Topic: What games are you playing at the moment?

[stoa]

Clanfolk. Seems a nice little game, although it's still in Early Access. I like the Rimworldy-ness of it, but it's different enough to be fun. Having said that though, I'm not really a fan of their unlocking mechanic for new tech. It just makes you rush through everything, if you don't know what you're doing, especially when you get constantly bombarded with messages that you can now build this or that or that you have unlocked something new to craft and you should do it. In my first playthrough and made it through winter (which seems to be the biggest issue for most). Now, that I have a better idea of what you need (and how much of it) and how most mechanics work, it should be much easier to properly grow my settlement...

[Hedley Lamarr]

Not sure this is the right place, but Game are ceasing trade ins, doesn't leave a lot of places to swap games you're done with.

[has gone odd]

The lack of high street presence with video games is a little sad. Big cities still have stores here and there but most towns have nearly zero places to purchase games anymore, I hate that. Even our local Tesco is done with games, its a huge store an all.

Digital is fine but y'know, I'm far less impulsive than with a row of boxes to look at. Maybe that's just me!

[PhilV]

Replaying FF VII Remake again on Hard Mode, am on Chaper 13 atm, in anticipation for Part 2.

I am maxed out levelling and materia wise as well, the normal enemies are a breeze but some bosses are soooo hard, it's a weird difficulty spike, no items is also a bit shite...but it does make you think about materia composition pre boss battles.

I have Granblue Relink and FF VII part 2 out soon and am quite excited, some good JRPG's out atm.

[emergency exit]

Finished Hogwarts Legacy (on Switch) the other day - just in time for the release of the new Prince of Persia, which looks very promising.

I read a bunch of reviews and the consensus seems fo be that while the story is shite, the gameplay, level design and combat is incredible.

Plus, this one’s actually a metroidvania, which means it’ll hopefully fill my Hollow Knight itch 

[classycarra]

struggled to get into any games the past couple of months, but feel like I'm finally ready for a long game

am getting back onto cheap boomerang rental account and finally taking the plunge into Red Dead Redemption 2 - just hope they can deliver it before my long weekend.

am i right in remembering its an extended, slowish start - one you need to commit a decent block of hours to get through to the more enjoyable stuff?

[voodoo ray]

struggled to get into any games the past couple of months, but feel like I'm finally ready for a long game

am getting back onto cheap boomerang rental account and finally taking the plunge into Red Dead Redemption 2 - just hope they can deliver it before my long weekend.

am i right in remembering its an extended, slowish start - one you need to commit a decent block of hours to get through to the more enjoyable stuff?

the snowy bit at the start might drag on a bit on a first playing, but it's worth it.

on another note this appeared a day or so ago when I was updating drivers, so it probably means HFW is out on PC soon.

https://images.nvidia.com/aem-dam/Solutions/geforce/news/ces-2024-dlss-ray-tracing-rtx-games-announcements/nvidia-geforce-rtx-ces-2024-announcing-new-rtx-dlss-games.jpg

apparently steam also has a 'robots and dinosaurs' event thing coming up as well. I doubt that's a coincidence.

[stoa]

apparently steam also has a 'robots and dinosaurs' event thing coming up as well. I doubt that's a coincidence.

Clearly a coincidence. Robots and dinosaurs are mixed together in all kinds of stuff all the time and not just Horizon Zero Dawn or whatever it's called...

[RedDeadRejection]

Playing Chained Echoes on Switch. A JRPG in the style of old yet so much more. Borrows from all the greats, like Suikoden. All the more impressive was that it was done by one bloke!! Can't remember a game I have enjoyed more in a long time.

[ScottScott]

Traded in some older games and got Cyberpunk for £1 in CEX. Played a couple of hours when they gave the free trial way back when and enjoyed it but it never grabbed me. This time though, wow, I can't stop playing it. 7 hours in now, just doing the main story and it is so good. It looks unreal and they probably should have left it a few more years and released it in this state for just the new consoles

[Hedley Lamarr]

Traded in some older games and got Cyberpunk for £1 in CEX. Played a couple of hours when they gave the free trial way back when and enjoyed it but it never grabbed me. This time though, wow, I can't stop playing it. 7 hours in now, just doing the main story and it is so good. It looks unreal and they probably should have left it a few more years and released it in this state for just the new consoles

I think, and hope, Cyberpunk will go down as an all-timer.  Obviously the state it was released in was disgraceful, but Projekt Red kept plugging away at it, released a phenomenal DLC and it's now up there with anything.  Stunning game and great world building.

[emergency exit]

The new Prince of Persia is tons of fun! Very very neat little metroidvania 

[gerrardisgod]

Yeah, got that the other day myself. Really good, very reminiscent of Ori.

[LiverLuke]

Recently got a PS5 so playing Returnal, amazing game.. great atmosphere. The only problem is.. I'm shit! keep dying all the time haha

[classycarra]

Recently got a PS5 so playing Returnal, amazing game.. great atmosphere. The only problem is.. I'm shit! keep dying all the time haha

such a good game, and so addictive!

it's so nicely set up too, just when you begin to think ah shit, i'm no good at this. things start to open up and you start to improve and the story develops a bit. keep at it! (while youre enjoying it)

[JerseyKloppite]

Any recommendations for an NFL game? For someone without massively in depth knowledge of the sport.

I enjoyed MLB The Show 19 as a baseball game, but the reviews for a lot of the NFL games are mixed. Not sure if this is devotees of the sport complaining about the games being less than perfect - FIFA reviews are fairly crap and I agree with them as I'm obviously a big footy fan, but I suspect if I was an American with limited football knowledge it might not bother me so much

[LiverLuke]

your best bet is probably just the most recent Madden games, they are all much the same and has issues but there's not much else out there.

[Ed-Zeppelin]

Another option might be the NHL. A fairly recent one is on Gamepass at the moment if you’re on Xbox.

They’re generally fun and fast paced matches and also avoid some of the potential frustrations if you’re not a big follower.

[JerseyKloppite]

Ta! Will have a look at both, will probably be able to pick up a copy of an older Madden title for not too much now.

I had NHL 98 and loved it, remember playing as the Anaheim Ducks all the time solely because of the movies

[KillieRed]

Older Madden games you can generally update too with community made rosters.

[RMG]

Finished Golf Story on the switch last night, very enjoyable game. British humour, the golf chat reminded me of Happy Gilmore for some reason.

Heard the follow up Sports Story isn't so great tho?

[JerseyKloppite]

Finished Golf Story on the switch last night, very enjoyable game. British humour, the golf chat reminded me of Happy Gilmore for some reason.

Heard the follow up Sports Story isn't so great tho?

It's not, sadly. I got it when it came out and it was horribly buggy. Some of the bugs were patched but they've never bothered to fix them all. I waited almost a year before finally playing it, and even now there are still some soft locks you have to be very careful of, I ended up using a guide to make sure I didn't come a cropper.Twice I very nearly had to restart after about two-thirds of the game but fortunately I hadn't saved for a while either time.

The gameplay isn't nearly as good either. The other sports they introduce can be fun on occasion but for the most part they're poorly thought out. Tennis for example is a fairly major bit of the game, but you can't actually direct your shots. Each area of the game does come with a golf course you can play through, which redeems it a bit, but they feel tacked on.

If you can get it for a couple of quid it's probably worth it for the extra golf courses, the design is lovely and some of the writing is really good. But it was ultimately a fairly frustrating experience. I think frankly it's cheeky of them to still be charging £13 quid for it when, as far as I'm aware, it hasn't been updated since last February despite a load of bugs still being well known, and some of the content being simply unfinished. Via the tennis bit for example, you win entry into the tennis "world tour", which sounds exciting but never actually happens. Another character says he'll meet you at a venue, but then never does. It just feels like it wasn't finished and was rushed to meet a deadline despite clearly not being ready.

[PhilV]

Just started GranBlue Fantasy Relink

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Just started GranBlue Fantasy Relink

How is it?

I am playing Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth at the moment - absolutely fantastic from a series I absolutely adore.

There's so many games coming out right away it's nuts - Persona 3R, FF7Rebirth, still got Alan Wake 2 too play. It's nuts

[RedDeadRejection]

Golden Sun and its sequel just appeared on the Gameboy Advance Switch Online. One of the RPG greats. Rare games too. Well worth a play if you're into them.

[PhilV]

How is it?

I am playing Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth at the moment - absolutely fantastic from a series I absolutely adore.

There's so many games coming out right away it's nuts - Persona 3R, FF7Rebirth, still got Alan Wake 2 too play. It's nuts

Have played about 4-5 hours now, it is really, really good.

The story is a bit... meh so far (am on chapter 6) not a lot of substance to it and the majority of lore requires some Granblue Fantasy knowledge, so via previous games or the anime, you can get it all in game via a glossary and some scenes but it is a lot of depth, considering it has like 20 playable characters etc...

But the combat is excellent, the graphics are beautiful, etc etc, really good - I really like the quests that you can launch instantly and get good rewards which then benefit you in game.

Still trying to figure out party composition.

[AndyMuller]

Playing Robocop and it’s shite but it’s funny shite and very violent.

[Scottymuser]

Got bored of Red Dead 2 again (I keep trying to play it like I do other games, and hunt everything, complete all the challenges, and then after a few hours get bored of playing it like that) so still haven't actually finished that.  Decided for a break to play Tomb Raider (2013) - loving it, despite it having less puzzley elements than the older games.  Will probably go back to Red Dead 2 and just try and mainline the story and side missions, and ignore everything else at some point

[macca007]

Got to be some others playing helldivers 2?

Basically starship troopers with a bit of terminator thrown in.

Only issue has been the servers not able to cope with how many people are loving the game

[PhilV]

Been playing Wild Hearts a lot, it's not Monster Hunter but enjoyed it as a wait for FF VII Rebirth. I think I'd like to try Helldivers 2 also

[Dench57]

Got to be some others playing helldivers 2?

Basically starship troopers with a bit of terminator thrown in.

Only issue has been the servers not able to cope with how many people are loving the game

Me and a few mates plan to get it because it does look fun, but waiting for those server issues to clear up because it sounds like a bit of a shitshow atm.

[macca007]

Me and a few mates plan to get it because it does look fun, but waiting for those server issues to clear up because it sounds like a bit of a shitshow atm.

I'd just get on it. Once you get used to what's going on it's some of the most fun I've had on a game in ages. Especially when I've been on with mates.

Dealing with hordes of bugs while some huge ones come through breaches in the ground feel likes your in starship troopers.

Once you get used to the stratagems and game play it's unreal. Just have to get used to friendly fire being on and being accidentally killed by teammates turrets or airstrikes they've called in. Especially if it's misthrown and hits a bit of rock

Not much handholding to understand what's going on tho so either get on with someone who knows or watch a few guides.

Think they've done well with the difficulty settings. Bugs don't have more health on the hardest difficulty it's just there loads more of them. The type of bugs or automatrons that you face increases in difficulty tho as you go up in levels. But think from level 6 (goes up to 9) you can face the biggest hardest foes.

Took me a bit to get used to not spamming the reload button aswell, as it discards the full clip with all remaining bullets. So don't make that mistake. Also doesn't auto reload when the clip is done but fuck me makes it tense when there's a horde after you.

[tubby]

I keep hearing good stuff about Helldivers 2 from everywhere.  Starship Troopers is even getting a bit of an internet bump off the back of it.

How is it for solo queuing, are the matchmaking times good?

[macca007]

I keep hearing good stuff about Helldivers 2 from everywhere.  Starship Troopers is even getting a bit of an internet bump off the back of it.

How is it for solo queuing, are the matchmaking times good?

Been fine for me. They've just released a patch for a few of the early problems. And bar in the first days when the servers where overloaded I've not had a problem getting on anytime

[has gone odd]

Playing Robocop and it’s shite but it’s funny shite and very violent.

Seemed to get favourable reviews, like its decent enough. Picked it up last week for a few quid but not tried it yet.

I don't care much for FPS types but so long as the story and atmosphere of the film is there, should be alright for a weekend's entertainment, I hope!

[tubby]

Been fine for me. They've just released a patch for a few of the early problems. And bar in the first days when the servers where overloaded I've not had a problem getting on anytime

Thanks, still debating whether to buy it or not but I reckon it's only a matter of time before I give in.

[Malaysian Kopite]

Star Wars Dark Forces Remastered. It's pretty good, much better than Blood which I enjoyed more as a kid.

[RedKenWah]

I keep hearing good stuff about Helldivers 2 from everywhere.  Starship Troopers is even getting a bit of an internet bump off the back of it.

How is it for solo queuing, are the matchmaking times good?

Helldivers 2 is such a great game. Very easy tutorial and then bam straight into the action. On first release it had loads of connection issues as well as struggling to join other sessions but they’ve fixed that and yeah it is really enjoyable. When I first saw it at that PS5 state of play last year it didn’t entice me but when seeing gameplay as it got released it sold it for me.

I think the gameplay is simple to enjoy off the bat, do objectives and shoot bugs/robots and earn credits to expand on the support options which you can then use next time around. Also a game that whilst you can solo, it is way better doing as part of a team and the cooping side has been rectified to make it easy to join other games.

For me it’s worth buying if those are able to afford it.

[Drinks Sangria]

I have Game Pass and an FTTP connection. Any recommendations for a good RPG or FPS I can get stuck into that’s on Game Pass? Wanting to actually spend more time gaming as I used to love it and barely ever play anything anymore.

I did download Warhammer 40k Vermintide yesterday after a friend recommended it, shit Doom knock-off.

[Zlen]

They have Quake 1&2 remasters there, well worth a run even after all these years.