Post your scores/reviews on recent titles you've obtained/been playing. :-P
7-Dec-03 9:25am
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5-Feb-23 8:04pm
#141 Slickriven
Been playing 8 Doors on my PC. 7/10 I guess
It was on a list of good Metroidvanias to try and Amazon Games (Twitch) gave it away free a while back so I wanted to give it a go. You play as a girl who's town and dad apparently get killed in the opening clip and you head to purgatory to get him back. Game is pretty decent, with nods to Hollow Knight for sure, but others in the genre too. Color pallet is unique, mainly grey/black/white, but with some red.
Controls aren't too bad, but I think this originally came out on the Switch, so when using an X1 controller on my PC it shows that in the key-config/bind settings, but incorrectly flips A/B and X/Y, also a number of onscreen tutorials when you get new things will show a white/blank area for what button assignment will trigger the new feature - not horrible, but feels a little unfinished in that regard.
I'm cheating a little as I've got a complete map open in the background, but I'm trying not to use it a ton, more for backtracking or to verify if there are hidden things I missed. It's cheap, I get it, but I don't really want to wander around too much. Boss fights have been decent but slow. You really need to move close, get it a few hits and react to the next, generally, 1 of 4-6 attacks they'll do. Dodge it and get in a few more hits. After likely about 50%, they've all yelled and triggered phase 2, where so far they've really only more closely chained 2 attacks. Hardest one was this tree creature that would inhabit a 1 of 2 trees that are almost in the background, 1 on the far left and right of the screen, such that you could stand in the middle and not see him on either side. Well he could still hit you with some attacks and would flip btwn the 2, so you had to move too far too often, otherwise he wasn't bad. Didn't like how you could purchase an upgrade to see the health of the bosses, but you had to hit a sort of non-normal attack button and the displayed health would go away after about 5 seconds, sort of lame and not overly useful.
According to stats I'm at 40% after only 2 sessions playing I'd guess 3+ hrs. It's worth finishing, I figure.
#141 Slickriven
Been playing 8 Doors on my PC. 7/10 I guess
It was on a list of good Metroidvanias to try and Amazon Games (Twitch) gave it away free a while back so I wanted to give it a go. You play as a girl who's town and dad apparently get killed in the opening clip and you head to purgatory to get him back. Game is pretty decent, with nods to Hollow Knight for sure, but others in the genre too. Color pallet is unique, mainly grey/black/white, but with some red.
Controls aren't too bad, but I think this originally came out on the Switch, so when using an X1 controller on my PC it shows that in the key-config/bind settings, but incorrectly flips A/B and X/Y, also a number of onscreen tutorials when you get new things will show a white/blank area for what button assignment will trigger the new feature - not horrible, but feels a little unfinished in that regard.
I'm cheating a little as I've got a complete map open in the background, but I'm trying not to use it a ton, more for backtracking or to verify if there are hidden things I missed. It's cheap, I get it, but I don't really want to wander around too much. Boss fights have been decent but slow. You really need to move close, get it a few hits and react to the next, generally, 1 of 4-6 attacks they'll do. Dodge it and get in a few more hits. After likely about 50%, they've all yelled and triggered phase 2, where so far they've really only more closely chained 2 attacks. Hardest one was this tree creature that would inhabit a 1 of 2 trees that are almost in the background, 1 on the far left and right of the screen, such that you could stand in the middle and not see him on either side. Well he could still hit you with some attacks and would flip btwn the 2, so you had to move too far too often, otherwise he wasn't bad. Didn't like how you could purchase an upgrade to see the health of the bosses, but you had to hit a sort of non-normal attack button and the displayed health would go away after about 5 seconds, sort of lame and not overly useful.
According to stats I'm at 40% after only 2 sessions playing I'd guess 3+ hrs. It's worth finishing, I figure.
5-Feb-23 9:03pm
#142 PizzaTheHutt
The Crew 2 {
} 6/10
I dunno, I just wanted a racing game to play, but maybe I should've chosen a different one, not open-world and with minimal story. I just wanna race, is that too much to ask?
I recall playing quite a bit of The Crew when Ubisoft made the PC version free back in 2017 (I think) and I kind of liked it. Turns out this game released in 2018 and seems to still be getting new content added all these years later. They also added planes, boats and motorcycles. That's cool and crap, but I just ain't feeling this. Maybe it is better than I'm giving it credit for, but I feel a racing game isn't the genre where you need to sink a handful of hours into before you know if you like it or not. The opening intro where you fly the plane, drive the boat and then the car was pretty cool though and in the 2 hours I played that was the highlight. I'll be uninstalling it now.
#142 PizzaTheHutt
The Crew 2 {
} 6/10I dunno, I just wanted a racing game to play, but maybe I should've chosen a different one, not open-world and with minimal story. I just wanna race, is that too much to ask?
I recall playing quite a bit of The Crew when Ubisoft made the PC version free back in 2017 (I think) and I kind of liked it. Turns out this game released in 2018 and seems to still be getting new content added all these years later. They also added planes, boats and motorcycles. That's cool and crap, but I just ain't feeling this. Maybe it is better than I'm giving it credit for, but I feel a racing game isn't the genre where you need to sink a handful of hours into before you know if you like it or not. The opening intro where you fly the plane, drive the boat and then the car was pretty cool though and in the 2 hours I played that was the highlight. I'll be uninstalling it now.
5-Feb-23 9:07pm
#143 kevolones
Im playing Witcher 3 again, mostly to do the DLC. Even compared to newer games I still think this is easily the best open world game Ive played.
#143 kevolones
Im playing Witcher 3 again, mostly to do the DLC. Even compared to newer games I still think this is easily the best open world game Ive played.
5-Feb-23 9:49pm
#144 Orlandu
I want to play the Witcher 3, but I can't shake the feeling that I would have to play 1 and 2 first.
#144 Orlandu
I want to play the Witcher 3, but I can't shake the feeling that I would have to play 1 and 2 first.
5-Feb-23 10:39pm
#145 kevolones
You dont really need to. You could read up on the events of 1 and 2 if you want. Or play, sure, but they havent aged well though.
#145 kevolones
You dont really need to. You could read up on the events of 1 and 2 if you want. Or play, sure, but they havent aged well though.
7-Feb-23 9:50pm
#147 Orlandu
@AssassinFiver No prob! With that change it's my favorite Picross game out of all of them.
#147 Orlandu
@AssassinFiver No prob! With that change it's my favorite Picross game out of all of them.
7-Feb-23 9:57pm
#148 sa330206
I started up sleeping dogs definitive on ps4. I played it on Xbox 360 years ago so I figured I'd give the definitive version a shot. So far it's been fine but I don't remember the controls being this clunky (esp. driving).
#148 sa330206
I started up sleeping dogs definitive on ps4. I played it on Xbox 360 years ago so I figured I'd give the definitive version a shot. So far it's been fine but I don't remember the controls being this clunky (esp. driving).
7-Feb-23 9:59pm
#149 Orlandu
I think they are a tad clunky. You get used to it after a while, though.
#149 Orlandu
I think they are a tad clunky. You get used to it after a while, though.
8-Feb-23 8:08pm
#150 Anxiouz
Playing Sonic Frontiers (PS5) and boy is this a mess of a game. Basically just constant collecting, insane pop-in, lots of bugginess, and the older-school levels are just as clumsy as before. Sure it's better than a lot of previous Sonic games but that's not really saying a lot, and this is not nearly as good as people made it out to be. There's some fun to be had but this feels like a AA title.
#150 Anxiouz
Playing Sonic Frontiers (PS5) and boy is this a mess of a game. Basically just constant collecting, insane pop-in, lots of bugginess, and the older-school levels are just as clumsy as before. Sure it's better than a lot of previous Sonic games but that's not really saying a lot, and this is not nearly as good as people made it out to be. There's some fun to be had but this feels like a AA title.
11-Feb-23 11:49am
#151 PizzaTheHutt
Eagle Flight {
} 6/10
There's not a whole lot to this game. I think this is one of those VR games that tiptoes the line between what is a "VR game" and what is considered a "VR experience". You are playing as an eagle and flying around a post-apocalyptic Paris, fifty years after the demise of humanity. That's it. There are some objectives (things like fly through hoops or shoot down groups of falcons by "squaking" at them) and collectibles to find, but there's not a lot of depth here. There is a multiplayer mode which even includes cross-play between PC VR headsets, but of course there isn't anyone playing it at this point so I haven't gotten to try it and have no idea what kind of stuff you can do with other players. The game can be played by anyone as the controls are really simple: L2 and R2 for slow down/speed up, and you tilt your head to steer the eagle (your instincts might tell you to turn your head, but the game will constantly remind you to only tilt it).
Casual players will probably have more fun just doing the free-fly mode while experienced players will have more fun with the story mode for the 3 hours it lasts, though it's not that the story is all that good, but some of the levels get intense while you're flying fast and trying not to crash (most races are under 3 minutes but you will have to restart from the beginning anytime you crash into something). While it is cool and relaxing flying around a virtual Paris for a bit, there's just not enough to keep you coming back to it and I would have liked if they had done more with the graphics because at times it looks like an early PlayStation 3 game.
#151 PizzaTheHutt
Eagle Flight {
} 6/10There's not a whole lot to this game. I think this is one of those VR games that tiptoes the line between what is a "VR game" and what is considered a "VR experience". You are playing as an eagle and flying around a post-apocalyptic Paris, fifty years after the demise of humanity. That's it. There are some objectives (things like fly through hoops or shoot down groups of falcons by "squaking" at them) and collectibles to find, but there's not a lot of depth here. There is a multiplayer mode which even includes cross-play between PC VR headsets, but of course there isn't anyone playing it at this point so I haven't gotten to try it and have no idea what kind of stuff you can do with other players. The game can be played by anyone as the controls are really simple: L2 and R2 for slow down/speed up, and you tilt your head to steer the eagle (your instincts might tell you to turn your head, but the game will constantly remind you to only tilt it).
Casual players will probably have more fun just doing the free-fly mode while experienced players will have more fun with the story mode for the 3 hours it lasts, though it's not that the story is all that good, but some of the levels get intense while you're flying fast and trying not to crash (most races are under 3 minutes but you will have to restart from the beginning anytime you crash into something). While it is cool and relaxing flying around a virtual Paris for a bit, there's just not enough to keep you coming back to it and I would have liked if they had done more with the graphics because at times it looks like an early PlayStation 3 game.
12-Feb-23 3:07pm
#152 DCGX
I forgot I had gotten 'Eagle Flight' when it was cheap years ago, so I tried it yesterday and got through chapter 2. I love Paris, and while this isn't a terribly accurate version of the city, I like flying around it. Too much flying through rings though, and, being a Ubisoft game, too many collectibles. so 'Eagle Flight' gets a 7/10 for me. There is online multiplayer, which is cool.
I also tried 'Doom VFR' yesterday. I got the physical release cheap years ago. It was updated after launch to use the Aim controller, which is what I used. It works for the most part, but I couldn't find a way to remap button, and the weapons wheel is mapped to R1 which is not easily accessible in the heat of a battle. There's smooth turning, but teleportation only. You can juke in four directions, but this game needs full locomotion. It really drags down the experience. 7/10 for me too.
Finally, I played through 'Batman Arkham VR.' This is definitely more an experience than a game, but it leans into the detective element of Batman. That's cool, but it's easy. The game takes place between 'City' and 'Knight,' but it's obvious what's going on. Anything action related is relegated to a black screen with sound effects, including fighting and driving vehicles. You can look at giant models of many vehicles in the Batcave, including things like the BVS: Dawn of Justice batmobile, but not much else. After "beating" the game, which abruptly ends, Riddler trophies appear in each part of each chapter to find and solve, which open 3D models of many things. It's cool. Another 7/10 from me.
'Doom VFR' is definitely the meatiest, because it's a real game albeit short, but the story mode in 'Eagle Flight' was a nice surprised. 'Batman' is still cool, because you're Batman, but even Batman suffers from the dreaded short VR shins. Most of the time each of these goes on sale for a few dollars, and I'd say each is worth that.
#152 DCGX
I forgot I had gotten 'Eagle Flight' when it was cheap years ago, so I tried it yesterday and got through chapter 2. I love Paris, and while this isn't a terribly accurate version of the city, I like flying around it. Too much flying through rings though, and, being a Ubisoft game, too many collectibles. so 'Eagle Flight' gets a 7/10 for me. There is online multiplayer, which is cool.
I also tried 'Doom VFR' yesterday. I got the physical release cheap years ago. It was updated after launch to use the Aim controller, which is what I used. It works for the most part, but I couldn't find a way to remap button, and the weapons wheel is mapped to R1 which is not easily accessible in the heat of a battle. There's smooth turning, but teleportation only. You can juke in four directions, but this game needs full locomotion. It really drags down the experience. 7/10 for me too.
Finally, I played through 'Batman Arkham VR.' This is definitely more an experience than a game, but it leans into the detective element of Batman. That's cool, but it's easy. The game takes place between 'City' and 'Knight,' but it's obvious what's going on. Anything action related is relegated to a black screen with sound effects, including fighting and driving vehicles. You can look at giant models of many vehicles in the Batcave, including things like the BVS: Dawn of Justice batmobile, but not much else. After "beating" the game, which abruptly ends, Riddler trophies appear in each part of each chapter to find and solve, which open 3D models of many things. It's cool. Another 7/10 from me.
'Doom VFR' is definitely the meatiest, because it's a real game albeit short, but the story mode in 'Eagle Flight' was a nice surprised. 'Batman' is still cool, because you're Batman, but even Batman suffers from the dreaded short VR shins. Most of the time each of these goes on sale for a few dollars, and I'd say each is worth that.
13-Feb-23 12:22pm
#153 Anxiouz
Eagle Flight was one of my favorite PSVR games. I just enjoyed flying around casually collecting things. It felt great zipping between buildings.
#153 Anxiouz
Eagle Flight was one of my favorite PSVR games. I just enjoyed flying around casually collecting things. It felt great zipping between buildings.
15-Feb-23 10:32pm
#154 Anxiouz
Callisto Protocol (PS5) - 8/10 - After a simple google search it looks like I'm 30-40% through, probably a little bit more. It definitely has Dead Space vibes which I love, and I generally really dig everything here, but man does the DS similarity just make me wish for a direction/nav arrow! This is super linear until it's not, and it's confusing when you find interesting things on the side but it's not where you should be going and it's really not clear on how you get back to the main path.
The door says Maintenance but I'm supposed to get to Medical. But Medical is ultimately through Laundry, and then Maintenance. But if you miss some audio cues I don't know how you can get reminders or guides. The audio clips via the menu are meaningless on their own.
So it's not as great as DS but I absolutely love it so far. The 3D audio headset it's fantastic and it makes me giddy when I hear creepies moving through air ducts near me, then over me, then to the side. The 3D audio is So. Damn. Good.
#154 Anxiouz
Callisto Protocol (PS5) - 8/10 - After a simple google search it looks like I'm 30-40% through, probably a little bit more. It definitely has Dead Space vibes which I love, and I generally really dig everything here, but man does the DS similarity just make me wish for a direction/nav arrow! This is super linear until it's not, and it's confusing when you find interesting things on the side but it's not where you should be going and it's really not clear on how you get back to the main path.
The door says Maintenance but I'm supposed to get to Medical. But Medical is ultimately through Laundry, and then Maintenance. But if you miss some audio cues I don't know how you can get reminders or guides. The audio clips via the menu are meaningless on their own.
So it's not as great as DS but I absolutely love it so far. The 3D audio headset it's fantastic and it makes me giddy when I hear creepies moving through air ducts near me, then over me, then to the side. The 3D audio is So. Damn. Good.
18-Feb-23 4:48pm
#155 Orlandu
Hogwarts Legacy: Incredible attention to detail makes Hogwarts really fun to explore. The combat can be challenging and should get a little more interesting as the game goes along. The menu system is pretty poor, and the loot system with a 20 item cap is terrible. If you play this definitely do not go crazy exploring in the beginning because the items in the treasure chests are tied to your current level.
#155 Orlandu
Hogwarts Legacy: Incredible attention to detail makes Hogwarts really fun to explore. The combat can be challenging and should get a little more interesting as the game goes along. The menu system is pretty poor, and the loot system with a 20 item cap is terrible. If you play this definitely do not go crazy exploring in the beginning because the items in the treasure chests are tied to your current level.
18-Feb-23 5:12pm
#156 sinnie
Hogwarts... at time feels like a walking tutorial. But I can run around and cast spells and pet cats.
#156 sinnie
Hogwarts... at time feels like a walking tutorial. But I can run around and cast spells and pet cats.
18-Feb-23 5:26pm
#157 Orlandu
Yeah, it definitely suffers from modern gaming syndrome. Enormous checklist collection without a lot of interesting interaction. I bought it for my girlfriend since she loves Harry Potter. She mostly just enjoys walking around the castle and taking in all the detail and the non-combat quests. She makes me do all of the fighting stuff.
#157 Orlandu
Yeah, it definitely suffers from modern gaming syndrome. Enormous checklist collection without a lot of interesting interaction. I bought it for my girlfriend since she loves Harry Potter. She mostly just enjoys walking around the castle and taking in all the detail and the non-combat quests. She makes me do all of the fighting stuff.
19-Feb-23 5:22pm
#158 PizzaTheHutt
It Takes Two {
} 10/10
I will say if you have a decent gaming PC, Xbox or PlayStation, just play this on there instead. The downgrade in the graphics is very noticeable, it looks muddy as hell, I saw some weird little graphical glitches during a few cutscenes, and no way is this game close to hitting 60 fps like the other versions (it's still a consistent 30 though which is good enough for me), and even docked 720p is the best you're gonna get. There seems to be more load times on Switch too. For those reasons alone I say this is the worst version to play.
But, it still gets a 10 from me because it's the worst version of a game that is still incredibly fun regardless of any visual downgrades, it is still one of the best co-op games I've ever played (this will be my 3rd playthrough) and I'm impressed they even have this running on Switch to begin with. Only because I enjoy this game so much did I go back on my "no longer buying multiplatform games on Switch" rule.
I'm playing this with a friend from Japan (she's using the Friend Pass which I'm glad wasn't region restricted) and there is absolutely no lag. Every time I play a platformer (2D or 3D) in online co-op and it runs flawless like this, it just makes me even more pissed that Nintendo screwed up so badly with Super Mario Maker 2's online mode. How are all these other developers getting it right?
My friend and I played for a little over 4 hours so far, it was her first time playing and the only complaint she had was the lack of gyro for controlling the camera and where you're aiming your weapon. She's a big Splatoon fan and just doesn't like using analog sticks for things like that and as a fan of gyro myself I do agree it would've been great to have it, but she only plays on Nintendo consoles and I don't, so I'm used to games not having it.
#158 PizzaTheHutt
It Takes Two {
} 10/10I will say if you have a decent gaming PC, Xbox or PlayStation, just play this on there instead. The downgrade in the graphics is very noticeable, it looks muddy as hell, I saw some weird little graphical glitches during a few cutscenes, and no way is this game close to hitting 60 fps like the other versions (it's still a consistent 30 though which is good enough for me), and even docked 720p is the best you're gonna get. There seems to be more load times on Switch too. For those reasons alone I say this is the worst version to play.
But, it still gets a 10 from me because it's the worst version of a game that is still incredibly fun regardless of any visual downgrades, it is still one of the best co-op games I've ever played (this will be my 3rd playthrough) and I'm impressed they even have this running on Switch to begin with. Only because I enjoy this game so much did I go back on my "no longer buying multiplatform games on Switch" rule.
I'm playing this with a friend from Japan (she's using the Friend Pass which I'm glad wasn't region restricted) and there is absolutely no lag. Every time I play a platformer (2D or 3D) in online co-op and it runs flawless like this, it just makes me even more pissed that Nintendo screwed up so badly with Super Mario Maker 2's online mode. How are all these other developers getting it right?
My friend and I played for a little over 4 hours so far, it was her first time playing and the only complaint she had was the lack of gyro for controlling the camera and where you're aiming your weapon. She's a big Splatoon fan and just doesn't like using analog sticks for things like that and as a fan of gyro myself I do agree it would've been great to have it, but she only plays on Nintendo consoles and I don't, so I'm used to games not having it.
20-Feb-23 2:07pm
#159 PizzaTheHutt
The Medium {
} 6/10
I'm not really feeling this game. I just was browsing the PS+ Extra Game Catalog for anything that resembled a horror game and chose this. I kinda dig the split-screen gimmick, but the game itself is just boring me. I guess I was hoping for a little more action and less...walking around. After barely 2 hours I've uninstalled it. Usually I like to give games more time than that before I dismiss them, but I don't know if this one will get any better, I recall when it first released a lot of people were just talking about how average it was.
#159 PizzaTheHutt
The Medium {
} 6/10I'm not really feeling this game. I just was browsing the PS+ Extra Game Catalog for anything that resembled a horror game and chose this. I kinda dig the split-screen gimmick, but the game itself is just boring me. I guess I was hoping for a little more action and less...walking around. After barely 2 hours I've uninstalled it. Usually I like to give games more time than that before I dismiss them, but I don't know if this one will get any better, I recall when it first released a lot of people were just talking about how average it was.
20-Feb-23 2:17pm
#160 TalonJedi87
Crysis 2 Remastered
- 7.5/10
I am about 3/4 thru this one and while more COD than Far Cry from the previous installment, it sure looks pretty and polished enough and sounds pretty robust on a surround system. It's a little more linear than the previous game and that may be an issue for some, but I think it's just fine. And with all the flooded open world games nowadays, sometimes all that's needed is a straight path to victory in a focused shooter, even one that's dated as this with it's almost fresh coat of paint. Some technical issues I've encountered though such as action prompts appearing out of context as well as some frame drops here and there and inconsistencies within the audio mixing, sometimes the sound effect are too loud, while the dialogue and music is too soft. I'm also not a fan of a return to a silent protagonist here after having the main character Nomad speak in the previous game, but I think in Crysis 3 they have the main protagonist speak again, which I'm looking forward to.
#160 TalonJedi87
Crysis 2 Remastered
- 7.5/10I am about 3/4 thru this one and while more COD than Far Cry from the previous installment, it sure looks pretty and polished enough and sounds pretty robust on a surround system. It's a little more linear than the previous game and that may be an issue for some, but I think it's just fine. And with all the flooded open world games nowadays, sometimes all that's needed is a straight path to victory in a focused shooter, even one that's dated as this with it's almost fresh coat of paint. Some technical issues I've encountered though such as action prompts appearing out of context as well as some frame drops here and there and inconsistencies within the audio mixing, sometimes the sound effect are too loud, while the dialogue and music is too soft. I'm also not a fan of a return to a silent protagonist here after having the main character Nomad speak in the previous game, but I think in Crysis 3 they have the main protagonist speak again, which I'm looking forward to.
20-Feb-23 3:02pm
#161 Slickriven
@PizzaTheHutt yeah The Medium was not very good. I played it right before it was set to leave GP on the XSX and if not for that 'play this now or never' vibe I likely would've given up too. But it wasn't super long and I didn't bother exploring much and just pushed through it. It was also very easy except for a few dumb instant kill things later on. It's another of those could've been great but just wasn't titles.
#161 Slickriven
@PizzaTheHutt yeah The Medium was not very good. I played it right before it was set to leave GP on the XSX and if not for that 'play this now or never' vibe I likely would've given up too. But it wasn't super long and I didn't bother exploring much and just pushed through it. It was also very easy except for a few dumb instant kill things later on. It's another of those could've been great but just wasn't titles.
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