@Ralizah If you talk to some of the npc's and exhaust their dialogue, they should give you hints about where to head to next. I seem to remember the bloke sitting near the bonfire at firelink shrine being helpful at this stage.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
@colonelkilgore Good to know I'm broadly on the right track! It's increasingly looking like the areas guarded by abnormally difficult regular enemies are indeed turning out to be too high level for me.
We're going to agree to disagree on the maps. Not knowing where I am doesn't add to the experience for me. The map system in Elden Ring also didn't spoil that game's exploration one little bit. Games like Metroid Prime with similarly complex and interconnected areas feature maps, and that doesn't ruin the exploration, either. It's just a poor design choice I'm never going to agree with.
One of the things that prompted me to finally buy the OLED was being blown away by the footage of Dark Souls running on this device. Fatal Frame as well. I'm suddenly much more interested in games that envelop the player in darkness!
It's actually not quite my first time. I played this for a few hours a decade or so ago. Also played through half or so of Bloodborne when that came out. I'll probably never enjoy these games half as much as Elden Ring, but I did want to properly play through at least the first game. There are elements I hate about it, but I'm not going to let that keep me from appreciating the aspects it does right.
@JohnnyShoulder Their dialogue changes if you keep speaking to them, eh? Good to know. I generally only talk to NPCs once.
Currently Playing: Resident Evil Village: Gold Edition
Just preordered Sonic Frontiers on Series X. First time I've preordered a Sonic game I think, but I have high hopes for this game and it actually looks very promising. Hopefully it will deliver a decent experience at the very least. Otherwise I think this will be my first and last time I preorder a Sonic game, lol.
@Ralizah Yeah so you should always keep speaking to them until they start repeating their dialogue. They will also have more to say after certain events and will move to other areas, much like they did in Elden Ring.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
Just bought Rogue Legacy 2 on Switch. Played for about two hours and it's so addicting, just like the first game. It also feels perfect to play on the Switch.
Really excited to be playing Rogue Legacy again. It's like being transported back to the golden days of PlayStation indies.
Just ordered Gotham Knights, The Quarry, Dying Light 2 and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands on Xbox during the Black Friday sale. Been wanting the first two games for some time now so I'm happy to use the sale as an excuse to get them now. Also looking forward to giving the other two games a go!
@RogerRoger Yep, I'm definitely looking forward to playing Gotham Knights the most out of those games. After all, I was originally planning on getting it at launch but other games took up my time and I decided to postpone the purchase.
If there's one new release that I'm surprised got a steep discount so shortly after launch, it's Sonic Frontiers. The PS5 version only costs €38 now, which is very cheap since the game only came out last week!
Just ordered Saints Row on Series X for €28. I knew the game would eventually see a massive price cut due to how poorly it was received. But I'm hopeful it'll be to my liking since I don't see anything inherently wrong with the game. It's been a long time since I've played a Saints Row game, let alone a sandbox title, so I'm definitely looking forward to giving it a go.
Also bought Lost in Random for €6 on Xbox. Looks like quite the unique experience and I'm always happy giving indie games that look promising a go.
Just bought Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, Ghostrunner and Journey to the Savage Planet on Xbox for €30 in total. Been contemplating buying some games in the digital Black Friday sale and it came down to these three. I got the first one purely because it looked so original. I've never played a game about human evolution before so I'm really excited to play it even if it's a game where you have to do a fair amount of grinding. In terms of Ghostrunner, it basically looks like a mix between the combat of Ninja Gaiden and the traversal of Titanfall 2. In other words, it looks absolutely awesome and I can't wait to give it a go. Lastly, Journey to the Savage Planet seems like a fun and relaxing experience, which could be a fitting game to play in between all the heavy action titles I've been playing lately.
@LtSarge Journey to the Savage Planet is one of those games that I really liked the look of so downloaded from PS Plus and then it ran abysmally on PS4. Hopefully the frame rate’s a bit steadier on Xbox, it seemed like a solid game otherwise.
Just ordered Burnout Paradise Remastered, Dirt 5 and Project Cars 3 on Xbox for a total of €50. I've been really wanting to buy more racing games lately and I've had these on my watchlist for quite some time so I decided to finally buy them.
I also wanted to buy Grid Legends but I saw that the game's career mode is only 4-5 hours long so I figured I might as well just play it on EA Play for €4 instead of spending €20 on a physical copy. Not to mention I could play other racing games on there as well. Granted, I could've played Dirt 5 and Burnout Paradise on EA Play as well but I felt they were long enough games that they're worth buying physically and I could take my time playing through them.
So I went ahead and bought Grid Legends for €20 anyway. I didn't realise that the game has a traditional career mode with dozens of hours of content on top of the 4-5 hour long story mode. Seriously, this game is so good. The story is excellent, the racing feels great with a good balance of arcade and sim, the graphics are so good and it's overall a joy to play. I simply have to own this game.
I'm at least glad that I managed to realise how good this game is thanks to EA Play. Now I'll be able to try out other racing games that I'm not planning on buying.
@RogerRoger For sure. It's a bit discouraging to do that with the more expensive subscription services like PS+ Extra or Game Pass. But considering EA Play is only €4, it's a great way to explore different games.
@KAIRU I can't even remember the last time I heard a 50 cent tune never mind him being so popular that he had multiple games. Get rich or die trying was such a massive hit back in the day, its easy to forget how ubiquitous fiddy was! I plan on rolling back the years with a j and a beer Friday and playing some of this followed by catching up with the game awards announcements.
I had a really strange feeling as I’ve been chipping away at the remnants of my PS3 backlog. I mean, it’s felt like an albatross around my neck at times, when I’ve had PS5 and PS4 titles on the shelves metaphorically crying out to be played… but as the amount of unplayed PS3 titles in my collection dried to the dregs, it made me feel a little… well uneasy.
I’m pretty sure that this feeling was the deciding factor in me just pulling the trigger on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 1 & 2… now my PS3-games-left-to-play is back into double digits 😅 phew!
Just ordered Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered and Hades on Series X for a total of €40. Besides NFS: Unbound, I've pretty much bought all modern racing games that I want to get now. I'm very excited to play Hot Pursuit down the line as it's such a fun game from the little that I've played of it. Also looking forward to playing Hades but I don't think I'll be starting it anytime soon as I want to play at least one or two games made by Supergiant before I get to Hades.
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