kyleforrester87

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.

@tallythwack the butter in my house is always loaded with breadcrumbs tbf

Baldurs Gate 3, of course! Surprised there aren’t more above playing it. Maybe they didn’t opt for the early release

I do like it, I just don’t £200 like it. But I’m not sure I £120 like it either, and that seems like a more reasonable price point so I guess it just isn’t for me.

I do still like it, though.

@TheArt to be fair, when I see AC I think Animal Crossing

@TheArt They were pumping out Armored Core’s back when Ubisoft still made decent games!

Like a 40 degree day.

@PSme How's he trolling? Don't be sensitive!

@sanqet I couldn’t get going with it as a kid but always felt like an itch I had left unscratched so glad to be having a crack at it now. I really think a remaster, sequel, remake, reimagining - whatever - would be a great idea.

I’ve been playing Vagrant Story for most of the week. It’s really good but bloody hard. It keeps getting harder too. I might have to give up if it doesn’t let up, we’ll see. Has anyone else played it?

Otherwise not a lot this weekend, big ride this morning and a day out tomorrow so limited time!

Should be cheaper. Obviously it’s priced like this for parity on Switch where it’s “all new!” Not sure I have it in me for a replay but I wouldn’t pay more than….£7.99?

I wouldn’t talk down to people who want to spend their money on it though and those who do should get over themselves!!!

I’d like to know how this game holds up in the final 1/4, as that’s where the OS games fall a bit flat. Very solid starts, though.

@PenguinLtd maybe give it a little more time but I don’t think you’ll like it if you still don’t after 3 hours, unfortunately.

Diablo 2 and Vagrant Story for me!

@ShogunRok nearly been under one once, I was choking on a Big Mac and fell into the gutter coughing it up. I should have known better really, fast food is bad for you.

It looks good but let's see if people actually buy it before we say the franchise is famous.

@KundaliniRising333 I’m not surprised I’m just saying I don’t much care for it 🤷‍♂️ I’d just prefer it was out of the news cycle a little and I could enjoy it for what it is next month instead of being swept up in the hype, just as I did OS1, 2 and Pillars 2.

@StrawberryTurtle exactly!

Calm down with the BG3 articles, I've been looking forward to it for ages but the hyping up is a little OTT now, and almost putting me off getting it from day one!

I wouldn't mind generally spoiler free "What I wish I knew from the beginning after 100 hours" type articles and some tips on a starting character nearer release, though.

Edit: Well, I can see that is well underway... lol.

https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/baldurs-gate-3-guide-the-beginners-resource

Absolute cowboys

@Northern_munkey the noise I am hearing about D4 was no different to D3 really, and I enjoyed that game a lot, it’s my most played console game ever. That said, it’s only going to improve so I am happy sitting on it for a few more months. Really looking forward to playing it though, I am sure I will love it. The beta was great.