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I've been trying out some emulators and dipping in and out of LOTR: The Two Towers & Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams

Goddammit I just finished this about a month ago! Then again it was on sale for £12 so no biggie.
Its a great game and I would recommend it to anyone, even to those with souls-like fatigue as its one of the easier souls-likes but still very enjoyable!

This is drawing a lot of similarities to Black Myth Wukong's initial release. Middling reviews because expert gamer critics dock points for bizarre reasons like "cluttered UI", "difficulty spikes" (in the real world, we like to call these bosses) and "obscurity aka not enough hand-holding".
Just wait for the user reviews or Steam reviews if you want to make an informed purchase.

@GirlVersusGame Yes! I plan to play VC Stories soon too! Thanks for the heads up!
I remember the physical maps they included, I had the GTA 3 map on my wall for years. So many memories from these games - good times

I'll be playing GTA: Liberty City Stories. I can't believe I haven't played this until now. Doing missions on this classic LC map is so fun and takes me back to playing GTA 3 on my PS2. I love it.
Also been dabbling in Dome Keeper, a mining rogue-like on Steam.

There's no way this should be legal, it seems quite similar to price gouging but I'm no expert

C'mon guys, there's no need for bait

Been playing Herdling this week so I'll finish that off and keep playing Ball X Pit in the meantime.

Ball X Pit reminds me of Peglin but there's more mechanics at play, pretty addictive!

They deserve it. Good for them

Absolutely disgusting. Complete mismanagement.
Make the studio work on a GoW live service game that nobody wanted instead of remastering games - cancel that - studio in limbo - shutdown studio.

Incredible work, Sony and Herman. This is why people are flocking to PC gaming

@RoomWithaMoose 😂 Not wrong!

They'll either remove them or gender-swap one of the girls at the very least. It's Sony

@JohntheRaptor There's not nearly enough 3D metroidvanias and it hurts my poor soul

Metroidvania fans getting a new Bloodstained game and now a new Castlevania

WE EATING GOOD

Highcord all the waaaaaayyyyy

What a trilogy. So glad they managed to deliver yet again. Such a talented studio

Gave Lords of the Fallen (2023) a try in the week and really enjoying it! Good souls-like

Starting Citizen Sleeper 2 today - played the first game a few years ago and loved it

It's on my wishlist. I know I'll love it when I play it. I knew the game was fairly popular already but I'm glad to hear the game is a financial success as well!

About halfway through Guardians of the Galaxy so should finish it next week

Just beat Hitman: Blood Money for the first time this week, such a classic. Great game.
After that I was excited to play Dragonball Sparking Zero but whole experience was underwhelming to say the least. The combat is repetitive and how they've implemented the story and cutscenes is lacklustre.
So I'm going to drop that and try Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy! It was cheap and I've heard great things about it like the soundtrack.
Have a happy weekend all!

I'm about half way through Signalis and it's pretty good, you can see what they were going for so I hope it finishes strong.
I also started Sonic x Shadow Generations which I knew I would love but it lives up to the hype and more - can't wait to play more of that!

The Indie Game Awards were always a joke but now they're admitting it.
Just look at some of the award categories, it's all performative. They've taken a hard stance on this, so much so that devs could get disqualified for disobeying it. But why? If they actually cared about rewarding the best indie game this year I doubt they would have made such a black and white rule for gen ai use when they're fully aware of how prevalent its use is. I don't think The Indie Game Awards standards have been out-paced by industry norms - I think this is all about virtue signalling.
They have since doubled-down and revoked another award because the devs admitted to working with ModRetro, the CEO of which is openly right-wing.
The question is not whether E33 should be disqualified or whether its use of AI is damning, but why such a hard anti-AI rule exists, regardless of whether Sandfall lied or not.

I've been playing Lorn's Lure - a first-person climbing game with great exploration and level design, and Viewfinder - that weird visual perspective game with a camera and... quirky dialogue 😁

@PerpetualBoredom Except I'm right and game studios are companies which need to generate a profit to survive.
Look at what Sven said - "if somebody finds the golden egg and you’re not using it, you’re dead in this industry".
But takes like yours don't add anything to the conversation. Simply saying "cApItaLiSM bAd" is ridiculous and highlights the mindset of some of these devs, which is a non-capitalist utopia where they can sit around all day drawing furries and everything else will magically take care of itself. Its easy to critique capitalism when you can't put forward a better alternative.

@NieR_Dark Yeah I can appreciate that. My comment was not bait but when I see the same sort of people giving the same takes its hard not to assume there's a pattern.
Yeah maybe cushy isn't the best descriptor but the point is more about the value that they bring to the company they're at rather than how difficult their job is. It all seems like a knee-jerk reaction from these people and its as if they keep parroting the same reddit-brained narrative over and over again without nuance.

Are people so quick to forget that Larian was in debt when making BG3 because they didn't want to lay anyone off? They stood by their devs and took a big risk but they had faith in their team that it would pay off, so they would be the last dev team I would expect to put their team's jobs at risk.

The only people who are so openly negative about any possible use of AI are the people who are most likely to get laid off when it exposes how expendable they are. All they wanna do is keep their cushy job so they never have to get better at what they do and in the long run they'll probably fail upwards if they're lucky.

@PuppetMaster I think it might end up being a financial flop cos they've spent longer than they wanted developing it and might've put too many eggs in that basket.
But those other games you mentioned that flopped - I wouldn't say people didn't give them a fair chance, I would say they just weren't very good games, at least not the quality of game that gamers expect from Capcom (except for Godhand, thanks IGN) and therefore didn't sell well.

After being disappointed by Killing Floor 3 I've decided to jump into Control because I forgot it was in my library! It's a good game so I was pleased to see Control Resonant get announced at The Game Awards

Not a big Star Wars fan but as a racing game this shows promise

Animal Well!
It's a fantastic metroidvania, would highly recommend

I'm starting Darkest Dungeon 2 and Dragon's Dogma 2!
I've heard neither are as good as the originals but I want to see for myself

I'm here for Sony backing talented and passionate devs that want to make single-player games that they think are fun

Great game and not as grindy as others in the genre - would recommend

Nearly Halloween so I'm playing Resident Evil Village. Really enjoying it!

Heading back to Nier Automata to do the 9S playthrough

Shadowrun Dragonfall

Forza Horizon 5 this weekend

Metal Gear Solid 2

Two excellent games this weekend after getting through the first part of Nier: Automata:-
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 which is awesome;
and Halls of Torment... which I think I prefer to Vampire Survivors even!

Just kill it. It's embarrassing at this point.
No one wants this type of bloated budget, live service slop.
Restructure your management, get rid of the suits, Karens and middle managers and realise that you can't simply throw money at projects and have them succeed if you don't have the talent onboard or have passionless moneymen dictating what you make.

I had to stop watching after about 45 mins. Who has the time to watch this live only for one of the better announcements to be a LEGO game?

Finally finished Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth yesterday - fantastic Yakuza game and pays a wonderful homage to Kiryu's journey.

This weekend I'll start either Furi or Nier: Automata... or both!

@sorteddan Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a gem. Amazing OST too

Not generally a fan of remasters or remakes but if they remaster DW5 that would be some nice nostalgia bait personally. Loved that game as a kid

The fact that DMC5 has broken 10M in sales is incredible and entirely deserved. At least Adi Shankar did some good

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth!
Might take me a few weekends to beat...

Dead Space and getting to the end of Another Crab's Treasure