@FuriousMachine Hey there ,friend. Hope you are well. Just wondering if I could get your first impressions of Ghost of Yotei, so far? Are you enjoying the experience as much as you expected to?
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Hello, mate! I am well, preparing to travel to your fair isles tomorrow for a concert in Manchester. Looking forward to a couple of days away from the daily "grind"
It's still early on with Yotei, I'm still exploring the starting region close to "home", hunting bounties and upgrading Atsu's skills and equipment. I am absolutely loving it, but I'm not sure if I think all the changes from the last game are better. There are some things that work slightly different and I may find I preferred how things worked in Tsushima. I'm being a bit wishy washy on purpose here, as my memories of Tsushima stems mainly from how it played late game, when Jin had more skills, better equipment and more of the mechanics had been opened up, so it's a bit early to make the comparison.
The combat is a lot of fun, though, and the game world is gorgeous, vibrant and full of life and I haven't been bored, frustrated or annoyed for a single second yet. The only downside to going away this weekend is that I can't spend it playing more
@MightyDemon82 Congrats. I recently decided I have to start saving up money for a new television too, so I'm quite jealous of whatever shiny new thing you have. Especially now I've seen the prices for a new tv, while I still have so many other bills to pay.
@Herculean Oh it's not a top of the range expensive one, the Samsung U8000F it was £329. Still a great T.V. though, a massive step up from my previous one. I don't even need to touch a Dualsense to switch the PS5 on.
@FuriousMachine Hey mate. Thanks for your first impressions of GoY. Very enlightening based on what you've played so far. How was your trip to Manchester, and the concert? I've never been to that part of the country myself, as I'm based elsewhere, and have had no reason to travel there, thus far. Maybe I, myself or a fellow Push Square Brit could make the trip to Norway to return the favour, perhaps for a Jon Fosse book reading. 😉
"Even in the face of death, the samurai stands unwavering, for honour is a blade sharper than steel".
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN No sweat, I'll keep you posted if my impressions change notably. Really looking forward to getting in a little session tonight
The trip was very good; Manchester is a nice city. Only been once before, when travelling with my Manchester United obsessed family (not much of a football fan, myself, apart from my local team, where my grandfather once played) and it's definitely a place I'd consider returning to for concerts and the like in the future. Edinburgh has always been my preference when travelling to the UK for concerts, but accommodation has become very expensive there and this time the band I wanted to see had a Sunday gig in Edinburgh vs. a Saturday in Manchester, so it was a better fit to travel to the latter.
The concert itself was fantastic; a fairly small and intimate venue that facilitates a good connection between band and audience. Great and colourful audience as well; a Republican's worst nightmare as the band attracts the queer crowd and couple that with it being Halloween weekend, the crowd itself was an attraction as well An excellent time was had and an experience that will fuel me for quite a while
As for travelling to Norway, I'd claim that only masochists would enjoy this country for the next 6 months or so, even without Fosse book readings . Cold, dark, gray and bleak, that is the most likely state of things until at least April, maybe May. We Norwegians get even more grumpy, quiet and introverted than usual, as well. Not recommended
@JohnnyShoulder They've said that it will be a theatrical release only, so I'm hoping they'll show it here on these cold shores as well, but seeing as I finally was able to order the two 4K steelbooks you can bet they will announce the 4K-ultimate-super-duper-deluxe-but-surprisingly-affordable edition of this on the very day the steelbooks drop into my mailbox
@Th3solution How are you, my friend? How is BG3 going? Surely you must be close to the end, now. 😉🤣 I am hardly one to talk, though, been slogging away at my op ELDEN RING Sekiro build for months now, approximately 18 levels to go till it's complete, stats-wise.
How are things going outside of gaming? I am going to a jazz concert soon, and a London shop where I have regularly gotten my guitars repaired for years was recently featured in the Financial Times, a stocks and shares type of paper over here which also deals in arts and culture for the well-to-do types, I don't read it, but a family member does, and I found about it through them.
"Even in the face of death, the samurai stands unwavering, for honour is a blade sharper than steel".
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Doing well buddy and yes, still pecking away at the ol’ BG3. I wonder, after all is said and done, how many hours it will take me, and if Elden Ring will surpass it as far as playtime (when I eventually tackle that). Both are known for being so enormous and time-consuming. I’m having a great time with it nevertheless. I’m getting close to max level for my characters, so I have to be close to the end, however there’s many story arcs that have yet to be completed so I’ll likely hit the level cap and still be running through a lot of quests maxed out. I’ve also discovered a few nice late-game weapons and equipment and so there’s still a good reason to explore.
As far as outside of gaming, not much going on except for my usual stuff. That’s really cool about your music interests and your brush with fame there. Hopefully the jazz concert turns out to be a good one!
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@graymamba I didn’t watch the live stream but what are your thoughts? I assume this is the rpg that Colin has been working on for the last couple years? I’ve not played any of Lillymo games as they’re of a retro variety and not up my alley, but have you tried any? I know they try to make the trophy hunting aspect a significant focus of the experience since Col is such a trophy fanatic.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution I watched some of it and it just seemed very much like a NES-era Castlevania, which was clearly their aim. I’m a bit ambivalent towards it tbh… happy for those who want that kinda thing but I struggle to get motivated for the big 2D games of this era let alone ones that harken back to the 3rd gen 😅. I know Colin’s a huge Castlevania fan, so the development of this no doubt got his creative juices flowing.
I do have all the Lillymo games (picked them up dirt cheap in one sale or another) but haven’t played any of them if I’m honest. I do hear they’re pretty decent… but again, that whole 2D thing just doesn’t really do it for me anymore.
@HallowMoonshadow Sure looks like it. I noticed over in the "Ideas for the site" thread that @ravix and @antdickens talked about a spamming problem that caused a lot of new threads to be created. Maybe the Yotei thread accidentally got caught in the clean-up? Hopefully it's not deleted deleted and can be restored?
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