@nessisonett can I throw on A plague tale innocence to the list? Might be good, given the sequel is coming out soon.
Next vote would be last guardian, then little nightmares
If its OK @nessisonett can I be added to the distribution list? Keen to get on-board as I'm currently between games on PS, and this will give me a kick to start something new.
For whats it worth, my vote goes to Little Nightmares (downloaded earlier from PS+, another backlog item...!)
@CJD87 Absolutely! The more the merrier after all.
@R1spam That’s a good suggestion actually, I’ll make sure it’s on the list next month. I think I might retire some of the ones that have been on the list for ages now though, like unless Sonic Mania and Shadow of the Colossus are chosen soon then they’re clearly not popular enough!
And that is the credits rolled for Guardians of the Galaxy. I really enjoyed it overall. I'm usually more of a gameplay guy than story and characters, but the latter is so well presented and written that I kinda put up with the samey combat.
I didn't find the combat to be as bad as others, but I did think the targeting was a bit tricky when there were loads of enemies on screen. There also needed to be more perks and abilities, and I had no need to collect any thing and had stopped earning ability points with about a third of the game to go.
Would say I would be interested in a sequel, but if the game did not sell well, it does not feel likely. Wonder who the rights sit with after the Embracer sale? I could not find a definite answer online.
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Last call for voting! Might need at least a couple more just to get a true idea of what people will be up for playing next. If the winning game wins with only a couple of votes then it might be a quiet month!
Honestly, the only game on PlayStation I'm up for playing is DOOM 3 since I started it earlier this week but haven't gotten too far into it. However, I vaguely recall that you guys have already played it so I can't really offer a vote this month. I'm also playing Team Sonic Racing but I'm almost done with the game. Not to mention that I've already played through games like Little Nightmares, The Last Guardian, AC2 and Arkham Asylum. So I might sit the next one out, unfortunately.
@nessisonett I got Sonic Mania in the recent sale and have an itch to play it (and probably will anyway), but otherwise my vote would be Little Nightmares, Bugsnax or The Last Guardian, in that order.
Looks like Little Nightmares has just just pipped The Last Guardian so that will be our game for the foreseeable. By all accounts it’s a very short game so we might honestly fit The Last Guardian in straight afterwards but we’ll see how it goes. As always, get downloading now and then start whenever you have the time!
I played through Little Nightmares last year and I really like the fixed camera angle 3D levels. Every room felt cozy to explore as a result. The main issue I have with the game is that it can get very frustrating to play as it's easy to die over and over again. It was still worth playing through nonetheless and I'm looking forward to playing the sequel, which I just ordered.
Sounds good. Little Nightmares is just the kind of fringe game that I probably would never play if not for the collaboration of my Push Square mates. I’ve found some of my favorite games this way, so hopefully Lil’ Nightmares doesn’t disappoint.
I’ll download it sometime this week, and give it a try when I get a chance.
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@ThereThere I definitely think we’ll have the time to fit in The Last Guardian before we play Resi 4 for Halloween. Probably another game as well! I’ve kinda been putting off The Last Guardian personally so I’ve been rooting for it to do well in these votes so that I can’t avoid it anymore 😂
i tried lil nightmares & got stuck way earlier on in the game , got frustrated , uninstalled .
i appreciate games that don’t hold your hand and let you play without a constant reminder that it’s video game , but right at the beginning though , i already gotta figure out something that’s probably so “in your face” that it’s actually hard to see & then feel dumb when i youtube it ?
Tried it last night and was pleasantly surprised. Went into it completely blind (no reviews, no YT, no 'beginner tips'... basically no context!) and had no idea what to expect.
Quite cerebral in places, and never feels too punishing when you die.
What I'm enjoying most is probably the 'simplicity' of the mechanics and basic principles, not having to worry about builds and min/max etc. I can't remember the last time I played a game that wasn't reliant on having Fextralife open at the same time!
Don't get me wrong, I love the Niohs and Elden Rings of the world... but it has been a nice change to just 'play' a game without necessary researching.
I'll likely keep this as a side dish alongside Sunbreak and Bloodborne
Spent a good hour or two with the game and I’m torn. The first 30 minutes I was really impressed, wondering why this game didn’t get more attention. It has a really unique and atmospheric vibe and the platforming/puzzle solving started off good enough. I was really eating it up; it reminded me of Inside and it’s sibling Limbo, both of which were really great games.
But as I got toward the end of the first chapter, the frustration that I read about in reviews started to kick in. Not because the puzzles were too hard, rather because the 3D depth of field was difficult judge and the movement was imprecise. I died over and over on that one area while trying to raise the crane and having to jump onto it while it was moving over. I wasn’t dying in the same manner either — it was various silly deaths like simply walking off the ledge accidentally to misjudging a jump. It wouldn’t have been so bad if you didn’t have to respawn back in the previous room and run all the way back to the climbing section and then climb that whole way to the switch all over again. The climbing and jumping doesn’t really feel satisfying so it comes across as tedious if you have to repeat the same section over and over.
After that room I began to die over and over in the following areas for other various silly reasons, usually needlessly walking off a ledge to suffer death by gravity. Maybe I was getting lazy and frustrated or maybe the game is getting harder, I can’t tell. So I was happy to just turn it off for the night and will see how I feel tomorrow.
The charm and mystery of the backdrop will keep me invested to the end, I think. But I guess I’m not much of a platforming fan.
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I played the first 30-45 mins last night and like @Th3Solution, you can't miss the limbo inspiration in this game. I've yet to hit any real frustrating bits yet but I enjoy when a game doesn't hold your hand and let's you figure out the controls yourself. Puzzles so far have been pretty straightforward and the atmosphere suitably creepy. I played on the remote play app and latency etc was pretty decent. Hope it holds up to some of the trickier platforming sections.
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