@nessisonett Well, it was nice knowing you since the game will not end for a while. This may not be the best thing to go by, especially since I'm notoriously slow finishing games, but I spent roughly 150 hours on each of my playthroughs of the game.
I will admit once I did hit that point where I thought the game was over at the wedding once you return from Valhalla.
PSN ID/Xbox Live Gamertag: KilloWertz
Switch Friend Code: SW-6448-2688-7386
As a relative newbie myself, this really has been a great place to discuss games etc... and the 'camaraderie' is pretty much unparalleled!
Just my 2 cents on Hades - of course you will get a smoother experience on PS, but personally I believe this is 'one of those games' that really shines on Nintendo Switch. Everything about Hades (IMO) lends itself to short bursts of play, which is ideal when you consider the portability aspect of the Switch. I travel with work a lot, and played a ton of Hades during Q3-Q4 last year... perfect for short flights, quick downtime in a hotel, or even 20-30 min breaks between meetings.
Generally speaking I try to play as many indie titles as I can on the Switch, even if they are multi-platform. If the Switch can 'handle' a game, I'll generally always try to pick it up on that platform.
I save the PS5 for big-hitter games, this year having played (and platinum'd) Returnal and DeS. Currently playing GoT on hard difficulty, about a day or so from mopping up the base game platinum. Might attempt the DLC/Iki trophies also, but ever conscious Elden Ring is just 2-1/2 weeks away!
What you currently playing?
EDIT: 1 final thing on Hades.... I appreciate it came out in 2020, but this was easily the '2nd best' game I played during 2021. My personal 2021 GOTY was Returnal, but Hades was a VERY close 2nd. I really do heavily recommend it, absolutely fantastic game and well worth the relatively cheap price point
I am always very hesitant in recommending games, as taste is so subjective... but I am very comfortable in advising anyone & everyone to purchase Hades, it really is amazing. I was hesitant at first, assuming it was a typical 'indie bangwagon' that everyone was jumping on... but genuinely it is amazing, addictive and the Switch is the perfect platform to play on.
It will certainly fill the next week whilst you await HFW! Let me know how you find Hades!
I really need to start focusing on 1 game at a time, juggling so many just now. Maybe after HFW has been 100% complete I'll start just keeping to one game till it's done!
@Indoorhero How dare people not like the Yakuza series. Welcome the the forums. Great place to hangout with like minded people.
@nessisonett I feel your pain. I played it last year, it really does drag. Some of the mainline quests are so unneccesary and just pad the game out.I gave up on the side missions you get via the map aside from the data fragments as that interested me (and was worth doing).
What's sad is that I think without the pointless side stories it's a really solid story and fun!
@NedStarksGhost@nessisonett At the rate these Assassin’s Creed games are growing, the next one will take a lifetime to fully complete. They’ve basically become never- ending live service games by the time you add copious DLC on top of a base game with 100+ hours of content. For me, it’s honestly a turn-off. I still have Odyssey sitting in the backlog and worried about starting it and being overwhelmed.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution@JohnnyShoulder yep it's definitely heading that way. It's why I disagree with Time Spent = Value as a blanket view, some games just overstay their welcome or add needless side missions to inflate the game time. It becomes especially true as an adult with other commitments and limited game time.
@NedStarksGhost You gotta hand it to these single player game developers which keep making their games bigger and bigger. The return of investment from a development time and labor standpoint has got to be better if they just used the time and energies to make the game an actual live-service game and spoon-feed the content to the masses while gradually ‘nickel and dimeing’ (not sure if that phrase makes sense outside of the U.S.) the consumer for the endless sea of side missions and map add-ons.
I’m sure games like Persona 5 or Red Dead Redemption 2 (which take 100 hours or more to complete, yet are legitimately self-contained and only ask money from you one time) are still profitable, but those teams could develop the same content and just spread it out and I think unfortunately that’s where the industry is heading. It pains me.
The industry tried episodic releases as an answer to the long development costs (like Hitman, Life is Strange, The Dark Pictures anthology, and the old Telltale releases) and the gaming community pushed back and so you really don’t see these episodic releases anymore. However, the industry has regrouped and is still doing the same tactic with endless DLC packs, season passes, and GaaS models.
Sure it’s nice that you can get game content more quickly and don’t have to wait through long 5-8 year development cycles until the game is ready, but I prefer to have a completed self-contained experience. But I’ve never really given true live-service games a fair shot. This year one of my goals is to legitimately try one of them, especially one that has a lot of online content, just so I can speak of them from an informed perspective.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Yes I love them although I still need to play 5,6, Like a Dragon and the Judgment series. Usually take big breaks between them to save getting burned out!
@Indoorhero played my first Yakuza game just last month (Yakuza Kiwami). It took a wee while to find my feet with it but ended up really enjoying it and looking forward to slowly but surely making my way through the whole series.
Still have to finish off my Legendary run for the Platinum actually… so quite glad you brought it up as it was a timely reminder.
I’m loving how the whole ‘persuading the High King of Ireland you’re a good Christian’ doesn’t dissuade Eivor from still raiding monasteries. Ludonarrative dissonance at its finest in AC Valhalla’s expansion 😂
@Voltan Was just exchanging messages with @Thrillho on this very subject in another thread. Are you going for the platinum? If so I hope you've checked regarding the missable trophies! It is cool though 😀
@render I have not checked the trophies. I have no idea what I'm going for at this point - I'm at like 15% maybe
Anyway, the combat is challenging (I die a bunch but there isn't too much punishment for it so it's ok) and the puzzles aren't too hard but they're neatly designed so I'm having fun
@Voltan On that point I was quite happy that there wasn't too much punishment for dying. I was expecting to lose a bunch of soles each time so in the end it felt ok to just have to get back to where I was each time. I like the environments and the fact that you see places that you can't yet get to but know you will eventually. I finished it in 15 hours or there abouts so I'd imagine you can beat me on that front 😀
@render I just closed the game and the progress indicator says 20% now, 2:15 play time. I got the fire spell and opened the witch's basement but it doesn't seem like I can go through there yet (don't tell me if I'm doing something wrong, I'll figure it out myself ) so I backed out and went to overgrown something instead.
Also yeah, just looking at the activity cards looks like I already missed a trophy so I probably won't bother with this one beyond beating it.
Played through Operation Tango this evening… and well, it’s very different. The importance that the game places on observation, perspective and the ability to communicate is something so unique. It was quite an enjoyable session in fairness, if a little stressful… hopefully I didn’t offend my co-op bro too much.
We’re gonna play through it again next week, only taking up the opposite roles. Should be a fair bit quicker and easier now that we have an understanding of what the game actually is.
I did plan on finishing the DLC for Far Cry 6 before I started Horizon but it has glitched out for me.
It’s the Joseph Seed DLC (all the others worked fine). Tried everything, can’t get it to work.
Starts fine. It asks me to buy the trait from the mirror, that works. Then it asks me to buy a weapon from the armoury. That is glitched and the pistol case is chained up like the rest.
Contacted Ubisoft support and they asked me to upload a video of it to YouTube.
A day later gave me an amazing solution...
Contact Sony and ask for a replacement PS5 console.
No lie. That was their response. Absolute joke.
I'm about 30 hours into Horizon now. Absolutely amazing game.
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