Games you are currently playing - Part 7
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pistolpete11
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Demon's Souls on PS5
I never played the original or the Dark Souls series, but have played Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring. Looks great, feels great, and for the most part I think they continued with the good ideas and ditched the bad ideas going into the other games.
My biggest frustration is having to fight through the same stuff over and over again because you died. Elden Ring had so many checkpoints and so much open space it was almost too easy to get your runes back. Sekiro you didn't have to get back to where you died, there was usually a checkpoint near the bosses/mini bosses, and you could could stealth your way around. Bloodborne there was usually a shortcut that skipped most of the level and/or you could run past the enemies you already fought. Demon's Souls checkpoints are few and far between and you're fighting in such confined spaces, it usually makes it impossible to just run by the enemies. First time through an area, maybe that's a good thing, but doing it over and over again is annoying. Luckily the bosses haven't been too hard so far.
Item equipment load and the world tendency are also cumbersome and obtuse. Glad they ditched those ideas.
I never played the original or the Dark Souls series, but have played Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring. Looks great, feels great, and for the most part I think they continued with the good ideas and ditched the bad ideas going into the other games.
My biggest frustration is having to fight through the same stuff over and over again because you died. Elden Ring had so many checkpoints and so much open space it was almost too easy to get your runes back. Sekiro you didn't have to get back to where you died, there was usually a checkpoint near the bosses/mini bosses, and you could could stealth your way around. Bloodborne there was usually a shortcut that skipped most of the level and/or you could run past the enemies you already fought. Demon's Souls checkpoints are few and far between and you're fighting in such confined spaces, it usually makes it impossible to just run by the enemies. First time through an area, maybe that's a good thing, but doing it over and over again is annoying. Luckily the bosses haven't been too hard so far.
Item equipment load and the world tendency are also cumbersome and obtuse. Glad they ditched those ideas.
While I haven't played the new one (I do own it), I did platinum the original and I will say, I kind of miss how the world is in sections, especially jumping from section to section whenever you want from the Nexus. I think I liked it enough that I stopped playing Dark Souls because of everything being fully opened (well, some things locked off, but you know).
pistolpete11
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I haven't played Dark Souls, but for me, Bloodborne's level design is about as good as you could do it. There are a lot of similarities between Bloodborne and Demon's Souls IMO. Bloodborne is just more intricate. But from a macro view, they both have basically 1 path to advance the game, with long stretches between checkpoints, shortcuts that you have to get to first to open up, and a boss at the end that blocks progression.
Soedy
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PUBG and Battlefield 1 and 4 with some friends. Also bought "Spirit of the North" and really like it.
Solo I play Anno 1800 and Planet Zoo at the moment.
Solo I play Anno 1800 and Planet Zoo at the moment.
Frankie Spankie
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I got this month's Humble Choice and started playing Descenders from it. I can see why it's so highly rated. I didn't read anything about the game, I honestly thought it was just a mountain bike racing game. I didn't even realize until I played for a half hour or so that every track was procedurally generated and they do a great job at making it look good and feeling unique every event.
Furthermore, I love the freedom the game gives you. They tell you it's not a racing game and to play it your own style. You could, of course, play it like a racing game if you want. But there's nothing forcing you to stay on track, you don't have to hit a single checkpoint, you can go slow, you can go fast. You can just have fun playing the game your way and you're rewarded for it no matter how you do it.
Furthermore, I love the freedom the game gives you. They tell you it's not a racing game and to play it your own style. You could, of course, play it like a racing game if you want. But there's nothing forcing you to stay on track, you don't have to hit a single checkpoint, you can go slow, you can go fast. You can just have fun playing the game your way and you're rewarded for it no matter how you do it.
filip85
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Panzer Corps 1 - on Field Marshal difficulty. Which unlocks Guderian, Rommel and Mainstein difficulty levels. On Guderian you have 5 less turn every mission, on Rommel you get only 25% prestige (in game currency for buying units) and Mainstein gives enemy units +5 in strenght.
Osprey
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I played that for the first time a few months ago. It was better than I expected and I honestly had fun for the first several hours. After that, I slowly started to get a little tired of the roguelite aspect of the campaign and the randomness of the objectives that both interfere with playing it the way that you want. I was interested enough to push though it to see all of the map types, but I don't think that it's something that I'll want to re-play, despite the procedural nature lending itself to replayability.
Frankie Spankie
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I can see that. Although to be fair, I'm never one to really play roguelikes for too long. I'm the kind of guy that plays them for like 10 hours, beat them once or twice, and put them away. I think for Descenders, it'll be perfect for me to se the ending, probably do New Game+, and move on to the next game.
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Osprey
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I'm the same way. I'm drawn to roguelikes and often enjoy them initially, but lose interest as they get repetitive. I played Descenders for just about 10 hours, beat the New Game and New Game+ modes and then moved on.
BTW, I'm up to almost 500 generated puzzles solved in Hexcells Infinite. Now that's something that I'm not getting tired of.
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John Price
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I am thinking of getting this game as it is free. Would you recommend getting it for PS5 or PC?
PS5. When you get to the PvP portion of the game you have the potential to run into hackers. I've played on both.
You also can play on both with the same characters with their cross play. The drawback is that if you pay for season content or DLC's, you have to buy them on each platform.
Andrei79
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Ever since finishing Elden Ring, I've been trying out a few different games on my backlog. I finished Dead Cells which was pure joy. Now I tried Deaths Gambit and Blasphemous. Man, both are great. I've decided to go with Blasphemous and am having a blast.
ItsFineImFine
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Playing The Saboteur for my PS3. Thought I better start playing and beating some games which have value so I can sell them for the cheap newer Xbox since the PS5 is the size of a VCR and I'm just a casual gamer now.
It's a decent game, compelling storyline, but the tasks feel like busy work and it's open world without the interesting exploration of open world. I also hate the frequent stoppages and saves, just let me play. It doesn't really feel interesting enough to explore.
Also playing Bully which was a PS2 classic on PS3 and it seems a bit more streamlined and interesting.
It's a decent game, compelling storyline, but the tasks feel like busy work and it's open world without the interesting exploration of open world. I also hate the frequent stoppages and saves, just let me play. It doesn't really feel interesting enough to explore.
Also playing Bully which was a PS2 classic on PS3 and it seems a bit more streamlined and interesting.
Frankie Spankie
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I got Railbound for PC. It's a pretty neat little puzzle game about building train tracks on a small grid to get the cars to the locomotive in the proper order.
I also started playing Sunset Overdrive. First time I ever played it. I don't think it's as great as people hype it up to be but it's more enjoyable than I thought it would be so there's that. I just wish the game felt a bit faster. Traversing the open world can feel like a drag when you don't have an easy grind to jump to. Sometimes you have to jump down to the ground and hopefully have something to bounce on. The combat and humor are both pretty fun though.
I also started playing Sunset Overdrive. First time I ever played it. I don't think it's as great as people hype it up to be but it's more enjoyable than I thought it would be so there's that. I just wish the game felt a bit faster. Traversing the open world can feel like a drag when you don't have an easy grind to jump to. Sometimes you have to jump down to the ground and hopefully have something to bounce on. The combat and humor are both pretty fun though.
MrAlmost
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Playing through various WADS for Doom over the last 2 years. I had beaten the classics before and multiple times, but now I am playing things from pistol start. Things are much harder and much more fun from pistol start. For those of you out there, I use saves.
I have a large backlog on PS4 Pro. Will be finishing Spider Man this weekend. I love it. Fantastic game. I have Miles Morales too, but I don't think I am going to jump right into another Spider Man game. Will likely start Fallen Order after Spider Man. Then Miles or Ghost of Tsushima.
I have a large backlog on PS4 Pro. Will be finishing Spider Man this weekend. I love it. Fantastic game. I have Miles Morales too, but I don't think I am going to jump right into another Spider Man game. Will likely start Fallen Order after Spider Man. Then Miles or Ghost of Tsushima.
Emperoreddy
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Soedy
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Just noticed that Ubisoft+ is free until 10th of october, atleast in germany. Perfect to play the Dawn of Ragnarök expansion for AC Valhalla.
RangerDoggo
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I'm in the post-post-endgame for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Semi-mindless hack-and-slash action is extremely my jam. Koei Tecmo's recent mainline Dynasty/Samurai Warriors games are lazy and low-effort, from what I've heard, but when they have a license to work with they do a good job (Zelda, Fire Emblem, One Piece), probably because that won't fly with the IP holders.
I have a big Switch backlog, but I'll probably keep that kind of fun going with Astral Chain.
I have a big Switch backlog, but I'll probably keep that kind of fun going with Astral Chain.
mattihp
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Would you liken the humour to Borderlands 2 or more like Borderlines 3? Thinking about picking this up. The B-team missions in BL3 was my favourite in the entire game, even though the DLCs were waaay better than the main game.
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Unholy Diver
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I don't really remember the old ones to the point of being able to compare them humor wise, and I don't think I played any of the dlc. Wonderlands is worth a playthrough though, I thought it was pretty enjoyable
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