What are you playing right now?

[baseline bum]

im sure it will be fine, but ill try playing like an hour on each and see how it feels. im probably not gonna play a fromsoft game for a while tho tbh, and ima try to play DS2 first. i played Dark Souls after bloodborne and still felt it held up well, but i dont want to run the risk of DS2 feeling unplayable because ive played too many of the shiny new ones before it

did you Plat sekiro yet, you filthy casual?

Yeah, Isshin was a ing bas though. Maybe harder than Orphan of Kos.

[spurraider21]

Yeah, Isshin was a ing bas though. Maybe harder than Orphan of Kos.

nonsense, i still think Kos was harder than any one fight in sekiro. heck i'd say a few of the chalice dungeon bosses were tougher than anything in sekiro (not that sekiro was any picnic). the chalice dungeon version of darkbeast paarl, abhorrent beast, or fighting the amygdala with only partial health since it was in the "defiled" chalice. i think those gave me more pain than any single sekiro opponent

i dont know if you ever did the DLC stuff in sekiro. there were the gaunlets or mini boss runs, with final bosses that were harder versions of Owl, Genichiro, Ishiin (old man version and sword saint version). now those were a , especially since just to get a fight against the stronger owl (Inner Owl), you had to complete a small gauntlet that included the ing demon of hatred. considering the number of attempts it took to finally take down any of those final bosses, it was pretty cool to basically be able to sweep through some bosses with relative ease after a while.

i never bothered doing the ridiculous last gauntlet which basically had you do a boss run of the entire game followed by each of the new "inner" bosses

but even just completing the 4 normal gauntlets... ok that was tougher than kos

[baseline bum]

nonsense, i still think Kos was harder than any one fight in sekiro. heck i'd say a few of the chalice dungeon bosses were tougher than anything in sekiro (not that sekiro was any picnic). the chalice dungeon version of darkbeast paarl, abhorrent beast, or fighting the amygdala with only partial health since it was in the "defiled" chalice. i think those gave me more pain than any single sekiro opponent

i dont know if you ever did the DLC stuff in sekiro. there were the gaunlets or mini boss runs, with final bosses that were harder versions of Owl, Genichiro, Ishiin (old man version and sword saint version). now those were a , especially since just to get a fight against the stronger owl (Inner Owl), you had to complete a small gauntlet that included the ing demon of hatred. considering the number of attempts it took to finally take down any of those final bosses, it was pretty cool to basically be able to sweep through some bosses with relative ease after a while.

i never bothered doing the ridiculous last gauntlet which basically had you do a boss run of the entire game followed by each of the new "inner" bosses

but even just completing the 4 normal gauntlets... ok that was tougher than kos

I probably never got the swordfighting down as well in Sekiro as I did the dodging and parrying in Bloodborne, as I found Isshin a nightmare.

[baseline bum]

ROFL checked my 2023 Playstation Wrap-Up and see that I only played one game on it the entire year: God of War Ragnarok for 124 hours.

https://wrapup.playstation.com/en-us

Only other I did this year on PS5 was download some games and update the firmware a few times.

Pretty much the same story on Switch this year too... a couple hundred hours on Tears of the Kingdom and then literally nothing else. Did almost all my gaming on PoorC for 2023.

[DJR210]

ROFL checked my 2023 Playstation Wrap-Up and see that I only played one game on it the entire year: God of War Ragnarok for 124 hours.

https://wrapup.playstation.com/en-us

Only other I did this year on PS5 was download some games and update the firmware a few times.

Pretty much the same story on Switch this year too... a couple hundred hours on Tears of the Kingdom and then literally nothing else. Did almost all my gaming on PoorC for 2023.

I bought my kids a PS5.. the only game I wanna play for it is Ghost of Tsushima

[baseline bum]

I bought my kids a PS5.. the only game I wanna play for it is Ghost of Tsushima

, you didn't hear the PC announcement?

[baseline bum]

Nice, the live service crap The Last of Us game just got canceled

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-las...-going-forward

[spurraider21]

finished shadow of the tomb raider including the dlc stuff

was reasonably fun. not much innovation from the prior entry, more of the same, but the same is good.

this tomb raider triology to me compares very favorably with uncharted. uncharted is without a doubt much better from a cinematic and graphics point of view, along with having more fun to follow stories, funnier dialogue, etc

but purely from a gameplay perspective, i think tomb raider trilogy > uncharted series. uncharted 4 did have the grapple hook, but tomb raider has had the pickaxe, grapple hook as well with altogether better exploration mechanics. combat is pretty weak in both, but stealth in tomb raider is a much better tool


onto miles morales next

[Joseph Kony]

finished shadow of the tomb raider including the dlc stuff

was reasonably fun. not much innovation from the prior entry, more of the same, but the same is good.

this tomb raider triology to me compares very favorably with uncharted. uncharted is without a doubt much better from a cinematic and graphics point of view, along with having more fun to follow stories, funnier dialogue, etc

but purely from a gameplay perspective, i think tomb raider trilogy > uncharted series. uncharted 4 did have the grapple hook, but tomb raider has had the pickaxe, grapple hook as well with altogether better exploration mechanics. combat is pretty weak in both, but stealth in tomb raider is a much better tool


onto miles morales next

Pretty fair assessment tbh. I enjoyed the out of the newer TR games, though the last was a bit lacking compared to the first two. Uncharted 4 to me was the best of all the games though, fantastic story telling with all the epic moments you'd expect in an Uncharted game.

Hope we get new games for each of those series at some point. I would not be surprised to see an Uncharted game set in the future with Drake's daughter as the protag. And for TR they have endless possibilities for sequels

[spurraider21]

Pretty fair assessment tbh. I enjoyed the out of the newer TR games, though the last was a bit lacking compared to the first two. Uncharted 4 to me was the best of all the games though, fantastic story telling with all the epic moments you'd expect in an Uncharted game.

Hope we get new games for each of those series at some point. I would not be surprised to see an Uncharted game set in the future with Drake's daughter as the protag. And for TR they have endless possibilities for sequels

yeah dont get me wrong, storytelling is a huge part of what makes games good these days. its why i loved God of War 2018 so much. its why everybody loves TLOU. the gameplay is great in those games too, but the story takes them over the top. the story is what defines RDR2.

and from that perspective uncharted is in a tier of its own compared to tomb raider. i just see them as compe or games because the gameplay is all about exploration, climbing, puzzle solving, and ty combat. and in terms of just the gameplay elements i find TR a lot better

[baseline bum]

Pretty fair assessment tbh. I enjoyed the out of the newer TR games, though the last was a bit lacking compared to the first two. Uncharted 4 to me was the best of all the games though, fantastic story telling with all the epic moments you'd expect in an Uncharted game.

Hope we get new games for each of those series at some point. I would not be surprised to see an Uncharted game set in the future with Drake's daughter as the protag. And for TR they have endless possibilities for sequels

Yeah I loved Uncharted 4. I'm still blown away my dinky PS4 Slim could run the game and run it flawlessly. I doubt we'll see another game in this Tomb Raider series though, as the last one cost a lot of money to produce and didn't sell too well. We'll probably see another Tomb Raider at some point but it'll be a series reboot in a completely new direction like how God of War 2018 was.

[Leetonidas]

Anyone hear about that game The Day Before? If not you check out some YT vids of people playing it before it got removed from sale. The dev closed like two days after release ing rug pull

[ElNono]

Feels like a Souls easy mode. Kind of cool so far, doing a dexterity build. Great atmosphere so far. And I know you're not an FSR fan, but FSR Quality at 4k looks pretty great on this for me. Wish they implemented FSR Ultra Quality though since I think I'd have enough gpu to run that setting if it was offered, but definitely don't have enough for full fat native 4k. Will give it ten hours to see if it hooks me in.

I played on PS5. It took me a bit to sorta get into it, but after the first two bosses, I was hooked. Reviews were pretty good too. For a Soulsborne not made by From, I thought it was excellent.

[ElNono]

Oh , I thought you meant that AC trash. Elden Ring is a legit 10/10 game though. Even casual ElNono eventually came around towards liking it.



I'd put it right next to Bloodborne for best game this century. Don't think I can pick between the two.

Elden Ring is great because unlike Sekiro, if you’re getting your ass pounded, you can take the horse and go somewhere else. It’s a huge world. I might actually replay it. I grabbed a Portal now that I’m on vacays and might actually take it for a spin again after the Valhalla dlc.

[Cry Havoc]

Having an absolute blast with this. Utterly brilliant in nearly all respects. Still probably a patch or two away from perfection but IMO is already the best racing game of all-time for pure driving experience. Once they fix the bit of tyre slip they're having and implement a career mode AMS2 will be the best race sim in history.

[baseline bum]

I played on PS5. It took me a bit to sorta get into it, but after the first two bosses, I was hooked. Reviews were pretty good too. For a Soulsborne not made by From, I thought it was excellent.

Kind of on the fence here. Just beat Draymond and rescued Geppetto and it's kind of cool so far, but don't think the controls are anywhere near as good as a FromSoft game.

[baseline bum]

Elden Ring is great because unlike Sekiro, if you’re getting your ass pounded, you can take the horse and go somewhere else. It’s a huge world. I might actually replay it. I grabbed a Portal now that I’m on vacays and might actually take it for a spin again after the Valhalla dlc.

Sekiro lets you put some hours in playing the game wrong but then you get to a boss who you absolutely cannot even be compe ive with much less beat without becoming pretty competent at the deflection and parry system. First time I played it I made the mistake of trying to play it like a Souls game instead of mastering the swordplay and got stuck at that boss and quit playing. Came back a couple of years later and decided I would practice the swordplay even against early bosses that didn't require it and it became one of my favorite games of last gen.

[ElNono]

Sekiro lets you put some hours in playing the game wrong but then you get to a boss who you absolutely cannot even be compe ive with much less beat without becoming pretty competent at the deflection and parry system. First time I played it I made the mistake of trying to play it like a Souls game instead of mastering the swordplay and got stuck at that boss and quit playing. Came back a couple of years later and decided I would practice the swordplay even against early bosses that didn't require it and it became one of my favorite games of last gen.

Well, we talked about this before. I’m not into mastering swordplay. Elden Ring lets you go somewhere else and level up to the point where you can beat anybody. It also rewards you if you come up with a way to cheese a boss. Sekiro is just not forgiving like that.

[baseline bum]

I played on PS5. It took me a bit to sorta get into it, but after the first two bosses, I was hooked. Reviews were pretty good too. For a Soulsborne not made by From, I thought it was excellent.

OK got 10 hours in and I'm hooked into it now. Looks like I gotta up that Game Pass a second month since I doubt I finish it before this current month I got is up.

[spurraider21]

Sekiro lets you put some hours in playing the game wrong but then you get to a boss who you absolutely cannot even be compe ive with much less beat without becoming pretty competent at the deflection and parry system. First time I played it I made the mistake of trying to play it like a Souls game instead of mastering the swordplay and got stuck at that boss and quit playing. Came back a couple of years later and decided I would practice the swordplay even against early bosses that didn't require it and it became one of my favorite games of last gen.

that genichiro fight is one of the greatest boss fights in any souls game imo. not because he's particularly hard, but because like you said, he reflects a true skill check and is very satisfying to fight once you get it down

father gascoigne was similar in that you had to really learn to play the game well, he just came a lot earlier in bloodborne

[Cry Havoc]

Been a while since VR has had an instant classic released.

[baseline bum]

that genichiro fight is one of the greatest boss fights in any souls game imo. not because he's particularly hard, but because like you said, he reflects a true skill check and is very satisfying to fight once you get it down

father gascoigne was similar in that you had to really learn to play the game well, he just came a lot earlier in bloodborne

Gascoigne wasn't too hard for me, but that was probably because I had to learn how to beat Eileen the Crow at level 1 after aggroing her when I threw a molotov in her face because I pressed the wrong button when I didn't know the controls of the game very well. Since can't go back to an old save she'd come and kill me every time I went in that church in Central Yharnam until I got good enough to kill her. Was a very rough first few hours in that game.

[spurraider21]

Gascoigne wasn't too hard for me, but that was probably because I had to learn how to beat Eileen the Crow at level 1 after aggroing her when I threw a molotov in her face because I pressed the wrong button when I didn't know the controls of the game very well. Since can't go back to an old save she'd come and kill me every time I went in that church in Central Yharnam until I got good enough to kill her. Was a very rough first few hours in that game.

bloodborne was a really rough couple of hours for me as well. even just going through the region in central yarnham with the big bonfire was a challenge for me. and then fastforward later and i'd just run thru central yhanham a few times just for the stupid task of collecting blood vials

dark souls 1 was similar only because in my first playthru i just kept going directly to the cemetery where the skeletons wrecked my before i realized i wasnt supposed to go that way. once i learned the way to go in Dark Souls i dont really remember a particular boss or area where i felt completely walled in. maybe sen's fortress was annoying.

[baseline bum]

bloodborne was a really rough couple of hours for me as well. even just going through the region in central yarnham with the big bonfire was a challenge for me. and then fastforward later and i'd just run thru central yhanham a few times just for the stupid task of collecting blood vials

The big guy under the stairs skull ed me repeatedly at level 1, but kept fighting him anyways since I wanted to get the parry timing down.

Elden Ring has a couple of those great moments too where you can stumble into a fight you have no shot in of surviving as soon as you exit the starting dungeon and step into the main world.

[spurraider21]

The big guy under the stairs skull ed me repeatedly at level 1, but kept fighting him anyways since I wanted to get the parry timing down.

Elden Ring has a couple of those great moments too where you can stumble into a fight you have no shot in of surviving as soon as you exit the starting dungeon and step into the main world.

that guy hit like a truck but tbh found him not too difficult to deal with.

bloodborne was also my first souls game. and one of the first games i played overall after my gaming hiatus. basically didnt game at all from early 2014 until some point in 2018 when i dusted off my ps3 and played fallout new vegas for the first time. and then i bought my ps4 on black friday 2018. dont remember the exact sequence of games i played, but bloodborne was one of the first 4-5 games i played. i know spiderman was the first, then god of war, the last of us, and rdr2 in some sequence. bloodborne probably right after those iirc

the amount of good single player content i consumed from late 2018 thru late 2021 was great, considering the good stuff i had missed out on, and the loads of free time i had before having kids and having moved across the country from all family/friends.

then end of 2021 i got suckered back into cod by my friends back home . giving that a rest for now tho since having kid #2. no time for online gaming sans pause button