@TheBrandedSwordsman Oh, okay I wondered about the fact that I didn’t remember you mentioning Sekiro. I guess it’s a controversial game on the FromSoft palette. I’ve read everything from it being the most difficult to it being the easiest, although most say it’s hardest. I think the game relies on parries and breaking enemy guards, and to me it doesn’t sound like something I’d be very good at.
I’ve always disliked strict timing-based attacks and defense. Although I suppose many games enlist some form of timing mechanic for offense and defense but they vary in how specific the input has to be. Even Bloodborne has timing based defense, dodging, and attacking, especially the use of your firearm is heavily influenced by timing it well. I found that doing a well timed firearm shot can turn the tide in a battle.
But there’s something specific about a parry in games with sword-based battle that has always eluded me. The same applies to fighting games. I’m horrible at them because I can’t ever get the timing of moves and defense down, especially when you have to watch the opponents animations for the clue as to when the exact moment to hit the defend or attack button, based on some specific set of frames in their animation. I’m probably better at turn based combat and/or combat that shows you a overt bar that you need to hit a button within a certain window for the action to register. For example Returnal has what would be considered an early refill of your ammo clip if you hit the reload button at the right timing after using your last round, but it’s clearly shown on the reticle by a bar that moves across from left to right and a box in the middle that denotes the target time you have to hit the button to get the advantage of the early instant reload.
It’s similar in some of the rhythm music games I’ve played, where you are shown on-screen prompts to create the music or make the dance move in the appropriate timing, not to mention the rhythmic beat in the background helps for auditory clue for the timing.
But in games with action combat and parry, I have difficulty with timing things. Games like Batman Arkham and Spiderman have visual prompts, as does Ghost of Tsushima, so I can do fairly well at those. FromSoft is all about immersion and lack of HUD elements and so that adds to the difficulty by making the player watch for animation clues.
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As for the distractions, yeah - just normal run-of-the-mill life stuff. Nothing major, but it all adds up. Anything from dentist appointments to work projects can intrude on an otherwise busy day. The last two days I sat down to play some video games and the phone rang each evening with friends who needed to talk. It’s ironic because I don’t really have that many friends and consider myself relatively anti-social. 😅
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Been ticking over on the og Watch Dogs and have been very pleasantly surprised by how solid it is… the term ‘solid’ might even be an injustice.
Got through the online trophies today, which was causing me the most concern due to what I imagined would be ‘dead’ servers. That couldn’t be further from the truth though… loads of players and didn’t have a problem finding matches/races etc.
Finally finished my first past with the Pilot in Enter The Gungeon, at least on console. It’s a lot harder than the PC version but I’m pretty chuffed with myself to beat what’s essentially a proper bullet hell boss.
Borderlands Pre Sequel on PS4. I first went with Claptrap, who is fun, but got annoyed with his action skill and started again with Jack. Jack is more fun and his action skill is better and works great for playing solo. Smooth 60fps, fov slider, and cool sounding laser weapons.
@Bentleyma- don’t know whether you simply beat Yakuza: LaD or if you plat’d it… but if you didn’t do the latter, I think feeling sad that a game is over is as good a reason as any to chase that platinum trophy 😉
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Good job nessie. I remember how shocked I was to actually beat the game first time (think it was with hunter) despite not seeming to have improved since the first time I played it! Absolutely loved that game.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
@Bentleyma- fair enough, all of the Yakuza plats are pretty lengthy from what I gather. I’m starting the series next year (god knows when I’ll get to Like a Dragon 😅), I’m hoping they click with me.
@Thrillho I’m kinda banking on learning on the job tbh… might be to my detriment but I’m sure I’ll be able to find some tutorials as and when I get to it.
@Sorteddan Yeah, the High Dragun’s proper hard but it’s even harder to get all the bullet parts and then beat the final final boss for each character! Now to repeat that for the other 3 characters 😂
I finished Until Dawn a while back. Different type of game but really enjoyed it. I think that style of game definitely has it's own niche is fun to play. Has some replay potential, for me anyway.
I'm about 20-25% into Rise of the Tomb Raider and enjoying it.
But... the main reason I'm posting is that I was looking at the current PS store sale. I have just over €30 left on a gift card and was going to use it. God of War is on my list and is €15 for the Digital Deluxe Edition (cheaper than the standard one) - so that leaves another €15 odd. None of the other games on my list fits neatly but I saw FFX/X2 for €15 and am considering it. I've only played VII from the FF series but loved it (on PS1).
I've already moved onto the 2016 games on my list... but I guess I can move back a year for this
@Jimmer-jammer we normally play fairly similar types of games but these last two of yours aren't even on my radar, let alone on my shelf. Trouble is, I'm probably gonna have to look at a couple of reviews for each now, at the least... and I really shouldn't be buying any more games ...unle-ess...🤔
@Jimmer-jammer I bought Impossible Lair based on a couple of reviews from people on here and had a great time with it. I really liked the mechanic that each level has two variations to be played and the overall platforming is really solid.
The titular Lair is still really hard at the end, even with as many bees rescued as possible and felt a little disjointed from the rest of the game but was right up my street.
As for me, I'm going with Yakuza 6 still and having a good time but it's a bit weird that a lot of "normal" Yakuza stuff is missing from it.
That said, I have spent hours with my baseball bros and quite enjoyed that group of sub stories rather than only having the batting centre to play with.
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