Nearing the end of Lies of P… It exceeded my expectations and I’m very satisfied :D I’m even considering buying a DLC for a game I’m just “renting out!” Aaaaaahh I’m hooked, I need more!
I played a little bit of it at launch but never bought it, I’ve been tempted to though every time it goes on sale. Soulslike is my favourite genre so I know I’d love it, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. I think it’s free on PlayStation right now so I might play it there instead of pc.
Yes, I’m playing it on ps+ right now. If you have access to that, I’d say go for it!
Will do. Thanks!
Petition for Silksong to be considered an honorary patient gamer game, given I waited seven years to play it.
Yeah I’ve been playing Silksong too. Bouncing between that at a replay of Assassin’s Creed Origins whenever I fail on a platforming section too many times.
Picked up the original Hollow Knight on sale a little while back. With the all the buzz around Silksong I finally booted it up, having a blast so far!
Enjoy! It’s a great game. I’ve been cheating on this community and playing Silksong, it’s a great sequel. It’s one of the rare times I’d recommend buying a game when it’s still new. But definitely play Hollow Knight first, it’s such a great game.
My exact experience!
I feel the description of this community fits me to a tee.
I’m playing Silksong.
Typically this community is for games that are more than a year old (i.e. you were patient to buy it) but I think Silksong is an exception and I’ll allow it in this community. I’m also playing it so I can’t judge too hard.
That previous game I played through was Portal 2. I barely ever buy games on release.
Just that it was kinda funny this one time I’m playing a recent released game.
Portal 2 is awesome.
I make these posts every week, I hope to see you comment on a future post too!
no doubt
Also Silksong released at $20, which is a price point people are often waiting for older games to hit.
Regardless of semantics, Silksong is the only game I’ve played since it released.
Heard a song from Wuthering Waves, and it caught me be surprise with how good it was, so I figured I’d give the game a try.
It feels a lot like Genshin Impact, but the world and story feel better, is not Mihoyo, and the voice acting includes the main character. For a F2P experience, it’s been fun going through the initial story. To its detriment, however, there’s three different gacha currencies. Definitely not worth bothering with beyond freebie pulls. Overall, I’d recommend it, but only the free stuff.
When POE2 came out, I played it for a couple hours, hated it, and went back to Diablo 4. I saw it at PAX a week ago and thought I’d give it a try again since I quit D4 and was jonesing for that fix. It’s doing pretty well so far. I’m in Act 3.
Persona 5 Royale on Steam Deck. JRPGs and handhelds are a match made in heaven. My only complaint is every time I think that I’ve escaped the tutorial, there’s more tutorial lol.
Finally jumped into No Man’s Sky.
I’ve had this game for less than a week and I’ve Jack Sparrow’ed my way into an A class freighter and i found a planet with glow orbs laying on the ground by the dozen. So i’ve got this crazy freighter and millions in credits but hardly any raw resources to build or upgrade anything.
Still making my way through Skies of Arcadia Legends. Just arrived at Yafutoma but the game is such a slog sometimes with the random encounters :(
Also chilled out and played a little bit of Beat Hazard.
Skies can certainly be slow. Though if you feel like grinding levels you can do that after yafutoma and pretty much one turn the normal fights and makes the ship battles much smoother.
I’ve actually not skipped many battles so lvl wise it’s all good. I remember playing on the Dreamcast originally and when a battle was about to trigger the console would make a noise so I would pause the game to try an skip it.
Ah. Then you’re well versed already. I have played through it enough times at this point that I actively and purposefully grind the materials I need well ahead of time, though I don’t think I’ve ever 100%'d the game. I think the worst was getting the death prevention accessories for my group so I could take on the angel of death without getting one shot. But I have spent an exorbitant amount of time leveling off loopers near their landmark.
Coral Island! It’s been out a while but they had a major update recently. My farming/crafting life sim stretch continues.
Went and tried playing Dark Souls again after leaving it on hold for a few months and this time it clicked HARD. I finally get why people love these games so much. The atmosphere, the combat, the sound effects, how it teaches you to persevere my god what an experience. The only thing I regret is not starting this sooner back when I had more free time lol
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The exploration and level design too! Nothing gives you quite the same rush of dopamine as unlocking shortcuts in Dark Souls. The first time you kick that ladder? Priceless.
oh yeah so far exploring the world is a joy. The way it shows you bits of loot in places you dont get how to reach at first makes it all the better when you find the way to jump over a roof or roll into dubious falls lol. Also talking to the downer chainmail guy and seeing how he reacts to your progress is such a simple but cool addition, for me it makes the suffering very worth it.
Enjoy. It’s one of the greatest games and one of the greatest franchises of all time.
If you continue with the series and play Dark Souls II next, keep in mind it’s the black sheep of the series. Not to say it’s bad or anything but it’s very different from the rest. You may prefer it, you may hate it, just don’t judge the whole series on it. Dark Souls III and Elden Ring are much more fast paced and a fair bit more challenging once you get into them. Sekiro is basically a different genre and plays much different from the rest but is imo the best first playthrough of the lot. It’s way harder though. Demon’s Souls is slower paced like Dark Souls but has a different world mechanic (hub world where you choose which level to enter, complete it, then go back to the hub and go elsewhere). Bloodborne is the only one you can’t play well on pc (Demon’s Souls isn’t native on pc but you can emulate it quite smoothly), but if you have a PS4/5 it’s a lot of people’s favourite game.
Thank you, I definitely will. I’ve only reached the second bell so far, but I’m pretty certain I’ll try the other titles fromsoftware has made so this info is nice to have. Funnily enough, I had a chat with my kinesiologist about souls games and he said dark souls II was very off putting for him, I guess I’ll try and see what the controversy is all about later on. Hope Ahead!
Good luck in your journey! I’m very jealous. They’re all fantastic initial experiences. They’re great on replays too but nothing beats the first time.
If you’re binging all the games in a row, maybe save Sekiro for the end. Or play some other stuff before going to it. It’s hard enough as is, but it’s especially difficult if you’re coming fresh off a Souls game. Your impulse reactions you’ve learned will only hurt you. Likewise if you play Sekiro and then go back to another Souls game you’ll struggle again. Not to scare you off, just to keep you informed. If you play different games between though you should be fine with any order. But it’s a commonly accepted fact by most of the community that the most surefire way to make Sekiro harder for yourself is to play Dark Souls first.
In case you’re curious why, Dark Souls (and the rest) mostly play by you dodging attacks and attacking back when it’s safe. Most bosses punish being greedy and reward being patient. Sekiro on the other hand doesn’t really have dodging, it’s more of a repositioning (very few invincibility frames compared to the other games), and instead you’ll be parrying basically everything (don’t worry, parrying is a lot easier in Sekiro than Dark Souls). You also need to give constant pressure to your enemies, and it’s basically suicide tackling more than one at a time. The reason is, while Sekiro does have health bars on enemies and bosses, their stance meter is way more important. Most bosses you’ll kill while they’ve still got a majority of their health remaining, because once their stance breaks you can deal a deathblow. Parrying and attacking both increase the meter which breaks stance, but if you’re idle for more than a second it goes down. Once it clicks it’s very satisfying and a ton of fun but if you’re used to Dark Souls it’ll be a struggle to unlearn dodging everything and taking your time. Again, not trying to scare you away, it’s probably my second favourite game of all time, but if you aren’t aware and go in blind you could get scared off pretty easily.
I‘ve been playing Legend of Grimrock which had been collecting dust on my account for over a decade, and I can now confidently say that these kinda games are not for me lol
Ace Combat 7 but maybe I’ll go back to Ace Combat Horizon Legacy +… I always seem to find later titles in a series and end up playing them in confusing parallel.
BlazBlue Entropy Effect. This one has been fun and weird. I jumped into it because of the Dead Cells collab and that content feels almost like it could be a Dead Cells 2. This game took a while for me to understand what’s going on. I like the gameplay a lot, not so much the overworld stuff.
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth. I went back to this game and realized that I gave up on the first boss months ago. Might try to beat that boss or I might just start it over. This game is a lot like Blade Chimera (same engine, I think. definitely the same team) but I have nostalgia for Lodoss stuff so I picked it up last year.
BlazBlue mention. I think it’s funny how non fighting game people are getting into bb entropy effect (BlazBlue is a pretty old fighting game series and entropy effect is a recent spin off made by a 3rd party)
Oddly, I got into EE because I like the fighting games a lot. The Dead Cells collab just put it on my radar. I was kind of bummed that EE seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the titles. I shouldn’t be, however, because there’s BlayzBloo on the NDS and Clone Fantasma on the 3DS. Neither have any real story but feature the characters as well.
Side note: I badly wish that the Legion 1.5 mode in BlazBlue Contiuum Shift II was available on other releases. It’s my favorite mode but the d-pad on the 3DS wears my thumb out. I would love to be able to use my leverless controller. Perhaps emulation is the way to go for that one.
I finished Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time and had a good time with it. Short, old-school feeling chill action game. Probably a must-play if you’re a fan of the show, otherwise keep an eye out for Epic giveaways or just pirate it if you think it looks cool. It’s not that long, probably 8 hours or so with some cool looking levels and the combat gets pretty fun once you start unlocking skills.
Being unable to resist my recent hyperfixation I went back and started playing through Ninja Gaiden 2 Black with the White mod installed. Still playing on Warrior to have an apples-to-apples comparison. 6 Chapters in now and it feels like a halfway point between vanilla NG2B and OG NG2 so far. Apart from a handful of fights actually being harder in this version it mostly is easier and less dense in fights. There are still places that are empty where there should be fights, I still turn the corner sometimes expecting a fight I remember and being met with silence instead. Having said that, not every omission is negative - the jellyfish bombs in Venice for example I didn’t really miss.
Also - and I can’t understate this - the game is fucking beautiful. Not only is it visually stunning with the lighting and the blood physics and textures and raytracing and 120 FPS HDR - it is also impressive from an art direction standpoint. It feels just like the original, only sharper. It looks like what the original looked like in my head when I thought back on it. Sometimes remasters or remakes lose the original identity, but here they absolutely nailed it.
So far I’m having a blast with it, even though it doesn’t quite deliver that “playable cocaine” vibe that the original was constantly feeding you.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
I finished the campaign. Most I can say is that I came out of it with more positive than negative feelings about this title. Main story definitely improved compared to the early parts, writing on the other hand… not so much. The final stretch of missions was pretty cool at least (even though the trench missions were the easiest I’ve played in these games so far).
All in all, my reaction towards the game didn’t change much - it’s good, it just isn’t right for me.
On a different note, I have a unique technical issue with this game for whatever reason. When playing with a HOTAS my system doesn’t recognise that input is happening (game reacts normally) which can lead to it trying to hibernate my PC in the middle of a mission. It’s not a huge problem but I’ve never had anything like this happen with any other game I use my controller with.
Sushi Ben (demo)
Don’t know if this counts since the game released some time ago on Oculus, I think, but the PC version won’t be available until next week but whatever.
I tried the demo and the first thing that came to mind was “cute”. It has charming writing, simple but pleasant art style, distinct character designs with great voice acting (at least the Japanese one) and fun VR controls. One of the rare instances in recent years when I eagerly want to experience more.
I’ll be keeping an eye out on how the full release turns out as so far it’s pretty promising.
Edit: On a completely different note, for whatever reason soundtrack from the first Drakengard game is now available on Steam - remaster/remake incoming?
as I mentioned earlier in the thread, I’m on AC7 as well. love this game. it seems like a nice mix of arcade and sim.
It certainly is. I personally ended up loving Project Wingman way more than any of the AC titles I’ve played so far (both in terms of gameplay and story) but that’s just personal preference. For what it’s worth, I did have more fun with 04 and Zero than AC7, so it’s seems like my problems are with this game specifically.
How do you feel about it compared to other games in the series? I’ve seen you mentioned Horizon Legacy - did you play any other ones?
HL+ was my only intro to the series. I scooped it up at a used game store when I was digging through some loose carts in a bin. I have really enjoyed it and I considered getting the ps2 version but I read that the controls were a bit more clunky and there were some quality of life improvements in it.
Comparing 7 to HL+, it’s hard for me to pick the better game. HL+ reminds me a ton of the old title Fury3, I think because the ground is mostly just flat bitmaps. That’s a heavy nostalgia factor for me because my dad and I used to play that game quite a bit. I thought the updated graphics in 7 would put me off but they’ve been nice. Plus the thin story is a little enjoyable.
I think it’s harder to stall in HL+ than 7 but that might just be because I have a bigger controller? The plane customization in 7 is overwhelming to me compared to the limited options in HL+ but others might like that. After about 10ish hours in each game, I’d say they are just about equal to one another. I think I’ll try to finish HL+ first and then go back to 7 so I don’t get too confused with the controls switching back and forth.
I just checked out the gameplay of HL+ and I have to say: I didn’t expect it to look like a “normal” AC game. I don’t know why nor what I expected it to be like but that was a neat surprise. Thanks for your thoughts too!
Honestly, I didn’t find the plane customisation in AC7 to be particularly important to be honest. I feel like it’s a bigger deal in multiplayer but in campaign there’s no real point of stressing about it - being able to play does more to affect the experience than stat improvements (or at least that was the case for me). I’d be curious to read how you liked it once you’re done with the game.
It’ll take me a bit because I’m swamped with work and want to finish HL+ first but I’ll try to follow up.
No pressure, I have no intention of demanding follow-ups from people. Take your time and have fun, that’s what’s important.
