Topic: Games you've recently beat

@colonelkilgore I'm another who would agree with your assessment of the game. It's an amazing achievement to build a world this detailed. The more you play it and spend time looking around you realise that every single thing has been carefully thought out and I would say that even extends to the controls that are so frustrating. It's like they've distilled the essence of a cowboy who's had one too many whiskeys in the saloon and managed to translate that into the animations that are present in the game. It's something that annoyed the hell out of me when I initially got the game but began to appreciate it over time. It was similar coming back to it and having played lots of faster moving games recently it felt doubly frustrating but again I've started to cancel that out a bit.

There's just so much to do in the game in general that I actually think they could have easily left some of the content out and it still would have been a massive game. The fact that I'd already completed the story yet since returning to do the online trophies I'm now spending a ton more time in the single player is testament to how varied the different tasks within the game are and how much I just appreciate the world itself even without having any additional story elements.

Good luck with the rest if the trophy mop up, I'll be a way behind you but I'm ok with that

@ThereThere there are a few missables mate… but as long as you’re thorough, you should be okay. Most importantly make sure that you do all ‘side’ missions before you close out a chapter, as some of them are required for a trophy and they can only be done during the chapter that they are applicable.

Other than that, try and get a decent chunk towards having positive honour by Chapter 6 as there is a mission that is required for the plat that only generates if you are honourable. The amount of honour that is needed to trigger this mission is fairly difficult to pin down, so just make sure that when you click on your honour from the menus that shops are giving you a 25% discount.

Couple of other things, if camp mates request items try and prioritise doing that, as well as if they want you to do activities with them. There are trophies attached to these two things also, that eventually become missable.

I was quite lucky that during my time with the game back in 2018 that I had somehow done all of the required missions up to the point in the story that I had gotten, I was very honourable… and I’d also made good ground on camp requests and activities.

@render totally mate… funnily enough, I saw an article just the other day about how a load of content was actually removed from the game prior to its release! Can you imagine how long the 100% playthrough might have been if it had been included?!?!

I like your explanation for Arthur’s & John’s ‘manoeuvrability’ too 😂, works for me so I’m gonna have that in the forefront of my mind as I play on. Doesn’t explain my bloody horse though… unless she’s also on the sauce! 😅

Just compared our progress on PSN now… and we’re actually in a very similar place. Both on 82% with the only difference being that we each have a bronze that the other is yet to get.

@colonelkilgore Ah, I had forgotten about that conversation but credit to you for keeping the open mind. Glad that it worked out and didn’t lead you astray. 👊🏼

Not sure how the platinum roadmap is shaking out, but a good contrasting game to play next would be Returnal. It’s equally magnificent and will give you a large dose of kinetic excellent gameplay with minimal yet satisfying narrative to keep balance and n your gaming universe. 😄

@colonelkilgore You convinced to give RDR2 another go. I tried it once last year, but the start was soooo incredibly slow with nothing really happening, that it bored me. It was kinda the same problem i have with kingdom come: deliverance. I don't mind if a game slows down here and there, but starting out so slow, didn't really draw me in. And normally big open world games are my jam. The witcher 3 still is my favorite game of all time, so this one should also resonate with me. SO i hope another playthrough will give me the same feeling or at least makes me feel better than the first time playing it.

@colonelkilgore Perhaps all those times we've been hitching our horses outside the saloon they've been getting a few crafty ones in. The annoying thing with the horse for me is that even though I've reached the max bonding level the thing clearly only thinks about itself and throws me off at the first sign of trouble, leaving me to die while it escapes unharmed 😆

That trophy percentage is way closer than I thought it would be. The big one for me is going to be the golding the 70 story missions as I've not gone back and looked at any of those yet. I'm hoping that I can get all the low hanging fruit and just have to push myself on a few of the more difficult ones.

@Th3solution yeah I get why Returnal would be the perfect counter-point to RDR2. I am super keen to play it too as I have a good idea that I’m gonna connect with it. It’s not gonna be next for me though as I’ve already kinda settled on chipping away at the GTAV online trophies while I wait for GoW:R to release. Once I’m over the hill though (100 plats) I’m gonna be far more relaxed on my schedule and will doubtless fit Returnal in sometime early next year.

@Lavalera well, hopefully you’ll be able to enjoy it a bit more when you restart it. What I will say is that I think this game in particular really comes down to what frame of mind you’re in going in. I’m naturally always in a rush (though my missus would strongly disagree 🤣) and the pace of RDR2 really triggered me because of this. As a result, if you are intent on going back to it, I’d wait until you have a whole lot of time on your hands with little else to do.

@render I’m currently on 62 golds so just the 8 more to go. I’m pretty sure that I have a few missions that I can get gold on after a few attempts too… so that should be okay. It was the 10 skills challenges (each with 10 different challenges) and studying and killing each and every animal that I was severely behind on though.

I’ve kinda caught up now as I’ve been consciously chasing the skills challenges in particular. So I think I have roughly 20 challenges left and maybe 50 animals… ish.

@colonelkilgore Glad you loved Red Dead Redemption 2 so much. It’s such a special game for me, not just because I adored it but also because it was the first game that really showed my mum how cinematic and sweeping games could actually be. It’s both a technical showcase and also just a bloody good story.

@nessisonett I’ve noticed that you’ve mentioned your mum and the fact that she games a few times over the time that I’ve been on here. So RDR2 was the game that got her involved then. That’s really cool… as I said in my post, I’d love nothing more than my father to give RDR 2 a proper go, as I honestly think it would give his upcoming retirement a boost of something to be interested in.

@colonelkilgore As much as people go on about RDR2 having complicated controls, I can say for a fact that the way the game shows the controls on screen depending on the context of your actions is really helpful. It being relatively slower paced compared to other third person shooters also helps. I’d say it was a perfect game for your father, it’s got loads of content without it feeling overwhelming and there’s a narrative to keep him hooked.

@colonelkilgore I bought it for my Dad, as he found God Of War 2018 too fast paced, so thought it would perfect for him as loves a good open world to get (literally) lost in. But, alas it didn't click with him and he did play it for a fair few hours.

@nessisonett @JohnnyShoulder well I’ll certainly run the idea passed him… but highly doubt that he would have any interest whatsoever. Honestly, the looks my parents give me when the subject of my gaming hobby comes up in conversation are priceless. 😂

Divinity: Original Sin 1

It's finally over. Good grief.

A complete contrast to when I finished Original Sin II... where I was honestly tempted to play it all over again.

It's all I honestly want to say on the matter anymore.

I'm done

@HallowMoonshadow ouch.

Also kinda suprised because the game got universal praise for the writing. is 2 that much better that 1 just gets ruined for you?

As I said to Rog in the PS4 games thread @jdv95 I'd like to give the game the benefit of the doubt and say it's more of a me thing.

It obviously didn't help I kept slogging through it when I was quite clearly not enjoying it.

The tone of the writing is the problem for me personally.

I've said before it's quite goofy at times compared to OS II which was more serious overall (whilst still having lighter hearted moments and humour when needed).

It's hard to say much about the writing without talking about major plot points... Needless to say the reveal of why a villain had become the way they did came across more like an Eastenders plot and was without a doubt the main reason for my souring of the story as before this reveal I was more invested in it.

Didn't help most of the main characters weren't very enjoyable to me either or at best were kinda just there.

OS II does feel more polished in every regard.

... That's the short answer 😂

@HallowMoonshadow Well, if anything positive came out of it, I do plan on checking out Original Sin II at some point and just skipping the first one since you've been talking about the series and the sequel is on sale right now on PSN. I obviously don't need to play the fist one to enjoy the sequel, and I've been ignoring the game for too long. I love a good RPG, and obviously that's a great one.

It is a CRPG with an Isometric viewpoint so... I'd recommend you give it a look first and make sure it's up your alley @KilloWertz.

There is quite a lot of dialogue to be had (it is all voiced though) and you might find it to be a bit cumbersome on a controller for what was made ideally for mouse and keyboard.

There are multiple difficulty levels too as on Classic difficulty the combat did get tough at points, especially towards the end

Oh and it is LONG. OS II took well over 120 hours for me to complete... Though I was doing very side quest I could! 😅

@HallowMoonshadow I have no problem with the genre or the viewpoint. I like Diablo as far as the viewpoint goes, and I loved Dragon Age: Origins (even if I haven't played much in that particular genre of RPGs). I also don't mind a lot of dialogue, especially since it's all voiced like you said.

I assume you can change the difficulty once you start the game? I'd be ok with that as long as I can drop it down if I get stuck somewhere in the game.

The length is not as issue either. I've spent 150 hours each in Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Valhalla, and also spent probably at least 120 in Horizon Forbidden West, so I'm ok as long as the game is engaging enough to keep me going. From the sound of it, that shouldn't be a problem.

@HallowMoonshadow I’ve bounced off Original Sin multiple times so perhaps I should just move onto the second one! Especially seeing as the sequel’s on my Steam rather than PS4 so I can use a mouse 😂

@Jimmer-jammer cheers buddy… think that the platinum is going as well as possible, apart from finding and killing every type of animal. I still have around 40 left to find 😅