Topic: What (Non-PS4) game are you playing??

Dead Space 2 is probably my favorite PS3 game, I must have completed it 5-6 times. The first one is certainly good, but the game massively benefits from a none-silent protagonist in my opinion. I'd really struggle to call any of the Dead Space games scary though, but I guess the first one is creepier than the more action focused second game. But then I played them so much maybe I just got used to the way they do horror and it lost its impact.

Games like this, Resident Evil and Evil Within are only really scary for the first couple of hours while you build up your arsenal and learn how enemies behave.

I remember playing Dead Space on the hardest difficulty using just the plasma cutter so I could get the two trophies in one go. It was a thrill.

@nessisonett I loved the first DS game and thought the second was okay. Never bothered with the third.

I also played DS1 through with just the plasma cutter, like @ApostateMage, and that made it even more fun/tense. Playing with other weapons after that was just too easy!

The plasma cutter is one of my favourite weapons in any game, it feels so good to use. It’s a shame that the flamethrower’s a bit rubbish, I spent all my credits on it!

@nessisonett Yeah the Plasma Cutter is always useful, some of the guns and alternate fire modes in DS1 are a bit sucky (did anyone ever use the alternative fire for the assault rifle?)

The worst game of the trilogy, Mass Effect 3. My Shep opening her trap all the time without any input from the dialogue wheel just breaks the foundation on what Mass Effect was built upon. And most of the writing is awful compared to ME2.

Hades is absolutely brilliant, possibly the best rogue-like I’ve ever played alongside BoI and Tales of Maj’Eyal. Setting, charm, depth, it really does have it all. I’ve never played any Supergiant games before but now I’m definitely going to check out Transistor and Bastion. I hope Hades comes on PS4/5 since it’s hitting the big 1.0 next update.

@LN78 Yeah, they seem to have a pretty impressive back catalogue, every single game they’ve made has been critically acclaimed. I can see why though, they definitely know how to make a game ooze style.

@KratosMD Yep, I was waiting for you to get to that moment. The whole game’s a superb deconstruction of classic FPS tropes and really does make you stop and think. Not many games make me contemplate whether or not to play on because I just don’t trust the main character to make the right decisions and not force me into essentially committing heinous acts of cruelty.

@KratosMD It just does such a good job of making you really think about the choices you’re making. I’m not a fan of when games spell out the consequences of your actions as like you say, there’s no do-overs in real life.

Cuphead. I'm really enjoying it so far. It's a challenging game, but in a good way. Each of the bosses seem daunting at first, but they start to become more bearable with practice and once you start getting used to their attacks.

Practice makes perfect at this game. There is a helpful meter that shows up whenever the player dies, showing them exactly how far they were through the battle. This lets the player see how close they were to winning, as well as showing that they're improving.

The biggest positive with this game is the art style. The 30's animation visuals look so fluid, and the developers have clearly poured a lot of creativity into it. This is also true for the character designs. The weird and wacky characters have a lot of charm to them.

Out of the Park Baseball 21 is now on Game Pass PC. There goes the rest of my weekend, time to put the Yankees in their place by continuing my 1939 save file and getting Ted Williams and Jimmie Foxx the titles they deserve.

@crimsontadpoles Cuphead is brilliant, it’s a real shame it isn’t on PS4. The mechanics just work really well together and it has heaps of charm.

I am playing Batman TTG on my iPad. Very fun game, love it so far.

I love that game @KratosMD! Sly Cooper is my favourite PS2 platform series. The rooftop hopping is really fun. The visuals are really nicely stylised too so it doesn’t look dated.

@KratosMD That happened to me as well. I'm on that tower, can see exactly where he's going. Then he decides to go through a locked door with a keypad, at which point it's too late for me to see the code he enters.

But yes, the checkpoint system is good in this game. It's very noticeable on missions where you have to do X number of things, e.g. collect 3 keys. Whenever the player fails, it keeps the current progress, so you don't have to recollect everything again.

Ok so Hwoarang is insanely OP in Tekken 3. Managed to beat his arcade mode in 1:02:36, even with 1 round wins that’s pretty crazy. This game is a massive step up from 2, which I did like as well. Tekken Force is pretty fun as well, I already unlocked Dr Bosconovitch, who is one of the most absurd fighting game characters I’ve ever played as.

@RogerRoger I still love the Raimi games, they’re definitely from a simpler time so I do understand your gripes with it. That pizza theme is incredible though, I will hear nothing against it because it’s a work of art.

Argh, you posted right at the same time! Yep, onto Tag Tournament after this I reckon. I’ll need to get hold of 4 but I’m loving seeing the changes as the combat gets more fluid and the roster gets more diverse.

@RogerRoger Spider-Man 3 has absolutely nothing to do with the movie, therefore is automatically better! I had the original Tekken on PS1 growing up but outside of a few games against my brother, it was far too difficult. I managed to get copies of 2 and 3 a few years ago but never got round to playing them because there were new consoles at that point, with other games to play. If I can play a series through, I usually try to since it gives a bit of perspective when you get to the later entries.

@RogerRoger How dare you besmirch the name of Spiderman 2!

I seem to remember you can unlock a zip line type move like the current game has which helps with traversal. My favourite combat move to unlock is one where you tie enemies up from lampposts which I spent way too long trying to do.

It’s a shame to hear it’s not clicking with you though because, at the time at least, it was a great game.

@RogerRoger It's hard to know quite how the good the game is now seeing as it's probably been 15 years since I played it..

I quite liked the swinging mechanic with the combo of shoot web, speed swing, jump feeling really cool at the time. It's interesting to hear you say about the combat being a pre-cursor for Arkham etc though as it's funny that I can't think of any games between the two which used something close to that but it's now quite a ubiquitous combat mechanic.

The Bruce Campbell narrated tutorial is pretty neat too