Topic: What games are you playing at the moment?

[AndyMuller]

I bought Undisputed on PS5, cause SSD and I supported that since early access

Good shit, one hopes

The internet is terrible when it comes to opinions

I intend to play the shit out of Undisputed

Is this any good?

I’m on God of War 3 at the minute which is highly enjoyable.

[Walshy nMe®]

Significantly better than the free PS5 original?

Yeah I think so, much bigger, more to do and the levels are great.

The worlds have a very cool pattern where they introduce a game from Playstation Studios and those levels alone are worth the money IMO.

So close to the platinum now just need to finish the final challenge level.

EDIT: Did it on my lunch

[Rob K]

Do you know when you know your genre is strategy/management games?

When you buy WWE2K24 but spend every play on MyGM mode   

[voodoo ray]

Do you know when you know your genre is strategy/management games?

When you buy WWE2K24 but spend every play on MyGM mode   

I'd really like another nfl head coach game.

[gazzalfc]

Loved astrobot. Platinum trophy felt like a real achievement. Sequel now please

Working on my platinum trophy for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Waiting for Planet Coaster 2 to come out on the first week of November. Should see me through to Christmas

[Lisan Al Gaib]

Is this any good?

Also keen to hear if Undisputed is any good, I've not heard great reviews!

Do you know when you know your genre is strategy/management games?

When you buy WWE2K24 but spend every play on MyGM mode   

I really struggle with MyGM but I'm going to give it another go tonight. I've completed MyRise twice on the male version and once on the female version and really enjoyed those, the Showcase mode is quite fun to play and universe can be fun if you set it up right as well. I struggle with MyFaction though, I just don't really get it.

[Lee1-6Liv]

New Call of Duty for PS5 is £40 in Asda at the moment with their Asda rewards app voucher.

[Rob K]

Also keen to hear if Undisputed is any good, I've not heard great reviews!

I really struggle with MyGM but I'm going to give it another go tonight. I've completed MyRise twice on the male version and once on the female version and really enjoyed those, the Showcase mode is quite fun to play and universe can be fun if you set it up right as well. I struggle with MyFaction though, I just don't really get it.

Done a bit of showcase, but lost twice in the angle/michaels match and havent been back since.

Just finished GM mode after 5 seasons, so may go back to it or try the other modes out now.

[kingmonkey007]

Also keen to hear if Undisputed is any good, I've not heard great reviews!

Nope, it's complete shite, broken and looking like a con, online is totally broken and the devs have said they'll fix it in December at some point. Sony gave me a refund without any reason needed, that tells me something is very wrong with the game because everyone knows how hard it is to get a refund off them.

[Lisan Al Gaib]

Nope, it's complete shite, broken and looking like a con, online is totally broken and the devs have said they'll fix it in December at some point. Sony gave me a refund without any reason needed, that tells me something is very wrong with the game because everyone knows how hard it is to get a refund off them.

Cheers mate. Might give it a go if it comes out on Game Pass but won't pay for it. Shame, I love a good boxing game, especially one with a good career mode as well.

[Red Viper]

I'm enjoying Undisputed but then I've absolutely zero interest in playing online which I think is where most of the issues are.

[Zlen]

Still enjoying Diablo 4. Pretty much in the best state it has been so far after the Vessel of Hatred expansion. Great selection of endgame activities, better balanced levelling and gear hunting and just plenty to do compared to previous seasons.

[voodoo ray]

today seems to be the day that the dragon age reviews are out. see if it works.

[Zlen]

I do hope it's not a complete flop, no matter how much I dislike current EA Bioware - it would be nice to have another studio delivering solid AAA CRPG games. They don't come around that often.

[voodoo ray]

I'm sure I'll be buying it on release day unless it's either a) shite or b) outright buggy to the point of being broken.

[Zlen]

Killing it in reviews.
Looks like a day one purchase, nothing better out there.

[voodoo ray]

the only performance review I've seen said it works fine across a range of pc hardware so yeah, I'll probably be buying it on thursday.

[stoa]

Was bored so tried giving Satisfactory a go. I bought it some time back during early access, but never tried the finished game. It's quite fascinating, but also a bit overwhelming. Some of the factories people post on YouTube are insane.

[Darren G]

Killing it in reviews.
Looks like a day one purchase, nothing better out there.

Hmmm, is it 'killing it' though? I'd say that the reviews are mixed. Also, lot of the high scores have come from the likes of IGN, who actually have a marketing deal with EA, so have a clear conflict of interest not to mention zero credibility in general. On the other hand a lot of big content creators who were even mildly critical of what they saw pre-release did not get a review code.  Fextralife's "The TRUTH About Dragon Age Veilguard REVIEWS" video makes for interesting viewing. There are also a lot of very negative reviews from the like of Skill-Up, who is generally pretty sound.  Personally I'm gonna wait for the user reviews. We've seen this pattern of gaming journalists praising a bog standard game to high-heaven before with Starfield, so am wary of cherry-picked reviewer's claims about games. 

[Darren G]

the only performance review I've seen said it works fine across a range of pc hardware so yeah, I'll probably be buying it on thursday.

Apparently it's DRM-free mate. Just saying. 

[voodoo ray]

Apparently it's DRM-free mate. Just saying. 

Yeah I'm aware of its potential free-ness. Though I'm pretty certain that I'll like it enough to actually pay for it.

I'll not be paying full price though and bollocks to additional cosmetics.

[Darren G]

Yeah I'm aware of its potential free-ness. Though I'm pretty certain that I'll like it enough to actually pay for it.

I'll not be paying full price though and bollocks to additional cosmetics.

I tend to always go the 'free-ness' route first if it's available. If a game then turns out to be a solid product rather than a stuttering or bug-filled mess then I'll buy it.

On a side note: finished Ghost of Tsushima. Incredible game, but fuck me, you weren't wrong about it being dark. It really could have used a bit more balance in that department.

Witcher 3 and Red Dead for example certaintly had some dark themes (and a depressing ending for Arthur obviously), but they were balanced out by lighter moments and humour. Ghost on the other hand is almost unremittingly bleak even at the end. I was hoping that the Iki Island
 
DLC would be a bit lighter, in the same way that Toussaint had a different tone to the main game in Witcher 3. Nope. Probably even darker than the main game.

My only other cirtisizm of the game is that it got way too 'busy' in the second half of the game. I loved the combat, but don't need to be fighting the same roaming enemies every 100 metres.  Give me time to actually soak up the atmosphere of the world ffs. It really lessened the immersion. 

[voodoo ray]

Witcher 3 and Red Dead for example certaintly had some dark themes (and a depressing ending for Arthur obviously), but they were balanced out by lighter moments and humour.

indeed. that was what I kept thinking while I was playing it. I like my entertainment to be entertaining and not hit "too bleak, stopped caring"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjawnIC81nE&ab_channel=DigitalFoundry

I cba to watch a 20 minute video but "Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Simply Brilliant On PC - DF Tech Review" and "It's BioWare that has stepped up to deliver a performant, scalable, stutter-free PC experience." are good words.

[Darren G]

indeed. that was what I kept thinking while I was playing it. I like my entertainment to be entertaining and not hit "too bleak, stopped caring"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjawnIC81nE&ab_channel=DigitalFoundry

I cba to watch a 20 minute video but "Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Simply Brilliant On PC - DF Tech Review" and "It's BioWare that has stepped up to deliver a performant, scalable, stutter-free PC experience." are good words.

Yeah, there seems to be a consensus that it runs well, but unfortunately there are also a lot of youtubers who (in my opinion) generally have good takes saying the game itself is really poor except for the final 2 hours. It seems to have really pissed off a lot of former Dragon Age fans too as not being 'a proper Dragon Age game',  though personally I've never played a Dragon Age game so that's not a concern for me.  I'm gonna wait for more user reviews before I decide whether or not to acquire it. I'm pretty indifferent to what I've seen so far.

As for Ghost, I did recall you stating "too bleak, stopped caring" in a previous post whilst I was playing it.  I never hit the "stopped caring" part because overall I found it to be an incredible experience and the high points were as good as anything that I've ever experienced in a game. The fact that it's so often "depression: the video game" will make me less likely to revisit it than Red Dead or Witcher though, both of which I go back to over and over. 

[voodoo ray]

Yeah, there seems to be a consensus that it runs well, but unfortunately there are also a lot of youtubers who (in my opinion) generally have good takes saying the game itself is really poor except for the final 2 hours. It seems to have really pissed off a lot of former Dragon Age fans too as not being 'a proper Dragon Age game',  though personally I've never played a Dragon Age game so that's not a concern for me.  I'm gonna wait for more user reviews before I decide whether or not to acquire it. I'm pretty indifferent to what I've seen so far.

As for Ghost, I did recall you stating "too bleak, stopped caring" in a previous post whilst I was playing it.  I never hit the "stopped caring" part because overall I found it to be an incredible experience and the high points were as good as anything that I've ever experienced in a game. The fact that it's so often "depression: the video game" will make me less likely to revisit it than Red Dead or Witcher though, both of which I go back to over and over. 

in my experience those people liked 1 game made 15 years ago and can't get over DA changing despite there having been 2 games released since then and another in a couple of days. some people will have legitimate concerns but there are a load of others, as is always the case these days, who are just arseholes.

I have played all of them on release though and enjoyed them all. they had a revisit back during covid when we weren't allowed out as well which helps my seive-like memory a little bit as well.

[Darren G]

in my experience those people liked 1 game made 15 years ago and can't get over DA changing despite there having been 2 games released since then and another in a couple of days. some people will have legitimate concerns but there are a load of others, as is always the case these days, who are just arseholes.

I have played all of them on release though and enjoyed them all. they had a revisit back during covid when we weren't allowed out as well which helps my seive-like memory a little bit as well.

Yeah, as I said, I can't speak to the legitimacy of the 'not a proper Dragon Age' claims as I have no experience with the series, but feel that there will always be people caught up in Nostalgia and therefore pre-disposed to dislike newer game in a series as a result. In fairness though, from what I've seen it doesn't look like a particularly good game. To each their own though.

[Malaysian Kopite]

Playing Black Ops 6 on Game Pass and it's a real treat. Last time I played COD MP was Blops 2.

Also bought Space Marine 2 for myself and 2 mates for their birthdays. We've finished that. fun but could've been better.

[RedKenWah]

Playing Black Ops 6 on Game Pass and it's a real treat. Last time I played COD MP was Blops 2.

Also bought Space Marine 2 for myself and 2 mates for their birthdays. We've finished that. fun but could've been better.

With Space Marines 2 it’s not really about the main campaign but the co op mode with 7 additional ops which does make it a blast, worth checking that out and playing with your mates for sure

[PhilV]

Killing it in reviews.
Looks like a day one purchase, nothing better out there.

Reviews been pointing out they use identical wording in places, go watch the SkillUp review on Youtube, here: https://youtu.be/QF-Kd2BBpx8?si=USnMxpkFCn_REhN9

He defended it for a long time in hopes it was back to classic DO but yeah...watch the review. IGN etc should never be listed to, for years they are known as paid reviews.

[voodoo ray]

Reviews been pointing out they use identical wording in places, go watch the SkillUp review on Youtube, here: https://youtu.be/QF-Kd2BBpx8?si=USnMxpkFCn_REhN9

He defended it for a long time in hopes it was back to classic DO but yeah...watch the review. IGN etc should never be listed to, for years they are known as paid reviews.

From what I've seen people keep referring back to this one person's opinion like it's gospel and ignoring others.

Maybe he's right, who knows? But I find that behaviour quite odd, though not very surprising.

[Zlen]

Reviews been pointing out they use identical wording in places, go watch the SkillUp review on Youtube, here: https://youtu.be/QF-Kd2BBpx8?si=USnMxpkFCn_REhN9

He defended it for a long time in hopes it was back to classic DO but yeah...watch the review. IGN etc should never be listed to, for years they are known as paid reviews.

Don't know who that dude is.
I usually read Eurogamer reviews, are they paid shills also?

[PhilV]

From what I've seen people keep referring back to this one person's opinion like it's gospel and ignoring others.

Maybe he's right, who knows? But I find that behaviour quite odd, though not very surprising.

He reviews games after long playing stints and isn't a paid shill, hence the 1M+ views his vids get. If you watch the actual video and see his points plus the videos he captures you can see why people respect how he puts his reviews across. Regardless, Id' recommend watching the video if you're interested in the game, won't hurt.

[voodoo ray]

He reviews games after long playing stints and isn't a paid shill, hence the 1M+ views his vids get. If you watch the actual video and see his points plus the videos he captures you can see why people respect how he puts his reviews across. Regardless, Id' recommend watching the video if you're interested in the game, won't hurt.

I have better things to do with my time than watch any game reviews on youtube to be honest, regardless of what their opinions are. I had a brief watch of some of the DF tech review but that's it.

And again, it's one bloke's opinion.

[JerseyKloppite]

Borrowed Witcher 3 off a mate a few weeks ago and finally booted it up last night. Clearly a game with huge depth but not sure if I can bounce straight on to it after finishing GoW Ragnarok at the weekend

[voodoo ray]

Borrowed Witcher 3 off a mate a few weeks ago and finally booted it up last night. Clearly a game with huge depth but not sure if I can bounce straight on to it after finishing GoW Ragnarok at the weekend

It's fantastic. Literally.

[PhilV]

I have better things to do with my time than watch any game reviews on youtube to be honest, regardless of what their opinions are. I had a brief watch of some of the DF tech review but that's it.

And again, it's one bloke's opinion.

All reviews are just one persons opinion, some of them are paid what to say, like I said, IGN have an agreement with EA for example. That's why sometimes it matters what reviews you're listening to.

But yeah I mean if you cba with watching/reading reviews that is totally fine, I was purely commenting for those that do care about it before forking out their hard earned.

[Riquende]

A big chunk of the way through Star Wars Outlaws, which is pretty good overall but was a jarring shift in perspective as I came to it directly from completing Jedi Survivor, where Stormtroopers aren't even a remotely an obstacle. Very first Imperial base I was infiltrating, I got discovered so grabbed a blaster rifle and opened up on them, turned out to be a very bad move as reinforcements kept appearing from side doors and my wanted level just kept rising to the point where they launched a planet-wide manhunt I could only cancel by stealing the keycard from a specific officer several kilometres away and using it in a terminal guarded by 3 of the Deathtroopers from Rogue One (who can't be stealth killed but can be distracted and snuck past).

I did get it for free thanks to an MSI code earlier in the year, if I'd paid the sort of prices Ubisoft seem to want for games these days I'm sure I'd feel a bit short-changed as the game is a bit of a grab bag of existing concepts (GTA wanted levels, AC sneaking about and takedowns, open world "find all the collectibles" etc), all put together in a 'good enough' package and given a Star Wars veneer that's enjoyable for a fan of the OT to experience but isn't exactly going to do anything for anyone else.

[ToneLa]

It’s just a beefed up version of it.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no

Astro Bot is a full on, Mario 64 type platformer, fully featured, massive game

PACKED with imagination, a modern classic

it really is Sony's Mario 64 for this generation. There's new ideas anywhere you go, it's charming, lovely

it is way different from the tech demo

You do it a disservice

[voodoo ray]

A big chunk of the way through Star Wars Outlaws, which is pretty good overall but was a jarring shift in perspective as I came to it directly from completing Jedi Survivor, where Stormtroopers aren't even a remotely an obstacle. Very first Imperial base I was infiltrating, I got discovered so grabbed a blaster rifle and opened up on them, turned out to be a very bad move as reinforcements kept appearing from side doors and my wanted level just kept rising to the point where they launched a planet-wide manhunt I could only cancel by stealing the keycard from a specific officer several kilometres away and using it in a terminal guarded by 3 of the Deathtroopers from Rogue One (who can't be stealth killed but can be distracted and snuck past).

I did get it for free thanks to an MSI code earlier in the year, if I'd paid the sort of prices Ubisoft seem to want for games these days I'm sure I'd feel a bit short-changed as the game is a bit of a grab bag of existing concepts (GTA wanted levels, AC sneaking about and takedowns, open world "find all the collectibles" etc), all put together in a 'good enough' package and given a Star Wars veneer that's enjoyable for a fan of the OT to experience but isn't exactly going to do anything for anyone else.

Haha you're not a jedi any more!

The pricing structures for that game were horrendous. I'm glad I give zero fucks about cosmetics and just got the basic version from a keys site.

[OsirisMVZ]

Killing it in reviews.
Looks like a day one purchase, nothing better out there.

Metaphor ReFantazio!