30-40 hours, so don't know whether to stick with it or move on at the minute
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DeckardCain's Sandals wrote: "Finished off the story in Metaphor ReFantazio...if I want to plat it, I'd be looking at another 30-40 hours"that's 2 days of play for you Deck. Easy street.
Almost but not quite ;)Plat is looking more of an effort than I thought, looking like I'll need to hit lvl 99 (or close to) in NG+ to defeat one enemy. Skipping all the cut scenes will speed things up greatly, but it's going to be a bit of a grind
R(ob) wrote: "I see FBC:Firebreak is coming to ps plus too as well as Games Pass."Really? That'll be great if it does.
DeckardCain's Sandals wrote: "Finished off the story in Metaphor ReFantazio. Enjoyed it....well, maybe apart from the final battle. Probably took over an hour on that fight alone, was getting more than a bit tedious. Think if I..."How long did it take you? I'm still in the first city. I finished the dungeon and am doing my daily activities.
The whole game, being as thorough as possible, took about 80 hours. Not a small game, that's for sure
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Really? That'll be great if it does."
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/...
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I've also decided to have a little reconfiguration of my gaming room soon. I have my PS5, Series X and PS4 Pro set-up but I don't use the PS4-Pro anymore. So, I'm going to fish out my PS3 and 360 and set those up alongside my new PS5 Pro when it arrives and my Series X. Gives me a few options of digging back into the best console generation now and again, considering it's the gen where I have purchased the most games. Only now and again for a bit of nostalgia. No point having a PS4 set-up when PS5 runs all the PS4 games.
DeckardCain's Sandals wrote: "The whole game, being as thorough as possible, took about 80 hours. Not a small game, that's for sure"That is about right. I've maybe 15 to 18 hours in and just finishing up the daily activities in the first City. I've the two outside area quest to do first though.
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Been playing ME 2 and i pretty much have the same opinion i had when it came out.
Its a good game but a step down from the RPG that ME1 was and the vibe is very diferent.
Its good but i´ve been playing for 10 hrs so far and i completely forgot about the Collectors until yesterday. In ME 1 i had the main story 100% present all the time and thats where the drive was.
Also, removing the weapon and armor stats and the Mako was just stupid, imo.
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Im considering hawing Silent Hill 2 for Halloween.
ME2 was a big step up for me. The additional characters improved things and was made even better with their respective loyalty missions.The shooting mechanics for ME1 were improved in the Legendary Edition so the improvement in ME2 LE isn't as noticeable but between the PS360 versions, the difference was night and day.
I don't dislike the Mako as much as most people but I didn't miss it in ME2 and ME3. In ME1 you'd just drive around planets to pretty much copy and paste bunkers.
The story is better in ME1 but ME2 is my favourite with ME3 just behind. I don't feel the sequels lost anything, just improved on everything else from what is a fantastic first game. Best trilogy ever.
Are you moving straight onto ME3 after ME2?
Glass, there was a recent patch for Silent Hill 2...that they apologised for and now say needs more patching. I'd hold off for a while, I've not tried it since the patch but performance wise it wasn't great before.
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The shooting mechanics for ME1 were improved in the Legenda..."
I understand what you´re saying and ME2 does have a more polished feel to it.
Maybe its because i just played ME1 LE and the upgrades made it more closer to ME2.
But i always enjoyed more the RPG part of ME1 and still feel the same way. Im a sucker to comparing stats and not having that in ME 2 is kinda weird.
I also thought Dead Space 2 was inferior to 1 while everyone else felt the oposite so maybe its me.
I plan to play ME3 right after (since i remember thinking it was better then 2) but i fear i may get a bit burned out.
I would like to find the time to replay Stalker 1 cause i absolutely adored that game back in the day but never ended up playing the sequels.
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Thanks for the warning Deck.
What problems did the patch bring?
Not sure, Glass. I'm holding off on going back to it until the PS5 Pro, I'd just noticed they'd said the issues the patch was causing would be rectified soon and apologised for it
Sounds like the patch fixed a few game breaking bugs...and then added a few new ones.
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To be fair, Bloober Team aren't a AAA developer and did seem like thy got a lot of things right with the remake (if you don't move anywhere anyway ;) ). But, game breaking glitches aside, it is one of those that they've sacrificed performance for an extra plant or two nobody notices. Do think it'll be a good play at some point, but yeah, it's one of the few that even I'll admit could have done with a bit more time in the oven before serving.
Stuck Silent Hill 2 back on out of morbid curiosity there, and the framerate, although still not silky smooth, is a lot less distracting. Maybe it is worth gambling on Glass, depending on the glitches.Only went as far as the town before chickening out, but already had a lot fewer worries about it. No way are you getting me to wander through that fog...yet. Still plan to wait for the Pro though before getting stuck in, but regained a lot of enthusiasm to play it from this very short play
Kinda got the urge to replay Prey, though have a feeling I'd play about half an hour then start looking for something else
And the patch to fix the patch for Silent Hill 2 is out. Very tempted to just get stuck into now, since I'm running out of steam in the Metaphor plat attempt
Nope, Silent Hill 2 is waay too stressful for this coward ;) I'll come back to it when I'm feeling braver.
Latest on the "maybe I'll replay but lose interest in 10 minutes later" list - Alien Isolation, since they've announced they're working on a sequel
Ping! Drift City. To say there's not much to it is an understatement. 5 minute plat...and that's including the installation time ;)
Yep and could probably get it done in less than that
