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Diablo 4 for me, level 26 barbarian on the go so early days but enjoying it enough.

Also started a new Mario Odyssey play through on Switch, so, so good. Can’t wait for the next Nintendo console.

Been thinking about a Steamdeck this week too (Half Life is also calling me!). The new ones sound cool.

Ah, I fell off it going into Act 2. I just found the story to be a bit of a jumble and overall uninteresting. I’ll give it a while longer and start over. A shame as I am a big fan of the OS games, Baldurs Gate 1, Pillars of Eternity…

My game of the year is TOTK. I really enjoyed BOTW but Tears is another level for me. 200 hours and I still have plenty to do. Of course quantity doesn’t mean quality but I mention the length of time I’ve played it because I can hardly believe I have sunk so much time into a game without getting bored. Usually half that time is my fill!

I’m 60 or so hours into my second Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire play through, I fired it up for a quick go while playing Baldurs Gate 3 as it had got me thinking about it, and ended up dropping BG3 for it! I do much prefer the story, lore, writing, setting, graphics, music and characters in Deadfire, I must say. Looking forward to going back to BG3 at some point though.

Also I fancied playing Resident Evil 3 remake again, so downloaded the PS5 version. I actually enjoyed this more than the Resi 2 remake. Jill is the best, the Nemesis chase sections are fun (where as Mr X’s constant presence becomes quite annoying) and the game is just nice and breezy.

I couldn’t wait, so moved my standard PS5 a few inches further away from the sofa and burnt £500 in the garden

Max Payne 1, 2 and 3 are all most excellent - all over remakes of these games, but of course a new instalment is what I really want…

Dead Space 2 is one of my favourite games of all time, well up for a remake on that. Sure, DS3 needs a lot of work.

I'm less concerned with it really, looking at games as a more transient experience - you can't hold on to everything. Of course, it'd be nice if the industry made a larger collective effort, and I enjoy being able to play older games when I have the means.

I wonder if Ozzy Osbourne is still using his

Same thing as the SOTC remake, really. Some of that PS2 dreaminess is inevitably lost. It’s ok, though. No way those animals will look as good as they do in game, I bet.

@Spider-Kev good air quality though I bet.

@NotSoCryptic “You should see what they do to a ps3 these days.”

I know, it’s crazy.

Who the hell has internet access these days..?

@Broosh when you see it, make sure you go ! …”just a box.”

Nah. I love these games, but played them to death over the years and no real inclination to go back to them anymore. It’s easy to just play them in my head or skim through a YouTube video. Maybe one day.

Number 2 is the best, it’s really on another level - it’s just so out there, but 1 is my favourite.

@Falcon94 well, I feel stupider than usual! Cheers though, that’s good news for me.

@Falcon94 I actually thought you couldn’t play it, at all, without PS+. I’m sure I looked into that. What’s the situation then??

I’ve yet to get it, but it’s a matter of when and not if.. having missed the launch it kind of makes sense to give it another 6 months or so. Although, I did say I’d grab it over Christmas - perhaps that will still stand!

Having finally played through Diablo 1 this year I’d at least like to experience the story to round them all out.

The two things that put me off, to be honest, are the level scaling and the PS+ requirement. I don’t mind it being always online, but I haven’t subbed in ages and to pay monthly to play D4… I dunno.

@Northern_munkey that’s all part of the ruse!

@ShogunRok ❤️

@ShogunRok I pay your bloody wages mate.

It’s only a few hours… give them a break

Some casual Pillars of Eternity 2 for me. Love this game!

I’m cycling off-road london to Brighton on my new bike! Lost in some woods at the moment. Chasing the Koroks. Pretty nice. Might just stay here.

If I do get home again, probably some FF7 Remake tomorrow - giving it a third shot.

My uncle gunna be pi$$ed!!!

@Ralizah that’s true, but I generally stick with “Sir” and “Master”, if I know what’s good for me, at least.

I mean, that's obviously how you pronounce it.

And that comes from someone who used to call Sephiroth "Superioth" and Phoenix Downs "Phonetix Dawns"!

Then again I persist in calling Chocobo's "Choocoboo" and Gil "Jill".

That sucks but you dust yourself off and get another job, such is life.

How fast do you wanna go?!

Sorry.

I actually (dead) fired up the brilliant Pillars of Eternity 2 last night and played the start of that. I dunno, playing Baldurs Gate 3 got me thinking about it.

If you like BG3, give PoE2 a go!

@SoulsBourne128

Godspeed, James 🫡

The extended edition of this film is actually pretty good, in that it actually tells a cohesive story.

It can be really hard to protect against this stuff, even when you’re keeping an eye out. I got done at work a couple of years ago, I was waiting for a report from a third party, chased it up, the person I had been speaking with to date responded with it attached and I opened it without giving it a second thought (as you would, I’m always getting emailed stuff, I had been asking for it, plus I inevitably was distracted at the time). Turns out their email had been compromised and they were just waiting for people to ask for stuff! I bet all sorts of weird file types get sent around Sony’s inboxes which doesn’t make spotting dodgy files any easier.

I haven’t really had the headspace for Baldurs Gate 3 at the moment to be honest. I think I know what’s going on, then something happens that feels like I’ve turned over 3 pages at once and I’m left feeling pretty dumb! (Why am I raiding this monastery exactly? I killed all the guards outside the door, now I am allowed to just come on in to town? But I can see the blood of your allies from here!)

So I’ve gone back to TOTK this week, which feels like a comfortable pair of slippers in comparison. An absolute banger!

@DennisReynolds I won’t sit here and say the original games hold up well, they don’t. I still find them pretty playable but of course they are hard to recommend these days.

My point is the spirit of those games in a modern engine is where I would like the see the franchise go moving forward.

Basically, if they mention Lara’s daddy, I’m out.

@DennisReynolds I certainly wouldn’t consider that peak Croft, but horses for courses. Anniversary is fantastic, of course, but that’s because it’s practically a straight remake of a brilliant game. Not saying Legends is bad, but it’s heading in the wrong direction for me.

Lara doesn't need character development anymore than Mario does, she can just be a shallow sexy broad who cracks wise, raids tombs and kills goons for the hell of it. Shame they forgot that and turned the series into a dull family drama with cookie cutter RPG lite elements.

New Tomb Raider games would benefit strongly from channeling a little bit of that Dark Souls magic.

I woke up at 4, cycled 100 miles (70 of which were great 30 of which I regretted everything which led to that moment). It was a big loop around The New Forest - really beautiful place I have to say. I’ll sit around feeling sorry for myself until I pass out and hopefully play some BG3 tomorrow.

It's an obvious 10, as much as any other 10 is. I really am enjoying it. It's slower than I expected, compared to the Divinity games.. everything is just a bit more plodding. Not a problem but I can play for a long time and not do very much. I’ve been reading most of the books I come across, I don’t normally bother with that but it’s great.

Also, given enemies don't respawn, it has that same weird feeling of ultimately traipsing across a baron map with nothing but slaughtered corpses at your feet. It's like, the areas themselves start “alive” and you slowly kill them one way or another (either by actually killing the things populating them, or just dealing with the quests) and then it's just a lot of dead space left in your wake… just feels a bit strange. Obviously you can't grind for XP as there is a finite amount available in each area, so in that respect you can sort of feel like you're being funneled along. It's not a big deal, just some thoughts as I play.

Honestly, my main take so far is that DOS3 is going to be amazing.

I wrote this comment way to quick so hopefully it makes sense.

Edit: I don’t like L2 not being on a radial for character select, though. That’s really rubbish.

Edit edit: oh and the music, while very good isn’t quite as good as I was expecting. Divinity OS1 and 2 had awesome soundtracks. BG3 is just a bit lower key, like the gameplay, I suppose. Maybe the best is yet to come. Liking the doooownnn byyy the rivvveeerrr bit though. Coz that’s where I make love to Shadowheart.

@Darylb88 I mean.. most likely?

I’m playing Baldurs Gate 3, had a bit of a bumpy start, the D&D rules are throwing me off a bit versus Divinity which just made more sense to me out the gate. Managed to spend a bit of time on it now though and beginning to really enjoy it.

I do feel Larian have misrepresented the game a bit though, and no one seems to be calling them out for it… I’ve tried to have sex with literally every animal I’ve come across and it’s just not working??

Well, now Epic Games mustardapt with this change I guess..as for his hair, after he’s washed out the gel he should use a decent con-dijon-er.

@Kidfried exactly. And in Jerry Maguire, we wouldn’t know exactly when Tom Cruise got Renee Zellweger.

One day we’ll find those missing frames, piece them altogether, and discover the plot.

@Shepherd_Tallon Tbh we played the same game, D3, but I have played it for hundreds of hours and the only time I fell asleep playing it was when I couldn't put it down to go to bed... lol. Weird really as I can see why some people didn't get along with it, I just enjoyed the gameplay, music, world and generally find it super theraputic. The only thing that really worries me about D4 is the level scaling. Oh, and maintaining an active PS+ sub to play it. The online nature of it doesn't bother me but having pay a months sub for the odd time I might want to play for a few hours... nah that's not great.

Diablo outrage is nothing new. D2 fans kicked off back in 2001 when the expansion came out, making higher tier difficulty levels harder which effectively gated those without the expansion from the necessary loot to play the game effectively, basically forcing them to buy it. Now it's remembered as a classic. Moral? I dunno. People are chumps or something probably.

@Gremio108 classic japes

This NOT ACTUAL GAMEPLAY looks NOT ACTUAL GAMEPLAY pretty good.

@Korgon I try not to, but it usually results in 3 knives and a plate just to cleanly get some butter and jam on a slice of toast. I’ve committed double homicides that required less clean up.

@tallythwack it starts off as toast but sort of just turns back into bread in the fridge.