I was really trying hard not to buy any games but I had a ‘buy 2 get 1 free’ coupon that was expiring next month, so I got Valkyria Chronicles 4 (finally! @Ralizah), Plague Tale: Innocence, and Divinity Original Sin 2: Definitive Edition. With some trade in credit I had plus the coupon, all three games cost me a little over $40 — That’s like about $14 a piece. I couldn’t pass that up. The wild card is DOS2 — I have never played an isometric RPG like that, so I’m not sure how if I’ll like it. I had also been trying to avoid super-long games which take more than 80 hrs due to having a sizable backlog and all. But I figured at the price, I would take a chance. It also seems to be a little hard to find lately, so I went for it. Of these I’ll probably not get to them anytime soon, but I think VC4 will be toward the top of the backlog.
@Th3solution Nice! Be sure to post your impressions when you get to it. I forget: have you played the first game? VC4 is very accessible either way. I got one of my friends into it as his first Valkyria game, and he spent a good 100+ hours doing everything.
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Ooooh nice @Th3solution ! I'll be looking forward to haering your on both Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Never played one) and Divinity Original Sin 2 (seeing as you told me about it two weeks ago)!
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
@Ralizah Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed the first Valkyria Chronicles on PS3 (I haven’t played the remaster on PS4. I assume they didn’t really add anything and the visual and art style is such that I doubt there’s a huge graphical upgrade from the original). I liked it so much I also played Valkyria Chronicles 2 on PSP, which was decent enough but somehow lacked the luster of the original. Of course we didn’t get VC3 in the West, and I avoided Valkyria Revolution at all costs, so I’m excited about VC4 and the fact it’s a return to form for the series. For sure I’ll be posting when I get to it. Which hopefully will be sooner rather than later. This week is busy, we’ll see.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yeah, I’ve had my eye on DOS2 for a while. The game has a remarkable critical reception. According to Wikipedia it was only GameSpot’s 11th perfect 10/10 score. I have held off because I wanted to see a price drop, and now we have that. Also the sheer length is scary to me. It’ll be relegated to the backlog but I’ll let you know when I get to it.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Frigate Yeah, it’s strange that DOS and DOS2 are somewhat divisive regarding which is the better game experience. @kyleforrester is a big fan of the first but didn’t like DOS2. Most people online and reviewers have said the second game is better in nearly every way. One of main differences I’ve read has to do with the quality of the writing. I think both games have a fair degree of levity, but the first game has more of the humor I think. I read that the second game can be played on its own without knowledge or experience from the former, so I went with the consensus that seems to suggest DOS2 is better. What kept you from getting into it? Was it the story or was it the gameplay or technical performance?
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Frigate Ok, I got you. I’m pretty similar in my gameplay approach. The cream usually rises to the top eventually with whatever group of games I’m playing.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Frigate Same here with how I play games, although I wouldn't say it is rare for me to zone in on one game, it sometimes just takes me a bit longer to get into it.
I played the first DOS briefly but iirc had just finished a long game so wasn't quite ready to get into it.
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@RogerRoger Wasn't Second Son a free PS Plus game before? I know First Light was. The first InFAMOUS game was also given for free as a compensation due to PSN being hacked back in 2011 (not sure if this was the correct year).
@RogerRoger I'm pretty much the same with PS+ games, only download stuff which I'm really interested in. I have enough games in the backlog without adding titles which I'm never going to play!
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.
Bought quite a few games the past month. Aside from Dragon Quest Builders 2 and Bloodstained - which were launch day purchases - the others were all rather cheap so I think I've done pretty well. Deus Ex: Mankind Divide was £6, Assassin's Creed Odyssey £18 and Wolfenstein II £10. That's my PS4 gaming set until Christmas methinks.
@ZeroOverOne I got them from Base, which often has really good deals and (usually) quite competitive prices for new games. I much prefer using them to Amazon.
Bought Remnant: From The Ashes today. Absolutelly loving it. Simply, its just Dark Souls with guns over melee. On top of that, you can also finish the whole campaign with your homie because the game has a nit bad co-op (hello Dark Souls 3). The guns feel great. You feel every sibgle bullet fired from your gun. The game also gives you a choice to pick a melee weapon but I dont reccomend that. You will just spoil your own experience. And the best part of this game apart from amazing co-op (omg, imagine, finally we got a good co-op in a souls-like game) are bosses. They arent as hard as they are in Sekiro or Bloodborne but I assure you will brake some stuff while playing the game as the bosses have a HUGE amount of health. Reccomend playing on highest difficulty for a full experience. Also an amazing addition to the game was level creation. Its fully random made... yes u heard it right, there are over 2000 different kind of types of level making (sorry for my english as I am from a non english country). The game is brilliant for a newcomer to Souls like series. Also, it gives you a choice to pick from some characters that all have unique abilities. Overall me and my best friend enjoyes the game so much that we played for 11 hours straight. Reccomend it for all of those who arent scared for some of their stuff to be broken down after not being able to kill The Toxic flying cocroach-like creature because of which one i broke my finger for hitting the wall too hard)
Also want to add to my higher quote that I was wrong about compairing it to dark souls just bEcAuSe iTs hArD. Also the campfires give you a warm in your heart...
And sometimes the campfire will be right next to a boss. And, if you were raging because of all the losses you were taking after dying in Dark Souls, forget it. This game doesnt steal your stuff and your Nerves
... Some dodgy connections aside when it worked the co-op in Dark Souls was pretty fine @ZeroOverOne . Dark Souls is a bit of a challenge but it's about learning patterns mostly.
If people can complete it using dancemats as controllers whilst doing the macarena (ok that end bit is a joke but the first bit isn't. People have used an actual banana as a controller) then others can. Especially if I got through them all by charging into everything stupid aggressively for the most part
Not sure how the "souls" stuff would work that well with guns as it lends itself well to the melee combat... I never really felt the weight of the guns in Bloodborne.
Also Dark Souls doesn't "steal your stuff" either... You lose your souls because you messed up
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
I don't think what I said was that bad @ZeroOverOne ?
I sincerely apologise though if you're getting the impression that I'm picking on you (I really don't know when I apparently did it before either as I swear this is the first time we've talked).
It's your feelings and opinion and you're more then entitled to them and I didn't mean to give you the idea that I was belittling them in any way.
I certainly don't want you to feel like you can't say anything nice and have fun with a game
You have actually put this game on my radar as I knew nothing about it before. I hope you and your friend continue to enjoy it!
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