I did some farming for 1,000 sen to buy a gourd seed in Sekiro, w/out dying once, so perhaps the combat is really beginning to click after all. Feeling more confident about the next miniboss, Blazing Bull. Famous last words, perhaps. May be time to eat humble pie later, but oh well, I'm optimistic for now.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
I defeated the next miniboss, Blazing Bull, in Sekiro, employing a strategy that made the boss fight somewhat easier for me to handle, then it was a piece of cake, after about an hour of struggling this morning!
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Th3solution You'll be pleased to know, as a merciful thread of fate, that "cheesing" is available on at least some bosses in Sekiro, I accidentally stumbled onto a cheese strategy against a miniboss I was struggling against earlier, that made it infinitely easier! ,subsequently allowing me to beat it with little to no trouble at all! How is/are your game(s) going?
Did you get on to Rebirth yet?
Edit: Just saw your comments in the RE4 REmake Thread, seems you're making good progress there, my friend. I know what it's like to abandon a game, return to it and then get past the point where you abandoned it, I've done that with every Souls game I've played and recently got past the part where I quit in Sekiro, it's a great feeling of achievement!
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
I am really having a great time with RE4. It’s very satisfying to make it further than before and have much more fun doing it without having to fight the controls the whole time.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Almost put this in the "what PS3 games are you playing" thread 👀
Sniper Elite Resistance. I assume it's an indie or an AA? As it doesn't seem to have changed much since I last saw the series many, many, many moons ago.
I think it's kind of a fun and addictive gameplay loop though. Being a stealthy sniper went out the window fairly early as I decided I was going to kill every last nazi on the map and wanted to practice by taking everyone out that I could see. I used mostly the rifle, but at times they knew it was coming, let's say 😂
Update:
So it is a pretty satisfying gameplay loop, indeed. And thankfully it is rather generous with saves, as I hate run-backs, but I do like to experiment with hairbrained ideas 😁
I went and got the 3 gold stars on my first jaunt through level 2, including the rat bomb which I was planning to set as a trap, exit and shoot from a ledge somewhere at just the right time, but had the thing self-detonate so I just had to run away through the tunnels as I was still in the building at the time!
The MC 'Harry Hawker' 😅 reminds me of my atrociously East End-accented Saints Row MC though, so I'm kind of thinking it needs to be RP'd as a Saints Row time travel game, where my old Boss is stuck in 1944 and has to kill 100,000 Nazis to get back to the future? 🤷♂️
It's a decent enough game and fun can be had with it, so hats off to them
Up against the next miniboss in Sekiro. Haven't defeated him yet but he isn't giving me too much trouble, and I just Googled the best strategy to use against him. Hope that info helps the next time I challenge him!
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
Well, I beat and got the platinum for Unicorn Overlord this morning. Near the end I was skipping most of the dialogue, but it was still an excellent game for roughly 60 hours. I’m now playing Mafia: Definitive Edition on classical difficulty. It’s a great game, but damn is that racing mission brutal. I’ve gotten second or third place several times, but I mess up once and I’m screwed. Nonetheless, it doesn’t seem too unbearable. Once I get past that hurdle, I think the platinum will be pretty straight forward.
@Kraven I was looking to play the Mafia series some time soon, or at least try the first game and see how it goes. Are you liking the game overall? Do you think you’ll proceed and play Mafia II and III?
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution I am enjoying it quite a bit. The writing and voice acting is top notch, and really brings the story to life. The Illinois/Chicago setting in the 1930’s is really interesting as well. The only true blemish on the game would be its archaic gunplay and combat. It’s not bad, but it’s not great either — just serviceable. It’s definitely worth a play.
I don’t know if I’ll play Mafia 2. I’ve already played Mafia 3. In fact, that was my entry point into the series. The game has a ton of flaws, but it was fun. I doubt I’ll replay it, though. I’m just trying to get reacquainted with its world before Old Country releases.
@Kraven congrats on the Unicorn Overlord plat, I’ve only actually played 13 Sentinels out of Vanillaware’s catalogue but I loved it… I keep meaning to try another one of their games.
I remember the Mafia race on Classic difficulty well… you’ll get it eventually. It is annoying but find little incremental time-saves at various points around the track and be able to slot them all-together for a winning run.
@graymamba I just beat the race on Classic difficulty several minutes ago—thank goodness. Once you understand how the car mechanics work and are comfortable with track layout, it’s not that hard of a race. What matters is how well you drive because one mistake can cause a failed run immediately.
@PeaceSalad
Shame about your controller those nazis get to keep their balls, for now at least.
I’ve just rejoined PS Plus so I’ve just downloaded GoW Ragnarok but have yet to start it, I’ve only been absent from PS Extra for 6 months and there is already a load of new content for me to get through plus I went PS Premium this time so I have a bunch of VR titles as well (currently playing Synapse).
Before I start GoW I need to finish Yakuza the man who erased his name.
I gave into the hype and bought Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 despite not playing the first game. Thankfully, Warhorse posted a ten minute video on their YouTube channel divulging the story so far.
I booted the game up this morning before work — only playing for an hour — but I can tell this game will be special. The characters and their banter are fantastic. The game runs very smoothly in performance mode. Combat is pretty solid too. I’m also already invested in the story which doesn’t happen often right off the bat.
Meanwhile, I’m slowly chipping away at Mafia: Definitive Edition on classic difficulty. I’ll probably have that game finished by next week, currently on chapter 12 out of 20. I’ll be going for the platinum trophy. With that said, I do not like the collectible system in this game, particularly because the mission structure is incredibly linear, in an open world setting, and yet the game wants to you “explore” areas but not really provide an incentive to do so. And some of the collectibles that are story related, while easy to find, some are inexplicably in obscure places that really don’t make sense to search for because of the mission design.
Good descriptions, both. And falling into the Teresa DLC trap is a good way to make it as hard as possible for yourself to stick to with, so you're doing well 😂
I can't praise the second outing enough, either. I kind of want to start a full KCD thread here, but I don't think I'd be able to stop chatting about it if I do.
It really is everything the first game did, but improved and expanded upon, and made to look high end AAA for the most part.
And Kraven, it appears you've gone for the Daniel Vavra double pack with those two titles. He writes a good game, it has to be said.
KCD2 is absolutely killing me, though. Some of the dialogue options you can choose, and some of the completely batsh*t crazy moments are making it such a wild ride. It is maybe 10x more brutal and 20x funnier than the first game.
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So I've been playing Mass Effect 2 and like the first game I've been rather pleasantly surprised with how much I'm enjoying it. I'm nearing the end actually with 40 hours already sunk into it.
I LOVE Mordin of the new crew members in particular. Bit disappointed by Grunt (He's no Wrex) and kinda wish Kasumi was more relevant instead of being a DLC character (Perhaps they should've switched places tbh?)
My one main problem with the game is that the main scenario is pretty lacklustre I'd say. The Collectors just don't have that mystery & interest that the reapers do.
It's just a whole lot of nothing really so far. Kinda clear there was nothing initially planned beyond the first game cus this really feels like it was written by the seat of the writer's pants. I'd be amazed if this WAS actually planned.
In fact I'd say with some tweaks to the script this could've easily been the first game in the series instead with 1 becoming the second game. It'd have much better stakes then with a gradual increase then the sharp decline in stakes I feel this game has.
The whole teaming up with Cerberus thing also doesn't really work too in my mind, especially with a Paragon shep? I don't see why you can't go back to the alliance and the citadel beyond the "plot" demanding it. Especially with everyone calling you out on it and yet to NEVER get to bloody explain anything to anyone.
And then there's the whole Shadow Broker DLC and Liara's role in general which is messy too imo. You're telling me that a rather socially awkward archaeologist who (granted helped saved the galaxy) finds your body, gives it to Cerberus (and knows they're trying to revive you and doesn't mention it to your former crew), becomes an information broker and ends up becoming the head of universe spanning spy network?
The rest of the writing is fine and all. Nothing wrong here and I like everything else with the game otherwise!
Oh except for Jacob. He sucks. He's incredibly uninteresting and just the absolute pits. And that's without me finding out what he can do to femshep in ME3 if for some reason you REALLY like wallpaper paste and made him your love Interest.
@HallowMoonshadow Ah, I’m glad to see you have enjoyed ME2 for the most part. I figured it would click for you. But yeah — I played ME2 first, then ME3, then went back to ME1 years later and so my interpretation of the overarching storyline is skewed from the traditional path.
I also did not play the DLC so I need to get back to do a replay and pick all the content up. I’m something of a Liara fan so I should get some enjoyment from it.
The Illusive Man is one of the great forgotten characters in video games. Top notch voice acting there from Sheen.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Ah, I’m glad to see you have enjoyed ME2 for the most part. I figured it would click for you. I played ME2 first, then ME3, then went back to ME1 years later and so my interpretation of the overarching storyline is skewed from the traditional path.
If I were viewing it purely as a duology Sol (like most PlayStation players at the time) then I guess it would actually make a good starting point.
And I am actually enjoying it quite a lot. Just the writer part of my brain was itching to speak out and critique lol
Very similar thoughts to @Herculean actually in just enjoying the character writing and the vibes that I'm ignoring the whiff in the overarching narrative.
Other then that not much to say guys. I do like the twist that the Collectors Are actually the Proethans but made into a hivemind/slave race thing. I just think they don't really come off as a huge threat by themselves is all @Herculean.
Looking forward to finishing it off!
Oh I do know about one infamous mission coming up because... Well it's so well known about ME2 that things can go to absolute hell... But I have no idea how BAD it can actually get, i just know it's a thing. Here's hoping I can get through it unscathed
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