Games you are currently playing - Part 7

[Indrid Cold]

Tried it with a friend and thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't quite put why I thought D4 was boring, but there's something about POE 2 that makes me want to play more.

It's the spiritual successor to D2.

 

[Andrei79]

It's the spiritual successor to D2.

That makes sense. It really has that D2 feel, only bigger and with way more depth. I'm having a blast playing with a friend. The game is difficult too, which is great.

I think I'm starting to understand why I felt D4 was boring too. It felt like the build and attacks weren't as meaningful. The map and enemy designs were inferior and with waaaay less variety. The open world wasn't as interesting for an ARPG as the procedural maps. And, probably the most important part, the maps/dungeons are short in POE2, while D4 I remember some dungeons being a slog to go through lasting way too much time in the same settings. I also remember seeing the same enemies and same designs 30 hours in, to the point I quit due to how repetitive it was. Its crazy that a team with that kind of funding doesn't understand and can't create something this good.

 

[Indrid Cold]

That makes sense. It really has that D2 feel, only bigger and with way more depth. I'm having a blast playing with a friend. The game is difficult too, which is great.

I think I'm starting to understand why I felt D4 was boring too. It felt like the build and attacks weren't as meaningful. The map and enemy designs were inferior and with waaaay less variety. The open world wasn't as interesting for an ARPG as the procedural maps. And, probably the most important part, the maps/dungeons are short in POE2, while D4 I remember some dungeons being a slog to go through lasting way too much time in the same settings. I also remember seeing the same enemies and same designs 30 hours in, to the point I quit due to how repetitive it was. Its crazy that a team with that kind of funding doesn't understand and can't create something this good.

The slower, D2 like gameplay is POE's evil trick to make the game seem bigger than it really is. D4 is huge, and game play is so much faster. I like the slower style. D4's one killing vast mobs just doesn't feel right.

 

[Frankie Spankie]

I'm a bit over half way through the main story in Talos Principle 2, I'll be playing the DLC immediately after. I think the puzzles are much more interesting in the sequel but the story was much more interesting in the original so far. I'm amazed at just how many more interactions they included in the sequel. The first one only had a few devices you used to solve puzzles and I'm still being introduced to new ones half way through the sequel. There has to be 3-4x as many different devices you have to take advantage of to solve puzzles.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I started Immortals of Aveum on Gamepass. It’s absolutely not a great game and the acting is bad, but it has fun combat and looks very nice.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Case of the Golden Idol is an excellent puzzle game. Very good for spot gaming while you have other responsibilities going on (like a newborn, for example).