Colquhoun
4 of a Kind
My son just showed me the screenshot of 181,000 people waiting in the queue to play Battlefield 6. Crazy!
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
It goes a lot quicker than you'd think
sheikh617
4 of a Kind
I’ve gotten knee deep into Marvel Rivals. Warzone died for me back when they did the BO6 integration. New system was hot garbage. First shot at a hero shooter but I’ve been enjoying it. Minus the hair pulling matchmaking system the game has. It’s horrendous. Managed to hit eternity last season, could have grinded a bit more for Top500 but I didn’t care that much.
Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Haven't played since the BF3 and BF4 days, but I still got it, just got the win and highest score. For all the COD players who are fresh to Battlefield.
This isn't a run and gun, lone-wolf game. Keep with your team, advance through cover. Funnel enemies into kill zones where you can hit them from multiple angles.
If you're in a tank, don't just rush in thinking you're invincible. Let some of your infantry lead ahead to flush out enemy troops. You provide supporting fire from behind them.
Don't advance until you're sure your flanks and rear are clear, or you'll be getting the weakest points of your armor shredded by enemy engineers.
This isn't a run and gun, lone-wolf game. Keep with your team, advance through cover. Funnel enemies into kill zones where you can hit them from multiple angles.
If you're in a tank, don't just rush in thinking you're invincible. Let some of your infantry lead ahead to flush out enemy troops. You provide supporting fire from behind them.
Don't advance until you're sure your flanks and rear are clear, or you'll be getting the weakest points of your armor shredded by enemy engineers.
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Legend5555
Full House
Lies of P was one of the free monthly games on PS5. So I picked that up. I dare say, it's probably the best non-From Software souls game I've ever played. It's got some really great systems layered on top of the standard leveling and weapon upgrading. Only gripe is that it's very much like DS3 so far, linear AF.
Kain8
Flush
I trust you were saying this all the time:
Lies of P is linear the whole way through. Go to new area, fight through enemies, unlock shortcut looping back to your checkpoint, fight a boss. It's very rigid in that way. Even with that though, I still rank it very high in Soulslike games because of the weapon system and how finely tuned combat is. It's just damn fun!
Just revisited cs surfing in this first surf standalone game called SurfsUp. It feels exactly like surfing in cs. After I put my daughter to sleep I can usually squeeze in a couple of hours with this game and it is a lot of fun.
Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
New open weekend beta of BF6 started up again yesterday. Played the new Empire State map and did not enjoy it, but it was infantry-only. So I was playing the Support class for the first time, usually play Engineer. Didn't care for the LMG and felt everyone was just running around farming kills, I'm getting laser-beamed or one-shotted by people with shotguns and teams weren't really advancing through cover, holding points and guarding flanks, etc.
So it was just mayhem and felt very "sweaty" and I tend to excel when there are vehicles on the map rather than all-infantry fighting.
I did have one of my best matches yet. I had gotten in a tank and was holding point C on the Peak map, keeping an enemy tank off the point and helping to support the infantry who were pushing back the enemy advance.
I hadn't died all match, so I kept having to drive my tank all the way back to our base just to resupply ammo for it, which was pretty wild (I think I did that three times at least)
When I was making my way back to point C I saw that D was being overrun so redirected to support and we held it, but my tank got blown up in the process and I was about to have my first match ever without dying, but none of the idiot medics would come revive me so I bled out, then the match ended like a minute later with victory, but I had perished 1 time, ruining my perfect game lol
So it was just mayhem and felt very "sweaty" and I tend to excel when there are vehicles on the map rather than all-infantry fighting.
I did have one of my best matches yet. I had gotten in a tank and was holding point C on the Peak map, keeping an enemy tank off the point and helping to support the infantry who were pushing back the enemy advance.
I hadn't died all match, so I kept having to drive my tank all the way back to our base just to resupply ammo for it, which was pretty wild (I think I did that three times at least)
When I was making my way back to point C I saw that D was being overrun so redirected to support and we held it, but my tank got blown up in the process and I was about to have my first match ever without dying, but none of the idiot medics would come revive me so I bled out, then the match ended like a minute later with victory, but I had perished 1 time, ruining my perfect game lol
Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
I've got a backlog of games I picked up on sale recently. Just completed one and started another, didn't really love either one unfortunately
The Outer Worlds
Made by a lot of the guys behind one of my old-time favorites, Fallout New Vegas. While it's colorful and runs well, there was a significant lack of variety in weapons, armor, enemies, missions, etc.
There seems to be a single-running gag throughout where everyone talks to you in corporate-advertising speak, which is funny the first few times, but loses its luster around the 27th time the joke's been done.
Exploration is never really rewarded. You may encounter a "named" larger version of some of the animal enemies, or find some hidden containers with loot. but you're never actually rewarded for it, you'll just find the same generic loot you get everywhere else.
There's some special "science" weapons, but they're gimmicky, never felt useful or satisfying, etc. And even "named" weapons or armor you find aren't anything special, you can find generic armor with better stats.
The banter between different characters in your party was enjoyable throughout the game, and missions can have a variety of ways to resolve them (and multiple endings possible) but overall the game was underwhelming for me.
Aliens: Dark Descent
The Aliens franchise of games has a mixed history, with many flops, and a few standouts. I have Alien: Isolation, but haven't played it yet. Snagged it free but not sure it's really the type of game that appeals to me, but is supposed to mimic the first Alien movie in tone/approach.
And then Aliens: Dark Descent you get to control a badass squad of marines taking on the Xeno threat, trying to mimic the 2nd movie in the franchise.
The visuals, atmosphere, sounds, etc. are all there. But the problem for me is that this game isn't about playing out a power fantasy of leading a badass group of marines into combat.
Instead, the game wants you to play it like a stealth game, doing everything you can to avoid combat with the Xenos, and punishing you for getting into scraps.
I get it from the perspective of the marines in the first movie getting their butts handed to them. But the game is overly clunky in moving your squad around, trying to find cover and hide before an alien drone spots you and then initiates a hunt where aliens come out of the woodwork at you.
There's containers and bodies and datapads to loot, but they're often hard to see/find and this can be a chore as well.
Even on the "story" mode the game can be pretty punishing, with your squad racking up huge amounts of stress or injuries, further weakening them.
So while the atmosphere is great, the gameplay forced stealth too much and not enough fighting to appeal to my tastes. Levels are long and massive slogs, and you'll often have to pull your squads out and return to finish them in multiple sorties with fresh troops. Your marines don't level up by killing xenos, but by completing objectives, so there's no reward for holding off particularly nasty hunts against your squads.
I only played this about 4 hours before I decided it wasn't for me, so maybe it gets better the further you go and the more weapons/abilities you unlock.
So that leaves me with the next cast of games on my list:
Red Dead Redemption 2
Total War: Warhammer III
WarTales
X-4 Foundations
I'm installing Red Dead Redemption 2 next. It's an older title from 2018, but has been lauded as one of the best gaming experiences of all time. I know I really enjoyed The Witcher 3 and the storylines and characters/experiences I had there, so I'm hoping RDR2 delivers on all the hype I've read over the years.
I understand the opening act is a bit slow and the game doesn't really take off until you're out of the mountains, so I'll give it my best and hoping to find an memorable experience with this one.
The Outer Worlds
Made by a lot of the guys behind one of my old-time favorites, Fallout New Vegas. While it's colorful and runs well, there was a significant lack of variety in weapons, armor, enemies, missions, etc.
There seems to be a single-running gag throughout where everyone talks to you in corporate-advertising speak, which is funny the first few times, but loses its luster around the 27th time the joke's been done.
Exploration is never really rewarded. You may encounter a "named" larger version of some of the animal enemies, or find some hidden containers with loot. but you're never actually rewarded for it, you'll just find the same generic loot you get everywhere else.
There's some special "science" weapons, but they're gimmicky, never felt useful or satisfying, etc. And even "named" weapons or armor you find aren't anything special, you can find generic armor with better stats.
The banter between different characters in your party was enjoyable throughout the game, and missions can have a variety of ways to resolve them (and multiple endings possible) but overall the game was underwhelming for me.
Aliens: Dark Descent
The Aliens franchise of games has a mixed history, with many flops, and a few standouts. I have Alien: Isolation, but haven't played it yet. Snagged it free but not sure it's really the type of game that appeals to me, but is supposed to mimic the first Alien movie in tone/approach.
And then Aliens: Dark Descent you get to control a badass squad of marines taking on the Xeno threat, trying to mimic the 2nd movie in the franchise.
The visuals, atmosphere, sounds, etc. are all there. But the problem for me is that this game isn't about playing out a power fantasy of leading a badass group of marines into combat.
Instead, the game wants you to play it like a stealth game, doing everything you can to avoid combat with the Xenos, and punishing you for getting into scraps.
I get it from the perspective of the marines in the first movie getting their butts handed to them. But the game is overly clunky in moving your squad around, trying to find cover and hide before an alien drone spots you and then initiates a hunt where aliens come out of the woodwork at you.
There's containers and bodies and datapads to loot, but they're often hard to see/find and this can be a chore as well.
Even on the "story" mode the game can be pretty punishing, with your squad racking up huge amounts of stress or injuries, further weakening them.
So while the atmosphere is great, the gameplay forced stealth too much and not enough fighting to appeal to my tastes. Levels are long and massive slogs, and you'll often have to pull your squads out and return to finish them in multiple sorties with fresh troops. Your marines don't level up by killing xenos, but by completing objectives, so there's no reward for holding off particularly nasty hunts against your squads.
I only played this about 4 hours before I decided it wasn't for me, so maybe it gets better the further you go and the more weapons/abilities you unlock.
So that leaves me with the next cast of games on my list:
Red Dead Redemption 2
Total War: Warhammer III
WarTales
X-4 Foundations
I'm installing Red Dead Redemption 2 next. It's an older title from 2018, but has been lauded as one of the best gaming experiences of all time. I know I really enjoyed The Witcher 3 and the storylines and characters/experiences I had there, so I'm hoping RDR2 delivers on all the hype I've read over the years.
I understand the opening act is a bit slow and the game doesn't really take off until you're out of the mountains, so I'll give it my best and hoping to find an memorable experience with this one.
Kain8
Flush
The mountainous starting area is just putting you through the tutorial motions really. It's a necessary evil for some of the core mechanics. Upon leaving there, you can strike out on your own and do whatever you want! Exploring the map and arriving at new towns is easily a highlight. Just don't play poker with the intent on making fat stacks!
Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Oh good lord, just started playing RDR2 and the fucking controls are so clunky, unintuitive and wonky. I don't know if I'm going to make it out of the mountains.
Too many buttons to press to do too many different actions, feels like it should've been way more simplified control scheme than whatever Rockstar slapped together.
Colquhoun
4 of a Kind
Controller or keyboard?
Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Keyboard, I don't do console peasantry good sir!
From google searches, I'm not alone in despising the clunkiness of movement and interactions in this game, on either kb&m or controller
May install WarTales next and just move on, rdr2 is seriously tilting me
Colquhoun
4 of a Kind
A wired Xbox controller plugged into PC is a literal game-changer. Lots of games don’t benefit from it, but RDR2 is definitely a controller game.
slashderg
High Hand
new helldivers 2 content has been neat, but punishing
slashderg
High Hand
this. i used a wired 360 controller until it died, got an 8bitdo one now, controller is definitely the more comfortable way to play rdr2 and souls type games
Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
I was expecting RDR2 to play/control similar to Witcher 3 which I loved.
I just installed WarTales and gonna play that instead
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Legend5555
Full House
Silksong
About 4 zones and 4 bosses in. Doesn't try to reinvent the wheel. But what it has changed feels great thus far. I didn't complete everything in Hollow Knight (I'm not a masochist), but so far, Silksong hasn't been that difficult IMO.
About 4 zones and 4 bosses in. Doesn't try to reinvent the wheel. But what it has changed feels great thus far. I didn't complete everything in Hollow Knight (I'm not a masochist), but so far, Silksong hasn't been that difficult IMO.
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Legend5555
Full House
Anybody else here play and finish Expedition 33?
That is probably my favorite game if the decade so far. Probably 65% of which is for the story.
That is probably my favorite game if the decade so far. Probably 65% of which is for the story.
Kain8
Flush
Finished the main story, grinded the team up to level 80 but haven't bothered with a lot of the super bosses in post game. Will come back at some point to complete the whole thing, as I didn't do all the Gestral games for nothing (climbing tower was so damn stressful!)
Oh, and Monoco joins the character hall of fame alongside Handsome Jack and Astarion.
buffalojim
Royal Flush
Been playing tons of Visual Pinball after using the Baller Installer to install all the programs and emulators. Never realized there was such a passionate community, like here, recreating all these tables for free. It makes me want to build or buy an actual cabinet now
Colquhoun
4 of a Kind
Expedition 33 is amazing. I'm probably only 20% in, but I'm taking it very slow and savoring it. It also doesn't help that I can only play like 1 night per week.
Kain8
Flush
Where's Medieval Madness?!
buffalojim
Royal Flush
Got several versions but I'm not happy with the ball physics on some the tables, same for Cirqus Voltaire. Still need to try and find versions I really like.
warewulf
Full House
That Terminator 2 table is my favorite!
I can't remember if it was talked about here or another forum recently. There's a pinball game on Playstation and PC that has T2 and many other classics. I don't recall the name, but I have it at home.
Also has me looking for spots to put a real pinball table.
buffalojim
Royal Flush
I'd love a real table, just so expensive, and the maintenance on them. The virtual tables are pretty incredible and you can get over 2000 games, but also expensive as hell.
https://www.recroomworld.com/UltraVP.html
warewulf
Full House
Same reason I no longer have a pool table. They just take up too much room.
Definitely a maintenance issue with a pinball machine. Growing up, one of my sisters friends had a pinball machine in her house. I loved going over there! In the late 70's/early 80's pinball occupied most of the space in an arcade.
buffalojim
Royal Flush
I would do terrible things to have a pool table in my house. My order would be pool table --> pinball table --> poker table. Can almost play poker anywhere so low priority. Hopefully some day I'll have the other two.
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
Playing Cyberpunk, fourth playthrough, had to play it again, give Songbird the proverbial shaft! Hahahahahaa
This will be final. I’ve truly loved this game. The guns and pump action of some of the shotguns are epic, imho!
Game just doesn’t get boring.
This will be final. I’ve truly loved this game. The guns and pump action of some of the shotguns are epic, imho!
Game just doesn’t get boring.
warewulf
Full House
Imagine if someone in your game beat you with a Flush House. I didn't know what my son was talking about when he mentioned it recently. Then I got one.
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