Topic: Push Square Game Club Spooktacular: Resident Evil 4

@nessisonett No worries! It was an idea from @Th3solution for Guardians, so I can't take credit for that. But it does seem well suited for Game Club! I may actually join in for once! 😂

For next month I would go with SW Squadrons, Slay the Spire, and Ghostrunner, in that order. I’ve played TLG and tried Sonic Mania in the past so could contribute to discussion there, especially TLG.

I am looking forward to Guardians of the Galaxy though! I was planning to play it sometime in the next few months anyways.

I put in my vote in for slay the spire.

@JohnnyShoulder I'm not going to vote for this month as I'm in the middle of a few games and pretty busy with work/homelife stuff. Hoping that I'm getting near the end of elden ring and able to jump back in after that.

Slay the spire or Ghostrunner for me. Sorry I didn’t contribute to the Bioshock 2 discussion. Real life was a bit too busy this month..

Really looking forward to Stray and GOTG. By the way

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Jeez, I totally forgot about this. Looks like Slay The Spire has just edged it this month. Think you can complete the game relatively quickly but can do repeated runs if wishing to continue playing.

@JohnnyShoulder See, it’s easy to forget! I’ll change the topic name 😂

@nessisonett Cheers! My memory has been a bit over the place recently, as I forgot my password to my work laptop yesterday, even though I had used it several times already that day! My laptop was then locked, I got a new password and then I randomly remembered my old password later that day! 🙃

It’s been a couple of years since I played this last so it’s been a bit hard getting back into it. I’ve gotten to act 2 as three different characters and I still basically hate the game. I just don’t get it. Card games are fine physically but in video games they feel like you’re entirely dependant on RNG. With other roguelites like Isaac and Gungeon, they rely on skill mostly, with luck making runs easier or harder. With Slay the Spire, luck makes the run full stop. There’s no skill involved.

@JohnnyShoulder I'm going to give it a bash this week on the old xcloud 👍! Interested to see how I get on as like @nessionet, I haven't clicked with video game card games. I liked inscryption, which was a really interesting take on card games. Even then I got fed up of the RNG long before the end.

Well I’ve won my first run. Just got lucky with the Ironclad to be honest.

@R1spam @nessisonett Yeah I did fall of this rather quickly when I played it when it came in PS Now. Hope whoever plays it has a better time than I did.

@ThereThere No worries, hopefully next month the Game Clubs will be with you.

I’ve got this downloaded, it’s just I’m not sure when I’m ever going to find time to turn it on. I’m pretty curious. It definitely looks different than any other game I’ve ever played.

Cheers for the tag but I'll probably sit this one out. If it's on game pass then I might fire it up for a quick go but it doesn't really look like my bag. I got tons of games on the go at the moment too and I just want to finish something 😅

Thanks for the info. I tried playing this when it went on Game Pass and couldn't get into it. Not really a fan of card games to be honest. Hope everybody else enjoys it though.

Having a look through the new PS Plus games is definitely giving me loads of ideas for what games to add to next month’s crop!

@nessisonett I have a list of games noted down that have previously been suggested. If you want them, let me know!

I’ve played Slay the Spire now for about 4-5 hours and I’ve liked it more than I thought I would. It has a slightly addictive battle system and requires a change in approach compared to the action heavy games I’ve been playing recently. It’s essentially turn based combat with the added randomness of card shuffling. The RNG can be frustrating, but it does stretch your strategizing skills and ability to adjust your tactics on the fly. Most of my deaths have been by a slim margin and if I’d have just got the right cards at the end I could have pulled it off.

I’ve defeated 3 different bosses — the Guardian, Hexaghost, and Slime Boss. I’ve played several runs with the IronClad, and then two runs with the Silent, and have unlocked the third character but haven’t tried them yet.

After playing a few runs over a handful of hours, the game does get a little repetitive though. I guess it’s the nature of rogue-likes but after gradually accumulating a large deck with upgraded abilities and then dying and having to start all over with 3 basic card types, I just had to take a break from the game. I can see dipping in and out of it though, between a main game.

Shout out to the creepy merchant. I like his comments.

Just gave this one a go, defeated 2 consecutive bosses, then on my way to the third was defeated rather quickly. I'm guessing lots of dying and levelling up is required. It's quite a fun game, although a little more animation would be nice.