Games you are currently playing - Part 7

[SimGrindcore]

I'm back here after a 5 month pause!

I took a break of my Mafia 3 playthrough to go achievement hunting in several different games:

• Hitman 2
• Superhot: Mind Control Delete
• Battlefield 4
• Call Of Duty: WWII
• The Walking Dead: Season 2
• Fallout 4
• Far Cry 5
• Battlefield 5
• Far Cry 6
• Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

I plan completing (grinding) these games too:

• Fallout 76 (1 achievement left)
• Far Cry: Blood Dragon (1 achievement left)

There is a ton of work to do!

 

[flyersnorth]

Picked up Alan Wake II on a Black Friday sale.

Have not played the first one. I played Control a few years ago and gave up after half a dozen hours - it just didn't click with me.

So far I'm enjoying Alan Wake II. I'm about 5 hours in, and the entire time has been tense, moody, dark. Great production. Gameplay is just ok, but the story is strong enough to keep me going.

It also came with the DLC, so that's nice.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Picked up Alan Wake II on a Black Friday sale.

Have not played the first one. I played Control a few years ago and gave up after half a dozen hours - it just didn't click with me.

So far I'm enjoying Alan Wake II. I'm about 5 hours in, and the entire time has been tense, moody, dark. Great production. Gameplay is just ok, but the story is strong enough to keep me going.

It also came with the DLC, so that's nice.

That would be a fair description of the original too, I gave up midway thru, then went back a decade or so later and replayed it and it was fairly enjoyable

Control didn't really grab me either, probably played a bit longer than you did but threw in the towel before the ending

Where did you find this black friday deal?

 

[flyersnorth]

That would be a fair description of the original too, I gave up midway thru, then went back a decade or so later and replayed it and it was fairly enjoyable

Control didn't really grab me either, probably played a bit longer than you did but threw in the towel before the ending

Where did you find this black friday deal?

It's on Xbox. Only this version (with the included DLC) was on sale.

 

[Unholy Diver]

It's on Xbox. Only this version (with the included DLC) was on sale.

I almost picked it up the other day at Bestbuy, but then I saw the 79.99 price tag, I liked the first one, but not quite that much, even with the DLC

 

[pistolpete11]

Alan Wake 1 was better on the easiest difficulty. The atmosphere, mood, and story were all enjoyable to me, but the gameplay was almost unplayable. I haven't played the second one, but yeah, that description sounds pretty similar to the first one.

I liked Control, though. So maybe they've gotten better in the gameplay department.

 

[flyersnorth]

I almost picked it up the other day at Bestbuy, but then I saw the 79.99 price tag, I liked the first one, but not quite that much, even with the DLC

This is the one I got

Buy Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition | Xbox

Unlock exclusive content with the Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition. Expansion Pass (Night Springs Expansion and Lake House Expansion), Consumable Lantern Charm, and the Crimson Windbreaker, Celebrity Suit, Parliament Shotgun Skin, and Nordic Shotgun Skin cosmetics

www.xbox.com

 

[flyersnorth]

Alan Wake 1 was better on the easiest difficulty. The atmosphere, mood, and story were all enjoyable to me, but the gameplay was almost unplayable. I haven't played the second one, but yeah, that description sounds pretty similar to the first one.

I liked Control, though. So maybe they've gotten better in the gameplay department.

I'm guessing you'd probably feel the same about the sequel.

Story does seem solid though.

 

[Unholy Diver]

This is the one I got

Buy Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition | Xbox

Unlock exclusive content with the Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition. Expansion Pass (Night Springs Expansion and Lake House Expansion), Consumable Lantern Charm, and the Crimson Windbreaker, Celebrity Suit, Parliament Shotgun Skin, and Nordic Shotgun Skin cosmetics

www.xbox.com

Half off might be enough to tempt me, I'll have to see if a similar deal is on the US XB store

 

[Mikeaveli]

As a fan of the original Alan Wake I was pretty disappointed by the sequel, the marketing portrayed it as a survival horror game similar to Resident Evil 2 but after 5 hours I felt it was a boring walking simulator and dropped the game. The graphics are outstanding though.

 

[flyersnorth]

As a fan of the original Alan Wake I was pretty disappointed by the sequel, the marketing portrayed it as a survival horror game similar to Resident Evil 2 but after 5 hours I felt it was a boring walking simulator and dropped the game. The graphics are outstanding though.

That's the impression I'm getting too - very much a game on rails.

Those are generally hit or miss with me. I figure I can get through this one.

 

[Frankie Spankie]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on hard is f***ing brutal. I died 5x to a single mutant without being able to kill it. I had to drop it down to normal difficulty after that lol

The game is still pretty hardcore even at normal though. I'm only about an hour in and it's pretty sweet. I heard it was really poorly optimized. I'm playing on a 4090 at max settings and was nervous when the opening cutscene was a steady 50-55 fps but gameplay bumped up to 90-110. It was so weird to see the jump in frame rate when the graphics didn't change and I got more control.