@Ralizah@RogerRoger I felt the same way about Arkham City. The claustrophobic nature of Asylum made it more atmospheric and feel like you're trapped in there with the inmates. City had so much unnecessary traversal around the city.
Picked up Shadow of the Tomb Raider dirt cheap on Black Friday. The gameplay is pretty much just more of the same from the last two games but not a bad thing in my book. The story is pretty meh tho. I find myself playing on my phone during cutscenes which is unlike me.
@Arugula I've always found the graphics and animations a bit off in this game. The reviews I've seen have looked a bit better than the previews a few months back though.
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@Kidfried I found the story in Shadow a better than Rise but not as good as the first rebooted game, but I've always thought that it felt more personal for Lara in the first game. I really liked her character development in Shadow, she comes across not so one dimensional as in previous games.
The balance in the gameplay is much, much better in Shadow with less emphasis on shooting waves of enemies and more on the puzzles in tombs and cripts.
If only the supposedly bad story is holding you back from playing the game, my advice is to push those concerns to one side as you will probably be kicking yourself once you start it. I thought it was awesome game and would be a shame for you to give it a miss because of something like the story.
@Splat@RogerRoger@JohnnyShoulder Totally agree that the story in Shadow of the TR is somewhere in between the first and the second game, as far as quality. But the gameplay and overall world building is probably the best of the bunch. Love those tombs!
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@RogerRoger Yeah, maybe having the focus to make the world that hub-world / semi-open structure hamstrung the narrative flow. In the end, I quite liked the story and it did have its moments, but I’ll always remember the game mainly for its great gameplay.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@RogerRoger I might. Talking about it makes me want to delve back in. However, I think I have plenty on my gaming plate right now, so I’ll likely not get around to it anytime soon. Let me know if you see it on a deep sale though.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
I've been playing Ace Combat 7 for the last few days and it is pretty darn difficult.
I went for the normal difficulty with advanced controls (which essentially means you have to bank to turn, like you would when controlling a plane in GTA for example) and have been struggling on a couple of missions.
The sixth sees you having to hit a certain amount of points by destroying vehicles, buildings etc but the target score is pretty high. Plus, there are almost no checkpoints.
I got through most of the seventh mission but then got stuck trying to defeat the final plane who is extremely fast and flies through really dangerous paths. I got taken down or crashed loads but this morning just read that you don't kill him as he retreats after so long which should make things easier!
I still also have no idea what is going on with the story. I'm not 100% sure which side I'm even on when they're discussing the different countries
I've been playing 'they are billions' again.. The campaign was released on ps4 a few days ago. I really like it. Considering i bought a PSVR on Tuesday i guess that says something about it.. That's all i have to say..
Played a few hours of The Outer Worlds... and I'm liking it so far. Games have not been clicking with me recently since I completed Spider-Man, but I was into this pretty much straight away. The dialogue feels expertly written, and is acted and delivered flawlessly. It has made me chuckle on a few occasions too. It is not the best graphically, but I personally really dig the art style and it can be really colourful in places, a nice change from the brown wastelands found in Fallout 3 and 4.
It's good to hear your actions heavily impact the outcome of the game, a review I watched earlier said that he and a colleague had very different paths to follow because of the choices they made.
One negative thing I found is that the load times are a bit in the long side, especially going in and out from buildings. Fortunately there is not loading for every building.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Oh really, I not seen any of that. Everything I've ordered from Amazon has been ok, but it's mostly been smaller stuff like PS4 games. The order which took 5 days was from Shopto, which was delivered with Royal Mail who are quite busy this time of year!
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
@Kidfried How far along are you in Origins? I’m about 10 hours in I think, and I can see the repetitiveness creeping in. Still, the game is great fun. I do prefer the Spider-Man approach where the icons on the map tell you what the activity is going to be there. The whole question mark technique is a little frustrating. To go all the way across a region chasing down an isolated question mark only to find its another camp with enemies 5 levels higher than you that you’ll have to come back to, ...well it makes for a lot of back-and-forth time wasting. And the side activities do seem to be mostly the same stuff over and over. Yet, I am still enjoying it immensely but I wonder at what point I’ll hit a wall of boredom at the recycled activities. Looks like I’ve opened up only about 1/3 of the map, so hopefully the new areas keep things fresh.
As for Hellblade, the more time that passes since I played it the more I really appreciate the game. I liked it immensely at the time (I think I gave it an 8/10) but reminiscing about it has made me appreciate what Ninja Theory did there. I hope it resonates with you.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Kidfried Hellblade is really unique. The combat is quite simple but good fun but there's plenty the game doesn't tell you about so it's worth looking up a list of combat moves.
Most of that sounds fairly obvious to me now but I think I kind of forgot about using the focus ability. The running moves are really neat too, and parrying is very useful (and not too difficult).
@Kidfried Thanks for the warning, that’s helpful information. I am already a little over-leveled for the area I’m in and I’ve been essentially clearing the map on my way through areas. Sounds like I should streamline and just focus on the story missions.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
I've been distracted from my Shenmue III playthrough slightly by the kids' new game - Lego City Undercover. It's basically GTA for children and it's as glorious as it sounds.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
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