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While I personally have never really been interested in this (& I’m a massive souls fan), the fact that it has sold well was surely never in doubt. If a dlc (SotE) shifted over 5 million in 3 days, a co-op standalone game with the Elden Ring branding was always gonna sell.

Been playing a lot of The Division this week and really enjoying it tbh. If I can find any time to game this weekend it’ll either be a bit of that (if @CaptD and I are free at the same time) or making a return to Dunwall with Dishonored. Love me some immersive-sims and it’s probably been about ten years since my last playthrough, so really looking forward to it. Happy weekend squarepushers!

@HammerKirby3 something, something, something… Gamepass 😏

Gonna do a bit of mopping up on Dragon Age: Origins and also will install the original The Division, so might try and get the intro done on that.

Weren’t a massive fan of The Division 2 back when I played it a few years back… but strangely I’ve been fancying going back to it recently so we’ll see how my opinion may change on the series.

Ahh yes…shady business practices. And some people wonder why the vast majority of gamers don’t trust a word Phil says.

@MonkeyGibs yes… plat please!

@GamingFan4Lyf yes because everything Microsoft has ever said turned out to be true eh? 🫠

What an absolute clown show!

Gone all the way back to Dragon Age: Origins on PS3, as I plan on playing through the whole series over the next few years. Can’t believe how much this game has aged in terms of the technical aspects (the frame rate drops down to single digits at points 😅) but I’m still enjoying the trip down memory lane.

Just playing through the Mages Circle for the second time in two days (to get both outcomes) and what a great level/section that is. This section alone took up most of my day yesterday trying to work out where the hell I needed to go but pretty much done on my second run in half the time as it’s fresh in the memory. Looking forward to going deeper.

Might fit the odd round of golf in on PGA 2K23 too. Have a good one peeps.

@LazyLombax well… first off you’ll be luck to get ‘decent’ when it comes to live service if the percentages are anything to go by and second, it sounds like this is your era. Enjoy the collapse

In this world of seemingly everyone chasing the mythic live service dollar, I’m fine with this tbh.

@get2sammyb no 💩

I think even the biggest idiot can see why Sony are chasing the GaaS bag… it’s just that it fails so often. It’s like taking your life savings to Vegas… sure you might come away with a big win, probably not though.

Big fan of the Lords of Shadow games (yes I even quite liked the sequel), so I’m keeping an eye on this.

I’d be surprised if it didn’t come… probably wise to keep a distance between Oblivion: Remake and the eventual release of this though.

Was a really good game, underrated… not sure how it’ll fare as a movie though.

Also, I’d be up for a sequel… however unlikely.

Good game, come at me!

@DadJKP seconded

Finally got a chance to get back to The First Descendant after giving it a quick go back at release. Enjoying it too… finding it quite relaxing and almost meditative, don’t have to think about anything just run from point-to-point laying waste to everything in your way. The one drawback is the rng grind, which seems far more stingy than the percentage-chance stated in-game. At the end of the day it’s free though, so you can stomach it… just about 😅.

Maybe a round or two on PGA 2K23 too, which I started this week. I’ve always liked golf games ever since playing the hell out of Leaderboard Golf on the C64… and having a good time with this all these years later.

Happy weekend folks!

I blame the tools /s

@OldGamer999 you work in aerospace you say? No wonder planes and helicopters are crashing and burning so often these days.

I rarely play games at release as my backlog is just so rammed… this is one game I’ll make an exception for though. Playing it while there are large playing numbers will just add so much more to the experience.

Only heard about this game a couple of years again and have been looking for a copy ever since. 🤞 I find one before my ps3 packs up.

Gamepass isn’t a physical thing, so no surprises there.

The original Journey to the Savage Planet was a pleasant surprise actually, so I’ll probably pick up the sequel at some point. Have quite liked what I’ve seen of The Midnight Walk too, so will be interested to see how that reviews.

Just about halfway through my Dante Must Die run on Devil May Cry HD and it’s as insane as I was led to believe! The boss fights at this difficultly are just something else… and even though I’m just this one trophy away from the platinum rn, I’m still not overly confident that I’ll be up to the task of seeing this one through.

Hope all of your weekends are less stressful than mine 😅

@PlatinumMikey there was honestly something magical about queueing up outside your local Game in the build up to a midnight launch. You felt like all of a sudden the basement-dwellers took over town 😁. Good times.

Honestly… I’m quite relieved! I’ve been a massive fan… a midnight purchaser since falling head-over-heels for GTA3 but I am rammed with games. Take all the time you need lads, I’m busy as a springtime bee 🐝

It comes to this… 🤣

Shame, cute lil’ fella.

Didn’t they get rid of the dev team about 4 or 5 months ago though?

@ZeroSum the combat was pretty stellar in Neir: Automata and Final Fantasy XVI to be fair. As someone who loved playing both, I’ll be interested to see what comes of this for sure.

Now might not be the best time to go it alone like! 😅

@Areus really hope they remake Code Veronica before 5.

@nomither6 you and your PC are so cool 😏

One of my favourite 8th gen games… looking forward to playing through it again!

Love how games industry analysts eventually get to the perception of the average gamer about 4 years later 🤣. Potential investors would be better off taking a trip to Vegas than listening to these guys.

@TimeDelayedGamer yeah I won’t be bothering going for S Ranks when doing my Dante Must Die run as it isn’t required for the platinum. I know it is for the later games though, so I’ll be attempting it on them at the very least. Just getting the platinum on this one will more than satiate me tbh 😅

Just a little ways into my Hard playthrough of Devil May Cry having finished my first run on Normal last night. I’m actually pretty surprised by how difficult I found some of the later bosses on Normal, so these subsequent difficulties are gonna be issues, no doubt about it.

As far as the game goes, I like it well enough… but not as much as I was expecting to. I get that it was the progenitor of the Character-Action genre and limited by the hardware available at the time… but I’m not enjoying the combat as much as I did with other games within the genre that came later. I have a feeling 3, 4 and 5 will address my issues when I get to them though. Happy wknd y’all!

Glad it’s doing well, probably not as well as Ubi need… but what they needed was a miracle! Big fan of the series and have been working my through them two-per-year the last few years. Should get to Shadows by 2028-ish 😁 (although I’ve already got it sitting on the shelf).

@themightyant that’s fair enough but I personally don’t mind the extra expenditure if we get the option of another plat 😉

Expandalone’s ftw! 🙌

Cool… not got gonna lie, I was a little concerned that it might not be able to live up to the hype. Glad to be proved wrong though.

Mad how things go with PlayStation offerings. 99% of people thought the Portal, the Edge and the rental service were clearly terrible decisions… and then once the data is accrued, all three are demonstrable successes beyond even Sony’s expectations. Just goes to show that while we may be the hardcore, we know very little about the masses and their wants and needs.

Made a start on my invisible enemies playthrough of Resident Evil HD this morning. It’s the fifth and what should be my final run… and it’s been quite the journey. I’m sure that it comes as no surprise to anyone that I think it’s great and really looking forward to playing the subsequent entries over the next few years.

No rest for the wicked though as although this platinum has been a challenge for sure, the next one on the docket (which I’ll be starting Tuesday) is gonna be an absolute **** 🤬… and may well prove to be beyond me.

There’s a rumour that Fallout 3 is getting the same treatment straight after this drops! 🤗

Even though I only played a bit of Silent Hill 2 Remake on the missus’ account (i’m saving it for a proper time-investment on my own) it was enough to move Bloober from ‘not bothered’ to ‘I’m in’ on this.

I love Dead Space and this is looking like a closer experience to that than The Callisto Protocol was ever gonna be. Hope it reviews well and it’s a buy from me.

Second highest selling game of the year so far… ubi be taking extra post-release care with this one

Really hoping this game turns out great. The end-results of my major hopes for original ip from little-known devs has been great these last couple of years what with how Lies of P and Black Myth Wukong turned-out… and this is the third of the three I’ve been following intently since their initial reveals. 🤞