Currently playing Ghost of Yotei with my wife. She likes riding around on a horse and exploring while also playing the gambling parts. Then I play the story and the fights.
Yesterday we downloaded Goat Simulator 3 to play with the kids. A perfect game for a 7 and 9 year old to just go crazy and create chaos.
Level 37 of 60 Vigor at the moment in ELDEN RING, still preparing my build for the DLC, then have to go up an additional 7 levels with Endurance and then my build, stats-wise, will be complete, just have to get all the extra equipment I need and slay the mandatory bosses that I need to take down in order to gain entry to the Lands of Shadow. Dexterity is currently at 80 and I am rocking a Keen Nagakiba +12 as my main weapon, planning to get it to +18 before entering those darkened lands that have discouraged so many a player before me.
"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." "
Goat Simulator 3. It's a much more polished experience than the first one and really chill considering you are out to ruin peoples lives and cause mayhem. I don't know if I'll push for 100% but it seems like a fun little game to pipe a podcast or audiobook into so maybe. I'm curious to see what kind of easter eggs are littered throughout the world too, the opening had a strong nod to Skyrim 'you're finally awake' but with goats in the cart not Stormcloaks.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
I've done up to the first proper boss fight of the game? Sakuko in the Shinto-y Shrine otherworldy place (I don't know if it has an actual name yet)
I've seen people saying the combat is crap but... I've really enjoyed it. It is clunky and maybe a bit one note... But Silent Hill's combat has always been clunky from what I know.
It's been compared to Souls games and... I get why people say that (I don't really agree but I can understand where people might be coming from). Stamina bar, light & heavy attacks, a counter, a really nice dodge (And a perfect dodge bullet time variant).
It's a lot slower, clunkier... Or perhaps more deliberate might be a better term and it just works for me, especially given the setting and that you're playing as an 18 year old Japanese girl not some resurrected fantasy knight
Been playing with the Japanese voices and they're really good. Hinako's a great protag and the supporting cast is interesting too. I am suspicious of everyone though
The story's been rather intriguing too... The writing has just been really good even with not a whole lot of revelations or anything yet.
I've been spooked a couple of times too. Nothing crazy but enough to get the blood pumping... Especially at the start where you don't get Hinako's trusty iron pipe for like the first 30 minutes and have to dodge/run away from everything.
@HallowMoonshadow Glad to see you are enjoying the game I'm just so happy to see SIlent Hill is back in the forefront of GAMING DISCUSSIONS again (been way too many years since it was this relevant).
Yeah The combat has never been top notch in any of the games, but I feel Konami/Neo-bards shouldn't hide by that. Don't get me wrong the combat is servicable just needs some refinements (imo of course).
Honestly this maybe recency bias, but the Japanese voice actress for Hinako should win the VA award this year because it was just that captivating (sorry Ben Starr and Jennifer English).
Beat MindsEye after 12 hours and got 96% of the trophies. Probably going back for the platinum tonight, haha! Overall it was fun, albeit quite flawed in terms of performance and game design. Kind of a confusing mix of high- and low-budget aspects. Characters and character acting were peak, IMO, although the ending was very unsatisfying. The sequel hook was sad because there most likely won't be one!
Anyway, what's the next massively derided high-ish budget game I should try next? Unknown 9?
Abiotic Factor. I'm a few hours in an it's absolutely brilliant. I get why it was so positively received on Steam and I'm glad I gave into curiosity and checked it out.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
…what's the next massively derided high-ish budget game I should try next?
Well, @Oram77 just gave a pretty scathing review of Forspoken. I think that would definitely fit those criteria. Maybe Dragon Age: Veilguard? The Callisto Protocol? Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? Saints Row? Heck, any chance you have one of those rare copies of Babylon’s Fall or Concord? 😂
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution I do have Forspoken because it was $17 brand new from GameStop awhile back. Callisto Protocol looks interesting, and Unknown 9 is like under $10 now so that's tempting!
@ButterySmooth30FPS I have been keeping an eye on Unknown 9, actually. It looks pretty decent, and I think it reviewed okay. It just generated no buzz at all and I think it got a lot of hate from the anti-woke crowd.
Others that could fit your criteria (much derided, high-ish budget): Hellblade II, Lost Soul Aside, Atomic Heart… I don’t know, I guess those reviewed reasonably well, but just didn’t live up to the hype.
Whatever you choose, I’ll be curious to hear how it goes. I think it’s noble of you to give some of the maligned games a chance.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
My progress in Hollow Knight: Silksong has ground to a halt in Act II and I realized a few hours into my second play-through of Silent Hill f that I was doing something that would render new endings impossible to earn (seriously check out the ending requirements before beginning new game plus - they’re on the title screen but I somehow missed it) so feeling somewhat frustrated I fired up Cronos: The New Dawn just to check it out. Very glad I did. It’s extremely well done thus far and I think I’ll just roll with it for now.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
@Metonymy Real talk, I feel Cronos is slept on by a lot of people. I have said this before but considering this is Bloober's second game with actual combat in it, they have done a extremely good job with it! My only gripe with the game is I think it goes on for maybe 3-4 hours too long. But playing Cronos has solidified my faith in them nailing the Silent Hill 1 remake.
@ButterySmooth30FPS I've said as much on a few articles on PS, but I truly believe Andromeda doesn't get a fair shake. The story and writing aren't as good as the trilogy, but considering plenty of people think the trilogy is the greatest story in video games, that's not exactly a surprise. That said, the story and writing are good and far from the trainwreck some folks would claim. The combat, though, is the best in the series.
It also has a much more "Star Trek" vibe to the game, focused on exploration, rather than the apocalyptic urgency of the trilogy.
If you already have it, then I whole-heartedly recommend an install!
If you do end up giving it a go, I'd be quite interested to see how you come down on it.
@Oram77 Survival horror is a great genre and it’s really hitting that spot right now. They’ve nailed the slow, plodding pace and super tight resource management, not to mention the otherworldly but tense atmosphere present in the best of the genre. I’m quite curious to see where it goes.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
Battlefield 6 has me hooked. I haven't touched the campaign yet but the multiplayer has been really fun and enjoyable so far but it hasn't been without its issues - aside from other support players not doing their bloody job.
Some of the challenges don't seem to be tracking correctly. I've been working my way through the support challenges and one of them is to deploy your deployable shield 25 times. Simple enough. Naturally, I load up into a match and start deploying my shield at every possible opportunity, only to see at the end of the match the challenge completion is sitting at 1/25. It did seem to start tracking correctly the following match though so I'm not entirely sure what caused it. Either way, I hope there will be a patch to fix it.
I'm still enjoying the game regardless and it's a true return to form. It's great to have a proper Battlefield game again.
Got up to level 40 of 60 for Vigor in ELDEN RING. Major milestone, means that I have already completed 2/3 of that stat, then just 7 levels of Endurance and, stats-wise, my build will be ready to go.
"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." "
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