Shepherd_Tallon

It's fairly epic.
The trailer for The Blood of Dawnwalker isn't half bad either.

tbh I'd lose my mind at this point if they'd just give Factions to someone who can dedicate the time to making it work.

The rest of the year is looking good for me for first party.

• Helldivers 2 has been keeping me happy in between third party releases and the current event is great (I did say when they announced all of those GAAS titles that if I get one I like I'd be happy).
• Death Stranding 2 will take up a lot of my summer.
• Ghost of Yotei will do me for Winter/Christmas.

That's me "engaged" until 2026 🤷

Extra is great, and Premium is good if you've never used it before and want access to the retro library. It's the limp monthly additions to premium that stink.
tbf, it can't be awesome, or even good, every month forever. In which case they'd be better off maybe folding it into Extra and setting the price somewhere between the two current tiers.

Reporting this outlet to my Democracy Officer for not reporting on events at the singularity.

@Deadlyblack @Northern_munkey
One more for the bald gang! ✊

It's a shame because up to now they seemed to be doing really well with the community.

I'm still looking forward to the game. I haven't played it since the new patch tbf, but what I played of it on Steam Deck before that was fun.
When I saw the thumbnail actually I was hoping it was a PS5 release date.

@lazarus11 I never tried it on Pro actually. Maybe I'll replay that next. I've been thinking about it since the show came back.

I'm loving it. I fired up Rebirth last night for the first time in months and it looks amazing.
I don't bother with 60fps when I have an option to make it look reaaaalllllly pretty, and in that regards it delivers in the games I play.

Kind of burned out with games atm so I haven't played much this week. Was going to take a break until Mario Kart comes out, but I saw Midnight Suns is super cheap in the sale.
I gave the 2 hour trial a go last night and enjoyed it a lot.
I'll play that for the weekend.

Fable remains the only MS franchise I follow, but this approach is killing my buzz for even that.

@Angelus3K Saaaame!
Absolutely loved the anime, then collected all of the manga.
I had serious nostalgia watching it.

Saw this trailer last night. My mind went to Hi-Score Girl, but a little bit more grown up.
Looks interesting.

@Oram77 "Physint" wasn't it?
It's definitely a first-party game at least. Hulst apparently had been encouraging him to go back to Tactical Espionage Action.

@Americansamurai1 I wouldn't complain about that either.
I completely understand that ND just can't do it, but I was gutted when they announced it was on ice. Passing it to Bend or anyone else in a position to take it would be a godsend.

If that project doesn't work out, just give them Factions.
"Nobody" wants live service, but "everyone" wants Factions.

@themightyant Excuse me.
There are no "bad" Jason Statham movies.

No chance I'm going back to the game for this.
If it was an event I'd have gone back to it for a few days, but not like this.

@GirlVersusGame One of the first things I thought was, how are the people continuing the Berserk story happy with this?
Maybe they need some cash. Or perhaps they didn't have a say.
I dunno, but as a Berserk fan this leaves a very bad taste.

I think Tides of Time was one of my most played Mega Drive games after Sonic 3 and Ranger X.
It might be one of those games that's best left to memory, but I'll have to give a remaster a go.

@GirlVersusGame It's like meeting a stranger on the road and being pointed in the right direction.
Thanks again!

@GirlVersusGame Thanks for the details!
That would actually work really nice with my build too.
I'll head there tonight.

@GirlVersusGame What armour is your character wearing there? I recognise the hood, but not the rest. Looks like a nice combo.
(Yes, I wear armour for fashion, not stats or function)

Oblivion atm, but I'm taking a bit of a break this weekend. It's a long weekend so I'll be catching up on a few years worth of X-Men and maybe re-reading Empire of the Vampire.

@Ravix Ah very cool. Thanks for the link 👍

@Ravix Sounds very nice.
I want something similar for a katana. I'd like a longsword too, but I have no idea what to go for there.

@Ravix No none at all actually. It's one of those things I always meant to get into, but somehow never found the time.
You?

@CrispyMango92 Ah then I'm glad I pinged you!

@Ravix I've been thinking of doing something similar for the Tsuba, but I'm always afraid whatever I order will be flawed in some way once it gets here. Nice swords are hard to come by.

@Ravix "(which one does)" 😂

For myself I just couldn't resist a second mask to go alongside the first one.
I'll be doing an extension on the house hopefully before the end of September. I want the two masks on one side of the TV in the new game room once it's complete.
The sash is nice too. I'll probably frame that for the door or something.

@Ravix @CrispyMango92 Ordered the CE myself.
I'll save it and put it under the tree for next Christmas. Nothing beats a new game on Christmas Morning.

I think I might be the only person I know of who isn't hyped for this game. I'm sure it will be good, and I hope it's truly great, it's just that everything so far has made me wary of getting too excited.

@graymamba Yup. Weren't we all on here in 2021 saying exactly these things?
"Analysts"

I love the Remake series, and I can't wait to start E33, both for the same reasons - compelling characters and settings.

The fact that both have excellent combat systems is the cherry on top.

Expedition 33 just arrived in the post a few minutes ago so I'm currently installing that, but for now I'll still be chasing the FF VII Rebirth plat and dungeoneering in Oblivion.

@kyleforrester87 I think so yeah. I definitely have memories of strangling and stabbing necks of infected.

@Westernwolf4 @idiotthechef
I was thinking about this too, but when you see the size of Jackson from the valley ridge, it's pretty big.
I may be mistaken, but it looked to me like the battle mainly took place in the area inside that breach and maybe a few blocks back.
Did we get to see how far in they pushed?

@Westernwolf4 I think the only thing that could have done a better job than those dogs in that moment would have been the Rohirrim. Such a satisfying scene.

My favourite part was honestly the dogs.
Absolute best boys and girls ever.

I got the plat for Dragon's Dogma II during the week, so I'm back to FF VII Rebirth now. That's pretty much all I'm playing for the next few weeks.

I enjoyed finding Gut's and Griffith's armour in Dragon's Dogma way back (and I believe Dragon's Dogma Online did something similar).
If I can unlock Berserk armour and weapon skins in Diablo IV I'd probably go back for a weekend.

I won't be paying for it though.

Pop Up Parade are great. Really nice statues but also really affordable. Obviously they have some pricey ones, but the €50.00 range statues are high quality too.

That final shot looks almost exactly like Lyria from Granblue Fantasy Relink. I thought it was her for a sec.

But yeah it looks nice, just a shame I can't get into gacha games.

If you look at his comments over the years I think he's always been a bit of a Nintendo fan. It sounds like he was excited to see what they would do next, but is disappointed that it wasn't a N64 Controller/Mario 64 moment.

Personally I was hoping for a more powerful Switch. I always say I'm a sucker though - If they put Mario Kart and Zelda on it, I'll buy it.

It doesn't look half bad either. A perfect little game for the Portal during the summer months.
The combat gives me Alundra on easy mode vibes too. I've been craving that kind of gameplay.

If it even had a solo v bots only mode I think I'd try it, but as it is it's just not for me.
I hope it finds it's market though.

@Kraven I had something similar happen with Salt & Sacrifice. One of the ending trophies popped, but when I checked it again afterwards it hadn't registered.
Haven't played the game since.

It genuinely looks great, but it won't be for me unfortunately.

Still chasing down the plat in Dragon's Dogma II.
I almost have it. Just 3 trophies left...

I bounced off of Remake after one play through. I just couldn't gel with it like I did the original.
I went back to it a year later for NG+ though and I absolutely loved it. I'm not sure what changed, but I felt like I was playing FF VII again for the first time.

@tofuman86 This is the type of comment I came here for 😂

I've a D&D session in the afternoon but before that I'm chasing the Dragon's Dogma 2 platinum.
Just 5 trophies left, not counting the plat, and they're all fairly handy. Just time consuming.