DrVenture69

I restarted Blue Prince after loosing 200 hours of gameplay due to a file corruption. Gotta be Blue Prince for me

The soundtrack of this game as well, it comes up on my Spotify all the time. One of my proudest moments was unintentionally getting the pacifist ending. Such a great game, might have to get it on Playstation now

I'm still playing Ender Magnolia, it's another case of "I'm not sure I like it that much" for the first 10 hours (like Ender Lilies), then "OMG I love this!". Apparently I can't have enough Metroidvanias. I'm still chipping away at the GT7 Power Pack and weeklies, and I've finally caved and got Clair Explorer 33 that all you kids have been talking about, so that's next!

Have a great weekend/Chrimbo/Holidays Folks!

I hope they put gyro controls back, i cant play it without

@Chip-Douglas Lol, we’re too old dude! I literally just had an image of a red codpiece. No, no, no, no, no! Candy was cool too

After umming and ahhing over Ender Lilies for a couple of years, I finally got it a couple of weeks ago in the sale. At first the level design seems really blocky, but the game really opens out into a brilliant little Metroidvania, it was work persevering with. I platinumed it in about 50 hours and loved the last 40 hours. The bosses are so fair, nothing feels like "Ugh, I've got to do this another 50 times". Ender Magnolia is a completely different setting, but I'm having fun with it too.

I'm still playing Star Ocean The Second Story R but it feels really grindy, I like the characters, but yeah, I'm a bit cool on the game. I'll finish it anyway.

Have a great weekend Folks!

I can’t believe it’s almost 10 years since this came out. I never got the platinum, but I loved it. One of those games that made you feel smart at it’s best, and frustrated the hell at it’s worst (“What do you want me to do!?!). My most pervading memory was of the video of the guy walking backwards and forwards for about 5 minutes. I remember thinking, “Is this deep?”, nope it’s just nonsense, but I still loved the game. Maybe one day…

I’d put my decorations up on the 28th Nov . After my 50 hour obsession with Baby Steps, I watched a Let’s Play (Special Edd) and realised I’d never have the patients to finish it, but I absolutely loved it and might chip away at it. I started Star Ocean The Second Story R and I’m really liking it, the combat’s a bit button-mashy but it’s fine.

Also having fun with the GT7 Power Pack, but wow, do we really have to watch an intro to every single car!?! It’s like 60 seconds before the race starts, and one of this weeks mission races is pretty tricky.

I replaced the battery in my old ps5 controller with a 4000mha about a month ago and its gone from 2 hours to about 5 days. Theyre easier to replace than the ps4 too (once youve got the shell open). No tiny springs flying across the room. Ive not had stick drift with the base one or the on that came with the pro, but Hall effect sticks would be great

@lessthanleo thanks! That’s the perfect price for it

So weird they've still not released the price of the paid DLC with only 4 days to go. I'm looking forward to this though.

I've got 4 cars left to get in the base game at the moment, and that would still take months because of their rarity.

I’ve almost finished my Zelda Wind Waker playthrough, input lag and extreme obtuseness aside it’s still a great game. So much character.

I’ve also been playing a bit of Vampire Survivors, just 60 trophies (out of an eye watering 244) to go.

The game that’s surprised me the most is Baby Steps which I got in the sale a week ago. From not being able to take more than three steps, to being able to run up stairs, it’s just so weird and funny. I want to explore everywhere now!

And hey, isn’t it weird they haven’t released the price of the GT7 DLC with less than a week to go!

Have a great weekend Folks!

@StitchJones 😂. Totally agree with Lords of the Fallen, the NPC’s could do with a bit of polish but the level design is awesome

“Pies of Lee”!? I’ll show myself out

Yup, a poisoned chalice from the start. The first one had character, but wow, it was a buggy heap

@somnambulance I haven’t played Maquette is quite a while but I remembered it was a bit of a brainbender . Changing perspective and making small things big. Talos Principle has some underlying theological themes, but it’s mostly told through the terminals and you can pretty much ignore them and just do the spacial puzzles (the metagame and secrets are fantastic, there’s even a nod to Aperture Science )

@somnambulance He’s got great taste in games, if he likes those Maquette is worth a look and The Talos Principle is superb

I've been playing Wind Waker on the Wii U for a couple of days. It's a great game but man, the input lag is painful. Just had a sale splurge on Baby Steps, Silent Hill F, and the two Ender Lilies games so that should keep me going for a bit.

Also just finished up the weekly GT7 races and finally got the MacLaren F1 '94. 920 hours in and 4 cars left to go! I finished Prodeus which is a solid little shooter, loads of secrets to find too

Have a great weekend Folks!

I thought I wasn’t in to deck building games, then I played Inscryption and loved it, so I’m definitely up for this.

How many hundreds of trophies does it have? I’m up to about 170 out of 244 in Vampire Suvivors

@Northern_munkey you wont regret the psvr2, it’s pretty much the only way i play gt7, so good (with the small exception the BMW VGT doesn't have a cockpit model so it’s like your’e driving with your head out the sun roof 😄).

It’s a smart move because it’s a spread bet, cover all the markets, but I really could not care less (like live service or free to play games).

@Zuljaras That orphanage is so creepy

@Zuljaras I’ve still got my day 1 release 3 disk boxset of Painkiller from 21 years ago . Fantastic shooter, feels brilliant, huge hordes, great power ups and millions of secrets. One of my favourites!

Late to the party today, but after my marathon “Every OG Doom Map Pack” run, I got Prodeus. I spent about the first 2 hours thinking, man I don’t like this, no saving during the levels, twitchy aiming, but then I suddenly clicked with it. It’s a damn good little shooter with lots of secrets. I also finished Inscryption which I absolutely loved, cards and weird metagame game

I want the Top Gear test track and the Suzuki Liana so i can beat Jay Kay’s time

I'm still playing the fantastic Inscryption in the evenings, sacrilege but I like the card element more than Balatro!

I've almost finished my marathon replay of all OG Doom, just playing through Legacy of Rust.

As a chillout alternative, I've also gone back to Immortals Fenyx Rising which is sooo good, almost Zelda like.

I've parked Powerwash Simulator 2 until they patch in gyro controls

Have a great weekend Folks!

Thanks @Ralizah and @max_the_german, it’s really useful to see how you’re both getting on with it. I pretty much only play docked, and i only tend to get the “blockbuster” Nintendo games (and some exclusives). I might well be tempted into getting one

@Ralizah I was almost looking to be talked into it since I’d really like to play Tears of the Kingdom again with a decent framerate. I’d heard bad things about Echoes of Wisdom’s framerate too, which the Switch 2 seems to fix. I’d still love a classic Mario and/or dungeon based Zelda, but it is starting to sound like I’d get some boom for my buck now. It would give me an excuse to play Moon again too

@Max_the_German you’re tempting me now . I might make it a Christmas present to myself

@Max_the_German that was about the only one i was interested in, but i really wanted a Zelda or Mario. Sounds like Echoes of Wisdom is better on the Switch 2, so that’s tempting

The Switch 2 is the first Nintendo console ive skipped since the N64, there’s just nothing on it i want. Ninty are missing out on the money for the seven games i usually get on each console (PS4/5 is at around 300 games 😂)

On a whim, i bought Inscryption on sale thinking “I’m not that interested in card games, but i’ll give it s shot”. I’m now as obsessed with it as i was Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and The Blue Prince (41 trophies too!) I’d much rather spend £70 on ten games like these than on one “committee developed” piece of “AAA” dross.

I hope Daniel Mullin’s other games come to playstation at some point or i might have to support him via those Half Life 3 withholding monsters “steam”

Have a great weekend folks!

@Jammer Thanks buddy, I'm missed that, the first one was intense! Off to my wishlist! Edit: D'oh not up yet. Darkwood's on sale for £2.49 if anyone's interested, that's a steal!

Im going more for indie games these days Bendy and the Ink Machine and Darkwood were interesting. Loved Crow Country and i’m just playing and loving Inscryption

Finally finished Hollow Knight again, and platinumed Hogwarts Legacy. I’m still “between games” and figuring out what to get next, so I’m playing the fantastic Steamworld Dig and OG Doom (The Master Levels) at the moment, which aren’t actually great, but I’ve only got a couple of levels left

Looks like gyro controls aren’t enabled at the moment, hopefully they patch it in soon. It could do with some deadzone config too

@SoapMonki, a demo for every game would be great, I guess I can understand why some don't.

Totally agree with them being permanent, and I'd add NOT BEHIND A PSN PAYWALL. A demo isn't an added perk for PSN subscribers, it's a tool to sell games. Everyone who doesn't have a PSN subscription is still supporting Sony by buying their consoles and software.

I still haven't brought Doom Dark Ages because I want to try before I buy (or I'll get it in a couple of years for £5)

Rant over

I'm still finishing off Hollow Knight, and some Hogwarts Legacy. I've also become re-addicted to the original Doom, I'm playing the Final Doom levels at the moment.

I'm still not sure about Ghost of Yokei (almost wrote Yorkie 😂), I'm still a bit salty about the upgrade path for Ghost of Tsushima

Id only get 4 or 5 hours out of my original dual sense, but the one that came with the pro will do 10 hours. No stick drift on either thankfully. I wished they put deadzone config into the OS though, rather than hoping games implement it. I always liked that xbox batteries were removable (swap and charge approach), so this is good

I'm still playing Hollow Knight in the evenings and loving it as much as the first time I played it. So much depth. It's really set me up for Silksong.

I've finished NMS and I'm still struggling to find a weekend game I really want to play so I've gone for a replay of Hogwarts Legacy which looks so good on Pro (performance mode). I'm taking the collectathon approach at the moment and really enjoying it. I think the next one will probably be Clair Obscur since you bunch seem to be enjoying it so much!

Happy Weekend and Congrats on 600 WAYPTW's Folks!

Push Square's not far off 500K followers, so that should be another celebration

There’s a message on the landing page saying “Free Spec III coming December”, new tracks, cars and features! GT7, the gift that keeps giving!

@Robamuffin I hope so, it's just another "try before you buy" option and I really don't like these sitting behind PSN (which obviously I don't have), just like Doom Dark Ages.

I'd have given it a shot today if it had been an open demo. It sounds promising you liked it though. Looks like fun.

PSA: It’s another one of those games where the demo is paywalled behind PSN Premium. So dumb. Can’t have nice things….

I hope GT8 has got Sophy AI throughout, the base AI is pretty oblivious. Still a brilliant game, after these I’ve only got 6 cars left to get

I hope Vampire Survivors looks good on it. Fingers crossed for 60fps😂. But yeah, fps / framepacing > bells & whistles!

No Mans Sky is still scratching my itch (I just found a system called Robopoop IV with a cartographer guild member call Cartographer Dude (apparently you can't rename NPCs))

I also came across a weird little British metroidvania called Horace which is worth a look, it gets 9.5 / 10 on PSN, but I don't think PushSquare have covered it (might be one for Mr Tailby if you're interested).

I'm still finishing off Hollow Knight in the evenings so hopefully I'll be on to Silksong soon.

Have a great weekend Folks!

@TimeDelayedGamer no problem at all 😄

@TimeDelayedGamer, it's pretty similar in crafting to Subnautica (the usual farm resources, get blueprints to build technology). Some blueprints can be gated behind missions (I was trying to find a blue print for a antimatter containment vessel before it randomly appeared after completing a mission). Base building isn't quite as tight as Subnautica, the editor can be a bit of a chore, but it's not like you doing it all the time. There's a really nice dripfeed of discovery though. You're constantly either crafting items to make your life easier, or pursuing the quests. The flying and combat feels great too, you can offer to buy any ship that lands at a station.

You can notice the procedural nature of it, but it's no distracting, it's like "Oh here's the mineral on this world that I get sodium from" but it looks slightly different. The worlds and animals can look completely different.

Plus I think it's on PSN for about £16 at the moment. I've put 141 hours in to it, so yep, I'd recommend it. Edit: And it's PSVR2 enabled!

It can feel a challenge to remember how to do everything if you come back to it after a year or two like I did, which is why I restarted (it's infinitely better than Elite Dangerous in my opinion too, it has a story )

I was struggling to find something I wanted to play other than Hollow Knight, which I absolutely love again now, it just keeps opening up. Totally ready for Silksong when I've finished it.

I wanted to play something like Subnautica, so I took another crack at No Mans Sky and loving it. They've put so much effort into it.

Have a great weekend Folks!

I’d have to second Death Stranding 2, being on top of a mountain and seeing the massive moon, or a sunset. Wow! I think is has the best mist/fog/snow I’ve seen in a game too. Lords of the Fallen shows what a good implementation of UE5 can do. Astrobot has got some of the most polished graphics, shows it’s not just Nintendo that can produce that kind of quality. Lumo is a fantastic interpretation of 8 bit isometric adventures too. GT7’s weather system and raytracing too. But hey, for every powerhouse like DS2, there are a bunch of indies that use graphics to make you feel something. It’s not just about the flash