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I have done a 180 on First Descendant, and am enjoying it after being overly critical last week. It’s still shocking how much they’ve copied Warframe and Destiny, and it isn’t as good as either of those, but it is mindless fun. Like the gaming equivalent of a dirty kebab.

@rjejr On the phone app, I don’t have a browser I can use. I’ll try on the console store then and see if I can remove it, I don’t think I’ve ever looked on it!
I guess my point is consistency in access. Shouldn’t have different functionality based on the method of how to access it.

You know what else is annoying? If you purchase something BEFORE taking it off the wish list, it stays on there but you can’t then unheart it. My wishlist of full of games that say ‘Purchased’ instead of a price!

I think this makes sense and is a fair thing to do. Not every game needs an evil option. Yes it’s an RPG but there’s limits on all stories, if you’re trying to make a story about a group of good heroes, then sucking the life force from someone’s blood doesn’t exactly scream goodness.

Really looking forward to Mount and Blade.

Regardless of the game, I just can’t get behind the dev team who have so blatantly ripped off other peoples work.

Utterly shameless rip off of Warframe, Destiny and Outriders. It’s not bad, but just not as good as those three. However playing it, whatever fun there is just leaves a sour taste in my mouth whenever I realise how bad the plagiarism is.

The game rips off Warframe hugely, it’s a blatant copy paste of that, but worse in every way. I’ve put in 20 or so hours hoping it’d get good, but it’s just plain bad and unoriginal in every way.

I have finished the campaign in Anno 1800 and am away for a few days, so while I consider if I want to keep playing it for a while post-credits, I’ll just be on Marvel Snap until I get home.

Hey if it’s compared to Warframe then I’m giving it a go!

Is this patch applied to the free trial? Haven’t started it yet.

Having a great time with Anno 1800. Size of the UI and console controls and a story mode have made it quite accessible and fun to play.

Was just saying this needed a demo yesterday! Will try out this weekend.

I loved the first one but I can’t seem to get onboard with these remasters. Compared to modern day gaming, everything about them frustrates me. I wish they’d do more proper Bluepoint-esq remakes instead.

Having said this, I do think this particular game was an underrated classic!!

This game really needs a demo or trial on the store, just for people to test out the fps rates etc

Dave IS a buxom beauty! How dare you!

@Anti-Matter If only they made a 3rd one, I would love that!! The second one is amazing and far improved on Minecraft imo.

I loved it at the time! But as with most games of that era, borderline unplayable now.

For the Emperor! This looks great. First one was brilliant so glad they’ve built on that in seemingly every way.

I enjoyed it! Just a fun no-brains action film.

I only really liked the first one, and I read a lot of the books which were quite good. But I wasn’t a fan of the changing games after. Now that this is so far removed from that first game and style, I might enjoy it as a different fantasy action game.

Rubbish month. A switch port and several strategy games with tiny UIs.

My boy, who has always told me the metal music I listen to is ‘boring’, is now asking me to listen to some Metallica as he’s excited for this. So that’s a win I guess??

Looks fantastic! I don’t think it’s so much like Ubisoft-format fatigue that’s around at the moment, but more like Far Cry and Assassins Creed fatigue, because I’m more than happy for that tried and tested formula to be applied to other IPs.

You know how Kill the Justice League did everything wrong and became the biggest flop of the year?

BioWare “Hold my beer…”

I played online for the first time recently after a lifetime of single GTA games. For new players it’s incredibly bloated, with very little new player introductions to mode mechanics, and a lot of those mechanics are very dated compared to modern day online games. I’ve had some fun in it solo as playing with other people is just endless griefing or like the solo missions, wildly unbalanced. New updates like this would do nothing unless you’re already a vet.

But it’s undeniably GTA and that means it’s core is daft fun, I am very hyped for what a brand new and updated modern online mode in GTA6 will bring.

Do any of these shows impress anymore? Can’t remember the last time we had one where the general consensus was that it was full of exciting new reveals.

@BamBamBaklava89 Agreed, nobody is completing that grind to get Agent Smith for free.

I enjoy the game, but it’s very basic (no end of game stats?) and the whole thing seems designed to get you to grind or pay. Would be much more enjoyable to have some custom mode selections and all the fighters and just have it as a normal priced game.

@get2sammyb 100% Wetherspoons for this. Imagine a Tekken level in a spoons, knocking over someone’s pitcher of cocktail and £2 pint of Fosters, while a Monday curry special goes flying. Amazing.

Astros Playroom was an absolute joy. Took me back to being a kid and seeing Mario 64 for the first time. Loved it. Cannot wait for this!!

I am dipping more into GTA Online, but as I’ve never played it before, it’s hard to know where to even start.

Otherwise a few rounds of Multiversus which is fun, but I don’t know how much longevity it has as it’s about as deep as a puddle.

Possibly the worst month I’ve ever seen.

Chargeable cosmetic DLC? That’s just another name for microtransactions. It’s the same thing!

I’ve been playing Immortals of Aveum, so maybe finish that. I wasn’t sure before I started but I think it’s an excellent game, really enjoyed it.

If this was on PlayStation it would have PS Plus written all over it.

I have bought it twice. Once on release for PS3 10 years ago, and then once for PS5 on the cheap last year. Thought enough time had passed to do another play through! Admittedly only got in 10 hours or so before I moved on, it’s feels quite dated to me, but it is one hell of a game and just mad how it’s spanned 3 generations.

I started Immortals of Aveum, which is very so-so, but still a bit of fun.

Ultimately, yes think it was just seen as a ‘card’ game. I quite liked it but the social element outside of combat was dated, the battle areas were tiny, and it suffered from having an unknown main character - a sin considering Marvel has literally 100s of very well known heroes. It just wasn’t what it appeared.

I’ve just finished Dave the Diver so I might go back and carry on through GTA5 story (first time replaying since PS3 days) - or I might start Tunic!

Coming off the bigger conversations from yesterday about AI making games in the future, this looks exactly like something an AI would create if you asked it to make a simple rally game.

Dave the Diver, although I’m still messing around in the village and that’s getting boring and taking away from the restaurant sections which is a shame.

Keyboard warriors crying into their #PCmasterrace mouse mats. What a shame.

Looks about as generic a F2P multiplayer fps as you could get.

Would be a lot more pertinent and credible if Microsoft had actually made those games, not just bought the companies after they had already been released years ago.

Been in a Vecna based D&D game that’s been ongoing for the past 5 years or so, so hearing a voice to the Lich has been great, it’s pretty chilling!

Started my second year on Stardew Valley. Just cooking and making friends now I’ve upgraded everything. What a life.

Sounds similar to Moonlighting, half adventure half management sim?

Can’t wait to try it! Looks great.

Would be interested in seeing some stats for these, because I imagine for the vast majority of those games, very little people are using them at all.

Story mode for me. Unpopular opinion but Souls games are ruined by their difficulty. I’m middle aged with a family, I don’t have time to die 8 times in a row on a game, I just wanted to have fun in the limited time available. It’s the devs prerogative to make games to whatever difficulty they want of course, but unless a game has an easy mode then it’s not for me.

Game devs are a business after all, bit of a sweeping statement to say it’s all avoidable. Hope this article doesn’t come back to bite them on the behind in a years time when they are the ones making layoffs.