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Marathon and Spiderman 2. Both great.

Marathon has got me, I can't break free lol.

@Sanquine Hey mate, i'd gladly join you! I don't get a lot of time to play, normally late evening but I'm sure we can work something out.

Add me on PSN (same name).

As I said on another thread I'm normally a single player gamer who purchased this last night and had an absolute blast. It's not perfect but a 9 for me so far. Haters gonna hate.

I'm not normally an online gamer but something about this title clicked for me during the server slam so I'll be playing later. I hope that unpacking the lore as part of your runs has a distinctly 'single player' feel.

I loved the server slam so I'll actually be playing this tomorrow.

@Czar_Khastik lol or an extraction shooter.

Finishing off The Witcher 3 : Blood and Wine and then on to Spiderman 2. Also on the Marathon Server Slam which I'm also enjoying.

I played this for around an hour last night and I enjoyed it but not sure if it's enough for me to buy. I then tried to load into a new run after the tutorial and it kept crashing (PS5). I'll try again tonight.

I agree, F.E.A.R 1 and 2 remakes please.

Now get rid of Herman Hulst and gaming will be back on track.

Any company statement that has the term 'economic headwinds' in it should be discounted as the utter **** it is.

What in the actual ****! This is absolutely insane!

@cainhurst94 Hahaha, 'poor man's Twin Peaks : The Return' really made me laugh. Although I enjoyed AW2 to a certain point it certainly is not a scratch on that TV masterpiece.

I agree that modern Obsidian's writing and dialogue is quite dull. If you go back and play The Witcher 3 you'll suddenly remember what great writing is, maybe Obsidian should do that too.

MGS4 is really great however if you don't completely buy into Hideo world then the ultra long cut scenes may put some off. For a long time die hard MGS fan though it is incredible.

@PuppetMaster You're right! Also there's a lot from Hades in here such as the central hub / character chats and the 'Heat' level.

@Scottyy I thought this too but then I played it with my mate's kid and understood lol

Popular media eating it's own tail. Basically a film, based on a game, that was thematically based on a film, that was based on a book.

Hades - nearly there, escaped 8 times.

Witcher 3 - what a game.

James is a separate purchase, I'm out.

Hmm, I'm on the fence about this one. BG3 is an all time classic and it will be interesting to follow the characters after the conclusion of the game but I do wish things would be left alone sometimes.

I also think that the amount of stick Craig Mazin gets is utterly bizarre, just so weird.

Just remember, don't believe everything you read, especially on the internet or social media. The internet is not real life, or, most people's honest or nuanced opinions. It is a context drift vacuum that will consume your life and leave you an angry and resentful mess of a human if you let it!

I may be getting confused but I could have sworn they said they were done with Nioh after 2. Maybe I'm misremembering.

I enjoyed season one and I thought the odd episode of season 2 was great, but overall I agree that it was underwhelming compared to the first season. My personal opinion is that this is not because of a lack of quality with the source material. Also not all seasons of great TV shows are considered equal and it's a shame it's not going to have a chance to recover, even if there isn't a third game to pull from.

Doing the odd run of Hades. I can complete a run pretty consistently now, the combat is tuned to absolute perfection.

Also polishing off The Witcher 3 Blood and Wine. An all time classic.

Looks a bit like Immortals of Aveum if anyone remembers that .... anyone?

Looks like a Wii Remake - it has that look about it.

This is an utter catastrophe.

@MrPeanutbutterz I enjoy Megadeth from time to time but not my favourite band by any stretch.

Back on The Witcher 3 after Dragon Age Inquisition left me cold. I finished the main game a few years ago and now working through Blood and Wine, wow what a game.

@MrPeanutbutterz I actually agree with a lot of this. Ragnarok was unfocused and bloated but in spite of that I still liked it a lot.

@naruball agreed. 90% of games go down in price even after a couple of months.

@ApostateMage I recently finished Mass Effect Andromeda and glad you like it. I don't think it's as good as 1, 2 or 3 but I think it's not as bad as the internet made out.

My mate lent me Metroid Dread so trying to smash my way through that. It's quite tough but about 2/3 of the way through. Enjoyable game.

I loved the first two Wolfenstein games so this is great news.

@MightyDemon82 Good on you for reading more! I think you get to an age where you want something different or more fulfilling, and reading did that for me.

I tend to finish games I start, it's satisfying finishing them and then moving on to the next. I think the key is to play 2 or 3 games concurrently and don't be afraid to switch up massive 100+ hour time sinks with others if you feel over saturated. I took me 3 years to finish Tears of the Kingdom but I enjoyed my time with it more because I took breaks in between. Hope that helps.

I just finished the Silent Hill 2 remake and I was blown away. I never played the original but the VA work for James and Mary / Maria was sensational. I loved the way that the heartbreak of James losing his wife was put across in subtle ways such as his constant sighing and lack of patience. Video game characters can be a little one dimensional sometimes but here we have a main character of real depth and it was intriguing to go on the journey with him, even if I didn't agree with everything he was doing.

Started Everspace 2 because I was a fan of Freelancer back in the day, enjoying it so far!

Target acquired.

I'm holding on for dear life. Brace yourselves everyone, this is gonna be a bumpy ride.

@DennisReynolds If you put anyone or anything on such a high pedestal there is only one way to go from there.

I started Dragon Age Inquisition having never played a Dragon Age game before, but I'm finding it a bit boring and generic. I'll keep trying to get into it though.

@SeaDaVie That's a fair point and I do agree with it. I think I was trying highlight that AI assets were used in that end product where as Larian are only using AI for placeholder art (at the moment). Who knows if they'll change their approach over the course of this game's development.

It's worth highlighting how the tone on this conversation has changed because of AI proliferation.

A few years ago Bioware released Mass Effect Legendary Edition which, unless I'm mistaken, used AI to upscale all assets and textures before the artists went over them again by hand. That game was widely praised upon release and I would argue that is far more noteworthy use of AI than what Larian are proposing here.

Glad they are trying to truncate the development time but I'm also reading that they are switching to a new engine. That often leads to longer development times, so the game could still end up being 5 years away.

Looks great! F zero, Episode 1 racer, EGX, used to love all those games! I want this.

What does 'creatively charged' even mean?

Divinity Original Sin 2's soundtrack is absolutely sublime, I still get it stuck in my head all these years later. Even if you don't play the game do yourself a favour and check if the OST.