What are you playing right now?

[Reck]

Just got my physical copy of Ragnarok today. Surprisingly the launch edition comes with the pre order digital goodies. Lol

[spurraider21]

loving it so far. im playing on the 2nd highest difficulty (no shot i'm playing Give Me God of War on my first playthrough). my first impression is that the enemies are tougher than 2018. they're much harder to stagger. sometimes even after a parry you cant attack and have to land consecutive parries.

[spurraider21]

also, the game is massive

[baseline bum]

loving it so far. im playing on the 2nd highest difficulty (no shot i'm playing Give Me God of War on my first playthrough). my first impression is that the enemies are tougher than 2018. they're much harder to stagger. sometimes even after a parry you cant attack and have to land consecutive parries.

I'm going to have to go with Give Me a Challenge again, that was definitely the difficulty to play the original on for the first playthough. Hope they have an equivalent for the valkyrie fights.

[spurraider21]

I'm going to have to go with Give Me a Challenge again, that was definitely the difficulty to play the original on for the first playthough. Hope they have an equivalent for the valkyrie fights.
it has a different name, but you're still just looking for the difficulty that is one below give me god of war. im not far enough into the game to know, but the enemy variety is already noticeable

[vy65]

I’m only about an hour or two in, but I’m underwhelmed (sorry Nono). From a mechanics perspective, I don’t see anything that changed from the last (which was the og in my mind). The story isn’t doing much for me because wgaf about Loki/Atreus. Hopefully it picks up.

[ElNono]

I’m only about an hour or two in, but I’m underwhelmed (sorry Nono). From a mechanics perspective, I don’t see anything that changed from the last (which was the og in my mind). The story isn’t doing much for me because wgaf about Loki/Atreus. Hopefully it picks up.

Just got back home and finished installing it... probably gonna binge on the weekend. Haven't really had a chance to play it early, so not sure what to expect.

[spurraider21]

I’m only about an hour or two in, but I’m underwhelmed (sorry Nono). From a mechanics perspective, I don’t see anything that changed from the last (which was the og in my mind). The story isn’t doing much for me because wgaf about Loki/Atreus. Hopefully it picks up.
mechanics are largely the same, but thats not a bad thing considering how GOATed 2018 was. its kinda like Portal 2 adding new gel types but largely having the same game mechanics as Portal 1

ive played a decent amount so far, but probably not that far into main story as i tend to be something of a completionist with these types of games, making sure i've checked every nook and cranny (only frustrating when i dont know that a certain area i can see is inaccessible until later in the game when i approach from a different location or use a new tool/ability, so i end up running around the same area multiple times until i finally realize i cant progress this way yet)

[Xevious]

This may be a dumb question, but does your save carry over? Or do you lose all your shit and start over as a scrub in true God of War fashion?

I don't have it yet, and probably won't rush to play it until the semen cloud dies down a little. I like the 2018 GoW quite a bit, but felt like the hype killed it for me. It just couldn't live up to the praise that people were giving it.

[spurraider21]

This may be a dumb question, but does your save carry over? Or do you lose all your shit and start over as a scrub in true God of War fashion?

I don't have it yet, and probably won't rush to play it until the semen cloud dies down a little. I like the 2018 GoW quite a bit, but felt like the hype killed it for me. It just couldn't live up to the praise that people were giving it.
nothing carries over from previous title

i dont think the praise is going to decrease over time. just like it basically never did for 2018 GOW

[baseline bum]

Good thing too because it looked like absolute fucking dogshit when it came out on PS4 initially :lol

I enjoyed it but it fell short to me honestly. The combat is on point though. But i just didnt like how they took basically the most boring part of FFVII and made an entire game out of it, especially how they stick Sephiroth into this part of the story.


Tifa though :tu :tu

LOL why does Tifa keep saying シャワー浴びたい = shawaa abitai = I wanna take a shower after like every other fight in FFVII Remake? :lol

[Xevious]

nothing carries over from previous title

i dont think the praise is going to decrease over time. just like it basically never did for 2018 GOW
It'll be less prominent though. I don't expect bad reviews to come in or anything, just for people to calm down. I can't even open YouTube right now without Google trying to show me another review or playthrough video. That probably says more about their algorithm on me and the stuff I watch more than anything though.

[ElNono]

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:lol

[lefty]

:lol

That's actually what Thor looks like in Norse mythology
His look in Avengers : Endgame was accurate

[baseline bum]

vy65 I know you were wanting to play Witcher 3, so the PS5 upgrade comes on Dec 14th.

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[baseline bum]

spurraider21, if you're interested in picking up Miles Morales cheap Gamestop has the PS4 version for $20 new.

https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/products/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales---playstation-4/225343.html

It has a free PS5 upgrade.

https://blog.playstation.com/2020/11/09/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-launches-this-week-on-ps4-ps5/

[Leetonidas]

Just started Ragnarok:tu

[spurraider21]

spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905), if you're interested in picking up Miles Morales cheap Gamestop has the PS4 version for $20 new.

https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/products/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales---playstation-4/225343.html

It has a free PS5 upgrade.

https://blog.playstation.com/2020/11/09/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-launches-this-week-on-ps4-ps5/
not a bad price. does that game have any DLC that i'd be missing out on by buying that? sometimes its worth waiting a while and buying the "complete edition" when that prices gets cheap

[ElNono]

I'm gonna miss Mimir... one of the best written characters in video games, IMHO....

"Well, that's a fine mess"

[spurraider21]

tbh cant get enough of the game. its much bigger than the first one and i love it for that reason. i've always been one to exhaust every exploration option before proceeding with the main quest, and this game allows for a ton of that. although sometimes i do so in vain, because there is that metroidvania element of "you can only access this particular area with an item/ability you wont get until later." was the same way in the 2018 one to be fair, with the light bridges, exploding crystals, hels bramble

WAY more of the side quests/favors than the first game... though to an extent its a quality>quantity effect. in the first game, a vast majority of the Favors were these pretty long, grandiose quests, like finding the dwarven king, freeing dragons, going through the mines to find andvari's ring, etc. in this one, some of them are pretty underwhelming. but theres so many that you will still find a good amount of high quality ones

a lot of very good miniboss encounters as well, a huge upgrade to 2018 in terms of enemy/boss variety

[ElNono]

tbh cant get enough of the game. its much bigger than the first one and i love it for that reason. i've always been one to exhaust every exploration option before proceeding with the main quest, and this game allows for a ton of that. although sometimes i do so in vain, because there is that metroidvania element of "you can only access this particular area with an item/ability you wont get until later." was the same way in the 2018 one to be fair, with the light bridges, exploding crystals, hels bramble

WAY more of the side quests/favors than the first game... though to an extent its a quality>quantity effect. in the first game, a vast majority of the Favors were these pretty long, grandiose quests, like finding the dwarven king, freeing dragons, going through the mines to find andvari's ring, etc. in this one, some of them are pretty underwhelming. but theres so many that you will still find a good amount of high quality ones

a lot of very good miniboss encounters as well, a huge upgrade to 2018 in terms of enemy/boss variety

Was just talking with one of the rendering engineers today and he said he's playing the game too, because there a ton of stuff he didn't even see while working on the game.

I think I'm at that point where I have all the stuff I need to explore all the favors, but some of the fights are still kinda tough, like the tomb mini bosses

[spurraider21]

Was just talking with one of the rendering engineers today and he said he's playing the game too, because there a ton of stuff he didn't even see while working on the game.

I think I'm at that point where I have all the stuff I need to explore all the favors, but some of the fights are still kinda tough, like the tomb mini bosses
i know im progressing somewhat slow, but i cant yet access those yellow cracked circles or those little things blowing some wind/steam. last i left the game i was riding the dog sled around the frozen lake but just trying to make every stop i can in that region before progressing the main quest

edit: got the tool needed for both :tu

[lefty]

I'm gonna miss Mimir
Dude, it's a pixelated head

[spurraider21]

Dude, it's a pixelated head
bend over, i'll show you a pixelated head

[Joseph Kony]

LOL why does Tifa keep saying シャワー浴びたい = shawaa abitai = I wanna take a shower after like every other fight in FFVII Remake? :lol
i imagine those jumbo tiddies of hers get pretty sweaty :lol

[ElNono]

Dude, it's a pixelated head

Dude, it has more character than ducks

[lefty]

Dude, it has more character than ducks
:lol

[Leetonidas]

GoW:R definitely feels a little more difficult than the last game. Give me no Mercy has been harder than I thought it would be

[spurraider21]

GoW:R definitely feels a little more difficult than the last game. Give me no Mercy has been harder than I thought it would be
im playing on this difficulty as well, which is the equivalent of "give me a challenge" in 2018. the main difference i've felt is that enemies are generally less likely to stagger, even pretty basic ones

[spurraider21]

My only real gripe with the combat is that it seems like 80% of the time my runic attack will stagger any enemy but then enemies will walk right through them and smack me. Even the most basic minions.

if they want to have a rule where some enemies don’t get staggered fine. It’s the inconsistencies that feel cheap

[resistanze]

Downloaded deathloop and THPS on sale.

[spurraider21]

The Berserker fights are this games version of the Valkyries. I think the individual berserkers are fine, but the dark souls style gank fights fighting 2 or 3 of them, or one that keeps spawning minions, just aren't very satisfying. spent well over an hour fighting the 3 on 1 until i finally broke through. i'm still pretty under-leveled for the 2v1 (everything one shots me, and im not good enough to flawless these fights yet)

supposedly the last berkserker is comparable to sigrun, and i'm looking forward to that challenge later. gonna get back into main story for a bit.

[Reck]

Fresh off my Ragnarok platinum today. :bobo

Still have a couple of side missions to do and haven't actually 100 percented every region yet. I played on Give me a Balance Experience. No idea how you guys can just jump right into no mercy. Fuck that. I felt like the game gets insanely difficult towards the end so I'm happy with the challenge overall.


Game delivers as usual. The story was strong and the combat, while mostly the same its still top notch. Though I will say I had some issues with it. The dodging and parrying in this game is broken or something. Either that or Kratos has the biggest hitbox in video game history. The amount of times I died due to getting stun locked was crazy. I may be wrong on this but also the iframes in Ragnarok work differently. You can actually get hit while in an animation like when you use runic or rage mode. The berserkers and umm the last "secret" boss are the biggest headaches when it comes to that.

[spurraider21]

Fresh off my Ragnarok platinum today. :bobo

Still have a couple of side missions to do and haven't actually 100 percented every region yet.
wait so you can get platinum without having completed all the side missions? weird. figured that would have been part of it, though i havent specifically looked at trophies.

i flew to LA and will be here for about 6 weeks until just after the new year, so i wont be able to pick up the game until then. before i left i did just about every side quest/favor available to me. all i had left that i had marked was the Muspelheim Final Trials (already did the 6 original ones). other than gathering a few artifacts or maybe a chest here and there, i more or less 100%d what i could. think i have another berskerker somewhere but wasnt able to access him yet, so probably has to be after main story. i even finished all the ravens and beat the optional boss at the end of that

i just assumed all that would be necessary for a plat anyway


I played on Give me a Balance Experience. No idea how you guys can just jump right into no mercy. Fuck that. I felt like the game gets insanely difficult towards the end so I'm happy with the challenge overall.
give me no mercy (same as give me a challenge from last game) felt fine. honestly as long as you do ample side content along the way, the main story ends up feeling much easier than the side stuff :lol. after fighting several berserkers, the end of the campaign felt ridiculously easy.

honestly, i cant think of many parts of the main story where i felt i was having issues progressing. maybe Nidhogg took be several attempts to get used to his attacks. and heck even the miniboss right before him took me a few tries. but otherwise after maybe 1-2 attempts to figure out what their principle moveset was, thought the main game was fair. much like 2018, i felt some of the swarm mob encounters to be harder than the actual boss fights.

but some of the berserker fights were a real pain in the ass. i imagine the king will be a challenge like sigrun was.


Game delivers as usual. The story was strong and the combat, while mostly the same its still top notch. Though I will say I had some issues with it. The dodging and parrying in this game is broken or something. Either that or Kratos has the biggest hitbox in video game history.
i didnt get this sense, though i do think the parry window was possibly less forgiving than 2018. there also are "perfect parries" if done at the very last possible moment. if you used the Dauntless shield (geared toward parry), you could tell because a regular parry would charge your shield to yellow while perfect parries did red


The amount of times I died due to getting stun locked was crazy.
this almost always happened if i didnt properly parry a yellow attack, as those are "unblockable". if you try to block it, or you parry too soon, it stuns you. but easiest way to get out of that is to quickly pop spartan rage while in that vulnerable state.


I may be wrong on this but also the iframes in Ragnarok work differently. You can actually get hit while in an animation like when you use runic or rage mode. The berserkers and umm the last "secret" boss are the biggest headaches when it comes to that.
iirc you always could get hit while going into a runic animation. some specific ones granted immunity in the first game. one of the blades runic attacks where you run with the shield, for example. but yes, berserkers capitalize on that stuff more than most. my bigger issue is that in this game, at seemingly random times, my runic attacks wouldnt stun an enemy. so while my attack has been going on for 1.5-2 seconds already and im locked in the animation dude just walks right through it and hits me. it didnt seem like an intended mechanic, as even berskerkers like 90-95% of the time get stunned by every runic attack as long as its hitting them

as far as rage, i havent had that experience as long as you use the regular "Fury" rage. but i did notice that you still take damage while using the Valor version if there is an incoming attack, so i basically never used it. i didnt try Wrath out much

[Reck]

wait so you can get platinum without having completed all the side missions? weird. figured that would have been part of it, though i havent specifically looked at trophies.

i just assumed all that would be necessary for a plat anyway

Not all side quest give you a trophy. The only place you need to 100% is Vanaheim.

The important factors are in getting the legendary chests, Normir chests for health and rage, getting all Ravens and killing all berserkers as they drop hilts which count for the collectors trophy.

Those are the hardest, grindiest trophies in the game. The rest are self revealing once you look up the trophy name and it's description.



i didnt get this sense, though i do think the parry window was possibly less forgiving than 2018. there also are "perfect parries" if done at the very last possible moment. if you used the Dauntless shield (geared toward parry), you could tell because a regular parry would charge your shield to yellow while perfect parries did red

It must have been that then. The shield I used for most of my playthrough was the bashing one. The double Tap L and Kratos would rush the enemie's most powerful attacks which broke them out of their animation for a quick combo.

One thing I noticed is that in this game, the armor and buffs you are given aren't nearly as powerful as in the first one. They all come post game. The Berserker King armor is OP and the runic is almost game breaking. But you have to pretty much be level 9 to fight him otherwise you'll have a bad time.

Game+ should be fun. I'll definitely crank up the difficulty then.

[spurraider21]

Not all side quest give you a trophy. The only place you need to 100% is Vanaheim.

The important factors are in getting the legendary chests, Normir chests for health and rage, getting all Ravens and killing all berserkers as they drop hilts which count for the collectors trophy.

Those are the hardest, grindiest trophies in the game. The rest are self revealing once you look up the trophy name and it's description.




It must have been that then. The shield I used for most of my playthrough was the bashing one. The double Tap L and Kratos would rush the enemie's most powerful attacks which broke them out of their animation for a quick combo.

One thing I noticed is that in this game, the armor and buffs you are given aren't nearly as powerful as in the first one. They all come post game. The Berserker King armor is OP and the runic is almost game breaking. But you have to pretty much be level 9 to fight him otherwise you'll have a bad time.

Game+ should be fun. I'll definitely crank up the difficulty then.
im pretty sure i only have one berserker left before unlocking the King. the 1v1 berserker fights were all fine. died to all of them at least once, but most started feeling pretty predictable, much like valkyries. only ones that truly felt frustrating were the gank fights. the 2v1, the 3v1, and to a slightly lesser degree, the one that kept spawning other minions

mechanically, the 2v1 was not that hard (usually only one was attacking you at a time), but those guys were at a fairly high level when i first tried fighting them, so everything was killing me in one hit. the 3v1 took me a long time to figure out a viable strategy. was by far the most frustrating thing in the game

[ElNono]

I finished the story a while back... still gotta go back and wrap up all the side stuff...

Since I was traveling for 3 weeks, I built a backlog of games to check out.

Finished the COD campaign (meh) and playing A Plague's Tale: Requiem right now

[Reck]

I finished the story a while back... still gotta go back and wrap up all the side stuff...

Since I was traveling for 3 weeks, I built a backlog of games to check out.

Finished the COD campaign (meh) and playing A Plague's Tale: Requiem right now

Make sure to do the curtain call side quest mission that puts a bow on the game. :tu

[baseline bum]

I finished the story a while back... still gotta go back and wrap up all the side stuff...

Since I was traveling for 3 weeks, I built a backlog of games to check out.

Finished the COD campaign (meh) and playing A Plague's Tale: Requiem right now

You playing on PoorC or PoorStation 5?

[ElNono]

You playing on PoorC or PoorStation 5?

PS5

[140]

GT7 coming to PC :wow

[baseline bum]

GT7 coming to PC :wow

Always online trash

[daboom1]

AC:Oddysee is so good. I was impressed with the new engine in AC:Origins and they made it 10x better.

Hopefully Alexios can marry this one later on :lol

https://static.gosunoob.com/img/1/2018/10/AC-Odyssey-Daphnae-Kill-Romance-Leave-Ending.jpg

[Joseph Kony]

Ready for Calisto Protocol tonight :tu

[baseline bum]

Ready for Calisto Protocol tonight :tu

:tu

Just got my code for it from the 6700 XT I got last week. Though Ragnarok comes first.

The card also came with a code for Dead Island 2 but expecting that game to be pretty shit, the dev for that hasn't put out a good game since Time Splitters 2 on PS2 lol. But Callisto looks like it's going to be awesome.

[baseline bum]

Ready for Calisto Protocol tonight :tu

BTW, you heard about Epic Game Store's Christmas promo? Next week they're giving away Saints Row IV, but then after that they're doing 15 days of giveaways, and they have given away some really nice shit. Some of the freebies they have given away in the past:

A Plague Tale: Innocence
Alien Isolation
Entire Bioshock Series
Borderlands 2,3, and Pre-Sequel
Cities Skylines
Control
Doom 64
Fallout 3 GOTY
GTA V
Hitman
Inside
Maneater
Metro 2033
Metro Last Light
Nioh Complete Edition
Prey
Rage 2
Entire Tomb Raider Trilogy (TR2013, ROTR, SOTR)
Saints Row The Third Remaster
Sonic Mania
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Watch Dogs 2
Wolfenstein The New Order
XCom 2

[spurraider21]

AC:Oddysee is so good. I was impressed with the new engine in AC:Origins and they made it 10x better.

Hopefully Alexios can marry this one later on :lol

https://static.gosunoob.com/img/1/2018/10/AC-Odyssey-Daphnae-Kill-Romance-Leave-Ending.jpg
i found the actual gameplay mechanics, combat, etc to be pretty good tbh

but the game overall was way too big for its own good, and side quests were almost never interesting. after some point i was just spamming x to skip through dialogue because it was just getting tiring and never worth it. and there was little point TO doing side content and leveling up (or getting better gear) because the enemies always scale with your level no matter what, and once you find a basic tier weapon 1-2 levels above your legend tier one, its already outclassing it :lol

[baseline bum]

i found the actual gameplay mechanics, combat, etc to be pretty good tbh

but the game overall was way too big for its own good, and side quests were almost never interesting. after some point i was just spamming x to skip through dialogue because it was just getting tiring and never worth it. and there was little point TO doing side content and leveling up (or getting better gear) because the enemies always scale with your level no matter what, and once you find a basic tier weapon 1-2 levels above your legend tier one, its already outclassing it :lol

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[spurraider21]

1597349646375845888
well deserved. its quite literally just god of war 2.0, a pure upgrade from 2018 in just about every way imaginable. only blemish in the game is that at some point there is some sidequest fatigue. i wouldnt go so far to say that its assassins creed-esque, but it had a little bit of that feel in one of the realms.

[baseline bum]

Finished the main story of Final Fantasy VII Remake, amazing game and love the soundtrack too. Only disappointing thing was I couldn't choose Tifa as my party leader in the main boss fight, though guess it makes sense for story reasons that Cloud would be it. Still, love fighting with Tifa as party leader. Will probably play the Yuffie DLC for it next before moving on to Ragnarok.

[Joseph Kony]

BTW, you heard about Epic Game Store's Christmas promo? Next week they're giving away Saints Row IV, but then after that they're doing 15 days of giveaways, and they have given away some really nice shit. Some of the freebies they have given away in the past:

A Plague Tale: Innocence
Alien Isolation
Entire Bioshock Series
Borderlands 2,3, and Pre-Sequel
Cities Skylines
Control
Doom 64
Fallout 3 GOTY
GTA V
Hitman
Inside
Maneater
Metro 2033
Metro Last Light
Nioh Complete Edition
Prey
Rage 2
Entire Tomb Raider Trilogy (TR2013, ROTR, SOTR)
Saints Row The Third Remaster
Sonic Mania
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Watch Dogs 2
Wolfenstein The New Order
XCom 2

Nice, i'll keep an eye on it. I have claimed most of the games for free over the years as well

[baseline bum]

Ready for Calisto Protocol tonight :tu

Damn, PC version looks completely broken at launch. Two huge issues:

1. Shaders not precompiled, so give you huge stutters in game first time shaders are compiled for a scene.
2. The game is ridiculously cpu bound.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psetdjz01mI

Go to the 22:38 mark for PC performance.

[Joseph Kony]

Damn, PC version looks completely broken at launch. Two huge issues:

1. Shaders not precompiled, so give you huge stutters in game first time shaders are compiled for a scene.
2. The game is ridiculously cpu bound.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psetdjz01mI

Go to the 22:38 mark for PC performance.

glad i got in on PS5 then :lol

[redzero]

God of War Ragnarok might be the only game I platinumed. I wish it was longer, but it already felt twice as long as the last one.

[Joseph Kony]

callisto is a decent game. i never played the OG deadspace so i cant compare but in a vacuum its not a bad game at all. the gripes about combat i thought were deserved until i played it a bit, and i realized it's just getting used to the mechanics and not being a badass space marine that is supposed to just wreck shit. people complaining about the length of the game also - i think the length is fine. it's not supposed to be a giant open world game, its a linear survival horror game. biggest gripes are with the graphics/framerate issues and lack of performance/resolution mode and the overly long death animations. also would suggest if you're tempted to buy this game, do yourself a favor and wait til it's on sale for 30-40 bucks

[baseline bum]

Doing a fourth playthrough of Elden Ring. Man this game looks awesome using RSR to upscale 1800p to 4k. Need to build my PC character up to be ready for the DLC rumored for April anyways.

[ElNono]

Finished Returnal while I wait for my code for Callisto... thinking of loading up Elden Ring on my Steamdeck and taking it with me for the holidays for another replay, tbh...

[spurraider21]

miss muh ps5 tbh :cry... wont be back home for another month

[Leetonidas]

Finished Returnal while I wait for my code for Callisto... thinking of loading up Elden Ring on my Steamdeck and taking it with me for the holidays for another replay, tbh...
You actually finished Returnal? :lol have to be the only person i know of that actually did

[ElNono]

You actually finished Returnal? :lol have to be the only person i know of that actually did

I cheated a couple of times with the suspend-cycle/upload to cloud, but eventually you get the hang of it.

[spurraider21]

luckily warzone 2 looks like complete dogshit so i can finally break out of the COD black hole and start attacking my backlog which has largely gone untouched for over a year. once i get back home, gonna finish up the 100%/platinum on ragnarok then just replay it again on give me god of war difficulty. then i dno... have a lot of options. still have to attack dark souls 2/3 at some point (want to play those before elden ring). days gone. cyberpunk. nioh. still never picked up TLOU2 either

[Reck]

Time to play upgraded Witcher 3. I played roughly 40% through before I got bored/side tracked so this gives me an excuse to fired it back up.

[Joseph Kony]

gonna fire up Goat Simulator 3 later :tu

[Ef-man]

Russia, WTF!?

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1605986304667181056

[Xevious]

The wife got me a PS5 for Christmas. I probably would've still waited longer otherwise. I set it up this afternoon and I already don't know what to play. :lol I downloaded Ragnarok, installed Miles Morales (which I've had for a while on PS4 and never played), and she also bought me Forbidden West. I want to play all of them, but nothing is really jumping out at me right now. I know Miles is short, but I need to find some other short/linear stuff to ease myself back into gaming. I feel kind of burnt out of big open world games even though I've played next to nothing in close to a year.

[Leetonidas]

Modern Warfare 2 is a decent upgrade from Vanguard. I like a lot of the changes they made for multiplayer (hated the team MVP and "play of the game" BS). Campaign seems like a downgrade compared to the previous iteration of MW though, although I'm not too far into it yet

[ElNono]

The wife got me a PS5 for Christmas. I probably would've still waited longer otherwise. I set it up this afternoon and I already don't know what to play. :lol I downloaded Ragnarok, installed Miles Morales (which I've had for a while on PS4 and never played), and she also bought me Forbidden West. I want to play all of them, but nothing is really jumping out at me right now. I know Miles is short, but I need to find some other short/linear stuff to ease myself back into gaming. I feel kind of burnt out of big open world games even though I've played next to nothing in close to a year.

The Astro’s Playroom game that comes with the console is pretty good if you want to ease into it and get a good feel of the DualSense superior haptics. It’s fun to play as well.

You got a good haul of games. I would add Ratchet and Clank and obviously Elden Ring if you haven’t played it yet.

[spurraider21]

The wife got me a PS5 for Christmas. I probably would've still waited longer otherwise. I set it up this afternoon and I already don't know what to play. :lol I downloaded Ragnarok, installed Miles Morales (which I've had for a while on PS4 and never played), and she also bought me Forbidden West. I want to play all of them, but nothing is really jumping out at me right now. I know Miles is short, but I need to find some other short/linear stuff to ease myself back into gaming. I feel kind of burnt out of big open world games even though I've played next to nothing in close to a year.
hard to recommend something other than ragnarok. its not quite "open world" but its definitely larger than the 2018 one

[resistanze]

Just finished GOW (2018) last night, guess I gotta dive right into Ragnorok

[lefty]

Just finished GOW (2018)
:lol so I'm not the only one playing older games

[resistanze]

:lol so I'm not the only one playing older games

lol, completely skipped PS4 generation tbh

[lefty]

lol, completely skipped PS4 generation tbh
ah ok lol

tbf I haven't had much time to play games, just firing up a quick FIFA or 2K session once in a while an that's it
Work, gym, chores, social life come first I guess

[Reck]

:lol so I'm not the only one playing older games

My backlog is entirely made up of 5 year or older games I have to play. Currently playing a bunch of Lego collection games I have from years ago. Lol

[lefty]

My backlog is entirely made up of 5 year or older games I have to play. Currently playing a bunch of Lego collection games I have from years ago. Lol
never played those, they look fun tbh

[spurraider21]

will finally get back home sunday evening. would be hopping right back on to 100%/plat ragnarok, then start 2nd playthrough on gmgow.

probably will follow that with bioshock 2. still have to work thru that trilogy

[Xevious]

I just started doing side content in Vanaheim on Ragnarok. I'm assuming I have a pretty long way to go. I've already had my YouTube feed spoil some of the story beats by people's video titles. That's pretty annoying especially since I have been avoiding GoW content. Google thinks I need it in my algorithm though.

I'll probably play Miles Morales next as a shorter palate cleanser before I attempt any other long games after this.

[Reck]

never played those, they look fun tbh

They’re a great palate cleanser after playing a long game. These little Lego games are fun and even addictive because of their short and fun level designs. Easy to pick up and put down again.

The Skywalker Saga is pretty neat. Like 9 games in 1.

[Xevious]

They’re a great palate cleanser after playing a long game. These little Lego games are fun and even addictive because of their short and fun level designs. Easy to pick up and put down again.

The Skywalker Saga is pretty neat. Like 9 games in 1.
I haven't played any of those in years, but the fact that they are cooperative multiplayer is great. I used to play the Lego Star Wars and Batman games with my kids all the time.

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/LghDDgt/IMG-0393.jpg

[Reck]

The premium and Extra memberships are on a special deal on the PlayStation store. 80 and 60 bucks for a year.

I’m thinking about the extra tier.

[baseline bum]

The premium and Extra memberships are on a special deal on the PlayStation store. 80 and 60 bucks for a year.

I’m thinking about the extra tier.

I can't even fathom buying one of those subscriptions right now. My PS5 backlog is already ridiculously long, too much to consider these subscription services. Right now my PS5 backlog is

1. God of War Ragnarok
2. Demon's Souls
3. Yakuza Like a Dragon
4. Horizon Forbidden West
5. Returnal
6. Deathloop
7. Judgment
8. Lost Judgment

I gotta stop buying games I don't have time to finish lol. And then Miles Morales, Cyberpunk, and Control are in my PC backlog. :lol

[Reck]

I can't even fathom buying one of those subscriptions right now. My PS5 backlog is already ridiculously long, too much to consider these subscription services. Right now my PS5 backlog is

1. God of War Ragnarok
2. Demon's Souls
3. Yakuza Like a Dragon
4. Horizon Forbidden West
5. Returnal
6. Deathloop
7. Judgment
8. Lost Judgment

I gotta stop buying games I don't have time to finish lol. And then Miles Morales, Cyberpunk, and Control are in my PC backlog. :lol

Same here. But this is truly a deal. I definitely wouldn’t pay regular price for any of this otherwise.

I also can’t wait for Ishin next month. That’s a day one buy.

[baseline bum]

Same here. But this is truly a deal. I definitely wouldn’t pay regular price for any of this otherwise.

I also can’t wait for Ishin next month. That’s a day one buy.

It's a great game. I imported it from Japan last year of course not knowing we'd get it announced for western localization.

https://i.ibb.co/nBJkFYF/ishin.jpg

TBH my Japanese wasn't good enough to understand everything in it so I'll probably buy the remaster on Day 1, but for Steam since Sega is usually really chickenshit and splits the English and Japanese versions on console while on Steam I get both versions.

[spurraider21]

Just got platinum on ragnarok. Was rusty as hell and only had really endgame content left so it was rough getting back into shape.

Valkyrie queen fight was more difficult than berserker king guy. He was definitely an easier guy to learn his moves, left way more openings imo… but he did hit like an absolute truck. In hindsight should have fought him first because the relic you get from beating him is insane and would probably be useful against the queen.

still think it’s a 10/10 game. Will play gmgow when new game plus comes out. Give me no mercy was definitely the way to go for the first playthrough

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/ncNMH0v/age-of-empires-3-def-edition-1-1.jpg

Just bought

[Leetonidas]

https://i.ibb.co/ncNMH0v/age-of-empires-3-def-edition-1-1.jpg

Just bought

I was just playing the first AOE the other day. Always satisfies that RTS itch that I just cant get with any RTS game these days

[Leetonidas]

finally picking up Forbidden West again. I really need to finish a game one of these days. right now i'm pending to finish Callisto, Ragnarok, Forbidden West, Plague Tale, Crisis Core remake, Elden Ring, and Modern Warfare 2 :lol nothing can hold my attention anymore for some reason. :depressed

[spurraider21]

I just started doing side content in Vanaheim on Ragnarok. I'm assuming I have a pretty long way to go. I've already had my YouTube feed spoil some of the story beats by people's video titles. That's pretty annoying especially since I have been avoiding GoW content. Google thinks I need it in my algorithm though.

I'll probably play Miles Morales next as a shorter palate cleanser before I attempt any other long games after this.
not sure which part of vanaheim you're at, but there is a ton of side content there.

[Xevious]

not sure which part of vanaheim you're at, but there is a ton of side content there.
Yeah I did what I could for now and moved on. I just finished meeting with the Norms and now was going around trying to kill some Berserkers... will definitely need to come back to most of those.

[spurraider21]

Yeah I did what I could for now and moved on. I just finished meeting with the Norms and now was going around trying to kill some Berserkers... will definitely need to come back to most of those.
If you just met the Norns, you have only seen the tip of the iceberg of the available side content

[Reck]

Finally did it and got Extra for the special sale. It expires tonight at midnight pacific time.

Lots of games I wanted to play for a long time. Guardians of the Galaxy been one of them. Downloaded Ghost of Tsushima Directors cut and the intergrade Final Fantasy 7 to the console.

Will have fun platting Ghost all over again, this time the PS5 ver. :)

[baseline bum]

Finally did it and got Extra for the special sale. It expires tonight at midnight pacific time.

Lots of games I wanted to play for a long time. Guardians of the Galaxy been one of them. Downloaded Ghost of Tsushima Directors cut and the intergrade Final Fantasy 7 to the console.

Will have fun platting Ghost all over again, this time the PS5 ver. :)

FFVIIR is so much better than I was expecting it to be. Ugh now probably gotta wait a year for part 2 though. Also Ghost of Tsushima is extremely impressive graphically on PS5 if you played on PS4.

[SpursforSix]

I started BOTW over again. I never finished it the first time because I ended up running into Ganon before I had all the shit I needed. I almost beat him so at some point I just quit because I didn't feel like grinding out the rest. Now that I started it again, I realize that much of the game is a grind.

[Reck]

FFVIIR is so much better than I was expecting it to be. Ugh now probably gotta wait a year for part 2 though. Also Ghost of Tsushima is extremely impressive graphically on PS5 if you played on PS4.

Game is a lot harder than I remember wtf. I'm getting my groove back though.

Game really punishes you if you try to be an idiot and take on 10 enemies at the same time. I've gotten annoyed at clearing out huge camps stealthily just so the last enemy comes out of nowhere and stab me. That's led to some bad in game choices. lol

I fucking love the PS5 man. There is virtually no loading whatsoever. You press X to get into the game app and you're already on the main menu in under 3 seconds. Fast travel also breaks the game because its a lot easier to do it versus riding your horse to the location.

[baseline bum]

Game is a lot harder than I remember wtf. I'm getting my groove back though.

Game really punishes you if you try to be an idiot and take on 10 enemies at the same time. I've gotten annoyed at clearing out huge camps stealthily just so the last enemy comes out of nowhere and stab me. That's led to some bad in game choices. lol

I fucking love the PS5 man. There is virtually no loading whatsoever. You press X to get into the game app and you're already on the main menu in under 3 seconds. Fast travel also breaks the game because its a lot easier to do it versus riding your horse to the location.

Yeah PS5 is such an enormous upgrade over PS4. Even today more than two years after launch and with gpu mining dead it would cost you $800 to make a gaming PC of similar power, and that's if you pirate Windows. And you still don't as fast of load times as PS5 since the first game to implement DirectStorage on PC will be Forspoken.

[baseline bum]

JFC look at these Forspoken PC requirements. What a shitty port this is going to be.

https://yt3.ggpht.com/x_SU2aK5IdA4uyOHQBbJawDvhpaHv0iVj_OKzKs2Wiw-AQ7ZNPH8oQ1Gzm2TspNbUfPO1Fu4ZOwE=s1081-nd-v1

[baseline bum]

I don't care how many times I have been through it, I never get tired of Elden Ring.

[baseline bum]

Game is a lot harder than I remember wtf. I'm getting my groove back though.

Game really punishes you if you try to be an idiot and take on 10 enemies at the same time. I've gotten annoyed at clearing out huge camps stealthily just so the last enemy comes out of nowhere and stab me. That's led to some bad in game choices. lol

I fucking love the PS5 man. There is virtually no loading whatsoever. You press X to get into the game app and you're already on the main menu in under 3 seconds. Fast travel also breaks the game because its a lot easier to do it versus riding your horse to the location.

You getting Persona 4 Golden? It's a steal for $20. Haven't played Persona 3 Portable though, prefer the Persona 3 FES version you can get on PS3.

[Leetonidas]

JFC look at these Forspoken PC requirements. What a shitty port this is going to be.

https://yt3.ggpht.com/x_SU2aK5IdA4uyOHQBbJawDvhpaHv0iVj_OKzKs2Wiw-AQ7ZNPH8oQ1Gzm2TspNbUfPO1Fu4ZOwE=s1081-nd-v1

Holy cow :lol a 3070 just for the recommended specs? and its only 30fps? Yeah, gonna have to go PS5 on that one.

although i played the demo and is was pretty underwhelming. the game has potential but like most of SE's recent work it feels soulless. which is unfortunate because I was hyped when it was first announced. Gaming is so disappointing these days

[Reck]

You getting Persona 4 Golden? It's a steal for $20. Haven't played Persona 3 Portable though, prefer the Persona 3 FES version you can get on PS3.

I don’t know about that. I still have to start P5 Strikers. And too many games to play on backlog.

Outside of Ishin, I don’t have any plans on buying anymore games this year. Between the backlog and the games on Extra it should keep me busy for the year.

[baseline bum]

I don’t know about that. I still have to start P5 Strikers. And too many games to play on backlog.

Outside of Ishin, I don’t have any plans on buying anymore games this year. Between the backlog and the games on Extra it should keep me busy for the year.

Looks like a pretty busy year for new games. Definitely picking up Ishin Remastered too. On PS5 Final Fantasy XVI looks better every time I see it so am expecting it to review pretty well and have a pre-order for it, and Stellar Blade really looks like it could be something awesome. Then you know Insomniac is going to make Spiderman 2 a real banger. Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is probably going to be a must play on Switch and I think Bethesda is going to come correct with Starfield. I'll probably sign up for a month or two of Game Pass when that comes out. Pretty interested to see how Arkane does with Redfall too. Then when Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2 comes out it's a Day 1 buy, though kind of expecting that one in early 2024 instead of late 2023. Have a free copy of Dead Island 2 that came with my gpu too, though honestly expecting that game to be pretty shitty.

Gonna be a lot of good shit like Dead Space and System Shock that I doubt I'll have time to get to this year. Not sure on Forspoken, I'll have to try the demo at some point. Doubt I'll bother with Hogwarts unless it really kills in reviews.

[Leetonidas]

Playing thru plague tale requiem on PC currently. Great game so far and looks gorgeous. Always satisfying when you extinguish an enemies torch and the rats immediately devour them

[baseline bum]

Wow Forspoken got a 6/10 from IGN. A game really has to be shit to not get at least an 8 from them, a 6 translates to more like a 3/10 or 4/10 for someone playing the game as opposed to a reviewer that needs to hype games so they get ad money from the publishers whose games they review.

[Reck]

Wow Forspoken got a 6/10 from IGN. A game really has to be shit to not get at least an 8 from them, a 6 translates to more like a 3/10 or 4/10 for someone playing the game as opposed to a reviewer that needs to hype games so they get ad money from the publishers whose games they review.

You still take IGN for worth a salt. Bless you, BB.

That said, I came here to post about Forspoken. Digital Foundry made a video about it.

Doesn’t look all that worth it. I knew things were going to be rough when they said it’s the same engine as Final Fantasy 15.

[baseline bum]

You still take IGN for worth a salt. Bless you, BB.

That said, I came here to post about Forspoken. Digital Foundry made a video about it.

Doesn’t look all that worth it.

Was just pointing out how awful a AAA game you have to make for it to get a 6 from a shill like IGN. I stopped trusting them when they gave GTA 4 a 10/10 like it was the next Ocarina of Time.

[Joseph Kony]

Wow Forspoken got a 6/10 from IGN. A game really has to be shit to not get at least an 8 from them, a 6 translates to more like a 3/10 or 4/10 for someone playing the game as opposed to a reviewer that needs to hype games so they get ad money from the publishers whose games they review.

Not surprised at all. I played the demo and it was complete ass. And I'm someone who absolutely loved FFXV overall. But man, what an empty world and repetitive combat system

Valkyrie Elysium was pretty underwhelming also. Then you have the complete utter failure that was babylon's fall. IDK what's going on at Square Enix lately but they really need to make FFXVI a banger otherwise they are quickly losing their credibility and becoming another Ubisoft/343/etc

[baseline bum]

Not surprised at all. I played the demo and it was complete ass. And I'm someone who absolutely loved FFXV overall. But man, what an empty world and repetitive combat system

Valkyrie Elysium was pretty underwhelming also. Then you have the complete utter failure that was babylon's fall. IDK what's going on at Square Enix lately but they really need to make FFXVI a banger otherwise they are quickly losing their credibility and becoming another Ubisoft/343/etc

Thankfully FF XVI really does look like it's going to be awesome. I'll still give them the benefit of the doubt on FF after how ridiculously good the VII Remake Part 1 was.

[Reck]

Holy shit Forspoken is dead even before release date.

Amy Hennig deserved better. I want new Legacy of kain

[baseline bum]

Holy shit Forspoken is dead even before release date.

Amy Hennig deserved better. I want new Legacy of kain

She was the reason I thought Forspoken had an outside chance of being amazing. Figured it would either be incredible or dogshit with no middle ground in between, seems like it was the latter without having Naughty Dog behind her. It was pretty clear that would be the case when we found out yesterday how few review codes Square Enix gave out.

Square Enix is really feast or famine these days.

[Reck]

Finished up Iki Island.

Gotta say, not a big fan. The whole supernatural aspect was kind of lame in my opinion. The poison visions every 5 minutes were also very annoying.

This is why I dont fuck with DLCs.

[baseline bum]

Started up Control a couple of days ago. Gotta say the raytracing is pretty awesome even though I have to drop to 1080p to run it well.

[spurraider21]

:lmao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoT8XWyvjH8

[FrostKing]

Steam

So nice. Bought game 2 weeks ago @ $19. Noticed randomly online price was slashed to $5

Messaged them asking for atleast $5-10 towards another purchase. They refunded it all within 20 minutes.

[Xevious]

I guess I'm done with Ragnarok for now. I finished everything except for a few scattered pieces of lore and some chests. While the gameplay was more or less the same, I like this game quite a bit more than 2018 GoW (which I kind of gave a hard time) - Ragnarok might even make me like 2018 more than I did previously did.

[baseline bum]

So Sony is saying Fall 2023 for Spiderman 2 in this new ad


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQSSxA2dfmY

[spurraider21]

I guess I'm done with Ragnarok for now. I finished everything except for a few scattered pieces of lore and some chests. While the gameplay was more or less the same, I like this game quite a bit more than 2018 GoW (which I kind of gave a hard time) - Ragnarok might even make me like 2018 more than I did previously did.
from a pure gameplay perspective, ragnarok is clearly superior. also bigger, has more things to do, significantly better enemy/boss variety. but it clearly stands on the shoulders of 2018 (as it should, thats how you make a masterful sequel).

but i also felt 2018 had better pacing. story was more tightly knit. i think i had more of a sense of amazement upon playing and completing 2018 than i did with ragnarok. but yeah, 2 of the best games i've ever played.

i already played through ragnarok twice. once on give me no mercy, once on give me god of war. did 100% runs both times. just waiting for NG+ before i go back for a third playthrough

[Reck]

Dead Space Remake is a total winner.

Good to know for future purchase when it’s going for 20 or less.

[Joseph Kony]

Bought Dead Space on PC, wouldnt launch, had to refund. pretty disappointed tbh

[Reck]

Sony is being smart about their old games. They have started to add trophy support to PSP and pre trophy era to PS3 games to add incentive for people to play their classic catalog.

[baseline bum]

Sony is being smart about their old games. They have started to add trophy support to PSP and pre trophy era to PS3 games to add incentive for people to play their classic catalog.

Speaking of old Sony games, make sure to claim the Playstation Plus Collection of PS4 games because Sony is getting ready to remove them in May if you haven't claimed them.

[Leetonidas]

I just realized I cant even play all the "free" games i've claimed over the years unless i have an active PS Plus subscription. Thats pretty lame

[koriwhat]

2011 Fight Night Champion... Just bought a used Xbox One in order to play this old ass game. I don't game much, if at all, but this game is still solid gold after all these years. Also cleaned that dirty Xbox One up and installed a new 1TB SSD in it. My lady has been playing the new Jack Pack 9; it doesn't even have YDKJ so I let her and her roommate play because I'd only be interested in YDKJ.

[Reck]

Speaking of old Sony games, make sure to claim the Playstation Plus Collection of PS4 games because Sony is getting ready to remove them in May if you haven't claimed them.

I have played most of them anyways. Or own outright.

[baseline bum]

2011 Fight Night Champion... Just bought a used Xbox One in order to play this old ass game. I don't game much, if at all, but this game is still solid gold after all these years.

I played the shit out of that on my PS3 a few years ago. Wish they had continued the series.

[koriwhat]

I played the shit out of that on my PS3 a few years ago. Wish they had continued the series.

EA went all in on UFC and it's a damn pity they did. Fight Night Champion is a solid game they should've kept in their line up but unfortunately they see more $ in MMA fighting games.

[Xevious]

Oh man the Fight Night games were awesome. I played the shit out of them.

[ElNono]

baseline bum has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.

If you gonna send me a PM, clean up your shit so I can write back :lol

[baseline bum]

baseline bum has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.

If you gonna send me a PM, clean up your shit so I can write back :lol

Shit my bad :lol

Cleaned some shit out just now

[koriwhat]

Oh man the Fight Night games were awesome. I played the shit out of them.

Told my instructor yesterday about getting FNC again but on the XB1 and he turns to his son and asks how old it is and when a new one is coming out... To my shock his son said there's a new boxing game that just came out 3 days ago on the PS5 and XBSX. Well son of a b.... :lol

[baseline bum]

PC port of The Last of Us got delayed to March 28th. Probably good anyways, as I doubt I'd play it before Ragnarok and Ishin.

https://twitter.com/Naughty_Dog/status/1621539243402174470

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/4dJ9kwY/Screenshot-20230204-215422-Chrome.jpg

[Reck]

PC port of The Last of Us got delayed to March 28th. Probably good anyways, as I doubt I'd play it before Ragnarok and Ishin.

https://twitter.com/Naughty_Dog/status/1621539243402174470

You still haven't played Goatofwar? Fat L.

[baseline bum]

You still haven't played Goatofwar? Fat L.

I'm about halfway through Control right now and then Ragnarok is next. Guess that means I'll be pushing Ishin back a while.

[Reck]

I'm about halfway through Control right now and then Ragnarok is next. Guess that means I'll be pushing Ishin back a while.

Do you play games until you reach the end or do you go full completionist?

I have developed a nasty compulsive habit of platting each games I play which takes me anywhere from a few weeks to months fo complete.

Which is also why I only buy top tier games these days. No point in doing everything a game has to offer if the game is not worth it. (AC Valhalla)

[baseline bum]

Do you play games until you reach the end or do you go full completionist?

I have developed a nasty compulsive habit of platting each games I play which takes me anywhere from a few weeks to months fo complete.

Which is also why I only buy top tier games these days. No point in doing everything a game has to offer if the game is not worth it. (AC Valhalla)

I'm a completionist if it's an amazing game like Elden Ring or God of War. Control is good, maybe 8/10 good, but not completionist good. I'll just do the main story probably.

[resistanze]

I'm a completionist if it's an amazing game like Elden Ring or God of War. Control is good, maybe 8/10 good, but not completionist good. I'll just do the main story probably.

Good to know, I just started TLOU2 (finally) and have Control and Deathloop in queue

[baseline bum]

Good to know, I just started TLOU2 (finally) and have Control and Deathloop in queue

Have you already bought Control? If not, you need to get the Control Ultimate Edition to get the PS5 patch with 60 fps and (30 fps) raytracing modes. It's on sale right now for $14 on PSN. If you get the regular version of Control you only get the 30 fps PS4 version with no RT. Tough call whether I'd go with 1440p60 and no RT or the 1440p30 with RT mode on PS5 (currently playing 1080p60 with console level RT on PC).

[resistanze]

Have you already bought Control? If not, you need to get the Control Ultimate Edition to get the PS5 patch with 60 fps and (30 fps) raytracing modes. It's on sale right now for $14 on PSN. If you get the regular version of Control you only get the 30 fps PS4 version with no RT. Tough call whether I'd go with 1440p60 and no RT or the 1440p30 with RT mode on PS5 (currently playing 1080p60 with console level RT on PC).

Yeah I bought Ultimate edition back in November for $12. I had a tracker for all the price drops of games I wanted to play :lol

[baseline bum]

Yeah I bought Ultimate edition back in November for $12. I had a tracker for all the price drops of games I wanted to play :lol

Yeah I bought it for PS5 in that $12 sale too. Then got an RX 6700 XT for my PC and ended up playing it there instead lol. Mostly because I had until January 30th to return the card and I wanted to really stress test it with a hard raytracing application to make sure it was working right.

[Reck]

Yeah I bought it for PS5 in that $12 sale too. Then got an RX 6700 XT for my PC and ended up playing it there instead lol. Mostly because I had until January 30th to return the card and I wanted to really stress test it with a hard raytracing application to make sure it was working right.

I have the OG game but Sony has the enhanced version in their extra catalog so I’ll be playing that one instead. Lol

But I’m taking a break right now. My next game will be Ishin and I already know that will be a grind so I’m taking a break before and after playing the game.

[Reck]

Nono PM me a code of harry porter son.

I wasn’t planning on giving this game the time of day but the reviews are insanely high. Ragnarok type high.

And want to piss off the shitheads who tried to boycott this game because Mah trans feelings!

[Leetonidas]

I dont give two effs about Harry Potter but the gameplay looks pretty legit so i'm definitely gonna play it

[baseline bum]

I dont give two effs about Harry Potter but the gameplay looks pretty legit so i'm definitely gonna play it

IDK, I was watching a guy stream it yesterday and it didn't look like anything special. Wondering if this is a case like Deathloop where all the reviewers regarded the game way higher than the general public did. IGN and Gamespot and all the other big reviewers were giving it 10/10 like it was Ocarina of Time 2021 while most gamers seemed to think it was a weaker effort from Arkane and not on par with the Dishonored games.

[lefty20]

Only got to play for about 15-20 minutes last night, but I'm excited to dive in further. I've heard that the main quest line is fairly long and you have to do it with all four houses to get all the collectable and access to the full slate of bonus content.


Regarding the boycott attempt... Its laughable at best. JKR has nothing to do with the development of this game. Sure it's set in her world, but she has had ZERO involvement in the design and development of this game. This ain't her work, idk why it's so hard for people to understand that.

According to r/pcmasterrace, the game has some performance issues once you get to Hogwarts, even on fairly decent rigs at the recommended settings. I'm a bit anxious to see how it goes with my pc once I get there.

[baseline bum]

According to r/pcmasterrace, the game has some performance issues once you get to Hogwarts, even on fairly decent rigs at the recommended settings. I'm a bit anxious to see how it goes with my pc once I get there.

Wow look at the difference between 3060 Ti and 6700 XT (both without RT). Shows you how trash Nvidia's drivers are. Nvidia's DX12 driver overhead causing a Ryzen 7700X with DDR5-6000 to bottleneck the 3060 Ti hard at 1440p. What a difference from DX11 where AMD driver was horrible and led to so much cpu bottlenecking.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zofJ5yFvajA

[Reck]

Most reviewers are saying to play the game on consoles if you can. Less issues on it apparently.

[spurraider21]

Most reviewers are saying to play the game on consoles if you can. Less issues on it apparently.
console > pc confirmed

[baseline bum]

Most reviewers are saying to play the game on consoles if you can. Less issues on it apparently.

I'm good, I'm running an AMD card which actually has good DX12 drivers unlike crap Nvidia.

[Leetonidas]

Good thing about PC games is it's really easy to get a refund if it sucks. Hopefully HP doesnt run like poo on my 3050 but if it does I'll just refund it and get it on PS5

[lefty20]

I didn't experience any fps issues in hogwarts or hogsmead, but the game did crash a couple times while trying to use the fast travel.

Turning the settings down from Ultra to High seems to fixed the issue for now.

[ElNono]

Finished Forspoken, playing Dead Space remake...

[baseline bum]

ROFL XBox


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMbEM2_mtbI

[Goob]

Playing some Stray.I love this fucking cat.

[Leetonidas]

Finished Forspoken, playing Dead Space remake...

Is Forspoken as bad as everyone says it is?

[Reck]

Is Forspoken as bad as everyone says it is?

Havent played it but yes it is.

Cringe factor is high. I watched half a playthrough of some guy on youtube. Junior High type dialogue.

[Reck]

Wild Hearts is a piece of shit in terms of performance. Video game developers are not even trying anymore.

They just put games out that are 70% finished and hope for a patch 6 months later.

[baseline bum]

Wild Hearts is a piece of shit in terms of performance. Video game developers are not even trying anymore.

They just put games out that are 70% finished and hope for a patch 6 months later.

Check if Like a Dragon Ishin got a demo on PS5. Demo just came out on Steam.

[Reck]

Check if Like a Dragon Ishin got a demo on PS5. Demo just came out on Steam.

Yeah they do. Don’t need to try it though. RGG has never let me down. They got that Santa Monica studio trust in me.

[baseline bum]

Yeah they do. Don’t need to try it though. RGG has never let me down. They got that Santa Monica studio trust in me.

RGG is an amazing studio but c'mon, they're not Santa Monica. Speaking of Santa Monica, holy shit the opening couple of hours of Ragnarok. God bored about halfway into Control and got sick of the game but fucking Ragnarok feels like stepping right back into God of War 2018. What a beginning to the game with that fight against Thor.

[Goob]

RGG is an amazing studio but c'mon, they're not Santa Monica. Speaking of Santa Monica, holy shit the opening couple of hours of Ragnarok. God bored about halfway into Control and got sick of the game but fucking Ragnarok feels like stepping right back into God of War 2018. What a beginning to the game with that fight against Thor.
Ragnarok was amazing.Easily best one yet and playing it on my 4k tv...��

[baseline bum]

Ragnarok was amazing.Easily best one yet and playing it on my 4k tv...��

You can tell Santa Monica hasn't even come close to pushing the limits of the PS5 yet with Ragnarok either and that they have a ton of headroom for the next game. My PS5 is really quiet playing it while God of War 2018 is the one game I ever played that could get my PS4 Slim loud.

[baseline bum]

I was surprised Give Me God of War difficulty was immediately available from Ragnarok. Wonder if it's because I have a savefile from beating GOW2018 on Give Me a Challenge? Don't remember Give Me God of War being available on the first playthrough for 2018 though. I'm playing Give Me No Mercy for a first playthrough. Did you just jump right into Give Me God of War spurraider21? :lol

[spurraider21]

I was surprised Give Me God of War difficulty was immediately available from Ragnarok. Wonder if it's because I have a savefile from beating GOW2018 on Give Me a Challenge? Don't remember Give Me God of War being available on the first playthrough for 2018 though. I'm playing Give Me No Mercy for a first playthrough. Did you just jump right into Give Me God of War spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905)? :lol
was available off the bat in 2018 as well with same caveat that you can’t change difficulty level back to gmgow midrun if you ever had to lower it

ive done 2 separate 100% playthroughs. One on give me no mercy (equivalent to give me a challenge from 2018) and then once on gmgow

will probably play on gmgow again when NG+ comes out

[spurraider21]

fucking Ragnarok feels like stepping right back into God of War 2018. What a beginning to the game with that fight against Thor.
no bro go play persona 5 golden royal definitive deluxe complete game of the year edition remake remastered for the 9th time

[baseline bum]

no bro go play persona 5 golden royal definitive deluxe complete game of the year edition remake remastered for the 9th time

I will when it drops to $30 on Steam so I can play in 日本語

[Reck]

RGG is an amazing studio but c'mon, they're not Santa Monica. Speaking of Santa Monica, holy shit the opening couple of hours of Ragnarok. God bored about halfway into Control and got sick of the game but fucking Ragnarok feels like stepping right back into God of War 2018. What a beginning to the game with that fight against Thor.

And it only gets better from there.

No spoilers but you will notice an immediate difference from the first game. Think you might already know what I’m talking about.

[Reck]

By the way, Horizon Forbidden West is going to PS+ Extra among other great titles this month.

[Leetonidas]

Hogwarts is decent so far. kinda reminds me a little bit of Shadow of War which isnt unexpected since its a WB game. taking a real long time to actually get anywhere though, i'm like 3.5 hours in and still cant fly :lol

performance on PC has been solid thus far. i'm playing on a 1080p TV and have a consistent 60FPS pretty much everywhere so thankfully no issues

[baseline bum]

I'm dying a lot in Ragnarok but mostly because I'm trying to build up experience in my moves as opposed to fighting intelligently so far.

[Reck]

Micro review from ACG until the real one comes out


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfFFaxKsqzI&t

[baseline bum]

Hogwarts is decent so far. kinda reminds me a little bit of Shadow of War which isnt unexpected since its a WB game. taking a real long time to actually get anywhere though, i'm like 3.5 hours in and still cant fly :lol

performance on PC has been solid thus far. i'm playing on a 1080p TV and have a consistent 60FPS pretty much everywhere so thankfully no issues

What are you rocking system wise? EMPRESS is about to release a crack for it lol. Just started recruiting for testers for her crack. :lol

[Leetonidas]

What are you rocking system wise? EMPRESS is about to release a crack for it lol. Just started recruiting for testers for her crack. :lol
i512400 /3050/32gb ram. Nothing too fancy but does the job

[baseline bum]

i512400 /3050/32gb ram. Nothing too fancy but does the job

Nice, I got an i5-12400 too, but the F version without the IGP since it was $30 cheaper at the time.

[ElNono]

Is Forspoken as bad as everyone says it is?

It's very cringy and repetitive. Voice acting is subpar, whiny and then it's repeated just about every 30 seconds where it becomes annoying. It's also a huge world but it really only becomes traversable once you picked up a ton of upgrades.

It's not really a AAA game, but if you don't have anything better to play, it can be fun for a few hours.

[Goob]

It's very cringy and repetitive. Voice acting is subpar, whiny and then it's repeated just about every 30 seconds where it becomes annoying. It's also a huge world but it really only becomes traversable once you picked up a ton of upgrades.

It's not really a AAA game, but if you don't have anything better to play, it can be fun for a few hours.
I tried it for a few hours, but then decided would rather watch paint dry, so took it and traded it in.

Shame really as I usually like Square Enix games.

[ElNono]

Finished Dead Space remake, very good. I didn't play the original back in the day. I'm not particularly fond of horror games, but there's more to this one than that.

Then I played Deliver Us the Moon and Deliver Us Mars. Bit of a modern point and click adventure. Interesting story, but you can tell this is a small studio. With that in mind, they were well done.

[baseline bum]

Finished Dead Space remake, very good. I didn't play the original back in the day. I'm not particularly fond of horror games, but there's more to this one than that.

Then I played Deliver Us the Moon and Deliver Us Mars. Bit of a modern point and click adventure. Interesting story, but you can tell this is a small studio. With that in mind, they were well done.

You getting PSVR 2? Naughty America VR worth it?

[ElNono]

You getting PSVR 2? Naughty America VR worth it?

Not right now. If I end up working on a project that needs it, I'll pick one up.

[baseline bum]

Well fuck me, just noticed my DualSense has nasty stick drift on the right thumbstick which has only shown itself in Ragnarok by my camera wanting to move downward when aiming with the axe. God damn shitty Sony engineering, these fuckers cost like $70 too. What a shitty controller.

[Reck]

Well fuck me, just noticed my DualSense has nasty stick drift on the right thumbstick which has only shown itself in Ragnarok by my camera wanting to move downward when aiming with the axe. God damn shitty Sony engineering, these fuckers cost like $70 too. What a shitty controller.

I've been dealing with one myself. I first noticed it playing Ghost of Tsushima. Every time I ran and stop Jin would always keepwalking left. I thought I was been paranoid until I started playing Saints Row 4 and the character did the same shit. I had to order up one quick through Amazon.

[baseline bum]

I've been dealing with one myself. I first noticed it playing Ghost of Tsushima. Every time I ran and stop Jin would always keepwalking left. I thought I was been paranoid until I started playing Saints Row 4 and the character did the same shit. I had to order up one quick through Amazon.

I just ordered a kit of two boards to solder in and hack the potentiometers so I can fix it every time the fucking stick drifts. Ugh I hate modern controllers with these cheap ass thumbsticks they use now. No way I'm going to pay $70 every couple of years for a new controller when I can spend $15 and just fix it every time it starts centering incorrectly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9PJbhoRYJU

[Reck]

I just ordered a kit of two boards to solder in and hack the potentiometers so I can fix it every time the fucking stick drifts. Ugh I hate modern controllers with these cheap ass thumbsticks they use now. No way I'm going to pay $70 every couple of years for a new controller when I can spend $15 and just fix it every time it starts centering incorrectly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9PJbhoRYJU

I tried all the terrible do-it-yourself videos on YouTube and they’re all trash and superficial. I’m not tech at all so I can’t dismantle a controller and put it back. I’ve tried and and have fucked up so many of my own equipments that theoretically could have been easily fixed.

[baseline bum]

I tried all the terrible do-it-yourself videos on YouTube and they’re all trash and superficial. I’m not tech at all so I can’t dismantle a controller and put it back. I’ve tried and and have fucked up so many of my own equipments that theoretically could have been easily fixed.

Sony can blow me. I'm not giving those greedy fuckers $70 every year or two when I can fix their shitty controllers myself.

[baseline bum]

Jeez Ragnarok is fucking incredible, would be a shoe-in GOTY virtually any other year if it wasn't having to be judged against Elden Ring. Just like Elden Ring I can't put the game down and just want to explore every inch of the map.

[spurraider21]

Well fuck me, just noticed my DualSense has nasty stick drift on the right thumbstick which has only shown itself in Ragnarok by my camera wanting to move downward when aiming with the axe. God damn shitty Sony engineering, these fuckers cost like $70 too. What a shitty controller.
mhm. my left stick started getting stick drift about a month ago. was constantly drifting left and no fix worked. ended up paying 70 for a new controller and kept that as a backup. if this one hits the shitter too, im just going to buy something third party

[baseline bum]

mhm. my left stick started getting stick drift about a month ago. was constantly drifting left and no fix worked. ended up paying 70 for a new controller and kept that as a backup. if this one hits the shitter too, im just going to buy something third party

That's horrible. I thought it was only the really early gen DualSense that were extremely prone to early stick drift. Haven't you only had your PS5 for a few months? Cheap ass Sony won't put Hall Effect sticks in their controllers so they can keep bleeding us on them $70 at a time. Fucking planned obsolescence.

[spurraider21]

That's horrible. I thought it was only the really early gen DualSense that were extremely prone to early stick drift. Haven't you only had your PS5 for a few months? Cheap ass Sony won't put Hall Effect sticks in their controllers so they can keep bleeding us on them $70 at a time. Fucking planned obsolescence.
ive had mine for about a year. though my sneaking suspicion is my kid got a hold of it and was playing with it (read: put the joystick(s) in his mouth). wife denies having seen him do so, but i already saw him reaching for my new one and had to move where i store them. we've already had to change 2 tv remotes because of him :lol. wife has a history of being more lenient with shit like that, which is why i have my doubts that he never got a hold of the first controller

thats why i just decided to buy another from sony instead of immediately going 3rd party

[baseline bum]

ive had mine for about a year. though my sneaking suspicion is my kid got a hold of it and was playing with it (read: put the joystick(s) in his mouth). wife denies having seen him do so, but i already saw him reaching for my new one and had to move where i store them. we've already had to change 2 tv remotes because of him :lol. wife has a history of being more lenient with shit like that, which is why i have my doubts that he never got a hold of the first controller

thats why i just decided to buy another from sony instead of immediately going 3rd party

Just picturing the look on your wife's face when you told him "BOY you are NOT ready" when he reached for your controller.

[BD24]

Playing hogwarts legacy lately and the game is far better than it has any right to be. Even if it weren’t Harry Potter branded it could stand on its own merit. A lot of depth and interesting quirks to it. Haven’t had this much fun on an open world game for quite some time

[spurraider21]

Just picturing the look on your wife's face when you told him "BOY you are NOT ready" when he reached for your controller.
i specifically got him one of these for a reason :lol

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61sQsA4NpXL.jpg

[Goob]

Anyone played Demon's Souls for PS5? I know its a couple years old now lol, but just now getting around to getting a copy(Found it very cheap at a local flea market this past Sunday).

Thanks.

[baseline bum]

Anyone played Demon's Souls for PS5? I know its a couple years old now lol, but just now getting around to getting a copy(Found it very cheap at a local flea market this past Sunday).

Thanks.

Played the original on PS3 and the level design is top notch. Bosses are pretty weak for Souls games though. Still was a very worthy play on PS3 so should be really nice on PS5.

[baseline bum]

i specifically got him one of these for a reason :lol

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61sQsA4NpXL.jpg

Looks better engineered than the DualSense.

[spurraider21]

Looks better engineered than the DualSense.
and proven to be much more resilient to saliva

[ElNono]

Yeah, considering that the rest of the controller is top notch, it's puzzling they didn't fix up the drifting shit with better parts, since this was known since the DualShock.

[baseline bum]

Yeah, considering that the rest of the controller is top notch, it's puzzling they didn't fix up the drifting shit with better parts, since this was known since the DualShock.

What's puzzling? Every failure is another $70 they get when you buy a replacement.

[Xevious]

Damn I had stick drift issues on the DualShock controllers. I'll be really disappointed if the same shit happens on PS5.

[baseline bum]

Damn I had stick drift issues on the DualShock controllers. I'll be really disappointed if the same shit happens on PS5.

Same grift Nintendo has with the joycons. Though I play my Switch so little the last couple of years that they never developed the drift everyone else gets with them. :lol

[baseline bum]

Ugh trying to hit Odin's Ravens with the axe with a DualSense with stick drift is a fucking pain.

[spurraider21]

Ugh trying to hit Odin's Ravens with the axe with a DualSense with stick drift is a fucking pain.
cant remember if ragnarok settings allow you to change the analog stick dead zones or not. sometimes that helps. i know shooter games tend to have it, dno about god of war

[baseline bum]

cant remember if ragnarok settings allow you to change the analog stick dead zones or not. sometimes that helps. i know shooter games tend to have it, dno about god of war

I'll have to check that. Ended up canceling my order for the potentiometer fix add in boards since my right thumbstick drifts both up and down and that fix I posted is only useful for when you have one specific area the stick wants to re-center to. I'm going to have to turn on the accessibility settings for the puzzles since hitting the three pots with the axe in a short time period to open nornir chests is next to impossible when you have stick drift. The easy one in Alfheim took me like 15 attempts to get.

[spurraider21]

I'll have to check that. Ended up canceling my order for the potentiometer fix add in boards since my right thumbstick drifts both up and down and that fix I posted is only useful for when you have one specific area the stick wants to re-center to. I'm going to have to turn on the accessibility settings for the puzzles since hitting the three pots with the axe in a short time period to open nornir chests is next to impossible when you have stick drift. The easy one in Alfheim took me like 15 attempts to get.
woah thats way worse than i had it. my left stick had a pretty subtle drift to the left. was just enough to get my character to strafe sometimes. guess with it being the right stick its a lot worse for throwing stuff

[baseline bum]

woah thats way worse than i had it. my left stick had a pretty subtle drift to the left. was just enough to get my character to strafe sometimes. guess with it being the right stick its a lot worse for throwing stuff

Mine sometimes it starts looking up quickly, other times it drifts downward slowly when aiming the axe. It's not bad enough to be a problem in combat but for aiming axe throws in puzzles and with ravens it's a real pain. Fucking cheap ass Sony. Moving the right stick a couple of times gets it back to center but when you're racing against the clock that really isn't an option.

[baseline bum]

Damn, Wo Long went completely under the radar for me. Had no idea it was made by Team Ninja, probably will be an awesome game then and comes out next Friday.

[Reck]

Rocksteady's Suicide Squad turned out to be a live service. lmao

Also looks like complete shit.

[baseline bum]

Rocksteady's Suicide Squad turned out to be a live service. lmao

Also looks like complete shit.

Yeah that looks like straight trash. I fucking hate multiplayer games.

[Leetonidas]

Gonna peep Atomic Heart since it's on game pass

[baseline bum]

Kind of surprised I haven't gotten to any tough boss fights, other than that one against Thor at the beginning, in Ragnarok about 16 hours in. The draugr holes can be a bit annoying but only because you're fighting four scrubs and one boss at once in a small arena but if you can get the four scrub draugrs killed quickly enough the boss draugr isn't very hard.

[Goob]

Gonna peep Atomic Heart since it's on game pass
Cool game, just wish the story and especially the dialogue was a bit more in depth if you will.Top notch graphics though for sure.

[ElNono]

What's puzzling? Every failure is another $70 they get when you buy a replacement.

I mean, they could've made the triggers or buttons shitty too... It's overall a solid controller, but the stick drift issue was known since the DualShock.

[ElNono]

I'll have to check that. Ended up canceling my order for the potentiometer fix add in boards since my right thumbstick drifts both up and down and that fix I posted is only useful for when you have one specific area the stick wants to re-center to. I'm going to have to turn on the accessibility settings for the puzzles since hitting the three pots with the axe in a short time period to open nornir chests is next to impossible when you have stick drift. The easy one in Alfheim took me like 15 attempts to get.

Niglet, you need a controller? Have like 4 lying around here, just tell me what color you want.

[ElNono]

Been playing Dark Pictures Anthology... Ashes to ashes was the first I played, it was sorta fun, like a choose your own adventure type of thing.

Also have Like a Dragon: Ishin downloaded, probably will play it afterwards.

[baseline bum]

Niglet, you need a controller? Have like 4 lying around here, just tell me what color you want.

Nah don't sweat it man, thanks for the offer though.

[baseline bum]

I mean, they could've made the triggers or buttons shitty too... It's overall a solid controller, but the stick drift issue was known since the DualShock.

Disagree on it being a solid controller, as the stick drift is way more of a downside than the upside of any feature they added. The most important thing is the controller should work for controlling your player, not having haptic feedback or a gyro or any of the other gimmicks in it. Dreamcast controllers 25 years ago actually had hall effect sticks; inexcusable for DualSense to not have them when Sony wants to charge $70 apiece. Honestly looks like they're planned to break. I have a bunch of old beat up and heavily used twenty year-old DualShock 2's and 25 year-old DualShock 1's and none of them has stick drift.

[ElNono]

Disagree on it being a solid controller, as the stick drift is way more of a downside than the upside of any feature they added. The most important thing is the controller should work for controlling your player, not having haptic feedback or a gyro or any of the other gimmicks in it. Dreamcast controllers 25 years ago actually had hall effect sticks; inexcusable for DualSense to not have them when Sony wants to charge $70 apiece. Honestly looks like they're planned to break. I have a bunch of old beat up and heavily used twenty year-old DualShock 2's and 25 year-old DualShock 1's and none of them has stick drift.

No console (or most PC manufacturers for that matter) uses them. IIRC, the only two to ever use them were the Dreamcast and a custom controller for the Sega Saturn. No DualShock ever used them.

They're more expensive because you have to license them, and they also are harder to produce in quantities. They're also not a drop-in replacement for the potentiometer type.

I'm not saying they shouldn't have better sticks, they do. Heck, even if they don't want to license hall sensors, they could at least try to develop their own tech that doesn't have that problem. This was certainly an opportunity missed.

I think there's also a class action going on with this drift stuff.

[ElNono]

I mean this isn't a hard problem either. Potentiometer style use contacts that wear out, thus the drift. Hall sensor uses magnets that don't touch.

There's no reason Sony can't develop something like a led + light sensor (two areas they excel at) and do an optical version, for example.

[baseline bum]

No console (or most PC manufacturers for that matter) uses them. IIRC, the only two to ever use them were the Dreamcast and a custom controller for the Sega Saturn. No DualShock ever used them.

They're more expensive because you have to license them, and they also are harder to produce in quantities. They're also not a drop-in replacement for the potentiometer type.

I'm not saying they shouldn't have better sticks, they do. Heck, even if they don't want to license hall sensors, they could at least try to develop their own tech that doesn't have that problem. This was certainly an opportunity missed.

I think there's also a class action going on with this drift stuff.

Shit I need to get in on that suit to get by $3.28 check in ten years. And I don't care if licensing costs Sony, they're already price gouging us at $70. For that price we should be getting deluxe features like Hall effect sticks instead of poorly engineered crap that doesn't last.

[Reck]

RE4 Remake looks gorgeous. Third trailer dropped the other day. Graphics look insane.

[ElNono]

Shit I need to get in on that suit to get by $3.28 check in ten years. And I don't care if licensing costs Sony, they're already price gouging us at $70. For that price we should be getting deluxe features like Hall effect sticks instead of poorly engineered crap that doesn't last.

tbh, I'm kinda surprised they're that much. They go for $45 to employees, and they normally only get a 10%-20% discount.

[Trainwreck2100]

Rocksteady's Suicide Squad turned out to be a live service. lmao

Also looks like complete shit.

deadshot uses guns

harley quinn uses guns, well i guess she would

king shark uses guns, but he's a shark

captain boomerrang uses guns, but his name is fucking boomerang

[baseline bum]

woah thats way worse than i had it. my left stick had a pretty subtle drift to the left. was just enough to get my character to strafe sometimes. guess with it being the right stick its a lot worse for throwing stuff

So do you find fury or valor better for spartan rage? I remember GOW2018 healing a lot once I had my spartan rage leveled up but is valor really amazing for healing when you get it leveled up, especially to be worth the tradeoff vs healing and getting extra hits in on a boss?

[spurraider21]

So do you find fury or valor better for spartan rage? I remember GOW2018 healing a lot once I had my spartan rage leveled up but is valor really amazing for healing when you get it leveled up, especially to be worth the tradeoff vs healing and getting extra hits in on a boss?
Valor is by far the worst imho except maybe very specific encounters. Fury automatically staggers every enemy around you without having to nail some kind of parry timing

[Xevious]

Even if you spam Valor, I don't think it recovers even one hit worth of damage during a boss fight.

[koriwhat]

ChatGPT

[Reck]

Valor is pitiful.

Is it Fury or Wrath the one that heals you as you land hits on enemies anyways? Valor was largely redundant in my opinion.

in other gaming news, the studio that made Forspoken is literally been deleted by its parent company, Square Enix. Lmao

[Leetonidas]

Babylon's Fall, Valkyrie Elysium, Forspoken....Square Enix needs to step their game up big time.

[baseline bum]

Babylon's Fall, Valkyrie Elysium, Forspoken....Square Enix needs to step their game up big time.

Final Fantasy XVI looks amazing.

[spurraider21]

Even if you spam Valor, I don't think it recovers even one hit worth of damage during a boss fight.
not to mention a good % of the time you end up taking damage during the animation (does not give i-frames unless you use it as a parry), so whatever amount you did heal is negated by the hit you just took.

i dont want to get into spoilers but there was only really one encounter where i really felt valour was needed. was a boss fight where attacking them with Fury wasnt really an option. against 99% of enemies, fury is just better imo since a) you are invulnerable, b) it automatically staggers everybody so its functionally also an "oh shit" button, c) can help you finish a strong enemy knowing you wont take damage and can go all out, d) you still heal a decent amount from using it anyway

with that said wrath had some good utility as well

[Leetonidas]

Final Fantasy XVI looks amazing.

It does. Really hope they don't fuck it up

[Reck]

Started my Control platinum playthrough.

I’m days behind thanks to having to wait for the PS5 Controller to resume gaming so Ishin is going to have to wait until I get done with Control.

[TimDunkem]

Been playing Like A Dragon: Ishin! lately myself. Great stuff as always.

Can't wait for Wo Long tomorrow though. :hungry:

[baseline bum]

Can't wait for Wo Long tomorrow though. :hungry:

It's already out for piracy

[chunticakes]

Hogwarts is a surprisingly good game, tbh

[koriwhat]

Hogwarts is a surprisingly good game, tbh

I don't play videogames much if at all but damn my buddy has that Hogwarts game and it's unbelievably beautiful. I don't even know anything about Harry Potter either.

[Joseph Kony]

I don't play videogames much if at all but damn my buddy has that Hogwarts game and it's unbelievably beautiful. I don't even know anything about Harry Potter either.

:lmao watching your butt buddy play Harry Potter. what are you 5? Fucking loser

[koriwhat]

LMAO This puto Joseph Kony is such a little bitch he just can't help but bug the fuck out of me no matter what thread I post in. Bro you chase women this hard? We all know you don't butt boy.

[140]

:lmao watching your butt buddy play Harry Potter. what are you 5? Fucking loser
:lol

[koriwhat]

:lol

JK says this but he literally plays as women in Final Fantasy... I wouldn't doubt if he's little Potter himself and spends his days/nights on that Hogwarts game.

[Joseph Kony]

https://i.ibb.co/Lt3s8pX/9Kpq.gif

[koriwhat]

I truly don't open your replies JK. You're a worthless male who plays girl fantasy games just like my butt buddy right? :lol

Go pretend you're a girl some more in your fairtytale videogames puto! :tu

[Reck]

:lmao watching your butt buddy play Harry Potter. what are you 5? Fucking loser

When trying to look cool goes wrong. :lol calfcuck

[Leetonidas]

:lmao watching your butt buddy play Harry Potter. what are you 5? Fucking loser

:lmao

[baseline bum]

Ugh The Maven is a really cool boss fight but then right after fought Gravel Belly and that one is pure annoyance since it's such a damage sponge.

[baseline bum]

So is it me or are runic attacks just trash in Ragnarok? They take forever to execute and get interrupted so I take damage whenever I use them in boss fights.

[Joseph Kony]

Wo Long getting absolutely shit on in steam reviews :lol damn

[baseline bum]

Wo Long getting absolutely shit on in steam reviews :lol damn

Is it because it has a 60 fps cap and you're supposed to play on a controller instead of mouse and keyboard?

[baseline bum]

Lunda's armor set in Ragnarok is freaking killer even if you have to fight barehanded since you get all kinds of bonuses once you inflict poison and have a high chance of inflicting it from barehand hits. Wonder if I keep upgrading this if it'll be good for late game too.

[Reck]

Loving the shooting mechanic on Control. Reminds me of Infamous First Light/Second Son fluidity.

Feels very smooth.

[baseline bum]

That Lunda's armor set is crazy good in boss fights. Just took down a berserker at level 4 with it.

[spurraider21]

Lunda's armor set in Ragnarok is freaking killer even if you have to fight barehanded since you get all kinds of bonuses once you inflict poison and have a high chance of inflicting it from barehand hits. Wonder if I keep upgrading this if it'll be good for late game too.
the way this game is made, literally every armor set scales up just fine for endgame, depending on whether you like its effects. even the first armor sets you are offered. at first you are basically offered a strength vs vitality set. if you level the strength set (vidars set or something) all the way up to level 9 it has the best strength stat in the game so you can still go off on people and annihilate bosses if you know what you're doing.

lunda's set is good, but personally the fist/shield combat is ass in this game. had its own full skill tree in the first game. it still poisons people pretty quickly so its a solid set regardless.

i ended up loving builds based on gaining permafrost/immolation, etc. i think that armor set was calling undying pyres or something. built those meters up very quickly. combined that with the grips/handles/pommels that were called "nine realms" which trigger a realm shift anytime you use the L1 + Triangle thing. had a ton of fun with that build until getting the super hard hitting armor from berserkers