@Werehog Well, I'll be eagerly awaiting what you have to say regarding Voyager! In the meantime, I've heard some... let's say negative opinions on the game from some Trekkies who run a gaming podcast I listen to. I wonder what your reaction would have been to the same moments they discussed as standing out for them! And well, no shame in lowering the difficulty if that's what makes it easier for you have fun with it. It's all about preserving your best possible experience in the end. I'm sure I would do it too with any game that actively makes itself hard by default... I just tend to avoid them!
As for Star Ocean, I've just happened to post my impressions of it over on that thread. I'll send you the link if you want to check it out at any point!
Started Mafia 2 - Definitive Edition yesterday and was pretty impressed by the remaster tbh. I played the game years ago on PS3… and played the remake of the original Mafia in around 2019. I’d been putting off 2 since then as I’d heard that it was a poor remaster and port but I was really pleasantly surprised by it tbh. I’m sure it looks both considerably sharper and more vibrant than the original PS3 version and also runs real smooth. I’ve looked into it and it apparently runs at a locked 30 fps but feels smoother than that (hence my checking). Couldn’t see any information about a PS5 patch… but who knows.
Anyway, I’m enjoying it and for anyone that likes to play wintery games at Christmas, this would be a good one. Very chilled and it’s set in a proxy for New York covered in snow.
@Tjuz That was (and is) a fantastic Star Ocean review! Enjoyed reading it on the train the other day, and will forward it to that friend I previously mentioned when next we speak. Fingers tightly crossed that your high hopes for continuing the series pan out! Thanks for sharing!
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@graymamba Good to hear the Mafia II remaster isn't as dire as its reputation suggests. Having played both Mafia games either side of it, I was kinda wanting to pick it up at some point, so your endorsement (and the fact that it's a wintery game, which I didn't realise) helps! Cheers!
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@Werehog I haven’t played Mafia 3 yet but I’d definitely say that you’d like 2 if you liked 1. From memory, I’d probably say that I enjoyed 1 a bit more… I seem to remember really liking the narrative in that one. That’s not to say I don’t like the story in this one but it maybe feels a little less grandiose and more street level. The games themselves are really quite similar though.
Edit. So I just finished it and it actually had a great ending, so I’m not actually sure which if the two has the best story. Both are really good tbh.
@graymamba Grateful for your expanded thoughts! I played the Definitive Edition of the first game, for what it's worth, but the sound of a smaller, street-level story certainly appeals (and praise for its ending will definitely pull me through any mid-game lulls).
Got any plans on playing the third game anytime soon? I remember it getting a pretty average reception, but I thought it was great. Didn't play the DLC, though.
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@graymamba logically there is only one game to play after Mafia 1 and Mafia 2... and it ain't Mafia 3 😉 (Mafia 3 is genuinely a really good game, though, with a genuinely iconic atmosphere, just it is a game with one really big flaw at about 70% of the way into it that needlessly halts the story and flow. So do play it, it is definitely worth it, just you know, not yet) of course, i'm talking about part 3 of the Daniel Vavra Quadrilogy - Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Going from Mafia 2 to that really let's you see how the devs got free reign to go as deep on the game's systems as possible, much deeper than just flicking light switches, fixing engines and taking a passenger to a different location than initially requested for a different reaction, but the seeds were planted in Mafia 1 & 2 for what was to come, for sure.
@Werehog The Mafia 3 DLC is really good. But it's all blurred into one with the game itself, for me. Do you intend to play it, or do you not usually play DLC after the fact? I'm pretty confident it is really quite good and well worth playing, though! Like 99% sure it is better than the base game, even.
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@Ravix Someday, yeah. I got Mafia III via PS Plus, so the DLC cost extra, and I'd kinda had my fill by the time I saw the credits roll. I'm also not a fan of buying DLC for something I don't technically "own" (whatever digital ownership means these days) but I keep seeing Mafia III in the sales, so I'm sure I'll fancy replaying it at some point and, when I do, I'll most likely fold it in then. Thanks for the recommendation!
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@Werehog yeah Mafia 3 is my next scheduled open-world crime ‘em up, though if GTAVI does release later this year I’d imagine the pull to play that at release will be too strong to resist. Either way, I’ll be playing Mafia 3 around this time next year. I have to buy a laptop to take it back to version 1.9 though, which is a bit annoying. Mafia 3 is maybe the most notoriously glitchy games in regards to trophies. @CaptD managed to get the plat recently and the only way to do it was to downdate the version to 1.9. So, I’ll be asking the missus for a laptop for Christmas id imagine, as even though Mafia 3 didn’t do great critically… I think that I’ll love it.
@Ravix I actually wasn’t aware that the games had the same director, so I appreciate that little knowledge drop there. I do have the two Kingdom Come games… and should really have played the first one by now if I’m honest. I guess it was always an easy sacrifice from the schedule due to it not having any online trophies (so it’ll always be obtainable basically). In a way I’m glad I’ve waited though, due to the recent PS5 free upgrade, so it’s definitely been nudged up the list of priorities. Strangely I hope that I love it due to the place it holds in so many other peoples hearts. I know I feel a little bit of my soul dying when people don’t like certain games that are dear to me (the reaction to Days Gone damn near killed me 🤣), so I’m hoping that I don’t end up doing that to you and a few others who feel similarly.
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I thought that all versions of Mafia 3 were ‘upgraded’ to complete versions with version 1.12 so I think the dlc should be available to all.
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Love Days Gone, one of my favourite PS4 games. I’ve yet to do the £10 upgrade but I will at some point, as a note I haven’t paid for any Sony upgrades so far as I’m not really a fan of remasters of games which are playable on current gen, I will make an exception for Days Gone (more of a two fingers up at Sony than anything...which seems a bizarre comment to make).
As for the plat I think the “completed Days Gone” trophy has a pretty high percentage and considering how long the game is it indicates to me that it was very popular, once people actually played it.
As a footnote, it made me laugh that Bungie has asked for a review delay (which is BS imo), Sony Bend must be saying to themselves at this very moment, “Wait, so we could have done that?!” .
Started playing Far Cry New Dawn. It's been some time since I finished FC5, so I've been looking forward to delving into this game. So far it's a blast! I'm honestly finding the gameplay loop to be more engrossing than FC5. You're always rewarded with useful stuff from every activity that you do. Otherwise, it's not much different from FC5 as it's even the same map. Although it is a bit nostalgic exploring Hope County again and rediscovering the same locations. I'm also glad that it's not as long as the base game. Looking forward to playing more during the weekend.
@Werehog
I thought that all versions of Mafia 3 were ‘upgraded’ to complete versions with version 1.12 so I think the dlc should be available to all.
Ah, good to know! Thank you!
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@Best It's been a while since I played it, but I hope you continue to enjoy Shinobi Striker, and that its servers remain populated enough for you to be able to make progress! I'm impressed by how much support that game continues to receive, so it must be doing something right. I keep checking the PS Store to see whether or not they've added Kiba yet, but I fear he's never gonna show up. Best of luck!
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I have been playing alot of games these last couple of months. I started GOW and the plan was to achieve the platinium but after 130 hr and slogging through Nilfheim i just couldnt finish it. Valkyries, Muspelheim and Nilfheim just plunged the dagger of misery into my chest. I dont know, the game is good no doubt about it but that grind is just awful, so no plat for me. Maybe i will replay at some later time in life on easy difficulty.
So instead i started Crusader kings 3 again and loved every bit of it, i even started a new game as a count from Provence. This game just calms me down and all i have to do is to manage my growing duchy at the moment. I am trying to take it easy and build my duchy strong before going for the italian kingdom. I just need some sons, usually they come quite easily but my first count turned into a witch after a button push error and all i get now is daughters. Which isnt bad but makes the game harder since you its hard to change the laws earliy in the game.
I also decided that this year will be my last year with ps+ and so i made a list with about 70 games that i have collected through these years and they will all get a spin. I just couldnt stand having all these games and not playing them. The best will be bought and the rest will perish. The idea of having/renting all these games is more of a burden than a joy, since i take my time with games that i enjoy. This means that i just dont have enough time for all these games. Why waste money on games that never gets played.
So i started with Days gone and Little Nightmares and i liked them both. Days Gone is a bit dated since i have the old version but i kinda liked the idea with motorbikes, zombies and survival. But i am not a big fan of the idea of camp cleaning ala Far cry and killing gazilllions of zombies in different ways. So i decided to move on to something else. Maybe i will give it another go, since the surroundings are pretty awesome.
Next on that list was Detroit Become human and it has been a blast playing something out of the ordinary. Ai, androids and a sense of doomsday just hits right home in these troubled times. I like how they made the game so accessible and the chapther idea is just brilliant. Its such a nice way to get yourself back in the game instead of starting over and over again. I see myself finishing this one and Little nightmares. I am not going to bother with 100 percent since it kinda kills the joy of gaming for me.
Played through the Devil May Cry 2 HD Remaster today with Lucia on Normal. I hate to (constantly 😅) be a contrarian… but i didn’t mind it! I’m sure that expectations played a big part in that, as pretty much the entire DMC fanbase loves one (which I didn’t really feel) and hates this (which I quite enjoyed). So obviously I felt the opposite. 😂
Anyway, it’s only the first playthrough of five, together with 9000 floors of the Bloody Palace… so I’ll be interested to see how I feel about it after all that. Dante on Normal up next, hopefully I’ll have that done over the weekend.
@GirlVersusGame I honestly don’t know, as I’m just taking one playthrough at a time. A floor can’t take that long though, as the time to get passed 9000 is roughly 2 & 1/2 hours. It could obviously get frustrating if you get pretty far (like in the 8000’s) and die for whatever reason. 🤞 I get it first try I guess 😁
@psmr That sounds like you can blitz through one in seconds, I thought you meant over one hundred hours. I played a mode like that in a game last year and checked online to try and remember what it was but had no luck. I remember the level was a tower with stairs on both sides and each had a door, you then go through it and different enemies spawn in the center of the room. A week or a month from now it will come to me, you'll be long through those 9000 floors by then. I keep thinking it was Chaosbane, it had that aesthetic.
Edit: It must be that game.
The Tower of Chaos in Warhammer: Chaosbane is an endgame, "infinite tower" mode where players fight increasingly difficult randomized enemy waves for better loot. As you ascend, the risk of dying—and losing potential rewards—increases. It is best tackled on higher difficulty levels (Chaos 8-10) for maximum XP and high-tier item drops
I don't know if you played it, I don't remember it being a difficult platinum and I do remember liking the mode. It's a PS4 game too so it's not off topic.
@GirlVersusGame nah, the Devil May Cry plats, while notoriously difficult (this one isn’t though ironically) tend to be fairly short-ish plats… with the exception of 4 and 5. I’m already doing a bit of due-diligence on the 4 plat and I’m both excited and terrified (more terrified than excited tbh).
I think I have Chaosbane in the backlog funnily enough. I played through Diablo 3 a couple of years back and bought a few similar styled ARPG’s off the back of it… then didn’t end up playing any of them 😅. Glad you brought it up though as it’s brought it back into focus.
@psmr You might not believe it but Chaosbane is a great game. What I know about Warhammer can fit on a cocktail napkin but it's no secret that they understand world design and interesting characters/classes. I liked Diablo 3, it was similar to that game, so was Inquisitor. I played the latter after Diablo 4 and preferred it to anything blizzard offered. I don't know what it was about Inquisitor, it was just fun, had a lot of upgrades, loot, things to work towards and the story was really interesting. I think those were the only Warhammer games I've played, no actually there was another. One called Mechanicus, a sort of strategy game, incredibly difficult but the score was out of this world.
I checked, I played Chaosbane then 'wow Warhammer is really good, what's Inquisitor?' both platinums mean I enjoyed them. Some games I'll leave at 5%, no one can see them only me so there's no concern over completion. Out of sight out of mind. Those two games made me want to go for that completion, I'd seen the same classes in other games but Chaosbane made them more interesting and Inquisitor was just so unique.
It was worth getting murdered mercilessly over and over again in that game just to find that piece of music. There's a sequel planned for PS5, hopefully this year. I'd love to see how a less janky more in-depth and fleshed out version of the same kind of game plays.
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