*****, where has the PS4 Tomb Raider s been all my life?? Can't believe I skipped these. Definative is glorious and I can wait to play Rise. Prob only 3 or 4 days away from beating Definative.
I'm really, really enjoying this. Didn't realise it was a full reboot either. Guess I spent more time with Uncharted and didn't feel the need to check out TR. My bad.
@RogerRoger I’m also glad you’re enjoying the vibe of TLG. It’s definitely a game that has its flaws but is something quite different to anything else on the console and I always enjoy games that try something new.
I never really thought about Trico’s gender before as it has no baring on the game (a bit like finding out in Harry Potter that Dumbledore is supposed to be gay).
@RogerRoger if you are playing on Pro, it is better to set your PS4 to 1080p mode and then relaunch the game, the frame rate is really bad in 4K mode but this forces it to run at a lower res, which helps the frame rate. Or at least it did back at launch.
@RogerRoger As someone who usually trades games in when I've finished them, I find it strange that The Last Guardian is still sitting on my shelf. It must have really struck a chord with me, and looking back it's probably one of my favourite games of this generation.
It definitely has a big old last-gen hangover though. The physics are as bizarre as Ueda's previous games (I found both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus to have weirdly floaty protagonists which took me ages to get used to) but I think you'll soon get used to it.
Looking forward to seeing how you get on with this one.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
After finishing ng+ on Tlou2 I needed something else to go alongside bloodstained game club. So thought I'd try Shadow of the tomb Raider. I know it gets slated for the story, but I thought the story in Rise was toss so how much worse can it be.
Then the opening cozumel section happens, you're squeezing through a small tunnel, then taking on a huge overhang with your ice axes. Finally you get to the tomb room... Then your mate Jonah just waltzes in to join you. Where did he come from?! And why didn't Lara go that way?!
After @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy recently posted about her run through Oddworld, I've decided to fire up New 'n' Tasty again (five and a half years has to be my record gap between trophies for a game).
I'm enjoying it so far and just got through the Stockyards. It's weird though that for a game I must have last played on PSone 20 years ago (...good lord) I still keep pressing the buttons corresponding to the original scheme you can't use.
The game is so much more generous with grabbing ledges and going through doors though; the original was brutal that if you didn't hit it perfectly then you were done. I'm also playing on normal difficulty and it's weird for it not to be an insta-kill for pretty much anything. Instead, you can take a few hits and regain health when you rescue a mudokon.
There are also SO many hidden areas compared to the original that it gets almost annoying.
Onto Winter now in TLOU, playing as Ellie running around with Nolan Nonce. He delivers his lines like a mischievous goblin, all “hee hee hoo hoo get me that ladder or I’ll eat you”.
I am playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey. If you can get past the garbageland combat and the fact that there is way too much stuff to do in a game that can't really support it, it's pretty great.
@johncalmc It’s no surprise that the AC Valhalla preview footage focused on the ‘new and more varied combat’ as well as it looks like the side quest type activities are more akin to fewer but longer and more meaningful content. I haven’t played Odyssey yet, but Origins was weighed down with probably too much bloat as well. Yet I still really liked the game.
Reckon you’ll put in the hours to get the Odyssey platinum? Wait, what am I asking... of course you will. 😄
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution I'm nearly there :') the time-sink for the platinum on Odyssey is WILDLY overstated. I heard talk of it taking like 100-150 hours and stuff. I don't know how long I've been playing it but it can't be any more than like... 50 hours? And I don't have much to do for the platinum.
If you liked Origins you'll like Odyssey. They're basically the same except a) Odyssey is funnier, and b) Odyssey has even more pointless stuff crammed into it to pad it out.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yeah, the health system certainly helps if you take a stray bullet as you leap off a ledge for instance. Quick saving is an utter godsend though, especially with so many of these tougher hidden areas! To give it some context, I’ve rescued about 100 mudokons already!
Some of the hidden areas are ones from the original but some are new. Lots in Rupture Farm are either through hidden hatches are jumping down trapdoors that would have killed you in the original.
It’s good fun though with a massive nostalgia hit for me as well.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Thanks for the elaborate breakdown. I'm thinking that, regardless of how quickly the plot moves in this, the calendar system probably helps it feel like you're consistently achieving things in-game, rather like Persona 5 or the recent Fire Emblem.
It definitely sounds like you're enjoying the game thus far!
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@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yeah, and they’ve all been from Rupture Farm. I’ve done 4/6 rooms in the paramite temple and not rescued one since leaving.
The game feels like such a breeze now though. Not having each screen load separately means you can see danger coming more easily (especially on Elum) and the health mechanic stops annoying deaths from bats in particular.
@Kidfried Whereabouts are you in the game? There were only a couple of places I found it really tough, the main one being the ants nest (which you can go back to later with much better weapons).
@Kidfried I somehow managed to do the ant nest after a LONG time when you first encounter it but it’s much easier to go back with the ranged weapons you acquire later on.
It is a fun game but the flaws are certainly those from the original, particularly the horrible camera! I still enjoyed it though and it’s a very do-able platinum if that’s your thing.
I played the first few hours of Control. The combat’s almost fun, I expect it to be better once I unlock more abilities though. The frame rate is god-awful but I think it’s coming to PS5 so that would probably sort it. I like the aesthetic, very Cold War-esque but something about the visuals or camera makes my head hurt really badly, I can only play it for an hour or two at a time.
I finished Oddworld New ‘n’ Tasty earlier and missed one mudokon.. Luckily the chapter select function lets you replay the section so I can go back and snag the last bugger (and get my gold trophy).
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