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I've still to play Doom Eternal, not sure how it got away from me but man it has been a stacked few years.

@SuperSilverback I'd buy a François paperweight!

I wish someone would develop one of these high production value games and release it as a normal priced game, have all the base characters be acquirable through in-game quests, maybe release new characters as mini-expansions with their own questline. I'll likely play this at launch, do the 1.0 storyline and then add it to my never ending pile of games to eventually gatch up on.

I want to believe we'll see a proper trailer this year!

@get2sammyb I was thinking the same, R1999 is another game I need to catch up with.

This looks gorgeous and I'll probably mainline the initial story but who knows after that... I fell off both Honkers and Genshin because I kept saying I'd wait until they added missing voice lines on the patches I was up to.

I'm also putting off the finale of Clair Obscur by exploring all the optional areas, this game has ben a treat... a harrowing, gut wrenching treat! It is going to take some doing to top the impact this game has had.

The funny thing is it is still one-shotting most bosses

My hype level is at 'I'll get it when its free on the epic games store if they try and up the cost of games'

Welp this bumps the game up my list by a fair bit, might even be a Day Oner if it reviews well.

Sweet! Can't wait for Byf to tell me all about the new Nine lore... Do you know what was a really good onboarding experience? The Red War.

We continue... Clair Obscur - Expedition 33... I imagine there are a lot of us currently elbow deep in Ink and craving a really good crunchy baguette.

I'll get it when its a tenner or free on the Epic Store.

12 hours into Clair Obscur | Expedition 33 and oh lord is this game good. The combat is tight, the music is excellent, the writing and acting is top notch and the story is both heavy AND Whimsical!

Today vanished in a blur most Obscur! Everything about this game is wonderful. Congrats to Sandfall on 500k sold on day one!

@Kidfunkadelic83 mine just arrived, gonna finish up work for the day, have a late lunch and dive on in.

@lazarus11 Been a bit overwhelmed with my backlog recently and got in a bit of a funk with choice paralysis. Think this being brand spanking new AND being one of my most anticipated might just get me back on track.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Just checked and mines been updated to 'Arriving Today', good times!

@Kidfunkadelic83 same here, my delivery date is Saturday D:

Do you and @lazarus11 have the same delivery dates?

@DETfaninATL I dated a seamstress for a few years, she made herself a fitted lycra bodysuit as the base for a cosplay she was making, it is the closest I have seen to the body hugging suits in games like this... She eventually scrapped the idea though because of underboob chafing.

Blue Prince is delighting and infuriating in equal measure! The escalating math problems in the Billiards Room are going to have me ripping my mop out!

I'm still in the process of putting a new PC together specifically because MHWilds ran like absolute dogger on my old rig. I've been hesitant with prices bouncing around and the newer hardware seeming a bit wonky.

I have sunk an astronomical amount of time into Astroneer on PC and I reckon I'll do the same in this! Absolutely delightful!

And the trend of never buying games on release or new continues.

On my way to London for the FFXIV / FFXVI concert so games for me this weekend, just good music and tasty treats!

Have a shiny weekend everybuddy!

Mid August is what my gut says. I don't know why but that is what my fish n' chips filled gut whispers to me.

I shall finally be properly sinking my teeth into Dragon's Dogma 2. I will also be doing some mogtome farming on FFXIV to pick up a few mounts I'm missing before the new patch drops on Tuesday.

[Edit - I'm kinda coming to the conclusion that whilst I am really liking DD2, I'm also not really in the right headspace to see it through, so I think a change of plans is in order, a few smaller games from the month of PS+ Extra I have! Anno Mutationem caught my eye so we'll see how that unfolds!]

Long Momo isn't real, Long momo can't hurt you!

@lazarus11 can easily hope on a National Express to get from one t'other.

Played a next fest demo for this... easy day oner!

I've started Dragon's Dogma 2, but my hearts just not in it this weekend so I might try and get caught up with Invincible or I might grab a month of Apple TV for Severance and Silo and just do a weekend of binge watching if I can find the focus.

I'm mopping up trophies in Stellar Blade, spent a large chunk of my evening just doing fishing and finding all the photo locations.

@HRdepartment no.1 thing to have a look at is your gears item level, if you've had a build that was working for a good long while it's possible to coast through on skill alone until you hit a certain disparity between ilvl on what you wear and what the mobs are dropping.

@heavyartillery56 yeah it only sold 19 million* units, absolutely terrible!

*Direct from Kojima himself - https://x.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1854815071538757924

Think I might have to make a curry for tea tonight, I should have enough to get the dough ready for some home made naan as well.

@ChrisDeku I'm with you on the Monster Hunter style of game set in the Horizonverse, could even have it set when Humans first started coming out of the creches to explain why its all new and no one is as efficient as Aloy is at taking down the robodinos

An update... I'm 6hrs in to MH Wilds and I think I'm going to shelve it for now, the performance on PC is getting wonkier the further I go.

Looks like it'll be PC upgrading time after all!

I got the Dragon Age Veilguard Platinum last night after an epic replay of the whole franchise. I loved it without reservation and I am so incredibly mad at the way the internet has treated it.

I am about to boot up Monster Hunter Wilds and see how the release version runs on my PC, so fingers crossed!

@Rich33 no difficulty choices in Monster Hunter, it's a one size fits all dealio... You can make things easier (or harder) for yourself through prep and weapon choice and doing things in co-op. MH rewards patience and observation above anything else.

Il be playing on PC, mainly because I don't need PS+ for multiplayer on PC and I LOVE doing hunts with randoms in MH!

I may be upgrading the PC earlier than originally planned depending on how well I can get it running

I've said this elsewhere but pretty much every review I've seen has been from people already familiar with the last couple games at least and that coupled with streamlined systems makes the game seem easier than it is.

@ShogunRok @rjejr ...175 and a half Concords.

(Edit - that's to today, so add another 8ish Concords to the final tally with the shut down date)

My 'realistic' wish is for ReIncarnation to get a complete PC port.

My not so realistic wish is new Drakengard/NieR that somehow re-smashes both worlds together again and makes me cry so hard I become a desiccated husk.

Looking forward to seeing if this is the game that makes me pull the trigger on a new PC... I managed to get things stable and shiny on the benchmark but who knows how the full thing will perform!

I am very ready to lose another 2-300 hours of my life all without needing PS+ for the best bit of Monster Hunter - random hunts with random people!

@EfYI A mate of mine had a mixed take on it, thought it was a good game by itself but thought it was a terrible Dragon Age game, but he hadn't replayed the others so he went in with what he 'felt' a DA game should be. Another has done what I did and replayed the franchise beforehand and loved it without reservation.

I think having the franchises turbulent designs as well as all the overarching narrative fresh in the back of your mind helps a lot.

Veilguard, to me, feels like a combination of a response to Inquisition being too sprawling and the same kind of rush and desperation that gave us DA2.

I am elbow deep in Dragon Age The Veilguard after replaying the first three games and I am LOVING it and have come to the conclusion that most of the complaints are (mostly) unfounded, obviously that could change but I'm 50hrs in so we shall see.

I finally caught up with my Dragon Age replay and now I have started Veilguard and so far it is... Great? It probably helps that all the past games are really fresh in my head because I can see the through-lines that culminated in Veilguard. It's like a reaction to Inquisition being 'too' open AND feels like the desperation that gave us DA2 (DATV being saved from GaaS hell and cobbled together in around 2 years)

I'm about 12hrs in and I cannot wait to continue tomorrow!

@rjejr Ghost will get its own SoP, we're only half way through Feb as well so there is a lot of this year left.

@Ashina I would do some unspeakable things for a new Gravity Rush... I might have to replay the first two again.

When will we stop calling Grubb reliable? he's accurate about 5% of the time at this point.

Continuing both Dragon Age Inquisition and Stellar Blade.

I also picked up a weird little indie called A Game About Digging A Hole, it's not very long but it scratched the primitive itch to go in the backyard and dig a hole.

@djlard I tend to play the story single player and then only do team stuff when I need to grind for materials.

@djlard you can play the whole thing solo like every MH game, but offline? Probably not offline.