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Snagged the platinum last week and will be happy to revisit it next year.

This was not on my radar as I am Marveled out (as I suspect more and more people are), but it sounds so good I am going to give it a go!

@Jrs1 fantastic game. Can’t believe I stuck 30 hours into it. It was easily interfering with every other game I played.

@Jrs1 with BallxPit I wound up using remote play and using the auto play character combined with every other character to complete levels toward the platinum. Allowed me to check the game every fifteen minutes like I was baking while actually spending the day doing other things. Then last night I played manually for the remaining character or two I had left.

After about 30 hours the BallxPit platinum is mine. Top 5 games this year.

Working on the Cronos New Dawn platinum as well now.

Then it’ll be Arc Raiders with my mate, some more Where Winds Meet, and then I started Shinobi and am thoroughly enjoying it.

I’m having the itch to pay and play something new as well but have no idea what I’m in the mood for. Happy gaming all!

Top 3 game of the year for me next to DS2 and Expedition 33. Definitely deserves more praise and exposure. Takes cues from all the best in the genre while telling a very interesting tale with multiple layers of meaning.

@StitchJones the entire game is top notch as it pulled ideas from every game that it was a love letter to: Singularity, Dead Space, Silent Hill, Parasite Eve, etc. I hope it earns more recognition as time moves forward. Maybe a sequel will bring more into the fold.

Such is our calling.

@Metonymy I’m not suggesting anything by this but I thought the game was pretty easy first time through and if anything was tricky it was the final boss. I was thrown off in the 4th phase by having to reverse engineer the concrete to hide for the AoE. So here’s hoping round 2 is just as smoothe!

After beating Cronos The New Dawn, I’m working on the platinum. It’s top five games for me this year easily.

I’ll also be working toward the BallxPit platinum as I’ve already beat the base game and am working on cleaning up every stage with every character.

Lastly, Arc Raiders with my mate and Where Winds Meet will get a good look this weekend. I’m really digging the WWM aesthetic, so I hope the game keep me engaged beyond the terrible English dialogue lol.

Last but not least, I need to find something new to play, so maybe Shinobi but we will see.

I'd rather sports games be on a 2-4 year cycle; as a fan of TheShow and FC, I tend only to purchase every two years anyway, unless I am itching to dig into that year's release. And at some point, how much more can we improve certain titles?

I was really looking forward to this for the aesthetic and gameplay, but it sounds like I may have ot hold off until a sale. I'll still check it out, but with so much to play already, my wallet can wait.

Finally I wrap up Cronos The New Dawn and prepare myself for NG+. This sits easily in my top 5 games for the year. It’s inspiring me to go back to finish SH2 Remake.

Still also going top side Solo in Arc Raiders since my mate is out of town and I’ve got no other friends to run amuck with. In addition I’m working on the platinum for BallxPit as I’ve got the last level and some characters to finish up.

When all is said and done Where Winds Meet and Shinobi are my next two adventures.

So much to play!
Enjoy the weekend all!

I guess I’ll re download and start grinding races. I love how much they’ve updated the game and haven’t been back since the initial release so I have a lot to catch up on. That grinding though for parts and cash. That was what stopped me in the first place. Didn’t have the desire to grind races over and over and over again and certainly not against others. I’ll probably grind for awhile and change my mind 😂

I completely forgot Where Winds Meet was a game I wanted to check out. I have so much to play already it’ll have to wait.

This week I’ve been working still on Cronos The New Dawn and it is phenomenal. I’ll dip in and out of Arc Raiders all weekend as I cannot get enough of extracting in a stealth manner, and of course continue with my new obsession BallxPit as I chase completing all of the levels, only one left!

I’ve tinkered in demos for the new Digimon and Silly Polly Beast as well. And I’m debating finally getting to the DLC Phantom Liberty

So much to play!
Enjoy the weekend all

@madmaxrules pumpkin costume is incredible and makes me hopeful they’ll add a few more costumes beyond the unlockables.

@Czar_Khastik I was hoping to also accomplish that lol

This week I’ve been working still on Cronos The New Dawn and it is phenomenal. I’ll dip in and out of Arc Raiders all weekend and continue with my new obsession BallxPit as I chase completing all of the levels.

Beyond that I’ve redownloaded Wanted: Dead as lately I’ve been thinking about how much I enjoyed the gun fu experience and I’d like to see how it holds up still.

Enjoy the weekend all!

@hypnotoad I agree with @oram77 that Cronos is a mix of Dead Space, RE, Silent Hill, and pretty much any other horror game of the past decade. It has elements of each that make it an amalgamation of really good ideas. Playing through it now, and will most likely get the platinum.

@Northern_munkey I came to the comments section specifically to look and see if you had given input on WRC! Been itching to get into one without the financial risk if I didn’t enjoy it as much as GT or other racers.

Working with Teens everyday I can confirm everything, including getting an education, is competing against short form media. We are, as a species, as the kids say, cooked.

Hello gamer friends!

This week I managed to finish Metal Eden and am working on the platinum. Well worth the half price I paid for it. Wow! It’s cyberpunk Doom and the gameplay itself is much better than the demo I played months back. Glad I took a chance! On Brutal difficulty it feels like Doom Eternal mixed with GhostRunner.

Now on to * Cronos* and most likely small sessions of BallxPit; I’ll also shift back to Wuchang, which I set down for those other games.

Enjoy the weekend!

I still feel like I woke up in an alternate reality with this. Never thought I’d see the day!

Well well well, all I have to say is: And here we go…

Seriously, I never dreamed it as a young man. This is crazy.

I guess I’ll try the first again. Tried the demo or a trial or something, got stuck in the environment about 4 minutes in and promptly decided it needed some love before I went back to it.

Been waiting on this review. Glad it turned out good enough to be a palate cleanser once I get through a few games.

Back from camping through a nor’easter I’ve achieved the following and I am playing:

Hell is Us platinum. What a game!
Cocoon platinum. I can’t believe I slept on this game for this long.

Currently I’m enjoying the ARC Raiders open server slam. I’ve pretty much quit MP games but I may get back to this.

I started 3 games this week. * Cronos*, which I can tell I’ll adore, Metal Eden, was in sale and I loved Reikon’s previous game Ruiner, and finally Ratshaker, perhaps the most bizarre experience I’ve had gaming in awhile.

That’s it. Happy gaming all!

@Jrs1 thank you for putting Beat Hazard on my radar with your mention. I’ll be downloading this asap!

I’m camping in the midst of a Nor’easter so not much gaming for me beyond my switch: Monster Train 2

Did manage to wrap up Hell is Us this week. Loved it. Ending was abrupt but the game is one about the journey.

That’s a short one for me this week!

About to have some time off from gaming to take the family camping but first I’ll finish up Hell is Us. I also hope to begin to wrap up Wuchang

I did manage to finish Death Stranding 2 and it’s easily top 3 games this year for me.

Moving forward I’ll either start Cronos or Silent Hill F or Shinobi. I’m really stuck between the two horror games as which to place first so any community input I would love to hear!

I would have loved to have seen what the cost of this would have been had economic conditions been different. It's a shame, but it also makes me a firm believer that I would rather be an early adopter on electronics now than a late one.

Funny how that has shifted. I suppose that means I should get my Switch 2 sooner rather than later for the same reasons.

Finishing up the incredible Death Stranding 2 which picked up speed after Chapter 10. What a wild ride!

Then wrapping up Hell is Us and Wuchang if possible because I am itching to get to Cronos.

However this PS Sale also has me eyeing up a few games that I’ve contemplated buying for awhile now so who knows!

I am just not excited; however, I know many will enjoy it, and I know once I begin playing it, I will definitely feel the hype that seems to be building around it.

This is very high on my to-do list when it finally arrives. I am terrible at fighting games, and I am burnt out on Marvel, but I am liking this footage, and I think this will be a worthwhile experience.

@Vyse_the_Legend yea I figured. I just wondered what was worth me putting it at the top of my to do list in your opinion. Is the combat exciting, does it have an engrossing story, is it a sum of all its parts? What has you going back to it that I should move it up the list. Just looking for thoughts.

@Vyse_the_Legend I’ve always wanted to dive into Resonance of Fate; what do you think is the biggest reason for someone who missed it when it released to take a chance on it?

Greetings all! Working on Hell is Us this weekend. I Absolutely love the games environment and the puzzles and the lack of a map.

I also fired back up Death Stranding 2 again and Chapter 9 really drove home for me why Kojima games are so great.

Lastly if time I’ll continue some runs in Maniac or maybe circle back to work more on Wuchang

Greetings all
I am very deep into Hell is Us but still working on Wuchang and Death Stranding 2 as well. I don’t like balancing three big games at once but I also am enjoying the variety.

My hope is to move to Cronos next! And get back to Sword of the Sea

@ThroughTheIris56 Metal Eden was on my radar but so many other games released. I loved Ruiner and the studio who made it is awesome.

Do you think it feels any different than the demo?

Well fellow gamers, so many games to play. I’m working on Hell is Us, Wuchang and Death Stranding 2

That doesn’t include the half finished Ender Magnolia and the First Beserker final boss.

And sitting in the backlog Unicorn Overlord and Rogue PoP .

Why are there so many good games??! I still would like to get to Cronos and Mafia and Doom the Dark Ages or Gears of War or Shinobi !

Although I did not play Mafia yet, I think the Push square faithful have to remember that we all play a lot of games. So to call it mediocre does not matter here. The Average Jim sees a Mafia game, sees how cinematic it looks and says wow this looks good. Many of the games I talk about with casual gamers they’ve never heard of, but your COD, BF6, Mafias, Genshin Impact, Overwatch, and GTAs do tend to look more appealing to them and when I bring those up their eyes light up. The only hardcore game I’ve ever seen cross that barrier was Elden Ring, and as of this week, SilkSong somehow.

Between this and Hell is Us, I don't know I will have time for any other games this year. We are spoiled! Mafia, Shinobi, Wuchang, Borderlands 4, etc. All of these quality titles coming out.

I am glad they knocked it out of the park with this one and seem to be earning the trust of their audience to make quality titles.

@Darude84 I believe the demo was only up for a limited time. I remember people saying on Steam it was taken down; may be true of PSN too.

I’m sold. I’ll get the deluxe today and start tonight!

Metal Eden
Hell is Us
Daemon X Machina
Cronos
Silk song

My poor wallet.

Death Stranding 2 has made a reappearance in my gaming rotation. What a bizarre and great game.

Otherwise most of my time is on Wuchang Fallen Feathers right now along with Sword of the Sea and Ender Magnolia, which is not as good in its story and Lillies but has refined combat.

Enjoy the weekend all!

Just started 5 on a whim on PS5 this past week. I assume @get2sammyb that most of this, if you've played 5, feels like jumping from sports titles year to year? What, if any, changes beyond featured lines do you reckon are worth jumping tracks for?

@PCPS4XB That is where I stopped! I can do the first phase with my eyes closed but I just cannot get reflections down in the second phase enough to get through him. And then thinking about having a third phase to master has just completely shut me down.

I finally surrendered on First Beserker as the final boss is above me.

So I’ve poured time into finishing Ragebound and that was a phenomenal 2D Ninja Gaiden game.

I also checked out Sword of the Sea and loved it.

So now I’m waiting on Hell is Us and playing Wuchang in the meantime.

@Steeleye50 I like the look of it. Did the beta give you an indication of the type of MTX and what type of expectation is set for F2P model? I really enjoyed Genshin and other F2P games but nothing kept me hooked past the 15-20 hour mark when I started to see where grind would eventually replace progress.