What are you playing right now?

[Leetonidas]

If youre really into the Souls like games I would definitely suggest Stellar Blade at some point. While gooners love it because of the s it's actually got a pretty engaging story and it's fairly challenging. I believe it has like 3 different endings also

Black Myth Wukong is another id recommend in the genre. Though I haven't beaten that yet because I got stuck on a really annoying boss fight but I'll get back to it eventually

[spurraider21]

I remember greatly enjoying DS3 and one of the only souls like games I ever played to completion. I remember having a tough go of it against Pontiff Sulyvahn but don't remember anyone else pissing me off as much

pontiff was one of the best fights in the game tbh (so far. i havent fought final boss or any DLC guys left)

off top of my head, the best fights in the game so far were Champion Gundyr, Dragonslayer Armor (minus second phase off screen magic dudes), Dancer of Boreal Valley, Pontiff Sulyvhan, Nameless King and Abyss Watchers. i would put Prince Lothric fight right after those.

Pontiff feels great because its another good implementation of a duel weilding enemy. Fume Knight was such an incredible fight in DS2 because of the duel weild, but he was a little more fun because one was just a straightsword with quick attacks and the other was the big bonk ultra greatsword with slower, more deliberate attacks. So it felt like two unique movesets, whereas Pontiff was just two fast swords. but still great. and the second phase of pontiff when he summons the spectral version of himself was such a great mechanic, since it telegraphed what he was about to do. they always duplicated attacks about a second apart, so you dodge the first one, and you know exactly how to position yourself to dodge and punish the main one. just a very cool and unique mechanic

gank fights can feel really bad, but if done right like 2nd phase of pontiff, just adds to the experience

i really wish dark souls series had a boss rush mode like sekiro where you can just replay bosses. only one that had something like this was DS2 where lighting a bonfire ascentic brings back the boss of the area but at NG+ level

[spurraider21]

If youre really into the Souls like games I would definitely suggest Stellar Blade at some point. While gooners love it because of the s it's actually got a pretty engaging story and it's fairly challenging. I believe it has like 3 different endings also

Black Myth Wukong is another id recommend in the genre. Though I haven't beaten that yet because I got stuck on a really annoying boss fight but I'll get back to it eventually

i thought Jedi: Fallen Order was a very cool souls-like and i have Survivor i'll get around to eventually. also Lies of P seems like a must-play.

i still have Elden Ring in my backlog as well, so im good on those for a while

[spurraider21]

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had a break in. assholes barely took but managed to snag my ps5 with dark souls 3 disc inside. they didnt grab my controllers or bin of games 10 feet away

i didnt have ps plus so i dont think any of my saved data will be recoverable

i was about to finish the first DLC and fight freida too

all they grabbed was my wallet and ps5. luckily i barely keep much cash on me, just the nuisance of having to cancel all cards etc

[baseline bum]

ing a

had a break in. assholes barely took but managed to snag my ps5 with dark souls 3 disc inside. they didnt grab my controllers or bin of games 10 feet away

i didnt have ps plus so i dont think any of my saved data will be recoverable

i was about to finish the first DLC and fight freida too

all they grabbed was my wallet and ps5. luckily i barely keep much cash on me, just the nuisance of having to cancel all cards etc

Look at it this way: the boy wasnt ready for Sigrun anyways. Also too bad they don't sell fake XBox cases for peoples' PS5s as a security measure.

[koriwhat]

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had a break in. assholes barely took but managed to snag my ps5 with dark souls 3 disc inside. they didnt grab my controllers or bin of games 10 feet away

i didnt have ps plus so i dont think any of my saved data will be recoverable

i was about to finish the first DLC and fight freida too

all they grabbed was my wallet and ps5. luckily i barely keep much cash on me, just the nuisance of having to cancel all cards etc

Man that blows! I hate thieves! Sorry that happened to you man.

[spurraider21]

Man that blows! I hate thieves! Sorry that happened to you man.

thanks. ultimately its more of an inconvenience than anything. its just disturbing that it happened while we were home asleep at night, 2 kids upstairs, etc

[koriwhat]

thanks. ultimately its more of an inconvenience than anything. its just disturbing that it happened while we were home asleep at night, 2 kids upstairs, etc

Omg! SR, idk if you own a gun or not, don't answer, but get one if not and get a shotgun especially for the house. No need to aim, just shoot!

[baseline bum]

Omg! SR, idk if you own a gun or not, don't answer, but get one if not and get a shotgun especially for the house. No need to aim, just shoot!

Ugh one time on my day off I had a guy knock on my door and I didn't answer because I figured it was Spectrum or AT&T trying to get me to change my internet or some bull like that then two minutes later I hear someone try to kick in my front door when I was in the other room. Grabbed my loaded 45 and was about to kill a mother er but he didn't manage to get it open and ran like off my property before I could see who it was. Called the police to report it, they didn't even send anyone to the block, and the piece of broke into my friend's house across the street and a couple of doors down an hour later. He at least got his back thankfully then he ed the guy up a couple weeks later.

[koriwhat]

Ugh one time on my day off I had a guy knock on my door and I didn't answer because I figured it was Spectrum or AT&T trying to get me to change my internet or some bull like that then two minutes later I hear someone try to kick in my front door when I was in the other room. Grabbed my loaded 45 and was about to kill a mother er but he didn't manage to get it open and ran like off my property before I could see who it was. Called the police to report it, they didn't even send anyone to the block, and the piece of broke into my friend's house across the street and a couple of doors down an hour later. He at least got his back thankfully then he ed the guy up a couple weeks later.

Scary stuff. Pretty brazen for someone to break in. Thieves suck! Glad you and SR, and family, weren't harmed.

[spurraider21]

Ugh one time on my day off I had a guy knock on my door and I didn't answer because I figured it was Spectrum or AT&T trying to get me to change my internet or some bull like that then two minutes later I hear someone try to kick in my front door when I was in the other room. Grabbed my loaded 45 and was about to kill a mother er but he didn't manage to get it open and ran like off my property before I could see who it was. Called the police to report it, they didn't even send anyone to the block, and the piece of broke into my friend's house across the street and a couple of doors down an hour later. He at least got his back thankfully then he ed the guy up a couple weeks later.

not armed tbh. dont like the idea of having that in the same house as little kids. or i gotta keep it locked in a safe which somewhat defeats the purpose of having something instantly available if i wake up and hear already going down in the house.

[spurraider21]

im also deeply confused about how some of these games work

my ps5 got stolen with the Dark Souls 3 disc inside. I had the Fire Fades edition which includes the DLC. i still had to go to the PS Store and select and download the DLC (no charge of course) at the time.

my ps5 just got in today, and i had already ordered another copy of Dark Souls 3 (i like disc versions, call me old fasioned), which is set to arrive tomorrow. when i was installing my ps5, i logged into my account, went to my game library (i do have a few digital games). within the library included the Dark Souls 3 DLCs, which i downloaded. figured may as well do it now, i will have to download/install the DLCs at some point anyway.

but then when the download finished, i was literally able to boot up Dark Souls 3 and start playing. and i figured ok maybe its just the menu then ill get locked because it cant detect the license or something, but no... i went through the tutorial area, cleared Iudex Gundyr, got to firelink shrine, etc. and i dont even have the copy of the game.

i cant imagine this is the intended function, or else anybody could buy the Fire Fades disc, download the DLC which is free with that disc installed, then just sell/return the disc, and continue to be able to play because you have already downloaded the DLC? but right now thats kinda how its working for me.

[baseline bum]

Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth has this Animal Crossing like minigame where you're trying to build a new red light district and save a dying island resort that's crazy addicting. Which is wild because it also has a Pokemon Snap clone minigame that's a lot of fun where you're taking pictures of perverts in the street instead of Pokemon and then it was a Pokemon Stadium clone minigame too that's worth putting a few hours into. The Yakuza / Like a Dragon / 龍が如く series has to have the best sidequests of any series I have ever played. Really need to get the Pirate Yakuza game with Majima.

[spurraider21]

i didnt think Ashes of Arniandel DLC was that good. kind of just a big bland snowy area with a lot of hills. only interesting area was the little settlement/village area where you had to navigate rooftops, etc.

Sister Friede boss fight was ridiculous though. very fun, challenging. i found the 2nd phase with Father Ariandel to actually be a lot easier. he moves very slow and i kinda just wailed on him while Frieda was very passive in the background. then third phase Frieds goes super saiyan and that was pretty tough, took me several attempts to get past her.

i went on to Ringed City... which really ups the difficulty well beyond any other content in this game. those ers shooting lasers out of the sky are a nightmare to deal with, but luckily they dont respawn once you kill their respective summoner guys. i couldnt find the second one's summoner, but i think i was able to loot everything i needed. Demon Prince boss fight was so ing good tbh. a gank fight done remarkably well

but man, in the next area you have those giant ers that summon ghost archers and that was a brutal stretch to progress through. died several times trying to kill the summoner himself, finally succeeded. but those guys respawn again. that tbh.

but there are ridiculously powerful items all over Ringed City. the +3 rings is not something i was expecting to find. and i just got Ledo's greathammer. i'd been using Vordt's great hammer all game, figured it swap it out. Ledo's hammer is stupidly heavy though so i need to pump some points into vitality and endurance.

[baseline bum]

Donkey Kong Bananza is fun as with the breaking mechanic. Mario Kart World better than I expected too, though that's the kind of game I'll play a race or two and then put down and probably wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't required to be able to get a Switch 2 (seems like all the restocks have been only Mario Kart bundles).

[spurraider21]

finished DS3 yesterday. man the boss quality in the ringed city is phemonal. i thought demon price was an outstanding fight but Midir and Gael were abusrd

and soul of cinder is easily the best final boss of the Dark Souls trilogy.

the boss quality in DS3 on average clears the first 2 games, but i think this game lacks in the mystery. world design, vibe of the earlier two. i think given the linear nature and boss quality it probably would be the most replayable of the 3. DS1/2 felt more fun to explore the first time around, but once you lose that novelty that aspect kinda matters less

definitely need a palate cleanser at this point though. i played DS2, jumped directly into DS3 which i basically had to play twice after my got stolen (i was already at DLC near endgame)

[Leetonidas]

Finally scored a Switch 2. Should be here next week. gonna check out that new DK game first

[baseline bum]

Finally scored a Switch 2. Should be here next week. gonna check out that new DK game first

You get it at Best Buy? They have had a grip of them since the big restock for the Bananza launch. Damn I wish I would have saved playing Tears of the Kingdom until getting a Switch 2 like how I skipped Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II until getting a PS5. Tears has gotta be so awesome at 60 fps.

[Leetonidas]

You get it at Best Buy? They have had a grip of them since the big restock for the Bananza launch. Damn I wish I would have saved playing Tears of the Kingdom until getting a Switch 2 like how I skipped Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II until getting a PS5. Tears has gotta be so awesome at 60 fps.

Yup best buy. I got the notification on my phone and decided to jump on it before they sold out again. Almost got the Mario kart bundle just because but decided to just get the console by itself for now

[baseline bum]

Yup best buy. I got the notification on my phone and decided to jump on it before they sold out again. Almost got the Mario kart bundle just because but decided to just get the console by itself for now

Thankfully this system was a lot easier to get than PS5 or Switch 1. Didn't even have any interest in the system until seeing how awesome the DK Bananza Direct was. Reminds me a lot of Mario Odyssey, as it's from the same dev team. Which also means awesome haptics playing with split joycons when on a display. Haven't even tried the system out handheld other than doing the initial setup.

[Joseph Kony]

Finally got around to playing Horizon Forbidden West. At basically the end of the main quest, finished all of the side quests in the main game with a few errands left, though didn't do much of the arena/pits/scavenger contracts.

It's definitely not as good as the first but still a very solid follow up. the story gets a lot more sci fi but I found it engaging. The enemies are a bit too tanky for my liking but once you get to a certain level only the real heavy hitters are a challenge. i enjoyed the depth of the side quests, no "go here and kill this machine/get this item" stuff which is appreciated. Also one of the better looking games i've played, looks absolutely gorgeous on my 4070 super at max settings in 1080p

trying to decide to play once i finish this. maybe I'll continue Jedi Survivor

[spurraider21]

Finally got around to playing Horizon Forbidden West. At basically the end of the main quest, finished all of the side quests in the main game with a few errands left, though didn't do much of the arena/pits/scavenger contracts.

It's definitely not as good as the first but still a very solid follow up. the story gets a lot more sci fi but I found it engaging. The enemies are a bit too tanky for my liking but once you get to a certain level only the real heavy hitters are a challenge. i enjoyed the depth of the side quests, no "go here and kill this machine/get this item" stuff which is appreciated. Also one of the better looking games i've played, looks absolutely gorgeous on my 4070 super at max settings in 1080p

trying to decide to play once i finish this. maybe I'll continue Jedi Survivor

really enjoyed forbidden west as well, even if the mystery behind zero dawn was substantially more compelling. i just didnt like having to farm for parts that only dropped sometimes. i dont want to have to constantly reload the game and hunt yet another bigass elephant because maybe it does or doesnt drop a specific part i need

[Joseph Kony]

really enjoyed forbidden west as well, even if the mystery behind zero dawn was substantially more compelling. i just didnt like having to farm for parts that only dropped sometimes. i dont want to have to constantly reload the game and hunt yet another bigass elephant because maybe it does or doesnt drop a specific part i need

yeah upgrading is a huge pain in this one, i've only got my current gear upgraded halfway because of it though you can buy some rare machine components from a couple salvage contract npcs, but you need a lot of processed metal blocks which are also annoying to farm. definitely a lot more tedium in this game than zero dawn

[baseline bum]

The breaking mechanic is still fun as two weeks later in DK Bananza. Really didn't see myself buying a Switch 2 the first year, especially with Mario Kart the launch le, but seeing the Direct for Bananza really sold me on it. Will jump right back to PS5 once I finish Bananza though at least until Metroid Prime 4.

[spurraider21]

so i cant for the life of my explain why, but after finishing dark souls 3, something called to me and i booted up bloodborne (which was my first fromsoft game, hadnt touched it since my first playthrough about 6 years ago)

my god, i am reminded of just how phenomenal bloodborne is. between DS1, DS2, DS3, Sekiro, and Bloodborne, imo it stands alone as the best