kyleforrester87

I’m finally playing Halo, having picked up the collection in a recent sale. This game is actually really good, I can see why it was so popular at the time. I knew the combat would feel similar to Destiny, but I am surprised by how much it does.. and this was in 2001?!

As if Killzone was ever supposed to be a Halo killer 😂

8, thought I done right sh*t but feeling better about myself reading these comments ☺️

@Uromastryx yeah most of my frustration comes from Zanarkand. Appreciate the rest of them are not that long tbf. (There is one other that always trips me up too but I can’t remember which it is off the top of my head!)

I’d hop about the Destiny train a third time, I reckon! The games can be a lot of fun.

X is good, it’s a struggle to go back to though. Large parts of it are just not a lot of fun to play through. The puzzle temples in particular, yuck…

Love me some Besaid Island and Mi'ihen Highroad, though! Maybe one day I’ll play through it again…

@Northern_munkey nice one, I’ll add you soon

It's good, I am early days - I think around level 10. The problem is, I can see to really enjoy taking on the harder enemies, I am going to have to squad up, which I don't mind doing. It's just I don't know anyone else (or 2 other people, specifically) who I could team up with regularly in order to develop the necessary tactics, and I can only really play a couple of hours a week. I bet the game really shines if you have a solid group who run together regularly, though.

Still, it's fun creeping around on your own, and occasionally getting into a fire fight.

Not too surprising the way game development seems to be these days, and expectations are massive. It’ll still launch with loads of crazy problems, I am under no illusions there. I just really want it to be a hit in the same way Skyrim was (and continues to be).

@IMustardMitt you mean, free market? I agree. Regulation isn’t needed here, use your common sense when purchasing.

I need to get this set up on my Steam Deck

I renewed my PS+ last weekend to play Resi 5 and Arc Raiders, totally forgot to add AW2 to my list! Gutted 😂

Oooo how controversial! What next? EA utilising AI?

I’ve been playing Resident Evil Revelations (1), the campaign is proving quite fun! I am also playing Resident Evil 5 with a friend online, probably my 5th play through - trying professional difficulty 🫣

And some Diablo 4 😁

@IntrepidWombat I think you can pre-load if you preorder, no? Not bad really, if you want to get cracking straight away and you know you are getting it (reviews be damned!), since the game is likely to be a huge download. Also you get a skin so.. there is that.

Looking forward to this, I really enjoyed 7 but can’t get into 8. Fingers crossed it’s good!

I have been playing some Revelations 2 recently. I would like them to make a 3rd, with an even better Raid mode, of course!

All fair points but let’s not pretend the vast majority of human creative effort is any less derivative, it’s just the way she goes. The way she goes. My feeling is that for most people the bigger factors driving anti-AI sentiment are simply a loss of jobs and an ick factor associated with consuming AI media, regardless of quality.

I just love that he referred to 46 as “young”, made a 38 year old me very happy

@PuppetMaster tried restoring your licenses? (Google the process)

After my third run at it I finally got into Diablo 4 properly and finished the campaign. I was struggling to follow it previously for whatever reason and fell off. Actually enjoyed it a lot in the end. I’ll be playing some more of that, for sure - and I’ll probably get the expansion too.

Just need to finish the Diablo 2 campaign now and I have done them all!

Worst generation ever huh. Still, looking forward to playing the games I bought through it at a locked 60fps/4k! 🤞🏻

@12AngryCats yeah that’s not bad. It could be 5th and 6 hours or 500,000th and 6 minutes…

Yikes. Probably better to stagger the launch across the world over a week or two if you are not going to ensure you’re set up for the launch day crunch.

I guess they simply don’t care and better to get the game out and sold, it’s not like this is their first rodeo… they are banking on people forgetting once it’s settled down, which is probably true enough.

I saw some gameplay a few weeks ago, at first I thought it looked excellent but after watching for a while it seems a bit boring to play.

@MFTWrecks took me a minute when you said EA games 🫠

That’s a shame, but HLB wasn’t looking like a hit.. I am glad they are moving on from it. Sorry to hear about the staff cuts

I have had my eye on Possessor(s), it looks much more interesting than HLB.

For the record, HLD is one of my favourite games for sure. I was stoked for it through the Kickstarter and it delivered..!

I feel like this is probably a bit of a nonsense story for a sleepy Sunday, but nonetheless Xbox are in a hole right now, one they have dug for themselves, which is a shame because we’d all benefit from Sony and Nintendo being under heavy pressure by them.

Oh right, I thought they were asking for an always online connection to play. But a download as part of the install? No bother for most people, really.

@Deljo yep, had it almost a year now actually! 🤯

Steam sales are mad. I got Max Payne 3, Ori & The Blind Forest and Pseudoregalia for like £12 yesterday. Building up quite the backlog...

Happy 600th 🎉

A little Diablo 4 for me

Can you imagine, changing everything by copying everything!

This is a touch, I have been wanting to play the OG as I didn’t get into it back in the day. I have it on my Steam Deck but without native controller support I have not really bothered with it. Looking forward to getting it on PS5, then!

Guys, you’ve been around years now. How you’ve yet to work out a 100% perfect scoring system that accurately balances every game against every other, accounting for all genres, budgets, systems and other factors, while weighing it solely against its own merits PLUS factoring for the passage of time AND individual preference with a margin for human error is beyond me. Sort your sh*t out, it’s a joke, and this is just too important.

FF9 remake, guaranteed. Then HL3, of course.

So how is the music? 😂 for real though, the originals have killer scores that I listen to quite regularly!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nmm13Iu3DIM

I do want to get this, but I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to Silent Hill games in particular, and I have been playing SH2 remake since Christmas and still not finished it. The plan is to get that done within a year and then SH:F might be on sale. There are simply very few games I’d be prepared to pay £60+ for!

I tried to get into this quite hard on PS2, but just found it a bit of a mess. I guess Counter-Strike had spoilt me! Perhaps it was a lot more fun if they were all on the same bus shouting at each other, though!!

I’ve just seen the credits roll on Axiom Verge 2 - really enjoyed it, glad I went back and gave it another go after bouncing off it at launch.

It is quite different to the first one for sure, but that’s the point, and I can now see it doesn’t deserve some of the negative reviews it got as a result.

I’d probably have to replay the first one to see if I think it’s “better”, it has been about 10 years… it could well be though!

They must have tested it enough to know this was a problem, no? It’s mad that they would rather the PR nightmare and rush out a subsequent patch, versus sort it for launch or be up front about it before hand.

I guess in reality it’s a minority of buyers who actually notice and complain so they figure what the heck.

@somnambulance yes, I was looking up AV3. Seems he is working on it, which is nice.

@somnambulance good shout on AV2! I got it on the Deck and I’ve played for a good 6 hours straight today. I stopped playing after 20 minutes last time, glad I gave it another go.. it has been bugging me a little, how I left it before.

I’m juggling Axiom Verge 2, Tomb Raider 1, Borderlands 2 and Silksong

@KundaliniRising333 Gracious we are, O wise one, to have you (constantly...over and over again...) remind us of our ill ways, and to guide us on to the righteous path.

@somnambulance cool, might grab it for the Deck and try it there. Either that or I’ll just download again on PS5!

@somnambulance maybe I should give AV2 another shake. I enjoyed the first one a lot but was quite disappointed early on with the sequel.

@somnambulance a bit surprised Axiom Verge 2 made your list, when the first didn’t?

Couple of hours in, what a nice game. I liked the last one but I don’t remember it making such a strong first impression. The environments seem a lot more inviting, the general ambience is excellent. The main character is cool. I like it! Disappointed I won’t get a chance to play more until Monday now.

Fell off the first after 20+ enjoyable hours, and for the price of entry, sure, I have bitten for the sequel!

It was lots of fun, although I think overall I enjoyed GZ more. My expectations for that were quite low, but I found so much re-playability in the small area, and I was super stoked for a huge world with the same mechanics and an awesome story. And while we got the world, perhaps it felt too big in the end, and the story... well, the less said about that the better. I still feel let down about that after the awesome trailer tbh.

Good, but could have been so, so much better.

I’ve been playing Tomb Raider 1 (remastered) all week, first time playing in close to 30 years - what a fantastic game. They really don’t make them like this anymore, the franchise (and games in general) could learn a thing or two from it.

I also started playing Resident Evil 3 since the OG versions became available on PS5.

Finally some Deus Ex Human Revolution on Steamdeck, which I can’t believe I played in 2011 (?). Also funny that it’s set in 2027. The game is a lot goofier than it felt back when I originally played it. I have Mankind Divided ready to go afterwards, and also picked up Alan Wake for 79p in a sale yesterday 🫣