SterlingEyes

Tempted by mortal shell but getting my ass handed to me by Returnal is probably going to keep me busy for the foreseeable.

I’ve been away in Wales this week so have been enjoying some Metroid fusion and Zelda Minish Cap on the iPad with PS5 controller which has been great. When I get home it’s back to getting my ass handed to me in Returnal

This week I’ve been playing returnal and am embarrassed to admit it’s taken me more than 20 hours to beat the first biome…

I’m hoping it’s like bloodborne where it took me forever to beat father gascoine at which point everything clicked and I flew through the rest of the game

Off to Wales for a week and will be playing some GBA classics starting with Minis Cap

I’ve had a truly awful week so I think I need something fun and mindless. I might get stuck into fifa or tony hawks again. Tempted to buy UFC 4

Got to the end of my second run through of Bloodborne and chose a different dialogue option at the end so now I’m having to fight Gerhman (I didn’t last time) and he is tough as nails!!

I was doing so well with an 18 hour run that will now probably end up taking me 25 hours

Carrying on my second playthrough of Bloodborne and dabbling with Ratchet and Clank on PS5.

Ratchet and clank should be waiting for me when I get home from a lovely trip away

I will mainly be missing my PS5 this week as I’m away. I will carry on my playthrough of Dark Souls on Switch.

I’ve been replaying bloodborne on PS5 and loving it just as much second time round. I wish they would bring out a 60fps patch for it though.

Not had any gaming time recently. I’ll prob spend a bit more time in tony hawks 2. Think I’ve completed about 2/3 of the challenges so far and have really enjoyed it.

Looking for something new to get into. I’m intrigued by mass effect but it feels like a bit too much of a gamble at the price

Struggling to get into a single player story game at the mo so just playing through tony hawks 2 and FIFA 21

Finished tony hawks 1 but wanting a change before moving onto 2 so I downloaded a load of games from PS collection. Nothing’s stuck so far so I’m feeling a bit in limbo

Unfortunately resident evil village gives me motion sickness, so not that.

I’m working my way slowly through Tony Hawks 1 at the moment but struggling to get some of the ‘sick scores’

I was on the fence due to it being first person.

Downloaded the demo last night and played for ten minutes before giving up because it made me feel sick. I seem to react to first person games in the same way I react to virtual reality - with chronic motion sickness.

So I won’t be buying it which is disappointing as I love the old 3rd person games so much.

Tony hawks on PS5 which is awesome and full of nostalgia for me. I paid for the PS5 upgrade but quite honestly I can’t tell the difference.

I’ll be taking my switch away with me for a couple of days so I’m going to start another playthrough of Dark Souls but so far I’m struggling to adjust to 30fps

I’ve not been playing anything this week. 3/4 of the way through Nioh so might hop back on that

Still working my way through Nioh. I’m running out of steam with it a bit on the fifth area. I’d like some more enemy variety and the constant inventory management is getting a little tiresome.

I’ll keep plodding through as I’m still enjoying it but I’m not 100% I’ll make it to the end.

@gamiller1978 thanks! I didn’t know that was there. Thought I was pretty far through but apparently I’ve only done 35%

Nioh for me then I’m probably going to mop up some bits I left unfinished in GoT before lending it to a friend. Lots of samurai action

@gamiller1978 how do you check this?

This game has a lot to answer for.... it was my first Soulsborne game.

I’ve since gone on to complete DS1/DS2/DS3/Demon souls and am currently playing Nioh - This is all in the last 8-9 months!

Only one I didn’t stick with was Sekiro but I’ll probably return to it at some point.

So much pain and frustration!

I hope they give it a PS5 upgrade so I have an excuse to go back to it

I spent so much time on these games as a teenager but I’ve been holding off for a sale as I’m not sure how much I’ll play them now.

Very tempted by PS5 version though....

Working my way through Nioh this weekend. I’m currently stuck on some kind of water slug boss which is driving me mad. So far I’m really enjoying the game but it is very complex and I haven’t got my head around all the menus and mechanics yet

@Arugula agreed. I prefer Tomb Raider personally

I’ll probably pick up streets of rage 4 at that price. I couldn’t justify £30 for such a short game

I tried death stranding this week and gave up on it after 2-3 hours. Not a fan

Started and finished FF7 remake this week: great game, some annoying padding and the end stretched on a bit too long but despite that it’s probably my favourite RPG of its type.

Working my way through Nioh now and loving it. Just beat the second boss who gave me some trouble

@Bliquid load times are quite a bit quicker. If they could do a PS5 version with virtually no load times that would make the game so much better.

40 second wait every time you die on PS4 slim is painful

I can’t see it getting a full remake with it being such a modern game but I’d get straight back in for 60fps and a resolution boost.

Finished Dark Souls 2 thus completing my first playthrough of all the From Software Soulsborne games (I haven’t finished Sekiro and may not go back to it)

3 hours into FF7 Remake and loving it so far. Also downloaded Nioh for my next Souls fix.

I’ve always been someone who buys physical because I don’t keep many games and like to trade them in for something now. The pandemic has changed that and most of my purchases this year have been digital, partly because there’s been some really good sales. I’ve found myself enjoying the ability to switch between games without having to change disks.
I wouldn’t pay full price for a digital copy of a game. Demon Souls is the only disk game I have on PS5

I wasn’t even aware Elden Ring was a thing until about 6 weeks ago. I’m already impatient for news. Almost finished DS2 which is the last From Soulsborne game I haven’t completed.

Working my way through Dark Souls 2. Next up is probably FFVII Remake now it’s on PS Plus

I beat Demon Souls earlier in the week, dabbled a bit with Control and FIFA 21 before giving in and buying Dark Souls 2...

why do I do this to myself?

Once I finish DS2 I will have beaten all the Soulsborne games. Not sure I can handle going back to try Sekiro again.

Demon Souls on PS5. Love how smooth and responsive it is but my god is it hard!! I’ve completed BB, DS1 & DS3 but this one is really challenging me

Trying to finish AC Odyssey. Been ready to finish the game for a few days but I’m massively under levelled so having to grind like a mofo to get where I need to be. I’ve enjoyed it but damn is it looong.

After Odyssey I’ll be finishing collecting puzzle pieces in Astro’s playground.

I need something short as a refresher before I start Demon Souls. So far I’m considering Shadow of the Colossus or Control but which to go for???

About half way through AC odyssey. I’m missing adaptive triggers already after playing Astro’s playroom.

Demon souls up next

Bought Yakuza 0 in the sale so that’s going on the backlog for a while whilst I tackle my first play through of AC odyssey (such a stunning looking game)

Hoping to receive my PS5 next week so will def be putting everything aside to play Demon Souls

Dark Souls Remastered which is both amazing and soul crushing at the same time. Just reached the Painted World.

Next up I fancy something open world. Thinking GTA V (which I’ve never played), MGS V, assassins creed odyssey. Happy to take recommendations

Almost finished Uncharted 4 which has had some great moments and looks incredible but has also bored me at times with far too many repetitive climbing sections.

Dark Souls Remastered is up next

I almost bought shadow of tomb raider in the current sale so that’s saved me £12

Next up Sekiro

Currently stuck on the final boss of Dark Souls 3.

It’s an excellent game and I’ve really enjoyed the exploration and combat but I’m ready to move on to something else now. I’m just hoping I don’t get stuck for as long as I did on the twin princes because that was brutal

@James_42 I liked GoW but I didn’t love it. GoT was way more enjoyable for me with better combat

@James_42 no, my point was more that I don’t know if I would’ve enjoyed GoT as much if I’d started playing From Software games first because combat is so much more intricate in FS games.

GoT has really a really fun combat system for an open world game with some cool features such as switching stances for different enemy types but it’s still more ‘hack n slash’ And much easier in general.

I loved GoT and highly recommend it but it’s not at all like From Software. It’s just different.

TLOU2 is clearly incredibly well made and pushed the boundaries of story telling in video games I just found it far too bleak and didn’t enjoy playing it.

GoT is my personal game of the year. It’s my favourite open world game if all time and just fun to play from beginning to end.

I’ve recently got the bug for From Software games and I wonder if that would’ve effected how much I enjoyed GoT’s combat had I played them the other way round...

Getting my ass handed to me in Bloodborne... 25 hours in and I don’t think I’m even halfway through.

Looking forward to Mordor when I finally rage quit Bloodborne

Will bloodborne load quicker because I’m fed up of dying 9000 times and having to wait to jump back in

Bloodborne - it’s kicking my ass so badly!

I’m about 12 hours in and still can’t beat father Gascoigne! I can’t level up either because I keep losing my souls all the time.

I’ve never managed to beat a Souls game